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Dec 19, 2014

Ex-boxing champ Terrell dead at 75

Former heavyweight boxing champion Ernie Terrell, best known for his punishing loss to Muhammad Ali in the famed "What's My Name?" fight in 1967, has died at the age of 75, the Chicago Sun-Times reported on Wednesday.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Dec 19, 2014

China lodges protest after Obama approves Taiwan frigate sale

China said on Friday it had lodged a protest with the United States after President Barack Obama signed into law legislation authorising the sale of up to four Perry-class guided missile frigates to Taiwan.
EDITORIALS
Dec 19, 2014

Can the opposition mend its ways?

It's time Japan's political opposition learn from their failures of the past two years, especially their crushing defeat in the Dec. 14 Lower House election, to rebuild themselves in a way that enables them to challenge the ruling bloc and to give voters a real choice.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 19, 2014

Putin isn't worried, but the West should be

A mere two weeks after delivering a weak, stumbling state-of-the-nation address, Russian President Vladimir Putin makes combative comments on Russian history and the economy that indicate he is still living in a 19th century of his own making.
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 19, 2014

Did the U.S. auto industry learn anything?

With General Motors' Chevrolet Volt and Chrysler's government-mandated 1.4-liter turbocharged engine failing in the marketplace, the two American automakers find themselves falling further behind in a technological arms race that has as much to do with innovation as it does with saving the environment.
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Dec 19, 2014

Pakistan to appeal bail for man accused of masterminding Mumbai attack

Pakistan plans to appeal a court decision to grant bail to a man accused of masterminding 2008 attacks in India's financial capital that killed 166 people, prosecutors said on Friday.
WORLD / Politics / ANALYSIS
Dec 19, 2014

With Cuba decision, Obama hands Hillary Clinton a gift

Potential 2016 Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton knows a political gift when she sees one.
BUSINESS / Tech
Dec 19, 2014

Google planning built-in Android system for cars

Google is laying the groundwork for a version of Android that will be built directly into cars, sources said, allowing drivers to enjoy all the benefits of the Internet without even plugging in their smartphones.
WORLD
Dec 19, 2014

Three top Islamic State leaders killed in airstrikes, U.S. officials report

U.S.-led airstrikes against Islamic State in Iraq have killed three of the militant group's top leaders but not senior commander Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, U.S. officials said on Thursday.
Japan Times
WORLD
Dec 19, 2014

Iraqi Kurds say they have secured route to besieged Sinjar mountain

Kurdish peshmerga fighters have secured a route to Iraq's Sinjar mountain, where hundreds of people had been trapped by Islamic State fighters, Masrour Barzani, head of the Iraqi Kurdish region's national security council, said on Thursday.
BASKETBALL
Dec 18, 2014

FIBA chief Baumann strikes tough tone on JBA ban

FIBA secretary general Patrick Baumann repeatedly stated that the Japan Basketball Association's "lack of vision" is a fundamental problem stunting the sport's development throughout the nation.
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 18, 2014

Three 'geos' push the world but leave Russia in a cloud

All the colonial empires of the 20th century have given way to young nation-states and to a new kind of relations between a capital and its former colonies, yet official Russia goes on shedding tears about its disintegrated empire.
WORLD
Dec 18, 2014

Cuba detente a smokin' deal? Close, but no cigar

American cigar smokers anxiously flicked their lacquered lighters this morning when news broke that President Barack Obama would be easing the decades-old restrictions on Cuban travel and goods. Since 1962, Cuba's legendary cigars have been banned from the shelves of American tobacconists and many travelers...
WORLD / Science & Health
Dec 18, 2014

Global population living six years longer than in 1990: study

Global life expectancy has risen by more than six years since 1990 thanks to falling death rates from cancer and heart disease in rich countries and better survival in poor countries from diarrhoea, tuberculosis and malaria.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Dec 18, 2014

Xi visit to Macau deals cold deck to high-rolling VIP gamblers

As Chinese President Xi Jinping arrives in Macau this weekend for his first official visit in five years, the message from Beijing is clear: the world's biggest gambling center cannot remain a one-industry town.
WORLD / Science & Health
Dec 18, 2014

Cuomo to ban fracking; health officials deem it unsafe

The New York state health department said fracking for natural gas can't be done safely, dooming prospects that Gov.Andrew Cuomo will end a six-year moratorium.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Dec 18, 2014

