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Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 5, 2017

In the shadow of Yuriko Koike's rise, some insiders see an isolated populist

Koike appears to have carved out a position as the most popular politician in Japan, but insiders see a starkly different image of the media-savvy leader.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / B. League / B. LEAGUE NOTEBOOK
Oct 5, 2017

Chiba's Michael Parker hits milestone with 10,000th point

Michael Parker has quietly compiled impressive numbers throughout his pro basketball career in Japan.
EDITORIALS
Oct 5, 2017

Yet another U.S. mass shooting

The Las Vegas massacre has shocked America, but will it prompt politicians to tighten U.S. gun control laws?
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / HIT AND RUN
Oct 5, 2017

Fighters ace Shohei Otani lives up to expectations in Japan

Shohei Otani has lived up to the hype. Just as Bryce Harper in MLB and LeBron James in the NBA, the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters star pitcher/DH not only entered the professional ranks to outsized expectations, he actually met them.
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 5, 2017

Sharp to aggressively pursue patent royalties amid focus on ultra-HD TVs, 'smart home' devices

Sharp Corp.'s U.S. legal battle with Hisense Electric Co. marks the start of an aggressive new campaign by the Japanese electronics company to obtain royalties on its patents as the company focuses on ultra-high-resolution televisions and "smart home" devices.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Oct 4, 2017

Drifting: Japan-born street sport roars onto global stage

The first thing you notice at a drifting competition is the noise — a crazed shriek of engines punctuated by the sudden firecracker pop of an exhaust pipe under extreme duress.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / BLACK EYE
Oct 4, 2017

Kyoto Seika's next dean, Oussouby Sacko, was schooled in the violent tumult of '80s China

Malian architect lived through protests by Chinese students targeting Africans just months before the Tiananmen Square massacre.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / LEARNING CURVE
Oct 4, 2017

Five-nation crackdown hits half of Japanese-language schools

New rules requiring greater scrutiny of applicants from five countries have landed Japanese-language schools with that little bit more paperwork.
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 4, 2017

Two Tomin First members quit over Yuriko Koike's leadership style

Two founding members of Tomin First no Kai (Tokyoites First), a regional party effectively led by Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike, plan to abandon the party on Thursday citing frustrations over the closed nature of top management, sources said.
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 4, 2017

Yukio Edano's liberal party rides wave of Twitter support, nearly catching up to Abe's LDP

A liberal-minded political party founded by ex-Chief Cabinet Secretary Yukio Edano has been sweeping its way through Japan’s Twitter community, amassing more than 100,000 followers in just a few days since its official launch on Monday.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Oct 4, 2017

Junji Sakamoto's 'Ernesto' tells the story of a Japanese man's role in Che's revolution

The Latin American revolutionary Ernesto "Che" Guevara remains an enduring leftist icon throughout the world, including in Japan. Here, however, his visage pops up in somewhat apolitical moments — like at soccer games in support of the Urawa Reds.
Japan Times
TENNIS
Oct 4, 2017

Tech company aiming to fill fans' downtime with private snapshots at sporting events

Competitions, smartphones and social networks. With those three things combined, arenas and stadiums can become more than just a place to enjoy watching sports.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 3, 2017

Strict gun laws mean Japan sees fewer shooting deaths

The number of gun deaths in Japan totaled six in 2014, compared with 33,599 in the United States, according to GunPolicy.org, a website run by the University of Sydney.
Japan Times
SPORTS / MAN ABOUT SPORTS
Oct 3, 2017

Questions abound as MLB postseason starts

Some burning questions (and answers) entering the 2017 MLB postseason.
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 3, 2017

Entrepreneurs a dying breed?

Maybe America is no longer a 'Shark Tank' nation' after all.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 3, 2017

Europe's populist revolt: A close-up

Can the rise of populism in Europe be contained?
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 3, 2017

Founder of TSMC, Apple's top chip supplier, to hand over reins in June

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. founder and Chairman Morris Chang will retire next June, handing the helm of the world's largest producer of made-to-order microchips to the company's two co-chief executives.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Oct 3, 2017

White House again rules out talks as North Korea threatens Japan with 'nuclear clouds'

The White House on Monday poured more cold water on potential talks with North Korea over its nuclear weapons program just days after U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said Washington was in direct contact with leader Kim Jong Un's regime.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 2, 2017

Tokyo silent as Catalonia moves toward independence from Spain

Tokyo on Monday called Sunday's historic referendum in Catalonia an internal issue, leaving Japanese citizens and Spanish communities in Japan dependent on the Spanish government's decision moving forward after Catalans voted to split from Spain.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 2, 2017

Trump's U.N. hypocrisy

The U.N. is far from perfect. But, rather than bash it, U.S. leaders should understand that its actions and decisions are often an extension of their own.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 2, 2017

Elon Musk wants Mars and that should inspire all of us

Venus shines brighter in the sky, but somehow we have always known that our destiny lies with Mars.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / HIT AND RUN
Oct 2, 2017

Time has come for NPB to address system for makeup games

On Sunday, the MLB season ended with all 30 teams in action, wrapping up the year in a nice and tidy 15-game bow as focus shifts to the playoffs.
Japan Times
JAPAN / CHUBU CONNECTION
Oct 2, 2017

Aichi food bank builds dedicated warehouse to support hungry families, reduce waste

Nowami Consultation Center has set up a warehouse next to its office in Ichinomiya, Aichi Prefecture, dedicated to storing supplies for a food bank that feeds the homeless, struggling families and foreign residents in need.
Winning warship bid gives Japan confidence boost as Tokyo eyes more exports
Australia’s decision to select Japan's upgraded Mogami-class warship, seen in this computer-generated image, has been “well received across Japanese industry," a Defense Ministry official said.
Two Japanese nationals shot dead in Manila
Commuters cross the street through traffic in Manila.
Osaka fire kills two firefighters and leaves four injured
Firefighters work at the scene of a fire in the Dotonbori district in the city of Osaka on Monday.
Trump’s peace-deal demands leave Ukraine's Zelenskyy with only bad options
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy speaks during a joint news conference with the European Commission president in Brussels on Sunday.
Japan watches nervously as Trump ramps up pressure on Zelenskyy
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba takes part in an online meeting focused on Ukraine, with leaders from the "coalition of the willing," a group of nations that have pledged support for Kyiv against Russian aggression, late Sunday.
Winning warship bid gives Japan confidence boost as Tokyo eyes more exports
Australia’s decision to select Japan's upgraded Mogami-class warship, seen in this computer-generated image, has been “well received across Japanese industry," a Defense Ministry official said.
In Paris, chefs Chizuko Kimura and Kei Kobayashi make their mark
Chef Kei Kobayashi is France's only Japanese chef with three Michelin stars.
Top MLB prospect Rintaro Sasaki is committed to doing it 'the hard way'
Rintaro Sasaki hits a home run during a game against Duke at Stanford's Sunken Diamond on March 16.
In preserving Japanese hospitality, ‘details are everything’
Beniya Mukayu, a traditional "ryokan" inn located in Ishikawa Prefecture, considers itself at "the heart of onsen towns, local residents, farmers, fishermen, sake brewers and artisans" — all of which need new, sustainable methods of serving visitors to survive into the future.
A seaside hotel built on competitive Japanese cycling
In a region more associated with art, Keirin Hotel 10 takes a decidedly more athletic approach to attracting tourists.

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
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Members of the nonprofit group Japan Youth Memorial Association search for the remains of dead soldiers in a cave in Okinawa Prefecture in February.
The long search for Japan’s lost soldiers
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