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Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 9, 2018

Sony opens experimental 'park' in Ginza

In what appears to be an unusual mix, tech giant Sony Corp. opened a "park" in the middle of the Tokyo's ritzy Ginza district on Thursday with four subterranean levels.
WORLD
Aug 9, 2018

Suspected al-Shabab militants kill five soldiers in Kenya's Lamu county

Five Kenyan soldiers were killed in an attack claimed by the Somali group al-Shabab in Lamu County on Kenya's north coast on Wednesday, a senior official said.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Aug 8, 2018

Japan and the emerging Indo-Pacific strategy

Better than most, Tokyo has clarity about the disaccord between economic and security interests when advocating the Indo-Pacific strategy.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 8, 2018

Trump going ahead with tariffs on $16 billion more in Chinese imports

The U.S. said it will begin imposing 25 percent duties on an additional $16 billion in Chinese imports in two weeks, escalating a trade war between the world's two biggest economies.
Japan Times
SUMO / INSIDE SUMO
Aug 8, 2018

Entering sumo world not something to be taken lightly

In lifting the Emperor's Cup last month, Mitakeumi became the fourth Japanese wrestler to win a championship in the past two years.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Entertainment news
Aug 8, 2018

China bars Disney's Winnie-the Pooh-film 'Christopher Robin'

Walt Disney Co.'s request to screen "Christopher Robin," a movie that features the honey-loving bear Winnie-the-Pooh, in China has been denied, a source said on Tuesday.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Aug 8, 2018

Strike while the iron is hot

Was the U.S.-North Korea summit a great first step for peace in Northeast Asia? Hardly.
Japan Times
WORLD
Aug 8, 2018

Brazilian judge opens path for immigrants fleeing turmoil in Venezuela

A Brazilian federal appeals court judge on Tuesday overturned a ruling barring Venezuelan immigrants fleeing economic and political turmoil from entering the country, said the Solicitor General's office, which had made the appeal.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Aug 8, 2018

Speaking from Bogota, Venezuelan ex-police chief claims role in Caracas drone attack allegedly targeting Maduro

A former Venezuelan municipal police chief and anti-government activist says he helped organize an operation to launch armed drones over a military rally on Saturday that President Nicolas Maduro has called an assassination attempt.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Aug 8, 2018

Trump ex-lawyer Michael Cohen under investigation for tax fraud: Wall Street Journal

Federal prosecutors in New York are examining whether U.S. President Donald Trump's former lawyer, Michael Cohen, committed tax fraud in relation to his taxi-medallion business, the Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday, citing people familiar with the investigation.
WORLD
Aug 7, 2018

Charlottesville confronts identity one year after violent clashes over white nationalist rally

For many residents of Charlottesville, last year's white nationalist rally shattered the city's carefully curated reputation as a progressive, idyllic place to live.
BUSINESS
Aug 7, 2018

Japan eyes expansion of corporate pension and insurance schemes to cover more part-timers

The government plans to allow more part-time workers to join the corporate pension and health insurance programs, hoping it will reinforce the financial base for Japan's overall pension and health insurance systems, sources said Monday.
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 7, 2018

Australia's population to hit 25 million, a decade earlier than forecast

Australia's population will hit a record 25 million Tuesday, almost a decade earlier than projected, as it attracts hundreds of thousands of migrants each year, latest government data shows.
BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 7, 2018

HNA in talks to sell over $2 billion Avolon stake to Orix: sources

HNA Group Co., a Chinese conglomerate unwinding a global acquisition spree, is in advanced talks to sell a minority stake in jet lessor Avolon Holdings Ltd. to Orix Corp., sources said.
BUSINESS
Aug 7, 2018

India to implement 5G services by 2022 to catch up with Japan and other Asian peers

India plans to roll out state-of-the-art 5G telecom services in the next four years, a senior official said, as the nation rushes to catch up with its Asian peers.
Japan Times
WORLD
Aug 7, 2018

Ranger reaches crashed Alaska sightseeing plane on peak, finds four Polish passengers dead, pilot missing

