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WORLD / Politics
Jul 13, 2016

Justice Ginsburg enters political fray, terms Trump 'faker' with ego

In calling Republican Donald Trump a "faker," Ruth Bader Ginsburg thrust herself into presidential politics to an unprecedented degree for a U.S. Supreme Court justice in the modern era.
BASKETBALL / B. League / B. LEAGUE NOTEBOOK
Jul 7, 2016

Kawachi takes role with new league

For 11 seasons, Toshimitsu Kawachi was the face of the bj-league. As the only commissioner in league history, he was the front man for the league's growth from six teams in the 2005-06 season to 24 clubs this past season as well as its success stories and problems.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Stage
Jul 7, 2016

New butoh venue aims for intimacy

Butoh has found a permanent home in Kyoto. Appropriately, for a form of dance that originated in Japan but has flown under the radar here, that home is a tiny 154-year-old kura, or storehouse, hidden down an alley and squeezed between a medical college and residential buildings slap bang in the middle...
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Jul 5, 2016

Two Muslim teens beaten outside New York mosque: rights group

Two Muslim teenagers were beaten outside a New York City mosque by an attacker who shouted slurs at them, a rights group said on Monday, calling for police to investigate the incident as a bias crime.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / MLB
Jul 4, 2016

'Ichimeter Lady' still counting as Ichiro nears 3,000

It's been over two years, and Amy Franz still has no idea how Ichiro Suzuki knew it was her birthday. That particular June 11, in 2014, Franz, a longtime Mariners fan, was sitting in right field, as usual, at Seattle's Safeco Field. She was watching for foul balls during batting practice while her husband,...
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LIFE / Style & Design / ON: DESIGN,HOME TRUTHS
Jul 2, 2016

Japan's new retro

This month we look at quintessentially Japanese objects re-invented as modern-retro designs.
Japan Times
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Jul 1, 2016

Finding new England manager won't be an easy task

In any successful organization, forward planning is essential. The present quickly becomes the future so those at the sharp end of the business would constantly be formulating ideas and strategies for the next step.
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 27, 2016

Mass shootings are America's new normal

Congress's failure to act over the last 12 years has transformed the U.S. into a nation awash in military hardware.
Japan Times
LIFE / Digital / ON: GAMES
Jun 25, 2016

New releases fill in the gaps in gaming

A necessary evil
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BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 23, 2016

Tokyo professor's medicine-making molecules bring new tool to pharma

When he realized he was not going to make it as a guitarist, Hiroaki Suga set out to find the origin of life, and ended up creating a new way to develop medicines.
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CULTURE / Stage
Jun 21, 2016

Dramatist speaks up for the downtrodden and new thinking in Japan

Fifty-three year-old Oriza Hirata unexpectedly arrived early for our 9 a.m. interview in a Tokyo family restaurant one recent Sunday morning. Not only that, but the famed playwright and director turned up alone without the squad of minders such people's managers generally send along to stop them making...
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WORLD / Politics
Jun 16, 2016

Trump adds new twist to immigration proposals, but legal doubts persist

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump's proposal for suspending immigration from parts of the world with a history of terrorism could have a legal basis, but his assertion that it be part of a broader ban on Muslim immigrants makes it constitutionally untenable, legal scholars say.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL
Jun 10, 2016

'Helicopter' Humphrey joins new ABA squad RDC Vulcans as head coach

John "Helicopter" Humphrey, one of the now-dissolved bj-league's original stars, has been hired to coach the American Basketball Association's RDC Vulcans, an expansion squad.
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LIFE / Travel / HOTELS & RESTAURANTS
Jun 9, 2016

New small-breed dog run in Hakone; summer treats to beat the heat; sipping drinks under cool night skies

New small-breed dog run in Hakone
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BUSINESS
Jun 9, 2016

Made-in-Siberia: Russia boasts 'cool' new midrange jetliner to vie with Boeing, Airbus

Russia on Wednesday presented a new medium-range passenger plane that state media said was superior to its Western-made counterparts in many respects and would be snapped up by both Russian and foreign carriers.
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JAPAN / History / JAPAN TIMES GONE BY
Jun 4, 2016

Aviator dazzles Emperor; Poets inaugurate new national association; Beatles face press; Mount Unzen erupts

100 YEARS AGOWednesday, June 7, 1916
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BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 3, 2016

Fujifilm's new chief aims to make drug operations profitable

Fujifilm Holdings Corp.'s new president, Kenji Sukeno, aims to make its pharmaceutical operations profitable and said the company will consider acquisitions to bolster growth in sectors where it has an existing presence.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / BJ-LEAGUE NOTEBOOK
May 26, 2016

Questions abound as teams prep for new league

What kind of rivalries will develop in the early days of the B. League?
Japan Times
LIFE / Digital / ON: GAMES
May 21, 2016

Bright new things in Japan's gaming world

Nintendo's summer colors
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COMMUNITY / Issues / THE FOREIGN ELEMENT
May 18, 2016

Giving voice to foreign talent via the spoken word

Tokyo's English poetry scene gets a shot in the arm with a lively event night and new journal.
WORLD / Politics
May 15, 2016

Trump has a history of questionable behavior with women, New York Times reports

Interviews with dozens of women who have worked for Donald Trump or interacted with him socially reveal a pattern of often unsettling personal behavior by the Republican presidential candidate, The New York Times reported on Saturday.
COMMENTARY / Japan
May 11, 2016

A 'new approach' for the Russian territorial dispute?

If Shinzo Abe makes any attempt to offer concessions to Moscow over the Russian-held islands off Hokkaido, hawks in the Foreign Ministry are sure to fight him every step of the way.

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The sun shines from behind a waving Philippine flag at the Manila American Cemetery and Memorial.
Eighty years after the Battle of Manila, old foes forge new ties