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Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Aug 2, 2016

FBI technician admits being agent for, passing sensitive info to China

An FBI electronics technician pleaded guilty on Monday to having illegally acted as an agent of China, admitting that he on several occasions passed sensitive information to a Chinese official.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Aug 1, 2016

BayStars' Ikeda ready to turn club into winner on diamond

Second in a two-part series
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jul 31, 2016

Will 'Pokemon Go' power up Japan's 'Cool Economy'?

'Pokemon Go' may be a huge success, but without major structural reforms, Japan's creative economy won't take flight.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jul 31, 2016

Security concerns prompt May to delay nuclear plant deal reached with China under Cameron

Prime Minister Theresa May was concerned about the security implications of a planned Chinese investment in the new Hinkley Point nuclear plant and intervened personally to delay the project, a former colleague and a source said Saturday.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Jul 29, 2016

North Korea threat prompts Japan to upgrade Patriot batteries in time for Olympics: sources

Japan is upgrading its Patriot PAC-3 missile defense system in time for the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games, adding range and accuracy needed to intercept more advanced North Korean ballistic missiles, four sources with knowledge of the plan said.
LIFE / Language
Jul 25, 2016

Looking at vocabulary in the runup to 'Pokemon Go'

'Pokemon Go' fans in Japan are vexed by the wait for the popular game.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 22, 2016

Takeda considering selling stake in chemicals unit to raise cash

Takeda Pharmaceutical Co. is exploring the sale of its majority stake in chemicals business Wako Pure Chemical Industries Ltd. as the drugmaker seeks to sell noncore assets to raise cash, according to people with knowledge of the matter.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jul 20, 2016

Turkey's Erdogan used the social media he despised to maintain his grip on power

For any coup to succeed, the overthrowing party needs to control the media messaging. For last week's coup in Turkey, the military failed to tamp down one critical news source: the internet.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Jul 16, 2016

Why Japanese media still kowtow to Ken Takakura

"Ken San" is a new documentary about late actor Ken Takakura opening in local theaters next month. Described as Japan's "greatest" and "last" movie star, Takakura was respected by both the Japanese people who worked with him and international film giants such as Martin Scorsese, John Woo and Paul Schrader....
Japan Times
CULTURE / CULTURE SMASH
Jul 16, 2016

Anime discovers a rural outpost

For the past few years, the beginning of July has found me on a flight from Tokyo to Los Angeles to attend Anime Expo (AX), the largest annual North American convention devoted to Japanese popular culture, and its related industry-only event, Project Anime (PA). Both continue to break attendance records....
CULTURE / TV & Streaming / CHANNEL SURF
Jul 15, 2016

"Graduation Song"; "Natsuko Kira, Sales Manager"; Hearthstone

Based on a true story, the new drama series "Aogeba Totoshi" ("Graduation Song"; TBS, Sun., 9 p.m.) takes place at a high school in Kanagawa Prefecture in the 1980s.
BUSINESS / Tech
Jul 13, 2016

Sen. Franken wants 'Pokemon Go' maker to clarify user data privacy protections

A Democratic U.S. senator on Tuesday asked the software developer behind Nintendo Co. Ltd.'s "Pokemon Go" to clarify the mobile game's data privacy protections, amid concerns the augmented reality hit was unnecessarily collecting vast swaths of sensitive user data.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jul 12, 2016

Robbers targeting 'Pokemon Go' gamers amid phone-focused frenzy

New mobile game "Pokemon Go" has become an overnight sensation with U.S. fans but also played a role in armed robberies in Missouri, the discovery of a body in Wyoming and minor injuries to fans distracted by the app, officials and news media reported on Monday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / YEN FOR LIVING
Jul 9, 2016

Complex funding rules keep electioneering in Japan risky and expensive

Considering how complicated electoral funding regulations are, it's no surprise that stories of candidates violating campaign rules are so common.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jul 7, 2016

Tokyo stationery fair draws crowds eager to see latest in school, corporate supplies

