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WORLD / Politics
Jun 5, 2016

Clinton criticizes election rivals over immigration

Hillary Clinton fought on two fronts in California on Saturday as she sought to wrap up her battle with Bernie Sanders for the Democratic nomination, taking aim at him and at Donald Trump, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, with attacks on their immigration stances.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / COUNTERPOINT
Jun 4, 2016

Under Abe, Japan gets left behind at G-7 summit

For Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, the best thing about the recent G-7 Ise-Shima summit was that it gave him cover to wriggle out of a planned tax increase. He could pretend postponing the tax increase is a statesman-like concession to boosting global growth, rather than a way to pander to voters in the...
CULTURE / Books
Jun 4, 2016

Black Illumination: Haruo Sato's lush, gloomy landscapes

Most of us, when we feel sad, assume there is a cause for our sadness. Often there is, and the feeling can then be addressed, diagnosed, resolved. But what about sadness without a cause? This is the terrain of melancholy and, while melancholy has a rich and varied history in the West, it takes on unique...
JAPAN / Media / DARK SIDE OF THE RISING SUN
Jun 4, 2016

Legal reform may start rooting out gangsters

Lawmakers in the Diet approved reform to the country's criminal justice system last month, mandating the recording of police interrogations in certain circumstances, revamping the existing wiretap law and introducing a plea bargain system for the first time.
JAPAN / Politics
Jun 4, 2016

Okinawans get set to vote in local elections amid increased tensions over the U.S. military presence

Okinawans vote Sunday in a prefectural assembly election that may result in a legislative body that strongly supports revising the 1960 Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA).
WORLD
Jun 4, 2016

Oregon derailment in Columbia River Gorge likely to reignite oil-by-rail safety concerns

A Union Pacific train carrying crude oil derailed and burst into flames along Oregon's scenic Columbia River Gorge on Friday in the first major rail accident involving crude in a year.
WORLD / Science & Health
Jun 4, 2016

Easing pressure on farmland, 'bionic leaf' uses sunlight to make clean fuel

A new clean technology to turn sunlight into liquid fuel could drastically shrink the need for large plantations to grow crops for biofuels and also combat climate change, Harvard University researchers said Thursday.
BUSINESS / Economy
Jun 3, 2016

Abe's LDP signals dramatic shift on BOJ in election pledge

Though a centerpiece of past election agendas, the LDP makes no reference to monetary policy in its campaign platform ahead of the summer poll.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jun 3, 2016

Japanese court issues first-ever injunction against hate-speech rally

A Kanagawa Prefecture bench prevents an anti-Korean activist from holding rallies near a group that supports ethnic Koreans.
Japan Times
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Jun 3, 2016

Time running out for Hodgson to tinker with lineup for Euro 2016

This was , the pundits said, the most potent attack England could select. Portugal beware. Harry Kane, Jamie Vardy and Wayne Rooney — the two leading goalscorers in the Premier League — plus England's record scorer starting a match together for the first time.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / TOKYO FOOD FILE
Jun 3, 2016

Le Bar a Vin 52: The secret to Ebisu's new wine and wagyu HQ

When the new Atre mall opened in April outside Ebisu Station, most people's eyes were fixed on the ground floor and the one-hour lines outside burger phenomenon Shake Shack's eagerly awaited second Tokyo branch. But those in the know have been directing their feet to destinations higher up — specifically...
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 3, 2016

Distorted news on Russia

Russia appears to be the target of black information by Western intelligence agencies.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Jun 3, 2016

Close Abe aides eyed over last-minute change in economy slides presented at G-7 summit

The Group of Seven summit meeting last week in Ise, Mie Prefecture, chaired by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, has raised suspicions about Japan's political agenda.
Reader Mail
Jun 3, 2016

Apologies by both U.S., Japan are in order

In our quest for symbolic resolution, we need to be honest ("Obama pays historic visit to Hiroshima" in the May 28 edition). If President Barack Obama's visit to the atomic-bombed city is an apology of a kind, then a similar apology of a kind is required of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Jun 3, 2016

Tech moguls declare era of artificial intelligence

Artificial intelligence and machine learning will create computers so sophisticated and godlike that humans will need to implant "neural laces" in their brains to keep up, Tesla Motors and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk told a crowd of tech leaders this week.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jun 2, 2016

Clinton to blast Trump on North Korea, NATO in foreign policy speech

Democratic presidential front-runner Hillary Clinton will berate Republican Donald Trump for being too friendly with North Korea and too harsh on European allies on Thursday in a foreign policy speech in California designed to portray the billionaire businessman as unfit for the White House.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 2, 2016

Building golden bridges in the South China Sea

Everyone should avoid triumphing at China's expense if a tribunal ruling on a China-Philippines territorial dispute hands Beijing a bitter pill to swallow.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel / HOTELS & RESTAURANTS
Jun 2, 2016

Sizzling summer beef promotion; breakfast buffet features 'superfoods'; spices, herbs give twist to cocktails

Sizzling summer beef promotion

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Mamoru Iwai, stationmaster of Keisei Ueno Station, says that, other than earthquake-proofing, the former Hakubutsukan-Dobutsuen (Museum-Zoo) Station has remained untouched.
Inside Tokyo's 'phantom' stations — and the stories they tell