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Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jun 7, 2018

Cambridge Analytica ex-boss admits getting Facebook data from researcher

The former head of Cambridge Analytica admitted on Wednesday his firm had received data from the researcher at the center of a scandal over Facebook users' personal details, contradicting previous testimony to lawmakers.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jun 7, 2018

Republicans in tight U.S. House races feel heat from 'very specific' Mexican tariffs

Mexican tariffs are roiling U.S. congressional campaigns in states where U.S. exporters could take a hit and President Donald Trump's Republicans face tough races in November congressional elections.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / FOREIGN AGENDA
Jun 6, 2018

Fans of Japan and East Asia are reinventing Orientalism with a friendlier face

The Western entertainment industry presents a distorted image of Asia. But it also inspires hordes of fans to learn more.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 6, 2018

Honda Aircraft starts taking business jet orders in Japan

Honda Aircraft Co.'s "flying sports car" is set for take-off in Japan after the firm announced Wednesday it has begun accepting orders for its private business jet, HondaJet Elite, from domestic customers.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jun 6, 2018

Trump wants Kim to commit to disarmament timetable in Singapore

The White House wants North Korean leader Kim Jong Un to commit to a timetable to surrender his country's nuclear arsenal when he meets President Donald Trump next week in Singapore, a high-stakes summit that could last as long as two days — or just minutes.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jun 6, 2018

Citizens from Japan and overseas take initiative to join worldwide war on plastic waste

Faced with shops full of food and other goods swathed in plastic, families across the world are trying to reduce its use and recycle wherever possible to lower its impact on the environment.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Jun 6, 2018

Facebook confirms it shared data with Chinese companies Huawei, Lenovo, OPPO and TCL

Facebook Inc. said Tuesday it has data sharing partnerships with at least four Chinese companies including Huawei, the world's third largest smartphone maker, which has come under scrutiny from U.S. intelligence agencies on security concerns.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 6, 2018

U.S. sends B-52 bombers 'in vicinity' of South China Sea amid row over militarization of islets

The U.S. military sent two B-52 heavy bombers for a "routine mission" in the contested South China Sea on Tuesday, just days after Defense Secretary Jim Mattis lambasted Beijing's continued militarization of its outposts in the strategic waterway.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Jun 6, 2018

Key Senate Republicans warn trump on obstruction, pardon powers but House ranks take softer tone

Several Senate Republicans are warning Donald Trump against obstructing justice or pardoning himself, even as they continue to say there's no evidence to support allegations the president's team colluded with Russia in the 2016 elections.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jun 5, 2018

About that tritiated water: Who will decide and when?

Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant's storage tanks already hold 850,000 tons of contaminated water, the amount is rising daily and space is running out.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / NBA / MAN ABOUT SPORTS
Jun 5, 2018

LeBron's postseason run has been incredible, but Jordan still the man

Ready to crown LeBron James GOAT over Michael Jordan after LBJ's phenomenal performance this postseason?
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Jun 5, 2018

'The Miracle of M.C. Escher: Prints from the Israel Museum, Jerusalem'

June 6-July 29
CULTURE / Entertainment news
Jun 5, 2018

Haruki Murakami to make radio debut with one-off music and running-themed show

Exciting news for "Harukists": Internationally acclaimed novelist Haruki Murakami will serve as a DJ for a one-off radio program on Aug. 5, Tokyo FM announced Tuesday.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics / ANALYSIS
Jun 5, 2018

Trump says he can pardon himself. Nixon was told he couldn't

U.S. President Donald Trump is asserting a power to pardon himself that not even Richard Nixon tried to claim before resigning the presidency in 1974, and that the Justice Department has said isn't constitutional.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Jun 5, 2018

Trump pulls White House invite to Superbowl-winning Philadelphia Eagles after players rule out visit

The Philadelphia Eagles will not visit the White House on Tuesday after President Donald Trump rescinded the team's invitation, citing several players on the team who planned not to attend.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jun 5, 2018

U.S. trade row spills beyond metals as Canada looks to slap tariff on maple syrup

