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Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / ADOPT ME!
Apr 12, 2017

Winning ways: Dachshund Rusk finds a home in Tokyo

Rusk, first featured here in September 2015, was able to win the heart of his foster parent, Junko Sugimoto, and is now firmly ensconced in his new Tokyo home.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Apr 12, 2017

Why Westinghouse was doomed at its creation

The world has spent nearly 60 years trying to make economic sense of nuclear power, with limited success. It may be time to pull the plug.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 12, 2017

JAL and ANA say overbooking violence would never happen in Japan

The violent video of a passenger being forcibly removed from an overbooked United Airlines flight on Sunday has gone viral around the world, including in Japan, sparking outcry and concern that a similar incident could happen here.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Apr 12, 2017

Tillerson heads to Moscow with call from West for Russia to ditch Assad

U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson carried a message from world powers to Moscow on Tuesday denouncing Russian support for Syria's Bashar Assad, as the Trump administration took on America's traditional mantle as leader of a unified West.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Apr 11, 2017

Toshiba submits unaudited results, raises questions about ability to survive as a company

Embattled Toshiba Corp. said Tuesday its grave financial situation puts it at risk of not being able to survive as a company.
JAPAN / Society
Apr 11, 2017

Survey finds bullying against young Fukushima evacuees in schools

An education ministry survey found that nearly 200 children evacuated from Fukushima Prefecture following the 2011 nuclear disaster were bullied, with some being abused verbally with derogatory terms linked to the calamity.
JAPAN / Society
Apr 11, 2017

Rights group renews criticism of death penalty in Japan

Japan executed three people last year and imposed three new death sentences in what Amnesty International has also described as a secretive system.
BUSINESS / Markets
Apr 11, 2017

Japan dumps record French debt as U.S. bond-selling eases

Holders of U.S. Treasuries can breathe a sigh of relief as Japan's spotlight turns to France.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 10, 2017

Two peas in a pod: Duterte in Bangkok

The Thai junta and the fiery Philippine president appear to have found a convergence of interests.
BUSINESS / Markets
Apr 10, 2017

Le Pen fears prompt Japanese to dump record amount of French bonds ahead of election

Japanese investors dumped a record amount of French bonds in February, rattled by the rising popularity of far-right candidate Marine Le Pen in the upcoming presidential election, data from the Ministry of Finance showed Monday.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Science & Health
Apr 10, 2017

One of the healthiest parts of Australia's Great Barrier Reef damaged by Cyclone Debbie

A cyclone that left a trail of destruction in northeast Australia and New Zealand has also damaged one of the few healthy sections of the Great Barrier Reef to have escaped large-scale bleaching, scientists said Monday.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics / ANALYSIS
Apr 10, 2017

Assad may see U.S. strike as only 'a slap on the wrist'

A U.S. cruise missile attack on a Syrian air base may persuade Syria's President Bashar Assad to be more cautious with some of his tactics, but will not deter him and his allies from pressing a full-throttle military campaign to crush rebels.
Japan Times
WORLD
Apr 9, 2017

Bomb attacks on Egyptian churches by Islamic militants kill at least 36 people

In the latest assault on Egypt's religious minority increasingly targeted by Islamist militants, at least 36 people were killed and more than 100 injured in bomb attacks on two Coptic churches on Palm Sunday.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / KANPAI CULTURE
Apr 8, 2017

Japanese sake startup finds way to float in sinking industry

Entrepreneur Nao Kohara sits at a table in his favorite neighborhood bar, checking emails on his laptop computer and sipping a glass of sake.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Apr 8, 2017

Higher education keeps overreaching

Since the mid-2000s, the number of Japanese people who turn 18 in a given year has remained constant at about 1.2 million. That will change with the high school graduating class of 2018, which will be smaller than the class of 2017.
Japan Times
WORLD
Apr 8, 2017

Russia warns of serious consequences from U.S. strikes against Syria

Russia warned on Friday that U.S. cruise missile strikes on a Syrian air base could have "extremely serious" consequences as President Donald Trump's first major foray into a foreign conflict opened up a rift between Moscow and Washington.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel
Apr 7, 2017

Of hidden Christians and electric cars on the Goto Islands

I was promised that my journey to Fukue — the largest of the Goto Islands west of Kyushu — would be an uneventful one. My berth, a simple bunk with a matt screen for privacy, was comfortable, and the gentle rocking of the ferry as it crossed the Genkai Sea, combined with a midnight departure, sent...
Japan Times
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Apr 7, 2017

Shakespeare writing new script for revitalized Leicester

When Diego Simeone shakes hands with Craig Shakespeare next Wednesday the Atletico Madrid coach will have little idea about his opponent. In fairness, even in England few do. When your club reaches the last eight of the Champions League the manager has usually excelled in the competition and won domestic...
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 7, 2017

Kinki finance staff met with Osaka officials five times to hash out Moritomo's school application

The Osaka Prefectural Government announced Thursday that staff from the Finance Ministry's Kinki Local Finance Bureau met with its officials five times over 16 months to discuss scandal-plagued Moritomo Gakuen's application to open a new elementary school, placing pressure on officials in the final meeting...
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 7, 2017

Female leaders in Japan call for nation to empower women across Asia

With one of the most advanced higher education systems in Asia, Japan has partly distanced itself from other neighboring countries where educational gender gaps continue to prevail.
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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