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Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jul 24, 2018
How Japan can save the Indo-Pacific strategy
The Free and Open Indo-Pacific strategy presents Japan an opportunity to play a leadership role in the region.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jul 24, 2018
It's too early to write off the Indo-Pacific strategy
The Indo-Pacific framework and Quad should focus on the relative advantages of each member state while upholding values that meets the overarching theme of promoting a Free and Open Indo-Pacific.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 24, 2018
China's currency catch-22
Many are wondering if China will respond to Trump's trade war by threatening a currency war. If it does, the world should call its bluff.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 24, 2018
Iran faces consequences for snubbing Trump
The U.S. has made nice with North Korea and Putin, but kept Iran in the firing line.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / ANALYSIS
Jul 24, 2018
North Korea's apparent dismantling of key missile test site injects fresh momentum into denuclearization talks
Work by North Korea to dismantle a key testing facility for its missile engines and rocket launches could pave the way toward more intensive talks on a peace regime between Pyongyang and Washington, experts said after a new analysis of satellite imagery showed disassembly was underway.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jul 24, 2018
North Korea begins dismantling key missile test site, satellite imagery suggests
North Korea has begun dismantling a key testing facility for its missile engines and rocket launches, according to a new analysis of satellite imagery released Monday.
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 23, 2018
Why do you keep silent, Mr. Xi?
China should not repeat Japan's mistake of underestimating the resoluteness of America.
BUSINESS
Jul 23, 2018
Japan has no interest in trade deal with just U.S., top government spokesman says
One of Japan's top policymakers has indicated that the government will continue to resist U.S. efforts to create a bilateral free trade agreement between the two nations.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Jul 23, 2018
Accused Russian agent Maria Butina met in 2015 with U.S. Treasury, Fed officials
Accused Russian agent Maria Butina had wider high-level contacts in Washington than previously known, taking part in 2015 meetings between a visiting Russian official and two senior officials at the U.S. Federal Reserve and Treasury Department.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / BLACK EYE
Jul 22, 2018
With Japan trip, New York teacher proves to inner-city students that sky's the limit
In an epic feat of fundraising, teacher Eric Jordan has completed his mission to bring some less-than-privileged students from Brownsville, Brooklyn, to Japan.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jul 21, 2018
Top CIA official says China waging 'cold war' to replace U.S. as leading global power
A top CIA official for Asia said Friday that Beijing is waging a "cold war" against Washington and seeking "to replace the United States as the leading power in the world."
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Jul 21, 2018
NASA prepares to fly probe into sun's scorching atmosphere
NASA is preparing to send a probe closer to the sun than any other spacecraft, zooming through its corona, the outermost atmosphere that gives rise to the solar wind.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jul 21, 2018
Missouri boat accident kills 17, including nine from one family
Nine members of the same family were among 17 people killed when a "duck boat" sank during a storm on Thursday on a Missouri lake in one of the deadliest U.S. tourist tragedies in years.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Jul 21, 2018
Group of 20 draft cites growing trade tensions — diplomatically
Delegates at the Group of 20 meeting of finance ministers and central bank chiefs Friday began the delicate task of addressing growing trade tensions without upsetting U.S. President Donald Trump.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jul 20, 2018
'Hi, I'm a soybean': In trade war, China deploys cartoon legume to reach U.S. farmers
In the tense trade war with the United States, China's government has turned to an unlikely weapon: a cartoon bean.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Jul 20, 2018
Ghostly neutrinos offer new view of universe as scientists find deep-space source
A breakthrough in the study of ghostly particles called high-energy neutrinos that traverse space, zipping unimpeded through people, planets and whole galaxies, is giving scientists an audacious new way to expand our understanding of the cosmos.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jul 20, 2018
Putin tells diplomats he pitched east Ukraine referendum plan to Trump at their summit
Vladimir Putin told Russian diplomats that he made a proposal to Donald Trump at their summit this week to hold a referendum to help resolve the conflict in eastern Ukraine, but agreed not to disclose the plan publicly so the U.S. president could consider it, according to two people who attended Putin's...
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jul 20, 2018
Sinclair accused of misleading FCC as $3.9 billion Tribune deal goes to a hearing
Regulators accused Sinclair Broadcast Group Inc. of misleading them as it sought approval to buy Tribune Media Co. — and sent their companies' proposed $3.9 billion merger to the uncertain future of a hearing.
WORLD / Politics
Jul 20, 2018
Days after Helsinki summit with Trump, Russia shows off Putin's 'super weapons'
Russia on Thursday broadcast a series of videos showing the testing and operation of a new generation of nuclear and conventional weapons, days after Vladimir Putin and U.S. President Donald Trump discussed how to avoid an arms race.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jul 19, 2018
Drought creates perfect storm for wildfires across western U.S.
Bigger and more "explosive" wildfires are raging across the U.S. West, with the area burned in Colorado already four times the size of last year's total, as rising temperatures, drought and a buildup of forest fuels supercharge blazes.
Why did such a powerful earthquake produce such a weak tsunami?
A person records images of waves following a tsunami advisory generated by local authorities after an earthquake struck off Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula, prompting warnings and evacuations stretching across at the South Pacific, in Vina del Mar, Chile, on Wednesday.
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.
Japanese students struggle with description-type tests
The average correct answer rate for description-type questions in the Japanese-language section of the fiscal 2025 national achievement test for third-year junior high school students was as low as 25.6%, according to the education ministry.
Severe Tropical Storm Krosa approaches eastern Japan
Severe Tropical Storm Krosa is expected to pass east of the Boso Peninsula in Chiba Prefecture on Saturday morning.
Japan's jobs-to-applicant ratio falls to 1.22 in June
Japan's seasonally adjusted effective job-to-applicant ratio dipped to 1.22 in June, down 0.02 point from the previous month, according to the labor ministry.
Junglia brought dinos back to Okinawa. But will it bring tourists?
At Panorama Dining, one of Junglia’s two proper restaurants that also doubles as the rooftop Inifinity Terrace overlook, guests can pay extra to sit in balcony tables made to look like birds’ nests overlooking the park grounds.
Coordination office marks first step in U.S. Forces Japan’s shift to ‘warfighting’ command
U.S., Japanese and Australian staff work in the JJOC Cooperation Team office at the U.S. Army’s Hardy Barracks in central Tokyo in this image posted to the Australian Embassy's X account on July 25.
GTN takes a chance on newcomers to Japan
Hiroyuki Goto, president of GTN. The company started after Goto personally co-signed leases for around 20 non-Japanese people, including some friends and friends of friends.
Artist Chiharu Shiota weaves a hidden marvel on Teshima
“Memory of Lines” is Chiharu Shiota’s second art installation on Teshima as part of the Setouchi Triennale.
How the Japanese TV industry is changing
Fuji TV headquarters in Tokyo's Minato Ward. Fuji TV came under fire over the manner in which it handled a case of “sexual trouble” involving former boy band member Masahiro Nakai and a female announcer.

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