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GLOBAL MEDIA POST / Southern USA report 2019
Jun 27, 2019

Pasco EDC delegation visits Japan

A delegation from Pasco Economic Development, led by President and CEO Bill Cronin, returned to Tokyo in April to persuade more Japanese companies to invest in Florida’s Pasco County, which has access to a skilled workforce of more than 1.5 million and provides the optimum location to reach both the...
SUMO / INSIDE SUMO
Jun 26, 2019

Much talk, no action from sumo committees

The Japan Sumo Association loves committees.
GLOBAL INSIGHT / Bahrain report 2019
Jun 26, 2019

Sitting at ACI Asia-Pacific

In 2019, the CEO of Bahrain Airport Company (BAC), Mohamed Yousif Al Binfalah was elected as a director of the Asia-Pacific Regional Board of the Airports Council International (ACI), a global body which represents the world’s airports and works closely with prominent aviation organizations to develop...
GLOBAL INSIGHT / Bahrain report 2019
Jun 26, 2019

Ours, Yours…

Located in the heart of the Arabian Gulf, Bahrain’s economy is growing faster than any other in the Gulf region. “We have had an average growth in gross domestic product (GDP) of 3 to 4 percent for four years and are optimistic that this growth will continue,” said Minister of Industry, Commerce...
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GLOBAL INSIGHT / Bahrain report 2019
Jun 26, 2019

The technology factor

Although oil was first discovered in Bahrain in 1932, 85 percent of its identified reserves still remain in the ground due to the kingdom’s challenging geology. Only one thing is preventing higher extraction levels, according to James Eastlack, CEO of Tatweer Petroleum, the company in charge of the...
GLOBAL INSIGHT / Bahrain report 2019
Jun 26, 2019

Maximizing the potential of people and businesses

Bahrain is focused on advancing its private sector and making it the key driver of an increasingly diverse, competitive, entrepreneurial and knowledge-based economy.
CULTURE / Art
Jun 25, 2019

'Takahata Isao: A Legend in Japanese Animation'

July 2-Oct.6
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CULTURE / Art
Jun 25, 2019

'Every Day is Art Day: Fifty Years of the Yoda Family in New York'

June 29-Sept. 8
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BASKETBALL / NBA
Jun 25, 2019

Rui Hachimura's marketability already evident

Rui Hachimura's rise to national icon didn't happen overnight.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jun 25, 2019

Iran says U.S. sanctions on supreme leader close diplomatic path 'forever'

Iran said the path to a diplomatic solution with the U.S. had closed after the Trump administration imposed sanctions against its supreme leader and other top officials, ramping up tensions further in the Middle East.
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BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 24, 2019

House-flipper takes advantage of Japan's 8 million-plus empty homes

More than 8 million homes lie abandoned across Japan, a symptom of the declining population and people's migration to major cities.
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WORLD / Science & Health
Jun 23, 2019

Acropolis Museum opens ancient Athens neighborhood site below its base

Greece's Acropolis Museum has opened an excavation site underneath its modern building, allowing visitors for the first time to walk through an ancient Athenian neighborhood that survived from the classical era to Byzantine times.
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LIFE / Lifestyle
Jun 22, 2019

Blazing a trail in Japan's mountains

It wasn't so long ago that trail running was considered to be something only nature geeks did in their spare time. I mean, who in their right mind would want to run up a mountain? Cue the sound of crickets chirping ...
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COMMUNITY / Our Lives / WHY DID YOU LEAVE JAPAN?
Jun 22, 2019

Shinobu Teraguchi: Following the nose to Napier, New Zealand

A less intense school system of their daughter prompted Shinobu Teraguchi and his wife to leave the Tokyo city life for the countryside of New Zealand.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jun 22, 2019

Indonesia to vet public servants to identify Islamists

Indonesia plans to tighten vetting of senior public servants amid fears that hard-line Islamist ideology has permeated high levels of government, according to documents reviewed by Reuters and a senior official involved in the plan.
BASKETBALL / NBA
Jun 21, 2019

Rui Hachimura makes history as first-round NBA draft choice by the Washington Wizards

Rui Hachimura made history on Thursday night in New York.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 21, 2019

Hong Kong protesters demand total withdrawal of contentious extradition bill

Thousands of people dressed in black marched in Hong Kong on Friday to press for the total withdrawal of a controversial extradition bill that has triggered violent protests and plunged the financial hub into political crisis.
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BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 21, 2019

Slack valuation hits $21 billion in debut after firm shuns IPO

While a parade of initial public offerings from Silicon Valley have garnered mixed receptions from investors so far this year, Slack Technologies Inc. took a different route Thursday and saw its shares soar as it went public without an IPO.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Jun 20, 2019

Japan's summer festivals plan for a final party before Olympic fever hits

As Yo La Tengo once sang, "summer's what you make it," and that's especially true in Japan this year. The 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics are likely to throw a major wrench (or should that be hammer?) in the works for next summer's festival calendar, so it's worth enjoying things while the going...
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COMMENTARY / World
Jun 19, 2019

Why are Putin and Xi going soft on protest?

The Russian and Chinese regimes are doing something new: not escalating in the face of protest.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / FOCUS
Jun 19, 2019

China's most advanced Big Brother experiment is a bureaucratic mess

The city of Suzhou, known as "the Venice of the East" for its web of intricate waterways, captured the imagination of Marco Polo when he journeyed through China more than seven centuries ago.
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CULTURE / Art
Jun 18, 2019

Eiko Yamazawa: Cracking the glass ceiling of photography

One of the first successful female photographers in Japan, Eiko Yamazawa was not only an adept commercial photographer, but a pioneer of abstraction at the forefront of constructed photography.
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CULTURE / Art
Jun 18, 2019

'100 + 20 Peoples' Tokyo: 2019-2020 North'

June 21-July 25
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CULTURE / Stage
Jun 18, 2019

Ancient Greek ideas get a fresh airing in Japan with 'The Great Tamer'

Greek artist Dimitris Papaioannou burst fully-formed as a choreographer and director onto the international stage with his stunning triumph directing the opening and closing ceremonies of the Athens Olympics in 2004. He has been popular ever since, yet his work consistently retains an avant-garde edge...
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LIFE / Lifestyle / CHILD'S PLAY
Jun 16, 2019

Mashiko: Pots of fun for kids and parents

Young children and ceramics are not an obvious mix — the former having an alarming tendency to break the latter the second they come into contact with one another. But there is one situation when combining the two works like magic: children's pottery classes.
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COMMUNITY / Voices / FOREIGN AGENDA
Jun 16, 2019

Getting the word out on sexual consent to university students in Tokyo

After the many late nights spent in high school cramming to pass an entrance exam, university life can be an exciting turning point in the lives of youth in Japan. With club activities, drinking parties and many opportunities to start dating, this newfound freedom is sometimes overwhelming.

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Ichiro Suzuki, one of the most iconic players in NPB and MLB history, was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame with 99.7% of the vote.
With Hall of Fame induction, Ichiro makes himself heard loud and clear