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BUSINESS
Apr 4, 2019

Fastest electric car chargers wait for batteries to catch up

The viability of electric vehicles depends in part on one manufacturing plant in eastern Australia, where gleaming white cabinets the size of large refrigerators are loaded on shipping crates. They're among the most advanced car chargers available, promising to deliver a full tank of juice in minutes....
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ASIA PACIFIC / FOCUS
Apr 4, 2019

As Australia agonizes over accused mosque gunman, new clues of Tarrant's ties to far right groups emerge

From its clubhouses in Melbourne and Sydney, the Lads Society promotes drug-free living and exercise — and "white resistance" and Islamophobia, according to online statements and interviews with two of its leaders.
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Apr 3, 2019

'Destiny' deepens Japan-Brazil judo relations

When Yuko Fujii took a job coaching judo in England after graduating from university, she didn't anticipate that she would one day be coaching the sport at an Olympics in her home country.
Japan Times
PODCAST / deep dive
Apr 3, 2019

Episode 11: Thomas Frebel — a top chef in a city of stars

When it was announced that Thomas Frebel, former head of recipe development at Copenhagen's Noma (four time winner of the World's Best Restaurant Award), would open his new restaurant, Inua, in Tokyo in the summer of 2018, the city's food lovers clamored for tables.Now, eight months after opening, how is the chef faring in a city with more Michelin stars than any other on earth?
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COMMENTARY / World
Apr 3, 2019

No silver bullet for China's plastics problem

The country could make biodegradable products mainstream, but that won't stop its trash from choking the oceans.
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WORLD / Politics
Apr 3, 2019

Ailing Algerian President Bouteflika, once a hero, resigns under pressure

Abdelaziz Bouteflika, who led Algeria out of civil war to become its longest-serving president, has resigned after throngs of protesters and even his military allies told the ailing president he had overstayed his welcome.
Japan Times
Apr 3, 2019

TSUNEISHI SHIPBUILDING Delivers its First LRI Product/Chemical Tanker Built at its Shipyard in China

TSUNEISHI SHIPBUILDING Co., Ltd. (HQ: 1083 Tsuneishi, Numakuma-cho, Fukuyama, Hiroshima, Japan; President: Kenji Kawano) delivered its first LRI (77,000 DWT) Product/Chemical Tanker on March 29, 2019. This first ship was constructed at TSUNEISHI GROUP (ZHOUSHAN) SHIPBUILDING, Inc. (Location: Xiushan...
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WORLD
Apr 3, 2019

FAA was lax in Boeing 737 Max inspector training, whistle-blowers allege

Whistle-blowers have told the Senate Commerce Committee that safety inspectors at the Federal Aviation Administration, including those involved with approvals for the Boeing Co. 737 Max, lacked proper training and certifications, according to the panel's chairman.
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BUSINESS
Apr 3, 2019

Shell to quit U.S. refining lobby over climate disagreement and will back Paris accord

Royal Dutch Shell on Tuesday became the first major oil and gas company to announce plans to leave a leading U.S. refining lobby due to disagreement on climate policies.
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COMMENTARY / World
Apr 2, 2019

Google needs a lesson in patriotism

Firm shuns business with the Pentagon but is helping China develop AI capabilities.
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WORLD / Society
Apr 2, 2019

Trump declares U.S. census 'meaningless' without citizenship question

U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday injected himself into one of the most consequential cases of the current Supreme Court term, saying the nation's 2020 census would be "meaningless" without adding a citizenship question to the questionnaire.
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COMMENTARY / World
Apr 1, 2019

How Japan can help Africa escape China's 'debt trap'

Japan should export its profitable public transport business model to help African countries repay Chinese infrastructure loans.
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ASIA PACIFIC
Apr 1, 2019

Taipei blasts 'provocative' Chinese fighter jet incursion across Taiwan Strait line

Taiwan has protested what it called a "reckless" and "provocative" flight by two Chinese fighter jets across the so-called median line of the Taiwan Strait, the country said late Sunday.
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WORLD / Society
Apr 1, 2019

Border row pitches noninterventionist Mexican president into deep water with Trump

Donald Trump's threat to shut the U.S. border if Mexico does not halt all illegal immigration has exposed the limitations of the new Mexican government's strategy of trying to appease the U.S. president as he gears up for re-election.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / The Big Questions
Mar 31, 2019

Partnership echoes 'build global, live local' mantra

Boasting a fast-track career trajectory with U.S. e-hailing service Uber Technologies Inc., General Manager Tom White of Uber (Rides), Japan is having the ride of his life.
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Mar 31, 2019

ONE Championship makes debut in Japan

Before coming down the ramp for her fight, Mei Yamaguchi, in a nod to her surroundings at Ryogoku Kokugikan, did a brief shiko (where a sumo wrestler lifts his leg high and straight before stamping it down on the ground).
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LIFE / Style & Design
Mar 31, 2019

Baku Sakashita: In light of good design

Designer and artisan Baku Sakashita sheds light on his striking Suki series of lamps and the history of design in Japan.
COMMUNITY / Issues / LAW OF THE LAND
Mar 31, 2019

Heisei's legal legacies include greater civic participation

With Emperor Akihito abdicating on April 30, the Heisei Era that began Jan. 8, 1989, after his father's death will also come to an end. With this column I'd like to look back at some of the noteworthy changes that occurred to Japan's laws and legal institutions during the past three decades.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Mar 31, 2019

Can Tokyo and Seoul break their deadlock?

Tokyo and Seoul should consider who will be the losers and more importantly, who will be the winners, from a prolonged division in the bilateral relationship?
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 31, 2019

No news is bad news for civil discourse

The disappearance of local newspapers is making national politics more polarized.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Mar 31, 2019

More than 1 million acres of U.S. cropland ravaged by 'bomb cyclone' floods, data show

At least 1 million acres (405,000 hectares) of U.S. farmland were flooded after the "bomb cyclone" storm left wide swaths of nine major grain-producing states under water in March, satellite data analyzed by Gro Intelligence showed.
JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
Mar 30, 2019

When apo-den telephone scams take deadly turns

On Feb. 28, the body of Kuniko Kato, 80, was found in her ransacked apartment in Tokyo's Koto Ward. Her wrists had been bound with clear plastic wrap and her mouth and ankles bound with duct tape. While the specific cause of death has not been made public, she appeared to have suffocated. A police search...

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