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JAPAN / View from Osaka
Jun 17, 2017

Kansai takes measured view on missile drills

Over the past two months, hardly a week has passed without news of another North Korean missile launch. It's become routine: An early morning South Korean media report, based on government sources, says that "an object has been launched," forcing politicians, bureaucrats, and journalists in Tokyo out...
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BUSINESS
Jun 16, 2017

Online merchants wary of Amazon feel warm embrace of … Wal-Mart?

Chad Rubin began selling vacuum cleaner parts on Amazon.com Inc. in 2008 and turned it into a multimillion-dollar business. But in recent years, Rubin has found it increasingly difficult to compete on the cluttered site, where he has been forced to buy advertising that cuts into his profit. Last year,...
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BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 16, 2017

Squeezing paper from a stone: an entrepreneur's approach to ease deforestation

Stone tablets were one of the earliest writing tools used by man before paper. One entrepreneur now plans to take things full circle by making paper out of stone.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Jun 16, 2017

Three mutations could make bird flu a pandemic illness, study says

Scientists have identified three mutations that, if they occurred at the same time in nature, could turn a strain of bird flu now circulating in China into a potential pandemic virus that could spread among people.
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BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 15, 2017

U.S. pension giant sinks $1 billion into Japanese real estate market

U.S. pension giant TIAA is setting its sights on Japanese real estate, betting Abenomics has the economy well placed to grow in coming years.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / LAW OF THE LAND
Jun 14, 2017

Conspiracy theory becomes frightening reality for Japan

So-called conspiracy legislation massively expands the state's coercive powers, with few checks in place to prevent abuse.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jun 13, 2017

Giving Japan a military

Abe's proposed consitutional revision provides a solid legal basis for the SDF while holding sacred the universal values of the Constitution about which the Japanese people feel strongly.
CULTURE / Music
Jun 13, 2017

The cultural legacy of erhu artist WeiWei Wuu

When erhu artist WeiWei Wuu took to the stage at Shanghai Concert Hall on April 30, she delivered a show that could be described as out of the ordinary.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Jun 12, 2017

African and Asian investigators break up ivory smuggling syndicate

Seven smugglers involved in the illegal ivory trade from Uganda to Singapore have been arrested as a result of an 18-month investigation by African and Asian law enforcement officials, a countertrafficking organization said.
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COMMUNITY / Our Lives / WHY DID YOU LEAVE JAPAN?
Jun 10, 2017

Misa Kuranaga: Dancing up a storm in Boston

After being nominated for one of the highest global honors in ballet in May, Misa Kuranaga could be forgiven for relaxing her gruelling training regime. But the 34-year-old from Osaka remains as motivated as ever.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / KANPAI CULTURE
Jun 10, 2017

Association aims to raise the profile of sparkling sake

Around the world, the sound of popping corks brings just one thing to mind — Champagne. However, a new organization of sake producers is working to tweak that image.
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WORLD / Politics
Jun 10, 2017

Trump expected to unveil new Cuba policy as early as next Friday

President Donald Trump is expected to visit Miami as early as next Friday to announce a new Cuba policy that could tighten rules on trade and travel, rolling back parts of former President Barack Obama's opening to the island, according to a U.S. official and people familiar with the matter.
Japan Times
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Jun 9, 2017

England brings overwhelming advantage into showdown with Scotland

There is no realistic reason, other than football — like any sport — can always produce a shock, to believe England will not beat Scotland at Hampden Park on Saturday in a 2018 World Cup qualifier.
JAPAN
Jun 8, 2017

Imprisoned Japanese Red Army founder Shigenobu holds out hope for revolution

The imprisoned founder of the Japanese Red Army admits her efforts to bring revolution to Japan in the 1970s and '80s ended in failure but she remains optimistic that public protest can check government moves to alter the pacifist Constitution.
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BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 8, 2017

Toshiba asserts right to sell chip unit, warns Western Digital to quit its 'harassment'

Toshiba fired another legal missive at manufacturing partner Western Digital, warning the U.S. company to stop its "harassment" as the Japanese company tries to sell its flash memory business.
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JAPAN / Science & Health / A MATTER OF HEALTH
Jun 7, 2017

Experts caution against idea that more is better in medical care

Since Japan established universal health coverage in 1961, it has ceaselessly worked to expand its health care services, in the belief that providing more extensive coverage for a wide variety of patient needs will contribute to the well-being of its citizens.
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CULTURE / Film
Jun 6, 2017

High infidelity: Ayumi Ito reprises her role in 'Hirugao'

A Japanese drama that instigated a nationwide debate about female infidelity and societal values, "Hirugao: Love Affairs in the Afternoon" has been made into a heart-wrenching movie that aims to have audiences reaching for the tissues.
Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design
Jun 4, 2017

Trunk lifts the lid on Tokyo's evolving hospitality industry

There is a long list of reasons to visit Shibuya's latest addition to its cityscape — from the craft cocktails served in its roomy lounge to the outdoor terrace with large white cushions and its architect-designed convenience store. Not to forget the pop-up space, four spacious event rooms, a kushiyaki...
JAPAN / Politics
Jun 4, 2017

Japan pushes municipalities to hold evacuation drills as North Korea presses on with missile tests

Drills for North Korean missile attacks spread as provocative tests and persistent media coverage threaten to put Japan back on a war footing.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / WHY DID YOU LEAVE JAPAN?
Jun 3, 2017

Takashi Miyazaki: Food ambassador to Ireland

Chef Takashi Miyazaki has a Cork accent.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Science & Health
Jun 3, 2017

Australia must do more to protect Great Barrier Reef, UNESCO says

The United Nations cultural heritage body, UNESCO, urged Australia on Saturday to accelerate efforts to save the Great Barrier Reef, saying long-term targets to improve its health are unlikely to be met.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 2, 2017

Amazon comes knocking on remote Australia, where brick-and-mortar retailers are king

Amazon.com Inc., which has lost billions overseas trying to replicate its U.S. success, is now attempting to crack one of the biggest and most sparsely populated nations where bricks-and-mortar retailers are king.
JAPAN
Jun 2, 2017

Tokyo angling to get waterfowl habitat Kasai Rinkai Park listed on Ramsar wetland treaty

The Tokyo Metropolitan Government is working toward listing a major seaside park in Tokyo Bay in the 1971 Ramsar Convention on Wetlands, NHK reported Friday.

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