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JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
Oct 15, 2016

The audacity of trust: defying the dangers of life in Japan

I am a very trusting fellow. When I cross the street I trust the driver of the approaching vehicle to suppress whatever rage or hatred my appearance may inspire and not mow me down. I walk down the street trusting those within knife-range not to have a knife, or whoever has one not to be in the grip...
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Oct 9, 2016

Activity at North Korean rocket site fuels concerns of new weapons test

North Korea may be making preparations for another long-range rocket launch or other test, an analysis of satellite imagery has shown.
JAPAN / Science & Health
Oct 3, 2016

Japan's newest Nobel laureate, Yoshinori Ohsumi, touts importance of fundamental research

Yoshinori Ohsumi, winner on Monday of the Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine, never dreamed that his study of yeast would someday "serve any practical purposes" when he started it alone 28 years ago.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society
Sep 30, 2016

Japan governors wear 'pregnancy' vests to urge men to help at home

In Japan, where women do five times as much housework as men, three male politicians have donned "pregnancy" vests in a campaign urging men to help out more at home.
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BUSINESS / Economy
Sep 30, 2016

Former U.S. finance chief Summers welcomes BOJ's yield curve, inflation targets

The Bank of Japan's decision to target the yield curve and allow consumer prices to overshoot its 2 percent goal are welcome steps in the nation's long battle to encourage inflation, former U.S. Treasury Secretary Lawrence Summers has said.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Sep 28, 2016

U.S. to deploy anti-missile THAAD system to South Korea 'as soon as possible'

The United States plans to speed up deployment of the THAAD anti-missile system to South Korea given the pace of North Korea's missile tests, and it will be stationed there "as soon as possible," a senior U.S. official said Tuesday.
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 26, 2016

Federal Reserve's mission is to escape Jupiter

The Fed should should instead hold off raising interest rates until economic conditions are so strong that it needs to raise them rapidly.
JAPAN / Politics
Sep 23, 2016

Panel formed to ease burden on Emperor Akihito but abdication issue looms

A six-member panel forms to help the Emperor through his twilight years, while the thorny political issue of allowing him to abdicate lurks in the background.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Sep 22, 2016

U.S. bombers fly over South Korea for second time since North's nuclear test

Two supersonic U.S. bombers flew over South Korea on Wednesday — with one landing on the Korean Peninsula for the first time in 20 years — amid soaring tensions after the North's fifth nuclear test on Sept. 9.
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CULTURE / Art
Sep 20, 2016

Christo and Jeanne-Claude: The Umbrellas Japan-USA 1984-91 — A Documentation Exhibition

Oct. 1-Dec. 4
EDITORIALS
Sep 20, 2016

All eyes on the Federal Reserve

Central bankers have done their part to spur economic growth, it is up to politicians to do theirs.
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BUSINESS
Sep 20, 2016

Japan steelmakers suffer as China squeezes coal industry, sending fuel price soaring above $200

The nation's steel makers are set to pay for China's effort to manage its coal industry as a surge in metallurgical prices flow through to quarterly supply contracts.
WORLD / Society
Sep 20, 2016

Yazidi ex-captive of Islamic State pleads at U.N. for refugee help

A young Yazidi woman held captive and raped by Islamic State militants appealed to world leaders at the United Nations on Monday to end war and improve the lives of millions of refugees as they agreed a voluntary framework to respond to the global crisis.
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ASIA PACIFIC / Society
Sep 12, 2016

Rehab trumped by crackdowns as war on drugs seen failing in Asia

The Philippines has launched a bloody "war on drugs" that has killed at least 2,400 people in just two months, while neighboring Indonesia has declared a "narcotics emergency" and resumed executing drug convicts after a long hiatus.
Figure Skating
Sep 11, 2016

Sakamoto leads Japan sweep at Yokohama Junior Grand Prix

Kaori Sakamoto led a Japan sweep in the women's singles at the Yokohama Junior Grand Prix with a stellar free skate on Sunday. Sakamoto topped the podium, with world junior champion Marin Honda taking second and newcomer Mako Yamashita third.

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An illustration features the Japanese signs for "ganbare" (good luck) and the Deaflympics, which will be held between Nov. 15 and 26.
A century of Deaf sport finds its moment in Tokyo