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WORLD
Nov 7, 2015

U.S. task force expected to recommend free Web-based drone register

A federal task force is expected to recommend a Web-based registry for drone owners that will impose no registration fees, two people familiar with the matter said Friday.
Japan Times
WORLD
Nov 7, 2015

Titanic menu, JFK limo license plates head to auction block

A menu from the last dinner served to first-class passengers aboard the Titanic before it sank in 1912 is among a few surviving artifacts from the ill-fated ship's journey that were to be auctioned off on Saturday.
WORLD
Nov 7, 2015

U.S. to open new screening centers for Syrian refugees

The Obama administration is moving to increase and accelerate the number of Syrian refugees who might be admitted into the United States by opening new screening outposts in Iraq and Lebanon, administration officials told Reuters on Friday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Nov 7, 2015

U.S. jobs report bolsters case for Fed rate hike

U.S. job growth surged in October and the unemployment rate hit a 7½-year low of 5 percent in a show of economic strength that makes it much more likely the Federal Reserve will raise interest rates in December.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Nov 7, 2015

Key senator says White House may have to renegotiate parts of TPP pact

A key U.S. senator said Friday the Obama administration may have to renegotiate parts of the recently concluded Trans-Pacific Partnership trade pact, heralding a tough battle to win support in Congress.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Nov 7, 2015

Large-scale sexting at Colorado high school results in criminal probe, suspensions

Widespread circulation of hundreds of sexually explicit photos among students at a Colorado high school via text messages has triggered a criminal investigation, multiple suspensions and the forfeiture of a football game, officials said on Friday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Nov 7, 2015

Nissan joins Toyota, Honda in ditching Takata's air bag inflators

Nissan Motor Co. says it will no longer use key air bag components made by Takata Corp., whose defective devices are behind the biggest-ever automotive safety recall.
WORLD / Society
Nov 6, 2015

Irish women tweet details of menstrual cycle to PM in abortion row

Irish women are tweeting details of their periods to Prime Minister Enda Kenny to help publicize a campaign to repeal restrictive abortion laws.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Nov 6, 2015

Shigeto holds his audience over with electronic 'Intermission'

Zach Saginaw's recording moniker, Shigeto, has been with him literally since the day he was born in Michigan.
Reader Mail
Nov 6, 2015

The refugee crisis: What about Japan?

Regarding the article "UNICEF chief urges Japan to open its doors to more refugees" in the Oct. 19 edition, if the Japanese are truly "very good global citizens," as UNICEF Executive Director Anthony Lake says, surely my fellow countrymen would agree with Lake's appeal? After all, the refugee crisis...
Reader Mail
Nov 6, 2015

Racist drawing of Syrian girl

Regarding the article "Manga artist removes illustration mocking Syrian refugee" in the Oct. 8 edition, as a citizen of Japan I felt disgusted looking at this racist drawing by Toshiko Hasumi that used an innocent child to represent such perverse prejudice.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Nov 6, 2015

China-Taiwan summit was two years in the making as leaders eye legacies

Saturday's historic summit in Singapore between the presidents of China and Taiwan may have surprised many, but the sides first broached the subject about two years ago, and the leaders had their legacies very much in mind.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Nov 5, 2015

Japan Post's epochal IPO

Japan Post's $12 billion listing is a symbol of the bold change that needs to be embraced to rejuvenate Asia's second largest economy.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Science & Health
Nov 5, 2015

Revolution in space technology evolution awaits launch in New Zealand paddock

The next revolution in space, making humdrum what was long the special preserve of tax-funded giants like NASA, will be launching next year from a paddock in New Zealand's remote South Island.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Nov 5, 2015

Power from human waste could light millions of homes: U.N. University

Biogas from human waste has the potential to generate electricity for millions of homes while improving health and protecting the environment, a United Nations University institute has said.
BUSINESS
Nov 5, 2015

Musk's made-in-USA SpaceX vies in crowded, Russia-powered field for $3.5 billion NASA contract

Less than a decade after its first rocket launch, Elon Musk's SpaceX finds itself in an unfamiliar position.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Nov 4, 2015

Director Kazuaki Kiriya struggles to be taken seriously in Japan

Forty-seven-year-old filmmaker Kazuaki Kiriya is as famed for being a tall, flamboyant loudmouth — he married Japanese diva Hikaru Utada when she was 16 years old (and he was 35) — as he is for making sleek CG-heavy extravaganzas that never manage to do well at the box office. Now Kiriya has directed...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Nov 4, 2015

Jill Soloway's bittersweet 'Afternoon Delight'

'Afternoon Delight" is one of those ex post facto releases in Japan that arrives riding the wake of another hit. It won a best director award at the Sundance Film Festival in 2013, but is only now getting released because writer-director Jill Soloway and actress Kathryn Hahn are in the spotlight for...
WORLD / Science & Health
Nov 4, 2015

Citizens group sues California agency over nuclear waste burial

A civilian watchdog group sued a California coastal agency on Tuesday, seeking to overturn its decision to allow 1,800 tons of radioactive waste from a closed nuclear power plant to be buried in containers not far from a beach.
BUSINESS / Companies
Nov 4, 2015

Sharp bond risk jumps as losses over 4½ years top $10 billion

Sharp Corp.'s default risk jumped to a two-year high as losses in the past 4½ years topped ¥1.2 trillion ($10 billion).
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Society
Nov 4, 2015

Spurred by Myanmar radicals, Thai Buddhists push for state religion status

A campaign to enshrine Buddhism as Thailand's state religion has been galvanized by a radical Buddhist movement in neighboring Myanmar that is accused of stoking religious tension, the leader of the Thai bid said.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics / ANALYSIS
Nov 4, 2015

China's five-year plan shows Xi's influence in promoting 'Chinese dream,' pledging to 'purify' Internet

The details of China's new development blueprint, which was officially handed down Tuesday by the Communist Party's Central Committee, leave little doubt as to President Xi Jinping's role in crafting the document.
Japan Times
WORLD
Nov 4, 2015

Metrojet slowed radically at altitude, then plunged at 300 mph, data show

The Russian plane that crashed Saturday in Egypt slowed suddenly and then plunged to the Earth at 300 miles per hour (483 kph), according to revised data of its final moments captured by flight-tracking website FlightRadar24.
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.
More Japanese universities pushing toward teaching in English
Waseda University in Tokyo
Takaichi leads first ministerial meeting on policies regarding foreign residents
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi attends a ministerial meeting on policies regarding foreign nationals and immigration on Tuesday at the Prime Minister's Office.
Japan’s Nikkei 225 slumps 4%, led by losses in tech sector
Japan’s benchmark Nikkei stock average index briefly tumbled more than 2,000 points on Wednesday morning following a downbeat session on Wall Street fueled by fears of a bubble in the artificial intelligence sector.
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.
Takaichi’s balancing act: Supporting Taiwan and stabilizing China ties
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi shakes hands with Lin Hsin-i, Taiwan’s presidential adviser, on the sidelines of an Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit meeting in Gyeongju, South Korea, on Saturday in this image posted to Takaichi's official X account.
From 1973 to 2025: A Japanese American skater’s long ride to recognition
Judi Oyama at Winchester Skatepark in San Jose, California, in January 1979. The Skateboarding Hall of Fame inductee and Guinness World Record holder still skates and hopes to inspire older women.
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.

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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
By Alex K.T. Martin

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