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EDITORIALS
Oct 10, 2014

Aiding more Minamata victims

Japan's government has restarted the process of officially recognizing more sufferers of Minamata disease — discovered decades ago to be the result of eating mercury-contaminated fish — under a new guideline that the Environment Agency adopted in March.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Oct 10, 2014

Bitcoin payments by pedophiles frustrate child porn battle

In a two-story building in the English university town of Cambridge, researchers at the U.K.'s Internet Watch Foundation pore over online images of sexually abused children in an effort to remove them from the Web. It is dispiriting work, and this year it grew more complicated when they found a new payment...
Japan Times
BASKETBALL
Oct 9, 2014

NBL's second season tips off this weekend

In many ways, the National Basketball League's first year was a trial-and-error period. And Year Two is geared to provide more diversion and success.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / NPB NOTEBOOK
Oct 9, 2014

Ace pitchers aim to make presence felt during CS

Pitching is set to take center-stage this weekend as second and third-place teams take the field in the first stage of their respective Climax Series this weekend.
BASKETBALL / BJ-LEAGUE NOTEBOOK
Oct 9, 2014

Fukushima's Karimata capitalizes on opportunity

Fukushima Firebonds management achieved its first victory by establishing a pro basketball team for the residents of the Tohoku prefecture.
JAPAN
Oct 9, 2014

Tokyo stays fourth in global city ranking

Tokyo remained fourth out of 40 major cities in an annual global city ranking released Thursday, trailing London, New York and Paris.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Oct 9, 2014

Asbestos victims win landmark legal battle as state faulted for poor ventilation

In a landmark ruling, the Supreme Court rules that the Japanese government acted illegally in failing to require ventilation for asbestos mills, holding it liable for ¥330 million in redress.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics / FOCUS
Oct 9, 2014

Expectations mount in Japan for Abe-Xi meeting

Expectations are growing in Japan that Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will meet Chinese President Xi Jinping for an ice-breaking chat next month, while an aide signaled that Abe may postpone visits to the war-linked Yasukuni Shrine that have infuriated Beijing in the past.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Oct 8, 2014

Child sex abuse victims face hurdles seeking redress in court

By the time survivors of childhood sex abuse are mentally and financially ready to confront their tormentors, the time for pursuing legal action has often long expired.
JAPAN
Oct 8, 2014

Mobile truck stores filling void in shrinking suburbs

As the population shrinks in Tokyo's outskirts and stores close down, some businesses are spotting a niche for mobile stores operating from the back of delivery trucks.
BASKETBALL
Oct 7, 2014

Fukushima Firebonds sign Jones to bolster backcourt

The Fukushima Firebonds have signed guard Verdell Jones III, bj-league sources have told The Japan Times.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Oct 7, 2014

Dorian Concept to try new live set at RBMA

Each year, thousands of budding musicians and producers vie for a place in the Red Bull Music Academy (RBMA), a globe-trotting workshop sponsored by a company better known for peddling buzz-inducing energy drinks. Over the years, the event has helped nudge a variety of artists toward wider success —...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Oct 7, 2014

Ryan Hemsworth gives Japan's budding music producers some support overseas

Canadian music producer and DJ Ryan Hemsworth is always on the move. He's zig-zagged across North America, Europe and Australia multiple times over the last two years, an endeavor he has said is "such a crazy luxury, but the most exhausting thing as well." His upcoming trip to Japan, however, is special....
COMMENTARY / Japan
Oct 7, 2014

Tragic wake-up call as Abe pushes reactor restarts

The tragic eruption at Mount Ontake is a timely reminder that Japan is more blessed than cursed when it comes to natural resources. It possesses an enviable mix of water, wind and, most importantly, geothermal resources to fulfill its energy needs. It still has a chance to change course from the risky nuclear-energy road.
WORLD / Society
Oct 7, 2014

Pope ditches Latin as official language of key Vatican gathering

In a break with the past, Pope Francis has decided that Latin will not be the official language of a worldwide gathering of bishops at the Vatican.
Japan Times
WORLD / Society
Oct 7, 2014

Gay couples cheer U.S. Supreme Court move, make wedding, family plans

Marina Gomberg was in bed on Monday morning when she heard the news that the U.S. Supreme Court had effectively made gay marriage legal again in Utah and she immediately started dreaming that she and her wife could become mothers.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Oct 7, 2014

U.S. Supreme Court dodges gay marriage, effectively allowing same-sex weddings in five more states

The U.S. Supreme Court declined on Monday to decide once and for all whether states can ban gay marriage, a surprising move that will allow gay men and women to get married in five additional states, with more likely to follow quickly.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Oct 6, 2014

Frontiers place title hopes in Cameron

In order to finally win the X League championship, the Fujitsu Frontiers have perhaps found the last piece of the puzzle with the acquisition of American quarterback Colby Cameron.
BUSINESS / Markets
Oct 6, 2014

Kuroda to push yen toward January 2008 low, Credit Agricole predicts

The yen may drop to its weakest level versus the dollar since January 2008, spurred by comments set to be delivered Tuesday by Bank of Japan Gov. Haruhiko Kuroda, according to Credit Agricole SA.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / YEN FOR LIVING
Oct 6, 2014

Foreign tourists expected to take up (some of) the slack in consumption

Food and beverages have been added to the duty-free list.
BASKETBALL
Oct 5, 2014

Ide guides Cinq Reves past Broncos

Yuji Ide emerged as a team catalyst for the Tokyo Cinq Reves last season.
EDITORIALS
Oct 5, 2014

Unprepared for green electricity

It was hoped that the feed-in tariff system introduced in 2012 would help revitalize local economies and reduce Japan's dependence on nuclear power. Recently, though, one power company after another has announced it will stop purchasing electricity generated by solar, wind, geothermal and smaller hydro power sources.
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.
Tatsuya Nakadai: A masterful leading man and postwar icon
Tatsuya Nakadai had the look of a leading man in his youth, but his large and searching eyes suggested the pain and loneliness of an old soul.
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.

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