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PRESS / Publications
Sep 20, 2017

『The Japan Times NEWS DIGEST』最新号発売

株式会社ジャパンタイムズは、『The Japan Times NEWS DIGEST 2017.9 Vol. 68』を出版しました。
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BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 19, 2017

Uber sues Dentsu's Fetch for $40 million over alleged click fraud on right-wing news site Breitbart

Uber Technologies Inc. is accustomed to getting sued. Now it's doing the suing, and it's partly thanks to Breitbart News.
WORLD
Aug 24, 2017

Cuba 'incidents' caused brain injury, nerve damage to U.S., Canadian diplomats: CBS News

A doctor who evaluated American and Canadian diplomats working in Cuba diagnosed them with conditions as serious as mild traumatic brain injury and damage to the central nervous system, CBS News said on Wednesday, citing medical records it reviewed.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Aug 14, 2017

Anthony Scaramucci slams 'Bannon-bart' drag on White House agenda

Short-lived White House communications director Anthony Scaramucci said that Steve Bannon is hurting President Donald Trump's ability to move his agenda forward, and suggested the administration move toward the political "mainstream."
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 13, 2017

Surviving in a post-truth world

Despite the falsehoods that some politicians peddle, facts still matter.
JAPAN / Politics
Aug 9, 2017

New tax agency chief, apparently wary of Moritomo grilling, to skip debut news conference

The National Tax Agency has said its new chief, Nobuhisa Sagawa, will not hold an inaugural news conference, a tradition that dates back at least a decade.
PRESS / Publications
Jul 25, 2017

『The Japan Times NEWS DIGEST』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、『The Japan Times NEWS DIGEST 2017.7 Vol.67』を出版しました。
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
May 11, 2017

Ghosn sees 'good news' in Macron's France win, eyes deeper alliance with Nissan

Carlos Ghosn, chief executive officer of French carmaker Renault SA, sees the embrace of globalization by France's president-elect Emmanuel Macron as a harbinger of faster growth for the country's economy. He also signaled that Macron's policies could pave the way for a deeper alliance between Renault...
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 28, 2017

Fake news warning from an ex-propagandist

To create the kind of disinformation that changes the world, you need a story that's at least 60, 70 or even 80 percent true.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Feb 15, 2017

Kremlin denies meddling in French election, targeting top candidate Macron with 'fake news'

The Kremlin denied on Tuesday that it was behind media and internet attacks on the campaign of French presidential front-runner Emmanuel Macron though his camp renewed the charges against Russian media and a hackers' group operating in Ukraine.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jun 18, 2016

Orlando tourism unshaken by rare week of horrific news

Experts say it's too soon to gauge whether a week of horrific news out of Orlando will hurt tourism there. But travel agents are not seeing widespread cancellations, and many travelers say they're committed to visiting.
CULTURE / TV & Streaming / CHANNEL SURF
Mar 24, 2016

'Stranger'; 'The World's Most Astonishing News'; CM of the week: Rohto

The TV Asahi drama special "Stranger" (Sun., 9 p.m.) is based loosely on "The Poe Family," the award-winning 1970s girl's comic by Moto Hagio, which is about vampires.
LIFE / Language / MORNING ENGLISH
Jun 29, 2015

Let's discuss NHK in the news

This week's featured article
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jun 29, 2015

Defining the contribution of engineering to society

Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 8, 2015

China's military might: the good news

China doesn't need to be as militarily powerful as the U.S. to pose serious problems in East Asia.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jun 2, 2015

TSA airport screeners fail undercover tests, prompting U.S. security boost

Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson said on Monday he had ordered improved security at U.S. airports after media reports that checkpoint screeners failed to detect mock explosives and weapons in 95 percent of tests carried out by undercover agents.
Japan Times
Figure Skating / NOTES ON A SCORECARD
May 26, 2015

Mao's return great news for Japan, skating

Mao Asada's decision to come back to competitive skating is certainly good news. That big sound you heard recently wasn't a sonic boom, but rather the executives at the Japan Skating Federation exhaling.
WORLD
Mar 18, 2015

United flight diverted after man rushes toward cockpit, shouting jihadis in cargo hold: ABC News

