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Japan Times
WORLD / Politics / ANALYSIS
Aug 2, 2017

Fragile economy stays Putin's hand in standoff with U.S.

Russian President Vladimir Putin is unlikely to risk escalating tit-for-tat sanctions with Washington because the only measures that would hurt the United States would also endanger Russia's fragile economic recovery.
Japan Times
Rugby
Aug 2, 2017

Flanker Hooper appointed Wallabies captain

Flanker Michael Hooper has replaced Stephen Moore as captain of the Wallabies after the veteran hooker elected to step down ahead of his retirement from international rugby at the end of the season.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 2, 2017

Schumer urges Trump to block Chinese M&As in U.S. until Beijing helps rein in North Korea

The top Democrat in the U.S. Senate called on President Donald Trump on Tuesday to block some Chinese investments in the United States to pressure China "to help rein in North Korea's threatening and destabilizing behavior."
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Society
Aug 2, 2017

More North Korean defectors seen slipping into Thailand

The number of North Koreans slipping illegally into Thailand has surged in recent months, according to immigration bureau officials, as tensions mount on the Korean Peninsula because of Pyongyang's weapons programs.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 1, 2017

Why it's so difficult to die in peace

The rhetoric about 'end-of-life' care has changed more than the reality in the U.S.
JAPAN / Science & Health
Aug 1, 2017

Todai professors accused of falsifying research data

University says it found misconduct involving five papers supervised and co-authored by two researchers at its Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Aug 1, 2017

Yemeni convicted of child rape and murder first to be publicly executed since 2009

A man convicted of raping and murdering a 3-year-old girl was executed in Sanaa on Monday in front of hundreds of onlookers, the first public execution there since 2009.
Japan Times
WORLD
Aug 1, 2017

Yemen regime vows to wrest vital aid port of Hodeidah out of Houthi hands, give it to neutral party

The Saudi-backed Yemeni government will not allow its Houthi foes to keep the Red Sea port of Hodeidah, the information minister said, underlining its intention to remove the vital aid delivery point from the control of the Iran-aligned group.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jul 31, 2017

Samurai Japan taps Inaba to lead Tokyo 2020 tilt

Atsunori Inaba hadn't even been officially unveiled as the next Samurai Japan manager for 10 minutes when NPB commissioner Katsuhiko Kumazaki told him he carried the hopes and dreams of the public into the upcoming Tokyo Olympics in 2020 and World Baseball Classic in 2021. Samurai Japan Strengthening...
EDITORIALS
Jul 31, 2017

Nawaz Sharif's exit in Pakistan

The struggle between civilian and military authorities remains the real fault line in Pakistan's politics.
EDITORIALS
Jul 30, 2017

Preventing accidents by elderly drivers

The National Police Agency must consider how to build a network among the police, local governments and health care professionals to reduce the number of accidents caused by elderly drivers.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
Jul 29, 2017

Death: We all have to go sometime

"In Japan today, talking about death is taboo," Kobe University medical professor Yoshiyuki Kizawa told the Asahi Shimbun earlier this month.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Jul 29, 2017

Known knife-wielding Islamist kills one, injures six in Germany

The migrant who killed one person and injured six others in a knife attack in a Hamburg supermarket on Friday was an Islamist known to German security forces, who say they believed he posed no immediate threat, the city-state's interior minister said on Saturday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 29, 2017

Germany's top automakers sued in U.S. over two-decade tech-suppression 'cartel'

German's major automakers were accused in a U.S. lawsuit of acting as a cartel, colluding for nearly two decades to limit the pace of technological advances in their vehicles and stifle competition — allegations that widen the scope of the latest scandal to hit the nation's auto industry.
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 29, 2017

Asteroid mining finds an unlikely champion

Luxembourg of all nations is a leading player in the drive to gain economic benefits from space.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jul 29, 2017

Space alien Donald Trump appears on Mexican billboard

A massive image of U.S. President Donald Trump as an alien intruder now towers above one of the busiest roads in Mexico City, urging motorists to "Make America Great Again."
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jul 28, 2017

Sources say Russia used Facebook accounts in attempt to spy on Macron campaign

Russian intelligence agents attempted to spy on Emmanuel Macron's election campaign earlier this year by creating phony Facebook personas, according to a U.S. congressman and two other people briefed on the effort.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 28, 2017

Fatal Florida crash last week may be linked to faulty Takata air bag inflator, Honda says

Honda Motor Co. said on Thursday that a Takata air bag inflator ruptured in a car crash last week in Florida in what could be the 19th death worldwide linked to faulty air bags recalled as part of the largest automotive safety campaign in history.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Jul 28, 2017

Abe won't abandon key economic goals as he pushes for constitutional reform, adviser says

Japan will press ahead simultaneously with economic reform and constitutional changes as Prime Minister Shinzo Abe tries to revive his declining popularity, according to lawmaker Yasutoshi Nishimura, who advises the prime minister.
Japan Times
WORLD / Society
Jul 28, 2017

Italy plans to deploy ships to Libyan waters by late August to block migrant flow

Italy intends to deploy several ships in Libyan waters by the end of August to combat human trafficking and stem a huge influx of immigrants, a government source said on Thursday.
MORE SPORTS
Jul 27, 2017

Ravens' Flacco sidelined with disc issue in back

Baltimore Ravens starting quarterback Joe Flacco is expected to miss between three and six weeks of action due to a disc issue in his back, the NFL said on its website on Wednesday.
COMMENTARY / World / SENTAKU MAGAZINE
Jul 27, 2017

Russia unrivaled in nuclear power plant exports

Having gained a near monopoly in exporting nuclear power equipment, Russia is also expanding its diplomatic clout in the Middle East, Asia and Europe.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jul 27, 2017

Takatoshi Ito, who sold Kuroda on inflation targets, now contender for top job

During countless shared lunches and impromptu meetings, Takatoshi Ito made a detailed and persuasive case that sold Haruhiko Kuroda on the inflation targeting regime he's pursued relentlessly as governor of the central bank. That was back in 1999, when Kuroda ran Japan's currency policy at the Finance...
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.
As Japan’s female leader rises, can she cross sumo’s sacred line?
Japan Sumo Association Chairman Hakkaku (front center) delivers a speech on the first day of the Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament at the Fukuoka Kokusai Center on Sunday. Centuries of belief and tradition still underpin the all-male association's stance of excluding women.
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.

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