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Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / DARK SIDE OF THE RISING SUN
Apr 6, 2019
Solving the world's largest bitcoin heist
"Imagine someone stole everything in your store and you reported the crime to the police," says Nobuyasu Ogata, defense lawyer for Mark Karpeles. Karpeles, 33, is the former CEO of Mt. Gox, once the largest bitcoin exchange in the world.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Mar 18, 2019
It's just a flesh wound: Dutch leader likens May's Brexit tenacity to Monty Python character
Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte used a Monty Python movie reference to describe British Prime Minister Theresa May's tenacity on Brexit despite repeated defeats.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Mar 15, 2019
Mt. Gox bitcoin exchange founder Mark Karpeles gets suspended term for falsifying data but is cleared of embezzlement
Mark Karpeles gets a suspended term for data manipulation related to the scandalous disappearance of 850,000 bitcoins in 2014 but is found not guilty of embezzlement.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / HOOP SCOOP
Mar 8, 2019
Gonzaga announcer Tom Hudson full of praise for Rui Hachimura
The Gonzaga University men's basketball team's sustained excellence is one of the most remarkable stories in contemporary sports.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Feb 28, 2019
North Carolina Republican operative charged in election fraud scheme
The North Carolina Republican political operative at the center of an absentee ballot fraud scheme that led the state to order a re-run of a congressional election was arrested and charged with obstruction of justice on Wednesday, the Wake County district attorney's office said.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Feb 18, 2019
Colin Kaepernick's lawyer predicts NFL return
Now that Colin Kaepernick has settled his collusion grievances with the NFL, the next step is getting him back in the league, his lawyer said Saturday night.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Feb 8, 2019
Virginia Democrats hunker down amid blackface and sex assault scandals involving top trio
Virginia's highest-ranking Republican said on Thursday that he had never worn blackface, as the state's Democratic governor, lieutenant governor and attorney general grappled with career-threatening race or sexual assault scandals.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jan 30, 2019
China most active in cyberspying against U.S. and its ties with Russia growing: intel chief Dan Coats
Russia and China pose the biggest espionage and cyberattack threats to the United States and are more aligned than they have been in decades, the leader of the U.S. intelligence community told U.S. senators on Tuesday.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Jan 22, 2019
Rudy Giuliani backtracks on remark that Trump sought Moscow deal in 2016, calling comment 'hypothetical'
U.S. President Donald Trump's lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, backtracked on Monday from earlier comments that Trump pursued a business deal to erect a tower bearing his name in Moscow throughout 2016, saying his statements "were hypothetical and not based on conversations I had with the president."
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jan 21, 2019
Stung by Cambridge Analytica debacle, Facebook backs election integrity and AI initiatives in Germany
Facebook has launched German initiatives to defend election integrity and examine the ethics of artificial intelligence (AI), its operations chief said on Sunday, seeking to convince skeptics it is serious about privacy and democracy.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Jan 14, 2019
Democrats say Robert Mueller must complete probe of Trump's Russia ties without interference
Fresh reporting raises new questions about President Donald Trump's possible ties to Russia and emphasizes the need to ensure that special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation reaches its conclusion without interference, Senate Democrats said Sunday.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Dec 12, 2018
Prosecutors seek 10-year prison term for former CEO of bitcoin exchange Mt. Gox on embezzlement charges
Prosecutors have sought a 10-year prison term on charges of embezzlement for the former CEO of Mt. Gox Co., once the world's largest bitcoin digital currency exchange, officials announced Wednesday.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / MLB
Dec 8, 2018
Nationals owner certain Bryce Harper won't be returning
If there were doubts about whether All-Star outfielder Bryce Harper would return to the Washington Nationals, team owner Mark Lerner on Friday didn't give fans any reason to be optimistic.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Dec 7, 2018
North Carolina Republicans open to new U.S. House seat vote if fraud is found
North Carolina Republican Party leaders said on Thursday they would be open to holding a new congressional election in a district roiled by fraud allegations if a state investigation finds enough evidence that the outcome of the race was affected.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Nov 16, 2018
Facebook back in hot water over its handling of misinformation and attacks on critics
Facebook Inc. is coming under renewed fire for how it handled the spread of fake news and misinformation on its social network, including using aggressive tactics to discredit critics.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Books
Nov 10, 2018
A journey to hell with Osamu Dazai, Japan's ultimate bad boy novelist
Dazai is the ultimate bad boy of Japanese literature and 'Ningen Shikkaku,' recently re-translated by Mark Gibeau as 'A Shameful Life,' is his supreme masterpiece, a novel that still shocks today with its brutal honesty and unflinching, strangely thrilling pessimism.
Japan Times
Figure Skating / ICE TIME
Nov 6, 2018
Yuzuru Hanyu amazes again in Helsinki win
Just when you didn't think he could go one better, he did.
Japan Times
Figure Skating / ICE TIME
Oct 30, 2018
Shoma Uno, Mako Yamashita stake claims for GP Final spots
Shoma Uno looked in midseason form as he rallied to victory at Skate Canada on Saturday in Laval, Quebec.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Oct 20, 2018
Alaska's Gov. Bill Walker ends re-election bid; independent throws support to Democrat
Alaska Gov. Bill Walker, a political independent, halted his re-election campaign on Friday and endorsed his Democratic challenger, ending a three-way race in which the Republican candidate had appeared to possess an insurmountable lead.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 25, 2018
Instagram founders depart Facebook after clashes with Zuckerberg
The founders of Instagram are leaving Facebook Inc. after growing tensions with CEO Mark Zuckerberg over the direction of the product, sources said.
Town to block view of Mount Fuji in response to overtourism
The town government of Fujikawaguchiko, Yamanashi Prefecture, decided to set up a 2.5-meter-high screen to prevent tourists from taking pictures of Mount Fuji looming behind a convenience store.
Number of homeless in Japan hits record low
Homeless people sleep on the street in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward in August 2021.
Japan wants you to spend more with ‘luxury tourism’
Performers play a traditional drum unique to Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, in the prefectural capital of Kanazawa on March 16 to mark the extension of the Hokuriku Shinkansen line to Tsuruga Station in Fukui Prefecture.
'So hot you can't breathe': Extreme heat hits the Philippines
A pedestrian cools himself with a folding hand fan as he waits for a ride along a road in Manila on Wednesday, as extreme heat hit the Philippines.
Air China to buy 100 locally made C919 jets in $11 billion deal
A Comac C919 during an aerial display at the Singapore Airshow at Changi Exhibition Centre in Singapore in February
Casa del Cibo: A thriving jewel born from Tohoku’s harsh past
When chef Ryohei Ikemi moved to Hachinohe, Aomori Prefecture, and opened Casa del Cibo in 2011, it was the first proper Italian restaurant in the city.
Tokyo's Koto Ward by-election a race unlike any other
Natsumi Sakai, the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan’s candidate and one of four female candidates running in the by-election, touts her experience as a cancer survivor and midwife as having prepared her to tackle issues that women currently face.
Town to block view of Mount Fuji in response to overtourism
The town government of Fujikawaguchiko, Yamanashi Prefecture, decided to set up a 2.5-meter-high screen to prevent tourists from taking pictures of Mount Fuji looming behind a convenience store.
Top U.S. and China diplomats talk tough amid warnings of new ‘downward spiral’
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing on Friday
Kyotographie's strong 12th edition shines light into the margins
Yassine Alaoui Ismaili, who goes by Yoriyas, turned to photography, shooting motion while in motion himself, after an injury forced him to give up his career as a professional breakdancer.

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