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Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jul 5, 2017

North Korea ICBM poses 'global threat' as Japan, allies weigh options

North Korea's new intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) represents "a new escalation of the threat to the United States," Japan and South Korea, the U.S. said, as dictator Kim Jong Un pledged not to give up his isolated country's burgeoning nuclear weapons capabilities while continuing to dole out...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Jul 5, 2017

Cornelius opens up a little more on his latest album, 'Mellow Waves'

Though it has been 11 years since his last album, Keigo Oyamada never really went away. The studio wizard known as Cornelius has spent the past decade diversifying his portfolio: creating soundtracks for anime and educational TV; playing in electro super-group Metafive and collaborating with J-pop singer...
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jul 5, 2017

Can Abe show global vision?

Japan's way forward is to be the prophet of a new global order, not the hegemony of Washington or Beijing.
SOCCER / SOCCER SCENE
Jul 5, 2017

Moriyasu can leave Sanfrecce with head held high

It was probably in the best interests of everyone at Sanfrecce Hiroshima that Hajime Moriyasu stood down as manager on Tuesday, but that should not obscure the debt of gratitude that the three-time J. League champions owe him.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Jul 4, 2017

North Korean claim of successful ICBM test likely to raise alarm in Tokyo — and Anchorage

North says it “can strike any place in the world” after missile fired on u2018lofted' trajectory splashes down in Sea of Japan
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Jul 4, 2017

Johnny Depp finds nothing but smooth sailing with Japanese fans of 'Pirates of the Caribbean'

While the return of the "Pirates of the Caribbean" franchise has gotten mixed reviews from critics overseas, it's bound to be a hit in Japan for two reasons: Johnny Depp and Paul McCartney.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 4, 2017

Asia's colossus threatens a tiny state

By waging stealth wars to accomplish political and military objectives, China is turning into a principle source of strategic instability in Asia.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 4, 2017

Oita aims to heat things up with video of Olympian synchronized swimming in onsen

Famous for its onsen (hot springs), Oita Prefecture has posted a promotional video featuring former Olympians performing synchronized swimming in geothermal pools in a bid to "heat up" momentum for an upcoming international aquatics sports competition.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jul 4, 2017

Gathering lawmakers to Versailles, Macron issues ultimatum on timescale for reforms

France's new president, Emmanuel Macron, told parliament in a ceremonial address on Monday that he would seek direct approval from voters in a referendum if parliament failed to sign off his intended institutional reforms quickly enough.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jul 4, 2017

Merkel camp's election program no longer refers to U.S. as 'friend' amid Trump chill

In their campaign program for the German election, Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives have dropped the term "friend" in describing the relationship with the United States.
ASIA PACIFIC
Jul 3, 2017

China accuses India of violating 1890 agreement in border standoff

China said Monday that India is violating an 1890 border agreement between Britain and China that previous Indian governments have pledged to uphold, and it should be respected to end a "very serious" incursion by India.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics / ANALYSIS
Jul 3, 2017

Beijing lambastes U.S. warship patrol in South China Sea as tensions rise over waterway, North Korea

Beijing issued a scathing rebuke Monday of a U.S. warship's patrol a day earlier near a contested island occupied by Chinese troops in the South China Sea — the latest irritant in the two powers' increasingly fraught relationship.
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 3, 2017

The next recession may be postponed

The Phillips Curve, a tool that shows the relationship between inflation and unemployment, has shifted.
ASIA PACIFIC
Jul 3, 2017

Circumventing China's 'Great Firewall' now tougher after popular VPN is shut down

Getting around the "Great Firewall," the system used by China to control internet access, just got harder with a popular virtual private network forced to cease operating on orders from the government.
Japan Times
LIFE / Language / BILINGUAL
Jul 3, 2017

Tips for nailing that Japanese interview

You've found the right job, sent off your u5c65u6b74u66f8 (rirekisho, resume) and now it's time for the u9762u63a5 (mensetsu, interview).
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / ANALYSIS
Jul 2, 2017

North Korea uses 'lofting' technique to bring it ever closer to long-range missile goal

In mid-May, a rocket launched by North Korea soared to an altitude five times higher than the International Space Station, and an analysis of publicly available data by Reuters shows how that may have brought leader Kim Jong Un closer to his goal of producing a missile capable of hitting the United States....
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jul 1, 2017

80 years on, mystery of U.S. aviatrix Amelia Earhart's disappearance over the Pacific remains unresolved

On June 28, 1933, Nellie Simmons Meier sat at her desk and cast an expert eye over the imprint before her, searching for telltale signs much as she had done since she first started such readings as a young girl.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Jul 1, 2017

Once a drug user in Japan, always an outcast

Since being arrested for possession of stimulant drugs on June 2, it is assumed that 30-year-old actor Ryo Hashizume's career is over. As Mark Schilling wrote in the June 15 Japan Times, Hashizume's latest film, in which he played a supporting role, was pulled from theaters. It reopened June 17, but...
COMMUNITY / Voices / OVERHEARD
Jul 1, 2017

Questionable logic

'It's raining. You don't have an umbrella?'
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 1, 2017

The foulest crime, finally brought down?

Idealized notions of America's past are coming into question.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jul 1, 2017

Xi swears in Hong Kong's new leader, calls any challege to Beijing 'impermissible'

Chinese President Xi Jinping swore in Hong Kong's new leader on Saturday with a stark warning that Beijing will not tolerate any challenge to its authority in the divided city as it marked the 20th anniversary of its return from Britain to China.
Japan Times
MULTIMEDIA
Jun 30, 2017

July 1, 2017

Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jun 30, 2017

Japan considers detaining some asylum seekers to curb alleged abuse of refugee system

Claiming that its refugee system is being abused by foreign job seekers, the government considers arresting some asylum seekers once their visas expire.

Longform

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