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Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jul 21, 2018

Thai secretary to Myanmar's Rohingya panel quits, citing lack of progress

The Thai secretary to an international panel set up by Myanmar to advise on the Rohingya crisis has quit his post, dealing another blow to the credibility of a body meant to demonstrate the government's commitment to resolving the issue.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Jul 21, 2018

Group of 20 draft cites growing trade tensions — diplomatically

Delegates at the Group of 20 meeting of finance ministers and central bank chiefs Friday began the delicate task of addressing growing trade tensions without upsetting U.S. President Donald Trump.
Reader Mail
Jul 20, 2018

Use yearend tax to cut tobacco consumption

The news that Philip Morris Japan is raising cigarette prices on Oct. 1, the same day the tobacco tax will go up, reminds us of the importance of reducing tobacco consumption. Nowadays, as the harmful effects of smoking not only for smokers but also nonsmokers through passive smoking are widely known,...
Reader Mail
Jul 20, 2018

It's amateur hour for Trump, again

Donald Trump's European trip was a fiasco at best, a disgrace at worst, and only he, being so consistently clueless, could have stumbled through it so fecklessly. Surely nobody else could have as effortlessly ruined a chance to mend fences with allies and take an adversary to task.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Jul 20, 2018

Archaeologists disappointed as Alexander the Great fails to turn up in massive Egyptian sarcophagus

Egyptian archaeologists on Thursday dashed local hopes that a newly discovered ancient sarcophagus might contain the remains of Alexander the Great, finding instead the mummies of what appeared to be a family of three.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Jul 20, 2018

Ghostly neutrinos offer new view of universe as scientists find deep-space source

A breakthrough in the study of ghostly particles called high-energy neutrinos that traverse space, zipping unimpeded through people, planets and whole galaxies, is giving scientists an audacious new way to expand our understanding of the cosmos.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Jul 20, 2018

Rod Rosenstein cites growing cyberthreat by foreign adversaries against U.S. elections

The threat of foreign adversaries such as Russia trying to influence U.S. politicians, campaigns and the public "continues to grow," with elections presenting an especially attractive target, Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein said.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jul 20, 2018

Oregon wildfires crush hopes of wheat farmers during bumper harvest

Farmers rushed to save their livelihoods as a wildfire roared through vast Oregon wheat fields Thursday and crushed their hopes at the peak of what was expected to be one of the most bountiful harvests in years.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 19, 2018

Seven-Eleven aborts plan to serve draft beer after viral reaction overwhelms

Convenience store chains in Japan are well known for stocking everything from boxed lunches to dress shirts, often living up to their name by offering myriad services ranging from dry-cleaning and bill payment to parcel pickup.
WORLD
Jul 19, 2018

Suspects identified in Novichok poisoning of Skripals in U.K.

British police have identified several Russians who they believe were behind the nerve agent attack on former double agent Sergei Skripal and his daughter, the Press Association reported on Thursday, citing a source close to the investigation.
Japan Times
LIFE / EVENTS AND INFORMATION
Jul 19, 2018

Cultural events highlight the summer season

Grand Fiesta
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech / ANALYSIS
Jul 19, 2018

In fining Google, EU is fighting the past

The greatest hope of European regulators cracking down on Google's business practices is that the rest of the world becomes a little more like China and its flourishing technology industry. It is hard to imagine the European bureaucrats' dreams will come true.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jul 19, 2018

Lava from Kilauea 'collapse explosion' destroys evacuated Hawaiian structures

A "collapse explosion" at the summit of Hawaii's Kilauea volcano on Wednesday sent a surge of lava that destroyed structures in an evacuated housing development, geologists and civil defense authorities said.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jul 19, 2018

Israel adopts divisive Jewish nation-state law

Israel passed a law Thursday to declare that only Jews have the right of self-determination in the country, something members of the Arab minority called racist and verging on apartheid.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Jul 19, 2018

Plane makers working on tech to cut cockpit crews to one but facing pilot pushback

Airplane manufacturers are working to adapt jets to reduce the number of pilots needed for long-haul flights and to build new cockpits designed for a single aviator in order to ease a global pilot shortage and cut airline costs.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Jul 19, 2018

British man found guilty of plotting to assassinate May after blasting his way into No. 10 Downing Street

A British man was found guilty on Wednesday of a plot to kill Prime Minister Theresa May by first detonating an explosive device to get into her Downing Street office and then using a knife or a gun to attack her.
Japan Times
WORLD / Society
Jul 19, 2018

Migrant rescue boat heads for Spain with surviving migrant and bodies as row simmers with Italy

A sea rescue charity is taking a lone survivor and the bodies of two dead migrants found at sea to Spain, it said on Wednesday, after clashing with Italy over what should be done with them.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Stage
Jul 18, 2018

Drum Tao aims for blockbuster grandeur in its latest production

Based in mountainous Oita Prefecture in northeastern Kyushu, the privately owned and run Drum Tao company has barely paused from pounding away at the international entertainment market since it launched its overseas ambitions with a sold-out run at the Edinburgh Fringe in 2004.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 18, 2018

Takeda bets on China for global growth, seeing the country as 'on a par' with the U.S. and Europe

Takeda Pharmaceutical Co. sees China becoming a "core country" for its global growth strategy, and is optimistic its $62 billion (¥6.94 trillion) acquisition of Shire PLC will win approval by the country's regulators.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Jul 18, 2018

Myanmar police focused interrogation on Rohingya story, jailed journalist tells court

A Reuters reporter on trial in Myanmar said the police questioning after he and a colleague were arrested in December centered on their reporting of a massacre of Rohingya Muslims, not on secret state documents they are accused of obtaining.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jul 18, 2018

Tokyo wants people to go to work earlier to ease train crush

Being pushed onto already jam-packed trains during Tokyo rush hour is never a pleasant commuter experience. It only gets worse during the humid summer months.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jul 18, 2018

Japan's watered-down smoking ban clears Diet

Lighting up in public facilities prohibited for the first time as the nation scrambles to combat secondhand smoke in the lead-up to the 2020 Tokyo Games.
Japan Times
WORLD / Society
Jul 18, 2018

Iraqi police quell protests outside Zubair oilfield as public unrest grows

Iraqi police wielded batons and rubber hoses to disperse about 250 protesters gathered at the main entrance to the Zubair oilfield near Basra on Tuesday as unrest across southern cities over poor basic services gathered pace.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jul 17, 2018

Is Japan a land of contradictions or opportunities for immigration?

One could argue that there is no other country than Japan in the world today that has all the right conditions to welcome economic migrants.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 17, 2018

The $247 trillion global debt bomb

To service these debts requires rising incomes, while an expanding trade war threatens to squeeze incomes.

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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.
The day a religious cult brought terror to Tokyo