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Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jan 31, 2017

Pyongyang's only private university reaches out to Texas A&M for crop lessons

The leaders of the only private university in North Korea asked Texas A&M University, known for its agricultural economics and public health programs, for help on Monday in teaching subjects such as how to grow food in a land of chronic shortages.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Jan 28, 2017

Publishing pioneer Kikuko Ireton introduced the world to Japanese film

Kikuko Ireton, who co-founded "Movie/TV Marketing," a pioneering English-language trade journal about the domestic film industry, died in Tokyo on Thursday from complications of pneumonia.
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 27, 2017

Vague U.S. policies may speed China's buildup

Without clarity on how it intends to prevent China's militarization in the South China Sea, the Trump administration may give Beijing an excuse to do it even faster.
Japan Times
BASEBALL
Jan 24, 2017

Japan fills out team for World Baseball Classic

Samurai Japan mostly filled out its roster for the 2017 World Baseball Classic on Tuesday, adding eight players, but no major leaguers, to the 19 names released in December.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets
Jan 24, 2017

Treasury nominee Mnuchin keeps senators guessing about China currency stance

Treasury secretary nominee Steven Mnuchin has told senators that he will work to combat currency manipulation but did not give a clear answer on whether he currently views China as manipulating the yuan, according to a Senate Finance Committee document seen Monday.
OLYMPICS
Jan 22, 2017

Germany calls for Russian Olympic ban

A ban of Russia from the 2018 Winter Olympics and possibly the 2020 Tokyo Summer Games should be considered if there was state-run doping in the country, Germany's Olympic Committee chief Alfons Hoermann said on Sunday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 20, 2017

Marchers in Tokyo brave chilly weather to bid farewell to Obama

Ahead of the presidential inauguration of Donald Trump in America, members of Democrats Abroad Japan marched Friday evening to express appreciation to outgoing President Barack Obama.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jan 16, 2017

Facebook to update platforms to curb fake news in Germany within weeks

Facebook said on Sunday it would update its social media platforms in Germany within weeks to reduce the dissemination of fake news.
WORLD
Jan 13, 2017

Brazilian farm owners form militias to attack land activists: rights group

Large farm owners in Brazil are forming private militias to attack land rights campaigners, Human Rights Watch said on Thursday, as rural violence in Latin America's largest country hits its worst levels in a decade.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 6, 2017

Kissinger's Washington is coming back around

Let's take a moment to savor what looks to be Henry Kissinger's final act. The man is 93 years old. At that age, most people are lucky to have enough energy for "Wheel of Fortune" and a few Facebook posts. Not Kissinger. These days, he's playing the influence game against insiders who hadn't even been...
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 5, 2017

The perils of excessive moralism in foreign policy

The liberal moralistic approach to foreign affairs can be welcome, but there is also an obligation to find the causes of the seemingly immoral behavior of the other side.
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 2, 2017

Sayonara to the year that was

U.S. President Barack Obama topped the 2016 list of winners and losers in Asia, but not in a good way.
JAPAN
Dec 21, 2016

U.S. return of Okinawa training area faces harsh criticism from local residents

U.S. Forces Japan announces the return of more than half the Northern Training Area amid the growing anger of local residents.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 19, 2016

Putin's dangerous fan club

Vladimir Putin's admirers, including U.S. President-elect Donald Trump, should realize that in the Russian leader's zero-sum world, what belongs to another is his to get, what's his is non-negotiable.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Dec 15, 2016

Tokyo regains title of costliest city for expats as London drops

The capital jumped from 12th last year, while Yokohama and Osaka joined the top 10 in a report comparing the global cost of living.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Dec 13, 2016

Top U.S. spy agency has not embraced CIA assessment on Russia hacking, sources say

The overseers of the U.S. intelligence community have not embraced a CIA assessment that Russian cyberattacks were aimed at helping Republican President-elect Donald Trump win the 2016 election, three American officials said Monday.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Dec 12, 2016

Emergence of political Islam puts Indonesian president in difficult situation

As the ranks of protesters thickened in central Jakarta on Dec. 2, turning into Indonesia's biggest mass demonstration since the end of authoritarian rule in 1998, President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo grappled with a dilemma: should he join the rally or stay away?
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Dec 9, 2016

China's colleges must serve the Communist Party, Xi says

China's President Xi Jinping has called for allegiance to the ruling Communist Party from the country's colleges and universities, the latest effort by Beijing to tighten its hold on education.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Dec 3, 2016

Trump speaks with Taiwanese president in major break with decades of U.S. policy on China

In a stunning move, Donald Trump broke with decades of diplomatic tradition on Friday to become the first U.S. president or president-elect to speak directly with a leader of Taiwan since diplomatic ties were cut in 1979.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Dec 1, 2016

With younger Castro soon to step down, attention turns to Cuba's heir apparent

With revolutionary leader Fidel Castro dead and his brother Raul vowing to step down as president in 15 months, it will soon be the hour of heir apparent Miguel Diaz-Canel, an advocate of modernizing Cuba's state-run media and abysmal internet access.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Dec 1, 2016

New evidence shows deep Islamic State role in Bangladesh massacre that killed seven Japanese

Before Tamim Ahmed Chowdhury orchestrated Bangladesh's worst militant attack, he sought and won approval for it from Islamic State.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Nov 23, 2016

Jailing of Khmer Rouge leaders sends message to North Korea: U.N. envoy

A Cambodian Supreme Court chamber on Wednesday upheld a life sentence for two top cadres of the 1970s Khmer Rouge found guilty of crimes against humanity, a decision a U.N. envoy said sent a message to leaders in North Korea and elsewhere.
More Japanese universities pushing toward teaching in English
Waseda University in Tokyo
The unstoppable rise of konbini tourism
Guests typically follow Ryo Ito’s lead as he weaves through the narrow, colorful aisles of convenience stores.
A narrow Pacific waterway at heart of U.S. plans to choke China’s vast navy
Philippine and Australian troops fire an M777 howitzer during live fire exercises as part of joint military drills in Laur, Nueva Ecija, the Philippines, in August.
The second life of Japan's net cafes
Once smoky, male-dominated spaces, today's net cafes, like Kaikatsu Club, are working to make their operations more attractive to women customers.
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.
More Japanese universities pushing toward teaching in English
Waseda University in Tokyo
Young Indonesians in Japan find their political voice
Indonesian students at Hiroshima University hold posters of the 17+8 Demands, demanding transparency and action from their homeland’s government.
The unstoppable rise of konbini tourism
Guests typically follow Ryo Ito’s lead as he weaves through the narrow, colorful aisles of convenience stores.
Kenshi Yonezu, 'Chainsaw Man' and the art of pop ubiquity
Kenshi Yonezu's “Iris Out” was an instant hit when it dropped in September. Its association with smash anime "Chainsaw Man — The Movie: Reze Arc" has spread it to even more people.
How airlines are refining their in-flight food in Japan's tourism boom
All Nippon Airways' gourmet program, The Connoisseurs, showcases the Japanese concept of "shun" (peak season for ingredients), giving passengers a preview of the refined cuisine that awaits them in Japan.

Podcast

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

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Once smoky, male-dominated spaces, today's net cafes, like Kaikatsu Club, are working to make their operations more attractive to women customers.
The second life of Japan's net cafes
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