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Japan Times
Jul 30, 2018

Telecom Square Announces the Launch of AR Navigation Application "PinnAR"

TOKYO--Telecom Square is excited to announce the launch of “PinnAR”, an AR navigation application that will guide users to their destination. Available in 4 languages, the app can be used when travelling to Japan as well as anywhere around the world. The intuitive navigation is perfect for those...
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / The Big Questions
Jul 29, 2018

Combining science and culture for a healthier diet

Former Miss Universe Japan nutritionist and bestselling author Erica Angyal, whose titles include “Sekai 1 No Bijo Ni Naru Diet” and “Gorgeous Skin in 30 Days,” understands the virtues of the Mediterranean diet, globally recognized as rich in vegetables, fruits, nuts, whole grains, lean proteins and low-fat dairy.
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Jul 28, 2018

Aum executions fail to end debate over cult's motives

The execution of 13 members of the religious group Aum Shinrikyo in two rounds on July 6 and 26, including the group’s 63-year-old leader, Shoko Asahara (whose real name was Chizuo Matsumoto), for the 1995 subway sarin attack and other crimes, was hardly a shock. Several months ago, after exhausting...
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 27, 2018

Typhoon swings toward Honshu, threatening to bring more misery to western Japan

More trouble projected for flood-hit western Japan as Typhoon Jongdari nears on unusual path.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jul 26, 2018

Aum executions reignite debate over Japan's death penalty

Thursday's executions of six Aum Shinrikyo cultists — the second set of hangings this month following the executions of seven on July 6 — have reignited debate over the nation's death penalty system, marked by its opacity and the absence of prior notice to the public, while some continue to back...
JAPAN
Jul 26, 2018

Japan to promote LGBT tourism in disaster-hit Tohoku

The Reconstruction Agency is launching an initiative in the hopes of drawing LGBT tourists to the Tohoku region as it looks to attract more foreign visitors.
JAPAN
Jul 24, 2018

Record-breaking high temperatures likely a 'new normal' for Japan, experts warn

Official climate forecasts and experts are warning that the recent rise in temperatures is likely to become the new normal in the years ahead.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jul 22, 2018

Thousands sign online petition to 'let people drink' reddish liquid found in 2,000-year-old Egyptian sarcophagus

Ancient elixir, skeletal soup — or something less insidious — thousands of people have signed an online petition to "let people drink" a reddish liquid discovered in a 2,000-year-old sarcophagus unearthed in Egypt.
Japan Times
LIFE / EVENTS AND INFORMATION
Jul 19, 2018

Cultural events highlight the summer season

Grand Fiesta
BUSINESS
Jul 18, 2018

China heart drug sold globally may have had cancer-linked impurity since 2012

A common blood pressure and heart drug manufactured in bulk by a Chinese company and sold worldwide may have contained an impurity linked to cancer since 2012, European regulators said on Tuesday.
Japan Times
Jul 17, 2018

TSUNEISHI SHIPBUILDING Holds a Meeting to Present Results of Joint Research with Carnegie Mellon University

- The Future of Shipbuilding with Advanced Robotics -
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Jul 17, 2018

Communist-run Cuba starts rolling out internet on mobile phones

Communist-run Cuba has started providing internet on the mobile phones of select users as it aims to roll out the service nationwide by year-end, in a further step toward opening one of the Western Hemisphere's least connected countries.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jul 16, 2018

Islamic State takes credit as rush-hour suicide blast near Kabul ministry kills at least seven

An apparent suicide blast close to a government ministry in the Afghan capital Kabul on Sunday killed at least seven people and wounded more than 15, officials said, in an attack claimed by Islamic State.
Japan Times
LIFE / Digital / ON: TECH
Jul 15, 2018

Stay fresh and ahead of the game

Summer activities: a gadget to keep an eye body odor, plus smartphone apps to enhance mahjong and fishing.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel
Jul 13, 2018

Oshu: A semi-rural city with a major league star

Oshu, the home of the Los Angeles Angels' two-way baseball star Shohei Ohtani, is dotted with unassuming tributes to this home-grown hero.
Japan Times
France report 2018
Jul 13, 2018

Delivering innovations for a better workplace in the future

Originally an image and photography company that transformed into a document solution provider, Konica Minolta has now become a leading total solutions information technology service provider. The French subsidiary of the Japanese technology giant is spearheading the group’s European strategy.
JAPAN
Jul 11, 2018

