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JAPAN / EXPLAINER
Jul 2, 2018

Japan's driving schools, squeezed by demographic change, target foreign residents to stay afloat

According to the National Police Agency's latest statistics, as many as 82.26 million people held driver's licenses in Japan in 2017. Of those drivers, 18.18 million — or 22.1 percent — were 65 or older.
Japan Times
Hong Kong report 2018
Jul 2, 2018

Jones Day: Delivering responsive and dedicated client service

With the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Ltd.'s recent green light to list new economy enterprises (including pre-revenue biotech companies and those with dual or weighted voting structures), Hong Kong is widely expected to take center stage as a global initial public offering destination.
Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design / ON: DESIGN
Jul 1, 2018

From Tokyo to London: This is the house that Japan built

As London's new cultural hub of all things Japanese, Japan House London's minimalist interiors, striking central spiral staircase, displays of nnovative design, art and architectural works and classy top-floor restaurant impressively avoid the all-too-easy preconceptions about Japan.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / TOKYO FOOD FILE
Jun 30, 2018

Sel Sal Sale: Ristorante quality with trattoria values

Sel Sal Sale is not one of those modest restaurants that keeps itself safely hidden out of sight behind an anonymous frontage. Quite the opposite: The wood-framed window onto the street invites you to slow down, pause and peer inside.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jun 29, 2018

The business of death has a bright future in Japan

Norihisa Tomiyasu opened his first mortuary in 1997 aiming to clean up a profession he says deserved its bad reputation for exploiting people's grief and overcharging them at some of the most fraught moments of their lives.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jun 29, 2018

'Fake refugees, get out': How South Koreans are channeling Trump

On the South Korean island of Jeju, a tourist hot spot famed for blue waters and sandy beaches, Lee Hyang is angry.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies / IDEAS IN ACTION
Jun 28, 2018

AI-equipped recruiter tries to mobilize Japan's static labor market

Hiroki Shimada can trace the genesis of his company, Scouty Inc., back to a time when he was on the outside of the job market looking in.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 28, 2018

Spooked no more? Hong Kong's 'haunted apartment' prices levitate with white-hot market

Ng Goon-lau pointed at a window inside a dark, tiny bedroom. The window was small and easily sealed, Ng explained, a perfect place for carbon-monoxide poisoning.
WORLD / Science & Health
Jun 28, 2018

Heat-stable drug could save thousands of moms, babies from post-childbirth bleeding: WHO

A new formulation of a drug to prevent excessive bleeding in women after they give birth could save thousands of lives in poorer countries, according to a study co-led by the World Health Organization (WHO).
JAPAN
Jun 27, 2018

How ready are you for Japan's next big earthquake?

Emergency kits are a must-have in earthquake prone Japan, but a survey by The Japan Times has found that a number of people did not use theirs when a deadly quake rocked Osaka Prefecture and its vicinity last week.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Jun 27, 2018

U.S. Supreme Court condemns ruling that enabled internment of Japanese-Americans, but says travel ban is different

The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld President Donald Trump's ban on travel from several mostly Muslim countries, but in the process also overruled an infamous 1944 decision that allowed the internment of 120,000 Japanese-Americans during World War II because of concerns over homeland defense following...
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jun 27, 2018

Britain is underestimating true size of EU divorce bill, U.K. lawmakers say

The British government's estimate of how much it will have to pay the European Union as part of its so-called divorce settlement is at least £10 billion ($13 billion) too low, a committee of lawmakers said on Wednesday.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Jun 27, 2018

Robert Mueller says Putin associate shouldn't see evidence in U.S. criminal case unless he appears in court

U.S. special counsel Robert Mueller said a longtime associate of Russian President Vladimir Putin should be barred from seeing evidence in a U.S. criminal case unless he appears in court to defend himself.
WORLD
Jun 26, 2018

Mattis becomes first U.S. defense chief to visit China under Trump

U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis on Tuesday became the first Pentagon chief to visit China since 2014, starting a three-day trip with a goal of improving security dialogue with Beijing despite increasingly fraught Sino-U.S. relations.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Jun 26, 2018

Migrant deaths from heat on U.S.-Mexico border up 55% to 48: Border Patrol

The number of migrants dying from extreme heat on the U.S.-Mexico border rose 55 percent in the last nine months after an increase in unaccompanied children and families trying to enter the United States illegally, the U.S. government said on Monday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jun 26, 2018

Boeing gets a jump on Farnborough air show with $14.4 billion in jetliner deals as Asia market tilts

Boeing Co. isn't waiting for next month's Farnborough International Airshow to unveil blockbuster aircraft deals — or start booking cash.
JAPAN / Politics
Jun 25, 2018

Abe's approval rating rebounds, raising chances of becoming Japan's longest-serving prime minister

The prime minister's support rate rose 10 points to outstrip his disapproval rating for the first time since February, improving his chances of weathering a series of scandals.
Japan Times
LIFE / Language / BILINGUAL
Jun 25, 2018

At 180,000 entries, Jim Breen's freeware Japanese dictionary is still growing

Even if they haven't visited Jim Breen's site directly, every Japanese learner will have come across his dictionary material in some form.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Jun 24, 2018

Akiyo Noguchi and Tomoa Narasaki win titles at inaugural sport climbing Combined Japan Cup

Climbing stars Akiyo Noguchi and Tomoa Narasaki captured the women's and men's titles at the inaugural Combined Japan Cup at Iwate Prefectural Sports Park on Sunday.
Japan Times
CULTURE / CULTURE SMASH
Jun 24, 2018

Can Japanese 'light novels' remain publishing heavyweights?

Two years ago, light novel publisher Kadokawa added Thailand to its list of foreign publishing investments, which already includes Taiwan, Hong Kong, China, Malaysia and the United States. Now there are signs that English-language readers are catching on.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Entertainment news
Jun 24, 2018

In cartoon arms race against Japan, Chinese tech giants splash out

Growing up in the Chinese port city of Dalian in the 1990s, Zhang Hongchang spent hours immersed in Japanese cartoons like "Dragon Ball" and "Naruto."
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / OSAKA RESTAURANTS
Jun 23, 2018

Beignet: Earnest French fusion with a sleek streak

Beignet's French-style kushiage skewers are served bite-sized, elegantly plated and with an Asian twist.
EDITORIALS
Jun 21, 2018

U.S. leaves the U.N. Human Rights Council

Neither Japanese pragmatism nor American petulance will serve the cause of human rights.

Longform

Figure skater Akiko Suzuki was once told her ideal weight should be 47 kilograms, a number she now admits she “naively believed.” This led to her have a relationship with food that resulted in her suffering from anorexia.
The silent battle Japanese athletes fight with weight