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Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Apr 13, 2019

Man hospitalized after lighting jacket on fire outside White House

A man in a wheelchair-type electric scooter lit his jacket on fire outside the White House fence on Friday and was hospitalized with what appeared to be non-life threatening injuries, the U.S. Secret Service said.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 12, 2019

Einstein couldn't believe his own black hole theory

A point of infinite density trapping even light? It's pretty far fetched, but its finally been photographed
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Apr 12, 2019

Trump's 'I Love WikiLeaks' praise fades as U.S. charges Julian Assange

Donald Trump made no secret during the 2016 campaign that he appreciated WikiLeaks and founder Julian Assange for publishing thousands of hacked Democratic emails, many of them damaging to Hillary Clinton.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / B. League / B. LEAGUE NOTEBOOK
Apr 11, 2019

Elite teams set pace as title chase heats up

There's an old adage cited by managers and coaches that comes to mind as the B. League regular season winds down.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Apr 11, 2019

Must Japan's humanities go global?

There's a need for Japan humanities perspectives to be heard more by foreign audiences abroad, to have greater influence in international scholarship and the global public sphere.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics / ANALYSIS
Apr 11, 2019

North Korea's Kim doubles down on sanctions threat, vowing to deal 'telling blow' to those imposing them

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has doubled down on his regime persevering through tough sanctions that have choked his economy, urging his country to deal a "telling blow" to those imposing the sanctions and pitching self-reliance as an "eternal lifeline," state-run media reported Thursday.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Apr 11, 2019

Taxation, climate and inequality to top campaign as Australian PM Scott Morrison calls May 18 poll

Australians will go to the polls in a general election on May 18 after Prime Minister Scott Morrison fired the starting gun Thursday on a campaign set to be fought over taxation, climate change and inequality.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Apr 11, 2019

Russia moves to release jailed U.S. investor to house arrest before fraud trial

Russia's Investigative Committee has requested that Baring Vostok Capital Partners founder Michael Calvey be moved to house arrest after two months in a Moscow jail in a closely watched case that's shocked investors.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Apr 10, 2019

Tokyo court orders Aum Shinrikyo cult successor Aleph to pay ¥1 billion to victims of sarin attack

Aleph, the main successor to the doomsday cult Aum Shinrikyo, was ordered to pay more than u00a51 billion in damages to the victims of the 1995 Tokyo subway sarin gas attack.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society / GENERATIONAL CHANGE
Apr 10, 2019

Japanese group ACE works to end child labor and foster education across developing world

In 1998, a march to protest child labor involving people in 107 countries made Yuka Iwatsuki realize that the issue, which she had been interested in since college, was a global movement. She also realized that there were no organizations in Japan leading the global fight.
JAPAN
Apr 10, 2019

F-35A fighter jet crashed, Japan's defense ministry says, as hunt for missing pilot continues

According to Air Self-Defense Force, the incident in waters off Aomori Prefecture is the first crash involving an F-35A fighter anywhere in the world.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Apr 10, 2019

Powerful North Korean decision-making body set to decide 'new orientation' ahead of Trump-Moon summit

North Korea has announced that the Central Committee of its ruling Workers' Party of Korea (WPK) was set to hold a meeting Wednesday to discuss and decide what it called a "new orientation" just days ahead of South Korean leader Moon Jae-in's visit to the White House.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Apr 9, 2019

Manny Pacquiao to make promotional appearance at upcoming Rizin fight in Yokohama

One day after Rizin Fighting Federation announced that it has signed a contract with boxing legend Manny Pacquiao, its CEO, Nobuyuki Sakakibara, made it clear that this is more like a promotional deal, not a fight contract.
JAPAN
Apr 9, 2019

Japan announces new ¥10,000, ¥5,000 and ¥1,000 bank notes as Reiwa Era looms

The portraits on the new bills will be rendered as 3D holograms, which the Finance Ministry said is a world first for currency.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Apr 9, 2019

Brexit hangs in balance as May talks with Labour ahead of bid for delay at EU summit

Brexit hung in the balance on Monday as Prime Minister Theresa May tried to coax the Labour Party into agreeing to a divorce deal with a better chance of passage by Parliament, ahead of a crisis EU summit where she will try to delay the April 12 departure.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Apr 8, 2019

Nissan shareholders officially oust Carlos Ghosn, bringing 20-year relationship to an end

Nissan CEO Hiroto Saikawa apologized for causing trouble over Ghosn's case, which he described as “an unheard of incident” in the history of the automaker.
JAPAN / Politics / ANALYSIS
Apr 8, 2019

Osaka Ishin now firmly in control across prefecture, piling pressure on Komeito to back merger

Osaka Ishin has long championed the reform plan while Komeito, along with the LDP, have opposed it.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Apr 8, 2019

China to relax residency curbs and boost infrastructure to bring more people into cities and revive growth

China will relax residency curbs in many of its smaller cities this year and increase infrastructure spending, the state planner said Monday, in a fresh push to boost the urban population and revive slowing economic growth.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics / FOCUS
Apr 8, 2019

Turkish leader Erdogan's election setback dents hopes for major reforms

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's losses in local elections have dented investors' hopes that Turkey will adopt painful reforms they say are needed to stabilize the economy as he moves to shore up his political base.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Apr 8, 2019

North Korean leader's 'field guidance' trips highlight economic focus ahead of parliament meeting

In a possible signal of what to expect at a key meeting of North Korea's rubber-stamp parliament later this week, state media reported Monday on leader Kim Jong Un's visit to a recently remodeled, modern-looking department store.
JAPAN / Politics
Apr 8, 2019

Osaka leaders win in elections to swap roles, but merger prospects unclear

Osaka voters appear to have done little to shift the political landscape from where it was before polls opened Sunday.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Apr 8, 2019

Thousands of Sudanese protesters stage second day of sit-in outside al-Bashir's compound

Thousands of protesters held a sit-in outside Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir's residence in central Khartoum on Sunday, and crowds chanting anti-government slogans filled several main streets, witnesses said.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Apr 8, 2019

Netanyahu plays pre-election Trump card, vowing to annex settlements

Palestinians voiced alarm while Israelis weighed the gravity on Sunday of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's sudden election promise to annex Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank.

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