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Japan Times
ESG CONSORTIUM
Mar 25, 2019

Employee programs on long-term wellness

The concept of health and productivity management has become an important business approach for companies in recent years to keep growing, even within Japan's already mature business communities.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Mar 23, 2019

Hundreds of thousands march in London to demand new Brexit referendum

Hundreds of thousands of people opposed to Britain's withdrawal from the European Union marched through central London on Saturday to demand a new referendum as the deepening Brexit crisis risked sinking Prime Minister Theresa May's premiership.
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle
Mar 23, 2019

Flower power: A Tokyo florist's decision to close his shop amid a shrinking market affects a wider community

It's 2:30 a.m. and dark outside. Tsuyoshi Hirasawa can see his breath in the February chill as he turns the key in the ignition of his white Honda minivan. The large hands gripping the steering wheel are rough and leathery from years of working with water, soil and the stems and branches of plants he...
BASEBALL
Mar 22, 2019

Chronology of Ichiro's baseball career

Ichiro Suzuki's baseball career was the stuff of legends. He excelled in NPB as chronicled below, then burst onto the scene in the major leagues and earned the respect of his peers and fans on the other side of the Pacific.
JAPAN / WAW! and W20 Special
Mar 22, 2019

Meetings aim to close gender gaps, promote diversity

This year, Japan will host the G20 summit in June in Osaka, as well as the fifth World Assembly for Women (WAW!) and the Women 20 (W20) Japan 2019, which will be held jointly at the Hotel New Otani Tokyo in Chiyoda Ward on March 23 and 24.
BUSINESS / Tech
Mar 21, 2019

Facebook agrees to overhaul its ad system to settle U.S. discrimination suits

Facebook has agreed to change its paid advertising platform as part of a wide-ranging settlement to prevent discriminatory and "harmful" practices, the company and U.S. civil rights groups said on Tuesday.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 18, 2019

U.S. version of 'one country, two systems'

Is it time for the U.S. to reintroduce the 'fairness doctrine' to prevent the media from broadcasting extreme views?
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Mar 14, 2019

U.S. lawmakers emerge from meeting with Trump ally Matt Whitaker with conflicting accounts

U.S. lawmakers on the House Judiciary Committee emerged from a closed-door meeting with former acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker on Wednesday with conflicting accounts of their conversation with the controversial Trump ally.
Japan Times
JAPAN / GENERATIONAL CHANGE
Mar 12, 2019

Entrepreneur's message to Japan's forgotten non-college-educated youth: You can choose your life

It wasn't until he turned 18 that Daisuke Kuse saw businessmen dressed in dapper suits up close and personal. Until then, Kuse — having spent all of his childhood surrounded by working-class families and friends in a small town in Kyoto Prefecture — had barely the foggiest idea of who they were....
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Mar 12, 2019

Robert Mueller's Russia probe said already financed through September

Special counsel Robert Mueller and the team he assembled to investigate U.S. President Donald Trump and his associates have been funded through the end of September 2019, three U.S. officials said on Monday, an indication that the probe has funding to keep it going for months if need be.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Mar 9, 2019

U.K. dismisses EU offer on Brexit backstop as 'disappointing'

U.K. Cabinet minister Andrea Leadsom rejected the European Union's latest plan to break the Brexit deadlock, but said Parliament will be given more chances to vote on the deal if the bloc improves its "disappointing" offer before it's too late.
JAPAN / Politics
Mar 8, 2019

Ex-adviser Steve Bannon says Abe was 'Trump before Trump,' urges him to play hardball with China

Steve Bannon, the controversial former chief strategist for U.S. President Donald Trump, on Friday credited Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe for pioneering a global "nationalist" movement while urging him to form a united front with Washington against an "expansionist" and "predatory" China.
Japan Times
SOCCER / J. League
Mar 7, 2019

Vissel add Sergi Samper to loaded lineup

Vissel Kobe has added another name to its ever-growing list of Barcelona connections.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Mar 7, 2019

Activity at North Korea missile research facility may indicate preparation for rocket launch

Seoul's spy agency has spotted movements by supply transport vehicles at a major North Korean missile research facility, possibly indicating preparations for a rocket launch, South Korean media said Thursday, following revelations a day earlier that the North appears to be rebuilding a rocket test site...
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society
Mar 6, 2019

Japanese artist behind ghastly creature in viral 'Momo Challenge' baffled by disturbing hoax

