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JAPAN / Politics
Nov 14, 2014

DPJ, Ishin no To reject alliance over possible snap election

The Ishin no To (Japan Innovation Party) and the Democratic Party of Japan will not form a broad cooperation agreement in the event that a Lower House election is held next month, as both parties continue to jostle for position and stake out their territory.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Nov 14, 2014

Chimpanzee study reveals the value of being an ape bully

For male chimpanzees, there may be a benefit to being a bully.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Japan Pulse
Nov 14, 2014

Astro Boy gets green light in robot-branded Sagami

Astro Boy is rescuing pedestrians in Kanagawa Prefecture with a new traffic light that uses his image.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Nov 13, 2014

Honda discloses fifth Takata air bag-linked fatality, widens recall

Honda Motor Co said Thursday that a driver in Malaysia died after a July accident involving an air bag supplied by Takata Corp — the fifth such fatality and the first outside the United States.
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 13, 2014

China not ready to write off the Shinawatras

Thaksin and Yingluck Shinawatras' recent trip to China and Japan should remind the Thai junta that no country will put all its eggs in one basket.
JAPAN
Nov 13, 2014

Takashimaya offering chance to drive special train in Tohoku

For anyone who has ever wanted to drive a train, there's a "fukubukuro" lucky bag going on sale this New Year's season which can make that dream come true.
JAPAN / Society
Nov 13, 2014

MOS Burger employee posts hateful message about Chinese former co-worker outside restaurant

Fast-food giant MOS Burger has come under fire after a Japanese employee wrote a hateful message about a former Chinese co-worker on a chalk-board sign outside one of the company's Tokyo restaurants.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Nov 13, 2014

Firms overwhelmingly want Abe to delay sales tax hike, poll shows

Companies overwhelmingly want Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to delay or scrap the consumption tax increase planned for next October, a Reuters poll shows, highlighting concerns the hike could derail a fragile recovery.
Japan Times
WORLD / Society
Nov 13, 2014

Women face hasty surgery, dirty clinics in Indian sterilization drive

The scene in the gloomy room where 83 women were sterilized last weekend is repeated routinely at makeshift contraception clinics across India: bloodstained sheets that aren't changed between patients, and hasty two-minute surgeries.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Nov 13, 2014

Stung by sanctions scandal, Cuba defends North Korea at U.N.

Cuba, which was involved in a violation of U.N. sanctions against North Korea last year, has come to the aid of Pyongyang to defend it against a Western-led push to bring its alleged human rights abuses to The Hague, envoys said Wednesday.
WORLD / Politics
Nov 13, 2014

Republican claims victory in U.S. Senate race in Alaska

Republican Dan Sullivan claimed victory on Wednesday in a tight race for the U.S. Senate in Alaska, a week after elections gave Republicans control of the Senate and strengthened their grip on the House of Representatives.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Nov 13, 2014

Takata says it has modified compound involved in air bag recalls

The composition of an air bag propellant that contains a volatile chemical at the center of a global car recall has been modified, a company official says.
WORLD / Science & Health
Nov 13, 2014

WHO: Ebola deaths top 5,100; steep rise in Sierra Leone cases

The death toll from the Ebola outbreak in West Africa's three hardest-hit countries, Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone, has risen to 5,147 out of 14,068 cases at the end of Nov. 9, the World Health Organization said on Wednesday.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Nov 12, 2014

Tatsumi: Godfather of alternative manga is reborn on film

Manga artist Yoshihiro Tatsumi has always enjoyed a certain level of fame in his home country, where he's known as the originator of gekiga, a hard-boiled style of manga from the 1960s-'70s. Overseas, however, it's only since 2009 that his reputation has risen meteorically, after an English-language...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Nov 12, 2014

Tatsumi: 'Alternative noir histories from Japan's postwar period'

The stories of comic-book artist Yoshihiro Tatsumi — an originator of the gekiga (literally, "dramatic pictures") style — reach the screen in this intriguing compilation film by Singaporean director Eric Khoo.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Nov 12, 2014

Paranoia: 'Youth and prettiness are no match for crusty, case-hardened menace'

"Paranoia" could almost be described as a spinoff of "The Expendables," only the oldsters are sitting behind mahogany desks instead of firing machine guns. This sounds boring, but it isn't, really. Consider the premise: Harrison Ford (with not one hair on his head) and Gary Oldman (looking evil and spiffy)...
Japan Times
Places
Nov 12, 2014

Good gobbly good: Thanksgiving in Japan

For obvious reasons, Thanksgiving tradition isn't celebrated by the general populace of Japan. In spite of this, the number of Turkey Day options has been growing steadily. At the end of the day, you don't need to be American to enjoy these classic culinary traditions, whether they're served at a restaurant...
JAPAN
Nov 12, 2014

Asahi rapped for 'grave errors' in retracted Fukushima No. 1 scoop

A third-party investigation has found that senior editors at the newspaper failed to verify a story about a government interview with the late chief of the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant.
EDITORIALS
Nov 12, 2014

Bad precedent for nuclear restarts

As the seemingly last key hurdle for the Sendai restart of the Sendai plant is lifted, a dangerous precedent has been set and many fundamental questions remain unanswered.
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 12, 2014

Beijing changes the subject in Hong Kong

To maintain its pivotal role, Hong Kong needs greater accountability to the people, not less.
COMMUNITY / Voices / HOTLINE TO NAGATACHO
Nov 12, 2014

Proper environmental survey must be conducted at proposed Okinawa U.S. base site

The U.S. Congress should get more involved in ensuring the U.S. government does not shirk its environmental responsibilities in Henoko.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Stage
Nov 12, 2014

Hope 'glitters like a firefly' in sisterly drama

Yu Shibuya, a rising writer/director for both the big screen and theater, believes in the redemptive power of narrative: "We don't really have to be reminded that humans are weak, or that we have the ability to commit violence," he told The Japan Times in a recent interview. "There's a place for that...

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