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BUSINESS / Markets
Oct 25, 2019

South Koreans shun Japan's products but not its 27% REIT investment returns

While some in South Korea have been boycotting Japan, they seem to draw a line at financial products that generate high returns.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 25, 2019

Uber CEO Khosrowshahi vows to deliver a profit, with help from India

Uber Technologies Inc. Chief Executive Officer Dara Khosrowshahi is vowing to make his company profitable while pursuing growth from emerging arenas such as India, addressing investors' concerns about the ride-sharing company's mounting losses and global regulatory challenges.
Japan Times
CULTURE / TV & Streaming / 'Terrace House Tokyo 2019-2020' Recaps
Oct 25, 2019

Ep. 20 'The Third Flower'

This week's episode of "Terrace House" starts off on a sad note as Kaori gets ready to move out to pursue her career in London, leaving Haruka and Ruka as the last original members still living in the house. To mark Kaori's departure, Ruka does what he does best — invents a new dish and prays that...
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Science & Health
Oct 25, 2019

Australians grow angry as mighty Darling River runs dry

Reduced to a string of stagnant mustard-colored pools, fouled in places with pesticide runoff and stinking with the rotting carcasses of cattle and fish, the Darling River is running dry.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Oct 25, 2019

EU awards jailed Uighur activist the Sakharov rights prize, angering China

The European Parliament awarded its annual Sakharov Prize for the defense of human rights on Thursday to jailed ethnic Uighur economics professor Ilham Tohti, angering Beijing, which called him a criminal and a terrorist.
Japan Times
Czech Republic report 2019
Oct 25, 2019

Contributing valuable research for Japan’s nuclear industry

With more than 60 years experience in material research and development Research Centre Řež (CVŘ) in the Czech Republic is one of the world’s top organizations aiming to provide scientific research and development services.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Oct 24, 2019

Gmail hooked us on free storage — and now Google is making us pay

Google lured billions of consumers to its digital services by offering copious free cloud storage. That is beginning to change.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Oct 24, 2019

Wife of former South Korean Justice Minister Cho Kuk arrested in corruption scandal

South Korean authorities arrested the wife of a former justice minister on Thursday who was at the center of a graft scandal and was a close political confidant of President Moon Jae-in after a court upheld prosecutors' request for a warrant.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Oct 24, 2019

Reducing herds of wild horses and burros likely to cost U.S. $5 billion over 15 years

Reducing the tens of thousands of wild horses and burros on public lands to a level that is better for both the animals and their habitat will cost U.S. taxpayers $5 billion and take 15 years, a Trump administration official said on Wednesday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Oct 24, 2019

Diaper rush: Conquering a $9 billion incontinence market no one wants to talk about

The time may not be far off when more adults need diapers than babies as the population grows older, potentially a huge opportunity for manufacturers of incontinence products — if they can lift the stigma that has long constrained sales.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Oct 24, 2019

Young entrepreneurs with a mission bank on 'Greta' effect

As the brains behind a hydroponics farming system in rural Kenya, 17-year-old Jefferson Kang'acha struggled to get noticed but he now expects the youth climate movement led by Greta Thunberg to bolster other young people on a mission.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 23, 2019

Hawks sweep Giants to win third straight Japan Series

The end of the NPB season in 2019 looks a lot like it did last year... and in 2017, 2015 and 2014 too.
Japan Times
Rugby
Oct 23, 2019

England squad unfazed by All Blacks' 'invincible' reputation

England is tapping into the experience of the many members of its squad who were on the drawn British and Irish Lions tour of New Zealand in 2017 to help formulate a plan to beat the All Blacks in Saturday's World Cup semifinal.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 23, 2019

Putin took the Mideast, the U.S. can get it back

Thanks to Obama and Trump, Russia the 'regional power' has added a new region.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / FOREIGN AGENDA
Oct 23, 2019

Finding moments of strength with every step of my cancer journey

It's the diagnosis that nobody wants to hear. But along with the moments of shock, stress and sadness that Julia Marino has experienced on her cancer journey, she has also found strength.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Oct 23, 2019

'No Smoking': Poking the embers of Haruomi Hosono's career

Marking the 50th anniversary of Haruomi Hosono's musical career, 'No Smoking' takes a look at his life and some of his famed concerts
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tokyo Motor Show 2019
Oct 23, 2019

