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Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Feb 7, 2019

Unicode's new emoji aims to help break bloody taboo surrounding periods

Women and girls will be able to use an emoji to chat about their periods from next month, which will help to end the shame around menstruation, a child rights group said on Wednesday.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Feb 6, 2019

Lessons of the Japan-South Korea maritime spat

The confrontation has implications for the rest of Asia, and the United States.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Feb 6, 2019

With the G20 facing numerous challenges, do the summit's engagement groups have the answers?

In the run-up to the Group of Twenty Leaders’ Summit in Osaka in late June, several related meetings of what are known as engagement groups are scheduled to take place in Tokyo and around the country. One of the more influential engagement groups is T20, or Think 20, whose members include influential...
Japan Times
PRESS / Corporate Trends
Feb 6, 2019

The Japan Times to Participate as a Media Partner at the 16th Malaysia International Halal Showcase

Tokyo, Feb. 6, 2019 - The Japan Times, Ltd. (Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo. Representative: Takeharu Tsutsumi) will participate as a media partner at the 16th Malaysia International Halal Showcase (MIHAS), the worldfs largest halal-focused trade show. The trade show is planned to be held in Malaysia from April...
Japan Times
PRESS / Corporate Trends
Feb 6, 2019

ジャパンタイムズ、「第16回マレーシア国際ハラル展示会（MIHAS）」にメディアパートナーとして参加

株式会社ジャパンタイムズ（本社：東京都千代田区、代表取締役社長：堤 丈晴）は、2019年4月3日から6日までマレーシアで開催される、世界最大のハラル見本市「第16回マレーシア国際ハラル展示会（MIHAS）」　に、メディアパートナーとして参加します。...
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Feb 6, 2019

Trump squeezes Texas refineries with Venezuela sanctions amid Keystone pipeline impasse

U.S. refiners are eager to buy Canadian heavy crude to replace supplies they had been importing from Venezuela that are now blocked by Trump administration sanctions.
Japan Times
EDITORIALS
Feb 5, 2019

Japan's stakes in Trump-Kim talks

Pyongyang doesn't appear ready to engage with Tokyo. Whether that changes with the second U.S.-North Korea summit remains to be seen.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 5, 2019

From a no-deal Brexit to a no-Brexit deal

The defeat of British Prime Minister Theresa May's Brexit deal means that all options are the table.
Japan Times
CULTURE
Feb 5, 2019

Game for a laugh: Learning to become a manzai comedian

As I stand in the cramped wooden gangway at the side of the stage, going over my lines in a frantic whisper, I am reminded of something that American comedian Patrick Harlan had told me when we first met four months ago.
Feb 5, 2019

ORIX Real Estate Establishes a New Inn and Hotel Operating Business Brand: ORIX HOTELS & RESORTS

TOKYO, Japan – January 31, 2019 – ORIX Real Estate Corporation (“ORIX Real Estate”) announced that it has established ORIX HOTELS & RESORTS (“OHR”) as a new onsen hotel and hotel operating business brand. The new brand will subdivide 13 of the facilities that ORIX Real Estate operates in...
Japan Times
JAPAN / Science & Health
Feb 5, 2019

Japan's health ministry draws on 'City Hunter' manga nostalgia to promote rubella vaccine to men

The government is promoting free vaccinations against rubella for men age 39 to 56, using characters from a manga series thought to resonate with that generation.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Feb 5, 2019

U.S. and South Korea agree 'in principle' on sharing troop costs, State Department says

The United States and South Korea have reached an agreement "in principle" on sharing the cost of stationing U.S. troops in the Asian country, the State Department said Monday, in a move likely to have implications for Japan.
PRESS / Corporate Trends
Feb 5, 2019

ジャパンタイムズが認定NPO法人ACEを支援

株式会社ジャパンタイムズ（本社：東京都千代田区、代表取締役：堤丈晴、以下 ジャパンタイムズ）は世界の子どもを児童労働から守るために活動する認定NPO法人ACE（Action against Child Exploitation）（東京都台東区、代表：岩附由香、以下ACE）との間において寄付契約を締結しました。これは、毎年ジャパンタイムズ紙上で行うチャリティドライブに読者から寄せられる募金をACEの活動支援のために寄付するものです。...
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Feb 5, 2019

White House's Kevin Hassett says wage growth will exceed 4% this year

President Donald Trump's chief economist predicted wage growth in the U.S. will accelerate past 4 percent this year amid a strong labor market, more capital investment and rising productivity.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 4, 2019

Rewriting the future of work

Three common assumptions skew economists' forecasts of automation's impact on employment.
Japan Times
SOCCER / From the Spot
Feb 4, 2019

Restrictions on Japan's soccer media lead to frayed relations with players

In the days since Japan's 3-1 defeat to Qatar in the 2019 Asian Cup final, Japan's soccer media has had plenty of time to unload its takes, whether first, second or simply hot.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink
Feb 4, 2019

Husband-wife trading duo bets big on sake's future in U.S.

When Yumiko Munekyo was a vice president at Nomura Holdings Inc. in 2011, she would take clients to upscale sushi spots around Manhattan. They'd invariably order junmai daiginjō, the highest grade of sake and also usually the priciest, but not always the most interesting or appropriate.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Feb 4, 2019

Lunar New Year holiday to be litmus test of Chinese shoppers' resilience

China's consumers have cut back on purchases of everything from Apple Inc.'s iPhones to Swiss watches as the trade war with the U.S. hits the economy.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Feb 4, 2019

Taiwan casts shade on China's lack of democracy in New Year message

Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen took aim at China's lack of freedom in a recent message for the coming Lunar New Year, which starts Tuesday, saying she hoped ethnic Chinese all over the world would be able to experience the "blessing" of democracy.
EDITORIALS
Feb 3, 2019

Labor ministry's flawed probe of data scandal

The labor ministry's governance as an organization should be scrutinized.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music / Sound Off
Feb 3, 2019

An idol's fans have the power to make change in Japan

Being a fan of any entertainer in 2019 can be a challenge, as scandals both old and new make blindly supporting artists an impossible task. That might be doubly true for Japanese idol-pop acts, who inhabit a corner of the country's entertainment industry made up predominantly of young women, which has...
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society
Feb 1, 2019

At Davos, a continued push for gender equality in global leadership positions

When world political and business leaders gather these days, trade, globalization and Brexit dominate the discussions, and the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum held last week was no exception.
Japan Times
PRESS / Corporate Trends
Feb 1, 2019

ジャパンタイムズ、オンライン英会話「vipabc」に
「The Japan Times Alpha」提供を開始

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.
Ishiba shelves proposal for liaison offices with North Korea amid rising tensions
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba speaks on Saturday in Tokyo at a rally that was held by a group of families of Japanese citizens abducted by North Korea decades ago to demand the immediate return of all abductees.
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.
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.
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.
An iconic 32-foot doughnut might give Randy’s an edge in Japan
Randy's Donuts in Inglewood, California. Replicas of the giant doughnut sculpture will be installed, where possible, at shops in Japan.
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

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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