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Japan Times
GLOBAL MEDIA POST / Southern USA report 2019
Jun 27, 2019

How Mississippi works for business

As states in the Deep South continue attracting more families and businesses because of the lower cost of living, higher quality of life and friendly population, the phrase “Southern hospitality” has ceased to become a hollow cliche. Evidence of this is the decision of Japanese auto giants Toyota...
Japan Times
GLOBAL MEDIA POST / Southern USA report 2019
Jun 27, 2019

MIA: The gateway of the Americas

Located in south Florida, Miami International Airport (MIA) is one of the country’s busiest airports, accommodating more than 100 carriers, offering more flights to Latin America than any other airport in the United States and serving 60 percent of all international visitors to Florida.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Jun 26, 2019

Women Political Leaders summit opens ahead of G20 as Abe pushes to improve gender parity

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe renewed his commitment to empower women and improve gender parity around the globe at the Women Political Leaders (WPL) Summit 2019 in Tokyo on Wednesday, ahead of the Group of 20 summit due to start Friday in Osaka.
EDITORIALS
Jun 26, 2019

African swine flu poses a new challenge in Asia

Tokyo must also work with Asian governments to fight outbreaks of African swine flu throughout the region.
Japan Times
SOCCER / From the Spot
Jun 26, 2019

Tourney defeats hint at Tokyo 2020 potential

In the space of nearly 24 hours, Japan's hopes at two major international tournaments were extinguished.
Japan Times
JAPAN / G20 Osaka
Jun 26, 2019

Odds of sweeping deal slim, Japan to use Osaka G20 to tackle plastic waste problem one step at a time

When international delegates arrived at Karuizawa Station for the Group of 20 environment ministers' meeting earlier this month, they were greeted by local schoolchildren, bilingual volunteers — and a wild boar the size of an elephant.
GLOBAL INSIGHT / Bahrain report 2019
Jun 26, 2019

Moving Bahrain forward by implementing $32 billion on projects

In February 2019, the courier giant FedEx Express signed up as the anchor tenant for a $58.5-million, 25,000-square-meter new cargo area at Bahrain International Airport (BIA).
GLOBAL INSIGHT / Bahrain report 2019
Jun 26, 2019

The Bahrain Airport Modernization Program

The launch of Bahrain International Airport’s (BIA) brand-new 210,000-square-meter passenger terminal building in 2019 will reinforce the kingdom’s central position in Middle Eastern air transportation. Four times larger than the current facility, it will be capable of processing 130,000 air traffic...
GLOBAL INSIGHT / Bahrain report 2019
Jun 26, 2019

Pioneering in fintech

“Bahrain has developed an extensive fintech ecosystem to future-proof our financial services sector and further transition the country into an innovation-driven economy,” said Khalid Saad, CEO of Bahrain FinTech Bay (BFB), the leading hub for fintech in the Middle East and North Africa region and...
GLOBAL INSIGHT / Bahrain report 2019
Jun 26, 2019

The bank getting closer to customers

Bahrain has been an important financial center since the 1970s and, at 17 percent of gross domestic product, financial services is the kingdom’s second-largest sector after oil. “It is a historic hub,” said Jean-Christophe Durand, CEO of the National Bank of Bahrain (NBB): “By which I mean pioneering....
Japan Times
GLOBAL INSIGHT / Bahrain report 2019
Jun 26, 2019

The technology factor

Although oil was first discovered in Bahrain in 1932, 85 percent of its identified reserves still remain in the ground due to the kingdom’s challenging geology. Only one thing is preventing higher extraction levels, according to James Eastlack, CEO of Tatweer Petroleum, the company in charge of the...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Jun 25, 2019

Tadanori Yokoo: From the shadows within

The blotchy, salty self-portrait that confronts you as you enter Tadanori Yokoo's exhibition of recent work "B29 and Homeland: From My Childhood to Andy Warhol" (2018) has a hangman's noose in the top left corner. This recalls one of the artist's most renowned works, the 1965 "Having Reached a Climax...
CULTURE / Art
Jun 25, 2019

'Takahata Isao: A Legend in Japanese Animation'

July 2-Oct.6
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Jun 25, 2019

'Every Day is Art Day: Fifty Years of the Yoda Family in New York'

June 29-Sept. 8
EDITORIALS
Jun 25, 2019

Regional revitalization agenda revisited

The government needs to reconsider its efforts to achieve regional revitalization.
Figure Skating / ICE TIME
Jun 25, 2019

