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Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink
Oct 14, 2017

Shake Shack experiments with automated order kiosks in U.S.

Beloved burger chain Shake Shack recently announced plans to use automated kiosks in lieu of employees to take orders at its new Astor Place location in New York.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Books
Oct 14, 2017

'Asia's Reckoning': Australian journalist sheds light on Asia's fraught and complex ties

Wittingly or otherwise, Japan, the United States and China — Asia's top powers — all have their guns simultaneously trained on each other, in what Australian journalist Richard McGregor likens to a geopolitical Mexican standoff in his new book, "Asia's Reckoning."
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / B. League
Oct 14, 2017

Cartier Martin brings NBA skills to B. League

Cartier Martin made a dynamic debut last weekend for the San-en NeoPhoenix.
Japan Times
WORLD
Oct 14, 2017

California wildfires rage as death toll hits record 35

Fire officials in Northern California reported further headway on Friday against the most lethal outbreak of wildfires in state history, as the death toll rose to 35 and teams with cadaver dogs combed charred ruins for human remains.
BUSINESS / Companies / ANALYSIS
Oct 13, 2017

Kobe Steel cheating scandal driven by competition to improve metals, especially for automakers

Behind the scandal engulfing Kobe Steel Ltd. over the falsification of data for some of the materials it supplied is a harsh reality for Japanese steel companies: the need to provide higher and higher quality metals to compete.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Oct 12, 2017

Someone needs to light a fuse under Japan

Danny Risberg, chairman of both the European Business Council in Japan and Philips Electronics Japan, wants Japanese to become fast, smart and independent decision-makers.
JAPAN / Politics / Decision 2017
Oct 12, 2017

Koike's Kibo no To takes a hit as popular Aichi Gov. Hideaki Omura cuts support

Aichi Gov. Hideaki Omura has withdrawn his support for Kibo no To in a blow to Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike, who is also the fledgling party's chief. This setback comes less than two weeks after Omura agreed to cooperate with Koike and Osaka Gov. Ichiro Matsui, who serves as Nippon Ishin no Kai's co-leader....
Japan Times
CULTURE / Stage / Backstage Pass
Oct 12, 2017

Dance forms mix in pair of shows

Like many art forms in our rapidly shrinking world, dance is constantly experimenting with variants of the cross-cultural, extending and blending boundaries into innovative re-imaginings of genre. Choreographers such as Akram Khan, an English dancer of Bangladeshi descent, have found great success by...
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Oct 12, 2017

From thin air to stone: Greenhouse gas test starts in Iceland

A Swiss company will start to extract carbon dioxide from thin air in Iceland on Thursday, seeking to transform the gas into rock far below ground in a first test of a costly technology meant to slow climate change.
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BUSINESS
Oct 12, 2017

African-Americans twice as likely as whites to default on student debt: DOE

Nearly half of black Americans who borrowed from the federal government to attend college defaulted on their student loans — more than double the rate among white student debtors, according to new data from the U.S. Department of Education.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Science & Health / A MATTER OF HEALTH
Oct 11, 2017

Japan's health ministry enlists anime hero in battle against overuse of antibiotics

The health ministry has enlisted the help of Amuro, the protagonist of the popular anime series "Mobile Suit Gundam," in its battle against the misuse and overuse of antibiotics — which can lead to antimicrobial resistance (AMR).
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 11, 2017

Don't expect China's new leaders to change

We now have five years of data on Xi Jinping's policies and predilections, and very little of it suggests he is deeply invested in a pro-market, reformist agenda.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 11, 2017

Toshiba removed from Tokyo Stock Exchange delisting watch list on improved controls

The Tokyo Stock Exchange said it removed Toshiba Corp. from its watch list for delisting after seeing better internal controls and efforts to improve corporate governance.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / FOCUS
Oct 11, 2017

Scandals seen shredding Japan Inc.'s once revered image for quality

Kobe Steel Ltd. raises fresh concern about the integrity of Japanese manufacturers after disclosing it falsified data on aluminum used in products ranging from cars to bullet trains.
Japan Times
WORLD
Oct 11, 2017

