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BUSINESS / Tech
Dec 19, 2019

Apple, Google and Amazon seek standard for smart devices

Apple Inc., Alphabet Inc.'s Google and Amazon.com Inc. — three of the biggest providers of smart-home and voice-assistant technology — are joining forces to make internet-connected homes easier to set up and safer to use.
JAPAN
Dec 19, 2019

Japan government silent as Kumamoto pioneers secret-birth system

A private hospital in Kumamoto that has launched a program for women who want to give birth anonymously is calling on the government to legalize the program, but receiving little in the way of response.
CULTURE / TV & Streaming / 2019 in Review
Dec 19, 2019

Japanese television relied heavily on tried and tested formulas in 2019

While the Rugby World Cup and the enthronement of Emperor Naruhito brought the viewers flocking, television networks did little to offer anything else new in 2019.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Dec 18, 2019

Japan journalist Shiori Ito awarded ¥3.3 million in damages in high-profile rape case

Ito said she hopes her case and the court's decision will lead to changes in the criminal law that will offer victims greater protection.
BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 18, 2019

Fujifilm to acquire Hitachi's diagnostic imaging equipment business

Fujifilm Holdings Corp. announced Wednesday it will acquire Hitachi Ltd.'s diagnostic imaging equipment business for about ¥170 billion.
ASIA PACIFIC / Society
Dec 18, 2019

Myanmar seizes boat carrying 173 Rohingya Muslims apparently trying to flee persecution

Myanmar authorities detained 173 ethnic Rohingya aboard a boat off the southern coast, authorities said on Tuesday, amid signs that more members of the Muslim minority group are making perilous sea voyages to escape persecution.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Dec 17, 2019

RCEP without India isn't to Japan's liking

In Japan's view, India's participation in the RCEP is crucial to prevent it from becoming a China-led trade block.
JAPAN
Dec 17, 2019

'You can't go home': Monthlong escape to Ogasawara Islands a hit with teleworkers

Liner service Ogasawara Kaiun Co. is looking for participants for a 28-day, 27-night tour to the Ogasawara Islands, an archipelago of over 30 subtropical islands some 1,000 kilometers south of central Tokyo, highlighting a special chance to escape into nature.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Dec 17, 2019

Bank of Japan's next move will be to dial back stimulus, most economists now say

The Bank of Japan's next move will be to dial back its massive stimulus, according to an increasing number of polled analysts, reflecting receding market expectations of imminent monetary easing by the central bank.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Dec 17, 2019

Rudy Giuliani associate denies hiding Russian payment and asks to stay free on bail

An associate of U.S. President Donald Trump's personal lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, on Monday urged a judge to let him stay free on bail while he awaits trial, denying prosecutors' accusations that he lied about receiving a $1 million payment from Russia shortly before he was arrested.
BUSINESS
Dec 16, 2019

Irregularities suspected in sales of around 10,000 Japan Post insurance policies

The number is far bigger than the 6,327 contracts highlighted in an interim report in September on inappropriate sales practices at the group.
JAPAN / Politics
Dec 16, 2019

Top Japanese official makes security assurances following North Korea's latest missile test claim

Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga stressed Monday that Japan is making its best efforts to ensure safety after North Korea said it had conducted late last week a "crucial test" of what is believed to be an intercontinental ballistic missile engine.
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle / CHILD'S PLAY
Dec 16, 2019

Exercising can be fun with CrossFit for kids

Running around on all fours, jumping onto mattresses, lifting weights — CrossFit is a great way to for kids to expel excess energy.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / ADOPT ME!
Dec 16, 2019

Argos is hoping for a miracle this holiday season

The fact that Argos is here at all is something of a miracle. Dumped before dawn at ARK in May, this white Japanese Akita, believed to be about 5 years old, was in horrific condition.
Japan Times
JAPAN / History / THE LIVING PAST
Dec 14, 2019

Poetic escapism for the end of the year

If the year-end seems less festive than foreboding, escape through the poems of the 'Koshinsu,' Japan's earliest poetic anthologies.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel
Dec 14, 2019

Winding back the years in Yokohama’s Yamate district

One of Japan's '100 Cityscapes,' Yokohama's Yamate district — also known as 'The Bluff' — preserves some of the city's elegant European structures and international heritage.
JAPAN / Politics
Dec 13, 2019

Trump picks think tank chief Kenneth Weinstein to be U.S. ambassador to Japan

U.S. President Donald Trump has decided to name Hudson Institute President Kenneth Weinstein as ambassador to Japan, informed sources said Thursday.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Dec 13, 2019

Sending Japan's 'Paprika' out to the world

The biggest Japanese children's song of recent years gets an official English translation, in the hope of boosting diversity and interest in the language.
Japan Times
GLOBAL MEDIA POST / Uruguay report 2019
Dec 13, 2019

Where rapid innovation meets political stability

Uruguay, located between two of the region’s most influential countries, Brazil and Argentina, has developed a resistance to the political and social upheavals that have broken out across South America over the past decade.
Japan Times
MULTIMEDIA
Dec 13, 2019

[VIDEO] Introducing Shibuya-san, a new tourist information spot at Shibuya Fukuras

COMMENTARY / Japan
Dec 12, 2019

Shifting into the era of the Indo-Pacific

The Indo-Pacific era should not and must not be defined by the U.S.-China strategic competition.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Dec 12, 2019

Japan's extended fall in machinery orders bodes ill for business spending

Machinery orders sank again in October in a fresh sign that business spending, previously one of the few points of strength in the world's third-largest economy, is stalling as slumping exports bruise investment appetite.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 12, 2019

Blow for AB InBev's $11 billion asset sale to Asahi as Australian regulators raise concerns

Australia's competition regulator has raised concerns over an $11 billion deal by Anheuser-Busch InBev to sell its local operations to Japan's Asahi Group Holdings Ltd., dealing a blow to the world's largest brewer's efforts to cut debt.
JAPAN
Dec 12, 2019

Tokyo's Ginza Line to be partially suspended over New Year's due to work at Shibuya Station

Tokyo's busy Ginza Line, which runs from Shibuya to Asakusa on a route that connects two of the capital's top spots for tourists, will be partially suspended over the New Year's holiday due to construction of a new platform at Shibuya Station, operator Tokyo Metro Co. has said.

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