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JAPAN
Jul 31, 2018

Japan's saury catch expected to remain low for fourth year

Japan's saury catches this season are expected to remain low for the fourth straight year, sources said on Monday.
Japan Times
Jul 31, 2018

alt Inc. Announces "alt Dialogue Engine Version 1", Capable of Natural Human Speech

alt Inc. announced "alt Dialogue Engine", capable of natural human speech, combining AIML rules, data of knowledge bases and RNN utterance generation.
Japan Times
Jul 31, 2018

alt Inc. Announces "al+ emeth" Distributed Neural Network Technology

alt Inc. announced decentralized architecture of distributed computing and neural networks designed to provide computing power for machine learning.　
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jul 30, 2018

Cambodian leader's party claims all election seats as opposition sees 'death of democracy'

Prime Minister Hun Sen's ruling Cambodian People's Party (CPP) said Monday it had won all 125 parliamentary seats up for grabs in a general election a day earlier that critics said was neither free nor fair.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 30, 2018

The mother of all wars

The U.S.-Iran stalemate will continue, but don't expect the mother of all wars any time soon.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 30, 2018

The Pakistan of Imran Khan

Can the former cricket great deliver on his promise to crackdown on corruption and improve services?
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jul 30, 2018

Is Japan finally turning away from coal?

Some Japanese financial institutions have started the race to move beyond coal in Asia.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / Sac Bunts
Jul 30, 2018

All-around talents Tetsuto Yamada, Yuki Yangita deserving of spotlight

Three seasons ago, a Triple 3 campaign was treated as something of a phenomenon. The feat — finishing a season with at least a .300 average, 30 home runs and 30 stolen bases — had been accomplished before Tetsuto Yamada and Yuki Yanagita both did it in 2015, but that last time had been in 2002, by...
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Jul 30, 2018

Taming the Tokyo Whale? BOJ's stock market distortions coming under new scrutiny

The Bank of Japan, sometimes dubbed the "Tokyo whale" because of its huge influence on the country's stock market, may be about to change its habits because it's taking up too much of the pool.
Japan Times
SATOYAMA CONSORTIUM
Jul 29, 2018

Premium beef produced in natural paradise

Despite being the least populated prefecture in Japan, Tottori boasts a wide variety of unique attractions centered on its rich nature, including crystal waters, old-growth forest, as well as the blessing of the sea.
Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design
Jul 29, 2018

The fashion industry welcomes a Doublet dose of parody

Masayuki Ino, designer of streetwear brand Doublet, reveals how luck and good sense of humor helped him become the first Japanese LVMH Prize winner.
Japan Times
MULTIMEDIA
Jul 29, 2018

July 30, 2018


JAPAN / Media / Japan Pulse
Jul 28, 2018

Soaring temperatures force Japan to confront entrenched ideas on handling the heat

A  heat wave has gripped Japan over the past week or so, peaking with the highest temperature ever recorded in the country on Monday.
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 28, 2018

Outlook for Democrats in 2020 looks bleak

First: No. It's not too early to discuss the 2020 election. The Iowa caucuses are only a year and a half away. Any presidential hopeful who hasn't begun chatting up donors by now will find it nearly impossible to mount a viable campaign.
MULTIMEDIA
Jul 28, 2018

[VIDEO] Midtown Loves Summer 2018

BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jul 27, 2018

Giants hurler Shun Yamaguchi notches no-hitter against Dragons

Shun Yamaguchi grabbed the brim of his cap and looked downward as if caught up in the moment and trying to fight back tears on the hero interview stage. Then, just as the crowd began to react, the jig was up. He ripped off his cap and exclaimed "I'm not crying!"
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jul 27, 2018

Japan's universities need more global ties

Japanese universities are becoming regionally more powerful, but they still have a long path ahead to rank among the top universities in the world.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 27, 2018

Could North Korea be the next Vietnam?