A United Airlines flight to Denver returned to a Washington airport late on Monday when a passenger shouting about jihad rushed toward the cockpit before other passengers grabbed him, ABC News said.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy / ANALYSIS
Jan 12, 2015

Lower oil prices spell good news for Japanese economy

Manufacturers, motorists and households and all stand to reap the benefits of falling prices for crude oil.
JAPAN
Dec 25, 2014

Top domestic news of 2014

The Japan Times editors selected these domestic stories as the most important of 2014.
WORLD
Dec 2, 2014

U.S. military warned of possible Islamic State attacks at home: ABC News

U.S. officials have warned military personnel that Islamic State forces may be planning attacks against them in the United States, ABC News reported on Monday.
JAPAN
Jul 8, 2014

TV news should have English subtitles, panel says

Japanese TV broadcasters should introduce English subtitles in news programs by 2020 in light of an expected increase in the number of foreign visitors ahead of the Tokyo Olympics, according to an expert panel at the communications ministry.
CULTURE / Entertainment news
May 23, 2014

Fans welcome news of McCartney's recovery prospects

Japanese fans on Friday welcomed news that former Beatle Paul McCartney is expected to make a full recovery from the viral infection that landed him in a Tokyo hospital for treatment.
JAPAN / YEAR IN REVIEW 2013
Dec 25, 2013

A look back at the year's top 10 Japan news stories

Japan Times editors selected the following domestic stories as the most important in 2013.
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 13, 2013

The scoop on print media tragedies

The effect of the digital revolution is uneven. While China seems to launch newspapers almost weekly, in the U.S. they seem to be folding or changing ownership.
WORLD / Politics
May 17, 2013

Tensions between Obama administration, news media reach boiling point

It was an article of faith among conservatives before Sen. Barack Obama became president, and has persisted through his re-election: America's first black president and the supposedly liberal mainstream media enjoy a veritable love fest.
As ‘Buy Canadian’ grows, more U.S. firms say retailers turning away products
Empty shelves with "Buy Canadian Instead" signs are seen in the American Whiskey section of the BC Liquor in Vancouver, British Columbia, on March 10.
U.S. tourist arrested after bringing a handgun into Japan
Hyogo police believe the handgun a U.S. tourist inadvertently brought into Japan slipped through security procedures at Kansai International Airport in Osaka Prefecture.
Trump unveils 10% global tariff, with Japan levy set at 24%
Trump tosses a MAGA hat to the crowd during an event in which he unveiled new tariffs in the White House on Wednesday.
Meiji says sayonara to bottled milk, a staple of Japan's bathhouses
Meiji bottled milk lined up in a fridge at Kosugiyu, a bathhouse in Tokyo. The sticker urges patrons to enjoy the milk one last time before it’s gone.
Japan’s leader didn’t read the job description
Prime Minister and ruling Liberal Democratic Party leader Shigeru Ishiba is facing a political funding scandal that has damaged his reputation and sparked speculation that internal efforts to remove him are underway.
Haruki Murakami TV adaptation revisits 30 years of watershed moments
Though Haruki Murakami's trademark whiff of offbeat existentialism is threaded throughout NHK's "After the Quake," the final episode — conceived as a sequel to the story "Super-Frog Saves Tokyo" — is the most stylized, featuring an anthropomorphic talking frog (voiced by Non) and his erstwhile associate Katagiri (Koichi Sato).
Nintendo to launch the Switch 2 on June 5
The controllers for the Switch 2 will attach to the console magnetically rather than sliding on rails as with the original device.
A new human trafficking trend emerges from Myanmar scam centers
Victims of scam centers who were tricked or trafficked into working in Myanmar gather at a compound inside KK Park, a fraud center on the country's border with Thailand, after a multinational crackdown in February.
Meiji says sayonara to bottled milk, a staple of Japan's bathhouses
Meiji bottled milk lined up in a fridge at Kosugiyu, a bathhouse in Tokyo. The sticker urges patrons to enjoy the milk one last time before it’s gone.
A Canadian made a weekend trip to Costco a Japanese pastime
Under the watchful eye of Ken Theriault, Costco representative director and Japan country manager, the American membership-model wholesaler has flourished in Japan.

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