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JAPAN / Science & Health / GENERATIONAL CHANGE
Aug 14, 2018

From the DJ booth, man with ALS taps into tech to brighten future for all

Masatane Muto slowly maneuvers the controller on his power wheelchair with his right hand to move around his Tokyo office.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 13, 2018

Birds of a feather do fall out sometimes

Seasoned diplomats are much subtler and more prudent than badgers of the same stripe.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / NBA
Aug 13, 2018

Jazz assistant Antonio Lang keen to share knowledge with Japan's coaches

Utah Jazz assistant coach Antonio Lang returned to Japan this year for the third straight summer, to share the knowledge and experience he's learned in the NBA with the country's coaches and players.
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JAPAN / EXPLAINER
Aug 13, 2018

Olympic heat wave fears: What steps can Tokyo take?

Japan has become well-known for its omotenashi (hospitality), with the concept being part of Tokyo's pitch when it bid to host the 2020 Olympics.
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BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 13, 2018

Nikon to debut first full-frame mirrorless camera as SLR leaders face threat of changing technology

Camera buffs and those involved in the camera industry around the world are anxiously awaiting Aug. 23, when Nikon Corp. will debut a camera model representing one of the most drastic changes in the firm's 101-year history.
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JAPAN / Politics
Aug 10, 2018

Ex-Defense Minister Shigeru Ishiba formally announces LDP leadership candidacy, pledging 'honest and fair' government

Ishiba touts “a 100-day plan” to reform government in a bid to regain the trust of the people.
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WORLD
Aug 10, 2018

Israel and Hamas agree on Gaza truce

Israel and Hamas, the Islamist group that rules the Gaza Strip, agreed on a truce on Thursday, two Palestinian officials said, an understanding that would end an escalation in fighting that has drawn mutual threats of war.
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JAPAN / Politics / ANALYSIS
Aug 9, 2018

Gov. Takeshi Onaga's death muddles long-standing U.S. base relocation plan in Okinawa

The passing of the late governor came less than two weeks after he announced he was revoking predecessor Hirokazu Nakaima's 2013 approval of a permit for the Henoko project.
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JAPAN / Politics
Aug 8, 2018

Okinawa Gov. Takeshi Onaga, long a voice for those opposed to U.S. bases in the prefecture, dies at 67

Okinawa Gov. Takeshi Onaga died Wednesday evening at age 67 following hospitalization related to pancreatic cancer.
Japan Times
JAPAN / ANALYSIS
Aug 8, 2018

Tokyo Medical University scandal just reaffirmed what many female doctors already knew: The bar was higher for them

The admissions scandal in which Tokyo Medical University admitted to manipulating females' entrance exams did not come as a surprise for many women doctors, but rather was verification of what they had suspected for a long time: Some medical universities set the bar higher for women.
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JAPAN
Aug 8, 2018

Diverse Yokohama school aims to be model for bridging cultural gaps

Yokohama has been a cultural intersection between Japanese, foreign residents and visitors from overseas ever since opening its port to international trade in 1859, leading what was once a sleepy fishing village to become home to one of the first foreign communities in the country and develop into a...
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COMMENTARY / World
Aug 7, 2018

Trump's Manafort problem

Under normal circumstances, an American politician would be in trouble for having employed a figure as compromised as Paul Manafort. But these are not normal circumstances.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Aug 7, 2018

'Final Fantasy and the World of Yoshitaka Amano'

Aug. 10-Sept. 2
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 7, 2018

North Korea releases South Korean man detained in July

North Korea released a South Korean citizen detained in July after crossing the border into the North, the South's Unification Ministry said Tuesday.
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BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 7, 2018

SoftBank mulls largest public listing ever at $90 billion

SoftBank Group Corp. is considering seeking a valuation of about $90 billion for its domestic wireless business in a planned initial public offering, according to sources.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 7, 2018

Canada defiant after Saudis freeze new trade over rights criticism, boot ambassador

Canada on Monday refused to back down in its defense of human rights after Saudi Arabia froze new trade and investment and expelled the Canadian ambassador in retaliation for Ottawa's call to free arrested Saudi civil society activists.
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WORLD / Society
Aug 6, 2018

Migrant rescue ship Aquarius refuses to take people back to Libya

The rescue ship Aquarius, which has picked up almost 3,000 migrants from the Mediterranean this year, will carry out rescue missions without waiting for orders from coast guards and will not return people to Libya, its search and rescue head said.
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BUSINESS / Tech
Aug 5, 2018

Ding! Alibaba office app fuels backlash among some Chinese workers

In the cramped former home of Jack Ma, founder of the Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba, about 30 young engineers sit elbow to elbow, working to attract the next million users for DingTalk, Alibaba's workplace communication software.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Regional voices: Chubu
Aug 5, 2018

Using their noodles: Fukui school's soba club hopes to roll to national title

Noodle club members from a high school in the city of Fukui are hurriedly honing their soba-making skills to prepare themselves for the national high school championship in Tokyo later this month.

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Totopa in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward was picked by consultants TTNE as the best sauna of the year.
Japan’s sauna movement: Relax, refresh, repeat