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Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Dec 15, 2016
Team Trump disavows survey seeking names of Energy Department climate workers
President-elect Donald Trump's transition team on Wednesday disavowed a survey sent to the U.S. Department of Energy that requested the names of people working on climate change in the agency.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Dec 12, 2016
Rick Perry a leading candidate for U.S. energy post: source
Rick Perry, who proposed eliminating the U.S. Energy Department during his unsuccessful bid for the 2012 Republican presidential nomination, has emerged as a leading candidate to head the agency under President-elect Donald Trump, a transition official said on Sunday.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Books
Aug 20, 2016
Network of Knowledge: Western Science and the Tokugawa Information Revolution
From the 17th to the 19th century, Japan's only official window on the West was the Dutch factory in Nagasaki. The trickle of scientific and geopolitical information that came through with the merchant ships was gradually curated by enthusiasts into rangaku or "Dutch learning," arguably laying the foundation for Japan's rapid Westernization following Commodore Matthew Perry's arrival in 1853.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL
Apr 24, 2016
Joho dials up vintage performance for Eastern Conference champion Toyama
Toyama Grouses guard Masashi Joho celebrated his 34th birthday on Sunday with a 27-point performance in the team's 98-90 win over the visiting Aomori Wat's.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / BJ-LEAGUE NOTEBOOK
Apr 14, 2016
Ryukyu setting pace as final season winds down
Who's hot and who's not?
Japan Times
CULTURE / Entertainment news
Nov 5, 2015
Katy Perry tops Taylor Swift as highest female music earner
She didn't make as many headlines, nor sell as many albums, but Katy Perry handily beat Taylor Swift to become the highest-earning woman in music this year, according to Forbes.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Oct 18, 2015
Kero Kero Bonito blend English and Japanese rap into bouncy pop tracks
Sarah Midori Perry remembers checking MixB, an online bulletin board for Japanese expats in London, almost every day ... and feeling underwhelmed.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / BJ-LEAGUE NOTEBOOK
Sep 25, 2015
Togashi a free agent after being cut by Italian team
After parting ways with Italian Serie A club Dinamo Sassari, guard Yuki Togashi is once again a player without a team.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Sep 12, 2015
Republican Rick Perry drops out of U.S. presidential race
Rick Perry, struggling to raise money and languishing near the bottom in opinion polls, on Friday became the first member of the crowded Republican field to drop out of the 2016 White House race.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jul 27, 2015
Trump says he leads 'movement' as he edges Bush to lead Republican field in CNN poll
Real estate magnate Donald Trump moved to the top of the 2016 Republican presidential field in a CNN poll released on Sunday, edging out rival Jeb Bush and gaining support from Republicans in the last month despite a series of controversial statements.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jul 20, 2015
Republican rivals: Unapologetic Trump's denial of McCain's war hero status disqualifies him
Presidential candidate Donald Trump refused on Sunday to apologize for his remarks about the war record of U.S. Sen. John McCain despite a growing firestorm among fellow Republicans, and said he had no plans to drop out of the race.
Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design / ON: FASHION
Jun 13, 2015
The halycon days of summer fashion
Game, set and match Fred Perry and Mintdesigns
Japan Times
BASEBALL / BASEBALL BULLET-IN
May 2, 2015
Why hasn’t baseball embraced addition of female umpires?
Last month's hiring of Sarah Thomas as a National Football League official brings to mind the question of why there has never been a female umpire in the major leagues or Japanese professional baseball.
WORLD / Politics
Jan 25, 2015
Potential Republican presidential candidates compete for support in Iowa
For Republicans, the long road to the 2016 presidential election began in earnest on Saturday in Iowa when a group of potential candidates jockeyed for support among conservatives in the state that will hold the country's first nominating contest.
JAPAN / History / THE LIVING PAST
Jan 17, 2015
Seeking independence through civilization
For the first time in 600 years Japan was threatened by foreign aggression. One among many differences between the 19th century American threat and the 13th-century Mongol invasions is this: 13th-century Japan was fiercely militarist, 19th-century Japan was impotently militarist.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Aug 19, 2014
Texas Gov. Rick Perry to fight indictment casting shadow on 2016 presidential run
Texas Gov. Rick Perry will vigorously fight a two-count felony indictment returned by a state grand jury last week charging him with abuse of power, his lawyers said Monday, calling the prosecution "outrageous."
WORLD / Politics
Jul 10, 2014
Obama-Perry Texas talks fraught over migrant children crisis
As a measure of how politically fraught President Barack Obama's Texas trip is Wednesday, Republican Gov. Rick Perry reluctantly agreed to a ritual public greeting of the nation's chief executive.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Jul 2, 2014
Babylon still trembles at Jamaica's cult classic
Flashback: It's midnight at the Orson Welles Cinema, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1980. Perry Henzell's breakthrough Jamaican film "The Harder They Come" has been playing here every weekend for nearly a decade now, but tonight it's still a full house. As the lights go down, the audience sparks up, and within a good 10 minutes the room is stewing in a haze of pungent ganja smoke and fine reggae music.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / 20 QUESTIONS
Apr 12, 2014
Jun Nakayama: 'Don't think about it, just do it'
Jun means 'charm,' 'profit' and 'moisture.' I think it matches my personality perfectly!
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jul 9, 2013
Perry leaving Texas office, doesn't rule out '16 bid
Texas Gov. Rick Perry, the longest-serving governor in the state's history, announced Monday that he will not seek re-election in 2014 amid speculation that he will run again for the Republican presidential nomination in 2016.
Number of homeless in Japan hits record low
Homeless people sleep on the street in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward in August 2021.
Raising kids in Japan as a single parent? It takes a village.
Making things work as a foreign, single mother in Japan isn't easy, but these tips and tricks can help you through the hardest parts.
JAL cancels international flight after captain gets drunk at Dallas hotel
A Japan Airlines' flight from Dallas to Tokyo was canceled last week after its captain got drunk at a local hotel.
In Japan, regional revitalization fails to halt population decline
Sakiyama elementary school in Tamba, Hyogo Prefecture, in March .Over the past decade, the government has directed efforts toward policies designed to give young people incentives to base themselves in rural areas.
Putin’s war will soon reach Russians’ tax bills
Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks during a meeting in St. Petersburg on Friday.
Climate change, chalky grains and the risks for Japan’s rice farmers
A farmer plants seedlings in Satsumasendai, Kagoshima Prefecture. Japan’s self sufficiency rate for rice is nearly 100%, compared with 38% for food overall, on a calorie basis.
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.
Theaster Gates’ ambitious ‘Afro-Mingei’ brings Black Chicago to Tokyo
Theaster Gates' “A Heavenly Chord” lines up church pews before seven speakers and a Hammond B3 organ, a type of electric organ prevalent in Black American churches.
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.
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.

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