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COMMENTARY / Japan
Aug 13, 2019

How to deal with the Islamic Republic

Japan should do what it can under existing laws and regulations. Nothing more and nothing less.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Aug 13, 2019

Ex-aide Anthony Scaramucci says he won't vote for Trump and GOP needs new face

Anthony Scaramucci, who only lasted as Donald Trump's communications director for 11 days, said he won't support the president's re-election and suggested the Republican Party consider a different 2020 nominee.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Society
Aug 12, 2019

Hundreds chant anti-India slogans in seething Kashmir on eve of Eid

Hundreds of people protested in Kashmir's main city of Srinagar on Sunday against India's decision to curb its autonomy, despite new restrictions on travel and a seventh straight day of communications blackout.
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WORLD / Politics
Aug 12, 2019

U.S. Homeland chief claims timing of workplace raids that traumatized kids after massacres was unfortunate

The timing of a string of immigration enforcement raids at Mississippi food processing plants last week was "unfortunate," but the actions had been planned for over a year, the top U.S. Homeland Security official said on Sunday.
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COMMENTARY / World
Aug 11, 2019

What will you be wearing when 2030 rolls around?

Silicon Valley needs to transform our closets the way it transformed our desktops.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Aug 10, 2019

Japan-South Korea trade spat gains little traction among youth on social media

The diplomatic rift between Tokyo and Seoul widened earlier this month after Japan removed South Korea from its "whitelist" of preferred trading partners. The apparent reason given for the move is national security: Japan says some strategic materials it sells to South Korea are making their way to third...
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COMMUNITY / Our Lives / 20 QUESTIONS
Aug 10, 2019

Masatoshi Takami: Uniting choirs in beautiful harmony

Choral conductor Masatoshi Takami on how he prepares pieces for performance, what surprised him about the American Midwest and which movie has the best soundtrack.
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WORLD
Aug 10, 2019

U.S.-based experts suspect deadly Russian blast involved nuclear-powered 'Skyfall' cruise missile

U.S.-based nuclear experts said on Friday they suspected an accidental blast and radiation release in northern Russia this week occurred during the testing of a nuclear-powered cruise missile vaunted by President Vladimir Putin last year.
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ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Aug 10, 2019

Chinese reports on U.S. diplomat in Hong Kong 'have gone from irresponsible to dangerous,' State Department says

Official Chinese media reports about a U.S. diplomat who met with student leaders of Hong Kong's pro-democracy movement "have gone from irresponsible to dangerous" and must stop, U.S. State Department spokeswoman Morgan Ortagus said on Friday.
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 9, 2019

Why the U.S. owes Central America

Today's refugee wave is a direct consequence of U.S. interference in Latin America's political and economic development.
JAPAN
Aug 9, 2019

Is Nara's future tied to a proposed maglev shinkansen route?

Although Nara has become a favorite of international tourists in recent years, the city, which served as the nation's ancient capital from 710 to 784, has historically been a bit off the beaten path.
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COMMENTARY / Japan
Aug 8, 2019

Womenomics 20 years on: Has anything changed?

The desire for greater work-life balance is no longer just for women, but for all of Japanese society.
BUSINESS
Aug 8, 2019

Japan OKs first shipment of high-tech chemical to South Korea under tightened controls

Trade minister Hiroshige Seko rejected criticism of the recent decision to scrub South Korea from the so-called whitelist of countries cleared for preferential export screenings.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / LAW OF THE LAND
Aug 7, 2019

Seven lessons from a Japanese morality textbook

The textbooks students in Japan use to learn wrong from right are filled with stories of invoices, citizen committees, petitions and other cool stuff kids like.
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 7, 2019

China boycotts Taiwan's movie awards

China's film regulator on Wednesday said it was suspending mainland Chinese movies and their personnel from participating in Taiwan's annual Golden Horse Awards this year, without giving a reason.
BUSINESS
Aug 7, 2019

U.S. probes Chinese banks' role in North Korean nuclear arms

The U.S. is investigating a chain of financial transactions involving three big Chinese banks that allegedly helped finance North Korea's nuclear weapons program, according to an appeals court opinion unsealed Tuesday.
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COMMENTARY / Japan
Aug 6, 2019

Nissan's loveless Renault marriage is laid bare

Coaxing Renault to sell down its stake shows the Japanese automaker is just going through the motions.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 6, 2019

Media and rights groups slam India over communications blackout in Kashmir

India's imposition of an unprecedented communications blackout on Jammu and Kashmir hours before stripping its only Muslim-majority state of special rights in place for decades was sharply criticized Monday by media and rights groups.
BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 5, 2019

Japan Post Capital fund puts money behind Tokyo-based news startup SmartNews

It's a challenging time in the digital media industry. BuzzFeed Inc. and Vice Media Inc., which defined a generation of news startups, dismissed hundreds of employees this year in cost-cutting maneuvers. But a glimmer of hope is coming from a software company in Tokyo.
JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
Aug 3, 2019

Low voter turnout in Upper House election may reflect an indifference to democracy

In May 1993, general elections were held in Cambodia. Voter turnout was 89.56 percent.
CULTURE / Books / ESSENTIAL READING FOR JAPANOPHILES
Aug 3, 2019

'Mishima: A Vision of the Void': Remembering a literary giant as he would have wanted

Marguerite Yourcenar's literary biography of Yukio Mishima delves into the enigmatic author as well as the social conditions that shaped his rise and fall.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / HOOP SCOOP
Aug 2, 2019

Bill Bradley details Chiune Sugihara's heroism in award-winning radio documentary

Bill Bradley, captain of the U.S. gold medal-winning basketball team at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics, was recently involved in another winning (and historically important) project with ties to Japan.
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JAPAN / Crime & Legal / Regional Voices: Tohoku
Aug 2, 2019

Past participants in Japan's lay judge system reveal its challenges

"The accused was sitting right there, so close to me, and yet I felt like there was an unbridgeable distance between us."
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ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 2, 2019

Dozens of top Kashmiri separatists still imprisoned as India bids to marginalize leaders

More than five months after they were detained without charge, dozens of separatist leaders from Indian-administered Kashmir remain imprisoned as the government in New Delhi seeks to marginalize them, according to sources and figures from a rights group.
JAPAN / Politics
Aug 1, 2019

Opposition lawmakers with severe disabilities make Upper House debut after steps taken toward creating barrier-free Diet

A special five-day Diet session following the July 21 Upper House election kicked off Thursday, marking a momentous occasion for two opposition lawmakers with severe disabilities, who entered the Diet building for the first time.
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COMMENTARY / Japan
Jul 31, 2019

In defense of defending Japan

Both Japan and the U.S. must make efforts to ensure the long-term stability of the security alliance.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 30, 2019

Self-harm in Hong Kong

Hong Kong's outrage at China's government is misplaced and self-destructive.
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 30, 2019

Boris Johnson and the triumph of gullibility?

New research suggests a startling explanation for the recent success of populist politicians.

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