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Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics / ANALYSIS
Sep 20, 2017

Trump's fire and brimstone U.N. speech hands Abe a win on North Korea, but will victory be pyrrhic?

Experts warn that Trump's threat could reinforce Pyongyang's belief that nuclear weapons remain the sole means of securing the regime's safety.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Sep 20, 2017

'The Miracles of the Namiya General Store': Nostalgia-fueled tears are on sale at this shop

Japanese critics are calling "The Miracles of the Namiya General Store" the "most tear-inducing" story ever adapted from a Keigo Higashino novel. The best-selling author has penned such sensations as the thrillers "The Devotion of Suspect X" and "Journey Under the Midnight Sun," but "Namiya" went a different...
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Sep 20, 2017

Trump administration prepares to ease export rules for U.S. guns

The Trump administration is preparing to make it easier for American gun makers to sell small arms, including assault rifles and ammunition, to foreign buyers, according to senior U.S. officials.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Sep 20, 2017

Trump seen tapping campaign, RNC funds to pay legal bills from Russia probe

U.S. President Donald Trump is using money donated to his re-election campaign and the Republican National Committee to pay for his lawyers in the probe of alleged Russian interference in the U.S. election, two people familiar with the matter told Reuters.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 19, 2017

The tragedy of Aung San Suu Kyi

Myanmar's de facto leader still retains enough moral authority to prevent the Rohingya people from being driven out and forgotten — if she is willing to use it.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 19, 2017

McDonald's secret sauce for success in Japan

McDonald's Japan took a series of hits starting in 2014 that threatened to crack its golden arches: a supplier was selling expired chicken, a human tooth was found in french fries and a child was injured by a plastic shard in a sundae.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Sep 18, 2017

Late summer rains, private food supplies limit impact of North Korean drought

Late summer rains and the growing importance of privately produced crops mean North Korea will likely avoid acute food shortages this year despite earlier fears of drought and mounting international sanctions, defectors and experts say.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Sep 18, 2017

Rohingya villagers in Myanmar beg for safe passage out after Buddhists allegedly threaten to kill them all

Thousands of Rohingya Muslims in violence-racked northwest Myanmar are pleading with the authorities for safe passage from two remote villages that are cut off by hostile Buddhists and running short of food.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 17, 2017

Students taking part in annual SKIP exchange program say more Japanese need overseas work experience

To better expose Japan to global perspectives and work culture, a group of students from Keio and Stanford universities participating in an two-week exchange program said more Japanese students need to gain work experience abroad.
ASIA PACIFIC
Sep 17, 2017

Could North Korea copy Nazi Germany in event of a total oil ban?

As the U.S. and its allies look to impose even stricter measures against North Korea, leader Kim Jong Un could find inspiration from oppressive regimes of yesteryear in Nazi Germany and Apartheid-era South Africa.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Books / ESSENTIAL READING FOR JAPANOPHILES
Sep 16, 2017

'The Book of Five Rings': The text that showed many a Japanophile 'the way'

Legendary 17th-century swordsman Miyamoto Musashi authored this book in the last years of his life, expanding his 'two heavens as one' double-sword strategies into a complete life philosophy.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Sep 16, 2017

Murata ready for 2nd title shot

Sports competitions are often considered like chess matches, and when you face the same opponent twice, the second time is different because you and your opponent are going to come at each other with different preparation, tactics and strategy.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Entertainment news
Sep 16, 2017

Veteran actor Harry Dean Stanton dies at 91

Harry Dean Stanton, whose scruffy looks and off-beat demeanor made him a favorite of directors seeking a character actor to add eccentricity or melancholy to the screen, died on Friday from natural causes, his agent said. He was 91.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 15, 2017

Russia is an emerging superpower in food supply

Climate change is opening up vast regions in Russia to farming.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Sep 15, 2017

FTC probes Equifax, which top Democrat Schumer likens to Enron, as CEO agrees to go before Congress

