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Japan Times
LIFE / Travel
Nov 30, 2019

Cold, crowd-free, breathtaking: Mount Yari out of season

Why do hikers leave the warmth of the city for Kamikochi during off-season?
BUSINESS / Companies
Nov 29, 2019

Shooting for investors: Counter-Strike world champs aim for first esport team IPO

Denmark's Astralis is set to become the first esports team to go public in a bid to cement its status in a $1.1 billion global market that's more than doubled since 2016.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies / Regional voices: Chubu
Nov 29, 2019

Toyota group member Aisin Seiki cuts low-priority meetings, reducing work hours as a result

Aisin Seiki Co., a Toyota group auto parts maker based in Kariya, Aichi Prefecture, has set about conducting work-style reform, including abolishing dress codes and low-priority meetings to give its workers breathing room to come up with new ideas.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics / ANALYSIS
Nov 29, 2019

Modi's nationalistic right-hand man may one day lead India

Fresh off a resounding re-election victory, Prime Minister Narendra Modi joined other lawmakers in India's colonial-era Parliament building to applaud the man to his right.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Nov 29, 2019

Man accused of role in Malta journalist's assassination details plot to kill for €150,000

One day in the summer of 2017, Vince Muscat dropped his friend Alfred Degiorgio at the Busy Bee, a harbor-front cafe near Malta's capital renowned for its pastries stuffed with ricotta cheese. Degiorgio didn't stay long.
Japan Times
Special Supplements / Malaysia Special
Nov 29, 2019

Bright future lies ahead as trade, investments grow

Malaysia values its bilateral relationship with Japan that has grown from strength to strength. This year marks the 61st diplomatic anniversary between Malaysia and Japan, an important milestone that signifies the long-standing ties between our two nations.
Japan Times
Special Supplements / Malaysia Special
Nov 29, 2019

Resource-rich Sabah seeks investors

Situated in eastern Malaysia, the state of Sabah is rich in biodiversity. Additionally, its agriculture, forestry and petroleum industries have laid a firm economic foundation for new business development.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics / The Argument: SDF Dispatch
Nov 28, 2019

Sending more SDF assets to Mideast will protect Japan's interests and raise its diplomatic profile

The government's plan to send the Self-Defense Forces to the Middle East is crucial for securing our economic interests, promoting regional peace and stability, and pursuing balanced diplomacy in the region.
JAPAN / Politics / The Argument: SDF Dispatch
Nov 28, 2019

Next SDF deployment will only serve U.S. interests, not Japan's

From my long experience serving in the government, there is no way we can send more Self-Defense Forces vessels and planes to the waterways in the Middle East because they can do almost nothing, and it would be a mistake to dispatch the SDF under the dubious legal basis of 'research and investigation.'
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Nov 28, 2019

North Korea appears to have fired missiles, Tokyo says

North Korea appears to have fired two missiles on Thursday in a move that comes as it has threatened to break off sputtering nuclear talks unless U.S. President Donald Trump offers up concessions by year end.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Stage
Nov 28, 2019

Capitalizing on the pull of experimental Japanese theater

The latest play by Shuntaro Matsubara, 'Memorial,' sees the playwright team up with a new director for the first time, after a string of successes working with Motoi Miura
JAPAN
Nov 27, 2019

Alpine ecosystems at risk in 10 prefectures from climate change, researchers warn

Alpine animals and plants in 10 of Japan's 47 prefectures, such as Hokkaido, are likely to lose habitats within the country by the end of the 21st century as global warming worsens, a Japanese research team reported Wednesday.
JAPAN / Politics
Nov 27, 2019

Abe shows uncharacteristic openness in burasagari interviews, as looming year-end adds to pressure over recent scandals

Since reshuffling his Cabinet in September, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has seen two ministers resign in close succession amid scandal, the thwarting of an educational reform plan at the Diet, and debate about a referendum law key to constitutional revision grind to a halt.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Nov 27, 2019

Tomoe Sawa: The singer bridging the Japan-South Korea divide

Tomoe Sawa, the first person to legally sing in Japanese in South Korea after the Second World War, hopes to improve ties between the two countries with her bilingual concerts and recordings
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Nov 27, 2019

Ryonosuke Shimomura: An eclectic rule breaker

At school, Ryonosuke Shimomura conceived art techniques that led one teacher to think he was color blind. Yet his unusual approach led him to become a principal of the Pan Real Art Association — Japan's influential avant-garde Japanese-style painting groups.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Nov 27, 2019

Mike Pompeo suggests debunked, Trump-pushed Ukraine election meddling theory should be probed

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Tuesday suggested that Ukraine should be investigated over allegations that it interfered in the 2016 election, a debunked theory advanced by President Donald Trump that witnesses told the congressional impeachment inquiry was spread by Russian spy agencies.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Nov 26, 2019

U.S. prosecutors seek information on payments to Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani, subpoena indicates

Federal prosecutors in New York are seeking records of payments to Rudy Giuliani, U.S. President Donald Trump's lawyer, as part of an active criminal investigation, according to a grand jury subpoena seen by Reuters.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Nov 25, 2019

Was Seoul's decision on GSOMIA strategic?

