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BUSINESS
Sep 24, 2014
Japan, U.S. begin ministerial talks on TPP in bid to resolve pesky differences
Japan and the United States began ministerial talks Tuesday in Washington on a much-awaited bilateral agreement seen as crucial to cementing the Trans-Pacific Partnership.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / MLB / MAN ABOUT SPORTS
Sep 23, 2014
Williams won't allow Nationals to baby their players
What a difference a day makes.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS / OLYMPIC NOTEBOOK
Sep 20, 2014
Legendary gymnast Uchimura preparing to defend world title
Kohei Uchimura will return to the spotlight after the Asian Games.
BASKETBALL / BJ-LEAGUE NOTEBOOK
Sep 11, 2014
Translator Takamori leaves Niigata
All professional basketball leagues have people working behind the scenes or in roles that are less glamorous than the starting five or head coach.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / BJ-LEAGUE NOTEBOOK
Aug 29, 2014
Evessa greats commemorate team's 10th anniversary
As the Osaka Evessa make preparations for their 10th season, they've started commemorating the franchise's rich history. They were, after all, the first champion in league history, winning the 2005-06 title.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society
Aug 26, 2014
Famous panels depicting scenes after 1945 A-bombings to be exhibited in Washington
A famous series of large panels depicting the horrors of the 1945 atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki will be exhibited in the United States next year to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the attacks.
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 21, 2014
Bereft of sense, government does what it can
Washington's response to the menace of school bake sales illustrates progressivism's ratchet: The federal government subsidizes school lunches, so it must control the lunches' contents, which validates regulation of what it calls 'competitive foods,' such as vending machine snacks.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 20, 2014
Remains found on Mount St. Helens identified as those of Japanese hiker
Human remains discovered on Washington state's Mount St. Helens have been identified as a Japanese hiker who vanished last November while trying to climb to the volcano's summit alone, officials said Tuesday.
JAPAN
Aug 12, 2014
Body found on Mount St. Helens likely Japanese hiker missing since November
Teams searching over the weekend in Washington state found a body believed to be that of Yosuke Onishi, a hiker from Saga Prefecture missing since November when he attempted to climb Mount St. Helens alone.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 6, 2014
Obama to announce $14 billion in U.S. corporate investments in Africa
President Barack Obama will announce on Tuesday that U.S. businesses have committed to investing $14 billion in construction, clean energy, banking and information technology projects across Africa, a White House official said.
Japan Times
WORLD / Society
Aug 4, 2014
Africa summit in U.S. expected to yield billions of dollars in deals, funding
The United States will announce nearly $1 billion in business deals, increase funding for peacekeeping and commit billions of dollars to expanding food and power programs in Africa during a summit this week, U.S. and development officials say.
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 30, 2014
The government decides 'Redskins' bothers you
Some Americans who are paying attention to the absence of Native American revulsion over the name 'Washington Redskins' are not comfortable with the government saying, in effect, that if people are not offended, they should be.
JAPAN / History
May 24, 2014
'Comfort women' memorial set to be unveiled in metro Washington
A monument to the women who were forced to work in Japan's wartime military brothels will be unveiled in a Washington suburb this week, local authorities involved in the project confirmed.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / MLB / MAN ABOUT SPORTS
May 20, 2014
Outlook for Nationals reliant upon health of DC3
How many times in sports have you heard it: As so-and-so goes, so goes team such-and-such?
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle
Apr 19, 2014
Cannabis: the healing of the nation
Every summer in Hokkaido and northern Honshu, platoons of police and public servants scour the countryside for cannabis.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / BJ-LEAGUE NOTEBOOK
Apr 16, 2014
Kyoto's success no surprise under coach Hamaguchi
Piece by piece, Kyoto Hannaryz coach Honoo Hamaguchi has cobbled together an impressive resume. He is the bj-league's only bench boss to be in charge of a team on opening day in all nine seasons.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL
Feb 19, 2014
Encouragement, advice helped steer Watanabe to GWU
The recent decision by promising basketball prospect Yuta Watanabe to attend George Washington University next season came as bright news for his home country.
JAPAN
Jan 15, 2014
USS Reagan to replace George Washington at Yokosuka
The U.S. Navy said Wednesday it will substitute its nuclear-powered aircraft carrier at the Yokosuka Naval Base, the USS George Washington, with another in the same class, the Ronald Reagan.
JAPAN
Jan 8, 2014
Japan ramping up policy PR campaign in U.S.
The government has been expanding a program to win over public opinion in the United States on Japan's foreign policy related to defense and the disputes with China and South Korea over territory and wartime history.
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 26, 2013
The unraveling of Barack Obama's presidency
When it comes to Obamacare, U.S. President Barack Obama is like someone who burns down your house. Then shows up with an empty water bucket. Then lectures you about how defective the house was.
Number of homeless in Japan hits record low
Homeless people sleep on the street in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward in August 2021.
Raising kids in Japan as a single parent? It takes a village.
Making things work as a foreign, single mother in Japan isn't easy, but these tips and tricks can help you through the hardest parts.
JAL cancels international flight after captain gets drunk at Dallas hotel
A Japan Airlines' flight from Dallas to Tokyo was canceled last week after its captain got drunk at a local hotel.
In Japan, regional revitalization fails to halt population decline
Sakiyama elementary school in Tamba, Hyogo Prefecture, in March .Over the past decade, the government has directed efforts toward policies designed to give young people incentives to base themselves in rural areas.
Putin’s war will soon reach Russians’ tax bills
Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks during a meeting in St. Petersburg on Friday.
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.
Casa del Cibo: A thriving jewel born from Tohoku’s harsh past
When chef Ryohei Ikemi moved to Hachinohe, Aomori Prefecture, and opened Casa del Cibo in 2011, it was the first proper Italian restaurant in the 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.
Kyotographie's strong 12th edition shines light into the margins
Yassine Alaoui Ismaili, who goes by Yoriyas, turned to photography, shooting motion while in motion himself, after an injury forced him to give up his career as a professional breakdancer.

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