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Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Aug 25, 2018

Twitter CEO to testify before U.S. House panel on Sept. 5 as Trump accuses social media firms of 'silencing millions'

Twitter Inc.'s chief executive will testify before a U.S. House of Representatives committee on Sept. 5, the panel said Friday, after some Republicans raised concerns about social media companies removing content from conservatives.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Aug 25, 2018

Trump cuts more than $200 million in U.S. aid to Palestinians

The United States is cutting more than $200 million in aid to the Palestinians, the State Department said Friday, amid a deteriorating relationship with the Palestinian leadership.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Aug 24, 2018

Vietnamese website taunts Chinese drama fans with South China Sea quiz

A Vietnamese website, which only works when users correctly answer a quiz about disputed islands in the South China Sea, has infuriated scores of television fans in China desperate to catch the latest episode of a popular Chinese period drama.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Aug 24, 2018

Shigeru Ishiba pledges rural revitalization laws if he beats Abe in LDP leadership race

The laws would involve enhancing the productivity of service industries, promoting the migration of urban residents to rural areas and reforming local government systems.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Entertainment news
Aug 24, 2018

Kin Sugai, world's oldest leading actress, dies at age 92

Actress Kin Sugai, listed by Guinness World Records as the world's oldest leading actress in a movie, died of heart failure at her home in Tokyo earlier this month, it was learned Thursday. She was 92.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Aug 23, 2018

Haruomi Hosono: 'I never tried to be a pioneer'

Haruomi Hosono is widely regarded as one of the most important figures of Japanese popular music over the past 50 years.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Aug 23, 2018

Bidding Sir Hugh Cortazzi farewell

Sir Hugh Cortazzi was instrumental in building a foundation of goodwill between Japan and the United Kingdom.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 23, 2018

Credit Suisse freezes $5 billion in Russian money due to U.S. sanctions

One of Switzerland's largest banks, Credit Suisse, has frozen roughly 5 billion Swiss francs ($5 billion) of money linked to Russia to avoid falling foul of U.S. sanctions, according to its accounts, further increasing pressure on Moscow.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Aug 22, 2018

'Ponoc Short Films Theatre, Vol. 1: Modest Heroes': An anime studio's modest break with norms

"Modest Heroes" studio Ponoc was founded by producer Yoshiaki Nishimura, formerly of Ghibli, just as that legendary anime studio decided to cool its jets back in 2014. Ponoc's debut feature, last year's "Mary and the Witch's Flower," established it as a kind of Ghibli 2, a place where Ghibli alums could...
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Aug 21, 2018

Lessons from the 30 years of the Heisei Era

Policy discussions during the Heisei Era had the characteristics of being molded by the opinions exchanged on TV news and variety shows.
Japan Times
Figure Skating / ICE TIME
Aug 21, 2018

Choreography legend David Wilson a man in demand

Sometimes in life we encounter a person who is a veritable force of nature.
Japan Times
LIFE / Language / BILINGUAL
Aug 20, 2018

Smile as you study:/ Sharp salaryman senryu/ satirize the slog

Highlights from the 31st Senryu for Salaried Workers Contest riff on the situations employees encounter at the office, home or both.
Japan Times
JAPAN / History / THE LIVING PAST
Aug 18, 2018

Heian literature: Is all fair in love and no war?

There's nothing quite like Japan's Heian Period (794-1185). Almost four centuries of peace and a governing aristocracy of culture set it apart.
Japan Times
JAPAN / View from Osaka
Aug 18, 2018

Osaka leaders revel as casinos bid for attention

When the Diet passed a law governing the operation of integrated casino resorts last month, public celebrations were few. Media polls showed strong public opposition to casinos, with respondents citing worries about problem gamblers and more crime.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 17, 2018

Battery technologies seen as new class of 'stranded assets' as innovation rushes ahead

Battery technologies are advancing at breakneck pace, to the extent that models featuring some of the latest developments may become obsolete before even reaching the market.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 16, 2018