The ghastly image of a goggle-eyed creature that triggered the so-called Momo Challenge — a viral social-media hoax terrifying children and parents alike — was born in a cluttered two-story studio on the outskirts of Tokyo.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / ANALYSIS
Mar 6, 2019

North Korea rebuilding long-range rocket site in sign of displeasure after failed nuke talks, experts say

North Korea appears to be rebuilding a key long-range rocket test site it promised to scrap, in a possible sign of its displeasure over the collapse of nuclear talks at the second summit between leader Kim Jong Un and U.S. President Donald Trump, experts say.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Mar 6, 2019

House intel panel hires veteran prosecutor who went after Russia mob to lead Trump probe

The U.S. House of Representatives Intelligence Committee said on Tuesday it has hired a former federal prosecutor in Manhattan with experience investigating Russian mobsters and white-collar crime to lead its probe into the Trump administration.
EDITORIALS
Mar 5, 2019

Lessons from the 2011 suicide of a bullying victim

All parties responsible for combating the problem of bullying at schools need to be reminded of the purpose of the 2013 legislation against bullying.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Mar 1, 2019

After summit collapse, North Korea's Kim vows to meet Trump again

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un vowed to meet again with President Donald Trump to continue nuclear negotiations after a two-day summit between the leaders collapsed Thursday amid discord over sanctions and conflicting accounts of Pyongyang's demands.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Feb 27, 2019

Contempt ruling stands: U.S. court rejects Roger Stone aide's challenge to special counsel Robert Mueller

A U.S. appeals court on Tuesday rejected a challenge brought by an associate of Roger Stone, the indicted long-time adviser to President Donald Trump, to the legality of Robert Mueller's 2017 appointment by the Justice Department as special counsel heading the Russia investigation.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Feb 23, 2019

Mueller report not coming next week, senior U.S. Justice official says

Special Counsel Robert Mueller will not deliver his long-awaited report next week on Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. elections, a senior U.S. Justice Department official said on Friday, amid expectations that the report was imminent.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Society
Feb 22, 2019

Family ties thwart Cambodia's efforts to tackle bride trafficking to China

Although a rising number of Cambodian women are being sold as brides in China, complaints and convictions are on the decline, with many victims refusing to speak out because their families are colluding with trafficking rings, a regional police chief says.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Feb 21, 2019

Can Japan balance its ties with China and Taiwan?

Japan can't ignore the reality of rising China, but it will also need to keep its neighbor in check.
Foreign nationals' presence in Japan emerges as key issue in Upper House poll
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba delivers a campaign speech next to a Liberal Democratic Party candidate for the Upper House (top center left) in Yokohama on Sunday.
Trump announces new tariff rate on Japan — and extension of deadline to Aug. 1
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt holds a trade letter sent by the White House to Japan during a news conference at the White House in Washington on Monday.
China’s housing crisis is worse than it seems
Residential buildings under construction in Shanghai in July 2022. The Chinese government risks long-term decline by repeating Japan’s policy mistakes in handling its real estate and demographic crises.
Japan braces for more quakes as authorities dismiss doomsday hype
Evacuees from Akuseki Island, located in the Tokara island chain in Kagoshima Prefecuture, arrive at Kagoshima Port on Friday.
From the Abes to the Ohtanis: How siblings shape athletic development
Olympic judoka Uta Abe (second from left) and Hifumi Abe (second from right) with their brother Yuichiro (center) and their parents. “I’m always consciously trying to be a good older brother,” Yuichiro said.
Foreign nationals' presence in Japan emerges as key issue in Upper House poll
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba delivers a campaign speech next to a Liberal Democratic Party candidate for the Upper House (top center left) in Yokohama on Sunday.
Scams involving police impersonation surge
A video by the National Police Agency warns about fake scams.
Lawson to let visitors use larger parking lots as paid car campsites
A Lawson convenience store in Yachiyo, Chiba Prefecture. A new service from the company comes amid the rise in inbound tourists, making hotels and inns harder to book and more expensive.
The future is bright inside the visionary mind of architect Sou Fujimoto
The exhibition of Fujimoto’s architecture surveys his career to date, as well as looks ahead as shown in his proposal of a future floating city designed in collaboration with data scientist Hiroaki Miyata.

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

Longform

Mount Fuji is considered one of Japan's most iconic symbols and is a major draw for tourists. It's still a mountain, though, and potential hikers need to properly prepare for any climb.
What it takes to save lives on Mount Fuji
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