Crowds of representatives from home improvement centers, supermarkets and other stores flocked to Japan's largest stationery and office products fair on Thursday to take in the latest innovations in work supplies.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 7, 2016

Mizuho to spur small-business advisory income by adding 200 more bankers

Mizuho Financial Group Inc. is increasing its pool of bankers who advise small Japanese businesses on matters ranging from investing to going public as part of a push to spur fee income at the nation's third-biggest banking group.
JAPAN / Politics / DECISION 2016
Jul 7, 2016

Showdown in apathetic Fukushima finds justice minister scrambling for survival

Justice Minister Mitsuhide Iwaki is feeling threatened.
WORLD
Jul 7, 2016

Californians seek pot of gold in marijuana legalization

There is no guarantee California will vote to legalize recreational marijuana in November, but political operative and father of four Daniel Conway has already staked his future on it.
Japan Times
LIFE / Digital
Jul 6, 2016

Video games may become China's best cultural export

When Chinese internet giant Tencent acquired the Finnish video game developer Supercell last month for $8.6 billion, it became the world's dominant publisher and distributor in the $100 billion gaming market. It was a blockbuster deal: No other Chinese entertainment company in any field — television,...
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy / DECISION 2016
Jul 5, 2016

In Japan's industrial heartland, some see no alternative to Abe

Shuttered factories dot the streets of Osaka, a city that once reverberated with the sound of trucks delivering all manner of parts to Japan's industrial giants.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy / FOCUS
Jul 5, 2016

Japan Inc. suffers Brexit fallout as resurgent yen threatens profit outlook

Japan Inc. is already counting the cost of Brexit. The yen's extended surge after the United Kingdom voted to exit the EU has turned the outlook for a gain in annual profit to the first decline in four years.
Japan Times
JAPAN / GENERATIONAL CHANGE
Jul 3, 2016

Entrepreneur on mission to make it easier to study abroad

Foreign students looking to study in Japan would probably want to ask a million questions before taking the plunge.
Demystifying the manufacturing success of China
China’s massive scale, strong education system and competitive local governance have enabled it to reach the technological frontier and dominate high-tech manufacturing despite its low per capita gross domestic product.
Japan to revise romanization rules for first time in 70 years
The Agency for Cultural Affairs is recommending replacing the government’s long-standing Kunrei system with more widely used Hepburn-style spellings.
Japanese manufacturers moving headquarters out of central Tokyo
A building in Kawasaki housing Toshiba's new headquarters
Is sumo becoming a victim of its own popularity?
A training session at Shikoroyama stable in June 2016. Sumo training sessions are increasingly simulated or the preserve of group tours.
Japanese man suspected of ordering double murder in Manila
Two suspects arrested over the killing of two Japanese last week are held in restraints in Manila on Tuesday.
Tokyo crowned No.1 'workation' spot
Workations were a burgeoning trend in the corporate world for years before the COVID-19 pandemic turbocharged it.
Atsushi Kitagawara’s exhibition finds poetry in architecture
The inverted cone, one of Atsushi Kitagawara’s six signature elements in architecture, is a key feature of the Nakamura Keith Haring Collection museum building.
Candidates preparing to make final pitches for Sawamura Award
Hawks pitcher Livan Moinelo has a 1.13 ERA in 19 starts this season.
Winning warship bid gives Japan confidence boost as Tokyo eyes more exports
Australia’s decision to select Japan's upgraded Mogami-class warship, seen in this computer-generated image, has been “well received across Japanese industry," a Defense Ministry official said.
In Paris, chefs Chizuko Kimura and Kei Kobayashi make their mark
Chef Kei Kobayashi is France's only Japanese chef with three Michelin stars.

Podcast

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

Longform

Tetsuzo Shiraishi, speaking at The Center of the Tokyo Raids and War Damage, uses a thermos to explain how he experienced the U.S. firebombing of March 1945, when he was just 7 years old.
From ashes to high-rises: A survivor’s account of Tokyo’s postwar past
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