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WORLD / Science & Health
Apr 23, 2019

Trump's EPA chief vows to listen to scientists — sometimes

President Donald Trump's Environmental Protection Agency is promising to do a better job heeding the advice of its own scientific advisers — but only to a point.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Apr 23, 2019

Trump sues to block subpoena from U.S. Congress for financial info

U.S. President Donald Trump sued on Monday to block a subpoena issued by the Democratic chairman of the U.S. House Oversight Committee that sought information about his personal and business finances.
JAPAN
Apr 22, 2019

One Japanese national killed, four others injured as Sri Lanka attacks rock expat community

Sri Lanka seeks to restore stability following one of Asia's deadliest terrorist attacks in years.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Apr 20, 2019

Democrats make legal bid for all Russia probe evidence as Trump poll numbers drop

Congressional Democrats took legal action on Friday to gain access to all of U.S. special counsel Robert Mueller's evidence from his inquiry into Russian meddling in the 2016 election.
Japan Times
WORLD
Apr 19, 2019

Mueller says he lacks confidence to clear Trump on obstruction

Special Counsel Robert Mueller said he lacked confidence to clear Donald Trump of obstruction of justice but suggested Congress could take action on at least 10 instances where the president sought to interfere with the probe.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Apr 15, 2019

Elon Musk tweets another Tesla forecast in midst of talks with SEC

Elon Musk, already in hot water over his Twitter use, posted another Tesla Inc. production forecast reminiscent of the one that landed him before a federal judge earlier this month.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / FOCUS
Apr 15, 2019

In ideological battle with U.S., China wins over allies with its censored vision of the internet

A swath of the world is adopting China's vision for a tightly controlled internet over the unfettered American approach, a stunning ideological coup for Beijing that would have been unthinkable less than a decade ago.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Apr 15, 2019

How Robert Mueller's hunt for Russia-Trump conspiracy fell short

As recently as February, special counsel Robert Mueller's team dropped hints that the inquiry into Russia's role in the 2016 U.S. election might unearth evidence of active cooperation between Moscow and President Donald Trump's campaign.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / WHY DID YOU LEAVE JAPAN?
Apr 13, 2019

Masaya Nakayama: Keeping an eye on the art of subtraction

Finding artistic freedom in New York, Osaka-born artist finds new expressions for Japanese-style painting.
Japan Times
WORLD
Apr 13, 2019

U.S. has two months to finalize extradition case against WikiLeaks' Assange

U.S. prosecutors have just under two months to present British authorities with a final and detailed criminal case to justify the possible extradition of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, a U.S. government official said on Friday.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Apr 12, 2019

Blind marathon runner Yoko Aoki chases berth at the Tokyo 2020 Games

A decade ago, Yoko Aoki would never have been able to imagine the current life she has.
Japan Times
WORLD
Apr 8, 2019

Pakistan says it has intelligence of new Indian attack this month and has alerted UNSC

Pakistan has "reliable intelligence" that India will attack again this month, its foreign minister said, drawing condemnation from New Delhi, which described the claim as irresponsible.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / DARK SIDE OF THE RISING SUN
Apr 6, 2019

Solving the world's largest bitcoin heist

"Imagine someone stole everything in your store and you reported the crime to the police," says Nobuyasu Ogata, defense lawyer for Mark Karpeles. Karpeles, 33, is the former CEO of Mt. Gox, once the largest bitcoin exchange in the world.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Entertainment news
Apr 3, 2019

Rapper Nipsey Hussle killed over dispute with suspect: LA police

Los Angeles police on Tuesday said the man named as a suspect in the fatal shooting of rapper Nipsey Hussle allegedly killed him two days ago over a personal dispute that was not gang-related.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Apr 2, 2019

Facebook and rights groups hit out at Singapore's planned fake news bill

Singapore submitted wide-ranging fake news legislation in Parliament on Monday, stoking fears from internet firms and human rights groups that it may give the government too much power and hinder freedom of speech.
Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design
Mar 31, 2019

Baku Sakashita: In light of good design

Designer and artisan Baku Sakashita sheds light on his striking Suki series of lamps and the history of design in Japan.
BUSINESS / Tech
Mar 29, 2019

Censorship pays: the Chinese Communist Party's newspaper expands lucrative online scrubbing business

People.cn, the online unit of China's influential People's Daily, is boosting its numbers of human internet censors backed by artificial intelligence to help firms vet content on apps and ads, capitalizing on its unmatched Communist Party lineage.
Japan Times
Special Supplements
Mar 29, 2019

Job agency pursues quality over quantity

As Japan's labor market becomes increasingly globalized, Spring Professional (the Adecco Group Japan Permanent Placement Division) has been rapidly attaining achievements and a reputation for successfully matching job seekers of varied nationalities with domestic and foreign enterprises in Japan.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Mar 28, 2019

Boeing rolls out software fix to defend 737 Max franchise as it awaits U.S. regulator's approval

Boeing Co. on Wednesday took its most aggressive moves yet to defend its core 737 airliner franchise, saying it had developed software fixes to prevent failures of an automated flight control system that is being scrutinized after two deadly crashes in the past five months.
Japan Times
JAPAN / FOCUS
Mar 26, 2019

Did Tokyo immigration officials allow proper treatment for ailing Kurdish detainee?

