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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
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Apr 6, 2018

Mighty Man City given reality check by Liverpool

Manchester City has collected compliments and plaudits almost on a weekly basis this season and rightly so, though the premature if inevitable claims about Pep Guardiola's team being the best English side of all-time took a severe dent when Liverpool thrashed — not too strong a word — the visitors...
BUSINESS / Companies
Apr 6, 2018

Nissan eyes bigger share of East Africa market with vehicle plant in Kenya

Nissan Motor Co. Ltd. plans to start assembling vehicles in Kenya, bolstering government plans to develop a regional auto-manufacturing hub in East Africa's biggest economy.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Apr 6, 2018

Russian historian who focused on Stalin's crimes cleared of child pornography charges

A Russian historian whose exposure of Soviet leader Josef Stalin's crimes angered state officials was cleared of child pornography charges Thursday after a long campaign by human rights activists to free him.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Apr 6, 2018

U.S. Congress panels probe whether Russia got Facebook data: sources

Investigators on two congressional panels are looking into whether Russia acquired the data of millions of Facebook users and if companies with ties to then-2016 Republican election candidate Donald Trump's campaign played any role in providing it, three sources familiar with the inquiries said.
EDITORIALS
Apr 5, 2018

Local consent for nuclear plant restarts

The dissatisfaction of many municipalities that are denied any say in restarting nuclear power plants — even though they face the same risk from possible accidents and the duty of ensuring safe evacuation of their residents — should not be left unaddressed.
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 5, 2018

Wanted: A British Ministry for Asian Affairs

If post-Brexit Britain's future lies in Asia, that is where its hard resources and its soft diplomatic power must be redeployed.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Apr 5, 2018

Jerry Neuheisel reflects on playing in Japan

Jerry Neuheisel has professed that he would eventually take over the office that once belonged to his father, Rick, by becoming head coach for the UCLA football team.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Apr 5, 2018

'After the Rain': A problematic love story deftly presented with emotional heft

"After the Rain" ("Koi wa Ame Agari no Yo Ni"), the 12-episode anime series that finished airing March 30 (and is streaming worldwide via Amazon Prime), centers around 17-year-old Akira Tachibana, a high school student who falls in love with Masami Kondo, the manager at her part-time job, who is 28 years...
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Apr 5, 2018

French strike brings second day of rail chaos

Millions of French commuters suffered a second day of travel chaos on Wednesday as striking rail workers locked horns with President Emmanuel Macron's government in a dispute over reforming the state-owned SNCF railways.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Apr 5, 2018

Trump sends National Guard to Mexico border to bolster agents amid perceived surge in encroachments

President Donald Trump is directing the National Guard to assist border patrol agents along the U.S.-Mexico boundary, Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen said Wednesday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Apr 5, 2018

Ex-Trump aide Steve Bannon: 'To hell with Wall Street' view on trade moves against China

Steve Bannon, U.S. President Donald Trump's former chief strategist and 2016 campaign CEO, had a fiery response on Wednesday to Wall Street's dim view of Trump's trade actions against China.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Apr 5, 2018

Shooter attacked YouTube for filtering her videos, went to gun range before assault: police

An Iranian-born woman who blogged about surviving in a world filled with "injustice and diseases" opened fire at YouTube's California headquarters because she was angry at a site she believed was suppressing her videos, police said on Wednesday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Apr 5, 2018

China strikes back with duties on U.S. soybeans, planes and cars, sending global markets down

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Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE FOREIGN ELEMENT
Apr 4, 2018

In Japan, who do you think you are? Fun and games with foreign names in katakana

Katakana renderings of non-Japanese names can cause a raft of problems if spelling issues are allowed to fester.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices
Apr 4, 2018

Readers' views on intercultural insensitivity, Japanese schooling, English gaps and an inspirational Indian

Some readers' responses to recent stories on the Community pages:
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets
Apr 4, 2018

Bank of Japan wants you to be wary of cryptocurrencies

Bitcoin investing is popular in Japan, but the nation has also had several high-profile cryptocurrency heists. Now, the central bank has come up with a rather negative Q&A for those seeking answers on cryptocurrencies.
BUSINESS / Markets / FOCUS
Apr 4, 2018

As market watchers wonder when easing will taper, Bank of Japan counters sell-off with record buying

It's been a bad year for the Japanese stock market. Without record purchases by the Bank of Japan, it could have been even worse.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Apr 4, 2018

British show's take on chicken rendang riles Southeast Asians

Southeast Asians have united to defend hugely popular chicken rendang that was knocked out of a British cooking competition television show for not being crispy enough, but the long-standing debate on the origins of the dish rages on.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Apr 4, 2018

From flamethrowers to bovine blood, plenty of head scratchers among Chinese items hit by U.S. tariffs

When you export half a trillion bucks worth of stuff to the U.S., there's bound to be some unusual items in the mix.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Apr 4, 2018

Trump not a criminal target in Russia probe 'at this point,' special counsel reportedly said in March

U.S. special counsel Robert Mueller told President Donald Trump's attorneys in early March that he did not consider Trump a criminal target in the Russia probe "at this point," The Washington Post reported on Tuesday.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Apr 3, 2018

Japan's Indo-Pacific strategy falls short

The government must demonstrate that its commitment to international law and democratic values is more than just a fig leaf.
EDITORIALS
Apr 3, 2018

Act on daunting demographic challenge

An estimate by the nation's leading demographics institute serves as a reminderto the nation of the threat many municipalities face as their populations shrink.
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.

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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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