Yuzuru Hanyu draws Skate Canada, NHK Trophy for Grand Prix season

Two-time Olympic champion Yuzuru Hanyu will start his Grand Prix campaign at Skate Canada, the ISU announced recently when the GP assignments for the 2019-20 season were released.
BUSINESS
Jun 25, 2019

U.S. plays down expectations for Trump-Xi meeting in Osaka, insists it isn't ready to compromise

U.S. officials sought to play down expectations for a highly-anticipated meeting between U.S. President Donald Trump and China's Xi Jinping this week, insisting the U.S. wasn't prepared to compromise on its demands for meaningful Chinese economic reforms.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Jun 25, 2019

U.S. tariffs on China-made consumer tech goods seen cutting sales and delaying upgrades

U.S. consumers will delay or forgo technology upgrades if President Donald Trump imposes a new round of 25 percent tariffs on Chinese goods, slowing the U.S. innovation engine, technology industry executives said on Monday.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Jun 25, 2019

Myanmar blackout may be cover for gross human rights violations, U.N. investigator says

Myanmar's army may be committing gross human rights violations under cover of a mobile phone blackout in parts of Myanmar's Rakhine and Chin states, U.N. special rapporteur Yanghee Lee said on Monday.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 24, 2019

The fourth Rome versus the neo-Persian empire?

We should not underestimate the will and power of the Iranians.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 24, 2019

House-flipper takes advantage of Japan's 8 million-plus empty homes

More than 8 million homes lie abandoned across Japan, a symptom of the declining population and people's migration to major cities.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Jun 24, 2019

Vietnam jails American for 12 years for attempting to overthrow state

A court in Vietnam on Monday sentenced a U.S. citizen to 12 years in prison after finding him guilty of "attempting to overthrow the state" in a trial that lasted just half a day, his lawyer said.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Jun 24, 2019

Naming Jeff Sessions as U.S. attorney general was 'biggest mistake,' says Trump

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Sunday that if he could have one "do-over," it would be "personnel" decisions, including naming former Sen. Jeff Sessions as his first U.S. attorney general.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jun 24, 2019

Venezuela said holding six military and police officials as Maduro seeks to stifle dissent

Venezuelan authorities have arrested six members of the country's military and police forces over the weekend, according to relatives of the detainees and human rights activists, as President Nicolas Maduro seeks to weed out dissent.
Transport ministry issues warning to Haneda Airport operator
The operator of Tokyo's Haneda Airport has been warned by the government over its inappropriate transactions.
Xi defiance pays off as Trump meets most China trade demands
Then-Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping visits a school in South Gate, California, in February 2012. Experts say Xi won big in his standoff with U.S. President Donald Trump.
Nissan shares surge as carmaker set to cut 20,000 jobs in huge overhaul
U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs on cars and car parts imported to the U.S. have been painful to most global brands, but crippling in Nissan’s case.
Japan might be playing long game in U.S. tariff talks
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba at the White House earlier this year. Ishiba said Monday that farmers won't be sacrificed for automakers in Japan's tariff negotiations with the U.S.
More details emerge about stabbing near Tokyo University metro station
Yoshitaka Toda, the suspect in Wednesday's knife attack at Todaimae Station on the Tokyo Metro Nanboku Line, leaves a police station in the Japanese capital the same day for a pre-detention medical examination.
Japan set for bigger role in Philippines after SDF’s debut in key drills
Philippine Army Brig. Gen. Michael Logico, who was involved in managing the latest iteration of the Balikatan U.S.-Philippine drills, told The Japan Times that he expects military ties with Japan to surge even further once Tokyo ratifies a key visiting-forces agreement with Manila.
In China’s ‘Michelin Guide,’ Tokyo leads overseas listings with 30 entries
China's Black Pearl Restaurant Guide held its award ceremony overseas for the first time, picking the dining capital of Singapore to promote its brand to an international audience.
Who could become Japan's next prime minister?
Clockwise from top left: Former economic security minister Sanae Takaichi, former economic security minister Takayuki Kobayashi, Finance Minister Katsunobu Kato and Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi
With a new Shibuya studio, Apple Music bets big on Japan
Apple Music personalities (from left) Ebro Darden, Kentaro Ochiai, Zane Lowe and Mino came together for a special recording in late April to discuss music and celebrate the newly opened Apple Music studio in Tokyo.
Escalation fears rise in Japan following Chinese moves near Senkakus
A Japan Coast Guard vessel sails in front of the Uotsuri islet, one of the Japanese-controlled Senkaku Islands. Concerns are growing in Tokyo after a Chinese government helicopter violated Japan's airspace around the uninhabited islets.

Podcast

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

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Japan's growing ranks of centenarians are redefining what it means to live in a super-aging society.
What comes after 100?
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