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BUSINESS
Apr 12, 2018

Airlines reroute flights to avoid possible airstrikes on Syria

Some major airlines were rerouting flights on Wednesday after Europe's air traffic control agency warned aircraft flying in the eastern Mediterranean to exercise caution due to possible airstrikes into Syria.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Apr 12, 2018

Accused Toronto serial killer faces seventh murder count after remains of Muslim family man are found

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Japan Times
BUSINESS
Apr 11, 2018

U.S. ride-hailing provider Lyft considers offering services in Japan

U.S. ride-hailing firm Lyft Inc. is considering providing its services in Japan, a market where rival Uber Technologies Inc. has so far seen limited success due to regulatory hurdles.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Apr 11, 2018

Pitcher Nick Martinez finding Japan to his taste after joining Nippon Ham from Rangers

Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters pitcher Nick Martinez is still making a lot of adjustments to his new baseball life in Japan. He's had to acclimate himself to a new style of baseball, a new culture, the travel and learn how to pack for NPB road trips.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 10, 2018

U.S. media never ever gives peace a chance

American political culture has devolved from the Vietnam era, when pacifists were marginalized, to a knee-jerk bellicosity in which they don't exist as part of the debate.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 10, 2018

Europe must learn to work with its autocrats

Hungary's Viktor Orban may have pushed the boundaries of the acceptable, but he's at home in some mainstream European parties
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 10, 2018

Don't be shocked at spies tracking your cellphone

The 'stingray' discovery in Washington is a reminder of how much data we're giving away
Japan Times
BUSINESS / FOCUS
Apr 10, 2018

Small cryptocurrency exchanges find the going hard under greater government oversight

With the Financial Services Agency implementing greater oversight in the wake of the ¥58 billion Coincheck heist, many young and small cryptocurrency exchanges are finding it difficult to conduct business and looking to call it quits.
Japan Times
JAPAN / EXPLAINER
Apr 10, 2018

Internet piracy taking major bite out of Japan's famed manga culture

Japan's renowned manga culture is facing a crisis.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Apr 9, 2018

Kosuke Hagino and Rikako Ikee head Japan roster for swimming double bill

Ace Kosuke Hagino and teenage phenom Rikako Ikee were named to the provisional Japanese national team rosters for this summer's Pan Pacific Championships in Tokyo and Asian Games in Jakarta, the Japan Swimming Federation announced on Monday.
Japan Times
SOCCER / World cup
Apr 9, 2018

Japan names Akira Nishino to replace Vahid Halilhodzic just two months before World Cup

Akira Nishino will lead Japan at this summer's World Cup in Russia after the Japan Football Association confirmed Monday that it had fired manager Vahid Halilhodzic just two months before the tournament begins.
JAPAN
Apr 9, 2018

Okinawa brews up plans to make homegrown coffee a new specialty product

While Japan mostly depends on imports for its coffee consumption, farmers in Okinawa are trying to popularize homegrown coffee.
EDITORIALS
Apr 7, 2018

Train more commercial pilots

Sharp increases in air transportation have led to an acute shortage of pilots in Japan and other countries. The problem needs to be addressed before it grows any more serious.
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 / Politics
Apr 7, 2018

Republican U.S. Rep. Blake Farenthold, accused of sexual harassment, steps down

Republican U.S. Rep. Blake Farenthold of Texas, accused by a female former aide of sexual harassment, abruptly resigned from Congress on Friday after admitting to allowing an unprofessional culture to flourish in his Capitol Hill office.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Apr 6, 2018

Online brokerage Monex to acquire cryptocurrency exchange Coincheck

Troubled exchange that was hit by a massive cybertheft earlier this year will be sold for u00a53.6 billion and become wholly owned subsidiary.
WORLD
Apr 6, 2018

U.K. opens permanent naval base in Bahrain

The United Kingdom opened a permanent military base in Bahrain on Thursday, Bahrain's state news agency BNA reported.
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
CULTURE / Film
Apr 5, 2018

His darkest hours behind him, Kazuhiro Tsuji returns to Hollywood and Oscar glory

After two Academy Award nominations for his work doing makeup and hairstyling on the films "Click" (2006) and "Norbit" (2007), Kazuhiro Tsuji finally got his hands on an Oscar to call his own at last month's ceremony.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Apr 5, 2018

Judge skewers Paul Manafort's civil case challenging Robert Mueller's powers

A federal judge tore into all of the legal arguments that a lawyer for President Donald Trump's former campaign chairman, Paul Manafort, made on Wednesday in his long-shot civil case to convince her that special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation has run amok and should be reined in.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Apr 3, 2018

'Koinobori Now: Installation by Reiko Sudo, Adrien Gardere and Seiichi Saito'

April 11-May 28
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COMMENTARY / Japan
Apr 3, 2018

Japan's Indo-Pacific strategy falls short

The government must demonstrate that its commitment to international law and democratic values is more than just a fig leaf.

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