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Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / KANPAI CULTURE
Jun 8, 2019

Yummy Sake Collective: A new pairing of blind tasting and AI tech

Yummy Sake Collective has a solution for people who struggle to identify what sake they like: An AI-powered app, used in conjunction with a blind tasting, to help determine flavor preferences.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Books
Jun 8, 2019

In discussion with Anna Fifield, author of 'The Great Successor'

The Washington Post Beijing bureau chief Anna Fifield's new book, 'The Great Successor,' details the life of North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un.
BUSINESS
Jun 8, 2019

G20 ministers agree on guiding principles for using artificial intelligence

The free flow of data, artificial intelligence and reform of the World Trade Organization are high on the agenda of the G20 ministerial meeting.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel / A Weekend In
Jun 7, 2019

A weekend in Kumamoto: In the land of the smoking volcano

Since 2016, Kumamoto has been associated more with the earthquake and aftershocks that damaged much of the city and prefecture than as a travel destination. Though reconstruction is complete in most areas, there is still evidence of damage, most notably to Kumamoto Castle, a prefectural icon whose walls...
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jun 7, 2019

Japan needs a sister city strategy

There are numerous reasons why sister cities are increasingly important, including the promotion of trade and exports as well as attracting inbound tourists.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 7, 2019

Japan startup believes its cheap, light 'touchable' 3D tech could transform everything from VR to shopping

A Japanese startup is betting that its "touchable" 3D technology will have a vast array of applications, potentially allowing smartphone shoppers to evaluate the fabric of clothes they want to buy online and gamers to feel virtual objects.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / Japan Pulse
Jun 7, 2019

Chemical firm hit for punishing worker who took paternity leave with transfer halfway across Japan

Chemical producer Kaneka Corp. faces allegations of harassment after an employee returned from paternity leave to find that he — and, one presumes, his family — was being transferred to a different branch in another part of the country.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Jun 7, 2019

Court airs Trump lawyer's voicemail to Michael Flynn's camp before guilty plea

A federal court in Washington released audio of a voicemail that one of President Donald Trump's lawyers left for a potential cooperator with special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation.
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 6, 2019

Which Tiananmen narrative is true?

There is little doubt about the Beijing spring of 1989 that called for greater openness, freedoms and democracy in China, or about its suppression. But there is a counter-narrative that receives no mention in the China-bashing mainstream media.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink
Jun 6, 2019

Chiba loquat grower loves his work, but frets over the future of the biwa business

Kenzo Takeba picks a loquat out of his basket, unwraps it from its paper cover and expertly begins to peel off the delicate orange skin with his fingers.
Jun 6, 2019

Yamaha Motor Chosen for "S&P Japan 500 ESG" Index

Company ESG Initiatives Recognized
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BUSINESS
Jun 5, 2019

Toyota says U.S. tariffs on Mexico could cost its suppliers $1 billion

Toyota said U.S. President Donald Trump's proposal to slap tariffs on Mexican-made goods could cost its major suppliers $1 billion, highlighting growing concern in the U.S. auto sector.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Stage
Jun 5, 2019

Samuel Beckett's 'Waiting for Godot' is brought into the Reiwa Era

Why are thespians the world over so drawn to "Waiting for Godot," that for many older actors playing one of its leads is as much a matter of professional pride as playing Hamlet is for younger ones?
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jun 4, 2019

Why Japanese mediation of U.S.-Iran tensions makes sense

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's push to mediate between the U.S. and Iran is a logical move that could succeed in providing necessary off-ramps for the two countries.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Jun 4, 2019

Ryuji Miyamoto: Looking back to go forward

'Invisible Land' at the TOP Museum doesn't showcase Ryuji Miyamoto's best-known works. Instead, it offers insight into the photographer's development of a style that led to international recognition.
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BUSINESS
Jun 4, 2019

Russia orders Tinder dating app to share user data on demand

Russia said Monday it had added the popular dating app Tinder to a list of entities obliged to hand over user data and messages to law enforcement agencies on demand, including the main successor agency to the Soviet-era KGB.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 3, 2019

Hacking dirty government secrets is no crime

The 'crime' of which Julian Assange stands accused pales next to the wrongdoing he helped to expose. Whistleblowers should never be prosecuted.
Japan Times
Jun 3, 2019

"GEOCOMS" ultra-small electric vehicle rental service for tourism
New station opened at Tottori Sand Dunes

The Association for Tottori Tourism Mobility, which runs the "GEOCOMS" sightseeing service for touring around the San'in Coast Geopark area on a one-person electric vehicle (EV), opened Tottori Sand Dunes Station in April 2019. Thus far, the service has been available from Iwami Town to around Uradome...
Japan Times
LIFE / Digital / ON: GAMES
Jun 2, 2019

Swing into action with new releases

New in games this month: Long anticipated Metroidvania adventures and virtual reality golf
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / ADOPT ME!
Jun 2, 2019

Titus the dog is a titan when it comes to personality

Two-year-old Titus is relatively new to ARK. He came to the shelter in February after his owner was hospitalized and then had to give him up.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jun 2, 2019

Blasts at Russian military explosives plant injure dozens

Seventy-nine people were injured when several blasts at the explosives plant Kristall shook the central Russian town of Dzerzhinsk on Saturday, the Russian health ministry said.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / WHY DID YOU LEAVE JAPAN?
Jun 1, 2019

Fumiaki Imamura: The international road to scientific success

For nutritional epidemiologist Fumiaki Imamura, an overseas education is key to global impact.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
May 31, 2019

North Korea's Kim Jong Un carrying out bloody purge after collapse of Trump summit, report says

North Korea executed its nuclear envoy to the United States as part of a purge of officials who steered negotiations for the failed Hanoi summit between leader Kim Jong Un and U.S. President Donald Trump, a South Korean newspaper said on Friday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
May 31, 2019

Angry emoji inflatable looms over Facebook annual meeting as users vent frustrations

Protesters carrying an inflatable angry emoji greeted Facebook Inc. shareholders as they gathered for the company's annual meeting on Thursday, the latest sign of its struggle to shake off privacy scandals and rein in fake news and hate speech.
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.
Japan's rice farmers are confounded by Shinjiro Koizumi’s policies
Kiyoshi Shibata stands in front of one of the rice paddies in Murayama, Yamagata Prefecture, where he produces the prefecture's signature rice brand Tsuyahime.
From stalking to death threats, female candidates still face harassment
Mayu Ushida, a former NHK newscaster running for election in the Tokyo electoral district on the Democratic Party for the People ticket, signs an autograph for a voter after a public rally at Shinjuku Station in Tokyo on Tuesday.
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.

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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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