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Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Mar 26, 2019

Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham wants a special counsel to probe Trump probe

A leading Senate Republican said on Monday he would ask Attorney General William Barr to appoint a special counsel to probe whether U.S. law enforcement officials made missteps in their investigation into possible collusion between President Donald Trump's campaign and Russia.
EDITORIALS
Apr 5, 2016

Special trials for Hansen's patients

Rather than merely offer an apology to former Hansen's disease patients for their closed trials, the Supreme Court should look into whether they received fair trials.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel / HOTELS & RESTAURANTS
Jul 4, 2013

Tokyo Station Hotel summer fair; Cerulean Tower Tokyu special gala dinner

Tokyo Station Hotel summer specials
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE FOREIGN ELEMENT
Feb 4, 2013

Navigating the Tokyo high school minefield: a foreign parent's tale

Not too long ago, I heard from a foreign resident of Tokyo looking for a high school for her daughter, a 14-year-old who will begin her final year of junior high in April. Both parent and child were extremely excited about recently discovering a nearby public school featuring a cosmopolitan atmosphere...
BUSINESS
Oct 4, 2003

Insurers admit failing to pay special dividends on policies

Meiji Life Insurance Co. and Yasuda Mutual Life Insurance Co., which are set to merge in January, said Friday they failed to pay special dividends in full to holders of certain insurance policies.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 3, 2003

Hope for English advocates in special zones

The public education system has long been criticized for its uniformity as well as, according to academics and business leaders, its inability to improve the overall English-language skills of the Japanese people.
JAPAN
Feb 16, 2002

Myanmar family seeking special residency loses suit

A Myanmar couple and their child seeking special residential status lost a court battle Friday in Tokyo to overturn a justice minister's rejection of their application.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 16, 2021

Japan still struggling to source special syringes for COVID-19 vaccinations

One vial of Pfizer's vaccine is meant to provide six shots, but drawing that volume from the vial requires special “low dead-space” syringes that minimize waste.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Nov 19, 2020

Australian special forces suspected of 39 murders in Afghanistan

The report said the majority of those killed, which included prisoners, farmers and other Afghan locals, were captured when they were killed and therefore protected under international law.
JAPAN / Politics
Sep 29, 2020

Suga pick for special adviser may reflect desire to sway media narratives

The prime minister may be hoping Meiji Kakizaki will offer a direct liaison between the Prime Minister's Office and political reporters.
CULTURE / Entertainment news
May 12, 2020

Haruki Murakami to DJ 'Stay Home' radio special as coronavirus state of emergency continues

The acclaimed novelist hopes the music will blow away 'corona-related blues.'
Japan Times
JAPAN
Dec 15, 2019

60% of Japanese eat something special for Christmas, poll finds

A recent Jiji Press survey has shown that 57.4 percent of people in Japan eat something special for Christmas and that about half of such people buy take-out food.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech / CEATEC 2019 Special
Oct 6, 2019

An innovative peek into tech of tomorrow

CEATEC (Combined Exhibition of Advanced Technologies) is an annual event where innovative technologies, products and services are all exhibited together in one place to illustrate what a future society may be like.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Feb 27, 2019

Contempt ruling stands: U.S. court rejects Roger Stone aide's challenge to special counsel Robert Mueller

A U.S. appeals court on Tuesday rejected a challenge brought by an associate of Roger Stone, the indicted long-time adviser to President Donald Trump, to the legality of Robert Mueller's 2017 appointment by the Justice Department as special counsel heading the Russia investigation.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Sep 5, 2018

South Korean special envoy visits Pyongyang, delivers letter to North's Kim

A South Korean special envoy delivered a letter from President Moon Jae-in to North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on Wednesday during a rare visit to Pyongyang — part of a bid to help break an impasse in nuclear negotiations with the U.S. and plan for Moon's third summit with Kim later this month.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Apr 24, 2018

Toronto van suspect a withdrawn figure with special needs, classmates say

The suspect in a Toronto van attack that killed 10 people and injured 15 others on Monday attended a high school program for students with special needs, where he would often walk the halls with his head down and hands tightly clasped, according to former classmates.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / B. League
Nov 18, 2017

