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ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Mar 1, 2018

Xi confidant set to become China's new spy master: sources

A vice minister of public security and close confidant of President Xi Jinping is tipped to take over as China's spy master, five sources said, as the country looks to clean up its security apparatus and plug intelligence gaps.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Feb 26, 2018

New deputy leader for Australia after sex scandal forces party shake-up

The junior partner in Australia's coalition government elected as its new leader on Monday a former newspaper editor who takes over as deputy prime minister after an embarrassing sex scandal threatened a decades-old conservative alliance.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Society
Feb 23, 2018

South Korean chat app becomes new outlet for Me Too movement

A chat app where South Koreans can anonymously dish the dirt on their misbehaving bosses and colleagues is belatedly stirring the country's Me Too movement, shedding new light on sexual harassment in the heavily male-dominated corporate culture.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Feb 14, 2018

Xerox's No. 3 shareholder sues to block Fujifilm takeover deal, says it stems from fraud

Xerox Corp.'s third-biggest shareholder sued to block its plan to turn over control to Fujifilm Holding Corp., calling the deal a one-sided transaction that leaves Xerox investors virtually powerless.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 9, 2018

SpaceX launch opens new frontier in space commerce

For the first time ever, the world's most powerful rocket was designed and built by a private corporation.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Feb 2, 2018

Patriots welcome Rob Gronkowski's return

Eleven days after leaving the AFC Championship Game with a head injury, Rob Gronkowski was cleared from NFL concussion protocol on Thursday and practiced without limitation with the New England Patriots during the team's afternoon workout at the Minnesota Vikings' practice facility 15 miles away in Eden...
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jan 30, 2018

Mitsui Fudosan ready to open new Tokyo Midtown in Hibiya in March

Tokyo Midtown Hibiya, a 35-story office and shopping complex, will open in Chiyoda Ward in March, with its developer, Mitsui Fudosan Co., saying it hopes to evolve the Hibiya area into a crossing point for both businesses and culture.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / KANPAI CULTURE
Jan 20, 2018

Sake company Aramasa Shuzo seeks new edge with techno partnership

Last month, techno DJ Richie Hawtin — who came to fame in the 1990s under the alias Plastikman — threw a party at The Hangar, a cavernous sake den in Tokyo's hipster Nakameguro neighborhood.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jan 19, 2018

Women worldwide set to march again as Trump-linked misogyny triggers new era of activism

Women around the world will return to the streets this weekend, one year after millions marched to protest U.S. President Donald Trump's election, with a new goal — electing more women's rights advocates.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jan 18, 2018

Apple to pay $38 billion in U.S. taxes on foreign cash, open new American campus

Apple Inc. on Wednesday said it will make about $38 billion in tax payments on its overseas cash and plans to open a second U.S. campus as part of a five-year, $30 billion U.S. investment plan.
ASIA PACIFIC
Jan 17, 2018

China says Taiwan's 'permission' is not needed to open new air route above narrow strait, dismissing objections from Taipei

The Chinese government said Wednesday that it does not need Taiwan's permission to open new air routes, after Taipei complained that a new route over the narrow Taiwan Strait that separates the two was a security and safety risk.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jan 17, 2018

U.S. warily eyeing new Russian air defenses in Crimea

The United States is assessing the security implications of Russia's latest deployment of S-400 air defenses to Crimea, a U.S. military official said Tuesday, adding it could give existing Russian defenses more resilience.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jan 15, 2018

Hideki Matsui elected to Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame

Hideki Matsui already has three Central League MVPs, a World Series MVP and a People's Honor Award, and he has played for the most storied teams in both Japan and the United States.
JAPAN
Jan 11, 2018

Emperor and Empress take in new year lectures given by leading academics

The Kosho Hajime new year lecture event, in which leading experts from the academic community deliver lectures to Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko, was held at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Wednesday.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jan 3, 2018

U.S. warns Pyongyang against new missile test and plays down Kim-proposed talks with Seoul

The U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, Nikki Haley, warned North Korea on Tuesday against staging another missile test and said Washington would not take any talks between North and South Korea seriously if they did not do something to get Pyongyang to give up its nuclear weapons.
LIFE / Style & Design / ON: DESIGN
Dec 31, 2017

New things for the new year

Now that the festive season of partying and extravagance is over, now's the time to take a breather with a return to some of the calmer things in life — tea, coffee and books.
Japan Times
JAPAN / AT A GLANCE
Dec 30, 2017

Bustling Haneda shines as a New Year's traveler hub

Every New Year's, the nation's airports are jammed with travelers heading to their hometowns or overseas to spend the holidays — and Tokyo's Haneda is the busiest one.

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