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Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 22, 2018

Ask voters if they want more driverless cars

The ugly optics of the Uber self-driving car accident in Tempe highlight bigger ethical problems with the technology.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Mar 22, 2018

74% of Japanese firms want BOJ to exit stimulus but see no tightening till 2019 or beyond: poll

Three-quarters of Japanese companies say the Bank of Japan needs to exit from its supereasy monetary policy but most do not see that happening until next year or beyond, a poll found.
Japan Times
LIFE / Digital
Mar 22, 2018

It takes one to know one: How YouTuber Chris Okano built an agency to help his fellow J-vloggers

This past week, Japanese YouTube heavyweight Hikakin appeared on NHK's long-running business show "The Professionals" ("Professional: Shigoto no Ryugi") where he discussed the "new job" of being a YouTube content creator.
BUSINESS / Tech
Mar 22, 2018

U.S. Senate passes bill to penalize websites for sex-trafficking

The U.S. Senate passed legislation on Wednesday aimed at penalizing website operators that facilitate online sex trafficking, chipping away at a bedrock legal shield for the technology industry.
WORLD / Science & Health
Mar 22, 2018

Fewer new coal plants being built, but too many to meet Paris target, study says

The number of coal-fired power plants built worldwide fell steeply over the past two years, but emissions are too high to keep global warming within relatively safe levels, campaigners said on Thursday.
WORLD
Mar 22, 2018

Ukraine tightens entrance requirements for Russians

Kiev will tighten control over travel by Russian citizens to Ukraine, according to a decree signed by President Petro Poroshenko on Wednesday, a further move by the authorities to distance Ukraine from its neighbor and one-time ally.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Mar 22, 2018

Robert Mueller and FBI probed U.S. top cop Jeff Sessions for perjury on Russia statements

Special counsel Robert Mueller and the FBI investigated Attorney General Jeff Sessions last year for misleading lawmakers about his contacts with Russians before eventually closing that part of the case, according to three people with knowledge of the matter.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 22, 2018

Scholar in Facebook storm worked on Russian study of narcissism, other 'dark triad' traits

The psychologist at the center of a scandal over the misuse of millions of Facebook users' personal data worked with Russian researchers on a study of pathological personality traits.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Mar 21, 2018

U.S. senators to press carmakers and regulators on Takata air bag recall as 30 million vehicles yet to be repaired

A U.S. Senate panel on Tuesday will ask automakers and regulators why tens of millions of vehicles with faulty Takata air bag inflators remain on the road years after deaths prompted the largest auto safety recall in history.
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Mar 21, 2018

Chinese rights activists fearful as former police official takes charge of legal affairs

Chinese rights lawyers and activists say the Monday promotion of former police official Fu Zhenghua to head China's justice ministry signals an even deeper freeze on attempts to use the country's legal system to defend against rights abuses.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL
Mar 21, 2018

Rui Hachimura making splash in second year with Gonzaga

It has been two seasons since Rui Hachimura took his talents to Spokane, Washington, and this year, the Gonzaga University forward began showing some of it.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Science & Health
Mar 21, 2018

Japanese researchers seek to read Mario Draghi's poker face to predict European Central Bank policy

If European Central Bank chief Mario Draghi appears slightly more downbeat at his regular news conference than before, it could foreshadow a possible move by the bank to trim its monetary policy stimulus.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Mar 21, 2018

Trump faces prospect of deposition as 'Apprentice' ex-contestant's groping suit proceeds in New York

President Donald Trump can't avoid a former "Apprentice" contestant's defamation lawsuit and may be forced to respond under oath to allegations of sexual assault and his treatment of women.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Entertainment news
Mar 21, 2018

Weinstein Co. files for bankruptcy, ends all nondisclosure agreements in move seen squelching suits

U.S. film and TV studio The Weinstein Company, whose ex-Chairman Harvey Weinstein has been accused of sexual harassment and assault, filed for bankruptcy on Monday and said it was ending all non-disclosure agreements that may have silenced some women.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Mar 20, 2018

Xi to launch 'Voice of China' broadcaster to boost global image

China has approved the creation of one of the world's largest propaganda machines as it looks to improve its global image, according to a person familiar with the matter.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 20, 2018

Social networking key to food security

Ending global hunger is as much about re-imagining social networks as it is about deciding what goes into the ground.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Mar 20, 2018

Toned-down U.S.-South Korea military drills set for April 1 amid North Korea thaw

The U.S. and South Korea announced Tuesday that a toned-down version of annual joint military drills would begin April 1 amid a potentially monumental thaw in ties with nuclear-armed North Korea that could see the allies' two leaders hold separate summits with North Korea's Kim Jong Un.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Mar 20, 2018

From exemption to escalation: Japan's options on U.S. metals tariffs, set to be applied from Friday

Japan is rattled, but it will probably be able to avoid the worst effects of U.S. President Donald Trump's decision to raise tariffs on metal imports.
WORLD / Politics
Mar 20, 2018