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission said on Thursday it was investigating Equifax Inc.'s massive data breach, and a top Democrat suggested the credit-monitoring company's corporate leaders might need to resign.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets
Sep 14, 2017

HSBC sees yen at 100 against dollar within months as Japan falters on inflation

The yen may advance to 100 against the dollar by the year's end as investors conclude that Japan is still failing to sustain inflation gains five years after Abenomics was introduced, according to HSBC Holdings PLC.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Sep 14, 2017

IOC formally awards Paris 2024 Olympics, LA 2028 Games

Paris was awarded the 2024 Summer Olympics and Los Angeles was handed the 2028 edition on Wednesday, as the International Olympic Committee broke with decades of tradition to vote on a unique double allocation.
EDITORIALS
Sep 14, 2017

Catch quotas for Pacific saury

If Japan wants other countries to observe internationally agreed regulations on the fishing of bluefin tuna, Pacific saury and chub mackerel, it must set an example by following them itself.
EDITORIALS
Sep 13, 2017

Japan in its second-longest postwar boom?

Rather than focus on the length of the current economic 'boom,' the government should carry out a sober assessment of the economy and use it to guide its economic policy.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Sep 13, 2017

When the world turns Japanese

Tokyo and the West alike are failing to heed Japan's economic lessons.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 12, 2017

Lawyers' group petitions ministry to improve attitudes of refugee counselors following alleged inappropriate remark

A group of lawyers claimed Tuesday that a female asylum seeker was asked inappropriate questions by a counselor during questioning earlier this year.
Possibility of Nankai Trough megaquake now 80%, government panel reports
A map of the hypocentral region of an anticipated Nankai Trough earthquake
Crashed Jeju jet’s black box failure shows decadeslong gap in power rules
The flight data recorder retrieved from Jeju Air flight 2216, which crashed killing 179 people in December. Black boxes holding the flight data and cockpit voice recorders for the flight stopped recording four minutes before the disaster, South Korea's transport ministry said Saturday.
30th anniversary of Hanshin quake marked with desire to pass on lessons
Children pray for the victims of the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake during an early morning ceremony to mark the 30th anniversary of the quake, in Kobe on Friday.
Tokyo couple re-arrested in ¥26 million insurance fraud murder case
Suspect Kenichi Hosoya, who was rearrested, enters Asakusa Police Station on Friday in Tokyo's Taito Ward. The handcuffs and waist ties are blurred for privacy reasons.
Hanshin quake sparked changes to Japan's disaster response policies
Self-Defense Forces members search for victims in Kobe's Nagata Ward on Jan. 28, 1995, in the wake of the Great Hanshin Earthquake.
Atsuyoshi Koike’s big game: Fourth down and 2 nanometers to go
Atsuyoshi Koike, the president and CEO of Rapidus, says there is a “sense of urgency” when it comes to Japan’s efforts in manufacturing semiconductors. “We have to make sure we are successful,” he says.
Japan looks to up the ante with more money and partners in military aid program
Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya and Philippine Foreign Minister Enrique Manalo hold a joint news conference in Taguig City, Metro Manila, the Philippines, on Wednesday.
Possibility of Nankai Trough megaquake now 80%, government panel reports
A map of the hypocentral region of an anticipated Nankai Trough earthquake
With new regional party, Shinji Ishimaru touts rebirth
Shinji Ishimaru announces details of his new regional party at a news conference in Tokyo on Wednesday.
Nippon Steel’s case against Biden probably unwinnable, attorneys argue
U.S. Steel’s Edgar Thomson Steel Works in Braddock, Pennsylvannia, in 2019. Nippon Steel and U.S. Steel face significant legal challenges in their case against the United States.

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
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Atsuyoshi Koike, the president and CEO of Rapidus, says there is a “sense of urgency” when it comes to Japan’s efforts in manufacturing semiconductors. “We have to make sure we are successful,” he says.
Atsuyoshi Koike’s big game: Fourth down and 2 nanometers to go
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