U.S. fears Sony hackers may never be caught, law enforcement official says

Government investigators fear the hackers behind the unprecedented attack on Sony's Hollywood studio may never be caught if they are under the protection of North Korea, a U.S. official said on Wednesday.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Dec 18, 2014

Health teams scour Sierra Leone capital in Ebola drive

Health workers in Sierra Leone began combing the streets of Freetown for Ebola patients on Wednesday, moving house-to-house as the government launched a major operation to contain infections in West Africa's worst-hit country.
WORLD
Dec 18, 2014

U.K. came 'within days' of Sydney-style terror attack, top policeman says

Britain thwarted a Sydney-style "lone wolf" attack just days before it was due to happen, London's top policeman said on Wednesday, saying his force had foiled five terror plots in the last four months alone.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Dec 17, 2014

Maps to the Stars: 'Paranoia born of colossal self-obsession'

Can celebrities be numbingly boring? As far as "Maps to the Stars" is concerned the answer is a big fat "Yes," but in the hands of David Cronenberg ("A Dangerous Method," "Eastern Promises") you hardly notice. Ennui and varying degrees of hysteria define this Hollywood fable where everyone is a monster,...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Dec 17, 2014

Disney's 'Big Hero 6' reassembles Japan without the 'cultural cringe'

So we've all heard that it's hard to be a woman in Japan, but being a Japanese geek comes with its own troubles. For some, it's a life lived in front of glowing screens, a dateless existence spent in a six-mat tatami room with posters of idol group AKB48 plastered on the walls. But here's Disney's "Big...
Japan Times
BASEBALL / MLB
Dec 17, 2014

Jeter, Matsui coming together to aid Tohoku children

Retired New York Yankees greats Derek Jeter and Hideki Matsui are teaming up once again, this time in support of children in the Tohoku region.
Japan Times
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Dec 17, 2014

Gordon stars on big stage

In a marquee matchup of American quarterbacks, which likely led fans to expect an aerial game, running back Gino Gordon stole the show with his stellar performance on the ground.
EDITORIALS
Dec 17, 2014

The skewed value of votes

Lawmakers must set aside their partisan interests and act fast to narrow the wide gap in the value of votes between rural and urban constituencies.
About 70% of foreign nationals questioned by police on the streets: survey
Lawyers advising in a racial profiling case speak during a news conference on Wednesday in Tokyo.
Latest sumo ranking sheet has plenty to catch the eye
Hoshoryu holds up the latest "banzuke" sumo ranking chart in Osaka on Tuesday.
Government partly responsible for 2015 river flooding, court finds
A man wades through a shopping area flooded by the Kinugawa river in Joso, Ibaraki Prefecture, on Sept. 10, 2015.
Apple to keep DEI efforts, though some adjustments possible
An Apple store in Walnut Creek, California, on Monday. Apple Inc. Apple investors rejected a proposal to end the iPhone maker’s diversity, equity and inclusion efforts, but CEO Tim Cook some some adjustments may occur.
Trump team seeks to toughen Biden’s chip controls over China
U.S. President Donald Trump's officials recently met with their Japanese and Dutch counterparts about restricting Tokyo Electron and ASML engineers from maintaining semiconductor gear in China, according to people familiar with the matter.
Jose Ando's rapid rise from first pages to the Akutagawa Prize
Jose Ando purposefully wrote his Akutagawa Prize-winning novel “Dtopia” to be accessible to an audience beyond Japan and to spark conversations about race, gender and the effects of modern entertainment.
Standoff in the skies: Witnessing an unsafe intercept over the South China Sea
A Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy helicopter is seen from aboard a Philippine Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) aircraft in the skies above Scarborough Shoal in the disputed South China Sea on Feb. 18.
About 70% of foreign nationals questioned by police on the streets: survey
Lawyers advising in a racial profiling case speak during a news conference on Wednesday in Tokyo.
Latest sumo ranking sheet has plenty to catch the eye
Hoshoryu holds up the latest "banzuke" sumo ranking chart in Osaka on Tuesday.
Japan looks to save seafood and seaweed farming from warming oceans
Asian seabass are bred at the Songkhla Coastal Aquaculture Technology and Innovation Research and Development Center in southern Thailand.

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