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COMMENTARY / Japan / SENTAKU MAGAZINE
Dec 25, 2017

Stop pleading for Xi to visit Japan

Abe should focus on long-term objectives in Sino-Japanese ties, not short-term gains.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 25, 2017

What online retailers hate about holiday shopping

You can send back that ugly sweater for free. But for merchants, it's a huge expense.
Japan Times
WORLD
Dec 25, 2017

Islamic State claims blast at Afghan intelligence agency in Kabul

Islamic State claimed responsibility for a suicide attack on a compound of Afghanistan's national intelligence agency in Kabul on Monday, that killed at least five people and wounded two.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets
Dec 25, 2017

Digital coins resume sell-off after one-day recovery fizzles

The biggest cryptocurrencies resumed their decline on Sunday, almost a week after bitcoin ended its unprecedented rally by failing to break above $20,000.
Japan Times
Dec 25, 2017

Pop Culture Experience Program 'pop-cul.jp' for International Visitors to Japan Launch on January 2018!

'MANGA Drawing Experience for Press' on January 4.
Japan Times
JAPAN / FUKUSHIMA FILE
Dec 24, 2017

Fukushima farmers looking for authoritative ways to shed nuclear stigma

In light of the 2011 Fukushima nuclear crisis, the Fukushima Prefectural Government is hoping to find a new, faster and easier way to certify the safety of homegrown rice to ease the burden on local farmers.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Dec 24, 2017

Why Japan's universities continue to fall in global rankings

In 2013, the government's council on resuscitation of education called for having at least 10 Japanese universities among global top 100 within a decade. But the target now seems out of reach.
Japan Times
WORLD
Dec 24, 2017

Pena Nieto under pressure as Mexico murders top 23,000, a record high, in first 11 months of year

According to official data, Mexico this year has registered its highest murder total since modern records began, dealing a fresh blow to President Enrique Pena Nieto's pledge to get gang violence under control with presidential elections due next year.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / Japan Pulse
Dec 23, 2017

A picture of food is worth 1,000 words for businesses on Instagram

With end-of-year parties now in full swing, social media users are curating their profiles with "Insuta-bae" photographs that capture them enjoying enviable times.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Dec 22, 2017

While agile startups blaze a trail, Japan remains ambivalent on electric vehicles

Despite growing interest in electric vehicles amid stricter curbs on greenhouse gas emissions, globally renowned Japanese carmakers have yet to totally embrace the challenge — raising concerns they may fall behind emerging rivals.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Dec 22, 2017

Infrastructure needs put a drag on fuel cell vehicle popularity

The debut of Toyota Motor Corp.'s fuel cell vehicle, about three years ago, captured the limelight and raised anticipation that FCVs would blossom. But they appear to be losing momentum as the world turns its attention toward electric vehicles.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Dec 22, 2017

East Russian port of Nakhodka chokes on coal amid Asia demand but can't kick dependency

The far eastern Russian port of Nakhodka on the Sea of Japan is swathed in coal dust. It blankets the streets, clogs the air and is blamed by some for a rise in respiratory diseases among the city's 150,000 residents.
Japan Times
Figure Skating
Dec 21, 2017

Kaori Sakamoto rises to occasion, holds slim lead over Satoko Miyahara at nationals

The final battle for the two women's spots on Japan's 2018 Olympic skating team began in earnest at Musashino Forest Sports Centre on Thursday night and the story could have a surprise ending.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 21, 2017

China's creditor imperialism

Just as European imperial powers employed gunboat diplomacy, China is using sovereign debt to bend other states to its will.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Science & Health
Dec 21, 2017

University of Tokyo team's robots mimic human exercise, even working up a sweat

A team of Japanese researchers has built two humanoid robots that can do pushups, situps and stretches just like their human creators. One can even sweat, releasing heat generated by the physical activity.
WORLD / Society
Dec 21, 2017

Mexico to legalize marijuana-based products next year

Mexico will legalize sales of marijuana-based medicines, foods, drinks, cosmetics and other products early next year, its health regulator said on Wednesday, bringing some forms of cannabis into legal commerce even as the country struggles with the illicit drug trade.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Dec 21, 2017

Fight over Alaska Arctic drilling has just begun, opponents vow

Sen. Lisa Murkowski, an Alaska Republican, won a decadeslong battle on Wednesday to open part of an Arctic wildlife reserve in her state to oil and gas drilling, but Democratic senators and conservationists vow the war has only begun.

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