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BUSINESS / Economy
Nov 10, 2017
Survey shows households' financial assets increasing helped by Abenomics
An improving job market driven by Japan's economic recovery and booming stock prices helped increase households' net worth this year, a survey showed, suggesting the benefits of Abenomics, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's economics policies, are broadening.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Nov 10, 2017
Authorities seize ¥3 billion in drugs at Kawasaki house after busting suspected trafficking ring
Authorities confiscated dangerous narcotic-like drugs worth some ¥3 billion, one of the largest seized amounts in the country, as they busted a production site operated by alleged traffickers.
Figure Skating
Nov 9, 2017
Yuzuru Hanyu sustains right ankle injury in practice; status unknown for NHK Trophy
World and Olympic champion Yuzuru Hanyu suffered an injury to his right ankle during afternoon practice for the NHK Trophy at Osaka Municipal Central Gymnasium on Thursday afternoon and his status for the event is unclear.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Nov 9, 2017
Hawks infielders Nobuhiro Matsuda and Kenta Imamiya headline Golden Glove Awards
The Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks had the golden touch during the regular season, postseason and Japan Series.
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
JAPAN / Politics
Nov 9, 2017
Leaving TPP a strategic blunder by Trump, ex-U.S. trade rep Michael Froman says
The Trump administration's decision to withdraw from the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade agreement will cost the U.S. access to markets in the Asia-Pacific and make it easier for China to advance its own vision for the region, said Michael Froman, who served as the U.S. Trade Representative under former...
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Nov 9, 2017
Pyongyang demands Seoul return 12 waitresses 'kidnapped' in China
North Korea said on Wednesday that it was working to uphold women's rights and gender equality but that sanctions imposed by major powers were taking a toll on vulnerable families.
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
JAPAN
Nov 8, 2017
Trump claim that Abe plans massive purchases of U.S. defense equipment walked back by Tokyo
The government has downplayed U.S. President Donald Trump's abrupt request for Japan to make large purchases of U.S.-made military gear.
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.

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Sumadori Bar on Shibuya Ward's main Center Gai street targets young customers who prefer low-alcohol drinks or abstain altogether.
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