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Reader Mail
Aug 23, 2019

Please help the bunnies on Rabbit Island

I am 9 years old and I love bunnies. I have a Holland Lop named Watson. I love him a lot. I learned about Rabbit Island (Okunoshima in Hiroshima Prefecture) in a magazine called Animal Tales. I have seen videos on YouTube about Rabbit Island.
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BASKETBALL / NBA
Aug 22, 2019

NBA program helps foster young Asian talent

With scorching heat enveloping Tokyo last week, the Basketball Without Borders Asia Camp provided heated competition inside the air-conditioned facilities at Mizumoto General Sports Center.
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WORLD / Science & Health
Aug 21, 2019

'Doubling down on fossil fuels': U.S. a critical obstacle for stopping climate pollution, advocacy group warns

The U.S. will account for almost two-thirds of the world's new oil and natural gas output in the decade ahead, making it a critical obstacle to stopping climate pollution, a London-based advocacy group says.
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ASIA PACIFIC / ANALYSIS
Aug 20, 2019

U.S. test of previously banned missile raises fears of new nuclear arms race

The U.S. military has conducted a flight test of a type of missile banned for more than 30 years, under a treaty from which it bolted earlier this month, the Pentagon said Monday, in a move experts said was likely to have been closely watched by China, Russia and even North Korea.
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BUSINESS / Tech
Aug 20, 2019

How an obscure rubber company in Japan became a linchpin of the tech industry

When Japan decided to pick a fight with South Korea last month, it dug deep into the supply chain to impose sanctions on three obscure materials made by a handful of Japanese companies few have ever heard of.
LIFE / Language / MORNING ENGLISH
Aug 19, 2019

Let's discuss Tokyo's Olympics plans

An official from the International Olympic Committee's Coordination Commission for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics wants Japan to think long-term.
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BUSINESS / FOCUS
Aug 19, 2019

Cathay Pacific remains under scrutiny as CEO takes fall for Hong Kong protests

Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd. is counting on the resignation of its British chief executive officer, Rupert Hogg, to move beyond the tumult that saw its employees' participation in the Hong Kong protests draw the ire of Beijing. But will it be enough?
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WORLD / Politics
Aug 19, 2019

Jeremy Corbyn gears up for election as Brexit fears soar and Johnson heads to heart of EU

U.K. opposition leader Jeremy Corbyn will promise to do "everything necessary" to prevent a no-deal Brexit as Prime Minister Boris Johnson prepares to take his threat to let Britain crash out of the EU to the heart of Europe.
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SATOYAMA CONSORTIUM
Aug 18, 2019

Providing a new breath of life to businesses

At a recent symposium organized by the Japan Times Satoyama Consortium, three panelists shared their experiences and thoughts on the theme of succeeding businesses in rural communities.
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ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 17, 2019

Hong Kong teachers open another weekend of protests for democracy and rights

Over a thousand Hong Kong school teachers braved thunderstorms on Saturday to start a weekend of anti-government demonstrations that some activists fear could see tougher police tactics on the city's streets. Following the escalation in violence during the past few days, the demonstrations this weekend...
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BUSINESS / Markets
Aug 16, 2019

Chinese cryptocurrency demand feeding off trade tensions, weaker yuan, market players say

Trade tensions between the United States and China and a weakening yuan are boosting demand for cryptocurrencies among Chinese investors, market players from Asia to New York said.
Reader Mail
Aug 16, 2019

Missing the point of spoken English

Regarding "Test results show students' poor English skills" in the Aug. 2 edition, while it may seem a good thing that Japan's accountable authorities recognize the need to do something about Japanese students' English-speaking inability, perhaps they are the wrong people to succeed.
WORLD
Aug 16, 2019

Radioactive iodine from Russian missile accident detected in Norway

Norway's nuclear safety authority is analyzing tiny amounts of radioactive iodine detected in the air in northern Norway in the days after a deadly explosion during a rocket engine test over the border in Russia.
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ASIA PACIFIC / Society
Aug 16, 2019

