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Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
May 23, 2017

Symantec says 'highly likely' North Korea group behind 'WannaCry' ransomware attacks

Cybersecurity firm Symantec Corp. said on Monday it was "highly likely" a hacking group affiliated with North Korea was behind the "WannaCry" cyberattack this month that infected more than 300,000 computers worldwide and disrupted hospitals, banks and schools across the globe.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
May 22, 2017

Trump tells Israel its Arab neighbors agree on Iran threat

President Donald Trump landed in Israel on a groundbreaking direct flight Monday from Saudi Arabia and expanded a core theme of his Sunday speech in Riyadh: the U.S. will stand with Arab nations and Israel against the threats they all agree are posed by Iran.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
May 22, 2017

Chinese state-run newspaper applauds nation's anti-espionage push after report CIA sources were killed

A controversial state-run Chinese newspaper praised the country's anti-espionage activities in an editorial Monday, just a day after The New York Times reported that Beijing had allegedly killed or imprisoned more than a dozen CIA sources between 2010 and 2012.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
May 22, 2017

Japan, WTO chief reaffirm commitment to free trade

Japan and the World Trade Organization on Monday issued what is believed to be an unprecedented joint statement reaffirming their commitment to fostering free trade in the face of a recent surge of protectionism embodied by U.S. president Donald Trump.
Japan Times
WORLD
May 22, 2017

Israel offers concessions to Palestinians ahead of Trump visit

Israel on Sunday authorized a few economic concessions to the Palestinians requested by President Donald Trump, hours before the U.S. leader begins a visit in which he hopes to revive peace talks frozen since 2014.
JAPAN / Politics / KANSAI PERSPECTIVE
May 21, 2017

Redrawing of Nara's electoral map may force internal affairs chief into rematch with DP's Mabuchi

The Cabinet's decision last week to approve the redrawing of Japan's electoral map by eliminating one Lower House district from each of six prefectures (Aomori, Iwate, Mie, Nara, Kumamoto and Kagoshima) is the central government's response to a declining population that is increasingly concentrated in...
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
May 21, 2017

Upcoming China-Hong Kong bridge: unifying link, or tentacle of Beijing control?

As a 30-km (19-mile) bridge between Hong Kong and China across the Pearl River estuary nears completion, Chinese officials are hoping it will bring more than economic integration at a time of growing tension between the two sides.
EDITORIALS
May 20, 2017

Okinawa reversion, 45 years on

Nearly five decades after America handed Okinawa back to Japan, the prefecture continues to host a lopsidedly heavy U.S. military presence.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel
May 19, 2017

Slowing down time with a trip to Okinawa's Zamami Island

Growing up in a small beach town on the west coast of Florida, much of my free time as a youth was spent in or around the Gulf of Mexico. The Gulf was almost always warm, not unlike bath water, yet it provided the perfect respite from the stifling heat of the Florida summers.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
May 19, 2017

Brazil's Temer steadfastly refuses to step down in face of corruption probe

President Michel Temer on Thursday defiantly said he will not resign after the Supreme Court authorized an investigation into allegations he condoned bribes to a potential witness in a major corruption probe.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / COMMUNITY CHEST
May 17, 2017

Thirty years of JET: countless treasured memories and priceless gaffes

Past participants in the Japan Exchange and Teaching Programme recall their most memorable experiences, from the inspiring to the excruciating.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
May 17, 2017

China deploys anti-diver rocket launchers to man-made island in South China Sea: report

China has deployed anti-frogmen rocket launchers intended to fend off Vietnamese intrusions on one of its man-made islands in the contested South China Sea, Chinese state media reported Wednesday.
ASIA PACIFIC
May 17, 2017

China quietly releases draft of tough new intelligence law

China on Tuesday quietly released the first public draft of an intelligence law giving authorities powers to monitor suspects, raid premises and seize vehicles and devices while investigating domestic and foreign individuals and groups.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
May 16, 2017

AIG names Hamilton's Brian Duperreault its seventh CEO since 2005

American International Group Inc. named Brian Duperreault, one of the most experienced managers in the property-casualty insurance industry, to be the company's seventh chief executive officer since 2005 and improve results at the operation selling coverage to commercial clients.
BUSINESS
May 16, 2017

China and Japan increase holdings of U.S. government treasuries

Japan and China increased their holdings of U.S. Treasuries as overall net foreign purchases in March reached their strongest level in a year.
ASIA PACIFIC
May 15, 2017

China and Vietnam agree to keep South China Sea tensions in check

China and Vietnam will manage and properly control their maritime disputes, avoiding actions to complicate or widen them, so as to maintain peace in the South China Sea, the two nations said in a joint communique China released Monday.
JAPAN / Politics
May 15, 2017

Abe's refusal to clarify Article 9 proposal worries opposition

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's recent proposal to revise the Constitution's war-renouncing Article 9 has sparked debate, anxiety and speculation.
LIFE / Language / NEWS IN NIHONGO
May 15, 2017

Kumamoto 'baby hatch' accepted 125 babies in 9 years since launch

'Konotori no yurikago' marks its 10th anniversary
Japan ruling bloc loses majority in Upper House after election drubbing
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, who serves concurrently as president of the Liberal Democratic Party, leaves at the party's headquarters following announcement of Upper House election result projections in Tokyo early Monday.
Polls open for key Upper House election that could shake Japanese politics
People vote during Japan's Upper House election at a polling station in Tokyo on Sunday.
Sunken WWII Japanese warship Teruzuki found off Solomon Islands
The Solomon Islands. A team from the U.S. nonprofit Ocean Exploration Trust has discovered the Imperial Japanese Navy destroyer Teruzuki on the deep seabed off the Solomon Islands as the 80th anniversary of the war's end approaches.
‘Japanese First’ Sanseito emerges as powerful force after Upper House poll
Sanseito leader Sohei Kamiya in Tokyo on Sunday night
Japan team finds ancient ocean full of squids
The ancient ocean was full of squids, whose population exceeded that of fish or ammonites, a Japanese research team mainly from Hokkaido University has found through a new method using technology.
Japan’s top brands get tied up in the great sunscreen debate
A coral reef in Okinawa in July 2022. Some jurisdictions around the world have moved to ban certain sunscreens in a bid to protect coral reefs, but some say the impact on reefs is far from clear.
Pentagon looks to unleash ‘military drone dominance’
U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth hosts a drone demonstration at the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia, on July 10.
‘Noto Democracy’ and the slow work of civic change
Yukio Iokibe’s “Noto Democracy" centers on Motoyuki Takii, a former junior high school teacher who publishes a handwritten newspaper every month to encourage the residents of Anamizu, Ishikawa Prefecture, to engage in local politics.
In microbes we trust: Embracing the nature of fermented food
You don't need an oven to make Kenji Morimoto's easy and delicious Miso Sticky Toffee Crepe Cake.
Touring the Silk Road — without leaving Tokyo
One of the entrances to Pao Compound, a nine-story Silk Road-inspired complex in Tokyo's Higashinakano neighborhood

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

Longform

In 2020, 38% of all households were single-person. That figure is projected to rise to 44.3% by 2050.
The rise of AI companionship in a lonely Japan
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