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BUSINESS
Mar 11, 2017

Wall Street bankers unanimous on rate hike following solid U.S. jobs data

Wall Street's top banks were unanimous on the view the Federal Reserve will increase interest rates at its policy meeting next week following a stronger-than-forecast February U.S. payrolls report, a poll showed Friday.
BUSINESS
Feb 24, 2017

China overtakes U.S., France as Germany's biggest trading partner

China for the first time became Germany's most important trading partner in 2016, overtaking the United States, which fell back to third place behind France, data showed on Friday.
Japan Times
WORLD
Feb 22, 2017

CIA-backed aid for Syrian rebels frozen after Islamist attack: sources

CIA-coordinated military aid for rebels in northwest Syria has been frozen since they came under major Islamist attack last month, rebel sources said, raising doubts about foreign support key to their war against President Bashar Assad.
BUSINESS
Feb 10, 2017

China's exports and imports rose in January and trade gap with U.S. eased, preliminary data show

China reported better-than-expected trade data for January as demand picked up both at home and abroad, an encouraging start to 2017 for the world's largest trading nation even as Asia's exporters brace for a rise in U.S. protectionism.
ASIA PACIFIC
Feb 8, 2017

China halts construction at major Lotte project amid THAAD tension

South Korea's Lotte Group said Chinese authorities have halted construction at a multibillion dollar real estate project in the northeastern city of Shenyang after a fire inspection.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jan 14, 2017

Trump adviser Flynn had five calls with Russian envoy on day of hacking sanctions: sources

Michael Flynn, President-elect Donald Trump's choice for national security adviser, held five phone calls with Russia's ambassador to Washington on the day the United States retaliated for Moscow's interference in the U.S. presidential election, three sources familiar with the matter said.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 19, 2016

Putin's dangerous fan club

Vladimir Putin's admirers, including U.S. President-elect Donald Trump, should realize that in the Russian leader's zero-sum world, what belongs to another is his to get, what's his is non-negotiable.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy / ANALYSIS
Nov 23, 2016

Trump's NAFTA revamp would require concessions, borrowed elements from TPP

President-elect Donald Trump's plan to renegotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement to make it "a lot better" for U.S. workers would not be a one-way street for his administration, as Canada and Mexico prepare their own list of demands that could require difficult U.S. concessions.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Nov 18, 2016

Former Rio governor arrested in Olympic corruption probe

The former governor of Rio de Janeiro state was arrested on Thursday as part of a corruption investigation linked to a World Cup project and other works worth billions of dollars, in a blow to Brazil's ruling party that may fuel political instability.
ASIA PACIFIC
Oct 29, 2016

In blow to U.S., Malaysia announces it will buy navy patrol vessels from China

Malaysia will sign a contract to purchase Littoral Mission Ships from China when Prime Minister Najib Razak visits Beijing next week, according to a Facebook posting by the country's Ministry of Defense.
ASIA PACIFIC
Oct 26, 2016

China working with U.S. on returning corrupt fugitives and their assets, paper says

China and the United States are in "advanced negotiations" on returning to China five of its most wanted corruption suspects who have fled to the United States, a state-run newspaper said on Wednesday.
Japan Times
WORLD
Oct 25, 2016

Islamic State says it was behind attack on Pakistani police academy that left at least 59 dead

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Japan Times
JAPAN / Society
Oct 15, 2016

Is Japan leaving the Rohingya out in the cold?

As violence flares around the world's largest group of stateless people in Myanmar, an exile is pleading with Tokyo to come to their aid.
Japan Times
WORLD
Oct 5, 2016

Yahoo secretly scanned all incoming emails for U.S. intelligence, sources say

Yahoo Inc. last year secretly built a custom program to search all of its customers' incoming emails for specific information provided by U.S. intelligence officials, according to people familiar with the matter.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Oct 3, 2016

Amid Duterte-U.S. row, attention turns to Japan

Citing bruising reprimands from Washington, Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte says he may pursue new alliances with Russia and China.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Sep 27, 2016

Can robots save the BOJ?

Techno-optimist Shinzo Abe should be pushing reforms and a startup boom rather than more easy money.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets / ANALYSIS
Aug 31, 2016

Cryptocurrency exchanges under attack, risking repeat of Mt. Gox debacle

When hackers penetrated a secure authentication system at a bitcoin exchange called Bitfinex earlier this month, they stole about $70 million worth of the virtual currency.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Aug 25, 2016

As Abenomics loses shine, Japan's shoppers seek bargains

Three years of Abenomics, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's bold stimulus program, has failed to dislodge a deflationary mindset among businesses and consumers.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Aug 20, 2016

Zika spreads to Miami Beach; U.S. expands travel warning

Federal health officials on Friday warned pregnant women not to travel to trendy Miami Beach after Florida confirmed that the mosquito-borne Zika virus was active in the popular tourist destination.
BUSINESS / Economy
Aug 19, 2016

