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Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 24, 2015

Volkswagen CEO resigns over diesel scandal

Volkswagen CEO Martin Winterkorn resigned on Wednesday, taking responsibility for the German carmaker's rigging of U.S. emissions tests in the biggest scandal in its 78-year history.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Sep 23, 2015

Hong Kong pro-democracy leaders shut out during Xi's U.S. visit

Hong Kong pro-democracy leaders in the United States on Tuesday shadowed the start of Chinese President Xi Jinping's state visit, but they failed to secure top White House meetings as they seek to pressure Beijing to honor governance agreements.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE FOREIGN ELEMENT
Sep 23, 2015

Neither here nor there: the families torn between Nigeria and Japan

Caught between instability in Nigeria and isolation in Japan, African immigrants fear the loss of their children's love.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 23, 2015

Chilean woman lives her dream, works in Akihabara maid cafe for a day

"Okaerinasaimase goshujin-sama!" ("Welcome home, my lords!")
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / ANALYSIS
Sep 23, 2015

U.S.-China hacking deal likely to skip industrial espionage for now

Disputes over what is acceptable behavior in cyberspace threaten to overshadow the agenda when Chinese President Xi Jinping and U.S. President Barack Obama meet in Washington late this week.
SPORTS
Sep 23, 2015

WADA signs agreement with China to tackle drug rings

The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has signed a memorandum of understanding with China's sports ministry to crack down on the manufacture and supply of performance-enhancing drugs in the country.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech / ANALYSIS
Sep 23, 2015

App Store hack: Slow foreign connections, lack of support from Apple led developers to use risky pirated tools

China's "Great Firewall" may have been partly to blame for the first major attack on Apple Inc.'s App Store, but experts also point the finger at lax security at some big-name Chinese tech firms and at how Apple supports developers in its second-biggest market.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Sep 23, 2015

Monkey that took selfie should get copyright: U.S. lawsuit

A rare crested macaque monkey that snapped a well-known grinning "selfie" should be declared the photo's owner and receive damages for copyright infringement after it was used in a wildlife book, U.S. animal rights activists argued in a federal lawsuit filed on Tuesday.
Japan Times
WORLD / Society
Sep 23, 2015

OECD sees million refugees a year for decade as EU looks to shelter 120,000 amid grievance-fraught vote

European Union interior ministers agreed to shelter 120,000 refugees from Middle Eastern wars and civil strife, while continuing to feud over which countries will take them in.
WORLD / Politics
Sep 23, 2015

Xi arrives in Seattle to meet tech titans, looks to downplay China slump, cyberspying allegations

Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived in Seattle on Tuesday to kick off a week-long U.S. visit that will include meetings with U.S. business leaders, a black-tie state dinner at the White House hosted by President Barack Obama and an address at the United Nations.
Japan Times
WORLD
Sep 22, 2015

Syrian war spurs first withdrawal from doomsday Arctic seed vault

Syria's civil war has prompted the first withdrawal of seeds from a "doomsday" vault built in an Arctic mountainside to safeguard global food supplies, officials said on Monday.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Stage
Sep 22, 2015

Star actor Mirai Moriyama shares his delight at being 'in a mess'

As the saying goes, "If you chase two hares, you'll catch neither" — but award-winning actor Mirai Moriyama is proving the exception who's broken this rule by adding "top-flight dancer" to his resume.
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 22, 2015

Australia's pantomime democracy

The Australian public is fed up with the political circus of recent years, and wants adults back in charge of the major parties.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 22, 2015

Thai military delivers oppression, not happiness

The longer Gen. Prayuth Chan-ocha and his cronies rule, the less likely Thailand is going to enjoy stable democracy.
EDITORIALS
Sep 22, 2015

Justice for A-bomb victims overseas

The Supreme Court issues a much-welcomed decisive ruling that atomic-bomb victims living abroad deserve full medical coverage by the Japanese government.
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 22, 2015

A parliamentary democracy needs a viable opposition

By entrenching the British Conservative Party in government, Jeremy Corbyn's election as leader of the Labour Party is a threat to the health of parliamentary democracy in Britain.
Japan Times
WORLD
Sep 22, 2015

Russia starting air operations over Syria with drone surveillance missions: U.S. officials

Russia has started flying drone aircraft on surveillance missions in Syria, U.S. officials said on Monday, in what appeared to be Moscow's first military air operations inside the country since staging a rapid buildup at a Syrian air base.
COMMENTARY / Japan / SENTAKU MAGAZINE
Sep 21, 2015

Medical services in Tokyo area in danger of collapsing

Key players in Kanto-area medical services are finding it increasingly difficult to make ends meet — and the higher consumption tax is the prime culprit.
LIFE / Language / MORNING ENGLISH
Sep 21, 2015

Let's discuss the new My Number system

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COMMENTARY / World
Sep 21, 2015

Hey Xi, try this on your U.S. trip: visit Detroit

Chinese investment is playing a significant part in protecting Detroit from a return to the crumbling urban disaster of recent headlines.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Sep 21, 2015

Does it matter that Japan got downgraded?

The Japanese sovereign downgrade isn't a meaningful development and markets will ignore it.
Japan Times
WORLD
Sep 21, 2015

Some Iraqis ditch fight against Islamic State for uncertain life in Europe

Some Iraqi soldiers are abandoning their posts and joining a wave of civilian migrants headed to Europe, raising new doubts about the cohesion of the country's Western-backed security forces in the fight against the Islamic State militants.
Aboard Japan’s most luxurious train, the journey is the destination
The luxury Seven Stars in Kyushu train trades the hyper-efficiency of typical rail travel in Japan for a slower, more decadent version.
Europe's nightmare is here: They have to fight Putin without the U.S.
Ukrainian servicemen play with dogs at their position on a front line in the nation's Zaporizhzhia region on Feb. 21.
Japan struggles to fend off a world without enough matcha
Once a boon to tea farmers' bottom lines, the global matcha craze is now pushing producers and distributors to their limits with few options to adequately meet demand.
Japan battles biggest wildfire in decades
Smoke rises from a forest fire in Ofunato, Iwate Prefecture, on Feb. 28
Prince Hisahito's coming-of-age ceremony set for Sept. 6
Prince Hisahito in the city of Maizuru, Kyoto Prefecture, on Feb. 12
Not even Japan is safe from counterfeit luxury goods
While Japan's luxury goods market remains strong, its seconhand resale market is proving just as much a draw for tourists searching for great bargains — as long as they can manage to get their hands on the real deal.
Aboard Japan’s most luxurious train, the journey is the destination
The luxury Seven Stars in Kyushu train trades the hyper-efficiency of typical rail travel in Japan for a slower, more decadent version.
Taiwan comics on the rise: Local storytellers, global aspirations
Taiwanese comic artist Rishiazao and interpreter Yun-wen Huang greet an attendee at the 2025 Angouleme International Comics Festival in France.
Nils Nielsen's vision for Nadeshiko Japan comes to life at SheBelieves Cup
Nadeshiko Japan celebrates after winning the SheBelieves Cup in San Diego on Wednesday.
Famed artist Takashi Murakami partners with MLB for Tokyo Series
A model wears items that are part of Takashi Murakami's collaboration with MLB.

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

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The building of new high-rise residential buildings has some alarmed that they could empty and fall into disrepair as Japan's population shrinks.
The high cost of letting Japan's condos crumble
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