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Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 21, 2018

Anti-dollar mavericks can't win just yet

Could the U.S. be going too far with the weaponization of its economic advantage? For now, Turkey, Russia and Iran are powerless against the dollar's dominance, even with China's help.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Aug 21, 2018

Western acts take note: Joy and enthusiasm are the key to winning over Summer Sonic crowds

British rocker Noel Gallagher has developed a reputation in recent years for delivering biting, hilarious one-liners, both in interviews and at concerts. In front of the crowd as the Saturday night headliner for Tokyo's leg of Summer Sonic, however, the former Oasis brain trust was mostly quiet.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Aug 21, 2018

Besieged Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull hangs on but challenges grow

Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull survived a leadership challenge by Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton on Tuesday, government officials said, but the narrow margin of his win did little to dampen speculation about his future.
BUSINESS
Aug 21, 2018

Trump says it is 'dangerous' for Twitter and Facebook to ban accounts

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday that it is "very dangerous" for social media companies like Twitter Inc. and Facebook Inc. to silence voices on their services.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL
Aug 20, 2018

Disgraced basketball players face the music after sex scandal

The four men’s national basketball team players who were penalized by the Japanese Olympic Committee for allegedly paying women for sex last weekend in Jakarta, where they were competing at the ongoing Asian Games, were sent home on Monday and faced up to the media at a Tokyo news conference.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 20, 2018

Will inflation kill the U.S. economy?

Inflation is back. What do we do about it? For starters: Don't ignore it.
Japan Times
BASEBALL
Aug 20, 2018

Yu Kato helps shine light on women's baseball in Japan

Yu Kato wants to bring women's baseball into the spotlight. She wants people to see what she can do on the diamond and also how talented the rest of her Saitama Astraia teammates are. She wants to everyone to know there is quality baseball being played in the Japan Women's Baseball League.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Science & Health
Aug 20, 2018

Misconceptions over contraceptive pills put Japanese women at risk of health issues related to menstruation

Contraceptive pills have been used by countless women around the world to control menstrual cycles since the U.S. Food and Drug Administration first approved them in 1960.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 20, 2018

Hiroshima residential warning system devised after deadly 2014 rains drawing wider interest

Residents in part of Hiroshima hit by landslides in August 2014 have developed a warning system against disasters caused by heavy rain.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Aug 20, 2018

2019 Canada election will be fight against polarization, Trudeau warns

Justin Trudeau said the 2019 Canadian election will be a contrast between his Liberal Party's push for a cleaner environment and fighting inequality, and Conservatives who'll attempt to exploit divisions created by a global wave of populism.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / Sac Bunts
Aug 19, 2018

Tokyo Yakult Swallows slugger Wladimir Balentien stays ahead of curve at plate

Every time Wladimir Balentien hits a home run, and he's hit quite a few since joining the Tokyo Yakult Swallows in 2011, he has to go back to the drawing board and recalibrate his approach.
Japan Times
SATOYAMA CONSORTIUM
Aug 19, 2018

Eelgrass on the rebound in coastal district

The Japan Times Satoyama Consortium organized a two-day study tour in Okayama Prefecture on June 8 and 9, centered on inspecting successful models of sustainable societies. The first day (featured in a July 16 article) was spent in Maniwa, while the second took place in the coastal district of Hinase...
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / FOREIGN AGENDA
Aug 19, 2018

Japanese and Israelis could make a killer yin-and-yang combo

Israel and Japan are the yin and yang of countries. And yet, despite — or maybe because of — their differences, they have much to offer each other.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Aug 19, 2018

Empty hotels, idle boats: What happens when a Pacific island upsets China

Empty hotel rooms, idle tour boats and shuttered travel agencies reveal widening fissures in the tiny Pacific nation of Palau, which is caught in an escalating diplomatic tug-of-war between China and Taiwan.
EDITORIALS
Aug 17, 2018

Extending the retirement age of civil servants

Extending the retirement age for government workers should be pursued in ways that accelerate similar moves among private sector companies.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Aug 17, 2018

What's needed for regional revitalization

It will be essential for the next LDP president to aggressively promote decentralization, in particular in transferring tax revenue sources to municipalities.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / FOCUS
Aug 17, 2018

China's student activists cast rare light on brewing labor unrest

When Shen Mengyu graduated with a master's degree from a top Chinese university in 2015, she could have landed a comfortable job in government or at one of China's internet giants.
Reader Mail
Aug 17, 2018

Donald Trump obviously a racist

The article "One year after Charlottesville rally, Trump still flirts with racially tinged rhetoric" in the Aug. 14 edition skirted one conspicuous fact: Donald Trump is clearly a racist. Those reluctant to accept this should wake up — unless they enjoy being enslaved by the shackles of bigotry in...
WORLD / Science & Health
Aug 16, 2018

Judge orders environmental review of Keystone XL pipeline, in setback for Trump

A federal judge in Montana on Wednesday ordered the U.S. State Department to do a full environmental review of a revised route for the Keystone XL crude oil pipeline, a move that could delay the project and prove a setback for the Trump administration.
Japan Times
JAPAN / ANALYSIS
Aug 15, 2018

Utterance of 'remorse' suggests war still haunts Emperor Akihito

Emperor Akihito, 84, was a 47-year-old crown prince on Aug. 7, 1981, when he faced reporters during a news conference in Tokyo.
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
BUSINESS
Aug 14, 2018

South Korea's 'Hyundai Town' faces grim future with idled shipyard, rise in suicides

When Lee Dong-hee came to Ulsan to work for Hyundai Heavy Industries five years ago, shipyards in the city known as Hyundai Town operated day and night and workers could make triple South Korea's annual average salary.

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