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Japan Times
SOCCER / World cup
Apr 9, 2018

Japan names Akira Nishino to replace Vahid Halilhodzic just two months before World Cup

Akira Nishino will lead Japan at this summer's World Cup in Russia after the Japan Football Association confirmed Monday that it had fired manager Vahid Halilhodzic just two months before the tournament begins.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Apr 9, 2018

Arizona election database targeted in 2016 by criminals, not Russia, official claims

A hack on an Arizona election database during the 2016 U.S. presidential campaign was carried out by suspected criminal actors and not the Russian government, a senior Trump administration official told Reuters on Sunday.
WORLD
Apr 9, 2018

Syria gas attack reports just 'excuse' for military action by U.S. and its Western allies: Iran

Iran's Foreign Ministry said on Sunday reports of a gas attack in Syria were not based on facts and were an "an excuse" by the United States and Western countries to take military action against Damascus, the official Iranian news agency IRNA reported.
Japan Times
WORLD
Apr 8, 2018

Damascus denies being behind reported gas attack on civilians in Syrian rebel enclave of Ghouta

A Syrian rebel group accused government forces Saturday of dropping a barrel bomb containing poisonous chemicals on civilians in eastern Ghouta, and a medical relief organization said 41 people had been killed in chemical attacks on the area.
JAPAN / Politics
Apr 6, 2018

Defense Minister Itsunori Onodera announces a fresh set of SDF logs from Iraq have been found in growing scandal

Onodera pledged to further probe the ministry's careless handling of data and promised to announce the result as soon as possible.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Apr 6, 2018

Trump taking 'serious look' at Amazon options after branding Washington post its 'chief lobbyist'

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday he would take a serious look at policies to address what he says are the unfair business advantages of online retailer Amazon.com Inc.
WORLD / Politics
Apr 4, 2018

Saudi king reiterates backing of Palestinians after son's rare Israel-supportive remarks

King Salman reiterated Saudi Arabia's support for a Palestinian state after his son and heir apparent said Israelis were entitled to live peacefully on their own land — a rare statement by an Arab leader.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Apr 4, 2018

CEO Mark Zuckerberg: Facebook deleting posts linked to Russian 'troll factory'

Facebook is expanding its response to what it sees as malicious actors using the platform improperly and on Tuesday said it had deleted hundreds of Russian accounts and pages associated with a "troll factory" indicted by U.S. prosecutors for fake activist and political posts in the 2016 U.S. election...
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Society
Apr 3, 2018

China says it has made real efforts toward establishing Vatican relations

China has made real efforts toward establishing relations with the Vatican, a Chinese official said Tuesday, as expectations grow for a landmark accord between the Holy See and Beijing on the appointment of bishops.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Apr 2, 2018

Softbank's Masayoshi Son may be about to surprise us anew

Corporate Japan could do with more of Masayoshi Son's 'swing for the fences' approach to business.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / Sac Bunts
Apr 2, 2018

Yomiuri reliever Takagi gets rude welcome in NPB return

Yomiuri Giants reliever Kyosuke Takagi made his return to baseball essentially under cover of darkness Friday. But even with the Tokyo Dome lights off for the opening-day ceremony, Takagi's presence was illuminated by the chorus of boos emanating from the Hanshin Tigers fans in left field.
JAPAN
Mar 30, 2018

Japanese families tell Abe they want Trump to go to bat for abductees

The families say the denuclearization summit next month is a “now or never” chance to repatriate their loved ones and that U.S. President Donald Trump is their best bet.
Reader Mail
Mar 30, 2018

Why does bad taste abound in Japan?

Having just about recovered from the shock of seeing the awfulness of the mascots selected for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics ("Mascots chosen for Tokyo 2020" in the March 1 edition), I was again reduced to tears by the image of a beautiful new shinkansen train desecrated with pink "Hello Kitty" decorations...
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Mar 30, 2018

Trump escalates attack on Amazon, focusing on tax and shipping but offering no evidence

U.S. President Donald Trump accused Amazon.com Inc. on Thursday of not paying enough tax, taking advantage of the U.S. postal system and putting small retailers out of business, but did not present any evidence to back up his criticisms or suggest any specific actions he planned to take.
Japan Times
SPORTS
Mar 29, 2018

With new name and mission, Japan Sport Association seeks greater public participation in sports

The Japan Sports Association is modifying its organizational name beginning with the start of the new fiscal year on Sunday.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Mar 29, 2018

Pyongyang has discussed possibility of holding Abe-Kim Jong Un summit in June: report

The Asahi Shimbun cited an unidentified North Korean source regarding the potential talks.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Mar 28, 2018

Mystery no more: North Korea's Kim meets Xi, says he's 'willing' to talk with Trump

North Korea's young leader, Kim Jong Un, has made an unannounced visit to China at the invitation of Chinese President Xi Jinping, state media confirmed Wednesday, apparently saying for the first time just weeks before a possible meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump that he is "willing" to sit down...
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / ANALYSIS
Mar 27, 2018

