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JAPAN
Mar 8, 2019

Government to request Japan's gambling venues use facial recognition to restrict admission of addicts

The government said Thursday it plans to ask horse race and pachinko parlor operators to consider using facial recognition systems to restrict admission of gambling addicts.
BASKETBALL / HOOP SCOOP
Mar 8, 2019

Gonzaga announcer Tom Hudson full of praise for Rui Hachimura

The Gonzaga University men's basketball team's sustained excellence is one of the most remarkable stories in contemporary sports.
JAPAN
Mar 7, 2019

78% of older teenagers in Japan anxious about natural disasters, survey says

A majority of the respondents found education about disaster preparedness and related risks helpful in times of disaster.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 6, 2019

Crew recording on Amazon cargo jet that crashed in Texas reflects 'loss of control'

Recorded conversations by pilots on a cargo jet carrying packages for Amazon.com Inc. that crashed last month near Houston reveal they began losing control of the aircraft about 18 seconds before it slammed into a shallow bay, investigators said Tuesday.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Mar 5, 2019

Brexit hasn't triggered a general Japanese retreat from Britain

The headline-grabbing departures are only a tiny fraction of the dozens of Japanese companies in the U.K. and the150,000 jobs that they provide.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Mar 5, 2019

'Shu Kubo Kiri-e Exhibition: Paper Japonism'

March 9-April 7
WORLD
Mar 4, 2019

U.S. investigators say they've found second black box from doomed cargo jet

Searchers combing a shallow Texas bay have recovered the second of two flight recorders from a cargo plane hauling Amazon packages that crashed last week, the National Transportation Safety Board said on Sunday, two days after finding the first.
BUSINESS
Mar 4, 2019

French 3% tax on internet giants could yield €500 million yearly, says finance minister Le Maire

A 3 percent tax on the French revenue of large internet companies could yield €500 million per year, French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire said on Sunday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets
Mar 2, 2019

Rakuten's Hiroshi Mikitani set to be big winner in Lyft's impending initial public offering

A Japanese retail billionaire, rather than a Silicon Valley wunderkind, is the biggest beneficiary of Lyft Inc.'s impending initial public offering.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Books
Mar 2, 2019

William I. Elliott's lifetime passion for Japanese poetry

A chance encounter with Shuntaro Tanikawa's poem, 'Humanism,' set William I. Elliott on the path to make modern Japanese poetry accessible to all.
COMMUNITY / Voices / OVERHEARD
Mar 2, 2019

The meat of the matter

'I want to eat meat.'
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 1, 2019

SDF draws fire for recruitment poster featuring female anime characters in skimpy costumes

A Self-Defense Forces recruitment office in Shiga Prefecture has caused a stir by releasing a poster that features female anime characters wearing super-short skirts, which expose what appear to be underwear. Some people have described the image as a form of sexual harassment.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Mar 1, 2019

Russia orders firms to free captive orca, Belugas held in Far East 'whale prison'

Russian authorities have ordered the release of nearly 100 whales held captive in cages in Russia's Far East in a case that has drawn the ire of President Vladimir Putin, the public and international film stars, TASS news agency said on Thursday.
EDITORIALS
Feb 28, 2019

Who's sustaining the convenient 24-hour service?

Convenience store operators —and consumers — should also give thought to who is sustaining the convenience and at what cost.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 28, 2019

Tokyo restaurateur develops spore sheet to speed up aging of meat — and fish

Mikio Atobe carefully peels a layer of rayon netting from a chunk of farmed bluefin tuna, revealing a secondary sheet of cloth clinging to its exposed flesh, partially yellowed by the mold coating it.
ASIA PACIFIC
Feb 27, 2019

Commercial flights to and from Pakistan, India disrupted as tensions rise

Several airlines, including Emirates and Qatar Airways, suspended flights to Pakistan on Wednesday after the South Asian nation closed its airspace following heightened tensions with neighboring India.
BASEBALL / MLB
Feb 27, 2019

Opening Series players to wear MGM patches

When Major League Baseball holds its opening series in Japan next month, some of the players will have an unusual look as patches on their uniforms will promote MGM Resorts International.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Feb 27, 2019

Yusuke Ogawa: The man in Japan giving jazz fans their rare record fix

'There are just so many records in Japan," says Yusuke Ogawa, owner of Universounds, a used record shop selling jazz, soul and funk in the Western suburbs of central Tokyo. Now, with the rise of internet sales as well as the increasingly interconnected music world, buyers worldwide are catching on to...
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 27, 2019

After disaster-filled 2018, lessons from 1995 Hanshin quake resonate with foreign nationals and Kobe officials

The image of a resilient Japan rebounding almost immediately from natural disasters is one that has taken root across the world, but sometimes that image can obfuscate the trauma and the panic of actually living through a disaster.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Feb 27, 2019

U.S. disrupted Russian trolls on day of November 2018 election: Washington Post

The U.S. military disrupted the internet access of a Russian troll farm accused of trying to influence American voters on Nov. 6, 2018, the day of the congressional elections, The Washington Post reported on Tuesday.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Feb 26, 2019

A month ahead of election, Thailand's billionaire rising political star is energizing young voters

Young people line up to take selfies with him. His hashtags are trending. And when billionaire Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit promises an end to Thailand's military "dictatorship," supporters of his Future Forward Party roar their approval.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Feb 26, 2019

'Errol Le Cain, The Enchanter of Images'

Feb. 23-March 31
Japan Times
JAPAN / Regional voices: Chubu
Feb 25, 2019

Nagoya student tracks classical and jazz gigs for music fans across Japan

A student at Nagoya University's Graduate School of Information Science has developed an online platform for music fans that keeps them update on classical and jazz concerts by musician and venue.
JAPAN / History / Defining the Heisei Era
Feb 23, 2019

Defining the Heisei Era: Women in Japan speak out on inequality

Last April, a female reporter from TV Asahi accused Junichi Fukuda, the top bureaucrat at the Finance Ministry, of sexual harassment.

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Koichi Tagawa’s diary entry from Aug. 9, 1945, describes the day of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki.
The horrors of Nagasaki, in first person