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Japan Times
SUMO / INSIDE SUMO
Jun 5, 2019

Amateur tourneys offer window to sport's future stars

Asanoyama is sumo's latest champion.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Jun 5, 2019

Satellite data show Amazon deforestation rising under Brazil's Bolsonaro

Deforestation of the Amazon rain forest in Brazil sped up in May to the fastest rate in a decade, according to data from an early-warning satellite system, as experts pointed to activity by illegal loggers encouraged by the easing of environmental protections under President Jair Bolsonaro.
Japan Times
TENNIS
Jun 4, 2019

Kei Nishikori faces daunting challenge against 'King of Clay'

Robin Soderling. Novak Djokovic. Kei Nishikori?
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / DARK SIDE OF THE RISING SUN
Jun 1, 2019

Historic justification for Japan's tattoo ban is no longer relevant

With the 2020 Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games a little more than a year away, it's time for Japan to turn the page on tattoos. It's hard to argue with a straight face in this day and age that tattoos are exclusively used by members of the yakuza and ex-criminals. It's a no-brainer.
EDITORIALS
May 31, 2019

China threatens to play the rare earths card

Beijing should realize that playing the rare earths card in its trade dispute with the U.S. will harm China far more than it helps.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / B. League / B. LEAGUE NOTEBOOK
May 30, 2019

Former New Zealand national team coach Nenad Vucinic hired to lead Kumamoto Volters

Well-traveled coach Nenad Vucinic served an assistant for the New Zealand men's national team during the 2006 FIBA World Basketball Championship in Japan.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
May 30, 2019

Pentagon seeks funds to boost U.S. rare-earth production as fears over China supply mount

The U.S. Defense Department is seeking new federal funds to bolster domestic production of rare earth minerals and reduce dependence on China, the Pentagon has said, amid mounting concern in Washington about Beijing's role as a supplier.
Japan Times
SOCCER
May 28, 2019

Leeds, coach Marcelo Bielsa finalize deal for next season

Marcelo Bielsa will remain in charge at Elland Road after Leeds United extended the Argentine coach's contract for a second season and said it had "unfinished business" after narrowly failing to win Premier League promotion.
SUMO
May 25, 2019

Sumo 101: Controversial decisions

Friday's controversial overturning of an apparent Tochinoshin win has people up in arms.
EDITORIALS
May 22, 2019

Steady as it goes in Central Asia

Japan should use its long, under-appreciated history of engagement with Central Asia to promote stability in this vital area.
COMMENTARY / Japan
May 20, 2019

What Sri Lanka has to teach the world

Japan and other countries around the world can learn from the South Asian nation's private sector effort to address public policy issues.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies / FOCUS
May 19, 2019

Royalty feud threatens to tear apart FamilyMart's profitable joint venture in China

FamilyMart, the most successful Japanese convenience store chain in China, is embroiled in a royalty payments fight between its Japanese and Chinese joint-venture partners that could change how much money each side makes or scuttle the partnership entirely.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / WHY DID YOU LEAVE JAPAN?
May 18, 2019

Mari Yamamoto: Staying international on and off camera

Becoming an actress was a way to liberate Mari Yamamoto from a salaryman way of life.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / BLACK EYE
May 15, 2019

A tale of two ads (and two different sets of eyes)

Since many Japanese people don't have the opportunity to interact with black people in their daily lives, how the community is represented in the national media is important.
Japan Times
WORLD / Society
May 15, 2019

Five U.S. abuse victims sue Vatican to release thousands of names of predator priests

Five U.S. men who say they were sexually abused as minors by Roman Catholic priests filed a federal lawsuit in Minnesota on Tuesday against the Vatican, accusing the church of concealing the identities of thousands of predator clergy members.
Japan Times
JAPAN
May 14, 2019

Ex-top Trump aide McMaster says accepting North Korea nukes would push Japan to debate own deterrent

Former U.S. national security adviser H.R. McMaster has said that the United States accepting North Korea as a de facto nuclear power would prompt Japan to debate whether or not it needed its own nuclear weapons, a claim that comes amid rekindled tensions on the Korean Peninsula.
Japan Times
SUMO
May 13, 2019

