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Japan Times
WORLD / ANALYSIS
Apr 25, 2016

World powers keep leaning on economic sanctions that seldom work

To rein in countries from North Korea to Sudan, global powers are boosting their reliance on United Nations sanctions aimed at forcing recalcitrant governments to drop weapons programs, stop attacking their civilians or respect the results of elections. They usually fail.
Japan Times
WORLD / ANALYSIS
Apr 25, 2016

Russia's billionaire farmers reaping fortunes from food sanctions

Russia's geopolitical conflicts, anemic oil prices and weakened ruble are working out rather well for the country's biggest publicly traded farming company.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Apr 24, 2016

Carp slugger Eldred putting pressure on CL pitchers

There aren't many ways to fool Brad Eldred any more. Eldred has been in Japan for four seasons and is currently working on a fifth with the Hiroshima Carp, so he's almost seen it all.
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COMMUNITY / Issues / LABOR PAINS
Apr 24, 2016

Shakai hoken shake-up will open up pensions for some but close door on benefits for others

Law will enable some workers to join the employees' health and pension insurance system but will legally freeze out many more.
Japan Times
LIFE / Digital / ON: GAMES
Apr 23, 2016

Space foxes, game cats and a new 'Uncharted' realm

New foxy space dogfighter game
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / HOOP SCOOP
Apr 23, 2016

Ex-Tokyo Apache standout Swift rebuilding life after off-court troubles

Third in a three-part series.
EDITORIALS
Apr 23, 2016

Taking aim at hate speech

The ruling and opposition camps should combine their respective bills and get to work on targeting hate speech.
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 23, 2016

Are U.S. firms running a competition deficit?

Facing slow growth and greater uncertainty, companies are trying to cut costs by getting bigger. But this does not sit well with traditional antitrust thinking.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Apr 22, 2016

Pachinko firm scores with iPhone-cracking digital forensics unit

The hackers at Cellebrite Mobile Synchronization Ltd., the forensics unit of a little-known Japanese pinball company, are fast becoming the go-to guys when law enforcement needs to unlock smartphones. Its group chief has plans to keep the firm on the front lines against terrorism.
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JAPAN / Politics
Apr 22, 2016

Obama to visit Hiroshima, make anti-nuclear speech: Nikkei

The U.S. president is expected to make a speech in the city, which was destroyed by an atomic bomb, calling for the abolition of nuclear arms.
EDITORIALS
Apr 22, 2016

Mitsubishi Motors' cheating scandal

Mitsubishi Motors' claims that it has rectified the crooked corporate culture that led to its previous scandals is now in doubt.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink
Apr 22, 2016

A monthly subscription to the craft of specialty coffee

Finding good coffee roasters in Tokyo wasn't always easy. Though there's no shortage of chain cafes and canned coffee, roasters that focus on quality beans seemed few and far between.
JAPAN
Apr 22, 2016

'Vagina artist' Rokudenashiko to marry British rock musician Mike Scott

Megumi Igarashi, who calls herself Rokudenashiko (good-for-nothing girl), announced Tuesday online that she will wed vocalist and guitarist Mike Scott of The Waterboys, a British folk rock outfit.
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WORLD / Science & Health
Apr 22, 2016

Solar developer SunEdison files for bankruptcy after aggressive growth plan unravels

SunEdison Inc., once the fastest-growing U.S. renewable energy company, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection Thursday after a short-lived but aggressive binge of debt-fueled acquisitions proved unsustainable.
EDITORIALS
Apr 21, 2016

Time for Amari to talk

Former economy minister Akira Amari should follow through on his pledge to account for the millions of yen that he and his aides received from a construction company.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / BJ-LEAGUE NOTEBOOK
Apr 21, 2016

Rookie sensation Nash raising profile with Firebonds

Fukushima Firebonds forward Le'Bryan Nash has been the league's premier scorer this season.
Japan Times
WORLD
Apr 21, 2016

Secret crisis plan of German airport on Islamic State hit list on Internet for months: broadcaster

A confidential emergency plan for Cologne-Bonn airport was posted on its website for several months, German broadcaster ZDF said on Wednesday, heightening concerns about security after attacks at Brussels Airport.
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BUSINESS
Apr 21, 2016

Sources say VW may offer to buy back nearly 500,000 U.S. diesel cars

Volkswagen AG and U.S. officials have reached a framework deal under which the automaker would offer to buy back almost 500,000 diesel cars that used sophisticated software to evade U.S. emission rules, two people briefed on the matter said on Wednesday.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 20, 2016

The time is ripe to break free from fossil fuels

Record-breaking global temperatures, historic investments in renewable energy and other factors are coming together to create the ideal setting to break free from fossil fuels.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / NBL NOTEBOOK
Apr 20, 2016

Jets lead way in push to attract fans ahead of B. League launch

Five thousand will be the key number for the Japanese basketball scene when the new B. League tips off this fall.
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BUSINESS
Apr 20, 2016

Japanese whisky at ¥100,000 a bottle driving rice farmers to the drink

Japan's burgeoning whisky business is driving rice farmer Hiroshi Tsubouchi to hit the booze.
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 19, 2016

Red Sea island sale underlines Egypt's weakness

Egypt's facade of regional greatness came crashing down when it relinquished two islands to Saudi Arabia in exchange for aid.
BUSINESS / Markets
Apr 19, 2016

Hedge fund analyst foresees ¥75 per dollar in 40-year climb

The yen is on a 40-year technically driven climb and that means the Bank of Japan needs to push ahead with radical stimulus next week to avoid this year's surge accelerating, according to Tokyo-based hedge fund GCI Asset Management.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Apr 19, 2016

Abe insider wages one-man campaign to challenge foreign media over reporting 'mistakes'

An Internet strategy adviser to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is keeping his eyes peeled for what he calls "mistakes" by foreign media, because he thinks nobody in the government or the ruling Liberal Democratic Party has ever paid proper attention.

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