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Japan Times
WORLD
Sep 23, 2015

Chinese interceptor performed unsafe maneuver near spy plane, U.S. says

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Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech / ANALYSIS
Sep 23, 2015

App Store hack: Slow foreign connections, lack of support from Apple led developers to use risky pirated tools

China's "Great Firewall" may have been partly to blame for the first major attack on Apple Inc.'s App Store, but experts also point the finger at lax security at some big-name Chinese tech firms and at how Apple supports developers in its second-biggest market.
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 22, 2015

Crimea's happy now, but for the persecution

Most of Crimea's inhabitants are happy, but for a minority the move to Russian control over the peninsula has been miserable.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 22, 2015

Can a 'Greater Eurasia' help Europe resolve its crises?

Unless something is done, the current stalemate between Russia and the West will lead to a much deeper crisis.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets
Sep 22, 2015

Bitcoin firm head pleads guilty to first-of-kind Ponzi scheme

A Texas man pleaded guilty to defrauding people out of $4.5 million in what the U.S. said was a first-of-its-kind Ponzi scheme involving investments in the virtual currency bitcoin.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Sep 22, 2015

'Putin's banker' files $10 billion claim against Russia

Sergei Pugachev, a tycoon once dubbed "Putin's banker" because of his influence in the Kremlin, has filed a claim against Russia for more than $10 billion after his business empire was carved up when he fell out of favour with President Vladimir Putin.
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 21, 2015

Hey Xi, try this on your U.S. trip: visit Detroit

Chinese investment is playing a significant part in protecting Detroit from a return to the crumbling urban disaster of recent headlines.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 21, 2015

Nature of sovereignty a key issue in Russia-U.S. divide

While Russia adheres to the traditional notion that state sovereignty is inviolable, the U.S. now believes it's trumped by humanitarian considerations.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Sep 21, 2015

Does it matter that Japan got downgraded?

The Japanese sovereign downgrade isn't a meaningful development and markets will ignore it.
Japan Times
WORLD
Sep 21, 2015

Some Iraqis ditch fight against Islamic State for uncertain life in Europe

Some Iraqi soldiers are abandoning their posts and joining a wave of civilian migrants headed to Europe, raising new doubts about the cohesion of the country's Western-backed security forces in the fight against the Islamic State militants.
Japan Times
JAPAN / FUKUSHIMA FILE
Sep 20, 2015

Radioactive rain releases can't be curbed due to lack of laws: NRA

Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s stricken Fukushima No. 1 power plant has released rainwater tainted with radioactive substances into the Pacific Ocean at least seven times since April.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / BLACK EYE
Sep 20, 2015

'Don't sell your soul for a Japanese man'

Having overcome isolation and a loss of self-confidence in Japan, one American mother now finds herself doling out advice to women seeking Asian men.
CULTURE / Music
Sep 20, 2015

Grimm Grimm's idea of psychedelic music on 'Hazy Eyes Maybe' is uniquely Japanese

Grimm Grimm "Hazy Eyes Maybe" (P-Vine)
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 20, 2015

Venezuela's president starts to look desperate

Chavismo has never looked as vulnerable in Venezuela as it does now with President Nicolas Maduro's approval rating scraping bottom.
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle
Sep 19, 2015

Taiji drops anchor on dolphin hunts despite increasing pressure

On the harbor road heading east toward Tomyozaki Point, there is a moss-encrusted monument dedicated to an ill-fated whaling expedition in 1878. Facing fierce westerly winds, the fishermen released their catch, a right whale and her calf, and tied their boats together with nets to bolster defenses, but...
ASIA PACIFIC / Science & Health
Sep 19, 2015

Traditional medicine feeds China's $2.7 billion cancer fight

With the world's largest cancer epidemic, China has been one of the most rapidly expanding markets for oncologic drugs for years. Now, an alternative approach is growing about twice as fast: traditional Chinese medicines.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / BASEBALL BULLET-IN
Sep 19, 2015

Swallows' Yamada conjurs up memories of former BayStars second baseman Rose

Second basemen in professional baseball are not normally known as cleanup and power hitters, and their names are seldom seen among league leaders in the home run and RBI categories.
EDITORIALS
Sep 19, 2015

Finding the right minimum wage

Raising the minimum wage in each prefecture will help achieve broad-based pay increases, but could also cause difficulties for small and medium-size businesses.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / ANALYSIS
Sep 19, 2015