Sumo 101: Amateur sumo

What do Takakeisho, Tochinoshin and Mitakeumi have in common, apart from recently becoming first-time winners of the Emperor's Cup?
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle
May 13, 2019

Taking the fall: The hard-knock life of a stunt performer in Japan

Trainer Chuck Johnson explains what it takes to get a piece of the action in this rough-and-tumble world of stunt performers.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
May 12, 2019

ANC keeps power in South Africa but scandals cost it votes

The African National Congress easily won South Africa's general election Saturday, but its share of the vote fell, reflecting anger at corruption scandals and racial inequalities that remain entrenched a generation after the party took power.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
May 9, 2019

The market is open for Japan and North Korea

After years of being shut out from direct dealings with Pyongyang, it appears there is finally a window of opportunity for Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to make contact with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.
Japan Times
WORLD / Society
May 9, 2019

After ballot, Denver set to become first U.S. city to decriminalize magic mushrooms

Based on final unofficial results Wednesday of a ballot initiative about the hallucinogenic drug, Denver will become the first city in the United States to decriminalize magic mushrooms.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / TELLING LIVES
May 8, 2019

Photographing Tokyo's human side: Isaac Aquino finds an 'interloper' in us all

Isaac Aquino has just quit his job as a reporter, and he seems quite pleased with himself. The soft-spoken Filipino recently decided to go all in on Tokyo Interlopers, an Instagram account he launched three years ago, by focusing on a business MBA.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
May 8, 2019

Trump claimed business losses of $1.17 billion over a decade, report says

U.S. President Donald Trump, who won the presidency in part on his image as a successful business mogul, lost $1.17 billion over 10 years on failed business deals, according to tax records obtained by The New York Times.
Japan Times
WORLD
May 5, 2019

Trump proposal would make it easier to deport immigrants, including green card holders, who use benefits

The Trump administration is considering reversing long-standing policy to make it easier to deport U.S. legal permanent residents who have used public benefits, part of an effort to restrict immigration by low-income people.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / B. League / HOOP SCOOP
May 4, 2019

Nomadic Neumann lived an incredible basketball life

Johnny Neumann forged an unconventional path in life.
Woman dies after train collides with car in Tochigi
A Moka Railway train car
After Shohei Ohtani bump, Iwate ironware maker sees brighter future
Kaito Kikuchi's decision to send superstar Shohei Ohtani one of his company's traditional ironware tea kettles has paid off with a surge of interest from general consumers.
Tokyo police care for lost umbrellas, keys and flying squirrels
An employee at the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department Lost and Found Center in the Iidabashi area of central Tokyo bags, tags and organizes thousands of items.
Japan to aid introduction of multilingual ride-hailing apps
A Nihon Kotsu Co. taxi departs one of the company's service offices in Tokyo.
Seven & I founding family sounded out KKR and others about buyout: report
A 7-Eleven convenience store in Tokyo
Tokyo’s newest three-star chef wants ‘harmony across every detail’
British-born Daniel Calvert earned his third Michelin star last month — a stunning achievement considering his restaurant, Sezanne, has only been open for just over three years.
133-year-old Kyushu railway station remains to be partially preserved
The remains of the original Moji Station in Kitakyushu
After Shohei Ohtani bump, Iwate ironware maker sees brighter future
Kaito Kikuchi's decision to send superstar Shohei Ohtani one of his company's traditional ironware tea kettles has paid off with a surge of interest from general consumers.
Shohei Ohtani wins National League MVP award
Shohei Ohtani celebrates after hitting a three-run home run against the Padres during the National League Division Series at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles last month.
The slow-burn success of ‘A Samurai in Time’
A 19th-century warrior gets struck by lightning and wakes to find himself in 21st-century Kyoto in Junichi Yasuda’s surprise hit “A Samurai in Time.”

Podcast

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

Longform

Construction takes place on the Takanawa Gateway Convention Center in Tokyo, slated to open in 2025.
A boom for business tourism in Japan?
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