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BUSINESS
Sep 22, 2017

Tokyo Motor Show to showcase cutting-edge automotive technologies

Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association Chairman Hiroto Saikawa has called on the public to visit the Tokyo Motor Show, scheduled to be held from late October, to see the world's latest technologies.
Japan Times
WORLD
Sep 21, 2017

Distrustful U.S. allies force spy agency to back down in encryption row

An international group of cryptography experts has forced the U.S. National Security Agency to back down over two data encryption techniques it wanted set as global industry standards, reflecting deep mistrust among close U.S. allies.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Sep 21, 2017

Seoul approves aid to Pyongyang as North calls Trump 'barking dog'

South Korea approved a plan on Thursday to send $8 million worth of aid to North Korea, as China warned the crisis on the Korean peninsula was getting more serious by the day and the war of words between Pyongyang and Washington continued.
Japan Times
WORLD
Sep 21, 2017

A South Sudan vote would heap disaster upon catastrophe, U.N. says

South Sudan's hellish war will get worse if its neighbors let President Salva Kiir hold an election before he accepts peacekeepers, a cease-fire and political opposition, U.N. investigators said on Wednesday.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Sep 21, 2017

Republicans set vote on health care bill slammed by Obama as path to 'real human suffering'

Senate Republicans announced plans to vote next week on their latest bid to scuttle Obamacare even as a popular comedian who has become part of the U.S. health care debate denounced the bill and former President Barack Obama on Wednesday warned of "real human suffering."
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Sep 20, 2017

LDP struggles to reach consensus on Article 9 revision ahead of snap election

Senior lawmakers of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party agreed on Wednesday that while the party may include constitutional revision as an official campaign pledge in the upcoming Lower House election, it will not specify details on how it plans to revise the war-renouncing Article 9, three party executives...
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics / ANALYSIS
Sep 20, 2017

Trump's fire and brimstone U.N. speech hands Abe a win on North Korea, but will victory be pyrrhic?

Experts warn that Trump's threat could reinforce Pyongyang's belief that nuclear weapons remain the sole means of securing the regime's safety.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Sep 20, 2017

Sony-Olympus joint venture to market advanced HD surgical microscope

Sony Olympus Medical Solutions — a medical joint venture set up by Sony and Olympus in 2013 — says it has developed a new surgical microscope that could free doctors from the strains involved with operating older, unwieldy models over long periods of time.
ASIA PACIFIC
Sep 20, 2017

U.S., South Korean troops stage mock battle to retake village near North Korean border

The screech of incoming fire followed by an explosion resounds across forested hillsides near the border between North and South Korea.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Sep 20, 2017

Tillerson says restrictions on Iran's nuclear program must be extended indefinitely

The Iran nuclear deal must be changed if the United States is to remain in it, the top U.S. diplomat said on Tuesday, suggesting its key limits on the Iranian nuclear program must be extended.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Sep 19, 2017

'Aoyama Satoru: News from Nowhere'

Sept. 20-Oct. 21
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 19, 2017

Above the law on college campuses

America's institutions of higher education should follow the same standards of justice as the rest of the nation.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 19, 2017

Hillary Clinton: the perfect one

Hillary Clinton's new campaign memoir remains true to her long-standing line: The fault for any mistakes always lies with others.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 19, 2017

Americans feared Trump, but normalized leftist violence

The cost of preventing thieves from stealing American's constitutionally guaranteed freedoms is growing increasingly high.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Sep 19, 2017

China to amend party constitution at October congress, possibly to enshrine Xi's 'Comprehensives'

China's ruling Communist Party is expected to amend its constitution at a key party congress next month, state media said on Monday, in a sign that President Xi Jinping aims to enshrine his guiding ideological doctrine in the charter.
ASIA PACIFIC
Sep 18, 2017

China Communist Party youth wing lashes out over parody Twitter account

The youth wing of China's ruling Communist Party said it has complained to Twitter about a fake account set up in its name that has tweeted sarcastic comments about the Communist Party.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Sep 18, 2017

U.S. sends powerful bombers, fighters over Korean Peninsula in 'show of force'

The U.S. military sent four of its most advanced stealth fighter jets, along with two heavy bombers, for joint drills with Japanese and South Korean warplanes near Japan and over the Korean Peninsula on Monday in a "show of force" after North Korea's missile launch over Hokkaido three days earlier.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Sep 18, 2017

As options on North Korea run out, U.S. may turn to Pentagon, U.N. envoy warns

U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley said on Sunday the U.N. Security Council has run out of options on containing North Korea's nuclear program and the United States may have to turn the matter over to the Pentagon.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Sep 18, 2017

Late summer rains, private food supplies limit impact of North Korean drought

Late summer rains and the growing importance of privately produced crops mean North Korea will likely avoid acute food shortages this year despite earlier fears of drought and mounting international sanctions, defectors and experts say.

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