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Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jul 30, 2019

Candidate Elizabeth Warren outlines trade proposal and calls for strict requirements for future deals

Democratic presidential hopeful Elizabeth Warren on Monday outlined proposals that would govern her policy on international trade, including requiring trade negotiators to disclose drafts of new trade agreements to the public.
Japan Times
Rugby
Jul 29, 2019

Katsuyuki Kiyomiya announces plan to start pro rugby league in Japan

The "idea" of establishing a pro rugby league in Japan isn't new one. There just hasn't been anyone to take the lead and run with it.
JAPAN / FOCUS
Jul 29, 2019

Despite winning more seats in Upper House vote, Komeito officials worry about losing support

Komeito boosted its presence in the House of Councilors in the latest election, but a sense of crisis among party officials has deepened as the number of votes it acquired under the proportional representation system fell by more than 1 million compared to the previous election.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jul 29, 2019

Johnson forms war Cabinet to force through Brexit by Oct. 31 as no-deal prospect rises, Times reports

U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson formed a war Cabinet of six senior ministers to plan for exiting the European Union by Oct. 31, as a key adviser said leaving without a deal had become a very real prospect, the Sunday Times reported.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink
Jul 29, 2019

World-class white wines in the shadow of Mount Fuji

Inside a 19th century silk merchant's house in Katsunuma, Yamanashi Prefecture, the three Aruga brothers are pouring several white wines in their timbered tasting room. All are made at their Katsunuma Jyozo Winery Co. under the Aruga Branca label from Japan's unique grape variety, Koshu, and all are...
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Jul 29, 2019

U.S. judge sets Monday hearing in Trump lawsuit over N.Y. tax returns

A U.S. judge will hear arguments on Monday in President Donald Trump's lawsuit seeking to block a House of Representatives committee from obtaining his New York state tax returns, according to a court filing issued Sunday.
Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design
Jul 28, 2019

Finding time in Tokujin Yoshioka's design

Tokujin Yoshioka's design for Homme Plisse Issey Miyake/Aoyama, Issey Miyake Homme Plisse's first flagship, includes gravity-defying clothing rails, raw concrete minimalism and a showstopping special pleating machine.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / WHY DID YOU LEAVE JAPAN?
Jul 27, 2019

Yumi Nagashima: Keeping the funny side up

Vancouver comedian subverts the demure Japanese woman stereotype.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jul 27, 2019

Saudi-led forces and Israel among states blacklisted by U.N. for killing children

A Saudi Arabia-led military coalition fighting in Yemen killed or injured 729 children during 2018, accounting for nearly half the total child casualties, United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said in a report to the Security Council on Friday that blacklisted the coalition for a third year....
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jul 27, 2019

U.S. Supreme Court lets Trump use disputed Pentagon funds for border wall

The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday handed President Donald Trump a victory by letting his administration redirect $2.5 billion in money approved by Congress for the Pentagon to help build his promised wall along the U.S.-Mexico border even though lawmakers refused to provide funding.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 26, 2019

With joint air patrol, Russia and China divide U.S. allies

Encounters involving hostile states needling U.S. allies while avoiding confrontation with U.S. forces are becoming more widespread.
Rugby
Jul 26, 2019

Pacific Nations Cup provides vital testing ground before Rugby World Cup

With just under two months remaining before Japan faces Russia in the opening match of the 2019 Rugby World Cup, the Brave Blossoms return to the Pacific Nations Cup after a three-year hiatus.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jul 26, 2019

SoftBank to be top investor in $108 billion second Vision Fund, with CEO Son silent on Saudi role

The conglomerate aims to raise $108 billion for a second Vision Fund, replacing Saudi Arabia as the largest investor as its targets opportunities in cutting-edge technologies.
ASIA PACIFIC
Jul 26, 2019

Singapore promotes gardening for elderly in bid to fight loneliness

Since her mother died last year, 74-year-old Lim Yeo Hong has been living alone in a flat on the outskirts of Singapore, scavenging for cardboard scraps which she sells for a living.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jul 26, 2019

Joe Biden shows strong South Carolina lead in poll

Joe Biden has a commanding lead over his 2020 Democratic rivals in South Carolina, where a majority of black voters back him, a Monmouth University Poll shows.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jul 26, 2019

