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WORLD
Jul 25, 2015

Belgium arrests two former Guantanamo inmates on terrorism charges

Belgium has arrested two former detainees at Guantanamo prison on charges of terrorism, saying the men are suspected of seeking recruits to fight in Syria, the federal prosecutor's office said Friday.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Jul 25, 2015

Gunman in Louisiana theater rampage had history of mental illness

A 59-year-old man once hospitalized for psychiatric care was identified by authorities on Friday as the gunman who fatally shot two people in a rampage at a central Louisiana movie theater before killing himself as police closed in.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL
Jul 24, 2015

Bryant out as Rizing Fukuoka coach

The Rizing Fukuoka on Thursday handed the coaching reins to Tomohiro Moriyama, who steered the Shimane Susanoo Magic to the playoffs after a disastrous start last season.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 24, 2015

Nikkei Inc. announces it will buy venerable Financial Times in ¥160 billion deal

The surprise announcement by Nikkei Inc. has raised questions about whether the Japanese company can successfully manage such a highly regarded news company.
JAPAN / Politics
Jul 24, 2015

Upper House electoral districts set for historic postwar shake-up to end election 'unconstitutionality'

The bill, jointly submitted by the ruling Liberal Democratic Party and four opposition parties, rectifies sharp gaps in the weight of votes among a number of constituencies.
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 24, 2015

China's live stress test yields valuable lessons

China's economy has succeeded through trial and error, and the lessons of its current stress test should be viewed as part of that process, to be used to drive the next phase of economic reform.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jul 24, 2015

Toshiba case points to whistleblower law's shortcomings

One of the more intriguing questions stemming from the Toshiba accounting scandal is this: Where was the whistleblower?
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Jul 24, 2015

Suits against 'Trump University' success seminars paint harsh reality of financial deceit

In 2009, California businessman Art Cohen received a letter from Donald Trump with a "special invitation" and two VIP tickets for a Trump University seminar promising to help make Cohen rich.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Jul 23, 2015

Hocori to give Fuji Rock a groove to be proud of

Tagging their work as electronic "buddy" music, Takuji Sekine and Yosuke Momono say their group, Hocori, is a way for two instrumentalists to indulge in artificial beats.
JAPAN / Politics
Jul 23, 2015

Onaga to address U.N. human rights body on Futenma dispute

Okinawa Gov. Takeshi Onaga is finalizing plans to take his objections over the planned Futenma replacement base to the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva in September, prefectural officials said Thursday.
JAPAN / Politics
Jul 23, 2015

LDP OKs Upper House electoral reform bill for submission with four opposition parties

The ruling Liberal Democratic Party on Wednesday endorsed a bill proposed by four opposition parties to narrow vote disparities between constituencies in House of Councilors elections.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 22, 2015

Island offers free ferry trips in novel seabird rescue project

Authorities at the little-known island of Teuri in northern Japan have taken a novel approach to tackling its stray cat problem with the offer of free ferry trips to anyone who will take the felines off their hands.
EDITORIALS
Jul 22, 2015

A life that should have been saved

When bullied students suggest they are contemplating suicide, schools must take their words seriously and intervene immediately.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jul 22, 2015

Abe conjures himself up as the people's champion

The cancellation of Zaha Hadid's stadium smacks of cheap politicking by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE FOREIGN ELEMENT
Jul 22, 2015

Unforgiving system leaves family mired in debt

International couple say that advice from city officials to defer paying health insurance payments left them owing millions and dealing with debt collectors.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society
Jul 22, 2015

Ashley Madison cheating website hacking 'may affect Japanese users'

Hackers threatening to release details of people using a cheating website may possess the records of toward two million Japanese users, it has emerged.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Jul 22, 2015

A second look at bloody WWII novel 'Fires on the Plain'

Japanese war films typically frame themselves as anti-war, even when they glorify the sacrifices made by brave Japanese boys in defense of the homeland, as in the 2013 hit "Eien no Zero" ("The Eternal Zero").
Japan Times
SOCCER / J. League / J. LEAGUE NOTEBOOK
Jul 22, 2015

Sanfrecce lay down marker with second-stage surge

The J. League's return to a two-stage system gives teams who started slowly another bite at the championship cherry, but Sanfrecce Hiroshima have bigger ambitions than just the second-stage title.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 22, 2015

20th women's conference looks to make history

Gender equality in the workforce is not a simple thing to achieve.
BUSINESS / Economy / FOCUS
Jul 22, 2015

BOJ plays up gauge that shows inflation closer to target

The Bank of Japan is giving more prominence to an inflation gauge that shows it is much closer to its target than its current key measure.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 22, 2015

How Toshiba's inability to acknowledge 'embarrassing' figures led to massive misrepresentation

"Get it done like your life depends on it."
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / HOOP SCOOP
Jul 21, 2015

JPBL will face many challenges from inaugural season

Unlike the J. League in the early 1990s, the Japan Professional Basketball League will not be an immediate success story when it tips off in the fall of 2016.
Japan researchers develop a simple way to spot signs of Alzheimer's disease
In 2022, the number of elderly people with dementia in Japan reached 4.43 million, according to data from the health ministry.
Real estate worth ¥25 trillion puts Japan companies in spotlight
Elliott Investment Management's stake in Tokyo Gas is centered around getting the utility to sell off its real estate holdings, including Shinjuku Park Tower, which houses the Park Hyatt Hotel Tokyo.
Two dead after fire at Upper House lawmaker Kuniko Inoguchi’s apartment
A fire broke out on the sixth floor of an apartment building where Upper House lawmaker Kuniko Inoguchi resides on Wednesday in Tokyo's Bunkyo Ward.
Japan investigating Amazon for allegedly bullying other businesses
Packages move along a conveyor belt at an Amazon warehouse
Tokyo’s take on that viral chocolate from Dubai
Cafe N°_5's take on the Dubai chocolate craze that has been circulating on social media over the past few months is a mix of bitter and sweet.
‘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.

Podcast

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

Longform

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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