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EDITORIALS
Aug 6, 2016

Ensure medical needs are met

The system for training doctors is worsening the disparity between medical care in urban and rural areas.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 6, 2016

South Koreans capture special moments with babies, pets, selves in 3-D figures

Shooting photographs and storing them digitally has become old school for South Koreans taking imagery to the next level with 3-D figures of themselves, as well as their babies and pets.
Japan Times
SOCCER
Aug 5, 2016

Jennings predicts jail time for Blatter

For decades, British investigative reporter Andrew Jennings has exposed corruption at the highest levels in global sports.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink
Aug 5, 2016

Yoji Tokuyoshi's 'contaminated' take on Italian cuisine

Most Japanese chefs who go to Italy stay just long enough to learn new skills before returning home. Very few stay and set up their own restaurants. Yoji Tokuyoshi not only did that, he became the first to win a Michelin star there.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 5, 2016

Steel king NSSMC cedes crown to Arcelor as yen soars

Japan's biggest steel maker is top of the pile no more, as a resurgent yen hands a competitive advantage to overseas rivals amid an unprecedented global glut.
Japan Times
WORLD
Aug 5, 2016

'You are handsome': Essential English as China scrubs up for maiden G-20 summit

China is sparing no effort to ensure its first Group of 20 summit passes off perfectly, enforcing measures to close factories, offer English lessons to elderly residents and even a $1.5 billion giveaway to get some to leave town.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Aug 4, 2016

Swallows' Sato cools off potent Carp offense

Yoshinori Sato held back NPB's top offense for as long as he could. It turned out to be just long enough for one of Japan's top offensive players to put the game away.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / B. League / B. LEAGUE NOTEBOOK
Aug 4, 2016

Star Burns a man without a team

Sixth man extraordinaire Draelon Burns is a man without a team.
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 4, 2016

A light on the dark secrets of Thailand's military

One bold woman has thrown the institution into controversy in her pursuit of justice.
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle
Aug 4, 2016

The changing face (and bodies) of fitness

There has been a recent trend among Japanese comedians to go big — with their workouts. Toshiaki Kasuga, Nakayama Kinnikun and Yoshio Kojima all incorporate flexing into their routines, playing up macho stereotypes for laughs. However, Shun Kaneko isn't laughing.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 4, 2016

Idemitsu son buys Showa Shell stake in bid to stop merger

The son of the founder of Idemitsu Kosan Co. has begun buying shares in rival refiner Showa Shell Sekiyu KK in a bid to block a proposed merger between the two companies.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Aug 4, 2016

China's robotics industry provides lesson in out-of-control debt

Down a side street bracketed by massage parlors and cheap hotels in this city on the banks of the Yangtze River, a humanoid food service robot trundles around the corner of a table in a cafe, red eyes flashing in tune with synthesized classical music.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 4, 2016

Putin struggles to kick-start Russia's flagging economy

Vladimir Putin's economy has been shrinking for 18 months but he still doesn't have a plan to get it going again.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Aug 3, 2016

Abe's defense minister pick sparks concern over relations with South Korea

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's choice for the key post of defense minister, Tomomi Inada, is a politician known for her strong nationalistic views.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 3, 2016

Bitcoin sinks after hackers steal $65 million from exchange

Bitcoin plunged after one of the largest exchanges halted trading because hackers stole about $65 million (¥6.6 billion) of the digital currency.
JAPAN / Politics
Aug 3, 2016

Experience valued over youth in Abe's reshuffle of LDP executive

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe reshuffled executives of his ruling Liberal Democratic Party on Wednesday, but gravitated heavily toward old veterans in an apparent bid to stabilize his power base.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal / FOCUS
Aug 2, 2016

Sagamihara mass murder exposes flaws in mental health system

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has announced that the government will seek further measures on compulsory hospitalization, but experts warn that more focus should be placed on aftercare to prevent such an incident from happening again.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 2, 2016

Of course U.S. candidates have ties to Russia

Russian oligarchs have yet to give Donald Trump a dime, but they have donated thousands of dollars to Hillary Clinton's campaign.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies / ANALYSIS
Aug 2, 2016

Didi's dominance of Uber in China offers road map for ride-hailing competitors

China ride-hailing service Didi Chuxing's dominance of Uber Technologies Inc. in the China market may provide a play book for other regional rivals to fend off the biggest U.S. ride-hailing company, especially in other Asian countries.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Society
Aug 2, 2016

As Indonesia wages war on drugs and cuts funding for rehabilitation, some addicts seek out traditional treatment

Rizki Mulyadi sits half-submerged in a steaming herbal bath, hands folded in his lap and head down.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Aug 1, 2016

Abe's wand has lost its magic

Prime Minister Abe's failing is that he sees Abenomics as a magic wand that he can wave and all will be well.
JAPAN / Politics / ANALYSIS
Aug 1, 2016

Savvy campaign helped Koike's election as Tokyo's first female governor

Yuriko Koike's focus must turn now to how she can get along with the metropolitan assembly.
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 1, 2016

Extravagant gamble of Rio's mayor

The Olympic Games could make or break the career of Rio de Janeiro Mayor Eduardo Paes.
JAPAN
Aug 1, 2016

Plan for new Korean school in Tokyo threatened by Koike election

Yuriko Koike could complicate already strained Japan-South Korea ties if she follows through with her promise to kill a plan to lease a property in Shinjuku Ward for use as a Korean school.
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.
Nearly half of workers in Japan engage in ‘quiet quitting’
"Quiet quitting" is most common among the younger generation, with 46.7% of respondents to a survey in their 20s identifying with the practice, reflecting a less-motivated workforce more focused on work-life balance.
Britain responds after Expo 2025 afternoon tea brews outrage
The café space at the Osaka Expo's British pavilion
Truck driver's body recovered from huge Japan sinkhole after three months
Workers stand around a vehicle carrying the body of a person recovered from a sinkhole in Yashio, Saitama Prefecture, on Friday.
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.
Want to see the future at Expo Osaka? Get in line.
“‘Future of life,’ by Ishiguro,” the World Expo pavilion by roboticist Hiroshi Ishiguro, displays humanlike androids.
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.
CDP submits bill proposal on separate surnames, but challenges remain
Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan lawmakers speak to reporters in parliament on Wednesday after submitting a bill in the Lower House to allow married couples to retain different surnames.
Puzzling decisions and opaque rankings are all part of sumo's charm
Chiyoshoma (right) battles Churanoumi during the New Year Basho in Tokyo in January. The Mongolian's drop down the sumo rankings ahead of the May tournament was one of the biggest surprises of the latest banzuke.

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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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