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Japan Times
Apr 9, 2018

TSUNEISHI Group Holds FY 2018 Welcoming Ceremony
- Welcomes 85 New Employees as we Look to New Challenges -

On 2 April 2018, the TSUNEISHI Group (HQ: 1083 Tsuneishi, Numakuma-cho, Fukuyama, Hiroshima, Japan; President: Hirotatsu Kambara) held our FY 2018 welcoming ceremony at the Bella Vista SPA & MARINA ONOMICHI, welcoming 85 new employees to the Group.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Apr 9, 2018

Trump must back up Syria tough talk or risk hurting his position with North Korea: U.S. senator

U.S. President Donald Trump must follow through on his threat of a "big price to pay" after a suspected chemical attack in Syria, or risk losing credibility in dealings with North Korea and other U.S. adversaries, Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham said.
WORLD
Apr 9, 2018

Syria gas attack reports just 'excuse' for military action by U.S. and its Western allies: Iran

Iran's Foreign Ministry said on Sunday reports of a gas attack in Syria were not based on facts and were an "an excuse" by the United States and Western countries to take military action against Damascus, the official Iranian news agency IRNA reported.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Apr 9, 2018

French rail strikes resume as unions square off with Macron, gird for 'marathon'

Travelers grappled with another crippling wave of transport strikes in France on Sunday, as train workers protested President Emmanuel Macron's economic reforms and a stand-off between the government and rail unions hardened.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Apr 8, 2018

Japan and Cambodia sign grant and loan agreement worth $90 million for economy and infrastructure

Japan has signed a grant and loan agreement with Cambodia worth more than $90 million (¥9.6 billion) despite concerns from the international community over Prime Minister Hun Sen's crackdown on government critics ahead of a July general election.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink
Apr 7, 2018

With free-range, Japan shows signs of a slow improvement

Hiragai (u5e73u98fcu3044), or free-range husbandry, where the animals can move around freely outdoors for at least part of the day, is still a somewhat foreign concept in Japan.
SOCCER / J. League
Apr 7, 2018

Reds hold off Vegalta to record first J. League victory of season

Asian champions Urawa Reds finally picked up their first win of the J. League season after beating Vegalta Sendai 1-0 on Saturday in caretaker manager Tsuyoshi Otsuki's first league game in charge.
Japan Times
WORLD
Apr 7, 2018

Sanctions on Russian tycoon Oleg Deripaska will create global ripples

The U.S. government's decision to include Russian magnate Oleg Deripaska on its sanctions blacklist on Friday will reverberate around the world because his business empire has a global footprint and counts major multinationals as partners.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Apr 7, 2018

Sex marketplace website Backpage shut down by U.S. authorities

U.S. law enforcement agencies have seized the sex marketplace website Backpage.com as part of an enforcement action by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, according to a posting on the Backpage website on Friday.
Japan Times
WORLD
Apr 6, 2018

U.S. punishes Russian oligarchs and officials with more sanctions

The United States hit seven Russian oligarchs and 17 Russian government officials with sanctions on Friday for what it called "malign activity" around the world, as the Trump administration tried to show that U.S. President Donald Trump is taking tough action to stand up to Moscow.
JAPAN / Politics
Apr 6, 2018

Defense Minister Itsunori Onodera announces a fresh set of SDF logs from Iraq have been found in growing scandal

Onodera pledged to further probe the ministry's careless handling of data and promised to announce the result as soon as possible.
Japan Times
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Apr 6, 2018

Mighty Man City given reality check by Liverpool

Manchester City has collected compliments and plaudits almost on a weekly basis this season and rightly so, though the premature if inevitable claims about Pep Guardiola's team being the best English side of all-time took a severe dent when Liverpool thrashed — not too strong a word — the visitors...
BUSINESS / Companies
Apr 6, 2018

