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Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Oct 17, 2017

Sony unveils family-friendly robot aimed at spurring communication

Sony Mobile Communications Inc. announced Tuesday it will begin selling a new communications robot targeted at families next month, furthering its foray into the trending robot market.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Oct 17, 2017

'Mad dog' anti-Trump leaflets believed floated in by North Korean balloon turn up in Seoul

Propaganda fliers presumed to be from North Korea and calling U.S. President Donald Trump a "mad dog" have turned up across central Seoul, including near the presidential Blue House, according to posts on social media and people who found them.
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 15, 2017

Volunteers' websites help voters attend speeches and vet candidates ahead of Lower House election

Volunteers have set up websites to help voters make their choices for next week's Lower House election.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Oct 14, 2017

The bottom line in publicly shaming celebrities

Anyone interested in Japanese television is familiar with the term "yarase," which refers to on-air situations staged to look natural and spontaneous.
Japan Times
WORLD
Oct 14, 2017

Freed Canadian says Afghan kidnappers killed one child and raped his American wife

A U.S.-Canadian couple freed in Pakistan this week, nearly five years after being abducted in Afghanistan, returned to Canada on Friday where the husband said one of his children had been murdered and his wife had been raped.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 13, 2017

Kobe Steel scandal widens to 500 firms

Chairman says all business sections being probed, promises to shoulder clients' costs.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / B. League / B. LEAGUE NOTEBOOK
Oct 12, 2017

Suzuki's ball distribution making difference for NeoPhoenix

Early in his pro career, Tatsuya Suzuki displayed a flair for making the right pass at the right time.
Japan Times
WORLD
Oct 11, 2017

Trump sought dramatic increase in U.S. nuclear arsenal, NBC says

U.S. President Donald Trump wanted to dramatically increase the country's nuclear arsenal, he said in a meeting with his national security advisers in July, NBC News reported on Wednesday, citing three officials who were present in the room.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Oct 11, 2017

U.S. flies powerful bombers over Korean Peninsula as Trump discusses 'range of options'

The U.S. sent powerful B-1B bombers from Guam for joint exercises with the South Korean Air Force over the Korean Peninsula late Tuesday as President Donald Trump gathered his top national security advisers to discuss "a range of options" for dealing with North Korea's nuclear ambitions.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Oct 11, 2017

China's Communist Party makes final preparations for key congress

China's Communist Party opened a meeting Wednesday to make final preparations for a key party congress later this month, state media said, a five-yearly event where President Xi Jinping is expected to further tighten his grip on power.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Oct 10, 2017

Thai junta sets firm date for election after many false starts

Thailand will hold a general election in November 2018, Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha said on Tuesday, the most precise date he has given yet for the vote since taking power in a 2014 military coup.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Oct 9, 2017

NRA opposes outright U.S. legal ban on 'bump stocks' like those used by Las Vegas sniper

The powerful U.S. gun lobby, the National Rifle Association, said on Sunday it would oppose an outright ban on bump-stock devices that the killer in the Las Vegas massacre of 58 people used to turn rifles into automatic weapons and strafe a crowd with bursts of sustained gunfire.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
Oct 7, 2017

Is the response to scams criminally slow?

One of the more cynical dictums in Japanese goes "Shōjikimono ga baka o miru" ("Honesty doesn't pay"). In pre-modern times, neither did crime. The Osadamegaki Hyakkajo — the criminal code enforced by the Tokugawa rulers — prescribed an extensive list of severe punishments for those found guilty...
Japan Times
ENVIRONMENT
Oct 7, 2017

Hurricane Nate threatens New Orleans, Gulf Coast region after killing 25 in Central America

Hurricane Nate may strengthen on Saturday, threatening to hit the U.S. central Gulf Coast with strong winds and storm surges after it killed at least 25 people in Central America.
BUSINESS / Tech
Oct 5, 2017

Japan's smart speaker market heats up as Line faces off against Google and Amazon

The battle for smart-speaker supremacy in Japan has begun, with major firms announcing the launches Thursday of new products armed with high-tech voice-controlled features.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 5, 2017

In the shadow of Yuriko Koike's rise, some insiders see an isolated populist

Koike appears to have carved out a position as the most popular politician in Japan, but insiders see a starkly different image of the media-savvy leader.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies / FOCUS
Oct 5, 2017

