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BUSINESS
Feb 21, 2019

U.S. and China are sketching out statements on six issues that could halt trade war, sources say

The United States and China have started to outline commitments in principle on the stickiest issues in their trade dispute, marking the most significant progress yet toward ending a seven-month trade war, according to sources familiar with the negotiations.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 20, 2019

Amazon's winner-take-all approach to small businesses

If small businesses are to survive in the digital age, the online economy can't be allowed to be winner-take-all.
Japan Times
SOCCER / J. League / J. LEAGUE NOTEBOOK
Feb 20, 2019

F. Marinos boss Ange Postecoglou seeks consistency in 2019

One of the many intriguing storylines heading into the 2019 J. League season is how much progress Yokohama F. Marinos can make after a season that thrilled and frustrated in equal measure.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Feb 19, 2019

NFL great Joe Montana invests in California marijuana brand

Joe Montana, the former Hall of Fame quarterback for the San Francisco 49ers, is betting on the newest California gold rush: cannabis.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Feb 19, 2019

Japan's economy is far from hopeless

A rebound in fourth-quarter GDP may disappoint idealists, but the fact that the economy is treading water is pretty good these days.
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle / CHILD'S PLAY
Feb 17, 2019

The smooth way to go skiing with kids

Perhaps one of Japan's most child-friendly hotels, Risonare Yatsugatake is a mecca for young families. The guestrooms are spacious, staff are ever-patient and there are kids' menus in the restaurants.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 17, 2019

Why the world shouldn't expect North Korea to denuclearize

We likely need to adjust to the medium-term reality of North Korea as a nuclear weapons state.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society
Feb 16, 2019

Embracing a buraku heritage: Examining changing attitudes toward a social minority

When Chie Takaiwa struck up the courage to reveal a family secret to her colleague some years ago, she was met by an unexpected response.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / WHY DID YOU LEAVE JAPAN?
Feb 16, 2019

Yoko Wylegala: The best lesson in life is to never stop learning

Albert Einstein once said that the "important thing is not to stop questioning." A similar aphorism applies to composer and classical musician Yoko Hamabe Wylegala, whose life has been defined since the age of 7 by studying and questioning one subject or another.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Feb 15, 2019

Abe's attacks on local governments yields backlash against his push to revise pacifist Constitution

Prime Minister Abe's dream of revising the Constitution gets harder after he claims 60 percent of Japan's local governments are resisting Tokyo's efforts to recruit new SDF members.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Feb 15, 2019

China offers to end market-distorting subsidies at trade talks, but U.S. negotiators remain skeptical

China has pledged to end market-distorting subsidies for its domestic industries but offered no details on how it would achieve that goal, according to three people familiar with the U.S.-China trade talks in Beijing this week.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / ANALYSIS
Feb 14, 2019

Joint Korean 2032 Olympic bid faces hurdles of sanctions, cultural differences and state of war

If North and South Korea succeed in their long-shot bid to host the 2032 Summer Olympics, any athletic feats may be overshadowed by the political achievements needed to make the games happen.
Japan Times
PODCAST / deep dive
Feb 13, 2019

Episode 7: Kim-Trump — what's next?

On this week's episode, Japan Times staff writer Jesse Johnson discusses what the next meeting of the U.S. and North Korea might mean for Japan, and features editor Shaun McKenna talks us through some of Japan's biggest summer music festivals. Hosted by Oscar Boyd.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Feb 13, 2019

Chai's 'Punk' is an irrepressibly upbeat victory lap

For a band that made its name by bucking kawaii conventions, Chai can be awfully cute. On its second album, misleadingly titled "Punk," the quartet takes the giddy sugar-rush of 2017's "Pink" and distills it into a mixture so potent, it should probably come with a health warning attached. They ought...
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 13, 2019

Wreck of USS Hornet, from which first WWII airborne attack on Japan was launched, found in South Pacific

The discovery of the wreck of the USS Hornet aircraft carrier, which played a key role in several monumental points during World War II including the Doolittle Raid on Japan and the pivotal Battle of Midway, was announced Tuesday by U.S. researchers, more than 75 years after the vessel was sunk.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Feb 12, 2019

Air New Zealand flight reportedly turned away from China due to reference to Taiwan

An Air New Zealand plane on its way to Shanghai was forced to return to Auckland after several hours in the air Saturday because paperwork for the flight included a reference to Taiwan, Stuff reported, citing people familiar with the matter.
Japan Times
JAPAN / ANALYSIS
Feb 12, 2019

More in Japan see U.S. as 'major threat,' while cyberattacks and climate change top concerns, survey shows

The surprising shift in perceptions of the U.S. under Trump was “the largest change in sentiment among the global threats tracked.”
Japan Times
WORLD
Feb 11, 2019

Climate change seen as top threat, but U.S. power a growing worry, poll finds

Climate change is the top security concern in a poll conducted by the Washington-based Pew Research Center, followed by Islamist terrorism and cyberattacks while respondents in a growing number of countries worried about the power and influence of the United States.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / NPB NOTEBOOK
Feb 10, 2019

Chihiro Kaneko draws attention from Yu Darvish, others, because of change-up

Chihiro Kaneko, as a 35-year-old veteran of 13 seasons, probably possesses a fair amount of wisdom he can impart on the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters pitchers younger than him.
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JAPAN / Society / GENERATIONAL CHANGE
Feb 10, 2019

Japanese makeup guru on crusade to revamp men's grooming habits

As a university student, Hiroki Takahashi could barely step outside his home without a surgical mask on. Even when he did venture out, he was terrified of the fluorescent lighting ubiquitous in convenience stores and trains that ruthlessly illuminated what he was desperately trying to hide — a mass...
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Feb 9, 2019

U.S.-China trade talks resume next week with focus on intellectual property

U.S. negotiators are preparing to press China next week on longstanding demands that it reform how it treats American companies' intellectual property in order to seal a trade deal that could prevent tariffs from rising on Chinese imports.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Feb 9, 2019

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos has options if he wants to 'Gawker' the National Enquirer

Jeff Bezos called American Media Inc.'s bluff by exposing its "extortionate proposal" to force him to drop an investigation of its National Enquirer tabloid. And he still has plenty more options.
BUSINESS
Feb 9, 2019

U.S.-China trade talks set to resume, focusing on intellectual property

U.S. negotiators are preparing to press China on long-standing demands that it reform how it treats American companies' intellectual property in order to seal a trade deal that could prevent tariffs from rising on Chinese imports.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 7, 2019

Trump's gift to the Taliban

By abandoning Afghanistan, the Trump administration is repeating one of the worst foreign policy mistakes of the past few decades.

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