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JAPAN

Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Jul 9, 2015
LDP, DPJ take to Internet to mount security bill-related campaigns of persuasion
By Jesse Johnson
As Prime Minister Shinzo Abe prepares to ram through legislation that would drastically alter Japan's security stance, both the LDP and DPJ are taking their arguments to the people — via a variety of online media.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jul 9, 2015
Kennedy aided Hamp's release from jail, U.S. official says
Former Toyota Motor Corp. executive Julie Hamp left a Tokyo jail 20 days after police arrested her for violating Japan's drug laws. U.S. Ambassador Caroline Kennedy helped secure the release, said an official.

ASIA PACIFIC

Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jul 9, 2015
China stocks recover but unease grows amid media gag, ban on some share sales
The country's benchmark stock index capped its biggest gain since 2009 as the communist government battled to restore confidence in a market that lost $3.9 trillion in weeks.
ASIA PACIFIC
Jul 9, 2015
U.S. upgrades Malaysia in annual human trafficking report: sources
The United States is upgrading Malaysia from the lowest tier on its list of worst human trafficking centers, U.S. sources said Wednesday, a move that could smooth the way for an ambitious U.S.-led free-trade deal with the Southeast Asian nation and 11 other countries.

WORLD

WORLD / Crime & Legal
Jul 9, 2015
Guinea ex-junta leader indicted over stadium massacre
Guinean authorities have indicted former military leader Moussa Dadis Camara over a massacre at a stadium in the capital in 2009 in which soldiers are accused of killing at least 157 people, a spokesman for his party said on Thursday.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Jul 9, 2015
U.S. court: citizenship law's gender differences unconstitutional
A U.S. law that treats mothers and fathers differently in determining whether their foreign-born children may claim U.S. citizenship is unconstitutional, a federal appeals court ruled Wednesday, four years after the U.S. Supreme Court split 4-4 on the issue.
WORLD
Jul 9, 2015
Pope drinks coca tea on way to highlands of Bolivia
Pope Francis drank a tea of coca leaves, chamomile flower and anise seeds on the plane to Bolivia from Ecuador Wednesday to ward off altitude sickness upon arrival at the highest international airport in the world.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Jul 9, 2015
Cosby accuser asks court to make entire deposition public
Canadian woman at the center of sexual assault allegations against comedian Bill Cosby accused him on Wednesday of violating a confidentiality agreement in their 2005 lawsuit, and asked a court to make public his entire testimony.
WORLD / Science & Health
Jul 9, 2015
Progress reported in using gene therapy for deafness
Gene therapy for deafness is moving closer to reality, with new research on Wednesday showing the technique for fixing faulty DNA can improve responses in mice with genetic hearing loss.
Japan Times
WORLD / Society
Jul 9, 2015
Pope pays brief high-altitude Bolivia visit, praises reforms, pays tribute to slain priest
Pope Francis arrived in Bolivia on Wednesday, praising the government of leftist President Evo Morales, the country's first indigenous leader whose frosty relationship with the Catholic Church has begun to thaw under the Argentine pontiff's papacy.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jul 9, 2015
Climbing route altered after 2,400-ton granite slab breaks from Yosemite's Half Dome
A 2,400-ton chunk of granite broke loose last week from the towering Half Dome formation in Yosemite National Park, altering one of North America's most popular rock-climbing routes, but no one was hurt and casual visitors will probably never notice.

BUSINESS

Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 9, 2015
New Honda chief discusses air bags, Asimo
By Kazuaki Nagata
Although the root cause of Takata Corp.'s deadly air bag malfunctions remains unclear, Honda's new president on Thursday tried to reassure drivers and passengers that recalled vehicles are rendered safe with replacement inflators.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 9, 2015
Honda adds 4.5 million cars to Takata air bag recall
Honda Motor Co. added 4.5 million more vehicles globally to recalls involving Takata Corp. air bags Thursday, expanding preventative measures amid a growing toll of motorists injured or killed by the safety devices.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Jul 9, 2015
U.S., Japan enter 'final' trade talks ahead of possible TPP agreement
By Eric Johnston
Trade negotiators from the U.S. and Japan met Thursday in Tokyo to work out what they hope will be a final bilateral deal needed for the Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 9, 2015
Japan firms face hurdles as 'service' culture taken overseas
By Yuzuha Oka
At Uniqlo stores worldwide, staff greet every customer with "Welcome to Uniqlo!"
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 9, 2015
SMBC Nikko aims to hire rare experts to manage riskier bank debt
By Takako Taniguchi and Finbarr Flynn
Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc. is seeking as many as six new hires for a team specializing in underwriting bonds issued by banks that would insulate taxpayers from costs if the lenders later fail.

ENVIRONMENT

Japan Times
ENVIRONMENT
Jul 9, 2015
Drought-hit Thai farmers struggling as subsidies, like paddies, look to dry up amid water curbs
Rice farmer Boontham Chei-pa switches on a water pump in the evenings to irrigate his parched field from a canal in Thailand's central province of Suphanburi. The soil is hardly moistened before the motor is switched off.

