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Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 20, 2018

Social networking key to food security

Ending global hunger is as much about re-imagining social networks as it is about deciding what goes into the ground.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Mar 20, 2018

Toned-down U.S.-South Korea military drills set for April 1 amid North Korea thaw

The U.S. and South Korea announced Tuesday that a toned-down version of annual joint military drills would begin April 1 amid a potentially monumental thaw in ties with nuclear-armed North Korea that could see the allies' two leaders hold separate summits with North Korea's Kim Jong Un.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Mar 20, 2018

From exemption to escalation: Japan's options on U.S. metals tariffs, set to be applied from Friday

Japan is rattled, but it will probably be able to avoid the worst effects of U.S. President Donald Trump's decision to raise tariffs on metal imports.
WORLD / Politics
Mar 20, 2018

Cambridge Analytica stage-managed Kenyan president's campaigns: U.K. TV

Cambridge Analytica, the U.K. political consultancy at the center of Facebook's election manipulation scandal, ran the campaigns of President Uhuru Kenyatta in the 2013 and 2017 Kenyan elections, according to video secretly recorded and broadcast by Britain's Channel 4 News on Monday.
Japan Times
WORLD / Society
Mar 20, 2018

Italy seizes charity's ship that picked up migrants after it refused to turn them over to Libya

Italian authorities seized a charity's ship on suspicion it had helped illegal immigration by picking up migrants in the Mediterranean instead of letting Libya's coast guard take them back to North Africa, the aid group said.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Mar 19, 2018

Apple's 'secret' project: Replacing Samsung screens with in-house microLED displays

Apple Inc. is designing and producing its own device displays for the first time, using a secret manufacturing facility near its California headquarters to make small numbers of the screens for testing purposes, according to people familiar with the situation.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Mar 19, 2018

Sources contradict testimony by Jeff Sessions that he opposed Russia outreach in 2016

U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions' testimony that he opposed a proposal for President Donald Trump's 2016 campaign team to meet with Russians has been contradicted by three people who told Reuters they have spoken about the matter to investigators with Special Counsel Robert Mueller or congressional...
Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design
Mar 18, 2018

Amazon Fashion Week Tokyo: Menswear brands give streetwear some long-overdue cred

Japan Times fashion contributors select eight menswear and unisex collections to look out for during Tokyo fashion week
Japan Times
ESG CONSORTIUM
Mar 18, 2018

Investing more in Japan's children and health

"Never say never," Rohto Pharmaceutical Co.'s new corporate slogan, created in 2016, embodies the firm's determination to "overcome challenges" to make the world a healthier place. What the drugmaker, led by Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Kunio Yamada, has worked on in the Tohoku region following...
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle
Mar 18, 2018

A fuzzy tale of Japan's famous cats in hats

When Ryo Yamazaki picked up a chunk of one of his cat's shed fur and fashioned it on top of his Scottish fold's head in a Trump-esque quiff, he did it for a laugh.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / The Big Questions
Mar 18, 2018

Long journey on winding road leads back to Japan

The welcome that Brad Bennett, senior vice president, Chubb Group and regional president, Far East, received when he first visited Japan in 1979 was textbook rock and roll.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Mar 18, 2018

Achieving inflation target only possible if nation's elderly remain employed, expert says

If the Bank of Japan wants to reach its 2 percent inflation target, policymakers may find more success in helping the typical grandparent remain employed rather than simply pumping monetary stimulus into the economy, according to economist Naoyuki Yoshino, who heads a government-affiliated think tank....
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Science & Health
Mar 18, 2018

China will set stricter targets against air pollution

China will set more stringent targets for improving the nation's air quality under a new three-year plan, as Beijing prepares to beef up a nationwide crackdown on polluters in its campaign to clear its notoriously toxic skies.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Mar 17, 2018

'Exhausted' Toys R Us suppliers weigh options as huge retailer shuts

When Toys R Us secured a $3.1 billion bankruptcy loan in September, toy makers were reassured they would be paid for goods delivered to the company as it tried to emerge from Chapter 11.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Mar 17, 2018

'Oh, konnichiwa': U.S. interior secretary's remark to lawmaker of Japanese descent draws fire

U.S. Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke came under fire this week for what critics said was a "flippant" and "juvenile" use of a Japanese greeting when responding to a question from a congresswoman of Japanese descent during a House committee hearing.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets / CURRENCY MARKET
Mar 16, 2018

Bitcoin's 'death cross' looms as strategist eyes 76% plunge to $2,800

The tea leaves don't bode well for Bitcoin.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Mar 16, 2018

Kobe Steel's new CEO vows to restore damaged trust with program of reforms

Mitsugu Yamaguchi vows to rebuild corporate governance and culture at Japan's third-largest steel-maker when he starts work on April 1.
EDITORIALS
Mar 16, 2018

What to expect in the wake of 'Rexit'

Japan and other U.S. partners must prepare for uncertainty and confusion in the conduct of U.S. foreign policy.
WORLD
Mar 16, 2018

Trump pardons sailor who invoked 'Clinton defense' in trial

U.S. President Donald Trump pardoned a former Navy sailor who served a year in prison for taking sensitive pictures of the reactor inside a nuclear submarine, according to White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Mar 15, 2018

Supreme Court breaks new ground, ruling in favor of U.S.-based Japanese father in international custody battle

The Supreme Court ruled on Thursday in favor of a U.S.-based Japanese father seeking to reunite with his teenage son, who was taken by his estranged wife to Japan in 2016, concluding that the wife's dogged refusal to abide by an earlier court order mandating the minor's repatriation amounts to her "illegally...
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Mar 15, 2018

Lexus crafting high-end yacht as ploy to polish fading luxury car credentials

Lexus thinks it finally has a way to catch up with Mercedes in luxury-car sales: go into the high-end boat business.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / B. League / B. LEAGUE NOTEBOOK
Mar 15, 2018

Alvark guard Seiya Ando developing into a star

When Seiya Ando left the Akita Northern Happinets last summer to join the Alvark Tokyo for the 2017-18 campaign, it was an intriguing move to follow.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Mar 15, 2018

Bitcoin slides as Google bans cryptocurrency advertising amid crackdown on scams

Alphabet Inc.'s Google said on Wednesday it was banning advertisements for cryptocurrencies and initial coin offerings, the latest internet company to clamp down on the sector amid growing concerns about scams.
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 14, 2018

Tillerson fall shows Trump learning game of politics

The U.S. president is becoming more successful at marrying his idiosyncratic style with the levers of power to get his own way.

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