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BUSINESS / Markets
May 15, 2016

China asks Britain for advice on creating financial superregulator

China has asked Britain for advice on plans to create a financial superregulator as it looks to improve financial oversight following last year's stock market crash, sources with knowledge of the talks say.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
May 14, 2016

Cracks appear in media's view of disasters

The Great East Japan Earthquake was Japan's first major natural disaster since the rise of social media, and emergency planning outfits have been studying the data from March 11, 2011, in order better use SNS to save lives and help survivors. Online activities related to the current seismic activity...
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
May 14, 2016

There's no escape from big data's eye

I am being watched. I am under surveillance. So are you. There are eyes on us, or maybe it's just one eye. Singular or plural, it is/they are ubiquitous, all-seeing. It/they never sleep(s). So much the better, for at least two reasons: 1) We are better protected, and 2) we are better informed.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Science & Health / NATURAL SELECTIONS
May 14, 2016

Change in the brain: Central nervous system cells finally get the recognition they deserve

As you read this, some 100 billion neurons are transmitting information through electrical and chemical signals via synapses in your brain.
Japan Times
WORLD
May 14, 2016

For Iran and Hezbollah, a costly week in Syria

A rebel onslaught on the town of Khan Touman near Aleppo last week delivered one of the biggest battlefield setbacks yet to the coalition of foreign Shiite fighters waging war on behalf of Syrian President Bashar al Assad.
SOCCER
May 13, 2016

Arsenal's Wenger says future undecided

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has not yet decided on his future, with his contract due to expire at the end of next season, the Frenchman said on Friday.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Stage
May 13, 2016

World was a stage for acclaimed theater director Yukio Ninagawa

Acclaimed stage director Yukio Ninagawa was a titan of global theater but his hand felt astonishingly fragile when I shook it in delight in 2012 after the world premiere of "Trojan Women," which brought together a remarkable ensemble of Japanese, Arab-Israeli and Jewish-Israeli actors.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / KANPAI CULTURE
May 13, 2016

A toast to the arranged marriage of Champagne and 'kaiseki'

I didn't protest when my friend Katrine suggested — apropos of nothing — that we order a bottle of Champagne one afternoon last week. The marvelously warm and sunny weather, combined with the fact that I had finally begun to recover from a debilitating cold, provided justification for the extravagance....
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
May 13, 2016

New Myanmar government proposes keeping some junta curbs on protests

Myanmar democracy champion Aung San Suu Kyi is facing criticism from rights groups and student activists who say her ruling party is planning to retain restrictions on free speech once wielded against it by the country's former junta.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
May 13, 2016

U.S. sets rules to cut methane emissions from oil and gas wells

The Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday published the first U.S. regulations to reduce methane emissions from new or modified oil and gas facilities, one of the key remaining pieces of the Obama administration's climate change strategy.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
May 13, 2016

Rwanda aiding Burundi rebels, North Korea arming Congo forces, report to UNSC says

A confidential report to the United Nations Security Council accuses Rwanda of providing training, financing and logistical support through early 2016 for Burundian rebels seeking to oust Burundi's President Pierre Nkurunziza.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
May 12, 2016

Stricken Mitsubishi Motors in talks with Nissan over ¥237 billion stake

Nissan Motor Co. is in talks to take a 34% stake in Mitsubishi Motors Corp., the automakers said Thursday.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
May 12, 2016

Art Fair Tokyo to feature more overseas representation and lower prices at this year's event

Every year, Tokyo becomes a hot spot for art and, every year, newcomers to the scene consider taking the plunge and buying their first piece. Now in its 11th year, Art Fair Tokyo hopes to make things a little easier on first-time buyers.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
May 12, 2016

McDonald's Japan quarterly loss narrows after menu changes

McDonald's Holdings Co. (Japan)'s first-quarter loss narrowed as the fast-food chain won back some customers after being hit by a series of food safety scandals.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
May 11, 2016

Japan, America welcome Obama Hiroshima plans; Pearl Harbor visit mooted

Experts discuss how the U.S. president's visit may be viewed; meanwhile Suga denies any plans for Abe to visit Pearl Harbor.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
May 10, 2016

Obama to make historic visit to Hiroshima on May 27, accompanied by Abe

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announces that U.S. President Barack Obama will make a historic visit to the A-bombed city of Hiroshima on May 27.
COMMENTARY / Japan
May 10, 2016

Protectionism on the rise

Protectionist forces seem everywhere to be on the rise.
Japan Times
Figure Skating / ICE TIME
May 10, 2016

Mao mystery finally solved eight years later

In January 2008 Mao Asada suddenly split from coach Rafael Arutunian after 16 months of working together. It was a move made without warning or explanation, and left a great many in the skating community scratching their heads over the reason behind the decision.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
May 10, 2016

Taiwan group seeks to sway ruling after entering South China Sea case before U.N. court

A Taiwanese group has intervened in the Philippines' international court case against China's claims in the South China Sea, pressing Taipei's position that Taiwan is entitled to a swath of the disputed waterway as an economic zone.
Japan Times
LIFE / Language / BILINGUAL
May 9, 2016

To be a more complete Japanese speaker, leave your sentences incomplete

Often, saying less can make you seem more of a complete natural Japanese speaker.
COMMENTARY / World
May 9, 2016

Putin strikes a defiant note with concert in Syria

Vladimir Putin is signaling to the world that his forces have not really withdrawn from Syria and that any peace will be made on Russian terms.
WORLD / Politics
May 9, 2016

Ex-U.K. spy chiefs warn Brexit would pose threat to country, all of Europe

A British vote to leave the European Union next month could make the country more vulnerable to militant attacks and cause instability across the continent, two former senior British intelligence officials said.
CULTURE / Music
May 8, 2016

Homecomings craft a catchy and intricate gem with 'Sale of Broken Dreams'

Kyoto four-piece Homecomings excel at capturing the small, sad details of life.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / FOREIGN AGENDA
May 8, 2016

Media show Kumamoto was woefully ill-prepared for disabled evacuees

It was heartening to see newspapers focusing on the difficulties disabled people face when disaster strikes, but far less heartening to hear what they had to say about the facts on the ground in Kumamoto.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / ADOPT ME!
May 8, 2016

Dog 101: a dachshund named Kukuru

Unlike other dachshunds, Kukuru is not one to test her owner, but is content with being lovably low-maintenance.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
May 8, 2016

Trump won the GOP's stand-up competition

Donald Trump's remarkable run, however it ends, could be a harbinger of things to come, and future races may well be won by the person with the best stand-up routine.
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle / CHILD'S PLAY
May 7, 2016

Countryside Chiba farms out the fun

If you're raising children in Japan, then there's a good chance that, like me, you are raising city kids — children who are more comfortable in an urban setting than a rural one, whether it's in downtown Tokyo or suburban Kobe.

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Sumadori Bar on Shibuya Ward's main Center Gai street targets young customers who prefer low-alcohol drinks or abstain altogether.
Rethinking that second drink: Japan’s Gen Z gets ‘sober curious’