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Dec 9, 2016

December 10, 2016

Japan Times
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Dec 9, 2016

Bradley set to be made scapegoat for Swansea's woes

Even by the madcap standards of a sport in which too many lunatics have taken over their respective asylums, the news that Swansea City manager Bob Bradley could be facing the sack after just seven matches beggars belief.
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JAPAN
Dec 9, 2016

New running facility opens in Tokyo for athletes of all stripes

As the metropolis gears up to host the Olympics and Paralympics in four years’ time, a new running stadium opened in Tokyo on Friday. The private-sector facility will provide an inclusive training venue for athletes of all stripes.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Dec 9, 2016

Pressure U.S. on free trade

The biggest loser in the U.S. presidential election was free trade.
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COMMENTARY / Japan
Dec 9, 2016

Why SoftBank's Son is betting big on Trump

Pledge by Softbank CEO Masayoshi Son to invest $50 billion in the U.S. is savvy, but it's a big blow to Japan Inc.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Dec 9, 2016

In fossil rarity, tumor discovered in jawbone of 255-million-year-old beast

Scientists examining the jawbone of a saber-toothed mammal-like beast that prowled Tanzania 255 million years ago have come across a remarkable fossil rarity: one of the oldest-known tumors.
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BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 9, 2016

Troubled Takata to exit posh Roppongi digs, move HQ to cheaper waterfront redevelopment district

Takata Corp. will move its head office from a posh building in an upscale Tokyo district to a redeveloped area to cut costs, as the troubled air-bag maker fights to survive the biggest recall in the auto industry's history.
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WORLD / Politics
Dec 8, 2016

British PM May slaps down foreign minister over Saudi comments

British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson was not setting out government policy when he said Saudi Arabia and Iran were stoking proxy wars across the Middle East, a spokeswoman for Prime Minister Theresa May said on Thursday.
Japan Times
LIFE / EVENTS AND INFORMATION
Dec 8, 2016

Conference examines the future of acupuncture

The International Conference of the World Federation of Acupuncture-Moxibustion Societies Tokyo/Tsukuba was held in Tsukuba on Nov. 5 and 6, with 1,733 people from 32 countries, including 1,495 Japanese, in attendance.
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JAPAN
Dec 8, 2016

Soseki android unveiled to rekindle interest in late author

"Hello. Excuse me for remaining seated. It's been nearly 100 years, hasn't it?"
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WORLD
Dec 8, 2016

On 75th anniversary, U.S. veterans recall Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor

It has been 75 years but U.S. Navy veteran James Leavelle can still recall watching with horror as Japanese warplanes rained bombs on his fellow sailors in the surprise attack at Pearl Harbor that plunged the United States into World War II.
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BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 7, 2016

Son meets Trump, plans $50 billion U.S. investment, 50,000 jobs

Billionaire business tycoon Masayoshi Son said on Tuesday he would invest $50 billion in the United States and create 50,000 new jobs, a move President-elect Donald Trump claimed was a direct result of his election win.
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CULTURE / Film
Dec 7, 2016

'Hitchcock/Truffaut': An auteur meets his (movie) maker

The French got Alfred Hitchcock well before the Americans did. In the 1950s, when the tubby director's Hollywood overlords still regarded him as a producer of light entertainment — the Robert Zemeckis of his day, perhaps — the writers at France's Cahiers du Cinema magazine recognized his deeper genius....
EDITORIALS
Dec 7, 2016

Abe's tribute at Pearl Harbor

If Shinzo Abe's visit to Pearl Harbor matters as a symbolic gesture of reconciliation with the U.S., he should consider similar steps with Japan's Asian neighbors.
BUSINESS / Economy
Dec 7, 2016

BOJ deputy Iwata says no shift away from asset purchases

Bank of Japan Deputy Gov. Kikuo Iwata said the central bank hasn't shifted its focus away from expanding the monetary base as it seeks to reach its inflation target.
JAPAN / Politics
Dec 7, 2016

Nippon Ishin, a party with Osaka roots, to establish a political school in Tokyo

Nippon Ishin no Kai, the political party with Osaka roots, will establish a political school in Tokyo on Dec. 18 with an eye toward training candidates for next summer's Tokyo metropolitan assembly election.
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WORLD / Politics
Dec 7, 2016

Trump lays out U.S. military policy shifting from regime change to defeating Islamic State

President-elect Donald Trump laid out a U.S. military policy on Tuesday that would avoid interventions in foreign conflicts and instead focus heavily on defeating the Islamic State militancy.
BUSINESS
Dec 7, 2016

Japan regulators crafting new rules to prevent leaks by company execs

Japanese authorities are set to recommend new fair disclosure rules that aim to prevent company executives from leaking insider information, part of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's push to improve corporate governance and encourage foreign investment.
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JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Dec 6, 2016

Tokyo court upholds deportation order for Thai teenager born and raised in Japan

A Thai teenager born and raised in Japan lost an appeal on Tuesday against a lower court ruling that upheld his deportation order, highlighting the country's deep reluctance to accept non-Japanese people, even as its population ages and shrinks.
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 6, 2016

Trump learned the wrong lessons from Asia

If Donald Trump dislikes China so much, why has he embraced policies that would be at home in Beijing?
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WORLD
Dec 6, 2016

Space oddity as Dr. David Bowie treats 'starman' Buzz Aldrin in New Zealand hospital

In what can only be described as a space oddity, former astronaut Buzz Aldrin is being cared for in a New Zealand hospital by Dr. David Bowie after being evacuated from the South Pole.

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