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Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / FOCUS
Dec 10, 2018

Huawei CEO Ren Zhengfei survived a famine. Can he weather Trump?

At the sprawling Huawei Technologies Co. campus in Shenzhen, the food court's walls are emblazoned with quotes from the company's billionaire founder and CEO Ren Zhengfei. Then there's the research lab that resembles the White House in Washington. Perhaps the most curious thing, though, are three black...
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics / FOCUS
Dec 10, 2018

For U.S. allies dismayed by Trump's antics, Jim 'Mad Dog' Mattis is the last adult in the room

And then there was one.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Dec 10, 2018

Canada's arrest of top Huawei official stokes fears among American executives of Chinese reprisals

At a closed-door security meeting of U.S. companies in Singapore on Thursday, one topic was high on the agenda: the arrest of a top executive at Chinese tech giant Huawei and the potential backlash on American firms operating in China.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Dec 9, 2018

Experts question whether Nick Ayers has gravitas to be President Donald Trump's next chief of staff

Nick Ayers, in talks with President Donald Trump to become his new White House chief of staff, is a 36-year-old political whiz-kid who could help with the looming re-election campaign, but critics question whether he has the grit needed to keep Trump and an often chaotic administration under control....
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink
Dec 8, 2018

‘Punksters of food’ Gaggan Anand and Takeshi Fukuyama join culinary forces to create GohGan

World-class chefs Gaggan Anand and Takeshi 'Goh' Fukuyama team up to launch GohGan, an exclusive space that will combine on-site accommodation with a restaurant, projected to open in 2021 in Fukuoka.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
Dec 8, 2018

Second opinion: Should you trust your doctor?

Do I really need this operation? Is this medication really good for me? Does my doctor really know what ails me?
Japan Times
CULTURE / Books
Dec 8, 2018

Japan's modern crime literature: Centuries in the making

Japan boasts an impressively large and growing body of native-grown mystery fiction that dates back to the 1920s.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Dec 7, 2018

Taro Aso was top fundraiser in Abe Cabinet in 2017, figures show

Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Taro Aso raised ¥258.17 million in political funds in 2017, the highest amount in the Cabinet of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, a tally of reports submitted by political parties and groups showed Friday.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Dec 7, 2018

George Foreman became business giant after boxing career

Third in a three-part series
Japan Times
JAPAN
Dec 6, 2018

U.S. warship conducts Sea of Japan operation in challenge to Russia's 'excessive maritime claims'

The U.S. Navy has conducted a so-called freedom of navigation operation (FONOP) near disputed waters in the Sea of Japan, it said Thursday, to challenge "excessive maritime claims" made by Russia in the area.
Japan Times
SUMO / INSIDE SUMO
Dec 5, 2018

Change in stable can revive wrestlers' careers

Takakeisho, winner of this year's Kyushu tournament, was pictured alongside his stablemaster on Nov. 26 holding up a large red sea bream and drinking sake from an outsized trophy at a celebratory event.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Dec 5, 2018

'jam': Comedy with a touch of 'Misery'

The films of Sabu — the pseudonym of actor-turned-director Hiroyuki Tanaka — are typically about guys on the move, be it as a troubled soul on a journey ("Blessing Bell") or a crook on the run ("Unlucky Monkey"). The object is usually laughs, though Sabu has also forayed into the serious ("The Crab...
WORLD
Dec 4, 2018

Fearful of bias, Google blocks gender-based pronouns from new AI tool

Alphabet Inc.'s Google in May introduced a slick feature for Gmail that automatically completes sentences for users as they type. Tap out "I love" and Gmail might propose "you" or "it."
Japan Times
JAPAN
Dec 3, 2018

'Sodanē': Japan uses top buzzword of 2018 to end year on a high note

After months of scandals in sports, politics — and society as a whole — the top buzzword of 2018, announced Monday, struck a strikingly positive tone as the year winds down.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society
Dec 3, 2018

Japanese volunteers spring to action after fatal child abuse case

Five-year old Yua Funato was found unconscious at a Tokyo apartment in March, her feet severely frostbitten and her face and body covered with bruises that were inflicted by her 33-year-old stepfather. She was later pronounced dead at a hospital from pneumonia-induced sepsis caused by malnutrition.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / The Big Questions
Dec 2, 2018

The greater the cooperation, 'the more trust we can build'

There's an episode from Mikhail Galuzin's childhood that he believes likely influenced his chosen career path.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Dec 2, 2018

G20 summit backs WTO reform ahead of Trump-Xi trade talks

The leaders of the world's largest economies on Saturday backed an overhaul of the global body that regulates international trade disputes, ahead of high-stakes talks between U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping aimed at defusing a trade war.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / WHY DID YOU LEAVE JAPAN?
Dec 1, 2018

Developing a coffee break for the Philippines

Katuhisa Ota's drive for social development led to a grassroots coffee venture in Mindanao that aims to help locals and promote fair trade.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Dec 1, 2018

Princess Aiko turns 17, says she is enjoying school life

Princess Aiko, the only child of Crown Prince Naruhito and Crown Princess Masako, turned 17 on Saturday.
Japan Times
WORLD / ANALYSIS
Nov 30, 2018

Michael Cohen's plea suggests Russians held 'kompromat' on Trump

Michael Cohen's latest guilty plea revealed a closely guarded Trump business secret. But in a deeply uncomfortable turn for President Donald Trump, one of the people in the know was an aide to Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 29, 2018

In the Azov Sea, Putin plays a deadly game with Ukraine

Clash was another demonstration of Moscow's growing appetite to use unorthodox techniques to redraw the geopolitical map
Japan Times
Rugby / ADDING THE EXTRAS
Nov 29, 2018

Japan making the top eight at 2019 Rugby World Cup will be no easy task

Japan coach Jamie Joseph said earlier this week that his team's "Rugby World Cup final would be making the top eight."
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Nov 28, 2018

Award-winning Chinese photographer missing in Xinjiang region, wife says

An award-winning Chinese photographer is missing and may have been detained by state security officers while visiting China's far-flung western Xinjiang region, his wife said.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Nov 28, 2018

Wall Street Journal says Carlos Ghosn enduring 'bizarre inquisition' in Japan

Ousted Nissan Motor Co. Chairman Carlos Ghosn is enduring a "bizarre inquisition" in Japan, a Wall Street Journal editorial said Tuesday.
EDITORIALS
Nov 27, 2018

What should we expect of the 2025 Osaka Expo?

Organizers of the 2025 Osaka Expo should grapple with the meaning of holding the event at a time when the information age has cast doubt on the relevance of international expos.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Nov 27, 2018

Japan's high stakes in climate action

Japan's stakes in a low carbon world economy is among the highest as it is on the front line of climate disasters and also a leading contributor to greenhouse gas emissions.
Japan Times
WORLD
Nov 27, 2018

Russia ignores Western calls to free captured Ukrainian ships

Russia on Monday ignored Western calls to release three Ukrainian naval ships and their crews it fired on and captured near Crimea over the weekend and accused Kiev of plotting with its Western allies to provoke a conflict.
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.

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

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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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