Carlos Ghosn's protege faces first crisis with 'shocking' Nissan Japan recall

Carlos Ghosn, one of the auto industry's most celebrated turnaround artists, saved Nissan Motor Co. by managing himself out of numerous tight spots. Now his hand-picked successor faces a big test of his own, just six-months into his tenure as Nissan's chief executive officer.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 3, 2017

Koike denials of a Lower House run likely to take wind out of Kibo no To's election sails

Speculation that Koike may run for a Lower House seat fast loses steam as the governor dismisses the prospect she would make a bid to return to the Diet.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Oct 3, 2017

White House again rules out talks as North Korea threatens Japan with 'nuclear clouds'

The White House on Monday poured more cold water on potential talks with North Korea over its nuclear weapons program just days after U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said Washington was in direct contact with leader Kim Jong Un's regime.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Oct 3, 2017

Power, water, food, phone services elude on eve of Trump visit to hurricane-thrashed Puerto Rico

President Donald Trump is set to make his first visit to Puerto Rico on Tuesday, two weeks after Hurricane Maria devastated the U.S. territory, and is likely to face more criticism of his handling of the disaster as the vast majority of the island's inhabitants lack power and phone service and are scrambling...
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / DARK SIDE OF THE RISING SUN
Sep 30, 2017

Gangsters prefer to do things by the book

Japan's gangsters esteem tradition and prefer to do things by the book. As a result, they appear to love manuals — they have manuals for committing certain crimes as well as guides on how to avoid punishment for carrying out those crimes. Lately, however, gangsters don't appear to be paying as much...
JAPAN / Politics
Sep 28, 2017

Democratic Party effectively disbands, throwing support behind Koike’s party for Lower House poll

The effective sudden death of the largest opposition force could turn the Oct. 22 election into a two-party race between conservative forces: Abe's LDP and Koike's Kibo no To.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Sep 27, 2017

'Poolsideman': Bringing life to the mundane

In his three films to date, Hirobumi Watanabe has created a unique cinematic world. "And the Mud Ship Sails Away" (2013), "7 Days" (2015) and now "Poolsideman" (2016) were all shot in black-and-white in Watanabe's native Tochigi Prefecture, with music by younger brother Yuji and cinematography by Woohyun...
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Sep 27, 2017

Trump says military option against North Korea not preferred, but would be 'devastating'

President Donald Trump warned North Korea on Tuesday that any U.S. military option would be "devastating" for Pyongyang, but said the use of force was not Washington's first option to deal with the country's ballistic and nuclear weapons program.
BUSINESS
Sep 26, 2017

Abe trots out tax hike issue again before snap election to boost LDP chances

The controversy over increasing the consumption tax won't be unfamiliar to those who follow modern Japanese politics, as earlier proposals have proven unpopular with voters throughout the postwar years and have even doomed previous administrations.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Sep 26, 2017

Adjusted Premium Friday: Government eyes moving up campaign aimed at boosting fun and spending

Critics say effort to have workers go home early on the last Friday of each month clashes with busy period for many firms.
EDITORIALS
Sep 26, 2017

Abe's hardly convincing reason for snap election

His decision to call the snap poll seems driven by the political calculation that the LDP can maximize its seat gains — or minimize its possible losses — by catching the opposition off guard.
Japan ruling bloc loses majority in Upper House after election drubbing
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, who serves concurrently as president of the Liberal Democratic Party, leaves at the party's headquarters following announcement of Upper House election result projections in Tokyo early Monday.
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.
‘Japanese First’ Sanseito emerges as powerful force after Upper House poll
Sanseito leader Sohei Kamiya in Tokyo on Sunday night
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.
Japan’s top brands get tied up in the great sunscreen debate
A coral reef in Okinawa in July 2022. Some jurisdictions around the world have moved to ban certain sunscreens in a bid to protect coral reefs, but some say the impact on reefs is far from clear.
Pentagon looks to unleash ‘military drone dominance’
U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth hosts a drone demonstration at the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia, on July 10.
‘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

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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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In 2020, 38% of all households were single-person. That figure is projected to rise to 44.3% by 2050.
The rise of AI companionship in a lonely Japan
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