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EDITORIALS
Jun 20, 2015

More newspapers in nation's schools

More elementary and junior high schools are making newspapers available for their students, a wise move to help them build important skills.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Jun 20, 2015

Obama says church shooting exposes 'blight' of racism, need for gun laws

President Barack Obama on Friday said a mass shooting at a black church in South Carolina exposed the "blight" of racism still present in America, and railed against critics who have accused him of politicizing a tragedy to talk about tougher gun laws.
EDITORIALS
Jun 19, 2015

Rethink Olympic stadium design

Olympic competition should be limited to sports, not the construction of stadiums.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Jun 19, 2015

Hate crimes are not uncommon in the United States

U.S. law enforcement authorities are investigating the slayings of nine people by a white gunman Wednesday night at a historic black church in Charleston, South Carolina, as a hate crime.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Jun 19, 2015

U.S.-initiated global Libor probe didn't examine yen rates until 2010, London court told

A U.S.-instigated investigation into alleged manipulation of benchmark Libor interest rates expanded from dollar rates to include yen rates only in late 2010, a London court heard on Thursday.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Jun 19, 2015

Obama calls shooting in Charleston church a violation of a 'sacred place'

President Barack Obama said the killer who opened fire at a black church in South Carolina violated a "sacred place" in America's history and the mass shooting once again raised troubling questions about racial tension and easy access to firearms.
EDITORIALS
Jun 18, 2015

South Korea's economic troubles

South Korea need to flexibly mobilize fiscal and monetary policy tools to boost its flagging economy.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Science & Health
Jun 18, 2015

High-tech Nippon Clever mask a hit amid MERS outbreak

High-tech facial masks produced by a Japanese firm have been selling like gangbusters since the outbreak of Middle East respiratory syndrome in South Korea in May.
WORLD
Jun 18, 2015

Phoenix-area woman quietly claims $120 million lottery prize

A suburban Phoenix woman has quietly claimed the top prize of nearly $120 million in the multistate Powerball lottery drawn earlier this month, an Arizona lottery official said on Wednesday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 17, 2015

Burger King unveils red-colored burgers

Burger King Japan surprised the public when it released its black burger series in 2012. Now the fast-food chain has announced a similarly colorful promotion involving red sandwiches.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jun 17, 2015

Muslim Brotherhood's dream of an Islamist Egypt fades as Morsi is sentenced to death

After becoming Egypt's first freely elected president in 2012, Mohammed Morsi hoped his Islamist Muslim Brotherhood movement could emerge from decades of battle with the state and transform the country.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 17, 2015

Shouting at Japan CEOs is still a losing strategy, Fidelity says

Foreign activists returning to Japan amid a push for better governance will get no further than they did the last time by shouting for change.
ASIA PACIFIC / Science & Health
Jun 17, 2015

Eight new MERS cases in South Korea; 20th patient dies

South Korea on Wednesday reported eight new cases of Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS), while another person infected with the virus died, health officials said, bringing to 20 the number of fatalities in the outbreak that began last month.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jun 17, 2015

Trump blusters way into White House bid, blasts fellow Republicans, Obama, Mexicans, Saudis

Real estate mogul and TV celebrity Donald Trump barged his way into the 2016 U.S. presidential election on Tuesday in a blitz of boasts, inflammatory comments and attacks on both fellow Republicans and President Barack Obama's administration.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / MLB
Jun 17, 2015

Feds probing St. Louis Cardinals over allegations team targeted Houston Astros in hacking: report

The Federal Bureau of Investigation and U.S. federal prosecutors are investigating the St. Louis Cardinals baseball team for hacking into the computers of the Houston Astros to steal closely guarded information about player personnel, The New York Times reported on Tuesday.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jun 16, 2015

Lions teenager Mori thriving on pro level

Tomoya Mori swings hard. Really, really hard. Sometimes, so hard he loses his balance for a moment.
EDITORIALS
Jun 16, 2015

