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Japan Times
BASKETBALL / B. League
Jul 12, 2018

Former UCLA, Japan pro basketball player Billy Knight dies in suicide after abuse charges

The basketball world is mourning the passing of Billy Knight. The death of the former UCLA basketball shooting guard, whose long overseas career included stints with four pro teams in Japan, has sent shock waves throughout the sport.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Jul 12, 2018

Ex-Trump aide Paul Manafort says he has 'VIP' treatment in jail: taped calls

U.S. President Donald Trump's former campaign manager, Paul Manafort, has been able to review evidence and is being treated like a "VIP" in jail, prosecutors said on Wednesday, arguing against Manafort's efforts to postpone his trial on fraud charges.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / B. League / B. LEAGUE NOTEBOOK
Jul 11, 2018

Bob and Bobby Nash reunite on Rizing Zephyr Fukuoka

After an ultra-successful 2017-18 season that concluded with the B. League second-division winner's trophy, the Rizing Fukuoka Zephyr have added valuable experience to their coaching staff.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Science & Health
Jul 11, 2018

Japanese students reach for the stars at U.S. Space Camp

Seven Japanese junior high school students and three teachers are currently taking part in this year's Space Camp, a six-day, hands-on learning program in the United States that aims to raise youth interest in space science.
BUSINESS
Jul 11, 2018

Ex-Apple engineer, accused of stealing driverless car secrets for Chinese firm, busted at San Jose airport

A former Apple Inc. engineer was arrested on charges of stealing driverless car secrets for a Chinese startup after he passed through the security checkpoint at San Jose International Airport to board a flight to China.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 11, 2018

Aging Japan: Akita Prefecture provides glimpse of country's graying future

On a recent weekday morning, a group of men in their 70s and 80s gathered for baseball practice just down the road from a junior high school where students were arriving to start the day.
Japan Times
Sweden report 2018
Jul 11, 2018

Japan — a successful niche for Acetimber AB

For centuries, wood has been used in the construction of traditional Japanese houses. Today, quality timber has become one of Sweden’s largest exports to Japan and Acetimber AB is currently strengthening its ties with its Japanese customers.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 9, 2018

After deadly flooding, traumatized Hiroshima wakes to blue skies, starts getting life back in order

Hiroshima residents start the grim task of cleaning up from the horrific flooding and landslides.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics / FOCUS
Jul 9, 2018

Inside U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo's fraught trip to North Korea

As U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo touched down in Pyongyang at 10:54 a.m. on Friday he had few details of his schedule in the North Korean capital — even which hotel he and his staff would stay in.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Jul 9, 2018

Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani blasts Russia probe as 'most corrupt' ever

A lawyer for U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday sharpened his attacks on the special counsel inquiry into possible Trump campaign collusion with Russia, calling it "the most corrupt investigation that I've ever seen."
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / WHY DID YOU LEAVE JAPAN?
Jul 7, 2018

Tetsuji Honna picks up the tempo in Hanoi

A sense of nostalgia, fate and the national orchestra's passion enticed a Japanese maestro to settle in Vietnam
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / 20 QUESTIONS
Jul 7, 2018

Japan's biggest flavors come in small boxes

Japan Crate founder Hank Rao on the way his 'mystery box' helps bridge cultures and bring together families, the best and worst Japanese snacks and his dream KitKat flavor collaboration.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 7, 2018

Tourists visiting western Japan stranded amid flood warnings and canceled trains

Japan's ancient capital braced itself for further rain Saturday night amid concerns about rising rivers, while canceled bullet trains due to severe rain and flooding in western Japan left tourists stranded and scrambling to find alternative routes.
JAPAN
Jul 7, 2018

Two top executives at Tokyo Medical University quit amid bribery scandal

Tokyo Medical University announces that two top executives have quit over a bribery scandal centering around an education ministry grant program for private universities.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jul 6, 2018

Aum Shinrikyo guru Shoko Asahara and six other cult members hanged for mass murders

Shoko Asahara, founder of the doomsday cult Aum Shinrikyo and mastermind behind the deadly 1995 nerve gas attack in the Tokyo subway system is executed.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jul 6, 2018

