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BUSINESS / Tech
Jun 28, 2019

Basketball robot Cue3 and B. League's Alvark Tokyo join Olympic effort to teach students math

In an unusual combination of disciplines, a basketball-shooting robot created by Japan's leading automaker helped students at a Tokyo elementary school on Friday to learn math.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jun 28, 2019

Western spies hacked 'Russia's Google' to spy on accounts, sources say

Hackers working for Western intelligence agencies broke into Russian internet search company Yandex late last year and deployed a rare type of malware in an attempt to spy on user accounts, four people with knowledge of the matter said.
JAPAN / Politics
Jun 27, 2019

Underlining improved Japan-China ties, Abe and Xi meet ahead of G20 summit

Visiting Chinese President Xi and Prime Minister Abe held a bilateral meeting in Osaka ahead of the G20 summit Thursday to underline the recent improvement in Japan-China ties.
Japan Times
Special Supplements / G20 Osaka Summit Special
Jun 27, 2019

An aim to foster global competence

Chuo University has long been renowned for being at the forefront of practical learning. In 2015 and upon celebrating its 130th anniversary since its founding, the school drew up the "Chuo Vision 2025" action plan in the pursuit of establishing a stronger global presence and competency.
Japan Times
Special Supplements / G20 Osaka Summit Special
Jun 27, 2019

Supporting aging populations, agriculture

Keio University is the host of several flagship research initiatives engaged in developing solutions to some of the biggest challenges facing the international community.
Japan Times
Special Supplements / G20 Osaka Summit Special
Jun 27, 2019

Cultivating a setting, opportunities for future leaders

In today's increasingly unpredictable world, where borders seem transparent and change happens at lightning speed, Toyo University President Makio Takemura has a resolute vision.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Jun 27, 2019

Diseases and food shortages plague migrant 'jungle camp' in Bosnia

Aid workers sounded the alarm on Wednesday about health and hygiene conditions in a makeshift forest camp in Bosnia for hundreds of migrants as they face the spread of scabies and other diseases as well as food shortages.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Jun 26, 2019

Kiyoshi Kurosawa: Filming and acting outside your comfort zone

When Japanese directors of a certain age and status film abroad, they usually head for developed countries, not developing ones. Although, to be fair, their choice of foreign locales often comes down to box-office calculations. Japanese audiences enjoy seeing famous European sites on the screen (and...
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jun 25, 2019

Politicians must address retirement concerns

The government needs to make information about the public pension system more transparent and easy to understand.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 24, 2019

House-flipper takes advantage of Japan's 8 million-plus empty homes

More than 8 million homes lie abandoned across Japan, a symptom of the declining population and people's migration to major cities.
JAPAN / Politics / G20 Osaka
Jun 24, 2019

For G20 host Abe, election hopes ride on summit success

The agreement leaders reach at the Osaka meeting, which comes at a critical time politically, could impact the domestic fortunes of the prime minister.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jun 24, 2019

Amazon's mom-and-pop merchants feel the pain of U.S. trade war with China

Over the past several years, Shanghai entrepreneur Yung Lin has built a decent business selling wrenches, screwdrivers and other tools on Amazon.com. Then U.S. President Donald Trump imposed tariffs on thousands of goods made in China, and Lin faced a difficult choice: eat the additional cost or try...
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Jun 24, 2019

Trump threatening to demote Fed chief, but says he has power to do so

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Sunday on NBC's "Meet the Press" news program that he has the power to demote Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell but has not threatened to do so.
WORLD
Jun 23, 2019

Lawyer says Sudan court has told telecoms company to end military-ordered internet blackout

A Sudanese court on Sunday ordered telecoms operator Zain Sudan to restore internet services, a lawyer said, after they were severed nearly three weeks ago when security forces dispersed protesters camping in central Khartoum.
Japan Times
JAPAN / EXPLAINER
Jun 23, 2019

Report on Japan pension shortfall spurs anxiety — and a closer look at the system

The Financial Services Agency earlier this month released a report on the future financial security of senior citizens that suggested people would have to save more to make up for expected shortfalls in the public pension system, sparking public anxiety and major controversy over the government program's...
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Jun 22, 2019

U.S. psychoanalyst association apologizes for past labeling of homosexuality as an illness

The American Psychoanalytic Association apologized on Friday for previously treating homosexuality as a mental illness, saying its past errors contributed to discrimination and trauma for LGBT people.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 21, 2019

Hong Kong protesters demand total withdrawal of contentious extradition bill

Thousands of people dressed in black marched in Hong Kong on Friday to press for the total withdrawal of a controversial extradition bill that has triggered violent protests and plunged the financial hub into political crisis.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 21, 2019

Slack valuation hits $21 billion in debut after firm shuns IPO

While a parade of initial public offerings from Silicon Valley have garnered mixed receptions from investors so far this year, Slack Technologies Inc. took a different route Thursday and saw its shares soar as it went public without an IPO.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Stage
Jun 20, 2019

Building bridges to Bangkok through stage

Never at risk of being run of the mill, Chelfitsch — which took its name from a baby's pronunciation of the English word "selfish" and usually stylizes itself with a lowercase "c" — is one of Japan's foremost contemporary theater companies, despite only rarely performing here. Instead, it can mostly...
EDITORIALS
Jun 19, 2019

Stopping assaults on police officers

The police need to examine why their system once again allowed such a horrific assault to take place and fix any shortcomings that are found.
Japan Times
SOCCER / J. League / J. LEAGUE NOTEBOOK
Jun 19, 2019

Takehiro Tomiyasu set for big move to Italy's Bologna

After a breakout season with Belgium's Sint-Truiden, defender Takehiro Tomiyasu appears set for a blockbuster move to Bologna in the Italian first division.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Jun 19, 2019

Pioneering singer-songwriter Sachiko Kanenobu finally gets her due

If she had to sum up the past couple of years, Sachiko Kanenobu would probably opt for a simple "OMG!"
COMMUNITY / Issues / LAW OF THE LAND
Jun 19, 2019

With changes in emperors come amnesties, so who will benefit?

One convenient thing about Japanese law for those of us who are professors of it is that it is quite modern. Virtually all Japanese laws and institutions antedate the Meiji Restoration of 1868 and, of those, most have a 20th-century provenance. Compared to Anglo-American law with Magna Carta, bewigged...
JAPAN / Society
Jun 19, 2019

Liberal Democratic Party and tradition may stymie push for same-sex marriage in Japan

As Japanese lawmakers grapple with a landmark same-sex marriage bill, campaigners fear it may die at the first legislative hurdle as lawmakers pander to aging voters and old traditions.

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Koichi Tagawa’s diary entry from Aug. 9, 1945, describes the day of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki.
The horrors of Nagasaki, in first person