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NATIONAL

Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jul 25, 2018
Britain plans first foreign takeover rule-tightening in 20 years amid China worries
Britain is planning the biggest change to takeover rules in almost two decades, giving the government new powers to block deals in all sectors of the economy to prevent U.K. companies in sensitive industries from falling into foreign hands.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Jul 24, 2018
Prosecutors given at least 12 recordings by Trump lawyer Michael Cohen
Twelve audio recordings seized from U.S. President Donald Trump's onetime personal attorney, Michael Cohen, were turned over to federal prosecutors on Friday, according to a filing in federal court in Manhattan on Monday.
JAPAN
Jul 21, 2018
Japan's cultural affairs council recommends dyer, drummer, lacquerware artist be deemed living national treasures
The Council for Cultural Affairs has recommended three people be designated as living national treasures.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Jul 19, 2018
Study links city-level ozone air pollution readings to drop in U.S. national park visitors
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Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Jul 18, 2018
Progress on new National Stadium going as planned
When the original plans for the main stadium for the 2020 Olympics and Paralympics were scrapped, it left the project with a shortened timetable in which to build before the games.
JAPAN
Jul 16, 2018
Japan document scandals highlight country's growing pains as a democracy: archivist
National Archives of Japan President Takeo Kato is alarmed by the document management scandals plaguing the Abe administration and says the issue highlights Japan's growing pains as it moves toward becoming a more robust democracy.
WORLD / Politics
Jul 12, 2018
Supreme Court logic in upholding travel ban supports transgender-free military: Trump
The Trump administration is now claiming the upper hand in legal challenges to its prohibition on transgender Americans in the military thanks to the the U.S. Supreme Court's recent decision upholding the travel ban against several predominantly Muslim nations.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Jul 11, 2018
Trump pardons Oregon arsonist pair who inspired deadly wildlife refuge standoff
U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday pardoned Oregon cattle ranchers Dwight Hammond and his son after both were convicted on arson charges, sparking the 2016 occupation of a wildlife refuge, according to a White House statement.
WORLD / Politics
Jul 9, 2018
French judges halt €2 million in subsidies for Marine Le Pen's party amid EU funds misuse probe
French judges investigating an alleged misuse of EU funds by Marine Le Pen's far-right party have decided to block €2 million of state subsidies due to be handed out to the party, Le Pen and a judicial source said on Sunday.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / WHY DID YOU LEAVE JAPAN?
Jul 7, 2018
Tetsuji Honna picks up the tempo in Hanoi
A sense of nostalgia, fate and the national orchestra's passion enticed a Japanese maestro to settle in Vietnam
Japan Times
CULTURE / Stage
Jul 3, 2018
Keiko Miyata to mark departure from the New National Theatre, Tokyo, with piece by up-and-coming playwright
After eight years as artistic director for drama at the New National Theatre, Tokyo, Keiko Miyata, 60, is now tackling her final program there before passing the baton to 39-year-old Eriko Ogawa, who is set to become the theater's youngest-ever director in September.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Jun 26, 2018
Yokoyama Taikan: Driven by loyalty
Yokoyama Taikan (1868-1958) is inarguably the definitive artist in creating pictorial and organizational frameworks inaugurating and furthering modern nihonga (Japanese painting.
BUSINESS
Jun 22, 2018
Utah national monument land Trump halved to give back to America set to be mined by Canadian firm
The red sandstone vistas in Utah's Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument may soon be criss-crossed with dumptrucks after a Canadian mining company announced plans to begin operations on land cut from federal protection by President Donald Trump.

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