Tech and futurism drive iconic car event's appeal

The 46th Tokyo Motor Show, slated to kick off on Oct. 24 at Tokyo Big Sight and other areas in Tokyo's Odaiba district, is set to showcase the latest automotive trends but will also depart from previous editions of the motor show.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Oct 23, 2019

Russia-linked group likely used Iranian hacking tools, NSA says

A Russia-linked group is believed to have utilized Iranian tools to conduct cyberattacks against dozens of countries, in an apparent effort to mask their identities, according to joint advisories by the U.S. and the U.K.
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 22, 2019

After Typhoon Hagibis, dissolution of Lower House by year-end for snap election now seen as unlikely

After Typhoon Hagibis caused extensive damage in Japan earlier this month, it is now increasingly unlikely that Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will dissolve the House of Representatives — the powerful Lower House of the Diet — by the end of the year for a snap general election, political observers have...
Japan Times
Rugby
Oct 22, 2019

All Blacks coach Steve Hansen says he's confident Kieran Reed will play against England

All Blacks captain Kieran Read skipped training on Tuesday ahead of their Rugby World Cup semifinal due to a sore calf muscle, but coach Steve Hansen was "100 perent" certain he would face England in Yokohama on Saturday.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 22, 2019

Jeff Bezos' Amazon needs a leash, not a breakup

The New Yorker and the Atlantic have never been known for their business coverage, so when both magazines published long articles about Amazon.com Inc. in their current issues it signaled that something is in the air. That something is antitrust.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Oct 22, 2019

Companies slow to disclose financial costs of climate change, Moody's says

U.S. and European companies in polluting industries rarely disclose the financial risks they face related to climate change even though a global task force called on them to do so two years ago, according to Moody's Investors Service.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 22, 2019

Boeing may face billions more in losses as 737 Max crisis deepens, analysts say

Boeing Co. may have to book billions of dollars in additional charges related to its grounded 737 Max jets, brokerages said, following reports that call into question the timing of the aircraft's return to service.
JAPAN
Oct 22, 2019

Future of Japan's imperial dynasty rests on shoulders of 13-year-old Prince Hisahito

When Prince Hisahito, Japan's youngest prince, visited Bhutan in August on his first overseas trip, just months after his uncle, Emperor Naruhito, ascended to the throne, the visit was regarded as the debut of a future monarch on the world stage.
From France to Mali, a deportee's struggle far from home
Moussa Sacko, a Malian deported from France — where he had lived since he was a young child — stands on a street in Bamako, Mali, in December. Compared with his home in France, Bamako feels like a different planet, Sacko said.
Descendants in Philippines denied Japanese citizenship
As attacks surge, who can cull bears in Japan?
Police cars leave the Akita Prefectural Police headquarters to cull bears, in the city of Akita on Thursday.
Japan may triple departure tax to tackle overtourism
A plane takes off from Haneda Airport.
What would a ‘backup capital’ look like for Japan?
The Japan Innovation Party has long sought to get Osaka designated as Japan's backup capital.
Japan fully enters sports streaming era as fans face new dilemmas
Sports fan Tadashi Yokoyama streams basketball and fencing on three screens.
Tatsuya Nakadai: A masterful leading man and postwar icon
Tatsuya Nakadai had the look of a leading man in his youth, but his large and searching eyes suggested the pain and loneliness of an old soul.
As Japan’s female leader rises, can she cross sumo’s sacred line?
Japan Sumo Association Chairman Hakkaku (front center) delivers a speech on the first day of the Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament at the Fukuoka Kokusai Center on Sunday. Centuries of belief and tradition still underpin the all-male association's stance of excluding women.
Takaichi doesn’t mince words on Taiwan, but dramatic policy shift unlikely
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi responds to questions during a House of Representatives Budget Committee session in parliament on Tuesday.
Florist Nicolai Bergmann flourishes outside the box
Florist Nicolai Bergmann shops for fresh flowers at the Ota flower market in Tokyo on Friday.

Podcast

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

Longform

Bear attacks have dominated Japanese news headlines in recent months, with 13 people so far having been killed by the animals.
Japan’s bears have been on their killing spree for more than 100 years
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