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Japan Times
BASKETBALL / BJ-LEAGUE NOTEBOOK
Nov 6, 2015

Nakamura working old magic with Niigata

It shouldn't be a big shock that the Niigata Albirex BB have made a sizzling start under fiery bench boss Kazuo Nakamura, whose alleged retirement lasted one season.
EDITORIALS
Nov 6, 2015

COP21 will require serious effort

It's going to take a great deal of effort to make the COP21 climate change meeting a success, and Japan, the U.S. and China and will have to lead the way.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 6, 2015

Republicans aside, NRA may be losing its grip

U.S. public opinion on guns seems to be going in the same direction as it did on same-sex marriage — a compete reversal.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / THE HIGH GROUNDS
Nov 6, 2015

Maruyama Coffee lets the beans explain themselves

From the hip barista conjuring latte art to the kissaten (traditional Japanese coffee shop) owner working an archaic siphon machine, there's a lot of fuss and theater involved in preparing coffee. So it can be hard to get excited about the French press sometimes. It's the saxophone of brewing methods:...
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Nov 6, 2015

China-Taiwan summit was two years in the making as leaders eye legacies

Saturday's historic summit in Singapore between the presidents of China and Taiwan may have surprised many, but the sides first broached the subject about two years ago, and the leaders had their legacies very much in mind.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Entertainment news
Nov 5, 2015

Katy Perry tops Taylor Swift as highest female music earner

She didn't make as many headlines, nor sell as many albums, but Katy Perry handily beat Taylor Swift to become the highest-earning woman in music this year, according to Forbes.
EDITORIALS
Nov 4, 2015

BOJ moves inflation goalpost again

Instead of pushing back its inflation target, the Bank of Japan should be reviewing the target itself and the policy framework for achieving it.
COMMUNITY / Voices / HOTLINE TO NAGATACHO
Nov 4, 2015

Time has come for an 'honorable retreat' from Tokyo 2020 over Fukushima

Citing concerns over Fukushima, the former Japanese ambassador to Switzerland recently proposed that Japan should stage an 'honorable retreat' from hosting the 2020 Olympics while there is still time to select and prepare an alternative site.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Nov 4, 2015

Director Kazuaki Kiriya struggles to be taken seriously in Japan

Forty-seven-year-old filmmaker Kazuaki Kiriya is as famed for being a tall, flamboyant loudmouth — he married Japanese diva Hikaru Utada when she was 16 years old (and he was 35) — as he is for making sleek CG-heavy extravaganzas that never manage to do well at the box office. Now Kiriya has directed...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Nov 4, 2015

Jill Soloway's bittersweet 'Afternoon Delight'

'Afternoon Delight" is one of those ex post facto releases in Japan that arrives riding the wake of another hit. It won a best director award at the Sundance Film Festival in 2013, but is only now getting released because writer-director Jill Soloway and actress Kathryn Hahn are in the spotlight for...
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Nov 4, 2015

GM boasts best sales since 2000 as U.S. strength lifts carmakers; rate hike argument grows

Automakers are reporting the best two-month stretch of U.S. sales in 15 years, another sign that the nation's economy is improving.
BASKETBALL
Nov 3, 2015

Verdell Jones III joins D-League's Warriors

Guard Verdell Jones III, who helped the Fukushima Firebonds reach the bj-league playoffs as an expansion team last season, has been named to the Santa Cruz Warriors' 15-man training camp roster, the NBA Development League team announced on Monday.
WORLD
Nov 3, 2015

Bold new 'Star Trek' streaming series has fans concerned

The classic science-fiction show "Star Trek" is boldly going into the streaming universe, with a series that will introduce characters and alien civilizations but which left fans on Monday largely underwhelmed.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Nov 3, 2015

How the TPP can transform Japan's economy

Regardless of whether or not the TPP is implemented, Japan's farmers must change their approach if they want to secure their futures rather than hope that subsidies will continue forever.
EDITORIALS
Nov 3, 2015

