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Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jun 28, 2018
Vietnam forces Facebook and Google to pick privacy or growth
Vietnam's new cybersecurity law could force Alphabet Inc.'s Google and Facebook Inc. to choose between access to one of Asia's fastest-growing digital economies and protecting their users' privacy.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Jun 27, 2018
U.S. Supreme Court condemns ruling that enabled internment of Japanese-Americans, but says travel ban is different
The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld President Donald Trump's ban on travel from several mostly Muslim countries, but in the process also overruled an infamous 1944 decision that allowed the internment of 120,000 Japanese-Americans during World War II because of concerns over homeland defense following...
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jun 26, 2018
Philippines' Duterte calls God 'stupid,' faces uproar in Asia's biggest Catholic nation
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has sparked an uproar in Asia's biggest Catholic nation after he called God "stupid," prompting a rebuke from church officials who have been instrumental in toppling past leaders.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jun 25, 2018
Migrants 'knock at front door' for asylum after Trump crackdown
More Mexicans and Central Americans are lining up to make asylum requests at the U.S.-Mexico border as word spreads of a U.S. crackdown on families crossing illegally and the threat of brutal gangs lying in wait if they go it alone.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jun 23, 2018
U.S. Navy drafts plans to house 25,000 immigrants at a cost of $233 million over half a year
The U.S. Navy is drafting plans to house up to 25,000 immigrants on its bases and other facilities, at an estimated cost of about $233 million over six months, as the Trump administration seeks to ease a mounting crisis on the Mexican border, a U.S. official said on Friday.
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 23, 2018
China's Hainan says will partly lift 'Great Firewall' to lure foreign tourists
China's southern province of Hainan will offer foreigners unrestricted internet access to Facebook, Twitter and YouTube as part of new incentives to boost tourism.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jun 22, 2018
'Are you the mother?' A woman's search for baby taken by U.S. immigration
It took 85 days for Olivia Caceres to retrieve her baby boy, pulled from his father's arms at the U.S. border, a traumatic experience many more parents face to reunite with children separated under President Donald Trump's immigration policies.
EDITORIALS
Jun 21, 2018
U.S. leaves the U.N. Human Rights Council
Neither Japanese pragmatism nor American petulance will serve the cause of human rights.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 20, 2018
Hiding from traffickers in 'prison-like' tents, Rohingya girls dream of school
Trapped inside "prison-like" tents in Bangladesh's refugee camps because of fears they will be trafficked or sexually harassed, teenage Rohingya girls dream of going to school and playing outside, aid agencies said on Wednesday.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jun 20, 2018
In Mexico, Trump's child separations trigger wrenching decisions
Epigmenio Centeno had hoped to cross the Mexican border into the United States in the coming months, but he and his wife have shelved their plans for fear of being separated from their two sons under U.S. President Donald Trump's "zero tolerance" immigration policy.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 20, 2018
Thailand turns to tech to end slavery at sea as workers push for rights
Enslaved on a Thai fishing vessel for 11 years, Tun Lin saw his fellow workers lose their minds one after another, with one fisherman jumping into the sea to end his life.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jun 19, 2018
Saudi Arabia's women get ready for lifting of driving ban
On June 24, when Saudi women are allowed to drive for the first time, Amira Abdulgader wants to be sitting at the wheel, the one in control, giving a ride to her mother beside her.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jun 16, 2018
Trump quip on wanting White House staff to 'sit up at attention' like those around North Korea's Kim sparks outcry
U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday said he wished people would "sit up at attention" for him like North Koreans do for leader Kim Jong Un — a joke that sparked outrage on social media and cable news.
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Jun 16, 2018
Vietnam police to prosecute American for causing public disorder: report
Police in Vietnam's Ho Chi Minh City on Friday issued a prosecution order for an American man of Vietnamese descent for his alleged involvement in a protest over government plans for economic zones last week, state media reported.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jun 13, 2018
U.S. sanctions Cambodian leader's top bodyguard over human rights abuses
The United States has imposed sanctions on the commander of Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen's bodyguard unit for alleged human rights abuses, the first member of the leader's inner circle to be blacklisted by Washington.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Jun 11, 2018
Three Hong Kong pro-democracy activists jailed up to seven years for rioting in ruling criticized as 'unjustified'
Three protesters from Hong Kong's radical youth opposition were jailed on Monday for taking part in a violent unrest, receiving the harshest sentences handed down to democracy activists since the city returned to Chinese rule in 1997.
EDITORIALS
Jun 9, 2018
Speed relief for eugenics victims
The government should work harder at compensating victims of the Eugenic Protection Law, which remained on the books until 1996.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jun 9, 2018
Nearly 1,800 families separated at U.S.-Mexico border in 17 months through February
Nearly 1,800 immigrant families were separated at the U.S.-Mexico border from October 2016 through February of this year, according to a senior government official, as President Donald Trump implemented stricter border enforcement policies.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jun 6, 2018
Philippines' Rodrigo Duterte says he will quit if enough women protest his kiss with an overseas worker in Seoul
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has defended his kiss on the lips of a married Filipino woman in South Korea, and said he will resign if enough women are offended and sign a petition calling for him to step down.
China seizes disputed reef near key Philippine military outpost
China Coast Guard officers unfurl a national flag on Sandy Cay reef, near the Philippine-held Thitu Island, in disputed waters of the South China Sea this month in this screen shot taken from Chinese state broadcaster CCTV.
If the 'Big One' hits, this city could face a 31-meter-high tsunami
A small shrine perched atop rocks braves the waves hitting the shoreline during a storm in Shimoda, Shizuoka Prefecture. The area is under threat of a possible 31-meter-high tsunami if an earthquake strikes the nearby Nankai Trough.
California says it overtakes Japan to become world’s No. 4 economy
Vehicles travel along the 110 freeway in downtown Los Angeles. California's GDP has overtaken Japan's to become the world's fourth largest economy, according to the U.S. state.
Arunima Mazumdar: ‘Japanese literature has a niche but deeply engaged readership in India’
Arunima Mazumdar, a New Delhi-based communications professional, began sharing her love of Japanese literature online in 2022. The platform has grown into a robust community known as Dokusha Book Club.
Counting the reasons why there are so few American cars in Japan
Tesla's store in Tokyo's Shibuya district. While sales of American cars in Japan appear to be shrinking, Tesla's presence in the country is growing.
Shohei Ohtani's example could change Japan's views on paternity leave
Shohei Ohtani and Mamiko Tanaka announced the birth of their first child on April 19.
Counting the reasons why there are so few American cars in Japan
Tesla's store in Tokyo's Shibuya district. While sales of American cars in Japan appear to be shrinking, Tesla's presence in the country is growing.
Nearly half of workers in Japan engage in ‘quiet quitting’
"Quiet quitting" is most common among the younger generation, with 46.7% of respondents to a survey in their 20s identifying with the practice, reflecting a less-motivated workforce more focused on work-life balance.
U.S. secretary of the navy weighs ‘dual-use’ shipbuilding with Japan
John Phelan at a Senate confirmation hearing for U.S. secretary of the navy in Washington in February
Expo '25 gives the world a masterclass in mascots
2025 Osaka Expo mascot Myaku-Myaku dances on the stage during the event's official opening ceremony on April 12.

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