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Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Apr 11, 2017

South Korean presidential contender Moon says he's open to direct talks with North's Kim

Moon Jae-in, a top contender for South Korea's May 9 presidential election, has vowed to speak directly with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un if elected to resolve surging tensions on the peninsula, he told a local newspaper Monday.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / ANALYSIS
Apr 10, 2017

Stage set for showdown between Trump and Kim as tensions surge on Korean Peninsula

With a U.S. aircraft carrier strike group steaming toward waters off the Korean Peninsula and important anniversaries looming for nuclear-armed North Korea, the stage has been set for a showdown between U.S. President Donald Trump and the North's leader, Kim Jong Un.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Science & Health
Apr 10, 2017

One of the healthiest parts of Australia's Great Barrier Reef damaged by Cyclone Debbie

A cyclone that left a trail of destruction in northeast Australia and New Zealand has also damaged one of the few healthy sections of the Great Barrier Reef to have escaped large-scale bleaching, scientists said Monday.
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle
Apr 8, 2017

Disputatious legacies: examining the historic ties that bind Okinawa and China

Commenting on the pervasiveness of his own culture while on a trip to Indonesia, the Nobel Prize-winning poet Rabindranath Tagore wrote, "I see India everywhere." A traveler to Okinawa today from continental Asia, might well say, "I see China everywhere."
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / 20 QUESTIONS
Apr 8, 2017

Ken Yokoyama: 'Be selfless and look at the big picture'

Former general manager of Hyatt Regency Kyoto on tourism, hospitality and pink Cadillacs.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy / YEN FOR LIVING
Apr 8, 2017

'Nekonomics' does its bit to keep Japan's economy purring

In our last column we talked about the economic effectiveness (keizai kōka) of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Keizai kōka is often used as an indication of how much money a given scheme or phenomenon adds to a particular economy. As we pointed out, the number only takes into consideration the positive effects...
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Apr 7, 2017

How artificial life spawned a billion-dollar industry

Scientists are getting closer to building life from scratch and technology pioneers are taking notice, with record sums moving into a field that could deliver novel drugs, materials, chemicals and even perfumes.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 7, 2017

Female leaders in Japan call for nation to empower women across Asia

With one of the most advanced higher education systems in Asia, Japan has partly distanced itself from other neighboring countries where educational gender gaps continue to prevail.
Japan Times
WORLD / ANALYSIS
Apr 7, 2017

Trump saw Syria gas attack as test of mettle before globe

U.S. President Donald Trump and his advisers saw the chemical attack in Syria as a test of his mettle as adversaries around the globe size up the new administration.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Apr 6, 2017

More Americans view China in positive light amid easing economic concerns: poll

As U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping meet Thursday and Friday at Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida, it will be against a backdrop of softening American views toward China — despite a series of thorny issues the two powers face.
BUSINESS
Apr 5, 2017

Trump officials alarmed China may bid for Toshiba's Westinghouse unit

The Trump administration is so alarmed that Chinese investors may try to purchase Westinghouse Electric Co.'s nuclear business that U.S. officials are trying to find an American or allied buyer for the company instead, two people familiar with the matter said.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media
Apr 5, 2017

AI will never replace human interaction, forum speakers say

Will there be a time in the not-so-distant future when people won't need to learn a second language — instead relying on machine translation powered by artificial intelligence to interpret real-time conversations?
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 4, 2017

Task force looks into minimizing social cost of casinos

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe kicked off the inaugural meeting Tuesday of a government task force that will make recommendations on licensing and operating integrated resorts with casinos.
Japan Times
JAPAN / GASTECH JAPAN 2017
Apr 4, 2017

LNG and the future of Japanese energy

Japan Gastech Consortium Chairman Nobuo Tanaka expects Gastech Japan 2017 to be a milestone for power suppliers and users to come to a consensus on the role of gas in the energy mix of the future.
Japan Times
JAPAN / GASTECH JAPAN 2017
Apr 4, 2017

Gastech offers various programs for energy experts

Gastech Japan 2017, which is being held at Makuhari Messe, Chiba, from Tuesday to Friday, is the 29th edition of the world's largest conference and exhibition on natural gas and liquefied natural gas (LNG) since the first Gastech was held in London in 1972.
Figure Skating / ICE TIME
Apr 4, 2017