I'll make Britain great again: Johnson echoes Trump over Brexit

Boris Johnson promised on Thursday that Brexit would make Britain the greatest place on Earth, echoing the patriotic rhetoric of U.S. President Donald Trump in a debut speech as prime minister before Parliament.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jul 25, 2019

North Korea raises stakes with firing of two short-range missiles into Sea of Japan

Defense Minister Takeshi Iwaya said that Japan was still analyzing whether the projectiles were, in fact, ballistic missiles.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jul 25, 2019

Abe's chase for glory at the 2020 Olympics

Don't expect Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to pursue constitutional revisionism in earnest until the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jul 25, 2019

Boris Johnson purges Cabinet, vows 'a better deal' on Brexit

Boris Johnson executed a brutal clearing-out of more than half of his predecessor's top team, installing Brexit supporters in key roles as the new prime minister signaled his intent to deliver an exit in 98 days.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Jul 25, 2019

Robert Mueller says he did not seek FBI director job under Trump

Former U.S. special counsel Robert Mueller on Wednesday disputed assertions that he had interviewed with President Donald Trump in 2017 to serve as FBI director before he was appointed to oversee the Russia investigation.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jul 24, 2019

Alleged Sagamihara killer won't claim lack of criminal responsibility in forthcoming trial

Satoshi Uematsu, accused of the 2016 massacre at a care home for people with mental disabilities in Kanagawa Prefecture, has said he will not claim that he is too mentally incompetent to take responsibility for the attack in his upcoming trial.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Jul 24, 2019

'A Girl Missing': You can run, but you can't hide

Mariko Tsutsui already had many stage, TV and film credits when she appeared in Koji Fukada's 2016 drama "Harmonium." But her performance as a woman whose life is destroyed by Tadanobu Asano's seductive ex-con was a revelation. She made the leap from the naive and sexually starved wife of the film's...
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 23, 2019

Trump has been (partly) good for U.S. foreign policy

By shattering outdated norms, the U.S. president has set up his successor to be a transformational figure.
Success of Chinese-made fighter jets against India raises alarm in Asia
Chinese J-10 fighter jets from the People's Liberation Army Air Force August 1st Aerobatics Team perform during a media demonstration at the Korat Royal Thai Air Force Base, Nakhon Ratchasima province, Thailand, in November 2015.
Japan to recognize Taiwan as place of origin in family registration system
Masataka Yuhara, secretary-general of the Friends of Lee Teng Hui Association in Japan, which has been calling for "Taiwan" to be permitted as a place of origin in family registers.
Japanese retailers turn to California rice for cheaper alternative
U.S. Ambassador to Japan George Glass eats California rice at the U.S. Embassy in Tokyo on Tuesday along with Mitsuko Tsuchiya, vice president of retailer Aeon.
Japanese automakers looking at a ¥1 trillion hit from Trump tariffs 
Cars on display at Nissan's headquarters in Yokohama on Tuesday. The automaker posted a massive annual net loss and confirmed that it plans to cut thousands of jobs worldwide.
Two crew feared dead after ASDF training jet crashes in Aichi
Self-Defense Forces personnel collect apparent parts of an Air Self-Defense Force T-4 training jet from a reservoir in Inuyama, Aichi Prefeture, on Thursday. The jet crashed shortly after takeoff a day earlier.
Sumo title contenders already emerging in early stages of Tokyo meet
Onosato (left) battles Abi on Day 3 of the Summer Basho in Tokyo on Tuesday.
Harmfully hot days for pregnant women in Japan nearly doubled over past five years
New research by a U.S. climate scientists’ group reveals that extreme heat has increased the risks of preterm births and other pregnancy complications in Japan, nearly doubling the number of days that are harmfully hot for pregnant women over the past five years.
Japanese automakers looking at a ¥1 trillion hit from Trump tariffs 
Cars on display at Nissan's headquarters in Yokohama on Tuesday. The automaker posted a massive annual net loss and confirmed that it plans to cut thousands of jobs worldwide.
Tokyo Stock Exchange wants stocks to be affordable for the average investor
The Tokyo Stock Exchange building in Nihonbashi. The exchange wants companies to lower the entry cost of investing in their shares.
Consumption tax set to dominate Upper House election debate
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba enters his office in Tokyo on Tuesday.

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