Kim Jong Un and John Bolton take different lessons from Libya and Gadhafi's fall

The last remnants of Libya's nuclear program were loaded onto an aircraft in 2009 and shipped out of the country, part of a U.S.-brokered deal with dictator Moammar Gadhafi to disarm in return for sanctions relief. Two years later, NATO-backed rebels brutally killed him.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Entertainment news
Mar 27, 2018

Stormy Daniels interview draws most '60 Minutes' viewers in decade: Nielsen

An adult film star's account of her alleged sexual dalliance with President Donald Trump drew the highest ratings in 10 years for CBS's "60 Minutes," according to Nielsen ratings released by the network.
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 24, 2018

Losing control with Uber and Facebook

We're learning that this technological age, which seemed to start with the pretty innocuous act of emailing, has evolved to play into our more primal fears about feeling out of control.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Mar 21, 2018

Taiwan shadows China carrier through narrow strait after warning by Xi: report

Taiwan has sent ships and aircraft to shadow a Chinese aircraft carrier group through the narrow Taiwan Strait, its Defense Ministry said Wednesday.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Mar 21, 2018

23 expelled Russian diplomats leave Britain in nerve agent crisis, 23 alleged spies also get boot

Twenty-three expelled Russian diplomats and their families left London for Moscow on Tuesday as Britain and Russia traded recriminations over a nerve agent attack in England that has plunged relations into their worst crisis since the Cold War.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 20, 2018

U.K. investigates Facebook over data breach as it plans raid of Cambridge Analytica

Britain is investigating whether Facebook did enough to protect data after a whistleblower said a London-based political consultancy hired by Donald Trump improperly accessed information on 50 million Facebook users to sway public opinion.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal / Deep Dive
Mar 20, 2018

Children of condemned Aum guru Shoko Asahara reviled by society as criminals

In the early hours of May 16, 1995, police raided the Aum Shinrikyo cult's facilities in Kamikuishiki, Yamanashi Prefecture. At 9:45 a.m., cult founder Shoko Asahara, whose real name is Chizuo Matsumoto, was arrested and taken into custody.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Mar 19, 2018

Key North Korean diplomat heads to Finland ahead of possible talks with U.S. and South Korea

A senior North Korean diplomat left for Finland on Sunday for talks with former U.S. and South Korean officials, Yonhap News Agency reported, amid a series of diplomatic encounters ahead of a possible U.S.-North Korean summit.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Mar 18, 2018

North Korea says Japan 'may not get a ticket for Pyongyang' if pressure policy continues

North Korea threatens Japan over Tokyo's policy of pressuring it and says it “may not get a ticket for Pyongyang” if it continues.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Mar 17, 2018

Top officials clamor to make Trump-Kim summit a reality

South Korea said on Friday that it is seeking high-level talks this month with North Korea to prepare for a summit and that President Moon Jae-in may meet Donald Trump before the U.S. president's planned meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 16, 2018

Hope for survivors fades in rubble of Florida bridge collapse

Rescue workers combed through the rubble of a pedestrian bridge that collapsed onto several lanes of traffic at Florida International University, but hopes of finding more survivors were fading early on Friday, police said.
Japan ruling bloc projected to lose majority in Upper House election drubbing
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba speaks at the Liberal Democratic Party’s headquarters Sunday after exit polls showed poor results for the ruling coalition in the Upper House election.
Polls open for key Upper House election that could shake Japanese politics
People vote during Japan's Upper House election at a polling station in Tokyo on Sunday.
Sunken WWII Japanese warship Teruzuki found off Solomon Islands
The Solomon Islands. A team from the U.S. nonprofit Ocean Exploration Trust has discovered the Imperial Japanese Navy destroyer Teruzuki on the deep seabed off the Solomon Islands as the 80th anniversary of the war's end approaches.
Japan team finds ancient ocean full of squids
The ancient ocean was full of squids, whose population exceeded that of fish or ammonites, a Japanese research team mainly from Hokkaido University has found through a new method using technology.
Hitomi Obara, 2012 Olympic champion in wrestling, dies at 44
Hitomi Obara competes at the London Olympics in August 2012.
‘Noto Democracy’ and the slow work of civic change
Yukio Iokibe’s “Noto Democracy" centers on Motoyuki Takii, a former junior high school teacher who publishes a handwritten newspaper every month to encourage the residents of Anamizu, Ishikawa Prefecture, to engage in local politics.
In microbes we trust: Embracing the nature of fermented food
You don't need an oven to make Kenji Morimoto's easy and delicious Miso Sticky Toffee Crepe Cake.
Touring the Silk Road — without leaving Tokyo
One of the entrances to Pao Compound, a nine-story Silk Road-inspired complex in Tokyo's Higashinakano neighborhood
Japan's rice farmers are confounded by Shinjiro Koizumi’s policies
Kiyoshi Shibata stands in front of one of the rice paddies in Murayama, Yamagata Prefecture, where he produces the prefecture's signature rice brand Tsuyahime.
In Gaza-made obi, Palestinian embroidery meets Japanese kimono
The Palestinian Embroidery Obi Project brings together a traditional Japanese garment and age-old designs from the Middle Eastern region.

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

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After pandemic-era border regulations eased, Indian migrants began returning to Japan. Their population now stands at more than 50,000 across the country.
How remote work is rewriting the migrant experience in Japan
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