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Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Dec 10, 2019

Countering Beijing's South China Sea strategy

With some reverse thinking, smaller nations may be able to deter a major power.
JAPAN / Society
Oct 15, 2019

Wakayama curry killings revisited: Kin of convicted killer Masumi Hayashi break silence after 21 years

On a recent summer evening, tranquility reigned in this small neighborhood in Wakayama, where nothing but the occasional barking of dogs and chirring of grasshoppers broke the peaceful silence.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Oct 13, 2019

North Korea may be hiding hog apocalypse from the world

By official accounts, the pig contagion wreaking havoc across Eastern Asia has virtually skipped over North Korea, with a single outbreak reported there in May. But wayward feral pigs have stoked concern that Kim Jong Un's reclusive state is hiding an African swine fever disaster.
JAPAN
Oct 7, 2019

60 rescued after North Korean fishing vessel collides with patrol boat belonging to Japan's Fisheries Agency

The incident took place inside Japan's exclusive economic zone off the coast of the Noto Peninsula in Ishikawa Prefecture.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Sep 23, 2019

Trump says he discussed Biden in call with Ukrainian president

U.S. President Donald Trump acknowledged Sunday that he had discussed Democratic presidential hopeful Joe Biden and his son in a call with Ukraine's president.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / INSIDER REPORT
Jul 29, 2019

The future of Japan's energy and environmental policies

This is the fifth and final article in a series of reports about Japan's energy policy.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jun 20, 2019

In Pyongyang, Xi and Kim discuss nukes as speculation grows over possible message to Trump

Chinese leader Xi Jinping on Thursday kicked off his first visit to Pyongyang as president, meeting with North Korea’s Kim Jong Un, telling him that the international community expects the U.S. and North to restart nuclear talks in efforts to produce a tangible outcome.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jun 19, 2019

Mike Pompeo snubs his experts and blocks inclusion of Saudis on U.S. child soldiers list, say sources

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has blocked the inclusion of Saudi Arabia on a U.S. list of countries that recruit child soldiers, dismissing his experts' findings that a Saudi-led coalition has been using under-age fighters in Yemen's civil war, according to four people familiar with the matter.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 28, 2019

Worried about Huawei? Take a closer look at Tencent

The social media giant is a growing global force, and it does Beijing's bidding.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Mar 19, 2019

Myanmar military court plan to probe army's alleged Rohingya atrocities hit as 'delusional'

Myanmar's army said on Monday it had set up a military court to investigate its conduct during a crackdown on the Rohingya Muslim minority in 2017 that forced more than 730,000 to flee to neighboring Bangladesh.
Japan Times
LIFE / EVENTS AND INFORMATION
Feb 28, 2019

Commons Festa event to welcome investors

Commons Asset Management Inc., which celebrates 10 years since the launch of its Commons 30 Fund this year, will hold events in Kyoto in March and Tokyo in April to on the company's fund performances and other activities, as well as offering attendees the opportunity to mingle with investors.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jan 27, 2019

U.S. and Canadian fighters scrambled after Russian bombers buzz North American coastline

The U.S. military has said that American and Canadian fighter jets were scrambled after two nuclear-capable Russian heavy bombers entered Canada's air defense identification zone on Saturday in the Arctic region near the North American coastline.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jan 27, 2019

Foreign troops would exit Afghanistan in 18 months under draft deal, Taliban sources say

Taliban officials said U.S. negotiators on Saturday agreed on a draft peace deal setting out the withdrawal of foreign troops from Afghanistan within 18 months, potentially ending the United States' longest war.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Society
Jan 7, 2019

China says pace of Xinjiang 'education' will slow but defends camps amid highly chaperoned, staged tour

China will not back down on what it sees as a highly successful de-radicalization program in Xinjiang that has attracted global concern, but fewer people will be sent through, officials said last week in allowing rare media access there.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 21, 2018

China's warning to the democratic world

Instead of trying to divide the U.S. from its allies, Beijing is taking hostages.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Nov 10, 2018

In first, Washington calls on Beijing to remove missiles from South China Sea

The United States has for the first time urged China to remove missile systems deployed to contested man-made islands in the South China Sea, the Pentagon said Friday.
EDITORIALS
Nov 8, 2018

Make real cuts to cellphone charges

The carriers need to continue their efforts to improve their services while reducing the charges for consumers through more efficient operation and use of their resources.
JAPAN
Nov 7, 2018

Japanese buzzwords of 2018 nominees reflect myriad influences and issues

Thirty candidates for buzzword of the year, announced Wednesday, highlight the numerous scandals that rocked Japan's amateur sports, the brutal summer of natural disasters as well as the country's response to the worldwide #MeToo movement against sexual harassment.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal / ANALYSIS
Oct 31, 2018

South Korea's ruling on wartime compensation issues may have opened Pandora's box for Seoul-Tokyo ties

A Pandora's box in terms of diplomatic relations between Tokyo and Seoul may have just been opened with South Korea's top court upholding a lower court ruling Tuesday that Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corp. should pay about ¥40 million in compensation to four Koreans forced to work in Japan during...
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Oct 21, 2018

Saudi official provides yet another version of how Jamal Khashoggi met his demise at Istanbul consulate

As Saudi Arabia faced intensifying international skepticism over its story about the death of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, a senior government official laid out a new version of the death inside the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul that in key respects contradicts previous explanations.
EDITORIALS
Oct 18, 2018

China must not be free to suppress its Muslim minority

Beijing is pursuing an extraordinary and outrageous policy in its far western province of Xinjiang.
EDITORIALS
Oct 9, 2018

A world off target when it comes to limiting emissions

Immediate action is required to limit the rate of global warming, but history gives us little reason to be optimistic.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics / ANALYSIS
Sep 26, 2018

Declaring an end to the Korean War: A possible — and controversial — next step in denuclearization talks

U.S. President Donald Trump spoke of "a bold and new push for peace" with nuclear-armed North Korea during his speech before the U.N. General Assembly on Tuesday, in a hint at the direction his administration is heading as he gears up for a second summit with Kim Jong Un.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 25, 2018

Maverick Harvard MBA shakes up a century of Panasonic's corporate culture

Panasonic Corp. has carefully cultivated a culture befitting its 100-year history, with many employees starting the day doing calisthenics and singing the corporate anthem. Now, Yasuyuki Higuchi is supposed to shake up those traditions.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / ANALYSIS
Sep 7, 2018

As U.S. readies to slap more tariffs on China, no end in sight for trade tensions

With U.S. President Donald Trump gearing up to impose tariffs on $200 billion in Chinese goods and Beijing certain to retaliate against any such measures, the world's two biggest economies are locked in an escalating trade war, with no resolution in sight.

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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