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BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 8, 2016

CL teams keep starting pitchers a secret until last minute during Climax Series

Alex Ramirez has a season's worth of information at his disposal as he prepares to lead his Yokohama BayStars against the Yomiuri Giants in the first stage of the Central League Climax Series.
Japan Times
WORLD
Oct 8, 2016

Hurricane Matthew's death toll nears 900 in Haiti; cholera takes more lives

Hurricane Matthew's trail of destruction in Haiti stunned those emerging from the aftermath on Friday, with the number of dead soaring to 877, tens of thousands left homeless and outbreaks of cholera already claiming more lives.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society
Oct 7, 2016

1 in 4 firms in Japan say workers log over 80 overtime hours a month

The nation's first white paper on “karoshi” finds nearly a quarter of companies have employees that are seriously overworked.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Oct 6, 2016

Biggest robot dairy in Asia setting up Japan's milk revival

Jin Kawaguchiya gave up a career in finance to help revive Japan's ailing dairy industry, one robot at a time.
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 6, 2016

Abe admits dual citizenship for ministers, officials 'problematic'

Public interest in the issue has grown after it emerged newly elected Democratic Party leader Renho had neglected to renounce her Taiwanese citizenship.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 5, 2016

Ignorance and prejudice rising

If the world is to continue to benefit from trade liberalization and expansion, more needs to be done to provide transitional relief to workers disadvantaged by globalization.
JAPAN
Oct 5, 2016

Japan at the center of North Korean defection drama in Beijing: reports

Tokyo denies reports that two high-ranking North Korean officials in Beijing are seeking political asylum in Japan.
EDITORIALS
Oct 4, 2016

Gaping holes in the Toyosu report

The Tokyo Metropolitan Government should reveal the decision-making process that altered measures to shield the Toyosu market from onsite toxic substances.
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 4, 2016

China's progress is killing the instant noodle

Rising wages have improved living standards and expectations for millions of Chinese workers.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Oct 4, 2016

Therapists recommend worried Americans pull plug on stressful election news or take up yoga

Stop reading the news and take up yoga. That's what some therapists in the United States are telling patients stressed out by a nasty presidential campaign in which two unpopular candidates are in a tight race for the most powerful office in the world.
WORLD
Oct 3, 2016

Japanese microbiologist Yoshinori Ohsumi wins Nobel in medicine for autophagy research

Japanese microbiologist Yoshinori Ohsumi on Monday won the 2016 Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine for his work on cell autophagy, a process that helps the body remove unwanted proteins.
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 3, 2016

Asia's economic rise pulling Americans west

The U.S. is in the process of transforming from a trans-Atlantic economy to a trans-Pacific one.
BUSINESS / Markets
Sep 30, 2016

Japan fund managers add stocks in September, trim bonds

Japanese fund managers slightly increased exposure to equities in their model portfolios in September and trimmed their bond holdings after the Federal Reserve refrained from hiking interest rates, underpinning demand for riskier assets, a Reuters survey showed.
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 30, 2016

Thai monarchy could be heading for a crisis

The Thai monarchy is ill-prepared to cope with the uncertainties that will accompany the next king.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Sep 30, 2016

CDC issues Zika travel alert for 11 Southeast Asian countries

U.S. health officials on Thursday recommended that pregnant women postpone nonessential travel to 11 Southeast Asian countries because of the risk of Zika virus infection, which has been shown to cause severe birth defects.
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 29, 2016

How to debunk the U.S. presidential debates

Candidates engage in public debates to sell themselves. Viewers should question everything that's said — and not said as well.
WORLD / Science & Health
Sep 29, 2016

Scientists fix fractures with printed synthetic bone

Scientists in the United States have successfully treated broken spines and skulls in animals using 3-D-printed synthetic bone, opening the possibility of future personalized bone implants for humans to fix dental, spinal other bone injuries.
Japan Times
WORLD
Sep 29, 2016

No anesthetists, just six ICU beds left in east Aleppo, doctor says

Syria's besieged enclave of eastern Aleppo has no anesthetists and only six intensive care beds after two hospitals were disabled by airstrikes overnight, a doctor from the Syrian American Medical Society said on Wednesday.
JAPAN / Politics
Sep 28, 2016

New Tokyo Gov. Koike names Toyosu scandal, Olympic overspend as policy priorities

Half pay, clarity in the Olympic overspend and accountability for planning lapses at the new Toyosu food market were among policy priorities Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike set out Wednesday for her term in office.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Sep 28, 2016

Japanese society deteriorating

Tolerance of discrimination is the hallmark of a troubled society.
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 28, 2016

Why is the U.S. presidential race so close?

Many people around the world are probably wondering why Hillary Clinton — who is obviously more prepared and better suited for the U.S. presidency than her opponent, Donald Trump — isn't waltzing to victory.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics / ANALYSIS
Sep 28, 2016

Duterte woos army as opponents warn of discontent in ranks

Five months after his landslide election victory, Rodrigo Duterte can't stop campaigning. Yet rather than courting Filipino voters who put him into office, he's now giving out handguns and G-Shock watches to soldiers.
From France to Mali, a deportee's struggle far from home
Moussa Sacko, a Malian deported from France — where he had lived since he was a young child — stands on a street in Bamako, Mali, in December. Compared with his home in France, Bamako feels like a different planet, Sacko said.
Descendants in Philippines denied Japanese citizenship
What would a ‘backup capital’ look like for Japan?
The Japan Innovation Party has long sought to get Osaka designated as Japan's backup capital.
Chinese national sentenced for hit-and-run that injured four children in Saitama
A Saitama district court sentenced Deng Hongpeng, a Chinese national and demolition worker, to two years and six months in prison, suspended for four years, for hitting a group of elementary school children with his car and fleeing the scene while driving under the influence.
As attacks surge, who can cull bears in Japan?
Police cars leave the Akita Prefectural Police headquarters to cull bears, in the city of Akita on Thursday.
Japan fully enters sports streaming era as fans face new dilemmas
Sports fan Tadashi Yokoyama streams basketball and fencing on three screens.
Tatsuya Nakadai: A masterful leading man and postwar icon
Tatsuya Nakadai had the look of a leading man in his youth, but his large and searching eyes suggested the pain and loneliness of an old soul.
As Japan’s female leader rises, can she cross sumo’s sacred line?
Japan Sumo Association Chairman Hakkaku (front center) delivers a speech on the first day of the Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament at the Fukuoka Kokusai Center on Sunday. Centuries of belief and tradition still underpin the all-male association's stance of excluding women.
Takaichi doesn’t mince words on Taiwan, but dramatic policy shift unlikely
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi responds to questions during a House of Representatives Budget Committee session in parliament on Tuesday.
Florist Nicolai Bergmann flourishes outside the box
Florist Nicolai Bergmann shops for fresh flowers at the Ota flower market in Tokyo on Friday.

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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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Bear attacks have dominated Japanese news headlines in recent months, with 13 people so far having been killed by the animals.
Japan’s bears have been on their killing spree for more than 100 years
By Yukana Inoue

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