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WORLD
Sep 8, 2020

Saudi Arabia jails eight over Jamal Khashoggi murder as fiancee decries trial

The trial was criticized by a U.N. official and human rights campaigners who said the masterminds of the murder remained free.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Sep 7, 2020

China returns to old stimulus playbook to boost growth

Much of the money borrowed by local governments looks to be going to build the same kind of projects as in past years, which struggle to generate sufficient revenue.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Sep 7, 2020

China's exports rise at fastest pace since March '19 as economies reopen

The gains eclipsing an extended fall in imports, which slumped 2.1 percent compared with market expectations for a 0.1 percent increase.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Sep 7, 2020

Trump promised a coal comeback but America’s miners need an energy revolution

Mining has always been physically risky, and right now the job is more insecure than ever.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 6, 2020

Beijing may be more addicted to coal than oil

PetroChina's announcement in its half-year results last week that it would seek a 'near-zero” target for emissions by 2050 was unexpected.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics / FOCUS
Sep 5, 2020

Boris Johnson’s party wonders if he’s losing his grip

After months of policy blunders and with the economy deep in recession, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson needed a new enforcer to help him rescue a leadership in trouble. So he called the future king.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 5, 2020

Tokyo's Toyosu fish market, the world's largest, taking outsized hit from pandemic

Businesses had hoped for more activity after the end of the state of emergency in late May, but big events have remained on hold and restaurants are struggling.
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JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Sep 5, 2020

Carlos Ghosn's accused escape plotters can be extradited to Japan, U.S. judge says

A U.S. judge on Friday ruled two Massachusetts men can be extradited to Japan to face charges that they helped smuggle former Nissan Motor Co. Chairman Carlos Ghosn out of the country while he was awaiting trial on financial crimes.
COMMENTARY / World / Post-Coronavirus Briefing
Sep 4, 2020

Neither U.S. nor China will lead post-coronavirus order

The age of the two economic superpowers, which have been engaged in a tit-for-tat trade war, could be over.
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JAPAN / Society
Sep 4, 2020

Japan lays out way back for residents with expired visas and re-entry permits

The Justice Ministry announced this week that non-Japanese residents who couldn't return before papers expired would be able to seek re-entry under special circumstances.
Japan Times
SOCCER
Sep 4, 2020

Premier League cuts off Chinese broadcaster over payments

England's Premier League terminated its lucrative broadcast agreement in China, a move that could exacerbate the financial fallout one of the world’s most-watched sporting competitions is already seeing from COVID-19.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Sep 4, 2020

Apple App Store draws fresh scrutiny in Japan, the epicenter of gaming

Epic Games Inc.'s decision to sue Apple over its mobile store practices sparks new scrutiny and prompts questions about how to counter the tech giant's dominance.
JAPAN
Sep 3, 2020

Ship carrying 43 crew and almost 6,000 cattle missing in typhoon off Japan

The Japan Coast Guard said it had rescued one crew member on Wednesday night while searching for the ship.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 3, 2020

Japan's convenience stores are told to stop pushing 24-hour schedules

The firms' business models have been criticized for putting profit ahead of the needs of franchise owners.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Sep 3, 2020

In a changed Kashmir, moderates feel betrayed by India

For more than two decades, Peerzada Lateef Shah risked his life in a high-wire political process to bring peace to Kashmir, the mountainous, predominantly Muslim region that has long chafed under India’s rule.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Stage
Sep 3, 2020

Toyooka Theater Festival brings French flair to Japan’s theater scene

Dramatist Oriza Hirata's dream of holding Japan's version of the Avignon Festival is becoming a reality with a two-week arts fete starting on Sept. 9.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Sep 3, 2020

‘The Brightest Roof in the Universe’: Looks nice, lacks sparkle

Michihito Fujii changes pace but can't quite find the right tempo on this lightweight follow-up to gritty award winner “The Journalist.”
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 2, 2020

U.S. and China should seek a truce in tech cold war

In the absence of shared global norms on how data flows should be governed, domestic policymakers everywhere are developing their own 'patches” to regulate data and protect national security and their citizens' privacy.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Sep 2, 2020

China looking to double nuclear stockpile in next decade, Pentagon says

The United States' congressionally mandated report said China currently possesses a stockpile “estimated to be in the low 200s.”
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 2, 2020

U.S. expats can’t renounce their citizenship fast enough

The swearing in of new citizens often makes news in the U.S., especially if it happens in unusual circumstances such as one party’s national convention. Much less reported are the many citizenship renunciations by Americans, and the travails leading up to these life decisions. Almost all those giving...
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Sep 2, 2020

Xi doubles down on domestic focus as U.S. relations fray

China’s top leaders next month will lay out their economic strategy for the next five years that will include a new ambition to ramp up domestic consumption and make more critical technology at home in a bid to insulate the world’s second-largest economy from swirling geopolitical tensions.
Japan Times
Special Supplements / Malaysia: Halal investment hub
Sep 1, 2020

Global halal market continues to grow

The CEO of Halal Development Corporation (HDC) Berhad, Hairol Ariffein Sahari, has one thing to say to the 87-odd companies affected by Japan’s decision to relocate manufacturing from China — come to Malaysia.
BASKETBALL / B. League
Aug 31, 2020

B. League players briefed on virus protocols ahead of new season

Japan's pro basketball league will largely follow the lead of NPB and the J. League as it embarks on its fifth season.
BUSINESS
Aug 31, 2020

Japan considers tax reform to lure foreign financial firms, annual policy says

Experts said Tokyo needed to tackle issues including a relatively high tax rate and a lack of English language fluency in the workplace.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 31, 2020

How to end America's loneliness epidemic

Making people more economically secure is the first step to ending the 'intimacy apocalypse.'

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Dangami House is a 180-year-old former samurai residence of the Kato clan, who ruled over Ozu, Ehime Prefecture, until the Meiji Restoration.
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