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Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Mar 14, 2017
South Korea's ex-president hounded over dumped dogs
Seoul AP
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Mar 12, 2017
South Korea's dismissed president exits official residence in disgrace
Disgraced South Korean leader Park Geun-hye left the presidential Blue House on Sunday, two days after a court dismissed her over a corruption scandal, bound for her private home and facing the possibility of prosecution and jail.
Japan Times
SOCCER
Feb 28, 2017
Reds pounce on FC Seoul in Asian Champions League match
Urawa Reds swept aside FC Seoul in emphatic fashion in the Asian Champions League on Tuesday night, exacting revenge for their defeat in the round of 16 last year with a thumping 5-2 win to make it maximum points from two games in Group F.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Feb 27, 2017
South Korea opposition to seek impeachment of acting leader after he rejects extending Park corruption probe
South Korea's main opposition Democratic Party said on Monday it and other parties would seek the impeachment of the prime minister, Yonhap News Agency reported after the premier said an investigation into a corruption scandal would not be extended.
JAPAN
Jun 1, 2016
South Korean group seeks UNESCO listing for 'comfort women' documents
A South Korean civic group said Wednesday that it has filed an application with Chinese and Dutch groups to have documents related to the "comfort women" listed in UNESCO's Memory of the World Register.
Japan Times
SOCCER
May 26, 2016
FC Seoul eliminates Urawa on penalty kicks
Urawa Reds mounted a remarkable extra-time comeback against FC Seoul but conceded a last-minute equalizer for a 3-3 draw on aggregate, and were knocked out of the Asian Champions League on penalties 7-6 on Wednesday in a frenetic round-of-16 encounter.
Japan Times
SOCCER
May 18, 2016
Ugajin strike puts Urawa in driving seat against Seoul
Urawa Reds edged FC Seoul 1-0 at home in the first leg of the round of 16 in the Asian Champions League on Wednesday night.
OLYMPICS
Apr 29, 2016
Show jumper Keach returning to Olympics after 28 years
Australian show jumper Scott Keach will not be alone in competing in his second Olympics in Rio later this year but it is unlikely anyone else in the Athletes' Village will have waited so long for another taste of the Summer Games.
Japan Times
SOCCER
Mar 1, 2016
FC Seoul whips Sanfrecce; FC Tokyo beats Binh Duong
Brazilian forward Adriano added to the miseries of struggling J. League champions Sanfrecce Hiroshima on Tuesday, when he scored a second-half hat trick for FC Seoul in a 4-1 Asian Champions League group-stage win.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 14, 2015
Nakatani to visit South Korea next week, sign of warming ties
Defense Minister Gen Nakatani is likely to visit South Korea next week to attend an international aerospace and defense exhibition, a South Korean Defense Ministry official said Tuesday.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 22, 2015
As Pyongyang's deadline passes, North, South Korea officials meet in bid to ease tensions
Top aides to the leaders of North and South Korea met at the Panmunjom truce village straddling their border Saturday, raising hopes for an end to a standoff that put the rivals on the brink of armed conflict.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Society
Aug 17, 2015
South Korea comes full circle in one generation as aging crisis looms
It was only 20 years ago that South Korea was so intent on population control that getting sterilized put young couples on the fast track for public housing. Even the army was in on the act, offering a free pass from annual military training to any man willing to shuffle off for a vasectomy.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Aug 8, 2015
Former South Korean first lady fails to meet Kim during trip to North
FP-Jiji
EDITORIALS
Jul 14, 2015
Repairing Japan-South Korea ties
Having cooperated to obtain UNESCO world cultural heritage status for their historical sites, Japan and South Korea should continue to strive to prevent differences over historical perceptions from further straining bilateral ties.
EDITORIALS
Jun 18, 2015
South Korea's economic troubles
South Korea need to flexibly mobilize fiscal and monetary policy tools to boost its flagging economy.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jun 16, 2015
Time to hit the reset button on Tokyo-Seoul relations
The chilly relationship between South Korea and Japan doesn't serve either country well in the long run.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 16, 2015
'Disobedient' defense chief executed, Pyongyang tells missions abroad: Seoul daily
North Korea has confirmed to its overseas diplomatic missions that its defense minister, Gen. Hyon Yong Chol, was executed, a Seoul daily reported on Monday, citing a source in Beijing.
JAPAN / Politics
May 29, 2015
Mori plans to meet Park in Seoul on Monday, hoping to pave way for summit
Arrangements are underway for former Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori to hold talks with South Korean President Park Geun-hye on Monday in Seoul in an effort to materialize a summit between the two countries amid strained bilateral relations, sources close to the matter in the two countries said Thursday.
ASIA PACIFIC
May 26, 2015
North Korea seen building military camps for shore batteries on western border island
North Korea is building military camps for shore batteries on a western border island, Yonhap News Agency reported on Tuesday.
Japan Times
JAPAN / History
May 7, 2015
Seoul plans to erect 'comfort women' monument to mark 1945 liberation
The city of Seoul announced Wednesday that it will build a monument to the suffering of women forced to work in Japanese military brothels during the war as part of the commemoration of the 70th anniversary of Korea's liberation from Japanese colonial rule.
Weak yen fattens tourist wallets in Japan
People visit the Ameya Yokocho market in Tokyo's Ueno district during the Golden Week holiday on Tuesday.
Number of vacant homes in Japan hits record high of 9 million
A vacant house in Tokyo is seen demolished in January 2020.
'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.
Kishida sets sights on energy and climate in South America trip
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will use a policy speech in Sao Paulo to set out his vision for ties between Japan and South America, almost 10 years after former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe advocated for stronger ties between the two in the same 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.
Kishida sets sights on energy and climate in South America trip
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will use a policy speech in Sao Paulo to set out his vision for ties between Japan and South America, almost 10 years after former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe advocated for stronger ties between the two in the same city.
Yellow sand allergy: A health issue made worse by climate change
A screenshot of the Meteorological Agency's satellite image of clouds and yellow sand (in pink) on Sunday.
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.

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