Elon Musk may face national security review of Tesla-Saudi deal

Elon Musk will likely need clearance from U.S. national security officials for any proposal to take Tesla Inc. private with financing from Saudi Arabia, just as the Trump administration steps up scrutiny of foreign investment in American technology.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE FOREIGN ELEMENT
Aug 16, 2018

An Antipodean friendship fortified in Japanese floodwaters the color of 'Australian beer'

After his own rescue, one Kiwi resident of flooded Kurashiki, Okayama Prefecture, returned to the rising waters to look for his Aussie friend's stranded family.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Stage
Aug 15, 2018

Dramatist Hideto Iwai connects with his audiences in ways he never could have imagined by being honest about his own life experiences

When he was 16, Hideto Iwai was perplexed as to why everyone around him unquestioningly jumped onto society's student-to-salaryman conveyor belt. So, he broke free, dropping out of high school and picking up casual jobs where he could find them.
Japan Times
SUMO / INSIDE SUMO
Aug 15, 2018

Overseas tours an unfortunate victim of sumo's recent popularity

The world of sumo has seen many changes over the past decade.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Aug 14, 2018

Mami Kosemura says it with flowers

Where Flemish still-life painters combined fruit, vegetables and flowers that could not normally be picked in the same season, and portrayed them together in an imaginary, but highly realistic pictorial space, Kosemura uses contemporary tools to achieve the same with photographic detail.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Aug 14, 2018

'Gendai Gokan and Haruo Tomiyama: A Photographer Who Transcended Language'

Aug. 1-Oct. 31
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Aug 14, 2018

'Imitation Exhibit'

Aug. 9-Sept. 2
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 14, 2018

World's biggest Bitcoin-mining rig maker Bitmain eyes move into AI

The 1980s cyberpunk novels that predicted today's internet failed to conceive of anything as outlandish or contradictory as Bitcoin: A digital currency that's spent nowhere, a commodity that's used for nothing, and a libertarian dream that is effectively run by elites.
Japan Times
Aug 13, 2018

TSUNEISHI SHIPBUILDING Launches its First Completed LRI Product Tanker

TSUNEISHI SHIPBUILDING Co., Ltd. (HQ: 1083 Tsuneishi, Numakuma-cho, Fukuyama, Hiroshima, Japan; President: Kenji Kawano) launched its first completed 77,000 DWT (LRI) (*1) Product Tanker at its Group company, TSUNEISHI GROUP (ZHOUSHAN) SHIPBUILDING, Inc.(Location: Xiushan Island, Daishan County, Zhoushan...
Japan Times
WORLD
Aug 12, 2018

Nobel Prize-winning author V.S. Naipaul, 'a literary circumnavigator,' dies at 85

V.S. Naipaul, the Trinidad-born Nobel laureate whose precise and lyrical writing in such novels as "A Bend in the River" and "A House for Mr. Biswas" and brittle, misanthropic personality made him one of the world's most admired and contentious writers, died Saturday at his London home, his family said....
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle
Aug 11, 2018

Unsolved mysteries: Japanese fans of the occult are engaged in a never-ending search for the truth

Whether it's tales of hauntings, spirits or paranormal phenomena, Yuki Yoshida loves a good scare.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Aug 11, 2018

Hoarding in Japan isn't as dark as NHK makes it out to be

Thanks to Marie Kondo, everyone knows about the Japanese art of katazuke, or "tidying up." Kondo's books on organizing your things and deciding what items you should throw away have been translated into numerous languages and she's been interviewed by myriad international media outlets.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Aug 11, 2018

China kicks off 'major' military exercises as Taiwan leader prepares for trip abroad to salvage few remaining allies

The Chinese military has kicked off "major" exercises in the Yellow Sea ahead of Taiwanese leader Tsai Ing-wen's planned departure Sunday for Paraguay, the only Taiwanese ally in South America, and the tiny Central American country of Belize.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Aug 9, 2018

Towa Tei goes deep on death and puns

Towa Tei has mortality on his mind.
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.
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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