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Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / WHY DID YOU LEAVE JAPAN?
Nov 9, 2019

From hot bands to hot pots, Naoko Takei Moore's time in California pays off

Working in the Japanese music industry, Naoko Takei Moore's job was to wine and dine famous artists. What she picked up from that was a desire to cook that took her to the United States.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Nov 8, 2019

Compromising free trade to save free trade

The RCEP has the potential to be the world's largest free trade area.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Nov 8, 2019

'Prepare to die': Prosecutors in Roger Stone trial note threatening texts over WikiLeaks release

Prosecutors on Thursday unveiled threatening text messages by U.S. President Donald Trump's adviser, Roger Stone, to radio host Randy Credico in which Stone urged Credico not to testify about their communications over Stone's efforts in 2016 to learn when WikiLeaks might release more damaging emails...
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 7, 2019

Why more U.S. tax cuts is a monstrously bad idea

What we have here is a glaring example of a political bribe masquerading as a plan.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Nov 7, 2019

China jails nine fentanyl smugglers in first joint case with U.S.

A Chinese court on Thursday imprisoned nine people, one whom got a suspended death sentence, on charges of smuggling fentanyl into the United States, in the first such case the two countries had worked on together.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Nov 7, 2019

Pentagon pushes back after North Korea slams scaled-down maneuvers with South

The Pentagon on Thursday pushed back against North Korean criticism of joint U.S. military exercises with South Korea scheduled for next month.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Nov 5, 2019

Steve Bannon's Trump defense loses White House support as strains grow

White House officials are distancing themselves from a campaign Donald Trump's former chief strategist, Steve Bannon, has mounted to defend the president from impeachment, after tensions flared again this weekend between Bannon and Jared Kushner.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 4, 2019

U.S. baseball fans are too old, too white and too few

One thrilling World Series can't make the sport's viewership problems go away.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 4, 2019

Germany's windmills are wildly unpopular

In renewable energy, competition from fossil fuels isn't the only problem: Local politics may be an even higher hurdle.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Oct 31, 2019

Blow for Johnson as Cabinet member Nicky Morgan quits ahead of Brexit election battle

Boris Johnson suffered a surprise blow to his election campaign on day one of the contest when senior Cabinet minister Nicky Morgan announced she was quitting politics.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Oct 30, 2019

U.S. set to disappoint Asia with downgraded delegation for key regional summits

The United States has downgraded its participation in back-to-back Asia-Pacific summits in Bangkok next week, a move bound to disappoint Asian partners worried by China's expanding influence.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 29, 2019

BayStars slugger Yoshitomo Tsutsugo ready to give majors a shot

Yoshitomo Tsutsugo, after the end of the Yokohama BayStars' season, took a trip to the United States and watched a game of this year's ALCS between the Houston Astros and New York Yankees.
Japan Times
WORLD
Oct 28, 2019

Secretive U.S. military spaceplane lands in Florida after record-long two-year orbital flight

The Pentagon's secretive X-37B spaceplane landed in Florida on Sunday after a record-long orbital flight lasting more than two years, the U.S. Air Force said, capping the latest test mission for an array of military technologies.
Japan Times
WORLD
Oct 28, 2019

Islamic State's Baghdadi: A trail of horror and death

Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the Iraqi jihadist who rose from obscurity to declare himself "caliph" of all Muslims as the leader of Islamic State, has died in a raid by U.S. special forces in northwest Syria.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Oct 24, 2019

A reset in Japan-China relations?

Comparing the state of Japan-China relations in the wake of Shinzo Abe's return to the prime ministership in December 2012 to today, the bilateral relationship has come back to a semblance of normality.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Oct 23, 2019

Tokyo Motor Show gets kid-friendly, future-oriented reboot in bid to reverse flagging attendance

The 46th Tokyo Motor Show slated to kick off Thursday will not just focus on futuristic, cutting-edge vehicles, such as self-driving cars, it will also shine a light on unconventional mobility devices and exhibitions for children aimed at reversing flagging attendance.
Japan Times
WORLD / Society
Oct 23, 2019

Norway at top, Yemen at bottom of rankings for women's quality of life

Norway and Switzerland are the best countries to be a woman and Yemen and Afghanistan the worst, said research Tuesday that found the state of women's rights is not "all doom and gloom" around the world.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Oct 18, 2019

Thousands gather in Barcelona for fourth day of protests for separate Catalonia

Thousands gathered in Barcelona in a fourth day of protests that have led to the worst sustained street violence in Spain in decades after Catalan leaders were sentenced to lengthy prison sentences for their roles in a 2017 bid for independence.
Japan Times
WORLD
Oct 17, 2019

