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Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jan 8, 2019

North Korea's Kim travels to Beijing for meeting with Xi after warning of alternative path

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un was spending his birthday in Beijing after arriving in the Chinese capital Tuesday — which was believed to be his 35th birthday — for his fourth summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping as talks on a second meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump gather steam.
ASIA PACIFIC
Jan 6, 2019

China releases first video of a Sky Hawk, its latest stealth drone, in flight

China has for the first time released video showing its latest stealth drone in flight, state media said Sunday.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY
Jan 6, 2019

It's 2019 and it's time to hit those Japanese textbooks — for real

Whether you've been here for several days or several decades, listening to fellow expats, immigrants and other non-Japanese residents groaning about their dissatisfaction with their language abilities is nothing new. The advice I've received on how to improve, however, sometimes skews toward the exasperating....
EDITORIALS
Jan 6, 2019

Keep growing inbound tourism

Sustained efforts must be made to beef up tourism as a key future industry.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jan 5, 2019

Gold smuggling to Japan falls, but concerns remain ahead of planned October tax hike

The amount of gold bullion smuggled into Japan and seized by customs authorities in 2018 is estimated to have fallen by half from the previous year, according to sources.
EDITORIALS
Jan 4, 2019

Russia brandishes hypersonic threat

Talks should begin to discuss limits on 'hypersonic' technologies to prevent a new major arms race.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Stage
Jan 3, 2019

Comedian Akira Ohashi 100% reveals his naked ambition

His naked tray act may not be to everyone's liking, but Akira Ohashi is too focused on the positives to worry about that. The Saitama-born, 44-year-old comedian, who is better known by his stage name Akira 100%, clearly loves being in the public eye, and after more than two decades struggling to make...
Japan Times
JAPAN / New Year Special 2019
Jan 1, 2019

Former astronaut Naoko Yamazaki hopeful for commercial space travel

The year 2019 marks 50 years since the first humans landed on the moon in 1969 as part of NASA’s Apollo 11 lunar mission. In an interview with Managing Editor Sayuri Daimon, former Japanese astronaut Naoko Yamazaki shares her experience in space in 2010 and her views on space development in the coming...
Japan Times
SPORTS
Jan 1, 2019

Top sports stories of 2018

The Japan Times newsroom selected the following sports stories as the most important of 2018.
Japan Times
LIFE / Language / MORNING ENGLISH
Dec 31, 2018

Let's discuss the way we use escalators

When a train is about to depart a station, passengers hear an announcement saying, 'Please stand clear of the closing doors.'
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 30, 2018

China at the crossroads

Deng's refusal to truly liberalize China has imposed enduring costs on the country, which increasingly bends reality to the illusions that it propagates.
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle
Dec 29, 2018

New year, new opportunities: What to expect in the Year of the Boar

Boars have an inherently bad reputation.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Dec 28, 2018

An enthusiast of toy trains gives kids, young and old, a chance to play

Ten-year-old Koharu Yagi gazes at the meters and meters of plastic train track laid out in a room at the Plaza North culture center in the city of Saitama and lets out a sigh of wonder.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Dec 28, 2018

Tiny tracker developed to help fight rhino poaching

French tech company Sigfox has developed a bite-size tracker that can be inserted into the horns of rhinos to help conservationists monitor and protect the endangered species.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Dec 26, 2018

Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike working to make capital more accessible for foreign and disabled visitors ready for 2020 Games

With 575 days until the 2020 Olympics and Paralympics, and a law passed earlier this month that opens the door for 340,000 foreign workers to enter the country over the next five years, Tokyo is about to see a lot of new faces.
EDITORIALS
Dec 25, 2018

Trump loses a guardrail

With the resignation of U.S. Defense Secretary James Mattis, the world waits with mounting anxiety for Donald Trump's next decisions.
Japan Times
LIFE / Language / MORNING ENGLISH
Dec 24, 2018

Let's discuss the U.S. base situation in Okinawa

The government on Friday pushed ahead with full-fledged land reclamation work needed to move a key U.S. air base to Nago, Okinawa Prefecture, despite stiff local resistance and legal wrangling.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Dec 24, 2018

Trump's team attempts to reassure markets Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell's job is safe

Trump administration officials moved to reassure financial markets that Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell's job is safe following a report that said President Donald Trump has repeatedly discussed firing the central bank chief after last week's Fed rate hike.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 24, 2018

There's more to Charles Dickens' festive fare than just 'A Christmas Carol'