GPS as an investigation tool

A mandatory procedure governing the use of GPS in police investigations should be established to ensure people's privacy rights are not violated.
JAPAN / Politics
Jun 16, 2015

Risk posed by North Korea fails to push Tokyo, Seoul together

South Korea is not ready to expand military ties with Japan even though cooperation between the two U.S. allies is a deterrent to North Korea, South Korea's defense minister said.
BUSINESS / Companies / FOCUS
Jun 16, 2015

Nobel laureate Yamanaka allies with Takeda in hunt for blockbuster drugs

When Christophe Weber went after his first deal as head of Takeda Pharmaceutical Co., he veered off the well-worn path to the U.S. and Europe and went to Japan's Kyoto University instead.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / ANALYSIS
Jun 16, 2015

Expanding global footprint forces China to rethink its policy of 'noninterference'

With 5 million citizens to protect and billions of investment dollars at stake, China is rethinking its policy of keeping out of other countries' affairs.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Society
Jun 16, 2015

In Myanmar's election year, radical Buddhism heightens tension

When religious violence erupted in Meiktila in central Myanmar two years ago, local politician Win Htein spoke up for the minority Muslims who bore its deadly brunt. Many of his fellow Buddhists have never forgiven him.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / HIT AND RUN
Jun 15, 2015

Carp outfielder Schierholtz adjusting to life in Japan

There wasn't much time for Nate Schierholtz to really prepare himself for Japanese baseball. He'd opted out of his deal with the Texas Rangers on March 28. By April 19, he was already on the other side of the world in a red No. 57 jersey and hitting third for the Hiroshima Carp.
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 15, 2015

North Korean soldier walks across DMZ in bid to defect

A North Korean soldier walked across the heavily armed border between North and South Korea in a bid to defect to the South, an official at the South Korean Defence Ministry said on Monday.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jun 15, 2015

Hadi's fledgling ground force faces tall order in halting Houthi advances in Yemen

Crawling under barbed wire and leaping over burning tires, dozens of bare-chested young fighters train in a barren part of central Yemen, preparing to head to the front lines of their country's worsening conflict.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jun 14, 2015

China to drop entry permit requirement for Taiwan residents

China plans to drop the entry permit requirement for Taiwan residents visiting the mainland, the official Xinhua News Agency cited a senior Chinese politician as saying on Sunday.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jun 14, 2015

Sweden's Prince Carl Philip marries ex-model Sofia Hellqvist

Sweden's Prince Carl Philip married former model and reality TV star Sofia Hellqvist in the chapel of the royal palace in Stockholm on Saturday.
If the 'Big One' hits, this city could face a 31-meter-high tsunami
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.
Counting the reasons why there are so few American cars in Japan
Tesla's store in Tokyo's Shibuya district. While sales of American cars in Japan appear to be shrinking, Tesla's presence in the country is growing.
Shohei Ohtani's example could change Japan's views on paternity leave
Shohei Ohtani and Mamiko Tanaka announced the birth of their first child on April 19.
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.
China seizes disputed reef near key Philippine military outpost
China Coast Guard officers unfurl a national flag on Sandy Cay reef, near the Philippine-held Thitu Island, in disputed waters of the South China Sea this month in this screen shot taken from Chinese state broadcaster CCTV.
Could this be Japan’s year at the Kentucky Derby?
Christophe Lemaire rides Admire Daytona, who was bred in Japan, during the UAE Derby at Meydan Racecourse in Dubai on April 5.
Counting the reasons why there are so few American cars in Japan
Tesla's store in Tokyo's Shibuya district. While sales of American cars in Japan appear to be shrinking, Tesla's presence in the country is growing.
Shohei Ohtani's example could change Japan's views on paternity leave
Shohei Ohtani and Mamiko Tanaka announced the birth of their first child on April 19.
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.
U.S. secretary of the navy weighs ‘dual-use’ shipbuilding with Japan
John Phelan at a Senate confirmation hearing for U.S. secretary of the navy in Washington in February

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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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