Kenya opens $1.5 billion Chinese-built railway linking Rift Valley town and Nairobi

Kenya opened a $1.5 billion Chinese-built railway line linking Nairobi to Naivasha on Wednesday, despite delays in building an industrial park in the Rift Valley town to encourage freight.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Oct 14, 2019

Spain braces for landmark ruling on 12 in Catalan independence trial

Spain's Supreme Court is expected to announce on Monday its highly anticipated verdict in the trial of 12 Catalan separatist leaders over their role in the region's 2017 banned referendum and short-lived independence declaration.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 11, 2019

Tokyo's Toyosu fish market still pestered by problems a year after move from Tsukiji

The first anniversary of the costly and contentious relocation of Tokyo's famous Tsukiji fish market from Chuo Ward to the site of a former gas plant 2 km south along Tokyo Bay was commemorated by a tuna auction Friday morning.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / NBA
Oct 8, 2019

Pascal Siakam leads Toronto Raptors to victory over Houston Rockets in Japan

Preseason games give fans a glimpse of the supreme talent on display in the NBA every day during the long season.
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 8, 2019

Anti-NHK party leader plans to step down from Upper House to run in Saitama by-election

Political rebel and leader of the controversial NHK Kara Kokumin o Mamoru To (Party to Protect the People from NHK) Takashi Tachibana announced Tuesday that he plans to step down as an Upper House lawmaker — for now.
JAPAN
Oct 7, 2019

60 rescued after North Korean fishing vessel collides with patrol boat belonging to Japan's Fisheries Agency

The incident took place inside Japan's exclusive economic zone off the coast of the Noto Peninsula in Ishikawa Prefecture.
Japan Times
LIFE / Digital / ON: GAMES
Oct 6, 2019

Why mess with the originals?

Games so good that high-def re-releases are worth the wait.
China seizes disputed reef near key Philippine military outpost
China Coast Guard officers unfurl a national flag on Sandy Cay reef, near the Philippine-held Thitu Island, in disputed waters of the South China Sea this month in this screen shot taken from Chinese state broadcaster CCTV.
If the 'Big One' hits, this city could face a 31-meter-high tsunami
A small shrine perched atop rocks braves the waves hitting the shoreline during a storm in Shimoda, Shizuoka Prefecture. The area is under threat of a possible 31-meter-high tsunami if an earthquake strikes the nearby Nankai Trough.
California says it overtakes Japan to become world’s No. 4 economy
Vehicles travel along the 110 freeway in downtown Los Angeles. California's GDP has overtaken Japan's to become the world's fourth largest economy, according to the U.S. state.
Arunima Mazumdar: ‘Japanese literature has a niche but deeply engaged readership in India’
Arunima Mazumdar, a New Delhi-based communications professional, began sharing her love of Japanese literature online in 2022. The platform has grown into a robust community known as Dokusha Book Club.
Counting the reasons why there are so few American cars in Japan
Tesla's store in Tokyo's Shibuya district. While sales of American cars in Japan appear to be shrinking, Tesla's presence in the country is growing.
Expo '25 gives the world a masterclass in mascots
2025 Osaka Expo mascot Myaku-Myaku dances on the stage during the event's official opening ceremony on April 12.
Japan struggles with gray zone of AI deepfakes exploiting children
AI-generated content — including those made using pictures of real people, which are known as “deepfakes” — is not explicitly covered under Japan's current legal framework, nor are human-drawn illustrations that depict child abuse.
‘Wildcat Dome’ challenges Japan's historical narratives
On the surface, "Wildcat Dome" tells a personal story of damaged children — now adults — bound together by tragedy. Underneath, there’s a constant undercurrent of political consequence, invisible and pervasive like radioactive particles.
Reclaiming Sanya, one meal at a time
Magokoro Yoshihira (center) is the managing director of Yui Associates, which operates the neighborhood fixtures of Sanya Cafe and Juyoh Hotel. Yusuke Takahashi (left) met Yoshihira during a difficult period in his life and now works as the cafe’s chef. Nancy Anne (right) has worked for over 10 years at Juyoh Hotel and enjoys the multicultural environment.
Amid uncertain tariffs, is now the time to buy a new iPhone?
An Apple store in Tokyo's Shibuya Ward in September. Prices for the newest iPhone models start at around ¥100,000 ($700) in Japan.

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
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A small shrine perched atop rocks braves the waves hitting the shoreline during a storm in Shimoda, Shizuoka Prefecture. The area is under threat of a possible 31-meter-high tsunami if an earthquake strikes the nearby Nankai Trough.
If the 'Big One' hits, this city could face a 31-meter-high tsunami
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