This is not the end of the Japan-South Korea dispute, but rather the beginning of a new round.
Nov 25, 2019

TSUNEISHI GROUP (ZHOUSHAN) SHIPBUILDING exhibits at Marintec China 2019, Asia’s largest international maritime exhibition: Introducing TSUNEISHI Quality to the world

TSUNEISHI GROUP (ZHOUSHAN) SHIPBUILDING, Inc. (Location: Xiushan Island, Daishan County, Zhoushan City, Zhejiang Province, China; President: Jiro Sato; hereafter: TZS) will exhibit at Marintec China, the international maritime exhibition being held at the Shanghai New International Expo Centre in Shanghai,...
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / ADOPT ME!
Nov 25, 2019

Chimney hopes to smoke out a soulmate

Six-year-old Chimney has been described as a "beautiful, solid, love-you-forever type." One look at his photo and "beautiful" is sure to spring to mind. And Chimney most definitely is tried and true when it comes to affection. But, it does take time for him to reveal his sweet side.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Nov 25, 2019

Rudy Giuliani says dirt on Joe Biden will be released 'if I disappear'

Rudy Giuliani, a focus of the impeachment inquiry into Donald Trump's foreign policy dealings, suggested he has dirt on the Biden family that would be released were he to get into trouble — after earlier hinting he has a plan if he should fall out of favor with the president.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 24, 2019

North Korea goes nuclear: A post-mortem

How did Pyongyang succeed when so many other states have failed to get nuclear missiles?
Japan Times
CULTURE
Nov 23, 2019

Fancy footwork: Japan's break dancers lay the groundwork for possible Olympic glory

Roars cascaded throughout the Salle Bellegrave's bleachers in the French city of Bordeaux earlier this month, filling the event space and reverberating into the virtual realm of shared (and reshared) stories on Instagram.
Tokyo emerges as a top market for global tech talent
Tokyo ranks among the world's top tech talent hubs alongside Beijing, the San Francisco Bay Area, Bengaluru, Paris, New York and Dublin, according to Colliers' newly released global tech markets report.
JSA’s 100th anniversary event is a once-in-a-lifetime chance for sumo fans
Egyptian wrestler Osunaarashi has some fun with children during a special Japan Sumo Association event in 2017.
Tens of millions of yen found at home of Aum Shinrikyo founder's wife
The house of the wife of the late Chizuo Matsumoto, the now-defunct Aum Shinrikyo doomsday cult's founder, in Koshigaya, Saitama Prefecture, in July
Japan researchers identify gut bacteria strain that boosts anticancer drugs
Researchers at the National Cancer Center Japan say a new type of gut bacteria named YB328 could help unlock the potential of cancer immunotherapy.
Living conditions index hits lowest level in 15 years in Japan
The share of respondents to a Bank of Japan quarterly survey in June who said they have become worse off came to 61.0%, up 5.1 percentage points from the previous survey.
Kawaii Lab redefines idol pop for the TikTok generation
Misa Kimura is the main producer for Kawaii Lab, a project by entertainment agency Asobisystem whose groups have found success by pairing a social media-first strategy with a fresh perspective on traditional idol-pop tropes.
Craig Mod's life in motion in a disappearing Japan
Mod's memoir “Things Become Other Things” chronicles his walking trips across the Kii Peninsula, surveying “a graceful end to a certain life cycle.”
With China and Trump, Japan defense report says world entering ‘new era of crisis’
A senior member of a Self-Defense Forces honor guard inspects a formation before the arrival of Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba for a visit to the Defense Ministry in Tokyo on June 30.
Tokyo stocks hit by a perfect storm of tariffs, politics and budget worries
Tokyo stocks are underperforming shares in other large markets globally.
Japan researchers identify gut bacteria strain that boosts anticancer drugs
Researchers at the National Cancer Center Japan say a new type of gut bacteria named YB328 could help unlock the potential of cancer immunotherapy.

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

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After pandemic-era border regulations eased, Indian migrants began returning to Japan. Their population now stands at more than 50,000 across the country.
How remote work is rewriting the migrant experience in Japan
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