It had the appearance of a scandal in the making.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Mar 26, 2019

Suga to whittle down Japan era name candidates on April 1, with Cabinet's final decision later in day

The government plans to narrow down a list of candidates for the new era name on April 1, the same day it will pick and announce the next era name, government sources said Monday.
EDITORIALS
Mar 24, 2019

Taking away the power in a name

The perpetrators of atrocities want to cause mayhem and kill, but they also seek fame and notoriety. They must be denied that spotlight.
WORLD / Politics
Mar 22, 2019

White House snubs congressional Democrats' demands for records of secretive Trump-Putin talks: reports

The White House has rejected a request by Democratic lawmakers to provide information about President Donald Trump's communications with Russian President Vladimir Putin, according to media reports on Thursday.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Mar 20, 2019

Cockpit voice recorder of doomed Lion Air jet depicts pilots' frantic search for fix, sources say

The pilots of a doomed Lion Air Boeing 737 Max scoured a handbook as they struggled to understand why the jet was lurching downward, but ran out of time before it hit the water, three people with knowledge of the cockpit voice recorder contents said.
COMMUNITY / How-tos / LIFELINES
Mar 20, 2019

In search of family and friends in Japan

Here is another of our occasional columns featuring requests from readers who are hoping to reconnect with "long-lost" people in Japan.
JAPAN
Mar 19, 2019

All aboard the Sakai Muscle Line? Osaka Metro axes foreign language website after botched translation

Punctual trains. Rat-free platforms. A high standard of cleanliness. The Japanese commuter railway system is known for efficient, sanitary and high quality service.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Mar 19, 2019

Le Corbusier: Foundations of an architect

The National Museum of Western Art's survey of Le Corbusier is a revealing origins story that suggests his architectural creative vision may have had its roots in painting.
Chinese buyer of Okinawa Island to make visit in summer
Yanaha Island in Okinawa Prefecture as seen from a ferry.
Crashed Jeju jet’s black box failure shows decadeslong gap in power rules
The flight data recorder retrieved from Jeju Air flight 2216, which crashed killing 179 people in December. Black boxes holding the flight data and cockpit voice recorders for the flight stopped recording four minutes before the disaster, South Korea's transport ministry said Saturday.
Japanese phenom Roki Sasaki signs with Dodgers
Roki Sasaki pitches for Japan during the World Baseball Classic at Tokyo Dome on March 11, 2023.
Major Japanese firms pay record winter bonuses
The average figure of winter bonuses agreed on by labor unions and employers stood 4.93% higher than a year earlier.
Yokozuna Terunofuji retires after injury-plagued career
Terunofuji won 10 titles in sumo's top division during his career.
A slow dive into ‘a moment and an eternity’ with Ryuichi Sakamoto
From the mid-2000s onward, Ryuichi Sakamoto created a number of installation works, often in collaboration with Shiro Takatani, of multimedia art collective Dumb Type.
The efforts to bridge the disaster information gap, 30 years on
Roxana Oshiro and her husband gather their belongings in front of their house in Furukawacho, in Kobe's Suma Ward, after the Great Hanshin Earthquake in 1995.
Japan looks to up the ante with more money and partners in military aid program
Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya and Philippine Foreign Minister Enrique Manalo hold a joint news conference in Taguig City, Metro Manila, the Philippines, on Wednesday.
Possibility of Nankai Trough megaquake now 80%, government panel reports
A map of the hypocentral region of an anticipated Nankai Trough earthquake
With new regional party, Shinji Ishimaru touts rebirth
Shinji Ishimaru announces details of his new regional party at a news conference in Tokyo on Wednesday.

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

Longform

Atsuyoshi Koike, the president and CEO of Rapidus, says there is a “sense of urgency” when it comes to Japan’s efforts in manufacturing semiconductors. “We have to make sure we are successful,” he says.
Atsuyoshi Koike’s big game: Fourth down and 2 nanometers to go
By Kazuaki Nagata and Richard Meyer

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