Nissan eyes bigger share of East Africa market with vehicle plant in Kenya

Nissan Motor Co. Ltd. plans to start assembling vehicles in Kenya, bolstering government plans to develop a regional auto-manufacturing hub in East Africa's biggest economy.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Apr 6, 2018

Russian historian who focused on Stalin's crimes cleared of child pornography charges

A Russian historian whose exposure of Soviet leader Josef Stalin's crimes angered state officials was cleared of child pornography charges Thursday after a long campaign by human rights activists to free him.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Apr 6, 2018

U.S. Congress panels probe whether Russia got Facebook data: sources

Investigators on two congressional panels are looking into whether Russia acquired the data of millions of Facebook users and if companies with ties to then-2016 Republican election candidate Donald Trump's campaign played any role in providing it, three sources familiar with the inquiries said.
EDITORIALS
Apr 5, 2018

Local consent for nuclear plant restarts

The dissatisfaction of many municipalities that are denied any say in restarting nuclear power plants — even though they face the same risk from possible accidents and the duty of ensuring safe evacuation of their residents — should not be left unaddressed.
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 5, 2018

Wanted: A British Ministry for Asian Affairs

If post-Brexit Britain's future lies in Asia, that is where its hard resources and its soft diplomatic power must be redeployed.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Apr 5, 2018

Jerry Neuheisel reflects on playing in Japan

Jerry Neuheisel has professed that he would eventually take over the office that once belonged to his father, Rick, by becoming head coach for the UCLA football team.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Apr 5, 2018

'After the Rain': A problematic love story deftly presented with emotional heft

"After the Rain" ("Koi wa Ame Agari no Yo Ni"), the 12-episode anime series that finished airing March 30 (and is streaming worldwide via Amazon Prime), centers around 17-year-old Akira Tachibana, a high school student who falls in love with Masami Kondo, the manager at her part-time job, who is 28 years...
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Apr 5, 2018

French strike brings second day of rail chaos

Millions of French commuters suffered a second day of travel chaos on Wednesday as striking rail workers locked horns with President Emmanuel Macron's government in a dispute over reforming the state-owned SNCF railways.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Apr 5, 2018

Trump sends National Guard to Mexico border to bolster agents amid perceived surge in encroachments

President Donald Trump is directing the National Guard to assist border patrol agents along the U.S.-Mexico boundary, Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen said Wednesday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Apr 5, 2018

Ex-Trump aide Steve Bannon: 'To hell with Wall Street' view on trade moves against China

Steve Bannon, U.S. President Donald Trump's former chief strategist and 2016 campaign CEO, had a fiery response on Wednesday to Wall Street's dim view of Trump's trade actions against China.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Apr 5, 2018

Shooter attacked YouTube for filtering her videos, went to gun range before assault: police

An Iranian-born woman who blogged about surviving in a world filled with "injustice and diseases" opened fire at YouTube's California headquarters because she was angry at a site she believed was suppressing her videos, police said on Wednesday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Apr 5, 2018

China strikes back with duties on U.S. soybeans, planes and cars, sending global markets down

Reuters
U.S. designated South Korea a 'sensitive' country amid talk of nuclear weapons
Then-U.S. President Joe Biden and South Korean leader Yoon Suk Yeol attend an Indo-Pacific Economic Framework event at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in San Francisco in November 2023.
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.
Unification Church faces dissolution in Japan
The logo of the Family Federation for World Peace and Unification, better known as the Unification Church, is seen at the entrance of its Japan branch headquarters in Tokyo in October 2023.
Tigers shut out the Cubs as Seiya Suzuki receives warm welcome in Tokyo
Tigers players walk off the field while carrying Cubs caps during a rare exhibition game between NPB and MLB clubs.
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.
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.
Bank of Japan unlikely to raise rates this week as trade war intensifies
Bank of Japan headquarters building in February. In January, the BOJ voted to raise its short-term policy rate to 0.5% from 0.25%, taking it to the highest level since the 2008 financial crisis.
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.
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.

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