China warns it can quell Hong Kong protesters as Trump urges Xi to meet them

Hong Kong braced for more mass protests over the weekend, even as China warned it could use its power to quell demonstrations and U.S. President Donald Trump urged Chinese President Xi Jinping to meet personally with the protesters to defuse weeks of tensions.
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OLYMPICS
Aug 15, 2019

For Canada's water polo teams, Pan American Games provided valuable testing ground

The Canada water polo national teams have made steady progress since holding training camps last summer in Morioka, Iwate Prefecture, according to Justin Oliveira, Water Polo Canada's high performance director.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Aug 13, 2019

Japan needs guidelines and infrastructure for multilingual support for foreign residents

It is high time that the national government formulated guidelines on what information it should disseminate in what languages.
Reader Mail
Aug 9, 2019

'Comfort woman' statue should be exhibited

We applaud the insight of Daisuke Tsuda for his curation of "After 'Freedom of Expression?'" and for choosing to include the "Statue of a Girl of Peace" in the Aichi Triennale. We are dismayed that this section of the exhibition has been shut down ("Statue threats disrupt art festival," Aug. 5).
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COMMENTARY / World
Aug 7, 2019

Who should fight the war on white nationalism?

The threat of domestic terrorism must be confronted by law enforcement, not the military.
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ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 6, 2019

Media and rights groups slam India over communications blackout in Kashmir

India's imposition of an unprecedented communications blackout on Jammu and Kashmir hours before stripping its only Muslim-majority state of special rights in place for decades was sharply criticized Monday by media and rights groups.
JAPAN / Media / Japan Pulse
Aug 3, 2019

Anime director Makoto Shinkai's new film can't shake 'Your Name.' comparisons

Makoto Shinkai’s latest film, “Weathering With You” (“Tenki no Ko”), may have outperformed the director’s 2016 blockbuster, “Your Name.,” at the box office on its opening weekend, but it failed to create many waves on social media in its first week.
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JAPAN
Aug 3, 2019

New Chinese history textbook to stress territorial rights over Japan-administered Senkakus

A new Chinese history textbook will stress that the disputed Senkaku Islands in Okinawa Prefecture have been part of China since ancient times, according to the Global Times, a newspaper affiliated with the Communist Party of China.
Reader Mail
Aug 2, 2019

Female ruler would help the birthrate

Addressing Japan's demographic challenges requires cultural change.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 2, 2019

Trump plays down third North Korean missile test in eight days as allies' concerns grow

North Korea fired two "new-type" projectiles from its east coast, the South Korean military said Friday — the country's third launch in just over a week, but one that U.S. President Donald Trump looked to play down — as a trade and history clash between Tokyo and Seoul threatened joint efforts to...
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COMMENTARY / Japan
Aug 1, 2019

Japan as No. 1: The 21st-century version

Japan never became the world's top economy, but it remains the global best in a number of critical categories.
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BASKETBALL / B. League / B. LEAGUE NOTEBOOK
Aug 1, 2019

Shibuya's Robert Sacre announces retirement

Robert Sacre, one of the top all-around centers in B. League history, has retired.
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CULTURE / Music
Jul 31, 2019

Fuji Rock '19: Janelle Monae, Vince Staples and Khruangbin lift soggy spirits

As the Green Stage went dark for Sia's Saturday night performance at this year's Fuji Rock, the downpour that had started around noon had already stolen the night.
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ASIA PACIFIC
Jul 29, 2019

China backs Lam and says Hong Kong unrest 'beyond scope' of peaceful protest

China said violent protests in Hong Kong wouldn't be tolerated, in the Beijing government's most high-profile response to unrest rocking the Asian financial hub.
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ASIA PACIFIC
Jul 29, 2019

China announces military exercises in areas near Taiwan in South and East China seas

China has announced large-scale military exercises in broad swaths of the waters and airspace in both the South and East China seas near Taiwan, days after Beijing said in a defense white paper that it will not renounce the use of force in efforts to reunify Taipei with the mainland.
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JAPAN
Jul 29, 2019

Eneco Holdings reveals new hydrogen gas technology

In current times where issues concerning climate change and global warming persist and a further reduction in carbon emissions is needed to ensure the survival of future generations, Eneco Hybrid HHO Gas developed by Eneco Holdings Inc. may be the key to realizing a zero carbon emission society.

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