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Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Jan 17, 2018

Trump camp seeks Supreme Court appeal of 'Dreamer' immigrant ruling

The U.S. Justice Department on Tuesday said it will ask the Supreme Court to overturn a judge's ruling last week that blocked President Donald Trump's move to end a program that protects hundreds of thousands of immigrants brought to the United States illegally as children.
EDITORIALS
Jan 16, 2018

Increasing inbound tourism

Efforts must be made to overcome hurdles that could restrict the number of tourists visiting Japan.
Figure Skating / ICE TIME
Jan 16, 2018

Time for a Japan Figure Skating Hall of Fame

I was hit by a thunderbolt last week.
JAPAN
Jan 16, 2018

University entrance exam question on Moomins series leaves Japanese students bewildered

A confusing question on the annual university entrance exam featuring hippopotamus-like creatures and Nordic languages left many Japanese high school students scratching their heads.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 16, 2018

Japan's trains always on time? Report highlights frequency of rush-hour delays in Tokyo

Japan's railway system is well-known globally for its punctuality, but a recently released transport ministry report points to frequent delays during Tokyo's rush hour.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jan 16, 2018

Wallaby gets the jump on police in Sydney Harbour Bridge chase

Australians often joke that tourists expect to see kangaroos hopping across the Sydney Harbour Bridge but the joke was on police on Tuesday when a wayward wallaby led them in an early-morning chase across the famous landmark.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jan 16, 2018

Playing a game of 'chicken tax': GM bets on Mexican-made pickups amid Trump threat to dump NAFTA

General Motors Co.'s assembly plant in Silao, a city in Mexico's automotive heartland, cranked out more than 400,000 highly profitable, large pickup trucks last year and is critical to the launch of a new generation of Chevrolet Silverado trucks later this year.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jan 16, 2018

Propaganda counterstrike: Boko Haram airs video of Chibok girls and its chief

The release of a video purporting to show some of the Nigerian Chibok schoolgirls kidnapped by Boko Haram apparently happy with their lives is a propaganda strike to show the Islamist group is unbowed, security experts said on Monday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jan 15, 2018

Japan's loyalty cards to provide early sneak peek at company profits

When shopping in Japan, a phrase you'll hear all the time is "Do you have a point card?" And the most common is the T-card, which can be used at hundreds of thousands of shops nationwide, from car accessory dealers to convenience stores.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jan 15, 2018

France expects U.K. to pay up and take more refugees to maintain border: official

France expects the U.K. to agree to take more asylum seekers and pay more for border security in order to maintain a frontier on the French side of the English Channel, a French government official said.
BASKETBALL / B. League
Jan 14, 2018

Hometown hero Shintaro Kobayashi steals the show at B. League All-Star Game in Kumamoto

The players didn't take themselves too seriously during the second annual B. League All-Star Game.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Books
Jan 13, 2018

Michael Booth returns with 'The Meaning of Rice'

Michael Booth is back. And once again with his family in tow. The British food writer first came to Japan with his Danish wife and two sons in 2008 in a bid to learn more about Japan and its food culture in a trip that took them from Hokkaido to Okinawa in three months. Booth turned their foodie adventure...
EDITORIALS
Jan 13, 2018

The need to sustain local autonomy

The autonomous powers of Japan's prefectures and municipalities remain insufficient.
Reader Mail
Jan 12, 2018

Emperor Akihito as a healer of war wounds

War wounds still have not healed. Issues relating to Korean "comfort women" continue to fester; so do issues relating to the hibakusha. The comfort women and hibakusha have dwindled in numbers; their war-time suffering requires the attention of the current symbol of the Japanese state.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 12, 2018

Japan toughens screening rules for refugees; automatic work permits ditched

The Justice Ministry gets tough on immigrants seeking refuge in Japan with new rules designed to weed out those who are primarily seeking jobs.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 12, 2018

Pew survey gauges Japanese confidence in media coverage at 65%

A survey by a U.S. think tank finds the majority of Japanese think the domestic media are doing at least “somewhat well” on accuracy.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jan 12, 2018

GM applies to deploy self-driving Cruise AV robo-taxi next year

General Motors Co. is seeking U.S. government approval to include a fully autonomous car — one without a steering wheel, brake pedal or accelerator pedal — in its first commercial ride-sharing fleet in 2019, executives said.
Reader Mail
Jan 12, 2018

No legal basis for marines in Okinawa

Article 6 of the Japan-U.S. security treaty stipulates the U.S. forces that can be stationed in Japan are the army, navy and air force. The U.S. Marines are deployed in Japan (Okinawa) as a cog of the U.S. Navy on the basis of this provision. But can the marines really be considered the navy?
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jan 12, 2018

Airbnb becoming rural income source from India to Japan

Mobile apps that help women in the Indian countryside and tiny villages in Japan to open their homes to visitors from across the world are generating incomes, revitalizing remote communities and helping to curb migration to cities.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Jan 12, 2018

Warming set to breach Paris accord's toughest limit by middle of century, draft report says

Global warming is on track to breach the toughest limit set in the Paris climate agreement by the middle of this century unless governments make unprecedented economic shifts from fossil fuels, a draft U.N. report said.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jan 12, 2018

Myanmar admission that soldiers killed Rohingya 'an important step,' U.S. envoy says

Myanmar's admission that soldiers were involved in the murder of 10 Muslims in September was an important step and the United States hoped it would be followed by more transparency and accountability, the U.S. ambassador said on Thursday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jan 12, 2018

Swiss mountain town Davos relishing in anti-globalist Trump spotlight

The Swiss Alpine town of Davos is used to celebrities and high-rollers, but even it is relishing new attention being heaped on it with U.S. President Donald Trump's decision to attend the World Economic Forum this month.

Longform

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