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Japan Times
BUSINESS
Mar 21, 2016

Spending on Internet ads to overtake TV spots by 2017, forecaster says

Businesses around the world are set to spend more on Internet advertising than on television commercials for the first time in 2017, forecaster ZenithOptimedia said on Monday.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jul 29, 2015

Christie warning over states where pot is legal: You have till 2017 to toke up

Residents in U.S. states that have legalized marijuana should toke up while they still can, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie said.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Sep 22, 2012

Honda aims to double sales by 2017

Honda Motor Co. plans to double its global auto sales to more than 6 million units in the business year to March 2017, compared with 3.12 million last year, on the back of strong growth in emerging markets, President Takanobu Ito said Friday.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jan 24, 2023

Biden nominates North Korea human rights envoy, first since 2017

The White House moved to fill a post that has been empty since 2017 amid debate over how rights issues fit with efforts to counter Pyongyang's nuclear weapons program.
Japan Times
LIFE / Language
Feb 5, 2018

Looking at what the world likes about Japan

Google Trends has released its search data on Japan for 2017 and topping several lists was the name Mao Kobayashi (u5c0fu6797u9ebbu592e).
Japan Times
WORLD
Dec 19, 2021

Hidden Pentagon records reveal patterns of failure in deadly U.S. airstrikes

A trove of documents lays bare how the U.S. air war has been marked by deeply flawed intelligence, rushed and often imprecise targeting and the deaths of thousands of civilians.
Japan Times
PRESS / Publications
Feb 19, 2018

『ジャパンタイムズ社説集』最新号発売

 株式会社ジャパンタイムズ(本社:東京都港区、代表取締役社長:堤丈晴)は、『ジャパンタイムズ社説集2017年下半期』を出版しました。
Japan Times
PRESS / Publications
Aug 25, 2017

『ジャパンタイムズ社説集』最新号発売

株式会社ジャパンタイムズ(本社:東京都港区、代表取締役社長:堤丈晴)は、『ジャパンタイムズ社説集2017年上半期』を出版しました。
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics / FOCUS
Dec 16, 2021

Armed but isolated: North Korea's Kim marks a decade in power

Although seen as inexperienced and lacking the support of key regime figures upon the death of his father, Kim has been able to cement his grip on power over the past 10 years.
Japan Times
JAPAN / 50TH ADB ANNUAL MEETING
May 4, 2017

Majority of Asian economies are expected to see short-term gains

The Asian Development Bank on April 6 released the Asian Development Outlook (ADO) 2017. The ADB's flagship annual report analyzes economic performance in the past year and offers forecasts for the next two years for the 45 economies in Asia and the Pacific that make up developing Asia. The following...
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Sep 12, 2020

As Myanmar erases names of destroyed Rohingya villages, U.N. map-makers follow suit

On maps produced in 2020 by the U.N. mapping unit in Myanmar, which it says are based on Myanmar government maps, the site of the destroyed village is now nameless.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / NPB Preview
Mar 28, 2018

Hawks look set to maintain stranglehold over Pacific League rivals

The following is the first of a two-part NPB preview beginning with the 2018 Pacific League.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
May 4, 2019

Foreign government leases at Trump World Tower stir more emoluments concerns with U.S. lawyers

The U.S. State Department allowed seven foreign governments to rent luxury condominiums in New York's Trump World Tower in 2017 without approval from Congress, according to documents and people familiar with the leases, in what some experts say could be a potential violation of the U.S. Constitution's...
The Switch 2 will retail its Japanese-only model for ¥49,980.
LIFE / Digital
Apr 3, 2025

Nintendo to launch the Switch 2 on June 5

The gaming giant's newest console will retail for ¥49,980 for its Japanese-only version and ¥69,980 for multilingual and multiregion support.
Brooks Koepka is a five-time major winner who will be seeking his first Masters title next week.
MORE SPORTS / Golf
Apr 3, 2025

LIV Golf stars look ahead to Masters

"It's almost a religious experience every time you set foot on Augusta National," said Phil Mickelson.
Wang Shun of China races to gold in the final of the men's 200-meter individual medley at the Tokyo Olympics in July 2021.
OLYMPICS / Swimming
Jun 15, 2024

Doping regulator knew of previous positive tests by Chinese swimmers

Three Chinese swimmers who failed drug tests before the 2021 Olympics had tested positive for a powerful steroid several years earlier.
No matter the outcome of the snap parliamentary elections in France, President Emmanuel Macron’s centrist project has failed to convince voters.
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 2, 2024

Why Macronism failed

With a second round of voting in the French parliamentary election this week, no matter the outcome, Macron hasn't convinced voters that centrism is the way forward.

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Professional cleaner Hirofumi Sakurai takes a moment to appreciate some photographs in a Gotanda apartment whose occupant died alone.
The last cleanup: Life and death in a lonely Japan