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Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 21, 2018

Trump to boost exports of lethal drones to more U.S. allies, sources say

President Donald Trump will soon make it easier to export some types of lethal U.S.-made drones to potentially dozens more allies and partners — including Japan — according to people familiar with the plan. Trump is expected to ease rules for such foreign sales under a long-delayed new policy on...
EDITORIALS
Mar 20, 2018

Expect a more assertive Russia after Putin win

Putin needed a large majority of voters to go to the polls. In this — as in so many other things — he got his wish.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 20, 2018

Social networking key to food security

Ending global hunger is as much about re-imagining social networks as it is about deciding what goes into the ground.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal / Deep Dive
Mar 20, 2018

Children of condemned Aum guru Shoko Asahara reviled by society as criminals

In the early hours of May 16, 1995, police raided the Aum Shinrikyo cult's facilities in Kamikuishiki, Yamanashi Prefecture. At 9:45 a.m., cult founder Shoko Asahara, whose real name is Chizuo Matsumoto, was arrested and taken into custody.
Figure Skating / ICE TIME
Mar 20, 2018

Uno aims for first senior world title in Milan

Olympic silver medalist Shoma Uno and four-time national champion Satoko Miyahara will lead Japan's team at the world championships this week in Milan. With two-time Olympic champion Yuzuru Hanyu sitting out the competition, Uno has a chance to step out of his famous teammate's shadow by winning his...
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Mar 20, 2018

Syrian asylum-seekers' bid for refugee status rejected by Tokyo court

The Tokyo District Court on Tuesday rejected a lawsuit filed by two Syrian asylum-seekers — echoing the Immigration Bureau's decision not to grant them refugee status — in the first such court challenge in Japan since civil war broke out in the Middle Eastern nation in 2011.
PRESS / Events
Mar 20, 2018

世界の先進事例から考える日本のカーボンプライシング

株式会社ジャパンタイムズ（本社：東京都港区、代表取締役社長：堤丈晴）は、2018年4月3日に「世界の先進事例から考える日本のカーボンプライシング」の特別講演会を開催します。
Japan Times
WORLD / Society
Mar 20, 2018

Italy seizes charity's ship that picked up migrants after it refused to turn them over to Libya

Italian authorities seized a charity's ship on suspicion it had helped illegal immigration by picking up migrants in the Mediterranean instead of letting Libya's coast guard take them back to North Africa, the aid group said.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Mar 20, 2018

Female pedestrian dies in Arizona after being hit by Uber self-driving SUV, prompting halt in tests

A woman crossing a street was killed by an Uber self-driving sport utility vehicle in Arizona, police said on Monday, prompting the ride services company to suspend its autonomous vehicle program.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Mar 19, 2018

Emboldened by Abe's dive in polls, opposition bolsters calls for key figures to testify over Moritomo scandal

The Cabinet's plunge in the opinion polls prompts the opposition camp to bolster its calls for Akie Abe and others to testify in the Diet on the Moritomo scandal.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Mar 19, 2018

Laird confident Fighters can compete in 2018

Brandon Laird rounded third base wearing a big smile on Saturday afternoon at Jingu Stadium. As he headed for home, Laird held out his left hand and tapped his palm with the index and middle fingers of his right, pantomiming someone making sushi, as he does after all of his home runs.
Japan Times
LIFE / Language / MORNING ENGLISH
Mar 19, 2018

Let's discuss learning English in the Philippines

Ahead of a change to university entrance exams and the Tokyo Olympics, a growing number of Japanese are opting to travel to the Philippines to study English.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Mar 19, 2018

U.S. regulators probe South Korean automakers Hyundai and Kia over crash fatalities and injuries

Safety regulators in the U.S. are investigating air bags in certain Hyundai and Kia vehicles that failed to deploy in frontal collisions linked to four deaths and six injuries.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Regional voices: Chubu
Mar 19, 2018

Aichi finds wartime elementary school teaching materials

Teaching materials for third-year students who attended Kokumin Gakko (equivalent to a modern-day elementary school) in Aichi Prefecture during the Pacific War have been discovered in Aisai, Aichi Prefecture.
Japan Times
ESG CONSORTIUM
Mar 18, 2018

Investing more in Japan's children and health

"Never say never," Rohto Pharmaceutical Co.'s new corporate slogan, created in 2016, embodies the firm's determination to "overcome challenges" to make the world a healthier place. What the drugmaker, led by Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Kunio Yamada, has worked on in the Tohoku region following...
JAPAN
Mar 18, 2018

Dialects at risk of extinction in Tohoku's disaster zones

In the wake of the March 2011 disasters, encouraging phrases in various dialects gave residents of tsunami-devastated Tohoku a much-needed psychological lift, but those same dialects are battling to survive amid the exodus of young people from the region.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Mar 17, 2018

'Exhausted' Toys R Us suppliers weigh options as huge retailer shuts

When Toys R Us secured a $3.1 billion bankruptcy loan in September, toy makers were reassured they would be paid for goods delivered to the company as it tried to emerge from Chapter 11.
JAPAN / Society
Mar 17, 2018

The other side of crime: 'Victims left behind'

The 1995 Aum sarin gas attacks in Tokyo laid the foundations for the creation of support networks to help protect those affected by the incident.
BUSINESS / Companies
Mar 17, 2018

Japan Tobacco buys Russia's No. 4 cigarette maker Donskoy Tabak for $1.6 billion

Japan Tobacco Inc. has agreed to buy Russia's Donskoy Tabak for 90 billion rubles ($1.6 billion), strengthening its leading position in Russia as competition from cigarette alternatives erodes its domestic market share.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Science & Health / A MATTER OF HEALTH
Mar 16, 2018

Saitama medical device makers fill vital health care niche

Saitama Prefecture has always been overshadowed by Tokyo, its bigger and glitzier neighbor to the south that is also the capital of Japan. But Saitama, sometimes referred to by its unflattering nickname Dasai-tama (dasai means uncool), is in fact home to a number of small manufacturing businesses developing...
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Society
Mar 16, 2018

Once harassed herself, South Korean lawyer fights for Me Too victims

Almost a decade ago, Lee Eun-eui was thrust into a lonely battle against her employer, Samsung, after she reported unwelcome touching by a superior.
BUSINESS
Mar 16, 2018

Facebook Lite to launch in developed countries, including U.S.

Facebook Inc. on Thursday said it will roll out the stripped-down version of its social media platform, Facebook Lite, to more countries, including developed ones, to attract users struggling with slower mobile data connections.
JAPAN / Politics
Mar 15, 2018

LDP panel fails to form consensus over revision of war-renouncing Article 9

The ruling Liberal Democratic Party's panel on constitutional revisions failed to reach a consensus Thursday over how the war-renouncing Article 9 should be revised, facing resistance from rank-and-file members calling for more radical revision than the ideas proposed by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Mar 15, 2018

India's top court reinstates marriage, overturning lower court ruling, in alleged case of ‘love jihad’

India's Supreme Court has overturned an order by a lower court and permitted a Hindu woman who had converted to Islam to live with her Muslim husband, a man federal investigators accused of being a recruiter for militant group Islamic State in an incident authorities had called "Love Jihad."
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Mar 15, 2018

Oklahoma announces it plans to begin using nitrogen gas for executions

Oklahoma plans to start using nitrogen gas for executions, officials said Wednesday, in what will be the first such method of capital punishment in the United States.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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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