Charles Dickens wrote "A Christmas Carol" in 1843 in part because he was appalled at the living conditions of England's urban poor, especially after a visit that September to a so-called Ragged School for London slum children. But he also wrote it because he needed money. His sixth novel, "Martin Chuzzlewit,"...
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 21, 2018

China's warning to the democratic world

Instead of trying to divide the U.S. from its allies, Beijing is taking hostages.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Dec 21, 2018

Facebook's spiralling data misuse could pressure U.S. FTC to act, leading to billions in fines

The latest revelations about how Facebook Inc. shared user data could put pressure on the Federal Trade Commission, heightening the risk of a multibillion-dollar fine for the social media giant.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / BLACK EYE
Dec 19, 2018

For me, 2018 was the year Japan began to listen

One day next year, and the year after that, someone will ask me in the course of a conversation why I decided to stay in Japan. I know this because it ranks among the top questions I'm asked — by Japanese and non-Japanese alike — since I arrived here back in 2004. And on the day I'm asked, my answer...
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Dec 19, 2018

SpaceX aborts launch to send satellite on mission for U.S. military

Elon Musk's SpaceX halted Tuesday's launch of a long-delayed navigation satellite for the U.S. military, postponing for at least a day the space transportation company's first designated national security mission for the United States.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Dec 17, 2018

Frontiers ease past IBM for third straight Japan X Bowl title

Trashaun Nixon used to make plays as a linebacker by pressuring quarterbacks and tackling runners. One year later, he became the Japan X Bowl MVP as a running back.
Japan Times
LIFE / Language / MORNING ENGLISH
Dec 17, 2018

Let's discuss new year cards

Once a tradition firmly entrenched in the national consciousness, the nengaju014d (new year card) is facing extinction.
Japan Times
WORLD / Society
Dec 17, 2018

U.S.-bound Hondurans who fled political violence fear for lives if sent home from Tijuana

The Pineda family trudged northward for more than a month with a caravan of Central American migrants who are now stuck at the U.S. border. But they were on the run in Honduras much longer than that due to fears of political persecution.
Japan Times
SATOYAMA CONSORTIUM
Dec 16, 2018

Castle, roses symbols of Fukuyama's revival

Fukuyama is the second-largest city in Hiroshima Prefecture with a population of approximately 470,000. It is located on the sunny coastal side of the Chugoku region, facing the Seto Inland Sea with the Chugoku mountain range in the background. It has served as a key point of traffic for both marine...
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / JAPANESE KITCHEN
Dec 15, 2018

Don't go to the store, make your own New Year's feast instead

The style of osechi (New Year's food) that is popular today is an array of salty, sweet or sour foods made in advance to give the cook of the house a break during the New Year period.
Funeral held for Princess Yuriko at Tokyo cemetery
Crown Prince Akishino and Crown Princess Kiko, followed by Princess Aiko and Princess Kako, prepare to attend a funeral service for Princess Yuriko at Toshimagaoka Cemetery in Tokyo on Tuesday.
Bluesky is booming in Japan — mainly for reasons other than U.S. politics
According to Similarweb, average monthly user numbers for Bluesky on Android in Japan quintupled in the 12 months to October.
Suspected arson in Sapporo leaves four injured
Firetrucks outside a building in Sapporo where an explosion left four people injured on Tuesday.
Trump pledges 25% tariffs on Canada and Mexico, and more levies on China
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump attends a viewing of the launch of the sixth test flight of the SpaceX Starship rocket, in Brownsville, Texas, on Nov. 19. Trump on Monday threatened to slap China, Mexico and Canada with hefty tariffs upon his return to the White House.
False report on Yasukuni Shrine visit 'extremely regrettable,' top spokesperson says
Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi during a news conference in Tokyo on Tuesday
Bluesky is booming in Japan — mainly for reasons other than U.S. politics
According to Similarweb, average monthly user numbers for Bluesky on Android in Japan quintupled in the 12 months to October.
How Japan can exit the fossil fuel subsidies it can’t seem to quit
A man walks past a gasoline station in Tokyo on Thursday.
Are you leaving your loved ones digital legacies or headaches?
The National Consumer Affairs Center reports a growing number of consultations regarding "digital legacies" — data and online services left behind when people die.
Rayssa Leal and Chloe Covell on Japan’s teen skaters: We are friends, not rivals
Brazil’s Rayssa Leal celebrates after winning the women's Street League Skateboarding competition on Saturday in Tokyo.
An iconic 32-foot doughnut might give Randy’s an edge in Japan
Randy's Donuts in Inglewood, California. Replicas of the giant doughnut sculpture will be installed, where possible, at shops in Japan.

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