Vietnam's 'Doi Moi' economic reforms resulted in the creation of a market economy under the firm rule of the Communist Party. North Korea has what it needs to achieve a similar transformation.
Rugby / ADDING THE EXTRAS
Jul 27, 2018

Outcome of Mafi's assault case may imperil future in Japan

Japanese participation in the 2018 Super Rugby season did not just end before the playoffs even began, it also ended in controversy with three players up before various judiciaries on and off the field.
Japan Times
GLOBAL MEDIA POST / Texas report 2018
Jul 27, 2018

The growing ties between Texas & Japan

In May 2018, the U.S.-Japan Council (USJC) held the first ever Japan-Texas Economic Summit (JTES) in Houston, Texas. Aimed at strengthening Japan-Texas relations, the event brought together more than 400 government and private sector leaders from nearly 50 cities and organizations from Houston and Japan....
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 26, 2018

Europe must stand for itself

Europeans can no longer assume that their interests are synonymous with those of the U.S.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / B. League / B. LEAGUE NOTEBOOK
Jul 26, 2018

Fukuoka counting on veteran forward Kazuya Hatano for consistent work on boards

Journeyman Kazuya "J." Hatano was a steady contributor during the Osaka Evessa dynasty years.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music / Sound Off
Jul 26, 2018

Kendrick Lamar and the politics of Japanese PR

The news of Pulitzer Prize-winning rapper Kendrick Lamar returning to Fuji Rock, one of Japan's most celebrated music festivals, was met with excitement from hip-hop fans here as soon as it was announced in February. To leverage the hype ahead of the festival, Universal Music Japan launched a politically...
JAPAN
Jul 26, 2018

Japan to promote LGBT tourism in disaster-hit Tohoku

The Reconstruction Agency is launching an initiative in the hopes of drawing LGBT tourists to the Tohoku region as it looks to attract more foreign visitors.
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 25, 2018

Xi Jinping and curse of the strong leader

China's president needs to get a grip on the trade war issue before it gets a grip on him.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 25, 2018

Japan's indigenous Ainu sue to bring their ancestors' bones back home

Activist group's hardball tactics expose rifts in the Ainu community over the fate of bones held at universities.
SUMO / INSIDE SUMO
Jul 25, 2018

Mitakeumi earns spoils of victory

The Nagoya tournament ended with the Emperor's Cup being handed to arguably the most surprising top division champion in eight years.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Jul 25, 2018

'Bleach': Easy entry into an action-packed manga world

Marvel and DC may rule the North American multiplex, but that doesn't mean their fans have read the source comics. In Japan the opposite is true: The manga comes first and foremost in a media chain that eventually leads to anime, games and, at the end, live-action films.
‘We have drawn lessons,’ Indian Army chief says of brief clash with Pakistan
Indian Army chief Upendra Dwivedi waves as he arrives to attend the ceremonial reception of Defense Minister Gen Nakatani in New Delhi in May.
Japanese immunologist among three Nobel medicine prize winners
Shimon Sakaguchi, an immunologist and distinguished professor at Osaka University, attends a news conference after winning the 2025 Nobel Prize in medicine, in Osaka Prefecture on Monday.
Spanish tourist injured in latest bear attack
Shirakawago, a U.N. World Heritage site in Gifu Prefecture
Americans and Canadians unite in battling 'eating machine' carp
A Fisheries and Oceans Canada team patrols the Grand River in Dunnville, Ontario, in search of invasive grass carp specimens on Sept. 25.
Trump hails 'wisdom and strength' of Japan's incoming prime minister
Sanae Takaichi, the newly elected leader of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, gives a news conference after the LDP presidential election in Tokyo on Saturday.
Takaichi, the LDP’s first female president, is far from an ‘overnight success’
Newly-elected Liberal Democratic Party chief Sanae Takaichi greets her fellow LDP members on Saturday at party headquarters.
‘We have drawn lessons,’ Indian Army chief says of brief clash with Pakistan
Indian Army chief Upendra Dwivedi waves as he arrives to attend the ceremonial reception of Defense Minister Gen Nakatani in New Delhi in May.
How a family-run landscaper turned the Osaka Expo green
The team at Ryokukou Garden consists primarily of a single family, including Toshiki Tanisaki (second from right), who led the company's efforts at the Osaka Expo, Chikako Tanisaki (fifth from right), who performs daily maintanence at the expo, and Takeshi Tanisaki (fourth from right), who added a nursery to the family farm more than 50 years ago.
Eat your balloons: The culinary theater of Grant Achatz comes to Tokyo
Avant-garde chef Grant Achatz and his team from Alinea are in Tokyo for a three-week residency.
Japan’s first foreign wine investor plants its roots in Hokkaido
Intrigued by Japanese wines, Burgundy winemaker Etienne de Montille decided to explore Hokkaido's wine scene, eventually setting up his outpost in Hakodate in 2017.

Podcast

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

Longform

Growing families are being priced out of Tokyo’s condo market, forced to choose between downtown convenience and suburban space.
Is living in central Tokyo still affordable?
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