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JAPAN
Jul 16, 2015

Student group's pandemics study wins Japan Times award

A student group addressing the growing threat of pandemic diseases in the age of globalization received the grand prize for this summer's presentations in The Japan Times Youth Project.
JAPAN
Jul 16, 2015

Japan fighter jet scrambles down by half in April-June

Fighter jet scrambles by the Air Self-Defense Force fell by half in the April-June period to 173 from a year earlier, the Defense Ministry said.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Jul 7, 2015

X Japan announces first album in 20 years

X Japan leader Yoshiki Hayashi announced Saturday that the group will be releasing its first album in 20 years.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Entertainment news
Jul 7, 2015

U.S.-Japan Women's World Cup showdown scored record American audience for soccer

The Women's World Cup final between the U.S. and Japan drew a record U.S. audience for a soccer game carried by a single network, according to preliminary Nielsen ratings released by Fox.
Japan Times
SOCCER / Women's World Cup
Jul 5, 2015

U.S. coach hails Japan's 2011 triumph as 'watershed moment' for women's soccer

Japan's Women's World Cup victory four years ago with a possession style approach was a turning point for the women's game that will be reflected in Sunday's final, according to United States head coach Jill Ellis.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL
Jul 2, 2015

Japan hoop adviser Dunn says Carmelo 'misunderstood'

Former New York Knicks assistant coach Jerry Dunn says that the team's star forward, Carmelo Anthony, is "very misunderstood" by the public.
JAPAN
Jun 26, 2015

U.S. rights report slams Japan on child abuse, prison conditions, asylum system

The U.S. State Department's annual human rights report highlights serious problems in the way Japan deals with refugees and notes that domestic abuse and sexual harassment remain rife.
Japan Times
JAPAN / History
Jun 26, 2015

Lawsuits based on WWII muddy effort to ease Japan-South Korea tension

South Korean activists are complicating President Park Geun-hye's tentative steps to improve ties with Japan by turning to the courts to seek recognition that they were forced during colonial times to work for Japanese companies, used as "comfort women" in military brothels or suffered after the atomic...
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jun 12, 2015

Local interaction key to U.S.-Japan cultural exchanges, experts say

Local interaction and nurturing personnel suitable to such efforts is the key to the future of grass-roots exchanges between Japan and the United States, experts in bilateral cultural relations said Friday at a Tokyo symposium.
Japan Times
SOCCER
Jun 11, 2015

Japan trounces Iraq in friendly

Japan warmed up for the start of its 2018 World Cup qualifying campaign with a ruthless 4-0 win over Iraq in a friendly on Thursday night.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Jun 4, 2015

Japan, Australia defense ministers pledge to boost cooperation

Defense Minister Gen Nakatani and his Australian counterpart, Kevin Andrews, pledged Wednesday to boost defense ties through enhanced cooperation on a range of topics including tensions in the South China Sea and Australia's submarine project.

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