Majestic Hanyu rises to occasion with a command performance

"Awesome."
JAPAN / GASTECH JAPAN 2017
Apr 4, 2017

Gas to play significant role moving forward

Question: Why is Gastech so important to Japan?
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Apr 4, 2017

Cybersecurity firm finds evidence linking North Korea to New York Fed bank heist

Cybersecurity firm Kaspersky Lab on Monday said it had obtained digital evidence that bolsters suspicions by some researchers that North Korea was involved in last year's $81 million cyber heist of the Bangladesh central bank's account at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Apr 3, 2017

Koike's plan for Tepco to remove utility poles in Tokyo an Olympian task

Making one of the world's biggest cities beautiful is a task beleaguered Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. is unlikely to relish.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 2, 2017

The October Revolution in post-truth Russia

With the centenary of the October Revolution this year, the clash between Russia's official history and the memories of the people will move to the center of public life.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink
Apr 1, 2017

Craft Sake Week set to bloom in Tokyo's Roppongi Hills

Sake and sakura. Cherry blossom and Japan's traditional tipple make for a heady combination, wherever you put them together.
JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
Apr 1, 2017

Easter in Japan shows signs of life as businesses tap the final festival frontier

Easter is one of the few major calendar events in the West that goes largely unnoticed here — until now, anyway.
Japan Times
WORLD
Apr 1, 2017

Paraguay rioters set fire to Congress after secret Senate re-election vote

Protesters stormed and set fire to Paraguay's Congress on Friday after the Senate secretly voted for a constitutional amendment that would allow President Horacio Cartes to run for re-election.
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 31, 2017

Trump's foreign policy muddle

In contrast to his tough campaign talk, there is little sign that Trump's China approach thus far is different to that of his predecessor, Barack Obama, on whose watch Beijing initiated coercive actions with impunity in the South and East China seas.
Workers say corporate South Korea was warned about questionable U.S. visas before Hyundai raid
Activists holding signs that reads "No one is illegal!" protest against a huge immigration raid last week in the U.S. state of Georgia, in front of the U.S. Embassy in Seoul on Tuesday.
As Manila modernizes its military, new opportunities emerge for Tokyo
A Brahmos missile system is displayed during a rehearsal for a military parade in New Delhi in January. The Philippines will soon receive its second batch of the supersonic cruise missiles from India.
Why more hotels in Japan are offering room-only service
Nipponia Hotel Ise Kawasaki Merchant Town in Ise, Mie Prefecture
Goldman sells Tokyo office area to JR East for over ¥50 billion
GranTokyo South Tower (center). East Japan Railway has bought the 14th to 18th floors of the office building at a price of more than ¥50 billion from Goldman Sachs Group.
Ed Sheeran teams up with Tokyo’s Oedo Line
The “Oh! Ed! Collaboration Campaign,” launched on Tokyo's Keio Line to celebrate the Friday release of Ed Sheeran’s latest album, “Play,” includes a eight-car train dedicated to the pop star's music and trivia related to his career
Niinami’s ouster quick but not unusual as corporations protect reputation
Takeshi Niinami resigns as chairman and CEO of Suntory Holdings.
As Manila modernizes its military, new opportunities emerge for Tokyo
A Brahmos missile system is displayed during a rehearsal for a military parade in New Delhi in January. The Philippines will soon receive its second batch of the supersonic cruise missiles from India.
Shizuoka farmers fight to preserve sustainable tea method that’s steeped in tradition
As of August 2024, the number of confirmed chagusaba farmers had fallen to 302, just over half the 582 reported in 2015, according to the Shizuoka Chagusaba Farming Method Promotion Council.
Search is on for loopholes in Japan’s $550 billion investment pledge
U.S. Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick argues that U.S. President Donald Trump has sole authority to invest Japan's promised $550 billion.
In rural Hokkaido, the stops and starts of tourism revival on full display
Redevelopment plans for Kawayu Onsen have hit some snags — an example of how bringing tourists back to declining rural communities is far from easy work.

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

Longform

Figure skater Akiko Suzuki was once told her ideal weight should be 47 kilograms, a number she now admits she “naively believed.” This led to her have a relationship with food that resulted in her suffering from anorexia.
The silent battle Japanese athletes fight with weight
By Mai Yoshikawa

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