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Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Sep 4, 2016

Takashi Niigaki emerges from the ashes of a scandal with a symphony to call his own

On Feb. 6, 2014, composer Takashi Niigaki faced a crowd of reporters at the Hotel New Otani in Tokyo and took a deep and apologetic bow. He had just revealed that he was ghostwriter for Mamoru Samuragochi, who was celebrated as "Japan's Beethoven" before being exposed as a fraud. Niigaki confessed to...
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / NPB NOTEBOOK
Sep 4, 2016

Laird closing in on 40-homer year

Brandon Laird has become a favorite among Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters fans for his home run celebration, not to mention the homers themselves, which sees him mimic a chef making sushi.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 4, 2016

Seaweed farming, a sudden slimy success, needs greener rules, U.N. study finds

Seaweed farming needs tighter regulation to limit damage to the environment after booming into a $6.4 billion business with uses in everything from sushi to toothpaste, a United Nations study said Sunday.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Sep 3, 2016

Two of Japan's pacifist voices go silent

Rokusuke Ei — writer, broadcaster, raconteur — died on July 7 at the age of 83, roughly two decades after publishing a best-seller called "Daiojo," which means "Dying Peacefully." Several media outlets reported that Ei passed peacefully. He'd had Parkinson's disease for a number of years before he...
JAPAN / Media / DARK SIDE OF THE RISING SUN
Sep 3, 2016

One year on, gang splinter is tough to explain

More than a year has passed since the country's largest crime syndicate, the Yamaguchi-gumi, split into two. More than a dozen gangs defected from the Yamaguchi-gumi on Aug. 27, 2015, to form the Kobe Yamaguchi-gumi, headed by Kunio Inoue, as a rival syndicate and, even now, the reasons for the breakup...
EDITORIALS
Sep 3, 2016

Making the most of vacant homes

Vacant homes could greatly boost the short supply of inexpensive public housing.
EDITORIALS
Sep 2, 2016

DP's leadership race begins

The Democratic Party needs to choose a leader capable of transforming the party into contender capable of taking over the reins of government.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Sep 2, 2016

China's 'little green boats' have Japan on alert

Chinese activity near the Senkakus is another example of the rise of ambiguous warfare, where a state uses irregular forces or nonmilitary means to advance its territorial goals.
Japan Times
SOCCER
Sep 2, 2016

Allardyce era begins with qualifier against Slovakia

The reaction will be as predictable as it is meaningless.
Japan Times
Figure Skating / ICE TIME
Sep 2, 2016

Sakamoto leads strong showing by juniors in France

Japanese skaters began the Junior Grand Prix season with encouraging results at the opening event last weekend in St. Gervais, France. Japan took home half of the six singles medals on offer, with Russia claiming the other three.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Sep 1, 2016

Thai government to resume peace talks with Muslim insurgents

Thailand's military government said on Thursday peace talks with Muslim separatists operating in the far south of the country would resume in Malaysia, but no agreement would be signed unless the insurgents observed a cease-fire.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel / HOTELS & RESTAURANTS
Sep 1, 2016

Fine French fare high above the city; N.Y. chef brings talents to Tokyo; reopening sees accommodation plan

Fine French fare high above the city
BUSINESS
Sep 1, 2016

How new nuclear could lift renewables at a third of Hinkley cost

A former chief scientist for one of the world's biggest consumer-goods companies says he can make nuclear power cheaper and safer and wants $30 million so that he can prove it.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Sep 1, 2016

Tailored loans support restoration of Kyoto's historic townhouses

For generations, artisans and merchants in Kyoto lived in thousands of traditional machiya townhouses that are steadily disappearing or falling into disrepair.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Aug 31, 2016

'Your Name.': Makoto Shinkai could be the next big name in anime

Japanese animators have good reason to hate the label "new Miyazaki," meaning successor to animation genius Hayao Miyazaki, who retired from feature filmmaking in 2013. First, it saddles them with fan expectations that their films will resemble — or imitate — the master's. Second, their box-office...
MORE SPORTS
Aug 31, 2016

South Korean swim team manager quits over hidden camera scandal

The manager of South Korea's national swimming team has resigned as an investigation continues into a scandal involving the alleged installation of hidden cameras to take pictures of female athletes, the national federation has said.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 30, 2016

Two officials executed on Kim 'special order': report

North Korea publicly executed two top officials earlier this month with anti-aircraft guns on the personal order of supreme leader Kim Jong Un, a South Korean newspaper reported Tuesday.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Aug 30, 2016

BOJ stuck in the Stone Age

Haruhiko Kuroda's use of primitive monetary policy tools makes him the Fred Flintstone of central bankers.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 29, 2016

The iconoclast of Timbuktu and the world court

Making the act of deliberately 'destroying cultural heritage' a crime is a step in building an international human rights law that applies to everybody.
BUSINESS
Aug 29, 2016

ANA finds broken Dreamliner turbines in three Rolls-Royce engines

ANA Holdings Inc., which has canceled more than a dozen Dreamliner flights since last week, found broken turbines on three Boeing 787s driven by engines made by Rolls-Royce Holdings PLC.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / HIT AND RUN
Aug 29, 2016

Finally, Carp looking like real deal

The Hiroshima Carp, it seems, have arrived. After a long stretch of bad years and recent seasons of being a few pieces short of a whole, the Carp are finally in the thick of a pennant race again.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Aug 29, 2016

Singapore logs 41 cases of locally transmitted Zika, mainly among foreign construction workers

Singapore has confirmed 41 cases of locally transmitted Zika virus, mostly among foreign construction workers, and said it expected more cases to be identified.
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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