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Japan Times
BUSINESS
Sep 13, 2018

Online firms may face EU fine if extremist posts stay up over an hour

The European Union's chief executive on Wednesday proposed hefty fines on Google, Facebook, Twitter and other online platforms if they fail to remove extremist content within one hour.
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 12, 2018

Why is the center-left receding worldwide?

Parties on both the left and right in developing countries have entered into a chaotic age.
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 12, 2018

All the anonymous b.s. that's fit to print

Trump shouldn't be president. Why is the Times breaking its ethics guidelines to tell us what everyone already knows?
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 12, 2018

Climate, hurricanes and the hazards of connecting dots

Warming certainly effects tropical storms, but how?
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Sep 12, 2018

China urges U.S. to 'abandon prejudice' over Xinjiang

China urged the United States on Wednesday to abandon its "prejudice" over Xinjiang, as the Trump administration considers sanctions against Chinese officials and companies linked to allegations of human rights abuses in the Chinese region.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Sep 12, 2018

China's small farmers pose huge challenge in swine fever battle

Even after 14 outbreaks of African swine fever across China in just over a month, pig farmer Wang Wu does not believe the threat to his livelihood is real.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Sep 11, 2018

A U.S.-China 'Plaza Accord'?

It seems highly likely that the current trade dispute between the U.S. and China will develop into a fierce conflict over currency and high-tech industries.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Sep 11, 2018

'Omotenashi' underlies Japan's low economic productivity

On a narrow side street in a residential neighborhood in the suburbs of Tokyo, a new apartment building is being built from scratch. Six construction workers are putting up the four-story building using prefabricated parts, while another six workers are manning the different roads leading into the construction...
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 11, 2018

The Swedish vote is another populist failure

The election was a warning to centrists to do more to integrate immigrants.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Sep 11, 2018

U.K. Conservative party euroskeptics fail to agree on alternative to Theresa May's Brexit plan

A plan by euroskeptics in Prime Minister Theresa May's party to publish an alternative plan for the United Kingdom's future relationship with the European Union has fallen apart, the Financial Times reported Tuesday.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Sep 11, 2018

Ebola fight has new science but faces old hurdles in restive Congo

When Esperance Nzavaki heard she was cured of Ebola after three weeks of cutting-edge care at a medical center in eastern Congo, she raised her arms to the sky with joy and praised the Lord.
ASIA PACIFIC / Society
Sep 11, 2018

In sign of further easing of childbirth controls, China shuts family planning offices

China's health commission is getting rid of three offices that were previously dedicated to family planning, it announced late on Sunday, the latest signal that Beijing may further reduce restrictions on childbirth to combat an aging population.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / NBA
Sep 10, 2018

Golden State Warriors star Draymond Green draws crowds in first Japan visit

Golden State Warriors star Draymond Green revealed that he was persuaded by Rakuten chairman Hiroshi Mikitani to come to Japan.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 10, 2018

Trump's assault on Palestinian refugees

Halting UNRWA funding will threaten the region's already tenuous stability.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Entertainment news
Sep 10, 2018

Celebrity chef Anthony Bourdain wins posthumous Emmys for 'Parts Unknown'

U.S. celebrity chef Anthony Bourdain, who committed suicide in June at age 61, posthumously earned a pair of Emmy Awards on Sunday for his work on the popular CNN food-and-travel show he hosted, "Parts Unknown."
Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design
Sep 8, 2018

Worn to be wild: Tokkōfuku combat uniforms

Tracing its origins back to the heady days of motorcycle gangs in the 1970s, the style is making a comeback with youth in Japan.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
Sep 8, 2018

Japan loses sleep over a variety of modern-day issues

"O sleep, o gentle sleep, nature's soft nurse" — Shakespeare, as usual, says it best.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / YEN FOR LIVING
Sep 7, 2018

Bad news around mutual funds does little to boost Japanese people's appetite for investment

On July 27, the Asahi Shimbun reported that the Bank of Japan had overestimated the value of mutual funds being held by individuals by about 30 percent. Every three months the BOJ publishes statistics called shikin junkan tōkei that cover the financial assets of households and businesses, and as of...
JAPAN
Sep 6, 2018

Hokkaido quake spurs mass hotel booking cancellations, tourist spot closings

Facilities in the prefecture — a popular tourist destination — advised travelers to cancel if they could, as water and power outages made normal operations impossible.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Sep 6, 2018

