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BASKETBALL / B. League / B. LEAGUE NOTEBOOK
Nov 17, 2016

Namizato, White make return; ex-NBA swingman Childress on move to San-en

Familiar faces are returning to Japan pro basketball as some teams make moves to shake up their rosters.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Nov 17, 2016

Rakuten to pay €220 million to place its logo on FC Barcelona jerseys

Japanese e-commerce giant Rakuten Inc. is paying €220 million ($235.4 million) to emblazon its logo on the FC Barcelona soccer team's jerseys for four years, in one of the biggest sponsorship deals in the sport.
Japan Times
WORLD
Nov 17, 2016

Soap opera: South Korea's Park 'used starlet as pseudonym' at health clinic

The starlet of a TV soap became the most talked-about celebrity in South Korea on Wednesday when a TV channel revealed President Park Geun-hye once used her name as a pseudonym at a beauty and detox clinic, a distraction from the scandal engulfing her administration.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / OBITUARY
Nov 16, 2016

Stefan Lippert: remembering an educator in search of excellence

Stefan Lippert, a luminary from our community of Japan thought leaders, died recently at the age of 47.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Nov 16, 2016

Mifune: The making of Japan's 'Last Samurai'

Toshiro Mifune was the first Japanese — or, for that matter, Asian — actor to become an international action star.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Nov 16, 2016

'The Girl on the Train' charts a rough ride

Why does modern society assume that all women want the same three things: love, sex and babies? The short answer is, because pop culture has decreed it so.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets
Nov 16, 2016

Battered yen faces new reality: Trump reflationary pressure

The yen, jolted in a 750-plus point range against the dollar in the week since Donald Trump's presidential win, could fall back toward a February low of ¥115 on prospects of rapid U.S. interest rate increases.
WORLD
Nov 16, 2016

Kerry announces Yemen cease-fire over objections of government

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said on Tuesday that Yemen's Houthi group and the Saudi-led coalition fighting it had agreed to a cease-fire from Thursday as Washington presses for an end to the war before President Barack Obama leaves office.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Nov 15, 2016

Algerian envoy says Japan peacekeeping mission in South Sudan essential for Africa

Algerian Ambassador to Japan Mohamed El Amine Bencherif on Tuesday welcomed Japan's assistance in Africa, saying its participation in the United Nations' South Sudan peacekeeping mission is essential to restoring stability in the strife-torn region.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Nov 15, 2016

The vast Eurasian hinterland

Prime Minister Abe is employing his new concept of 'Eurasia' to identify in more strategic ways than ever the mutually complementary aspects of Japan and Russia's geopolitical positions.
BUSINESS / Economy
Nov 15, 2016

Abe ponders whether to follow Trump's lead on fiscal stimulus

While Donald Trump is set to inject a dose of fiscal medicine into the world's biggest economy, any move by Shinzo Abe to further strengthen Japan's fiscal stimulus program faces the challenge of disappointing tax receipts and a record debt burden.
JAPAN / Society
Nov 12, 2016

Family debate: same-sex parents?

With LGBT relationships starting to be recognized by authorities, questions are now being asked about whether such couples should have children.
EDITORIALS
Nov 12, 2016

Cutting down on passive smoking

The government needs to get more serious about steps to protect people from passive smoking as it prepares for the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Nov 11, 2016

Burglar in Kyushu slayings hanged

A robber who murdered two people during break-ins in Kumamoto is hanged, marking the first execution signed by Justice Minister Katsutoshi Kaneda.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Nov 11, 2016

Abe eyes India to cement high-speed rail dominance over China

In the strategic rivalry between Japan and China, high-speed rail contracts are one of the best ways to project power. And no Asian country offers more opportunities than India.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / KANPAI CULTURE
Nov 11, 2016

The Kyoto Distillery: home of Japan's first artisanal gin

It's a mild Kyoto evening, and a group of spirits enthusiasts are gathering at a handsomely restored machiya (traditional townhouse) to celebrate the launch of Ki No Bi, a boutique gin produced by The Kyoto Distillery, Japan's first craft gin specialist. Guests spill onto the machiya's moss-covered courtyard,...
Britain responds after Expo 2025 afternoon tea brews outrage
The café space at the Osaka Expo's British pavilion
Woman says archbishop of Tokyo ignored her pleas after priest allegedly raped her
In a news conference in Tokyo on Friday, Tokie Tanaka, 64, details her allegations of sexual abuse against a Catholic priest.
Israel protests after Kyoto inn seeks war crime declaration from tourist
A street in Kyoto in March 2023. An Israeli tourist was asked to sign a document stating that he had not committed war crimes when he checked in at a Kyoto guesthouse in April, prompting a response from Israel's ambassador.
Second round of U.S.-Japan tariff talks ends inconclusively in Washington
U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick (far left), U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent (left) and Ryosei Akazawa, Japan's chief tariff negotiator. The second round of tariff negotiations between Japan and the United States were held on Thursday in Washington.
Inflation and high hotel prices curtail Golden Week travels
Travelers in front of a flight information panel in a departure hall at Haneda Airport in Tokyo on April 26
Japan’s ‘tabi’ sock mecca runs on thread and memories
A seamstress at Kineya Tabi sews together split-toe "tabi" socks, once a major industry for the town of Gyoda, Saitama Prefecture.
Despite shifts in Japan's political landscape, constitutional revision still far off
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba has been a staunch advocate for constitutional reform.
'Ukiyo-e in Play' showcases traditional art carved anew
The Adachi Institute has been working on creating brand new ukiyo-e prints in collaboration with contemporary artists such as Yayoi Kusama, whose “Mt. Fuji in Seven Colours: When life boundlessly flares up to the universe” (2014) can be seen on display at “Ukiyo-e in Play.”
Ishiba hears advice from across the aisle on how Japan should handle Trump
Prime Minister Shigaru Ishiba and CDP head Yoshihiko Noda at a parliamentary session in Tokyo on April 23.
Don't send in the clones: AI event nixed as Alt accounts get reality check
A screenshot from the website for Alt's AI conference, which was canceled after the company disclosed an investigation into its sales figures.

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
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A small shrine perched atop rocks braves the waves hitting the shoreline during a storm in Shimoda, Shizuoka Prefecture. The area is under threat of a possible 31-meter-high tsunami if an earthquake strikes the nearby Nankai Trough.
If the 'Big One' hits, this city could face a 31-meter-high tsunami
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