Japan manufacturers' mood at lowest since 2013: poll

Japanese manufacturers' mood soured in August to its lowest since 2013, when the central bank embarked on aggressive monetary easing, a poll has shown, reflecting the pain caused by a rising yen and highlighting the huge task facing policymakers to generate growth.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 19, 2016

Alleged false Rio robbery claim may cut Ryan Lochte's commercial victory lap short

The week after winning his sixth career Olympic gold in Rio, U.S. swimmer Ryan Lochte should have been doing a victory lap, cashing in on his performance with fresh sponsorship deals.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Aug 13, 2016

'Diva' Carter captures gold, aims to change people's perception of female shot putters

With crimson lipstick, eye-liner, mascara and a beaming smile, Michelle Carter on Friday won a stunning Olympic shot put gold to sprinkle a little glitz on an event often cruelly ridiculed for the shape of its women athletes.
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 31, 2016

Is Putin deliberately destabilizing U.S. politics?

A more destabilized West might serve Moscow's short-term interests, but in the long run Russia might suffer as much as everybody else.
BUSINESS
Jul 22, 2016

Abe's maglev decision reflects political calculus over economics

Few doubt Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's decision to invest public funds in a $90 billion high-tech maglev railway makes political sense. Whether it makes equally good economic sense is less clear.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jul 20, 2016

Trump could seek new law to help purge Obama appointees

If he wins the presidency, Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump would seek to purge the federal government of officials appointed by Democratic President Barack Obama and could ask Congress to pass legislation making it easier to fire public workers, Trump ally Chris Christie said on Tuesday....
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jul 7, 2016

Beijing warns U.S. on sovereignty ahead of South China Sea ruling

The United States should do nothing to harm China's sovereignty and security in the South China Sea, China's foreign minister told U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, ahead of a key court ruling on China's claims in the disputed waterway.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jun 29, 2016

Spike in police-linked killings feared as Duterte takes power in Manila

Two things catch the eye in the office of Joselito Esquivel, a police colonel enforcing a national crackdown on drugs in the Philippines' most crime-ridden district: a pair of boxing gloves in a display cabinet and an M4 assault rifle lying beside him.
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 20, 2016

Trump's Muslim comments may spark retaliation: Indonesian vice president

Indonesia's vice president on Monday voiced concerns over U.S. presidential candidate Donald Trump's comments on Muslims, saying "discrimination according to religion" could prompt retaliatory policies from other countries.
Japan Times
JAPAN / FOCUS
Jun 6, 2016

As his stimulus efforts struggle, Abe pushes 'equal pay' to lift Japan's economy

When Fumiko Kasai returned to work a decade ago she found the job market was very different to the one she had left in the 1980s to raise her four children.
COMMENTARY / Japan
May 29, 2016

Japan won't go quietly into the night as population falls

For a nation that rebuilt itself from the ashes of war, the modern challenge of repopulation should surely not prove impossible.
Surrounded by Chinese bases, a tiny Philippine island stands firm
A Philippine Navy sailor looks at a China Coast Guard vessel just off the coast of Pag-asa Island in the disputed South China Sea last month.
Anger in Japan after Instagrammer drinks burial site offering
Foreign tourists visit a park near the Imperial Palace in Tokyo in August.
Tamagotchi hatches 100 million shipments worldwide thanks to ’90s nostalgia
The latest version of Tamagotchi, called Tamagotchi Paradise, is awarded the best digital toy at Tokyo Toy Show on Aug. 28.
Tropical Storm Peipah forms off southwestern Japan
Tropical Storm Peipah, which formed off southeastern Japan, is expected to travel east off the Tokai area and the Kanto region.
What we know about the supplements scandal linked to Suntory’s ex-CEO
Takeshi Niinami, the former chairman and CEO of Suntory Holdings, at a news conference in Tokyo on Wednesday
London’s calling and sumo’s top division — along with Hello Kitty — are ready to answer
Yokozuna Hoshoryu and Hello Kitty, an ambassador for sumo's upcoming tour to London, at Tokyo's Kokugikan on Tuesday
Resonac creates 27-member consortium to pursue advanced chip developments
Representatives from member companies of JOINT3, a consortium working together on semiconductor-related developments announced by Resonac, pose for a photo in Tokyo on Wednesday.
Haru Nemuri’s radical new album refuses easy listening
Musician Haruna Kimishima, better known as Haru Nemuri, confronts Japan’s politics, nationalism and censorship on her recent output.
Overseas sluggers step up to bat in small-town Hokkaido
The Betsukai Pilot Spirits welcomed new players (left to right) Yuta Yamanaka, Roman Guthrie, Scott Bellina and Leo Jiminian this year, pictured here with Yassir Lachkar of the Ishikari Red Phoenix.
Xi — joined by Kim and Putin — delivers stark warning at military parade
Chinese leader Xi Jinping walks with Russian President Vladimir Putin and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un before a military parade marking the 80th anniversary of victory over Japan and the end of World War II, in Beijing on Wednesday.

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
By Alex K.T. Martin

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