Japan snubs homegrown weaponry to buy from the U.S., putting domestic industry under threat

While there's little prospect that Japanese consumers will ever buy enough American cars to please U.S. President Donald Trump, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe government's record spending on defense is shaping up as a bright spot in bilateral trade for the U.S. president.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 10, 2018

How the world will look at mid-century

By 2050, the world will look very different than it does today.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jul 9, 2018

Economist who fled North Korea says South's plan falls short

South Korea's blueprint for railroad links through North Korea to China and Russia falls well short of Kim Jong Un's vision for developing his impoverished nation, according to a defector who provides economic research to the government in Seoul.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / LEARNING CURVE
Jul 4, 2018

Fukuoka's 'guest teachers' of English outstay their welcome

Job insecurity, excessive secrecy and legal curbs on dispatch teachers come under the spotlight as 120 teachers lose their classes.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jul 3, 2018

Trump looks to ban China Mobile from U.S. market over security concerns

The Trump administration moved against letting China Mobile Ltd. enter the U.S. telecommunications market, saying the government-owned company would pose national security risks.
CULTURE / Entertainment news
Jul 3, 2018

Brian Ross, who aired erroneous Trump report, to leave ABC News

Brian Ross, the veteran ABC News investigative correspondent who embarrassed the network late last year with an on-air report suggesting former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn had been told by President Donald Trump to make contact with Russian officials during the 2016 campaign for the Oval...
JAPAN / Politics / ANALYSIS
Jul 1, 2018

North Korea needs cash. Japan has it. Can a deal be made?

Tokyo could use its economic clout to insert itself to forefront of nuclear talks, observers say.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Jun 29, 2018

Satellite tech offers near real-time view of deforestation, giving Peru fast-track to fight wildcat mining

In 2015, satellite images detected a fresh clearing of rain forest in an indigenous reserve deep in the Amazon.
Jun 28, 2018

TSUNEISHI SHIPBUILDING celebrates its centennial by publishing Archipelago Travelogue

Illuminating the charm and value of Setouchi culture through stunning visuals and profound observations of intellectuals
BUSINESS
Jun 27, 2018

Sanctions on Iran create diplomatic headache, rather than economic catastrophe, for oil-dependent Japan

A new hard-line U.S. policy aimed at halting imports of Iranian crude oil may deal a significant blow to the growing ties between Tokyo and Tehran.
Why are rice prices still high in Japan?
Amid shortages, the price of a 5-kilogram bag of rice during the week of April 14 was ¥4,220.
Police arrest man after body of ex-girlfriend found under his home
Hideyuki Shirai (center) at Tokyo's Haneda Airport on Saturday
Dollar’s decline is fueling dislocations across Asian currencies
A worker counts U.S. dollar banknotes at a currency exchange office in Jakarta, Indonesia, in 2022.
Tariff talks with U.S. seen influencing Japan's Upper House election
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba speaks to reporters about Japan-U.S. tariff negotiations at his official residence on Saturday.
‘Drop the price’: Behind the pushback on Nintendo’s Switch 2
Excitement for Nintendo's next console is high, but a vocal contingent of fans are voicing criticism over the company's pricing strategy.
Why are rice prices still high in Japan?
Amid shortages, the price of a 5-kilogram bag of rice during the week of April 14 was ¥4,220.
Kotomi Li: 'I refuse to choose death'
Since 2017, Kotomi Li has won some of Japan’s top literary awards and built a formidable career in the face of persistent online harassment. “Authors are tenacious creatures to begin with,” she says.
Want to see the future at the Osaka Expo? Get in line.
“‘Future of life,’ by Ishiguro,” the World Expo pavilion by roboticist Hiroshi Ishiguro, displays humanlike androids.
Despite shifts in Japan's political landscape, constitutional revision still far off
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba has been a staunch advocate for constitutional reform.
Kawasaki can hold its head high after spirited Asian Champions League effort
Frontale players grimace during the final of the Asian Champions League on Saturday in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Kawasaki lost 2-0 against heavily favored Al-Ahli.

Podcast

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

Longform

Dangami House is a 180-year-old former samurai residence of the Kato clan, who ruled over Ozu, Ehime Prefecture, until the Meiji Restoration.
A house, a legacy and the quiet work of restoration in rural Japan
By Hanako Lowry

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