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ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 18, 2019

Chinese raids target 'Underground Railroad' of North Korean defectors

A decade after leaving her family behind to flee North Korea, the defector was overwhelmed with excitement when she spoke to her 22-year-old son on the phone for the first time in May after he too escaped into China.
JAPAN / Politics
Jun 18, 2019

Japan distancing itself from U.S. claims of Iranian involvement in tanker attacks

The government is avoiding taking sides in the dispute surrounding U.S. claims of Iranian involvement in Thursday's attacks on two oil tankers, including one operated by a Japanese company, near the Strait of Hormuz.
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BUSINESS
Jun 18, 2019

Boeing dealt new blow as Airbus launches long-range A321

Boeing suffered a fresh setback on the opening of the Paris Airshow on Monday as its engine supplier announced a delay for the U.S. planemaker's all-new 777X jet while Airbus launched a rival plane aimed at the middle of the market.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 17, 2019

China's Xi to make first visit to North Korea as president on Thursday

Chinese leader Xi Jinping will make his first visit to North Korea as president on Thursday, state-run media from both countries reported Monday, just over a week before Xi is due to meet U.S. leader Donald Trump and Prime Minister Shinzo Abe separately on the sidelines of the Osaka Group of 20 summit....
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JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jun 17, 2019

Kurdish refugee released on bail after 17 months in detention reunites with family in Tokyo

The tears of joy were impossible to contain Monday for the 8-year-old son of Kurdish asylum-seeker Mehmet Colak, who was released on the day after being detained for 17 months at Tokyo Regional Detention House.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jun 17, 2019

Is U.S. attention on the Mideast yet again?

Tokyo should strive to not let U.S. policymakers' strategic attention be diverted from East Asia to the Middle East yet again.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 17, 2019

Why this time turned out different for Hong Kong

Support from business and the potential financial damage to China help explain how protesters prevailed in their battle against the extradition bill.
JAPAN / Regional voices: Chubu
Jun 17, 2019

A year after stabbing, Japan's shinkansen wrestle with balance between safety and convenience

A year after a knife attack on a bullet train left one passenger dead and two wounded, authorities and railways are trying to take steps — especially visible ones — to prevent similar crimes.
WORLD / Politics
Jun 17, 2019

Team Trump reportedly dumps pollsters after persistent low numbers

President Donald Trump's re-election campaign has severed ties with some of its pollsters after the leak of months-old surveys showed him trailing former Vice President Joe Biden in key states, according to multiple reports.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jun 17, 2019

Hundreds rally in Moscow to decry state abuse of investigative journalist

Several hundred protesters gathered in Moscow on Sunday in a small, government-authorized rally supporting investigative journalist Ivan Golunov and decrying abuse of power over his five-day arrest this month on drug charges.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jun 17, 2019

Libya leader Serraj will not sit down with rival Khalifa Hifter to end war on Tripoli

Libya's internationally recognized Prime Minister Fayez al-Serraj said on Sunday he was not prepared to sit down with eastern commander Khalifa Hifter to negotiate an end to the two-month offensive against Tripoli.
JAPAN / Politics
Jun 16, 2019

G20 energy ministers agree at meeting in Japan to outlines of framework to tackle marine plastic waste

Environment and energy ministers from the Group of 20 agreed to the outline of a new international framework in order to tackle the problem of marine plastic waste.
Japan Times
LIFE / Digital / ON: TECH
Jun 16, 2019

Little AI things for life adjustments

A portable breathalyzer that offers drinking advice, an app that will sort out all your photos, and a hearing aid that can translate 27 languages — all with a little help of AI.
JAPAN / Media / Japan Pulse
Jun 15, 2019

Examining the morbid fascination with violence on social media in Japan

Twenty-one-year-old Yuka Takaoka stabbed a man in an apartment in Tokyo’s Shinjuku district in late May, leaving him in a critical condition.
JAPAN / View from Osaka
Jun 15, 2019

Amid U.S.-China trade war, Osaka braces for G20 summit

Ready or not Osaka, here it comes. The Group of 20 Summit, that is.
EDITORIALS
Jun 15, 2019

Preventing elderly driver accidents

Steps must be taken to reduce the rising number of accidents caused by elderly drivers.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Jun 15, 2019

WHO panel decides not to declare an international Ebola emergency, citing economic harm

A World Health Organization panel decided on Friday not to declare an international emergency over Congo's Ebola outbreak despite its spread to Uganda earlier in the week, concluding such a declaration could cause too much economic harm.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jun 15, 2019

Tanker attacks in Middle East spark concerns among Japanese companies

Concerns are growing among Japanese energy and shipping companies over the situation in the Middle East following Thursday's attacks on two tankers near the Strait of Hormuz.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Jun 15, 2019

Trump says 'it doesn't matter' if Xi agrees to meeting at Osaka G20 summit

U.S. President Donald Trump said "it doesn't matter" if Chinese President Xi Jinping agrees to meet with him later this month during the Group of 20 summit in Osaka to restart negotiations over trade because the United States is collecting billions of dollars in tariffs on goods from the country.
BUSINESS
Jun 14, 2019

Liquefied natural gas is another fuel in Persian Gulf firing line

News of more mysterious tanker attacks, this time in the Gulf of Oman, is having its predictable effect on oil prices. But there is another fuel at risk: liquefied natural gas. What might conflict, or the threat of it, mean for this fast-growing segment of the energy business?
Reader Mail
Jun 14, 2019

Appreciation for Ichiro Suzuki

I would like to say “thank you” to my great hero, Ichiro Suzuki. As a baseball player he is known not only in Japan but also all over the world.
WORLD / ANALYSIS
Jun 13, 2019

Iran has little to gain from Gulf of Oman tanker attacks

Two oil tankers have been damaged in a suspected attack in the waters between the United Arab Emirates and Iran as they were leaving the Persian Gulf. This is the second incident in four weeks, and raises the question of who gains what from them.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Jun 13, 2019

Trump 'frustrated' with lack of Japan trade deal, Ambassador William Hagerty says

Touching on the Trump-Kim summit in Hanoi in February, Hagerty argued it was “not a failure, as some have portrayed it.”
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jun 13, 2019

IOC partners with Procter and Gamble to build 2020 Olympic podiums using recycled plastic

Olympic medalists will stand on podiums made of recycled plastic at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games, the International Olympic Committee said Thursday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jun 13, 2019

Trump leaves China tariff deadline open, calls relationship 'testy'

U.S. President Donald Trump declined to set a deadline Wednesday for levying tariffs on another $325 billion of Chinese goods, and called the relationship with Beijing good but "testy," after China walked back commitments for a trade deal.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Jun 13, 2019

Australia's David Warner notches century in triumph over Pakistan

Australia batsman David Warner was a happy man after returning to something like his best form with a century to lead his team to victory over Pakistan at the Cricket World Cup on Wednesday.

Longform

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