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Japan Times
BASKETBALL / B. League / B. LEAGUE NOTEBOOK
Sep 7, 2018

Turmoil continues for Hannaryz

It's been a tumultuous offseason for the Kyoto Hannaryz.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Sep 7, 2018

'Engineer-friendly' Fukuoka pitches merits in campaign to become tech hub

It's a fast-growing city but with a reasonable cost of living, diverse cuisine and close access to an airport. Plus, the city is willing to support new tech projects.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / YEN FOR LIVING
Sep 7, 2018

Bad news around mutual funds does little to boost Japanese people's appetite for investment

On July 27, the Asahi Shimbun reported that the Bank of Japan had overestimated the value of mutual funds being held by individuals by about 30 percent. Every three months the BOJ publishes statistics called shikin junkan tōkei that cover the financial assets of households and businesses, and as of...
EDITORIALS
Sep 6, 2018

Substantial policy debate needed in LDP race

With so much at stake, the public deserves substantive discussions between the contestants.
Japan Times
WORLD / FOCUS
Sep 6, 2018

Planes, trains and fake perfume: How Novichok arrived in Britain

The sheer audacity of Russia's chemical-weapon attack on the U.K. can be traced through the journey of a small — and fake — Nina Ricci Premier Jour perfume bottle.
Japan Times
WORLD / Society
Sep 6, 2018

Despite reform efforts, Native American females face high rates of crime, violence and disappearance

For generations, Native American women have been victimized at astonishing rates, with federal figures showing that more than half have encountered sexual and domestic violence at some point during their lives — even amid a wave of efforts aimed at reducing such crimes.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Sep 5, 2018

We need a sense of crisis over depopulation

With Japan entering unprecedented demographic territory, the time to act is now.
BASKETBALL
Sep 5, 2018

Japan Basketball Association officials apologize to Diet members for scandal

Officials from the Japan Basketball Association apologized to an all-party parliamentary group for the recent scandal involving members of the men's national team.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Sep 5, 2018

Ryusuke Hamaguchi's Cannes submission tackles the difficulties of relationships

It has been more than two decades since Takeshi Kitano, Naomi Kawase, Kiyoshi Kurosawa and Hirokazu Kore-eda began collecting major festival invitations and prizes as the leaders of Japanese cinema's 1990s new wave. Since then younger directors have struggled to crack this "4K" establishment to gain...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Sep 5, 2018

'Asako I & II': Things are vague in this girl-meets-boy-meets-boy's doppleganger tale

"There will never be another you" goes the old song. Then again, some people believe in doppelgangers, doubles to living humans who are ghostly in form and malign in intent.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Sep 5, 2018

Trying to defuse criticism of leader Jeremy Corbyn, Britain's Labour Party defines anti-Semitism

Britain's Labour Party adopted an internationally accepted definition of anti-Semitism on Tuesday, trying to defuse a dispute that has deepened rifts and heaped pressure on its leader at a time when the government is struggling over Brexit.
Japan Times
WORLD
Sep 5, 2018

Syrian and Russian warplanes pound Idlib before talks on expected attack, killing 13 civilians: monitor

Russian and Syrian jets hammered a major rebel stronghold on Tuesday, a war monitor said, days before leaders of Russia, Iran and Turkey meet to discuss an expected Syrian government offensive that could spark a humanitarian disaster.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Sep 4, 2018

Xi to send China's No. 3 to Pyongyang for 70th anniversary celebrations

Chinese leader Xi Jinping will not make his inaugural visit as president to Pyongyang to attend ceremonies marking the 70th anniversary of North Korea's founding, the official Xinhua News Agency said Tuesday.
WORLD
Sep 4, 2018

Israel signals it could launch attack on Iranian weaponry in Iraq

Israel on Monday signaled it could attack suspected Iranian military assets in Iraq, as it has done with scores of airstrikes in war-torn Syria.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Entertainment news
Sep 4, 2018

Yemenis find solace in cinema after years of war in flick about their plight

Yemenis filed into a makeshift cinema for the first time since fighting broke out in their city of Aden more than three years ago — and watch some of their own story reflected back at them on the projector screen.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Sep 3, 2018

Khamenei says war unlikely but urges boosting Iran's defenses as tensions with U.S. worsen

Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Sunday war was unlikely but called on Iran's armed forces to boost their defense capacities, according to his official website, as the country faces increased tension with the United States.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Sep 1, 2018

Top U.S. spy catcher says China is using LinkedIn to recruit Americans

The United States' top spy catcher says Chinese spy agencies are using fake LinkedIn accounts to try to recruit Americans with access to government and commercial secrets, and the company should shut them down.
Japan Times
WORLD
Aug 31, 2018

In warning to enemies, Iran has moved missiles to Iraq, sources say

Iran has given ballistic missiles to Shiite proxies in Iraq and is developing the capacity to build more there to deter attacks on its interests in the Middle East and to give it the means to hit regional foes, Iranian, Iraqi and Western sources said.
JAPAN / Politics
Aug 31, 2018

Seiko Noda rules herself out of LDP leadership vote but mulls creating her own party faction

Noda again postponed her long-shot bid to replace Prime Minister Shinzo Abe as the nation's first female leader.
Japan Times
WORLD
Aug 31, 2018

Anything but America: Conflicted China struggles to break the superpower mold

What struck Wang Wen about Antarctica — beyond the brutality of the cold — was the scale of U.S. operations in such an inhospitable environment and the American flag fluttering by the sign that marks the geographic South Pole.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / NBA
Aug 31, 2018

Warriors' West retires after 15 seasons

Golden State Warriors forward David West announced his retirement on Thursday, one day after celebrating his 38th birthday.
JICA to designate four Japanese cities as 'hometowns' for African nations
The Japanese flag (left) with the flag of the African Union
103-year-old remembers Soviet attack right after WWII
Shoichi Takahashi holds a photo of himself when he was younger, in Otaru, Hokkaido, on May 17.
Schools get students involved in revision of unreasonable ‘black rules’
At Yawata Junior High School in Nagoya, there are no more rules on clothing and hairstyles. Students are free to wear either the school's uniform or clothes of their own choosing.
Tokyo crowned No.1 'workation' spot
Workations were a burgeoning trend in the corporate world for years before the COVID-19 pandemic turbocharged it.
Japanese man suspected of ordering double murder in Manila
Two suspects arrested over the killing of two Japanese last week are held in restraints in Manila on Tuesday.
Tokyo crowned No.1 'workation' spot
Workations were a burgeoning trend in the corporate world for years before the COVID-19 pandemic turbocharged it.
Candidates preparing to make final pitches for Sawamura Award
Hawks pitcher Livan Moinelo has a 1.13 ERA in 19 starts this season.
Winning warship bid gives Japan confidence boost as Tokyo eyes more exports
Australia’s decision to select Japan's upgraded Mogami-class warship, seen in this computer-generated image, has been “well received across Japanese industry," a Defense Ministry official said.
In Paris, chefs Chizuko Kimura and Kei Kobayashi make their mark
Chef Kei Kobayashi is France's only Japanese chef with three Michelin stars.
In preserving Japanese hospitality, ‘details are everything’
Beniya Mukayu, a traditional "ryokan" inn located in Ishikawa Prefecture, considers itself at "the heart of onsen towns, local residents, farmers, fishermen, sake brewers and artisans" — all of which need new, sustainable methods of serving visitors to survive into the future.

Podcast

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

Longform

Members of the nonprofit group Japan Youth Memorial Association search for the remains of dead soldiers in a cave in Okinawa Prefecture in February.
The long search for Japan’s lost soldiers
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