Game of drones: U.S. poised to boost exports of unmanned military aircraft

The Trump administration is nearing completion of new "buy American" rules to make it easier to sell U.S.-made military drones overseas and compete against fast-growing Chinese and Israeli rivals, senior U.S. officials said.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Oct 10, 2017

Thai junta sets firm date for election after many false starts

Thailand will hold a general election in November 2018, Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha said on Tuesday, the most precise date he has given yet for the vote since taking power in a 2014 military coup.
EDITORIALS
Oct 10, 2017

Judging the Abe administration

Voters should see through recent dramatic events and identify what each party stands for in substance so they can make a rational decision.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Oct 10, 2017

Main parties ignoring Japan's top security threat

Neither Shinzo Abe nor Yuriko Koike are addressing Japan's most difficult threat: demographic devolution.
ASIA PACIFIC
Oct 10, 2017

Asia-Pacific region at higher risk from disasters, U.N. warns in report

Natural disasters could become more destructive in the Asia-Pacific region, where a person is already five times more likely to be affected than in other area of the world, the United Nations warned Tuesday, urging countries to invest in resilience plans.
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 10, 2017

Kobe Steel's admission over falsified data sends shock waves through manufacturers across Japan

Revelations renew concerns about the integrity of Japanese manufacturers, and follow scandals involving rupturing Takata air bags and unauthorized inspections at Nissan.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / ANALYSIS
Oct 10, 2017

North Korean 'princess' now one of the secretive state's top policy makers

The promotion of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's 28-year-old sister to the country's top decision-making body is a sign he is strengthening his position by drawing his most important people closer to the center of power, experts and officials say.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Oct 10, 2017

Nigeria set to try over 1,600 Boko Haram suspects behind closed doors, drawing criticism

The trial of more than 1,600 people suspected of ties with Boko Haram was expected to begin in Nigeria on Monday behind closed doors, in the biggest legal investigation into the eight-year militant Islamist insurgency.
From France to Mali, a deportee's struggle far from home
Moussa Sacko, a Malian deported from France — where he had lived since he was a young child — stands on a street in Bamako, Mali, in December. Compared with his home in France, Bamako feels like a different planet, Sacko said.
Tokyo ranked world’s richest city by GDP, with Osaka-Kobe also rated highly
Tokyo has a gross domestic product of $2.55 trillion, just ahead of New York’s $2.49 trillion and Greater Los Angeles’ $1.62 trillion, according to CEOWorld’s global wealth index.
Tokyo looks to keep ‘monster parents’ at bay with new protocols
New guidelines are addressing struggles by teachers to deal with the burden of parents who make irrational complaints that go beyond what is considered socially acceptable, often referred to as "monster parents," which is overwhelming their workload.
China delivers warning to U.S. and Japan with third aircraft carrier
The Fujian, China's third aircraft carrier, carries out sea trials at an unknown location in May last year.
Japan lawmakers eye firm response to Chinese envoy's threat to behead PM
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi speaks at a Lower House Budget Committee meeting on Friday.
Takaichi doesn’t mince words on Taiwan, but dramatic policy shift unlikely
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi responds to questions during a House of Representatives Budget Committee session in parliament on Tuesday.
Florist Nicolai Bergmann flourishes outside the box
Florist Nicolai Bergmann shops for fresh flowers at the Ota flower market in Tokyo on Friday.
China delivers warning to U.S. and Japan with third aircraft carrier
The Fujian, China's third aircraft carrier, carries out sea trials at an unknown location in May last year.
Jenson Button brings end to an illustrious racing career intertwined with Japan
Jenson Button races for Honda during the Singapore Grand Prix in September 2008.
Cleanliness gets competitive at Tokyo’s Spogomi world cup
On Oct. 29, teams from 33 qualifying countries scoured the streets of Shibuya for all manners of trash as part of the Spogomi litter-picking competition.

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