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JAPAN
Nov 12, 2017
Japanese warships join three U.S. aircraft carriers for massive display of military might
In a powerful display of military might, Japanese and South Korean warships separately trained with three U.S. aircraft carriers on Sunday as the allies presented a united front against nuclear-armed North Korea.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Nov 12, 2017
'Old' Trump takes shot at 'short and fat' Kim Jong Un — but also floats prospect of friendship
U.S. President Donald Trump, in his latest jab at North Korea's Kim Jong Un, taunted the isolated country's leader Sunday over his height and weight before pondering if the two could eventually be friends.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Nov 11, 2017
North Korea brands Trump a 'warmonger' who 'begged for nuclear war'
North Korea unleashed a verbal onslaught at U.S. leader Donald Trump on Saturday, blasting him as "a warmonger" who "begged for a nuclear war," in Pyongyang's first official comments on his ongoing visit to Asia.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Nov 11, 2017
Rupert Murdoch twice discussed buying CNN with AT&T CEO, sources say
Rupert Murdoch telephoned AT&T Inc. Chief Executive Randall Stephenson twice in the last six months and talked about cable network CNN, sources briefed on the matter said Friday.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Nov 11, 2017
Flynn lawyer denies reports of quid pro quo plan to deliver cleric to Turkey
The lawyer for former U.S. national security adviser Michael Flynn on Friday labeled as "outrageous" and "false" media reports suggesting his client may have been involved in an alleged plan to seize a Muslim cleric and deliver him to Turkey in exchange for millions of dollars.
BUSINESS / Tech
Nov 10, 2017
U.S. travel site TripAdvisor to show which hotels had sexual attacks
Women's anti-violence groups on Thursday welcomed a new warning system on the online travel site TripAdvisor Inc that shows which hotels are believed to have been sites of sexual assault.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Nov 10, 2017
Behind Trump's $250 billion deals with China are mostly nonbinding pledges with little substance
The headline number is impressive: a quarter of trillion dollars' worth of deals from China that President Donald Trump can use to show he is creating opportunities for U.S. businesses and jobs for his base.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Nov 10, 2017
Justice Department taps $4 billion fund to start paying victims of Bernie Madoff's massive Ponzi scheme
The U.S. Justice Department started a long-delayed distribution to victims of Bernard Madoff's Ponzi scheme, tapping a $4 billion fund created through settlements with some of the con man's oldest customers and his bank, JPMorgan Chase & Co.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Nov 10, 2017
Lebanon believes Saudis are holding Hariri after forcing him to resign, and demands his return
Lebanon believes Saad al-Hariri is being held in Saudi Arabia, from where he resigned as Lebanese prime minister, two top government officials in Beirut said, amid a deepening crisis pushing Lebanon onto the front lines of a power struggle between Saudi Arabia and Iran.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 9, 2017
Reimagining China and Asia
China's growing military weight as well as doubts about the staying power of the U.S., exacerbated by White House rhetoric, have caused China's neighbors, including longstanding U.S. allies, to begin to reposition themselves.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / ANALYSIS
Nov 9, 2017
Trump's tone during visit to Seoul largely reassures South Koreans
By the time U.S. President Donald Trump departed Seoul on Wednesday, the sometimes bellicose leader seemed to have mollified South Koreans, who had been bracing for more confrontational rhetoric over North Korea, trade, and defense spending.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Nov 9, 2017
U.S. Navy to run rare three-carrier military exercise in Pacific as Trump visits region
The U.S. Navy announced Wednesday that it will commence rare three-carrier strike force exercises in the Western Pacific starting this weekend and coinciding with the final leg of President Donald Trump's Asia tour.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Nov 8, 2017
Japan and the U.S. don't have a trade problem
Japan is a good trade partner and a key source of investment into the U.S. Monetary easing, rather than aggressive jawboning, is the best approach to the imbalances that remain.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Nov 8, 2017
Trump issues warning to 'rogue regime' North Korea: 'Do not try us'
U.S. President Donald Trump issued a stark warning to North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on Wednesday, telling him that the nuclear weapons he is developing "are not making you safer, they are putting your regime in grave danger."
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 7, 2017
Trump's opportunity in Asia
U.S. President Donald Trump should raise his ambitions for his Asia tour.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Nov 7, 2017
Arms sales push may further Abe-Trump bromance
U.S. pressure on Japan to buy more weapons as a means to reduce the bilateral trade deficit may be exactly what Prime Minister Shinzo Abe wants to hear.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 7, 2017
Europe is tiring of Anglo-American lectures
Following Brexit and Trump, the Anglo-Saxon world's intellectual leadership is on the wane in Europe.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 7, 2017
Trump's supposed 'bad' deals are good for the U.S.
Trump wants the U.S. to be a superpower without making the sacrifices that requires.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Nov 7, 2017
In rare show of force, U.S. set to stage drill with three carriers as Trump visits South Korea
Three U.S. aircraft carrier strike groups will exercise together in the Western Pacific in the coming days in a rare show of force as President Donald Trump visits Asia with warnings about the nuclear threat from North Korea, U.S. officials say.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Nov 7, 2017
Fake meat, free markets ease North Koreans' hunger woes
Take the dregs left from making soy bean oil, which usually go to feed the pigs. Press and roll them into a sandy-colored paste. Stuff with rice, and top with chili sauce. The dish's name, "injogogi," means "man-made meat."
Japan on edge but prepared for tsunami after huge Kamchatka earthquake
Police officers ask a man to evacuate from an empty beach following a tsunami warning, in Fujisawa, Kanagawa Prefecture, on Wednesday.
Japan to start new residency system for foreign workers
Students hoping to work in Japan attend a Japanese class at a job placement company in Hanoi in October 2022.
Last soldiers of Imperial Japanese Army have a warning for younger generations
Kunshiro Kiyozumi, 97, who was the youngest crew member of the Imperial Japanese Navy submarine I-58 in World War II, on his way to a restaurant to have lunch in Matsuyama, Japan, on April 29.
Japan to regularly accept assistant language teachers from India
Indian assistant language teachers pose for a photo with Japanese Ambassador Keiichi Ono (center) at the Japanese Embassy in New Delhi on Friday.
At LDP’s post-election meeting, calls intensify for Ishiba’s resignation
Prime Minister and Liberal Democratic Party President Shigeru Ishiba, flanked by LDP Secretary-General Hiroshi Moriyama (left) and LDP Vice President Yoshihide Suga, speaks at a meeting of party lawmakers and executives at the party's headquarters in Tokyo on Monday.
Why Ishiba refuses to quit even amid intense pressure for him to go
Supporters of Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba take part in a rally across the street from the Prime Minister's Office on Friday.
Behind the scenes at the Baseball Hall of Fame's new Yakyu/Baseball exhibit
“Yakyu / Baseball: The Transpacific Exchange of the Game” is set to remain on display in Cooperstown for at least five to 10 years — and possibly indefinitely.
Boys’ love dramas from Thailand make waves in Japan
Wakana, a Japanese fan of Thai BL, visits a temple in Thon Buri, Bangkok featured in the Thai adaptation of the Japanese series “Cherry Magic.” Her media consumption kindled an interest in Thai culture and language, and ultimately led her to relocate to Thailand. “I fell in love with the whole country,” she says.
Amid fossil fuel shift in U.S., hope emerges for India and Japan tie-up on solar
A technician works on the assembly line at a solar panel manufacturing hub on the outskirts of New Delhi last October.
Traditional Japanese swordsmanship — with modern matches
This year marked the eighth annual championship put on by the Hogyokukai school of traditional Japanese swordsmanship.

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