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Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Oct 29, 2019

Maryland newspaper mass shooting suspect pleads guilty to five slayings: Washington Post

The man charged in a 2018 mass shooting at the Capitol Gazette newspaper in Maryland that killed five people admitted his guilt, the Washington Post reported on Monday.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Oct 25, 2019

Communicating with foreign residents in 'plain Japanese'

As Japan admits more foreign workers, it will become more important to speak easy-to-understand Japanese.
Japan Times
Czech Republic report 2019
Oct 25, 2019

Astellas Pharma focuses on patients and its employees

Astellas Pharma is among the top pharmaceutical companies in the world. As of 2018, the company employs more than 16,000 people across the globe with about 70 in the Czech and Slovak republics. Astellas Pharma was established in April 2005 by the merger of two Japanese pharmaceutical heavyweights, Yamanouchi...
JAPAN
Oct 18, 2019

Japan Car Sharing Association seeks vehicles to lend to Typhoon Hagibis victims

A group in northeastern Japan is soliciting donations of cars to help people who lost their vehicles in disasters as it is preparing to provide support in areas hit by Typhoon Hagibis.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets
Sep 30, 2019

Nasdaq cracks down on IPOs of small Chinese firms as U.S. investors elude

Nasdaq Inc. is cracking down on initial public offerings (IPOs) of small Chinese companies by tightening restrictions and slowing down their approval, according to regulatory filings, corporate executives and investment bankers.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / B. League / B. LEAGUE NOTEBOOK
Sep 26, 2019

Key names playing in new locales

Every top-flight team has signed new players and tweaked their rosters for the upcoming season, the B. League's fourth campaign.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 21, 2019

Vinyl, books and magazines will never go away

Supposedly outdated content formats like LPs and print allow consumers — and marketers — to go beyond the masses.
EDITORIALS
Sep 19, 2019

Jack Ma moves on

There is every reason for Japanese to wish the Alibaba co-founder the best of luck and see how he changes the world next.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Sep 16, 2019

Fed trades 'remarkably positive' for 'no precedents' after volatile year and as slump looms

A year ago, U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell held a "remarkably positive outlook" for an economy enjoying a "historically rare" combination of good news including low unemployment, steady inflation and strong growth that were all expected to continue.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Sep 11, 2019

Actress Honoka Matsumoto is tackling tough issues on her journey to the top

22-year-old Honoka Matsumoto's latest film looks at the issue of same-sex marriage in Japan, one of a number of difficult topics the actress has taken on in her roles
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 6, 2019

Building an inclusive U.N. with Taiwan onboard

If the U.N. continues to yield to China's coercion, rejecting Taiwan's participation, it will only encourage Beijing's callousness.
SUMO
Sep 5, 2019

Emperor's Cup up for grabs at Autumn Basho

Since the beginning of 2018, sumo fans have been spoiled for entertainment with one dramatic event after another hitting the sport.
Japan Times
South Africa report 2019
Aug 30, 2019

South Africa and Japan — a flourishing ‘Good Hope’ partnership

Africa means business. Foreign direct investment into Africa is on the rise and Japan is playing an increasingly important role across the continent.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Aug 29, 2019

Measles cases worldwide have tripled this year, WHO says

Every region in the world, except the Americas, is experiencing an increase in the number of cases of measles, a vaccine-preventable disease that can kill or disable children, the World Health Organization said on Thursday.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 26, 2019

Trump's true foreign policy: chaos

It took 70 years to build the interagency process that brought structure and discipline to U.S. leadership. It took less than three years for one man to shred it.
EDITORIALS
Aug 20, 2019

Japan's falling food self-sufficiency

The government needs to review whether food self-sufficiency should be maintained as a key yardstick in its agriculture policy — and if so, what should be the practical level necessary to secure the nation's food supply.
SOCCER / J. League
Aug 14, 2019

Bellmare manager Cho Kwi-jea rocked by power harassment allegations

The remaining days of one of the J. League's most tenacious managers may be numbered.
EDITORIALS
Aug 3, 2019

Women still can't reach potential

Women are better off when it comes to working in Japan, but there is still huge room for improvement.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal / Regional Voices: Tohoku
Aug 2, 2019

Past participants in Japan's lay judge system reveal its challenges

"The accused was sitting right there, so close to me, and yet I felt like there was an unbridgeable distance between us."
Japan Times
BUSINESS / ANALYSIS
Aug 2, 2019

Trump's tariffs on Chinese goods: Paid by U.S. importers, not by China

With U.S. President Donald Trump's announcement on Thursday of tariffs on another $300 billion of Chinese imports nearly all goods from the country are set to be subject to U.S. import taxes, which Trump says will generate billions of dollars in revenue from China for the U.S. Treasury.

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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