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BUSINESS
Oct 6, 2015
Tentative TPP rewrites trade rules for autos, drugs, produce, rice and IP, but faces legislative OKs
The tentative agreement on trade negotiated by a dozen Pacific Rim nations will slightly pry open Japan's famously closed rice market, protect brand-name drugs from generic competitors for at least five years and lower tariffs on automobiles.
WORLD
Oct 6, 2015
American Airlines captain falls ill in flight, dies
An American Airlines Group Inc. captain died after falling ill during a Phoenix-to-Boston flight, forcing the first officer to divert the plane to Syracuse, New York.
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 4, 2015
Putin has taken a crooked road to Damascus
Vladimir Putin's Syrian adventure is yet another appeal to Russian nostalgia for the Soviet past as a way to maintain his support and distract the public from problems closer to home.
WORLD
Oct 3, 2015
U.S. military airstrike may have hit Afghan hospital
A U.S. airstrike may have hit a hospital run by Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF), a NATO forces spokesman said, after the medical aid group blamed an aerial attack for the destruction in the northern Afghan city of Kunduz that killed three staffers.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Oct 3, 2015
Automakers look to tech firms to fix cars over the air
As cars increasingly resemble digital devices, a group of technology firms that can send wireless software updates to cars are in hot demand by carmakers scrambling to catch up to Tesla Motors in the arena of over-the-air updates, or OTAs.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Oct 3, 2015
Military veteran protecting Oregon classmates was shot seven times
An Iraq War veteran and mixed martial arts fighter whose son turned 6 on Thursday was shot seven times as he blocked the Umpqua gunman from entering a classroom, possibly saving lives during the mass shooting in southern Oregon.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Oct 3, 2015
Oregon sheriff who opposes gun control is thrust into the spotlight after massacre
About a month after the 2012 Sandy Hook school shootings, Douglas County Sheriff John Hanlin in Oregon posted a video on his Facebook page from conspiracy theorists who said the event might have been a hoax. A few days later, he wrote to Vice President Joe Biden, telling him to stay away from gun control....
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Oct 3, 2015
Obama warns Putin of 'quagmire' in Syria
U.S. President Barack Obama warned Russia on Friday that its bombing campaign against Syrian rebels will suck Moscow into a "quagmire," after a third straight day of air raids in support of President Bashar Assad.
Japan Times
WORLD / ANALYSIS
Oct 2, 2015
Blindsided U.S. may not be able to defend CIA-trained Syrian rebels from Russian airstrikes
Already outgunned and outmanned in Syria's civil war, U.S.-backed rebels are facing a new and possibly even more serious threat to their survival: Russian airstrikes that Washington appears reluctant to thwart.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Oct 2, 2015
Ozzie the eagle dead after live-streamed duel with love rival in Florida
A love triangle between bald eagles that played out before thousands of fans on a live webcam has ended badly in Florida with the death of Ozzie, longtime mate of Harriet, according to a Florida wildlife clinic.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Oct 2, 2015
Oregon shooting 'threat' may have circulated on social media beforehand
A chain of messages posted to an anonymous chat board known for its explicit conversation threads and graphic images included an ominous warning on Wednesday evening not to go to school on Thursday "if you are in the northwest."
BUSINESS / Economy
Oct 2, 2015
If Trump dumps NAFTA and its benefits, U.S. companies, consumers could take big hit
Donald Trump has pledged to renegotiate or terminate the North American Free Trade Agreement, saying that it's been a disaster for the U.S.
Japan Times
WORLD
Oct 1, 2015
Oregon becomes third U.S. state to allow recreational marijuana sales
The sale of marijuana for recreational use began in Oregon on Thursday as it joined Washington state and Colorado in allowing the sale of a drug that remains illegal under U.S. federal law.
JAPAN / Politics / ANALYSIS
Oct 1, 2015
Japan, China timed announcement of espionage arrests, says expert
Beijing and Tokyo appear to have waited until two of China's key events were over before revealing the detention of two Japanese nationals.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Oct 1, 2015
All Syrian refugees the U.S. takes in now would be booted back under a Trump presidency
U.S. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump would send all the Syrian refugees the United States accepts back to Syria if he is elected, he said on Wednesday at an event in Keene, New Hampshire.
Japan Times
WORLD
Oct 1, 2015
Russia begins airstrikes in Syria, warns U.S. to steer clear; civilian casualties reported
Russia launched airstrikes in Syria on Wednesday in the Kremlin's biggest Middle East intervention in decades, but Moscow's assertion that it had hit Islamic State was immediately disputed by the United States and rebels on the ground.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 30, 2015
Xi's visit to the U.S. — the devil is in the details
Following Xi Jinping's visit to the U.S., China touted progress in their 'Major-Country Relationship,' a topic on which Washington was curiously silent.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 30, 2015
Grandson of atomic bomb crewman writes of hibakusha horrors
The grandson of a U.S. serviceman who flew on both planes that dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945 has devoted himself to a project almost unimaginable 70 years ago: spreading the stories of horror experienced by the hibakusha.
WORLD
Sep 29, 2015
U.S., Russia agree Syria must be united and secular
The United States and Russia agree on "some fundamental principles" for Syria, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said Tuesday, adding that he planned to meet again with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Wednesday.
EDITORIALS
Sep 29, 2015
Modest progress in U.S.-China ties
While there were no gaffes during Chinese President Xi Jinping's recent visit to the U.S., his summit with President Obama was a missed opportunity for significant progress.
Japan ruling bloc loses majority in Upper House after election drubbing
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, who serves concurrently as president of the Liberal Democratic Party, leaves at the party's headquarters following announcement of Upper House election result projections in Tokyo early Monday.
‘Japanese First’ Sanseito emerges as powerful force after Upper House poll
Sanseito leader Sohei Kamiya in Tokyo on Sunday night
Foreign residents closely follow Japan's election and party pledges
A police officer walks past posters of Liberal Democratic Party candidates, as well as one showing Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, outside the party's headquarters in Tokyo on Sunday. As Japan’s foreign population continues to rise, one of the talking points during Sunday’s election was how the country should deal with the increase of international residents.
Japan’s top brands get tied up in the great sunscreen debate
A coral reef in Okinawa in July 2022. Some jurisdictions around the world have moved to ban certain sunscreens in a bid to protect coral reefs, but some say the impact on reefs is far from clear.
Voters in Tokyo reflect shifting political views across Japan
Pedestrians walk in front of an election notice board displaying posters of candidates in Tokyo on Sunday.
Japan’s top brands get tied up in the great sunscreen debate
A coral reef in Okinawa in July 2022. Some jurisdictions around the world have moved to ban certain sunscreens in a bid to protect coral reefs, but some say the impact on reefs is far from clear.
Pentagon looks to unleash ‘military drone dominance’
U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth hosts a drone demonstration at the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia, on July 10.
‘Noto Democracy’ and the slow work of civic change
Yukio Iokibe’s “Noto Democracy" centers on Motoyuki Takii, a former junior high school teacher who publishes a handwritten newspaper every month to encourage the residents of Anamizu, Ishikawa Prefecture, to engage in local politics.
In microbes we trust: Embracing the nature of fermented food
You don't need an oven to make Kenji Morimoto's easy and delicious Miso Sticky Toffee Crepe Cake.
Touring the Silk Road — without leaving Tokyo
One of the entrances to Pao Compound, a nine-story Silk Road-inspired complex in Tokyo's Higashinakano neighborhood

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
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