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Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 27, 2015

VW scandal exposes cozy ties between Germany's auto industry, government

Angela Merkel learned early in her political career that taking on the German car industry carries risks.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 27, 2015

Something is rotten in the state of Germany

Malfeasance like that at Volkswagen, Deutsche Bank and Siemens, and the lack of executive responsibility for it, may be built into the German corporate governance system.
Japan Times
WORLD
Sep 27, 2015

Celebrated in China, Xi's U.S. profile dims in shadow of pope

On Friday morning, Chinese President Xi Jinping enjoyed the symbolic high point of his first state visit to the United States — a 21-gun salute as he stood with President Barack Obama outside the White House.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Sep 27, 2015

Possible North Korean satellite launch wouldn't be a game-changer in missile technology, experts say

The satellite that North Korea launched into space three years ago circles the earth every 95 minutes at an altitude of about 540 km (335 miles), its orbit decaying.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Sep 26, 2015

Nation's youth are attempting to establish a new political norm

"Tell me what democracy looks like!"
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
Sep 26, 2015

Ashes to diamonds and the cost of death

'Where do we go when we die?"
Japan Times
SOCCER / J. League
Sep 26, 2015

Reds' Koroki delivers winning strike against Antlers

Shinzo Koroki hit the winner against his former club as Urawa Reds beat Kashima Antlers 2-1 on Saturday to stay two points clear at the top of the overall J. League table.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 25, 2015

Growth in digital subscriptions, expanding global reach key to newspaper success, says New York Times executive

Further increasing digital subscriptions and expanding their reach outside the United States are the keys to success in the rapidly changing newspaper business, a top executive of The New York Times said Friday in Tokyo.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Sep 24, 2015

Abe aims arrows at new targets with three fresh goals for 'Abenomics,' 20% rise in GDP

The three new economic policy goals include: promotion of economic growth, child-rearing assistance and social security measures to increase nursing facilities for the elderly.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / ANALYSIS
Sep 24, 2015

Abe will need all his Zen calm to press on with Abenomics

After his first stint as prime minister ended in frustration and ill health in 2007, Shinzo Abe headed to a Buddhist temple and took up Zen meditation.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Stage
Sep 24, 2015

Dramatist Robert Lepage's 'Needles and Opium' gets a shot of modernity

Variously described as "the alchemist of modern imagistic theatre" and a "revered actor and director" by The Guardian, Robert Lepage's hyper-imaginative, highly visual work for theater, films and Cirque du Soleil stands out so much that the term "Lepage magic" has even become part of the arts vocabulary....
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Sep 24, 2015

Ted Cruz hopes to press quest to defund Planned Parenthood by forcing Saturday session

Will Texas Sen. Ted Cruz be the Grinch that stole the weekend again?
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE FOREIGN ELEMENT
Sep 23, 2015

Neither here nor there: the families torn between Nigeria and Japan

Caught between instability in Nigeria and isolation in Japan, African immigrants fear the loss of their children's love.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Sep 23, 2015

San Francisco unanimously adopts measure to build 'comfort women' memorial

San Francisco decided to build a memorial to commemorate the “comfort women,” despite protests from Toru Hashimoto, mayor of its sister city of Osaka.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / ANALYSIS
Sep 23, 2015

U.S.-China hacking deal likely to skip industrial espionage for now

Disputes over what is acceptable behavior in cyberspace threaten to overshadow the agenda when Chinese President Xi Jinping and U.S. President Barack Obama meet in Washington late this week.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Sep 23, 2015

GOP hopeful Rubio would rule out granting illegal immigrants citizenship during his presidency

Republican presidential candidate Marco Rubio has effectively ruled out granting legal status to undocumented immigrants if he makes it to the White House, even for a second term.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Sep 23, 2015

Rule by Fiat: Modesty, conciliation, lean machine signal start of Catholic leader's U.S. visit

Pope Francis launched his first visit to the United States with a characteristic gesture of humility on Tuesday, and sent a conciliatory message to the world's wealthiest nation about his frequent criticism of capitalism.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Sep 21, 2015

When dub's Adrian Sherwood met experimental-rock trio Nisennenmondai

Austerity is a hell of a drug. Tokyo's Nisennenmondai has spent its 16-year career figuring out how to do more with much, much less. Since forming in 1999, the group has progressed from the well-mapped territories of instrumental noise-rock into a sparse, industrial zone bordering on the hinterlands...
COMMENTARY / Japan / SENTAKU MAGAZINE
Sep 21, 2015

Medical services in Tokyo area in danger of collapsing

Key players in Kanto-area medical services are finding it increasingly difficult to make ends meet — and the higher consumption tax is the prime culprit.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 21, 2015

Railway companies in eastern Japan set to relax rules for cellphones when near priority seats

Since 2003, railways have asked passengers to turn off their mobile phones when near "silver" priority seats, for fear electromagnetic interference from the devices could interact with pacemakers, harming the wearer.
Japan Times
JAPAN / EXPLAINER
Sep 21, 2015

Increase in natural disasters causes fire insurance premium hike in October

In response to a number of large-scale natural disasters in recent years, which some experts attribute to climate change, there will be a hike in fire insurance premiums from October.
Japan investigating Amazon for allegedly bullying other businesses
Packages move along a conveyor belt at an Amazon warehouse
DPP’s Tamaki leverages new position with energy proposal
DPP leader Yuichiro Tamaki in Tokyo on Tuesday
Japanese man broke into 1,000 homes to 'relieve stress'
Fukuoka Prefectural Police Headquarters in Fukuoka. Police took a 37-year-old man into custody on Monday on suspicion of trespassing on a property in Dazaifu City.
Wild boar injures six at Himeji child care facility
Hyogo Prefectural Police headquarters. A wild boar attacked children and staff at a child care facility in the prefecture on Tuesday.
Russia says it will respond if U.S. places missiles in Japan
Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova at a news conference in the city of Nizhny Novgorod, Russia, in June
‘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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