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Japan Times
JAPAN / Science & Health
Dec 13, 2018

Japanese winner of L'Oreal-UNESCO award for female scientists looks to reshape materials research

From a young age, Dr. Yukiko Ogawa knew she wanted to become a scientist. Growing up in Komaki, Aichi Prefecture, she would spend hours after school creating objects in her bedroom. It was this curiosity and early ingenuity when it came to designing novel things that led Ogawa to where she is today....
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Dec 13, 2018

December: A month to decide what to stop doing

It is time for us to reflect on our routine activities and why we do what we have been habitually doing.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Science & Health
Dec 13, 2018

Despite gene-editing flap, Chinese scientists still aiming for supremacy in experimental Crispr tech

Chinese scientists are pressing ahead with their attempts to perfect human gene-editing technology, even after one of their compatriots drew a global backlash for editing the genes of twin girls.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 13, 2018

Hitachi and Switzerland's ABB confirm talks on potential power grid deal

The move would boost Hitachi's position in the growing power transmission and distribution sector, and help it diversify away from its nuclear plant business.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Dec 12, 2018

Foreign Minister Taro Kono ignores questions on Russian-held islands ahead of talks

The foreign minister's image was tarnished during a news conference Tuesday when he asked for the next question repeatedly when queried by reporters over a diplomatic row with Russia.
ASIA PACIFIC / Society
Dec 11, 2018

Majority of Australian women sexually harassed at work: survey

Two in three Australian women have been sexually harassed at work, with the majority of cases unreported, according to a survey released on Tuesday that highlighted challenges activists said prevent women from advancing in their careers.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Dec 11, 2018

Japan's two Aegis Ashore anti-missile candidate sites run into local opposition

Located in northwestern Honshu on the Sea of Japan coast, Akita Prefecture has long been thought of in Tokyo and especially western Japan as remote — part of poet Matsuo Basho's famed "The Narrow Road to the Deep North."
Japan Times
Dec 11, 2018

Yamaha Motor Outline of Long-term Vision & New Medium-term Management Plan

IWATA, December 11, 2018—Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. (Tokyo:7272) announced today that it has formulated its long-term vision until 2030, and a New Medium-term Management Plan for the three-year period starting in 2019.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Dec 11, 2018

May takes a gamble that running down the Brexit clock will focus political minds

Faced with a Brexit vote she cannot win, Prime Minister Theresa May appears to be gambling that running down the clock to a no-deal departure might change the arithmetic in Parliament.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / 20 QUESTIONS
Dec 8, 2018

Charles Odlin: The man who can help you take that leap

Bungee jumping company owner Odlin says that taking the plunge has a high level of 'perceived risk,' when in reality it takes place in a very controlled enviroment.
Japan Times
WORLD
Dec 8, 2018

Mountain lion that crossed freeways fell victim to California wildfire

A Southern California mountain lion that crossed freeways dozens of times, evading potentially deadly traffic, has died after burning its paws during a wildfire, officials said on Friday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Dec 7, 2018

Trump to roll back Obama-era carbon rule, opening door for new coal plants

The Trump administration took aim at two Obama-era environmental policies on Thursday to boost the oil and coal industries, proposing to open up a wildlife habitat to drilling and mining and to remove hurdles to the construction of coal-fired power plants.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Dec 7, 2018

12.5% of Indian deaths due to polluted air: study

India's toxic air claimed 1.24 million lives in 2017 — 12.5 percent of total deaths recorded that year — according to a study published in Lancet Planetary Health on Thursday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / FOCUS
Dec 7, 2018

Race to the bottom? India plans deep dive for seabed minerals

In the 1870 Jules Verne classic "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea," underwater explorer Captain Nemo predicted the mining of the ocean floor's mineral bounty: zinc, iron, silver and gold.
Dec 7, 2018

TSUNEISHI GROUP Announces the Appointment of Executives, Dated as of January 1st, 2019

TSUNEISHI HOLDINGS CORPORATION (HQ: 1083 Tsuneishi, Numakuma-cho, Fukuyama, Hiroshima, Japan; President: Hirotatsu Kambara) hereby announces the appointment of executives of TSUNEISHI HOLDINGS CORPORATION, TSUNEISHI SHIPBUILDING Co., Ltd. and KAMBARA KISEN Co., Ltd., and the appointment of presidents...
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Dec 6, 2018

'Shocking' Huawei arrest threatens to upend Trump-Xi trade truce

On the same day Presidents Donald Trump and Xi Jinping struck a truce in the U.S.-Chinese trade war in Argentina, Canadian authorities made an arrest that now threatens to make the conflict much worse.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 6, 2018

Putin's Saudi bromance is part of a bigger plan

Russia and China are making moves on America's illiberal allies.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 5, 2018

The U.S. and China are the closest of enemies

Both countries are becoming more alike — particularly in their belief that there can be only one winner.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 5, 2018

Volkswagen says the next generation of combustion cars will be its last

Volkswagen AG expects the era of the combustion car to fade away after it rolls out its next-generation gasoline and diesel cars beginning in 2026.
EDITORIALS
Dec 4, 2018

Step up Japan's role in fighting climate change

There's plenty of room left for Japan to take action in combating climate change.
Dec 4, 2018

Children’s Hands-on Learning Programs Held in Yufu City and Beppu City, Oita Prefecture

TOKYO, Japan – November 30, 2018 – ORIX Miyauchi Foundation hosted the Children’s Hands-on Learning Program on November 10, 2018 to teach children in Oita Prefecture about work at a confection factory and a hotel.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Dec 4, 2018

Caving to investor pressure, Shell will set sector-leading emissions targets

Royal Dutch Shell caved in to growing investor pressure over climate change on Monday, setting out plans to introduce industry-leading carbon emissions targets linked to executive pay.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Dec 4, 2018

Spy boss says U.K. must decide if Huawei is suitable for 5G network

Alex Younger, head of the U.K.'s foreign intelligence agency MI6, said Theresa May's government must decide if Chinese-owned Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. should be barred from running fifth-generation telecom networks in Britain.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Dec 4, 2018

'Yellow vest' protesters knock wind out of French business and economy, heaping pressure on Macron

Three weeks of "yellow vest" protests have hit the French economy hard with trade in retailers, hotel chains, high-street stores and restaurants falling significantly, Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire said on Monday.
EDITORIALS
Dec 3, 2018

G20 summit succeeds, barely

Now it is up to Japan to take up the reins as chair and begin the process of reinvigorating the G20.
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.
Japan investigating Amazon for allegedly bullying other businesses
Packages move along a conveyor belt at an Amazon warehouse
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.
‘What Divides Us’ producer honors grandfather’s Hiroshima reportage
“What Divides Us" producer Cannon Hersey says his grandfather, who wrote about the aftermath of nuclear destruction in Hiroshima, never spoke about what he had seen while working with Japanese minister Kiyoshi Tanimoto to preserve the stories of survivors.
DPP’s Tamaki leverages new position with energy proposal
DPP leader Yuichiro Tamaki 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.
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.

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