Dikembe Mutombo spreads positive message as Special Olympics ambassador

As a player, Dikembe Mutombo made a big difference for his teams with his signature shot-blocking skills.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Oct 28, 2017

First charges filed in U.S. special counsel Robert Mueller's Russia probe: report

A federal grand jury on Friday approved the first charges in the investigation into alleged Russian meddling in the 2016 U.S. presidential election, a source briefed on the matter said.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / 20 QUESTIONS
Dec 17, 2016

Professional Santa Jeremy Rigby: 'Think about what makes a gift special'

Visiting Saint Nick on working off Christmas snacks and washing his beard with toothpaste.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies / CHUBU CONNECTION
Aug 15, 2016

Special Mitsubishi Electric plant focuses on custom lifts for Asian venues

Made-to-order people movers, including spiral escalators and elevators with doors bearing elegant Islamic designs made at Mitsubishi Electric Corp.'s Inazawa Works, are becoming popular in Asia.
Japan Times
WORLD
Apr 26, 2016

Obama sends more Special Forces to Syria in fight against Islamic State group

President Barack Obama announced Monday the biggest expansion of U.S. ground troops in Syria since its civil war began, but the move was unlikely to mollify Arab allies angry over Washington's cautious approach to the conflict.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 6, 2015

Facility offers rare day care for children with special needs

Finding suitable child care facilities is a daunting task for most working families in Japan, but when it comes to children with severe medical problems and disabilities, the options are virtually nil.
Japan to revise romanization rules for first time in 70 years
The Agency for Cultural Affairs is recommending replacing the government’s long-standing Kunrei system with more widely used Hepburn-style spellings.
JR East cancels luxury train run over crew's boozing
East Japan Railway said Thursday that it will cancel one trip of a luxury overnight sleeper service, which was originally scheduled to depart from Ueno Station in Tokyo on Aug. 30, after crew members were found to have been drinking alcohol on duty.
Women-only communities flourish in China
Chen Yani (right), nicknamed "Keke," eats lunch with friends and guests in a female co-living space she founded called "Keke's Imaginative Space" in Hangzhou, in eastern China's Zhejiang province, on July 14.
Demystifying the manufacturing success of China
China’s massive scale, strong education system and competitive local governance have enabled it to reach the technological frontier and dominate high-tech manufacturing despite its low per capita gross domestic product.
Infectious diseases to watch for in Japan this summer amid surge of cases
An illustration of a colony of the Bordetella pertussis bacterium that causes pertussis, or whooping cough. As of Aug. 10, there were 64,467 cases reported this year, according to the latest data from the Japan Institute for Health Security.
Is the LDP’s catch-all approach to politics still effective?
Former economic security minister Sanae Takaichi visits Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo on Aug. 15. Political commentator Toru Hashimoto has suggested that Takaichi ought to lead a group of like-minded hawkish politicians out of the Liberal Democratic Party and form their own party.
Fingers sore from too much phone time? You might have ‘sumaho yubi.’
A catch-all term for tendonitis and arthritis caused by excessive smartphone use, 'sumaho yubi' may be difficult to treat for gadget-crazy Japan.
As farm minister, Koizumi is held ‘hostage’ by Ishiba
Farm minister Shinjiro Koizumi (center) attends a Lower House session on Aug. 1. Locking Koizumi into the Cabinet is Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba’s way of turning a potential rival into a team player, according to one expert.
Big burgers and bigger ambitions for Japan's Burger King
Kazuhiro Nomura, president of BK Japan Holdings, which operates Burger King in Japan
Tokyo crowned No.1 'workation' spot
Workations were a burgeoning trend in the corporate world for years before the COVID-19 pandemic turbocharged it.

Podcast

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

Longform

Tetsuzo Shiraishi, speaking at The Center of the Tokyo Raids and War Damage, uses a thermos to explain how he experienced the U.S. firebombing of March 1945, when he was just 7 years old.
From ashes to high-rises: A survivor’s account of Tokyo’s postwar past
By Alex K.T. Martin

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