In exchange for reunions, North Korea could seek concessions on reopening resort, launching missile

If North Korea goes ahead with reunions of families separated by the 1950-53 Korean War, it is going to expect rewards from the South in return, perhaps the reopening of a border tourist spot or even tacit acceptance of an expected missile test.
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 18, 2015

Putting Chinese medicine to the scientific test

Western doctors, elite medical institutions and pharmaceutical companies are starting to put traditional Chinese medicine to the scientific test.
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 18, 2015

Upcoming session will decide the U.N.'s future

The 70th commemorative session of the General Assembly, which begins next week, should be an occasion for providing much-needed hope that the world organization can remain relevant in the coming decades.
Japan Times
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Sep 18, 2015

Wenger pays heavy price for fielding weakened team

Barcelona fielded its strongest side away to Roma, as did Real Madrid at home to Shakhtar Donetsk, Paris Saint-Germain hosting Malmo, Atletico Madrid away to Galatasaray, Bayern Munich away to Olympiakos and Juventus at Manchester City. None of them lost; in fact, all the European powerhouses won except...
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 18, 2015

Women's tech group helps level the coding field

To outsiders, the world of computer programming may seem to be the exclusive domain of male geeks.
Japan Times
WORLD
Sep 18, 2015

Chile starts cleanup operation in wake of strong earthquake

Residents sifted through the rubble of destroyed buildings in central Chile on Thursday after a magnitude-8.3 earthquake killed 12 people and sent powerful waves barreling into coastal areas, forcing more than 1 million people to flee from their homes.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Sep 17, 2015

Law schools aren't immune from Campbell's Law

The use of bar passage rates as the basis for determining the amount of subsidies to be given to law schools can fuel unethical behavior.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / LAW OF THE LAND
Sep 16, 2015

Arresting possibilities: a primer on who can lock you up in Japan

Do you lie awake at night wondering 'Who can arrest me, and why?' The answer is: anyone.
China seizes disputed reef near key Philippine military outpost
China Coast Guard officers unfurl a national flag on Sandy Cay reef, near the Philippine-held Thitu Island, in disputed waters of the South China Sea this month in this screen shot taken from Chinese state broadcaster CCTV.
If the 'Big One' hits, this city could face a 31-meter-high tsunami
A small shrine perched atop rocks braves the waves hitting the shoreline during a storm in Shimoda, Shizuoka Prefecture. The area is under threat of a possible 31-meter-high tsunami if an earthquake strikes the nearby Nankai Trough.
California says it overtakes Japan to become world’s No. 4 economy
Vehicles travel along the 110 freeway in downtown Los Angeles. California's GDP has overtaken Japan's to become the world's fourth largest economy, according to the U.S. state.
Arunima Mazumdar: ‘Japanese literature has a niche but deeply engaged readership in India’
Arunima Mazumdar, a New Delhi-based communications professional, began sharing her love of Japanese literature online in 2022. The platform has grown into a robust community known as Dokusha Book Club.
Counting the reasons why there are so few American cars in Japan
Tesla's store in Tokyo's Shibuya district. While sales of American cars in Japan appear to be shrinking, Tesla's presence in the country is growing.
Shohei Ohtani's example could change Japan's views on paternity leave
Shohei Ohtani and Mamiko Tanaka announced the birth of their first child on April 19.
Counting the reasons why there are so few American cars in Japan
Tesla's store in Tokyo's Shibuya district. While sales of American cars in Japan appear to be shrinking, Tesla's presence in the country is growing.
Nearly half of workers in Japan engage in ‘quiet quitting’
"Quiet quitting" is most common among the younger generation, with 46.7% of respondents to a survey in their 20s identifying with the practice, reflecting a less-motivated workforce more focused on work-life balance.
U.S. secretary of the navy weighs ‘dual-use’ shipbuilding with Japan
John Phelan at a Senate confirmation hearing for U.S. secretary of the navy in Washington in February
Expo '25 gives the world a masterclass in mascots
2025 Osaka Expo mascot Myaku-Myaku dances on the stage during the event's official opening ceremony on April 12.

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A small shrine perched atop rocks braves the waves hitting the shoreline during a storm in Shimoda, Shizuoka Prefecture. The area is under threat of a possible 31-meter-high tsunami if an earthquake strikes the nearby Nankai Trough.
If the 'Big One' hits, this city could face a 31-meter-high tsunami
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