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COMMENTARY / World
Mar 3, 2018

Gun laws may finally change, thanks to kids

If even a child sees the need to speak out, we all should be listening; they of course have the greatest stake in America's future.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Mar 3, 2018

Trump sours NAFTA talks with steel trade war threats

U.S. President Donald Trump's threats to unleash a trade war over steel crushed hopes of substantial progress in the latest talks to rework NAFTA, pitching negotiators into a political maelstrom and heightening fears for the trade deal's future.
EDITORIALS
Mar 2, 2018

Relief for victims of eugenics law

The government should follow Germany and Sweden's lead and provide official compensation to people who were sterilized under the nation's Eugenic Protection Law.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Mar 2, 2018

North Korea denies cooperating to help Syria produce chemical weapons

North Korea denied reports it had cooperated with Syria on chemical weapons, dismissing them as a fabrication by the United States to pressure the country, state media reported late Thursday.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Mar 2, 2018

Reeling from Trump's free-flowing gun meeting, Republicans mull next steps

Republican senators in the U.S. Congress signaled on Thursday that they were hesitant to embrace a call from President Donald Trump for sweeping changes to gun laws, including measures more typically backed by Democrats.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Mar 2, 2018

Massachusetts man charged in Trump Jr. hoax threat letter

Federal prosecutors in Boston on Thursday charged a Massachusetts man with sending a series of threatening letters containing a suspicious powder, including one addressed to U.S. President Donald Trump's eldest son.
JAPAN / Politics / ANALYSIS
Mar 1, 2018

Abe administration to remove contentious proposal from draft labor reform bill

The drastic policy compromise appears to be intended to minimize damage ahead of a critical leadership election in September.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / B. League / B. LEAGUE NOTEBOOK
Mar 1, 2018

Shimane hopes ex-NBA forward Al Thornton can boost woeful offense

With 12 consecutive losses, the Shimane Susanoo Magic have endured a difficult stretch in a season with few tangible positive results.
BUSINESS
Mar 1, 2018

EU and Japan rush to activate trade deal before Brexit

The European Union and Japan are rushing to ensure their planned free trade agreement can take force early in 2019, ideally before the British exit from the EU, the lead negotiators of both sides said on Wednesday.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Mar 1, 2018

Why Japan is rethinking its energy diplomacy

The foreign minister's advisory panel on climate change is a wake-up call for the nation.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Feb 28, 2018

The yen finds its sweet spot after 50 years of trying

Japan's currency is finally close to fair value, offering perhaps the healthiest configuration for businesses and investors in decades
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Feb 28, 2018

Top South Korean presidential adviser says joint U.S. military drills to start early April: report

South Korea and the United States will start in early April a joint military exercise postponed until after the Winter Olympics and Paralympics, a top South Korean presidential security adviser was quoted as saying.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Feb 28, 2018

Manila says it welcomes U.N. probe into killings in drug war — but not by current special rapporteur

The Philippines will allow an investigation into alleged human rights abuses in its bloody war on drugs, but not if it is conducted by the United Nations' current special rapporteur on extrajudicial killings, a senior official has said.
WORLD / Politics
Feb 28, 2018

GOP-led Congress to focus on gun-buyer background checks after Florida school massacre

Republican leaders of the U.S. Congress on Tuesday said they were focused on improving background checks for potential gun buyers, less than two weeks after 17 people were killed at a Florida high school by a teen with an AR-15 assault-style rifle.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Feb 27, 2018

New Zoids toy line will launch for the first time in 12 years

Tomy Co. said Tuesday it is gearing up to release its first new lineup of "mecha"-themed animal toys known as Zoids in 12 years.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Feb 27, 2018

Challenger Shinsuke Yamanaka, champion Luis Nery ready for rematch with WBC bantamweight title on line

The fighters are ready.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Feb 27, 2018

Toilet paper crisis in Taiwan sparks government intervention

Taiwan's premier is urging the public to avoid hoarding toilet paper after a reported spike in prices by manufacturers spurred a run on supermarket supplies.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Feb 27, 2018

Trump says U.S. can talk with North Korea but 'only under right conditions'

U.S. President Donald Trump has weighed in on the prospect of talks with nuclear-armed North Korea, saying Monday that such a move would come "only under the right conditions," a refrain that came just a day after a top official from the North said for the second time that Pyongyang was open to dialogue...
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Feb 26, 2018

Japan's Olympic medalists give thanks for support in Pyeongchang

One day after the Winter Olympics concluded in Pyeongchang, the Japanese delegation returned home Monday and its medal-winning athletes expressed their gratitude to the fans for their warm and enthusiastic support.
Japan Times
WORLD
Feb 26, 2018

Four dead after blast destroys shop and home in Leicester, England

At least four people were killed and four more injured when a blast destroyed a convenience store and a home in the central English city of Leicester on Sunday, British police said.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics / ANALYSIS
Feb 26, 2018

Xi's move to erase term limits puts Chinese president on collision course with Japan's Abe

China has set the stage for President Xi Jinping to stay in his post indefinitely in a position some have compared to that of an “emperor” — a move that could put the Asian powerhouse on a collision course with Japan and Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 26, 2018

Amazon's labor-tracking wristband has a history

Jeff Bezos is stealing from a 19th-century playbook.
Top Japan trade negotiator canceled U.S. trip over rice, report says
Ryosei Akazawa
‘Mount Fuji Lawson’ becomes a symbol of Japan’s overtourism problem
A couple poses for a wedding photo in front of a Lawson in the town of Kawaguchiko, Yamanashi Prefecture, on Aug. 25.
Philippine bid to acquire used Japanese warships gains steam
Tokyo is looking to transfer Abukuma-class vessels to the Philippines as part of broader efforts to boost the defense capabilities of like-minded neighbors amid growing Chinese military assertiveness in the region.
Japan to launch broad review of immigration policies amid rise in foreign nationals
Foreign tourists at Narita Airport in June. A report released Friday stresses that Japan is at a turning point and that current ad-hoc measures on immigration are no longer sufficient.
The Nobel Prize and a testy phone call: How the Trump-Modi relationship unraveled
U.S. President Donald Trump and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi greet one another at the start of a joint news conference in the East Room of the White House in Washington in February.
Japan to launch broad review of immigration policies amid rise in foreign nationals
Foreign tourists at Narita Airport in June. A report released Friday stresses that Japan is at a turning point and that current ad-hoc measures on immigration are no longer sufficient.
Japan is warming up to tattoos — just not permanent ones
Tattoos have a complex history in Japan, but new types of temporary ink are letting locals curious about body art experiment without the commitment.
YouTube Music Weekend is where Japan’s internet-born performers go global
Headlining the second day of YouTube Music Weekend is Vocaloid artist Kikuo, who, with 1.46 million YouTube subscribers, is one of the most popular artists in the genre.
Japan looks to build drone ‘shield’ in record defense budget request
A group of Ground Self-Defense Force service members discuss drone operations and capabilities at a joint static display during the Orient Shield 24 opening ceremony at the Yausubetsu Training Area in Hokkaido in July last year.
Can anime carry the memories of World War II?
Many schools in Japan show "Grave of the Fireflies" as educational material to tell the emotionally grueling story of a boy who has no means to prevent his sister from starving to death.

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
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