Justice Department probes if social media are 'stifling' speech after Trump, GOP, conspiracy theorists gripe

The U.S. Department of Justice and state attorneys general will meet this month to discuss concerns that social media platforms are "intentionally stifling the free exchange of ideas," the department said on Wednesday.
Japan Times
WORLD / Society
Sep 6, 2018

Despite reform efforts, Native American females face high rates of crime, violence and disappearance

For generations, Native American women have been victimized at astonishing rates, with federal figures showing that more than half have encountered sexual and domestic violence at some point during their lives — even amid a wave of efforts aimed at reducing such crimes.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Sep 5, 2018

We need a sense of crisis over depopulation

With Japan entering unprecedented demographic territory, the time to act is now.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / LAW OF THE LAND
Sep 5, 2018

Dog tale bites judge: His tweets muzzled, Japan's 'Judge White Briefs' faces his own trial

Disciplinary hearings for outspoken jurist over a dog-dumping story can only damage Japan's judiciary.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets
Sep 5, 2018

BlackRock sees 'silver lining' when Bank of Japan tapers funds for ETFs

Some investors are worried about the market impact when the Bank of Japan decides to wind back an extraordinary yearslong program of support for the country's stock market, but the world's largest money manager sees less reason for concern.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Sep 5, 2018

Trying to defuse criticism of leader Jeremy Corbyn, Britain's Labour Party defines anti-Semitism

Britain's Labour Party adopted an internationally accepted definition of anti-Semitism on Tuesday, trying to defuse a dispute that has deepened rifts and heaped pressure on its leader at a time when the government is struggling over Brexit.
Japan Times
SOCCER
Sep 4, 2018

JFA to co-host inaugural esports tournament at 2019 National Sports Festival

The Japan Football Association has taken its biggest step yet in the country's burgeoning esports scene, joining the Japan Esports Union as co-host of the newly established esports competition in the cultural program at the 2019 National Sports Festival in Ibaraki Prefecture.
Inside Tokyo's 'phantom' stations — and the stories they tell
Mamoru Iwai, stationmaster of Keisei Ueno Station, says that, other than earthquake-proofing, the former Hakubutsukan-Dobutsuen (Museum-Zoo) Station has remained untouched.
At first summit with Trump, Takaichi pledges 'new golden age' for alliance
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi raises her fist as U.S. President Donald Trump delivers a speech in front of U.S. Navy personnel on board the U.S. Navy's USS George Washington aircraft carrier at the American naval base in Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, on Tuesday.
Trump arrives in Japan for security and trade talks in test for Takaichi
U.S. President Donald Trump is welcomed by Emperor Naruhito upon his arrival at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Monday evening.
Japanese firms keep expanding in Germany's North Rhine-Westphalia
A Nishiyama Seimen employee works at its factory in Sapporo.
Bear kills another person in Japan in record year for fatal attacks
Police investigate the scene of a bear attack that killed one person and injured three others on Friday in the village of Higashinaruse in Akita Prefecture.
Oasis returns to Tokyo: Rain, rapture and rock
Fans wait to get into the Oasis show at Tokyo Dome on Saturday. While lining up in the rain, some broke into impromptu versions of the British rock group's hits.
Kyushu banzuke sets the stage to cement 2025’s sumo narratives
Onosato ahead of his bout against Aonishiki at The Grand Sumo Tournament at the Royal Albert Hall in London on Oct. 18
Tokyo Film Festival opens with global stars and a spotlight on Asian storytelling
Director Junji Sakamoto (left) walked the Tokyo International Film Festival red carpet with Sayuri Yoshinaga (center) and Non (right), who both play mountaineer Junko Tabei, the first woman to summit Mount Everest, in the biopic "Climbing for Life."
Spanish artist and Japanese writer duos diversify the manga talent pool in Japan
"Menheim” is a dark fantasy manga with a story that centers on a girl’s quest to find a cure for her ill brother.
Japan’s youth are apathetic toward the climate crisis. Could anime change that?
“Future Kid Takara,” a series of anime shorts to be aired on NHK Educational TV in November, attempts to educate children about climate change.

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

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Mamoru Iwai, stationmaster of Keisei Ueno Station, says that, other than earthquake-proofing, the former Hakubutsukan-Dobutsuen (Museum-Zoo) Station has remained untouched.
Inside Tokyo's 'phantom' stations — and the stories they tell
By Alex K.T. Martin

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