China loses a 'lawfare' skirmish

An international arbitration tribunal's decision provides South China Sea claimants with an opportunity to breathe new life into negotiations designed to turn the 2002 ASEAN-China Declaration on a Code of Conduct for the South China Sea into a real code of conduct.
BUSINESS / Tech
Nov 3, 2015

China admits over 40 percent of its online sales counterfeit, shoddy

More than 40 percent of goods sold online in China last year were either counterfeits or of bad quality, the official Xinhua News Agency said, illustrating the extent of a problem that has bogged down the fast-growing online sector.
JAPAN
Nov 2, 2015

U.N. University chief urges Japan not to squander Security Council chance

A high-ranking U.N. official expresses hope that Tokyo will make contributions to global human security as well as specific issues such as Syria when it sits on the Security Council.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Nov 2, 2015

With massive IPO of Japan Post, the nation seeks to shake decades of torpor

As Japan prepares this week for the biggest initial public offering in the world since Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. in September 2014, the government hopes that the ¥1.5 trillion privatization of the postal service will help revive the country from its 20-year slump.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Nov 2, 2015

China says one-child policy remains in effect for now; searches for pregnancy tips soar

China must continue to enforce its one-child policy until new rules allowing all couples to have two children go into effect, the top family planning body said.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Nov 2, 2015

Abe, Park hold first bilateral talks since taking office, address 'comfort women' dispute

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and South Korean President Park Geun-hye agree to try to resolve as soon as possible the dispute over the 'comfort women.'
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Nov 2, 2015

Kuroda sows doubts on further easing among some BOJ watchers

After twice this year putting off his inflation target yet declining to step up monetary stimulus, Bank of Japan Gov. Haruhiko Kuroda has discouraged some analysts from thinking he'll ever boost policy again.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Nov 2, 2015

Lone Muslim campaigns in Myanmar's radical Buddhist stronghold

The city of Mandalay in northern Myanmar is a Buddhist religious center so crowded with temples, monasteries and monks that they can sometimes seem innumerable.
Tokyo ranked world’s richest city by GDP, with Osaka-Kobe also rated highly
Tokyo has a gross domestic product of $2.55 trillion, just ahead of New York’s $2.49 trillion and Greater Los Angeles’ $1.62 trillion, according to CEOWorld’s global wealth index.
Takaichi stands firm on controversial Taiwan contingency remarks
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi responds to questions during a session of the House of Representatives' Budget Committee in parliament in Tokyo on Monday.
Japan’s bears have been on their killing spree for more than 100 years
Bear attacks have dominated Japanese news headlines in recent months, with 13 people so far having been killed by the animals.
Tokyo looks to keep ‘monster parents’ at bay with new protocols
New guidelines are addressing struggles by teachers to deal with the burden of parents who make irrational complaints that go beyond what is considered socially acceptable, often referred to as "monster parents," which is overwhelming their workload.
From France to Mali, a deportee's struggle far from home
Moussa Sacko, a Malian deported from France — where he had lived since he was a young child — stands on a street in Bamako, Mali, in December. Compared with his home in France, Bamako feels like a different planet, Sacko said.
Takaichi doesn’t mince words on Taiwan, but dramatic policy shift unlikely
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi responds to questions during a House of Representatives Budget Committee session in parliament on Tuesday.
Florist Nicolai Bergmann flourishes outside the box
Florist Nicolai Bergmann shops for fresh flowers at the Ota flower market in Tokyo on Friday.
China delivers warning to U.S. and Japan with third aircraft carrier
The Fujian, China's third aircraft carrier, carries out sea trials at an unknown location in May last year.
Jenson Button brings end to an illustrious racing career intertwined with Japan
Jenson Button races for Honda during the Singapore Grand Prix in September 2008.
Cleanliness gets competitive at Tokyo’s Spogomi world cup
On Oct. 29, teams from 33 qualifying countries scoured the streets of Shibuya for all manners of trash as part of the Spogomi litter-picking competition.

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Bear attacks have dominated Japanese news headlines in recent months, with 13 people so far having been killed by the animals.
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