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Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jun 21, 2018

Scientific study finds asylum seekers boosting European economies

Asylum seekers moving to Europe have raised their adopted nations' economic output, lowered unemployment and not placed a burden on public finances, scientists said on Wednesday.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jun 20, 2018

Impressions on the Trump-Kim summit

Japan must cooperate as much as possible with the denuclearization of North Korea, fully mindful of the positive impact it will have on its own security.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Jun 20, 2018

Silicon Valley-style coding boot camp seeks to reset Japan Inc.

Barely six months after inaugurating a tiny software-coding boot camp in a basement in Tokyo, Silicon Valley transplant Kani Munidasa stood before some of Japan's top business leaders in February with a warning: Software was threatening their future.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 20, 2018

Hiding from traffickers in 'prison-like' tents, Rohingya girls dream of school

Trapped inside "prison-like" tents in Bangladesh's refugee camps because of fears they will be trafficked or sexually harassed, teenage Rohingya girls dream of going to school and playing outside, aid agencies said on Wednesday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jun 20, 2018

Stocks dive as Trump threatens almost all imports from China and Beijing fires back

China has underestimated President Donald Trump's resolve to move forward with tariffs unless Beijing changes its "predatory" trade practices, a top U.S. trade adviser said on Tuesday, in comments that diminished the chances of a negotiated settlement to a looming trade war between the world's economic...
WORLD / Science & Health
Jun 19, 2018

As Venezuela's health system crumbles, pregnant women flee to Colombia, fearing death at home

Exhausted but relieved, Yariani Flores lay next to her healthy newborn son, along with four other Venezuelan women who just gave birth in a hospital in Colombia's border city of Cucuta.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 18, 2018

Who'll fill the global power vacuum Trumpism is creating?

China? Russia? No one?
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jun 18, 2018

Japan Display looks to road ahead with automotive displays

Japan Display Inc. has been on a rough road for the past four business years, during which the Tokyo-based display manufacturing giant has faced an uphill battle in smartphone panel markets and ended each year with a net loss.
LIFE / Language / WELL SAID
Jun 18, 2018

Learn how to use 'to tomo ni' while also tackling 'ni tomo natte' in Japanese

Introducing u3068u3068u3082u306b and u306bu3068u3082u306au3063u3066, which express two related changes of action or state.
WORLD
Jun 18, 2018

Syria accuses U.S. of bombing pro-regime positions

Syrian state media said Monday that U.S.-led coalition aircraft had bombed "one of our military positions" in eastern Syria, leading to deaths and injuries, but the U.S. military denied carrying out strikes in the area.
JAPAN
Jun 18, 2018

To counter overstayers, Japan plans new surveillance system to manage foreign residents' data

Japan plans to set up a system to centrally manage information on foreign residents to prevent overstayers from growing as the national labor crunch worsens, officials said.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jun 18, 2018

Latest poll shows Turnbull's popularity has risen, but party still trailing opposition

Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull's personal popularity is at its highest level in two years, an opinion poll showed Monday, but his government still trails the opposition a month before crucial by-elections.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society / Deep Dive
Jun 17, 2018

As tourism numbers spike, Japan's hospitals face payment and language challenges

For a Filipino man visiting Tokyo in May last year, the tour of the capital was supposed to be a fun sightseeing trip.
Japan Times
SOCCER / World cup
Jun 17, 2018

Philippe Troussier: Japan can thrive under Akira Nishino

Japan's decision to axe Vahid Halilhodzic two months before the World Cup finals came as a surprise to many, but former boss Philippe Troussier believes the appointment of Akira Nishino could give the Samurai Blue a much-needed boost.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jun 17, 2018

Lies and the lying bureaucrats who tell them

The current political situation characterized by the domination of the prime minister's office has ruined the pride of career bureaucrats.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / ADOPT ME!
Jun 17, 2018

A sucker for you: A cat named Tenri

Tenri is a wonderful cat, friendly with other felines, and she enjoys being with people.
WORLD / Society
Jun 17, 2018

U.S. tech moguls risk jail time for online sex trafficking

Victims of sex trafficking could sue U.S. websites that connect customers to them, experts said, as a new law signals a drive by Washington to clamp down on soaring internet sex slavery.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / TOKYO FOOD FILE
Jun 16, 2018

Bricolage Bread & Co.: Sourdough bread and tartines on the terrace

It’s the smell that greets you first as you walk through the door at Bricolage Bread & Co.; the warm aroma of baking intermingled with the heady whiff of good coffee. It could hardly feel more alluring — that is, until you see the array of baked goods.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / TOKYO FOOD FILE
Jun 16, 2018

Nori-Temaki: A bold attempt to steal the onigiri crown

Think of the nori-temaki (nori roll) as a cousin of the humble onigiri rice "ball" — but served in a cylindrical shape, rather than the flattened pyramids of soft white grain found at every convenience store. Expect to hear much more about this elongated take on the genre if the folks at Global-Dining...
COMMUNITY / Voices / OVERHEARD
Jun 16, 2018

Hand in glove (the sun shines out of our parks)

'Why are so many people wearing white gloves (while jogging)? It's almost summer.'
Japan stands its ground after Trump letter delivers 25% U.S. tariff shock
U.S. President Donald Trump (left) and Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick at Morristown Airport, New Jersey, on Sunday. Trump on Monday sent letters to 12 countries notifying them of new "reciprocal" tariff rates effective Aug. 1.
Japan to set up 'control tower' for crimes by foreign residents
Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on Tuesday.
China’s housing crisis is worse than it seems
Residential buildings under construction in Shanghai in July 2022. The Chinese government risks long-term decline by repeating Japan’s policy mistakes in handling its real estate and demographic crises.
Over 800 people found to be involved in TOEIC cheating scheme
An English conversation test paper and bubble answer sheet. A Chinese graduate student from Kyoto University is suspected of having attempted to use a small microphone under a mask to tell other takers of a popular English-language proficiency test the correct answers.
Japan braces for more quakes as authorities dismiss doomsday hype
Evacuees from Akuseki Island, located in the Tokara island chain in Kagoshima Prefecuture, arrive at Kagoshima Port on Friday.
From the Abes to the Ohtanis: How siblings shape athletic development
Olympic judoka Uta Abe (second from left) and Hifumi Abe (second from right) with their brother Yuichiro (center) and their parents. “I’m always consciously trying to be a good older brother,” Yuichiro said.
Foreign nationals' presence in Japan emerges as key issue in Upper House poll
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba delivers a campaign speech next to a Liberal Democratic Party candidate for the Upper House (top center left) in Yokohama on Sunday.
Scams involving police impersonation surge
A video by the National Police Agency warns about fake scams.
Lawson to let visitors use larger parking lots as paid car campsites
A Lawson convenience store in Yachiyo, Chiba Prefecture. A new service from the company comes amid the rise in inbound tourists, making hotels and inns harder to book and more expensive.
The future is bright inside the visionary mind of architect Sou Fujimoto
The exhibition of Fujimoto’s architecture surveys his career to date, as well as looks ahead as shown in his proposal of a future floating city designed in collaboration with data scientist Hiroaki Miyata.

Podcast

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

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Mount Fuji is considered one of Japan's most iconic symbols and is a major draw for tourists. It's still a mountain, though, and potential hikers need to properly prepare for any climb.
What it takes to save lives on Mount Fuji
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