Canada's retaliation against U.S. President Donald Trump's steel and aluminum tariffs includes proposed duties on maple syrup, a nod to a national symbol and a powerful industry in the French-speaking province of Quebec that could hurt producers in Maine.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / Sac Bunts
Jun 4, 2018

Matt Dominguez makes good first impression with Marines

It only took a handful of games for Matt Dominguez to become the biggest thing to hit the Chiba Lotte Marines since the Nazo no Sakana (Mysterious Fish) mascot.
Japan Times
LIFE / Language / BILINGUAL
Jun 4, 2018

To be 'iru' or 'aru'? That is the question

To be or not to be? What Hamlet did not know (and likely didn't care about too much at the time) is that Japanese ways of 'being' make a categorical difference between animate and inanimate objects.
Japan Times
LIFE / Language / WELL SAID
Jun 4, 2018

Giving a reason or pinpointing a cause with 'riyū' and 'gen'in'

Introducing u7406u7531 (riyu016b) and u539fu56e0 (gen'in), words that have similar meanings.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 4, 2018

U.S. calls for China to account for the 'ghosts' of Tiananmen Square massacre

The United States has urged China to make a full public account of those killed, detained or who went missing during a crackdown on student-led pro-democracy protests in and around Beijing's Tiananmen Square in 1989, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 4, 2018

Nobel Peace Prize-winning anti-nuclear campaign group ICAN offers to pick up tab for Trump-Kim summit

Nobel Prize-winning anti-nuclear campaign group International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) has offered to pay for the cost of the historic summit between North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and U.S. President Donald Trump, including the hotel bill for the impoverished state's leader stay in...
Japan Times
JAPAN / Regional voices: Chubu
Jun 4, 2018

Now in a wheelchair, Japanese ex-motorcycle racer still passionate about bikes at Aichi shop

Motorcycle shop owner Ko Sawada, 38, gave up his racing career after incurring a spinal cord injury in a 1999 race. But his love of motorcycles continues, and he hopes to revive the popularity of the vehicles.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / FOCUS
Jun 4, 2018

U.S. struggles to counter China and uphold rules-based order amid 'America First' agenda

For many U.S. allies, Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis is the last of the Trump administration's so-called grown-ups in the room. So at Asia's main annual security forum he got a warm reception for his firm defense of the rules-based order the U.S. helped to build after World War II.
Canada has a new prime minister with a very hard first assignment
Mark Carney, Canada's incoming prime minister (center), during a swearing-in ceremony at Rideau Hall in Ottawa on Friday. Carney has been sworn in as Canada's 24th prime minister, bringing the former central banker to power in the middle of an explosive trade war with the U.S.
Despite tough talk, economic woes may force Iran to bargain with Trump
Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei looks on during a meeting with students in Tehran on Wednesday.
The U.S. says Japan has a 700% tariff on American rice. Is that the case?
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt holds up a piece of paper with information about tariff rates at the White House on Tuesday.
As Trump thaws ties, Russia has a new public enemy No. 1: Britain
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer greets Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy as he arrives to attend a summit held at Lancaster House in central London on March 2.
Japanese superfans turn dental clinic into Ohtani mini-museum
Japanese dentist Yusuke Kamimura poses for a photograph in front of a private collection dedicated to MLB player Shohei Ohtani, inside his dental clinic in Koshigaya, north of Tokyo, on Feb. 28, 2025.
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.
Japan to get tough on businesses not taking heatstroke countermeasures
A construction site in Tokyo in July 2018. Businesses failing to take measures to prevent severe heatstroke among employees will be subjected to criminal punishment from June.
In a sea of Dodger Blue, Japanese superfan ready to cheer on the Cubs
Takuya “Moby” Okamoto after Game 5 of the 2016 World Series, which the Cubs went on to win in seven games to snap a 108-year drought
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.
How Upper House pressure led to Ishiba's stunning reversal on medical cost caps
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba attends an Upper House Budget Committee session in Tokyo on Monday.

Podcast

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

Longform

Wealthier women in the prewar era had been the targets of various media-related health campaigns that mistakenly encouraged them to avoid everything from riding bicycles to reading novels when their monthly cycles came around.
Menstruation in Japan: Breaking the silence, slowly
By Tomoko Otake

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