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Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Mar 29, 2019

The complex fortune growing inside Bytedance, the world's most valuable startup

Software engineer Zhang Yiming started out producing apps for sharing jokes before focusing on news aggregation. That pivot proved lucrative.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Mar 29, 2019

Trump adviser Jared Kushner meets Senate intelligence panel for second time in closed session, say sources

President Donald Trump's son-in-law and adviser, Jared Kushner, on Thursday appeared at a closed door meeting of the U.S. Senate Intelligence Committee for the second time, four congressional sources said.
BUSINESS
Mar 29, 2019

Google barred from LGBT+ equality index over 'life-threatening' app

One of the top U.S. LGBT charities ejected Google from a gay and transgender rights ranking on Thursday for hosting an app that advises people on how to "recover" from same-sex attraction.
EDITORIALS
Mar 28, 2019

More needs to be done to fight child abuse

Amendments to the laws on child welfare and measures against child abuse, submitted to the Diet by the government earlier this month, explicitly prohibit corporal punishment of children by their guardians. That is a response to the repeated excuse reportedly uttered by parents accused of abusing their...
Japan Times
LIFE / EVENTS AND INFORMATION
Mar 28, 2019

Music program returns as a monthly broadcast

"Songs of Tokyo," a program aired on NHK World-Japan and NHK General TV in 2017 and 2018, will begin airing monthly starting this spring. Shingo Murakami of Kanjani Eight will reprise his role as the program's host.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 28, 2019

Trump administration approved secret nuclear power tech sales to Saudi Arabia, document shows

U.S. Energy Secretary Rick Perry has approved six secret authorizations by companies to sell nuclear power technology and assistance to Saudi Arabia, according to a copy of a document seen by Reuters on Wednesday.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 28, 2019

Global warming blamed as wildfires blaze across unseasonably hot, dry Portugal

Hundreds of Portuguese firefighters struggled on Wednesday to contain wildfires which erupted far earlier in the season than usual because of unexpectedly hot and windy weather.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / NPB Preview
Mar 27, 2019

Hawks look like Pacific League's best once again

The following is the first of a two-part NPB preview beginning with the 2019 Pacific League.
SOCCER / Heisei Icons,HEISEI ICONS
Mar 27, 2019

Kazuyoshi Miura: Flashy 'King Kazu' steered soccer's rise

It could be said that no team sport in Japan has outpaced soccer's growth through the Heisei Era, and 52-year-old Kazuyoshi Miura is the only player who can claim to have been a part of that growth throughout.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / NPB Preview
Mar 27, 2019

Daichi Suzuki driven by passion to succeed with Marines

Daichi Suzuki hasn't missed a game for the Chiba Lotte Marines in over three seasons. In 2015, he missed one. Both years before that, he was on the field for every contest.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Mar 27, 2019

Suchmos' 'The Anymal' aims high but misses the mark

Of all the acts to emerge during the recent city pop revival, when the funk-inflected AOR of early-1980s Japan seemed to be coming back in vogue, Suchmos has been by far the most successful. Last year saw the sextet graduate to playing arenas and providing NHK's theme song for the FIFA World Cup —...
BUSINESS / Companies
Mar 27, 2019

'Shocked' Fukushima evacuees say Tepco ruling fails to fairly compensate them for suffering

A Tokyo court on Wednesday ordered the operator of the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant to pay a total of ¥21.34 million in damages to a group of evacuees from the March 2011 nuclear disaster.
Japan Times
Mar 27, 2019

Kotozna, Inc and Usuki City Collaborate on
First Ever Full-Scale R&D of
Tourism and Disaster Prevention SNS Utilization Services

Tokyo, Japan – On March 26th, Kotozna, Inc. and Usuki City announced utilizing multilingual translation platform “Kotozna Group Chat” for tourism as well as studying and utilizing its application for disaster prevention. The R&D collaboration is a world first and the findings based on a country...
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Mar 27, 2019

Nissan overhauling board after two decades with Renault and Carlos Ghosn

Nissan Motor Co. is set to adopt a new governance structure meant to prevent the recurrence of a concentration of power in the hands of a single executive.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 27, 2019

Russian military deployment in Venezuela includes cybersecurity personnel, says U.S. official

The Russian military contingent that arrived in Venezuela over the weekend, drawing U.S. condemnation, is believed to be made up of special forces, including "cybersecurity personnel," a U.S. official told Reuters on Tuesday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Mar 26, 2019

China's former top internet regulator sentenced to 14 years in prison

China's former top internet regulator was sentenced to 14 years in prison for corruption, completing the downfall of a once-high-flying official who mingled with executives from Apple and Facebook.
Figure Skating / ICE TIME
Mar 26, 2019

Japan's results at worlds not a cause for concern

The world championships turned out to be a disappointment for Japan. With a realistic chance at four medals in singles, the host nation had to settle for just one in Yuzuru Hanyu's silver.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / Italian Trade Promotion
Mar 26, 2019

ITA to build on back of EU-Japan trade deal

Carlo Ferro, President of the Italian Trade Agency (ICE-ITA), told The Japan Times in early March that he was thrilled at the opportunity to attend Foodex Japan 2019, Asia's largest food and beverage trade show and now in its 44th year of operation, as one of his first overseas engagements since stepping...
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / Italian Trade Promotion
Mar 26, 2019

Italian produce a recipe for trade success

The Feb. 1 signing of an economic partnership agreement (EPA) between the European Union and Japan, reasons behind the growing Japanese appetite for Italian cheeses and an unexpected source for the growth of Italian grappa imports into Japan were all topics Ambassador Giorgio Starace touched upon during...
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Mar 26, 2019

Felix Sater eyed Trump Moscow tower to launder stolen cash, BTA Bank says

This week, New York developer Felix Sater is set to testify before Congress about his role in Donald Trump's attempt to build a tower in Moscow. A lawsuit filed Monday may provide new fodder for his inquisitors, with its claim that Sater, a longtime associate of Trump's, sought to use money stolen from...
Japan Times
JAPAN / EXPLAINER
Mar 25, 2019

Two girls' deaths after alleged abuse expose shortcomings in Japan's child-protection services

The January death of 10-year-old Mia Kurihara in Chiba Prefecture, allegedly at the hands of her abusive father, shocked Japan after coming on the heels of a similar case involving a 5-year-old girl in Tokyo's Meguro Ward last year.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 25, 2019

North Korean diplomacy after the Hanoi impasse

Look for Kim to play the Russia card to ratchet up pressure on U.S. and South Korea.

Longform

Bear attacks have dominated Japanese news headlines in recent months, with 13 people so far having been killed by the animals.
Japan’s bears have been on their killing spree for more than 100 years