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BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Aug 24, 2016

Agent: Messenger hoping to return to Tigers in 2017

Pitcher Randy Messenger is interested in working out a deal to remain with the Hanshin Tigers in 2017, his agent Matt Sosnick told The Japan Times on Wednesday.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 24, 2016

Trump campaign going to the mattresses

It's no more Mr. Nice Guy for Donald Trump.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 24, 2016

Suu Kyi picks former UN chief Annan to lead Myanmar commission

Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi picked former U.N. chief Kofi Annan on Wednesday to lead a commission to stop human rights abuses in Rakhine State, where violence between Buddhists and minority Rohingya Muslims has cast a pall over democratic reforms.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 24, 2016

Duterte wants talks with China on sea dispute 'within the year'

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte said Tuesday he expects talks with China on their South China Sea dispute within a year, adding that he will not raise an international ruling rejecting China's claims there when he attends a regional summit next month.
JAPAN / Politics
Aug 23, 2016

In bid to go national, Osaka Ishin no Kai changes its name

Osaka Ishin no Kai, the nation's only Osaka-based national political party, changed its name Tuesday to Nippon Ishin no Kai in an attempt to increase its appeal in other parts of Japan, especially Tokyo.
JAPAN / Politics
Aug 23, 2016

Renho says she can revitalize Democratic Party

Renho, a front-runner in the Democratic Party's upcoming leadership election, vowed Tuesday to rebuild the biggest opposition force's flagging popularity and prove to voters it is capable of more than just picking holes in Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's policies.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 23, 2016

Suu Kyi's greatest challenge is to share power

Myanmar's new government should strive to accomodate the country's ethnic minorities through greater autonomy and federalism.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 23, 2016

Olympic swimmer Ryan Lochte loses Speedo, Ralph Lauren contracts over Rio embarrassment

Swimwear maker Speedo and luxury retailer Ralph Lauren Corp. ended their sponsorship contracts with Ryan Lochte, days after the U.S. swimmer admitted to exaggerating his story about being robbed at gunpoint in Rio during the Olympics.
EDITORIALS
Aug 22, 2016

War looms again in South Sudan

South Sudan will only realize lasting peace when all its people regardless of ethnicity feel that they are full citizens with equal rights.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Aug 22, 2016

Why were smart people suckered by Abenomics?

There's no magic wand to revitalize Japan — just a lengthy reform to-do list that Shinzo Abe has left unaddressed.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Aug 21, 2016

Chen claims men's badminton title

China's Chen Long won gold Saturday in men's badminton, 21-18, 21-18, handing Malaysia's Lee Chong Wei his third straight Olympic silver medal and signaling Chen's place as the game's new power.
EDITORIALS
Aug 21, 2016

Engel's coefficient rising in Japan

People are spending more on food, which means they are using less of their money in other areas — thereby reducing overall consumer spending.
WORLD
Aug 20, 2016

Philippine government agrees new truce with Maoist-led rebels

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has agreed to a new cease-fire with Maoist-led guerrillas, who declared a truce several hours before, ahead of fresh peace talks in Norway next week, a senior administration official said on Saturday.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Aug 20, 2016

U.S. sailor gets year in prison for taking photos of nuclear submarine's restricted areas

A U.S. Navy sailor was sentenced on Friday to one year in prison for illegally taking photos inside restricted areas of a nuclear submarine and then trying to impede an investigation into the matter, prosecutors said on Friday.
BUSINESS / Markets
Aug 19, 2016

As Japanese bond investors hunt yields, hurricanes may be worth the risk

Japan's bond investors are so desperate for yield that more and more of them are putting money in notes from insurers whose value can be wiped out by unexpectedly strong hurricanes or earthquakes.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Aug 19, 2016

Record total of gay athletes at Olympics boosts Brazil's homosexual community

The record number of openly gay Olympic athletes has boosted the acceptance of Brazil's lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community amid a backlash over same-sex marriages, homosexuals said.
WORLD
Aug 19, 2016

Artificial intelligence can find, map poverty, researchers say

A new technique using artificial intelligence to read satellite images could aid efforts to eradicate global poverty by indicating where help is needed most, a team of U.S. researchers said on Thursday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 19, 2016

Alleged false Rio robbery claim may cut Ryan Lochte's commercial victory lap short

The week after winning his sixth career Olympic gold in Rio, U.S. swimmer Ryan Lochte should have been doing a victory lap, cashing in on his performance with fresh sponsorship deals.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Aug 18, 2016

Renho, front-runner to lead top opposition party, says Abenomics has stalled

The clear favorite to become the first female leader of Japan's biggest opposition party believes Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's signature Abenomics policy has stalled and a change of gear is needed to favor people over corporations.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Aug 18, 2016

Campaign said in 'hospice phase' as Trump taps firebrand to put him back on brash tack

Donald Trump's surprise move to hand the reins of his campaign to a right-wing firebrand was seen Wednesday as a formalized revival of his bare-knuckled, anti-establishment strategy and a rebuke to prominent Republican strategists who doubt its power to win the White House.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society
Aug 17, 2016

Sex trade a shaky safety net for Japan's working-poor women

For the past six years, 47-year-old single mother Kasumi Endo has lived a double life.

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