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Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 12, 2016

In safety push, Nissan turns camera on hot car interiors

In a parked, unmanned car, the cap on a plastic soda bottle pops off and the cola fizzes out. A plastic toy puppy sags and topples over. A chocolate bar and gummy candies melt into slime.
WORLD / Science & Health
Aug 12, 2016

Canada to let medical patients grow own medical cannabis or let someone else do it for them

Medical marijuana patients in Canada will be allowed to grow a limited amount of cannabis for their own use or designate someone to grow it for them, the government said Thursday.
BUSINESS / Economy / ANALYSIS
Aug 12, 2016

Cabinet Office view of 2014 economy contraction differs from BOJ take

The official view in Japan for more than a year has been that the economy contracted in 2014 after a sales-tax hike stunted consumer spending. A new analysis from economists at the central bank paints a very different picture, suggesting that gross domestic product actually grew 2.4 percent.
EDITORIALS
Aug 11, 2016

Democratic Party leadership race

The Democratic Party needs a genuinely competitive race to choose its next leader that will allow the party to thoroughly discuss pressing policy issues.
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 10, 2016

Reform elected membership of the U.N. Security Council

Expanding the U.N. Security Council's elected membership and increasing their terms could make the body more effective.
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 10, 2016

China suspends work on $15 billion nuclear waste processing plant following protests

The city of Lianyungang in east China has suspended preliminary work on a nuclear waste processing plant following days of protests, it said on Wednesday.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Aug 10, 2016

World champ Nagase settles for judo bronze on frustrating day for Japan

Japan endured a day of slim pickings on the Rio Olympic judo mat Tuesday as men's 81-kg world champion Takanori Nagase was forced to settle for bronze and Miku Tashiro missed out on a medal entirely in the women's 63-kg competition.
Japan Times
JAPAN / EXPLAINER
Aug 9, 2016

With TICAD, Japan pursues African growth and export markets

Global powers China, the United States and the European Union are fiercely competing to expand their market share in Africa — the world's last major economic frontier.
WORLD / Politics
Aug 9, 2016

Fearing Trump win, Republican ex-CIA operative launches third party run

A former CIA officer and congressional staffer on Monday launched a long-shot bid for president, a Republican billing himself as a conservative alternative to Donald Trump who disenchanted voters can rally around.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Aug 8, 2016

Japan misses judo gold again as Ebinuma, Nakamura take bronze

Japan failed to claim judo gold at the Rio Olympics for the second straight day as Masashi Ebinuma and Masato Nakamura both had to settle for bronze medals on Sunday.
EDITORIALS
Aug 7, 2016

The terrible suffering in Aleppo

The most difficult part of a peace process is getting the main combatants to acknowledge that a stalemate exists on the ground and that continued fighting has no immediate purpose. Rarely does one party enter negotiations when it believes it can achieve some advantage through continued fighting. Often,...
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Aug 6, 2016

Lofty ambition: Cuban rower wants to be No. 1

Cuba is better known for baseball and basketball than rowing, while the name of Guantanamo has become synonymous with the U.S. military prison there, but Cuban rower Angel Fournier Rodriguez wants to change all that.
OLYMPICS
Aug 5, 2016

USA Gymnastics president denies not reporting coach sex abuse

USA Gymnastics president Steve Penny denied an Indianapolis Star report Thursday on the eve of the Rio Olympics saying organization leaders have failed to report sexual abuse by predator coaches.
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 5, 2016

Australia's China policy adrift

Australia's joining with the U.S. and Japan to oppose China's efforts in the South China Sea has incurred the wrath of Beijing.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 5, 2016

Steel king NSSMC cedes crown to Arcelor as yen soars

Japan's biggest steel maker is top of the pile no more, as a resurgent yen hands a competitive advantage to overseas rivals amid an unprecedented global glut.
EDITORIALS
Aug 4, 2016

Is size the key in latest stimulus?

The new stimulus package doesn't look like it will convince cautious consumers to loosen their purse strings.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics / CABINET INTERVIEW
Aug 4, 2016

Japan's new defense chief dodges questions on Yasukuni, reverses position on nuclear weapons

Newly appointed Defense Minister Tomomi Inada on Thursday refused to clarify her position on sensitive historical issues, insisting she is "not in a position" to express her views on Japan's wars against China and the Allied powers in the 1930s and '40s.
EDITORIALS
Aug 3, 2016

Raising the minimum wage

Raising the minimum legal wage is just one of several steps the government must take to improve the lives of the nation's 'working poor.'
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Aug 3, 2016

If the pope can retire, why can't Japan's elderly Emperor?

Pope Benedict XVI did it. Dutch Queen Beatrix did it. So why is it so hard for Japan's elderly Emperor to abdicate?
Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design
Aug 2, 2016

Paul Smith has earned his stripes

Colorful and cluttered, the office bursts with paraphernalia, from stacked bicycles and piles of books on designer chairs to an apple-green iMac, a futuristic record player and a red Snoopy phone on the rosewood desk.
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 2, 2016

Refusal to nominate Rudd betrays Turnbull's weakness

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull's rejection of Kevin Rudd's quest to lead the U.N. is a sorry reminder of the creeping U.S.-style partisanship of Australian politics.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Society
Aug 2, 2016

As Indonesia wages war on drugs and cuts funding for rehabilitation, some addicts seek out traditional treatment

Rizki Mulyadi sits half-submerged in a steaming herbal bath, hands folded in his lap and head down.
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.
Trump team weighs direct talks with North Korea's Kim
Then-U.S. President Donald Trump meets with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un at the Demilitarized Zone separating the two Koreas, in Panmunjom, South Korea, in June 2019.
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.
Israel-Hezbollah cease-fire, brokered by U.S. and France, takes effect
People near Martyrs Square in Beirut watch as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announces a cease-fire on television on Tuesday.
Suspected arson in Sapporo leaves four injured
Firetrucks outside a building in Sapporo where an explosion left four people injured 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.
China defense minister being investigated for corruption, report says
Chinese Defense Minister Dong Jun attends the opening ceremony of the Xiangshan Forum at the Beijing International Convention Center on Sept. 13. Dong is the third consecutive incumbent or former defense chief to be probed over alleged corruption.
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.

Podcast

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

Longform

Totopa in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward was picked by consultants TTNE as the best sauna of the year.
Japan’s sauna movement: Relax, refresh, repeat
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