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Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Jun 20, 2015

Obama says church shooting exposes 'blight' of racism, need for gun laws

President Barack Obama on Friday said a mass shooting at a black church in South Carolina exposed the "blight" of racism still present in America, and railed against critics who have accused him of politicizing a tragedy to talk about tougher gun laws.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Jun 19, 2015

Crystal Kay returns with a confident ballad to soundtrack 'Wild Heroes'

Shortly after Ariana Miyamoto was crowned Miss Universe Japan, the country's first ever mixed-race beauty queen, Crystal Kay took to social media to voice her approval: "You go girl, I'm proud of Japan."
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jun 19, 2015

Grasping the key to innovation

Japan should make 'new combination' innovation the nucleus of its growth strategy.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Society
Jun 19, 2015

Some of the world's cities take baby steps to protect women

Going out for dinner and not sure which area would be safer at night for a woman traveling on her own? Want to track your daughter to ensure she gets back from college safely?
SOCCER
Jun 18, 2015

Gamba, Jeonbuk scheduled to square off in AFC Champions League quarterfinals

Former winners Jeonbuk Motors of South Korea and Gamba Osaka will face off in the quarterfinals of the AFC Champions League.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jun 18, 2015

Wearables, drones, talking robots take center stage at International Tokyo Toy Show

Wearable devices, drones and talking robots are hot topics in the tech industry, and toy makers are trying to ride these trends with their latest offerings, the toy industry's annual trade show revealed Thursday.
EDITORIALS
Jun 17, 2015

Stop dodging key security questions

The government and the ruling bloc should reflect on why public understanding of its security bills remain elusive.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Jun 17, 2015

Hirokazu Koreeda on his new drama about women with 'shadows'

When Hirokazu Koreeda's gently offbeat family drama "Umimachi Diary" ("Our Little Sister") was screened in competition at this year's Cannes Film Festival, both audiences and the media were enthusiastic — a story for the Reuters news agency described it as "Palme d'Or material." But instead of being...
Japan Times
ENVIRONMENT
Jun 17, 2015

In leaked draft encyclical, pope urges urgent action to thwart climate change

The world could see the destruction of entire ecosystems this century without urgent action on climate change, Pope Francis says in a draft of his keenly awaited encyclical on the environment.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / MLB
Jun 17, 2015

Feds probing St. Louis Cardinals over allegations team targeted Houston Astros in hacking: report

The Federal Bureau of Investigation and U.S. federal prosecutors are investigating the St. Louis Cardinals baseball team for hacking into the computers of the Houston Astros to steal closely guarded information about player personnel, The New York Times reported on Tuesday.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 16, 2015

Toy industry rides video game megahit 'Yokai Watch' to record sales

Thanks to items related to megahit video game "Yokai Watch," the domestic toy market saw the best sales in a decade in fiscal 2014, the Japan Toy Association said Tuesday.
BASKETBALL / NBA
Jun 16, 2015

Malone named Nuggets coach

The Denver Nuggets have hired Michael Malone as their new coach, the team announced on Monday.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jun 16, 2015

Lions teenager Mori thriving on pro level

Tomoya Mori swings hard. Really, really hard. Sometimes, so hard he loses his balance for a moment.
EDITORIALS
Jun 16, 2015

GPS as an investigation tool

A mandatory procedure governing the use of GPS in police investigations should be established to ensure people's privacy rights are not violated.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jun 16, 2015

Time to hit the reset button on Tokyo-Seoul relations

The chilly relationship between South Korea and Japan doesn't serve either country well in the long run.
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 16, 2015

Religious liberty under siege around the world

The worst offenders of religious persecution are authoritarian regimes and majority Muslim nations.
EDITORIALS
Jun 16, 2015

Focusing on safe cycling

The revised Road Traffic Law should serve as a reminder to cyclists that they must follow traffic rules and ride safely.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies / FOCUS
Jun 16, 2015

Nobel laureate Yamanaka allies with Takeda in hunt for blockbuster drugs

When Christophe Weber went after his first deal as head of Takeda Pharmaceutical Co., he veered off the well-worn path to the U.S. and Europe and went to Japan's Kyoto University instead.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Science & Health
Jun 16, 2015

Consumer groups skeptical of health claims from new food labels

The first batch of products with new "functional food" labels will hit stores nationwide this week, amid controversy over regulatory policy that critics say is too lax.
BUSINESS / Markets / FOCUS
Jun 16, 2015

Kuroda yen u-turn message was aimed at TPP renegades in Washington

When Bank of Japan Gov. Haruhiko Kuroda said in Tokyo last week the yen has weakened enough, his key audience was 11,000 km away in Washington.
MORE SPORTS
Jun 15, 2015

Shioura places fourth in freestyle final

In his first competition since joining the Italy-based ADN Swim Project earlier this month, Shinri Shioura had the fourth-fastest time in the 50-meter freestyle final on Friday at the 52nd Settecolli Internazionali d'Italia di Nuoto meet in Rome.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jun 15, 2015

Will Japan repeat past errors?

A repetition of events in the 1930s is inconceivable but there is much about politics in Tokyo to cause alarm.
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 15, 2015

Don't write off Canada's superpower potential

Keep an eye on the big country to the north of the U.S. — it could be headed for very important, very good things.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 15, 2015

Elected autocrats help the media learn its place

The combination of media corporations that need governments, and governments that no longer need the mainstream media, render the central, self-defined task of journalism — holding power to account — archaic.
BUSINESS
Jun 15, 2015

Government puts Japan Tobacco sell-off on back burner without immediate need for cash

The central government has decided to push back the sale of its remaining stake in Japan Tobacco Inc., Asia's largest listed cigarette-maker, according to officials familiar with the matter.
Japan Times
JAPAN / KANSAI PERSPECTIVE
Jun 15, 2015

Osaka's assault on ethnic invective stalls

With last week's decision by the Osaka Municipal Assembly to delay a decision on what would have been Japan's first city ordinance to combat hate speech and to issue a nonbinding statement instead, local legal efforts to crack down on racist rhetoric have slowed.
Japan Times
JAPAN / KANSAI PERSPECTIVE
Jun 15, 2015

Hate speech may lack clear definition but Kansai trying to squelch it

More than two years after the anti-Korean group Zaitokukai made international headlines with racial slurs and threats of violence, local governments around Japan are making it far more difficult for any group attacking minorities to operate.
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.

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