Opinion

EDITORIALS
Jul 9, 2015
Greece nears the time of reckoning
Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras is running out of time before the rubber meets the road and he decides whether Greece will leave the European Union.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jul 9, 2015
Repairing Japan-China ties
By Tom Plate
Are the domestic politics of Japan and China antithetical to continued peace between Asia's leading powers?
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 9, 2015
Obama's new Iraq strategy: don't lose Baghdad
By Noah Feldman
Rather than seek the defeat of Islamic State, Obama will limit U.S. military involvement in Iraq to a level sufficient to keep the militant group from taking Baghdad while he's in office.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 9, 2015
Greeks, Germans and these so-called deadlines
By Leonid Bershidsky
Some of what has gone wrong with the tedious bailout talks between Greece and its northern European creditors can probably be attributed to cultural differences.

Sports

SOCCER
Jul 9, 2015
Casillas set to leave Madrid for Porto
Real Madrid goalkeeper and captain Iker Casillas is on the verge of joining Portuguese side Porto after 16 seasons with the La Liga club he joined as a boy, it was widely reported in Spanish media on Wednesday.

LIFE

Japan Times
LIFE / Travel / HOTELS & RESTAURANTS
Jul 9, 2015
A cute and cuddly place to stay; low-carb course menu by the bay; fine French cuisine from local fare
A cute and cuddly place to stay

CULTURE

Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Jul 9, 2015
Japanese winemaker reflects on life and disaster in this succinct New Zealand documentary
By James Hadfield
Today's documentarians may dream of making epic Frederick Wiseman-style films, but online audiences aren't usually so patient. Three hours? You'll be lucky to hold someone's attention for three minutes.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Jul 9, 2015
Rock group Vamps would go with Linkin Park, Madonna and Babymetal for their fantasy festival lineup
By Matthew Hernon
Motley Crue, Linkin Park, Judas Priest, Nine Inch Nails, Madonna and ... Babymetal. Given the chance to organize a music festival this summer these are the acts Vamps duo Hideto "Hyde" Takarai and Kazuhito "K.A.Z" Iwaike would select to perform. An eclectic mix, there are some choices you'd have expected...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Jul 9, 2015
Akiko Kikuchi thinks you can go home again in nostalgic new flick
By Daisuke Kikuchi
In a restless country where it's common to work overtime, a bit of the slow life is needed now and then, even if it's via the silver screen.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Stage
Jul 9, 2015
Tackling the Bard's world in one go: Kuranosuke Sasaki teams up with director Andrew Goldberg for a one-man 'Macbeth'
By Nobuko Tanaka
With a piercing yell, Kuranosuke Sasaki bursts out of the rehearsal studio, his hands covered in (fake) blood. Then seeing me, he smiles and says, "Sorry to keep you waiting" — before returning to intensive preparations with American director Andrew Goldberg for his starring role in their one-man "Macbeth,"...
'Shogun' becomes first non-English-language winner of best drama Emmy
Japanese actress Anna Sawai, winner of the outstanding lead actress in a drama series award for "Shogun," and Japanese actor Hiroyuki Sanada, winner of the outstanding lead actor in a drama series award for the show, pose in the press room during the 76th Emmy Awards in Los Angeles on Sunday.
Chris Broad's new bar puts cocktails first, YouTube second
A self-proclaimed lover of great cocktails, YouTuber Chris Broad says his new Shibuya watering hole is more a place to get yourself a solid drink than it is anything related to his social media career.
Yamaha Motor president slashed with knife by daughter
Yamaha Motor said it would not comment on an alleged knife attack on its president as it is a private matter and the investigation is ongoing.
Japan set to hold rates steady as yen rallies and LDP candidates stump
The Bank of Japan is holding its policy board meeting this week.
How Intel lost the Sony PlayStation business
Intel in 2022 lost out on a contract to design and fabricate the chip for Sony’s next-generation PlayStation 6.
‘Shogun’ and the painstaking art of ‘getting it right’
Hiroyuki Sanada and the cast and crew of "Shogun" accept the award for best drama series at the 76th Primetime Emmy Awards in Los Angeles, California.
Japan’s schools battle to keep kids cool, with or without AC
Students sit under a misting system during recess at Hikarigaoka Haru no Kaze Elementary School in Nerima Ward, Tokyo, on Sept. 6.
Chris Broad's new bar puts cocktails first, YouTube second
A self-proclaimed lover of great cocktails, YouTuber Chris Broad says his new Shibuya watering hole is more a place to get yourself a solid drink than it is anything related to his social media career.
In LDP presidential poll, three kingmakers hold all the cards
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida speaks at the Liberal Democratic Party headquarters in Tokyo in January as former Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga (left) looks on.
How China’s dominance of solar and batteries is impacting Japan’s energy transition
Solar panels and wind turbines at a power plant in Hami in China's Xinjiang region. The U.S. and other countries have described China’s actions against Uyghurs in the Xinjiang region, a key cog in the cleantech supply chain, as a genocidal campaign aimed at erasing an entire culture.

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

Longform

A store clerk tries to cool things down in front of their shop by spraying a hose.
Is extreme weather changing the way Japan shops?
By Alex K.T. Martin

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