Tariff troubles and the corporate war chest

By targeting Japan's carmakers, the U.S. leadership is aiming directly at the very heart of the nation's economy.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 6, 2018

Trump's summit with Kim could foretell catastrophe with Putin

Before the U.S. president's second summit, it's time to note all that went wrong at the first.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Science & Health
Jul 6, 2018

Over 100 firms, local governments and private groups in Japan unite against climate change

More than 100 companies, local governments and private organizations launched a group Friday to push for a carbon-free society and to help raise Japan's presence in the global fight against climate change.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jul 5, 2018

EU lawmakers back plan for European Investment Bank to do business in Iran

EU lawmakers gave approval Wednesday for the European Investment Bank (EIB) to do business in Iran, overcoming an attempt to block the move and keeping alive plans to save the 2015 nuclear deal with Tehran that Washington has abandoned.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jul 5, 2018

Trump will join list of leaders Queen Elizabeth II has met amid protests

Protesters are planning demonstrations when U.S. President Donald Trump arrives in Britain next week for talks with Prime Minister Theresa May and a meeting with Queen Elizabeth II .
ASIA PACIFIC
Jul 5, 2018

Indonesia arrests ex-rebel turned Aceh governor, Irawandi Yusuf, over graft

Indonesia's anti-corruption agency has arrested the governor of Aceh province over accusations that he took illegal fees for projects funded from more than $500 million of state funds, the latest high-profile target in a battle on graft.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jul 5, 2018

Trump to meet Queen Elizabeth despite chorus of discontent

When Donald Trump meets Queen Elizabeth II next week, he will become the 12th U.S. president whom the monarch has met during her 66 years on the throne, the longest in British history.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Society
Jul 5, 2018

Vigilante-style slayings sow fear inside Rohingya refugee camps in Bangladesh

Bangladesh is deploying thousands of extra police to Rohingya refugee camps in the south, officials said, after several mostly unexplained killings have sown fear among hundreds of thousands of people who have fled from neighboring Myanmar.
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.
Trump announces Nippon Steel-U.S. Steel ‘partnership’ deal
U.S. President Donald Trump points as he boards Air Force One en route to New Jersey, at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, on Friday.
Travelers avoid trips to Japan over viral comic book’s quake prediction
Visitors walk along Nakamise-dori as they visit Sensoji temple in Tokyo's Asakusa district in March.
Tokyo's Yamanote Line resumes suspended train operations
All services on East Japan Railway's Yamanote Line in Tokyo were suspended for early Friday morning due to wire trouble.
Onosato set for yokozuna promotion after clinching Emperor’s Cup
Onosato after defeating Kotozakura at Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo on Friday. The win gave him a 13-0 record and clinched the Emperor's Cup, assuring him of promotion to yokozuna next week.
Manga translators walk a fine line between meaning and mayhem
Not only is the drawing of each frame an important part of the manga-making process, translation has increasingly demanded more attention as the art form gains popularity overseas.
AI fiction is already here. Are humans ready?
After last year’s controversy over using AI to write about 5% of her novel, Rie Qudan was asked by an advertising magazine to write a short story where she uses AI for 95% of it. The resulting short story, “Kage no ame” (“Rain Shadow”), was published March 25.  
Six short films that capture our world in mere minutes
“Marion” provides a glimpse into the lives of bull dodgers, who perform a nonlethal version of bullfighting.
As Taiwan looks to boost ‘unofficial ties,’ Paraguay’s leader offers facilitator role
Paraguayan President Santiago Pena speaks during an interview with The Japan Times in Tokyo on Thursday.
GCAP next-gen fighter joint venture likely to be running by this summer
A concept model of the Global Combat Air Program's fighter jet is displayed during the DSEI Japan defense exhibition in the city of Chiba on Wednesday.

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
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A sinkhole in Yashio, which emerged in January, was triggered by a ruptured, aging sewer pipe. Authorities worry that similar sections of infrastructure across the country are also at risk of corrosion.
That sinking feeling: Japan’s aging sewers are an infrastructure time bomb
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