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Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Oct 20, 2017

Researchers analyze Kuroda's facial microexpressions to predict central bank policy moves

For decades, economists have tried to guess central bank policy direction by studying subtle changes in official language — now, researchers are finding new clues on policy, not in the words of central bankers but in their faces.
Japan Times
WORLD / Society
Oct 20, 2017

Ines Rau, Playboy's first transgender 'playmate,' hopes to 'pave way for all women'

Playboy magazine has featured its first ever transgender playmate centerfold in its November issue, a move that the model hopes will pave the way for "all women — trans or otherwise — in fashion and other sectors."
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Oct 20, 2017

Start-up SkyAlert's early warning app sudden hit in Mexico after massive killer temblors

Since two massive earthquakes hit Mexico in September, claiming more than 460 lives, an early warning start-up called SkyAlert has doubled its users to 5.8 million, making it one of the country's most downloaded apps.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Oct 19, 2017

Obama hits campaign trail for first time since leaving White House

Former President Barack Obama returns to the campaign trail on Thursday for the first time since he left the White House, venturing out to support Democrats in two governor's races that could offer a clue about the national mood before next year's midterm elections.
JAPAN / Politics / Decision 2017
Oct 19, 2017

'Manifesto' era may be over but election campaigns still rife with rosy pledges and vague bottom lines

Eight years is a long time in Japanese politics and people are quick to forget, but things were vastly different then.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 19, 2017

Voters in Abe's heartland fear future sales tax hike as they struggle with stagnant wages

Chiyoko Yamamoto works in one of the best regions in Japan — a place with one of the lowest rates of unemployment, a growing economy, and the highest level of female employment in the country.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Oct 19, 2017

Jeff Sessions refuses to divulge to senators his conversations with Trump over FBI chief's axing

Attorney General Jeff Sessions told senators he won't answer questions about his conversations with President Donald Trump over the firing of FBI Director James Comey.
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE FOREIGN ELEMENT
Oct 18, 2017

Ushering in a new, kinder era for Japan's zoos

Lack of legal regulation means the worst facilities continue to taint Japan's image abroad.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / B. League
Oct 18, 2017

Levanga chief Takehiko Orimo striving to juggle responsibilities

There is probably nobody else in Japan who devotes themselves to basketball as much as Takehiko Orimo, who, at age 47, is still a competitive player and also serves as president of the Levanga Hokkaido.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Oct 18, 2017

How a homemade tool helped North Korea's missile program

In 2009, a pop video from North Korea celebrated a new national hero — one that outside experts would later realize was at the heart of the secretive state's banned nuclear and missile programs.
Japan Times
WORLD
Oct 18, 2017

CIA says it mistakenly 'shredded' U.S. Senate torture report — then it is found

The Central Intelligence Agency thought for months that it had mistakenly shredded a massive U.S. Senate report on its use of waterboarding and other "enhanced interrogation techniques" before suddenly discovering that its copy had not been lost after all, an agency official said Tuesday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Oct 17, 2017

Child sex abuse rising with internet use in Southeast Asia

Rising internet use in Southeast Asia is fueling the spread of material that is abusive and sexually exploitative of children, particularly as growing numbers of young people put footage of themselves online, an Australian police expert said on Tuesday.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Oct 17, 2017

Koganecho: An old site in a new light

Koganecho Bazaar 2017's “Double Facade: Multiple Ways to Encounter the Other” show is a bit of a mess.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Oct 17, 2017

'David Shrigley: Lose Your Mind'

Oct. 14-Jan. 21
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Oct 17, 2017

Partner seen blocking Kushner Cos. plan to turn indebted Fifth Avenue tower into showcase

An ambitious plan by Jared Kushner's family to recast its indebted Fifth Avenue office building as a luxury architectural trophy is collapsing, setting off a chain of events that may imperil the Kushners' ownership of a property central to their real estate empire.
JAPAN / Politics / Decision 2017
Oct 16, 2017

Japanese Communist Party says dialogue, not pressure will work on North Korea

The leader of the Japanese Communist Party says Japan should shift from pressure to dialogue in its effort to curb North Korea's nuclear development program.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 16, 2017

A world without exhaust pipes

The growing popularity of electric vehicles is set to curb one of the largest sources of global pollution, but consumption bias continues to impede many buyers' embrace of the technology.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 16, 2017

Internet bad boy Takafumi Horie and Wagyumafia bet the farm on intensely marbled steaks

Corporate enfant terrible, Takafumi Horie, built one of Japan's most successful internet businesses, stood for the Diet, went to prison and started a space company that aims to put the country's first privately funded rocket into orbit. Now he has a new frontier: cattle.
Japan Times
JAPAN / CHUBU CONNECTION
Oct 16, 2017

Mie girl, 13, making waves as budding pro surfer, with eye on Tokyo Olympics

A girl in her early teens is making waves in the world of surfing.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Oct 16, 2017

Kaepernick files grievance against NFL, citing collusion

Free-agent quarterback Colin Kaepernick filed a grievance against the NFL, accusing the 32 owners of collusion, his legal team announced on Sunday.
WORLD / Politics
Oct 16, 2017

Trump re-election campaign raised $10.1 million in third quarter, spent $1.1 million on legal fees

President Donald Trump's re-election campaign raised more than $10.1 million in the third quarter of 2017 and spent $4 million, including $1.1 million on legal fees.
JAPAN / Media
Oct 14, 2017

Urban revitalization and exposure spark interest in Shinagawa and Kichijoji

Desirable neighborhoods

Longform

Dangami House is a 180-year-old former samurai residence of the Kato clan, who ruled over Ozu, Ehime Prefecture, until the Meiji Restoration.
A house, a legacy and the quiet work of restoration in rural Japan