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BUSINESS / Tech
Jun 25, 2017

Under pressure, Western tech firms bow to Russian demands to share cybersecrets

Western technology companies, including Cisco, IBM and SAP, are acceding to demands by Moscow for access to closely guarded product security secrets, at a time when Russia has been accused of a growing number of cyberattacks on the West, a Reuters investigation has found.
BASKETBALL / B. League
Jun 23, 2017

Andrisevic named new Hiroshima Dragonflies coach

Jamie Andrisevic, who served as an assistant coach for the Kyoto Hannaryz last season, has been hired as the new bench boss of the Hiroshima Dragonflies, the B. League second-division squad announced Friday.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Jun 23, 2017

Patriots QB Brady wraps up tour of Asia with trip to Tokyo

In the span of six days, Tom Brady threw passes on the Great Wall of China, rubbed shoulders with a Korean pop star in Shanghai, and spent a morning in the company of sumo wrestlers in Tokyo.
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BASKETBALL / B. League / B. LEAGUE NOTEBOOK
Jun 22, 2017

Evessa stick with veteran bench boss Oketani for 2017-18 season

As expected, Dai Oketani is staying put with the Osaka Evessa, plotting to lead the proud franchise's rise to title contender once again.
BUSINESS
Jun 22, 2017

Virgin ditches Android, joins Apple's U.S. wireless carrier network

Apple Inc. will soon start selling wireless plans from Virgin Mobile USA, the first new carrier offered by the iPhone maker since 2013, the companies said on Wednesday.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Jun 20, 2017

Design Festa offers chance to up-and-coming artists

Design Festa Summer x Gakuten 2017 is expected to give 4,000 exhibitors a chance to showcase their artistic talent to 20,000 visitors at Tokyo Big Sight, in Tokyo’s Koto Ward, on Aug. 5 and 6.
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ASIA PACIFIC / Society
Jun 19, 2017

In Myanmar, religious tensions simmer after Muslim schools shuttered

Chit Tin, a 55-year-old Muslim man has prayed at the same madrassa in eastern Yangon his whole adult life, most of it spent under a junta that crushed opposition, ruined Myanmar's economy and turned it into an international pariah state.
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JAPAN / EXPLAINER
Jun 19, 2017

Sinister world of the dark web is just a few clicks away

The internet has long been an essential fixture of people's lives. But the candy-colored cupcake photos on Instagram and hilarious animal videos on YouTube are just the sugar-coated, cat-tastic surface of the internet.
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CULTURE / Art
Jun 13, 2017

Ryan Gander looks back with humor

British artist Ryan Gander does the spread of contemporary art polysemy through objects, installations, paintings, photography and video. All is brought under the rubric of "conceptual" art, for which the catalog of "These wings aren't for flying" at The National Museum of Art, Osaka, names him the new...
JAPAN
Jun 4, 2017

Tackling signs in Japan that you're not welcome

Some Japanese businesses post signs barring foreign people from entering. What can you do about it?
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jun 1, 2017

Kenya debuts $3.2 billion Chinese-built railway linking Nairobi to Mombasa

Kenya inaugurated a $3.2 billion railway funded by China linking the capital Nairobi to the port of Mombasa on Wednesday, the country's biggest infrastructure project since independence more than 50 years ago.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / B. League / B. LEAGUE NOTEBOOK
May 25, 2017

Kawasaki, Tochigi to clash in B. League final

The inaugural B. League championship pits two teams with established stars, deep benches, up-and-coming players, accomplished coaches and growing fan bases.
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JAPAN / Science & Health / A MATTER OF HEALTH
May 24, 2017

Experts say Japan should examine male infertility amid falling birthrate

In mid-December, when news emerged that the number of newborn babies in Japan in 2016 would likely fall below 1 million for the first time since the government started collecting data in 1899, it sparked a renewed debate on how to reverse the downtrend in the fertility rate.
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JAPAN / EXPLAINER
May 22, 2017

The art, and fallout, of the Japanese political gaffe

If there is one way you can count on Japanese politicians, it is their ability to make headlines by putting their foot in their mouth.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / WHY DID YOU LEAVE JAPAN?
May 13, 2017

Designer Yuri Suzuki chases his dreams through sound

As a boy in the 1980s, Yuri Suzuki fell under the spell of video games and his father's record collection. The family home was in bustling Shibuya Ward, near the border with Shinjuku, and the influence of global cultures within its walls was strong.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / NBA / NBA REPORT
May 9, 2017

Injured Parker remains perfect fit for no-nonsense Spurs

Tim Duncan was the most famous; OK, maybe co-famous with David Robinson.
Japan Times
JAPAN / 50TH ADB ANNUAL MEETING
May 4, 2017

Bank aims to streamline process, focus on infrastructure

The president of the Asian Development Bank said that the bank will focus more on cleaner technology and quality infrastructure to meet steeply increasing infrastructure needs in Asia, a move that could potentially help Japanese companies invest more in Asian infrastructure, while working in tandem with...
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / HIT AND RUN
May 2, 2017

Giants not getting full value from new faces

The Yomiuri Giants, stung perhaps by pennant-less seasons in 2015 and 2016 or their inability to stay within 17½ games of the Hiroshima Carp last year, spent much of the offseason wheeling and dealing. Now one month into the 2017 season, their fans might be wondering what it was all for.
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Apr 29, 2017

Voter apathy can threaten democracy

On April 17 the Asahi Shimbun reviewed the results of various local elections that had taken place the day before. The main story was not who got voted in or out, but whether or not anyone cared.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society
Apr 28, 2017

Bullying in schools keeps youth suicide rate high

Schoolyard bullying has long bedeviled Japan where some students have taken their own lives after being harassed in person or online through emails, text messages and blogs.
Japan Times
Figure Skating / ICE TIME
Apr 25, 2017

Hanyu looks at raising bar going into Olympic season

Yuzuru Hanyu's greatness is unquestioned.
JAPAN / Politics
Apr 25, 2017

Tokyo evasive on report of secret deal with NSA over mass surveillance program

The government's top spokesman on Tuesday declined to comment on — but did not deny — a report alleging that Tokyo has secretly and closely cooperated with the U.S. National Security Agency in intelligence-gathering, having been provided with an extremely powerful mass-surveillance tool that can...
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WORLD
Apr 20, 2017

Assad's forces still have several tons of chemical weapons: Israel

Israel's military said on Wednesday it believes Syrian President Bashar Assad's forces still possess several tons of chemical weapons, issuing the assessment two weeks after a sarin attack that killed nearly 90 people in Syria.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Apr 18, 2017

Dustin Wong is open to opinion on his latest album with Takako Minekawa

Musician Dustin Wong returned to Japan five years ago and, despite having grown up here, he encountered a few cultural differences after coming back.

Longform

Once smoky, male-dominated spaces, today's net cafes, like Kaikatsu Club, are working to make their operations more attractive to women customers.
The second life of Japan's net cafes