All four Polish passengers on a sightseeing plane that crashed near North America's tallest peak in Alaska were found dead at the crash site on Monday, the National Park Service said.
JAPAN
Aug 6, 2018

ICAN champions grass-roots efforts to persuade Japan and others to support a nuclear-free world

ICAN, the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons, has made significant progress in the last year, but according to core member Akira Kawasaki the 2017 Nobel Peace Prize winning coalition is just getting started.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies / ANALYSIS
Aug 6, 2018

Prospect of U.S. tariffs on auto imports too close for comfort, Japan carmakers warn

Automakers and industry experts say the levies would surely hit Japan's signature industry hard, with manufacturers expected to shoulder thousands of dollars of additional costs for every imported car.
JAPAN / Politics
Aug 6, 2018

Bid to challenge Abe for LDP presidency faces 'thorny path,' Seiko Noda says

The internal affairs minister admitted Monday that she is concerned about her candidacy because her eligibility is still in doubt, describing it as “a tough situation.”
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / Sac Bunts
Aug 6, 2018

Koshien officials need to be mindful of heat

The temperature in Nishinomiya, Hyogo Prefecture, got as high as 34 degrees Celsius (93 Fahrenheit) on Sunday, the opening day of this year's edition of Summer Koshien. According to AccuWeather RealFeel, which measures in things such as humidity, cloud cover, intensity of the sun and other factors, it...
Japan Times
LIFE / Language / BILINGUAL
Aug 6, 2018

Spooky Japanese tales will scare the summer's heat out of you

Until recently, summer nights involved turning off the AC and doing things like kurumaza ni natte kaidanbanashi (sitting in a circle and telling ghost stories).
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 6, 2018

SoftBank's Masayoshi Son in his own words — all 303,513 of them

Masayoshi Son has a lot going on these days.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Aug 6, 2018

Experimental Ebola vaccinations to begin Wednesday in eastern Congo

Vaccinations against a new outbreak of Ebola virus in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo are due to begin on Wednesday, a senior official at the health ministry said on Sunday.
Private clubs quietly open in Tokyo for free-spending Chinese businesspeople
Sources say a hui suo — a private club, which in Japan caters mainly to Chinese businesspeople — will soon open on the upper floors of the Moutai Building in the Ginza district of Tokyo.
Electronic dictionary market shrinking in Japan
An electronic dictionary section at a mass retailer in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward in 2005
Tokyo gears up for April launch of law against harassment by customers
Tokyo will soon require all companies in the city to make efforts to stop harassment by customers, such as by creating a manual on how to handle suspected cases.
IOC's Bach says Paris Games gender row was product of Russian fake news
IOC President Thomas Bach speaks during an interview in Pylos, Greece, on Saturday.
As it turns 70, LDP struggles to find its fountain of youth
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba (second from left) cheers along with other members of the Liberal Democratic Party during the party's annual convention in Tokyo on March 9.
How Yoshinobu Yamamoto rebounded after his disastrous MLB debut
The Dodgers' Yoshinobu Yamamoto during training at Tokyo Dome on Monday
Japan’s youth climate activists still searching for a breakthrough
While climate demonstrations around the world often draw thousands of participants, in Japan such demonstrations rarely break the 100-person barrier.
As it turns 70, LDP struggles to find its fountain of youth
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba (second from left) cheers along with other members of the Liberal Democratic Party during the party's annual convention in Tokyo on March 9.
As pollen season peaks, Japan's allergy struggle emerges from hibernation
Urbanization is amplifying pollen-related allergies as grasslands and soft soil give way to concrete and asphalt.
Drones, budgets and infighting: Taiwan's daunting defense challenges
Officials from Taiwan's Institute for National Defense and Security Research (INDSR), the Ministry of National Defense’s research arm, say the lessons from the Ukraine conflict are clear for the democratic island: drones and other autonomous systems are crucial for its defense.

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Passengers that were on a morning train attacked by members of the Aum Shinrikyo group wait for medical assistance outside Kasumigaseki Station on March 20,1995.
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