Cambridge Analytica stage-managed Kenyan president's campaigns: U.K. TV

Cambridge Analytica, the U.K. political consultancy at the center of Facebook's election manipulation scandal, ran the campaigns of President Uhuru Kenyatta in the 2013 and 2017 Kenyan elections, according to video secretly recorded and broadcast by Britain's Channel 4 News on Monday.
Japan Times
WORLD / Society
Mar 20, 2018

Italy seizes charity's ship that picked up migrants after it refused to turn them over to Libya

Italian authorities seized a charity's ship on suspicion it had helped illegal immigration by picking up migrants in the Mediterranean instead of letting Libya's coast guard take them back to North Africa, the aid group said.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Mar 19, 2018

Apple's 'secret' project: Replacing Samsung screens with in-house microLED displays

Apple Inc. is designing and producing its own device displays for the first time, using a secret manufacturing facility near its California headquarters to make small numbers of the screens for testing purposes, according to people familiar with the situation.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Mar 19, 2018

Sources contradict testimony by Jeff Sessions that he opposed Russia outreach in 2016

U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions' testimony that he opposed a proposal for President Donald Trump's 2016 campaign team to meet with Russians has been contradicted by three people who told Reuters they have spoken about the matter to investigators with Special Counsel Robert Mueller or congressional...
Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design
Mar 18, 2018

Amazon Fashion Week Tokyo: Menswear brands give streetwear some long-overdue cred

Japan Times fashion contributors select eight menswear and unisex collections to look out for during Tokyo fashion week
Japan Times
ESG CONSORTIUM
Mar 18, 2018

Investing more in Japan's children and health

"Never say never," Rohto Pharmaceutical Co.'s new corporate slogan, created in 2016, embodies the firm's determination to "overcome challenges" to make the world a healthier place. What the drugmaker, led by Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Kunio Yamada, has worked on in the Tohoku region following...
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle
Mar 18, 2018

A fuzzy tale of Japan's famous cats in hats

When Ryo Yamazaki picked up a chunk of one of his cat's shed fur and fashioned it on top of his Scottish fold's head in a Trump-esque quiff, he did it for a laugh.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / The Big Questions
Mar 18, 2018

Long journey on winding road leads back to Japan

The welcome that Brad Bennett, senior vice president, Chubb Group and regional president, Far East, received when he first visited Japan in 1979 was textbook rock and roll.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Mar 18, 2018

Achieving inflation target only possible if nation's elderly remain employed, expert says

If the Bank of Japan wants to reach its 2 percent inflation target, policymakers may find more success in helping the typical grandparent remain employed rather than simply pumping monetary stimulus into the economy, according to economist Naoyuki Yoshino, who heads a government-affiliated think tank....
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Science & Health
Mar 18, 2018

China will set stricter targets against air pollution

China will set more stringent targets for improving the nation's air quality under a new three-year plan, as Beijing prepares to beef up a nationwide crackdown on polluters in its campaign to clear its notoriously toxic skies.
Taiwan stuns Samurai Japan to capture Premier12 title
Japan starter Shosei Togo reacts after allowing a three-run home run against Taiwan in the fifth inning of the Premier12 final on Sunday.
Woman dies after train collides with car in Tochigi
A Moka Railway train car
Japan beats Taiwan ahead of rematch in Premier12 final
Keita Sano celebrates with his teammates after scoring on Kotaro Kiyomiya's two-run triple against Taiwan during their Premier12 game at Tokyo Dome on Saturday.
Tokyo’s newest three-star chef wants ‘harmony across every detail’
British-born Daniel Calvert earned his third Michelin star last month — a stunning achievement considering his restaurant, Sezanne, has only been open for just over three years.
'Kohaku' still matters for J-pop bragging rights
Emerging Gen Z J-pop group ME:I will perform on this year's "Kohaku Uta Gassen," national broadcaster NHK’s New Year's Eve spectacle.
Tokyo’s newest three-star chef wants ‘harmony across every detail’
British-born Daniel Calvert earned his third Michelin star last month — a stunning achievement considering his restaurant, Sezanne, has only been open for just over three years.
133-year-old Kyushu railway station remains to be partially preserved
The remains of the original Moji Station in Kitakyushu
After Shohei Ohtani bump, Iwate ironware maker sees brighter future
Kaito Kikuchi's decision to send superstar Shohei Ohtani one of his company's traditional ironware tea kettles has paid off with a surge of interest from general consumers.
Shohei Ohtani wins National League MVP award
Shohei Ohtani celebrates after hitting a three-run home run against the Padres during the National League Division Series at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles last month.
The slow-burn success of ‘A Samurai in Time’
A 19th-century warrior gets struck by lightning and wakes to find himself in 21st-century Kyoto in Junichi Yasuda’s surprise hit “A Samurai in Time.”

Podcast

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

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Construction takes place on the Takanawa Gateway Convention Center in Tokyo, slated to open in 2025.
A boom for business tourism in Japan?
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