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COMMENTARY / Japan
Nov 6, 2018

Aspiration over action in Japan's approach to health innovation

Policy actions will be required to enable Japan to harness its technical strengths in the life sciences, robotics and digital innovations to become a global hub for pursuing next-level health innovations.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 6, 2018

Time for Europe to step up its China game

The EU must form stronger political and economic alliances with Asia's top liberal economies.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Nov 6, 2018

'Toeko Tatsuno: On Papers — A Retrospective 1969-2012'

Nov. 14-Jan. 20
Nov 6, 2018

Yamaha Motor Exhibits 3CT LMW Commuter Prototype at EICMA

— Next Step in LMWs Embodies “Growing World of Personal Mobility” —
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Nov 6, 2018

Breaking barriers: U.S. midterm election winners could mark minority firsts

The 2018 U.S. congressional elections prompted a surge of candidates from minority groups that have not had electoral success in the past. Several have the potential to be the first of their background elected to office on Tuesday.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Nov 5, 2018

MVP Takuya’s ‘Kai Cannon’ key to Hawks’ Japan Series conquest

The Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks must've known something was off.
EDITORIALS
Nov 4, 2018

Another reminder of North Korean rights abuses

It is important to remember that as the world engages Pyongyang, it must address the entirety of North Korean 'threats.'
Japan Times
JAPAN
Nov 4, 2018

Business and political leaders in Kyoto push for efforts to fight food loss

For Japan to achieve its goal of reducing household food waste by 50 percent by fiscal 2030 compared with 2000, consumers and manufacturers need to change how they think about food, participants at a recent meeting on food loss said.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
Nov 3, 2018

Little buzz in Japan over Canada's move to legalize marijuana

Japan's media coverage of Canada's Oct. 17 announcement that possession and use of marijuana would be legalized — subject to certain restrictions — has been mostly brief and low-key.
Japan Times
WORLD / FOCUS
Nov 3, 2018

Will future mega-cities be a marvel or a mess? Look at New Delhi

Focus
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WORLD
Nov 3, 2018

Harvard defends admission policy as Asian-American bias trial wraps up

Harvard University defended its admissions policies Friday against a group accusing it of discriminating against Asian-American applicants in the closing arguments of a trial that could change the role of race in U.S. college admissions.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Nov 2, 2018

'Divisive Donald at his worst': Democrats, some Republicans blast Trump ad as racially charged

U.S. President Donald Trump faced scathing criticism on Thursday for an advertisement linking Democrats and immigrants to violent crime, as Democrats and some of his fellow Republicans blasting it as the most racially divisive political ad in three decades.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Nov 2, 2018

Trump signs sanctions order targeting Venezuela gold exports: John Bolton

Washington ratcheted up pressure on Venezuela's leftist President Nicolas Maduro on Thursday with new measures aimed at disrupting the South American country's gold exports, U.S. national security adviser John Bolton said.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Nov 1, 2018

U.S. Senate panel said to be probing Trump ex-aide Steve Bannon's campaign activities

The U.S. Senate Intelligence Committee is pursuing a wide-ranging investigation into former White House adviser Steve Bannon's activities during the 2016 presidential campaign, three sources familiar with the inquiry told Reuters.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Oct 31, 2018

U.S. presence at premier Cuba trade fair dwindles amid Trump hostility

A yellow excavator, forklift and other heavy equipment made by U.S. firm Caterpillar gleam outside Cuba's annual trade fair, reflecting once-bright hopes for increased U.S.-Cuban commerce fanned by the 2014 detente between the old Cold War foes.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Oct 30, 2018

Lion Air jet made erratic altitude changes before final fatal plunge hit 350 mph: transmitted data

Investigators are beginning the grim task of determining why a brand-new Boeing Co. 737 Max jet flown by Indonesia's Lion Air plunged into the Java Sea minutes after takeoff, killing all 189 people on board.
JAPAN
Oct 29, 2018

Awareness of Aichi Biodiversity Targets found to be lacking compared to climate change

The global community has less than two years to reach the Aichi Biodiversity Targets set for 2020, yet public awareness of biodiversity issues is still relatively low.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 29, 2018

SoftBank hopes for home advantage as Japan Series shifts to Fukuoka

The Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks are finally back home.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Oct 29, 2018

From Shimoda Conferences to Mount Fuji Dialogue

It's high time for the people and the government of Japan to change the postwar approach, because endless discussions will never make a difference.

Longform

Figure skater Akiko Suzuki was once told her ideal weight should be 47 kilograms, a number she now admits she “naively believed.” This led to her have a relationship with food that resulted in her suffering from anorexia.
The silent battle Japanese athletes fight with weight