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EDITORIALS
Jul 20, 2018

The need to overhaul the electoral system

The amendment to the Public Offices Election Law that was hastily enacted this week highlights all the more the need for a more fundamental overhaul.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / B. League
Jul 20, 2018

Reigning B. League MVP Makoto Hiejima joins Tochigi Brex

Star shooting guard Makoto Hiejima has joined the Tochigi Brex after five seasons with the SeaHorses.
Reader Mail
Jul 20, 2018

It's amateur hour for Trump, again

Donald Trump's European trip was a fiasco at best, a disgrace at worst, and only he, being so consistently clueless, could have stumbled through it so fecklessly. Surely nobody else could have as effortlessly ruined a chance to mend fences with allies and take an adversary to task.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jul 20, 2018

North Korean economy declined at sharpest rate in 20 years in 2017: Bank of Korea

North Korea's economy contracted at the sharpest rate in two decades in 2017, South Korea's central bank estimated on Friday, in a clear sign that international sanctions imposed to stop Pyongyang's nuclear and missile programs have hit growth hard.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Jul 20, 2018

Ghostly neutrinos offer new view of universe as scientists find deep-space source

A breakthrough in the study of ghostly particles called high-energy neutrinos that traverse space, zipping unimpeded through people, planets and whole galaxies, is giving scientists an audacious new way to expand our understanding of the cosmos.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Jul 19, 2018

Geraint Thomas takes tough mountain stage

Geraint Thomas is in the perfect position to win a maiden grand tour title after claiming victory on Wednesday's first mountain stage of the Tour de France, but the Briton says compatriot Chris Froome remains the Team Sky leader.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jul 18, 2018

Google hit with €4.3 billion fine by EU and told to alter Android model

Google was fined €4.3 billion ($5 billion) by the European Union and ordered to change the way it puts search and web browser apps on Android mobile devices, setting a global record for antitrust penalties.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Jul 18, 2018

Progress on new National Stadium going as planned

When the original plans for the main stadium for the 2020 Olympics and Paralympics were scrapped, it left the project with a shortened timetable in which to build before the games.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jul 18, 2018

China to begin large-scale military exercise 'tailored for Taiwan separatists' in East China Sea

China reportedly began a six-day, large-scale, live-fire military drill in an area of the East China Sea "similar in size to the island of Taiwan" on Wednesday, according to state-run media, amid growing friction between Taipei and Beijing.
EDITORIALS
Jul 17, 2018

The lessons of Les Bleus

Many of the teams that did well in the tournament were multiethnic and multiracial, but success in sports does not produce tolerance.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jul 17, 2018

Is Japan a land of contradictions or opportunities for immigration?

One could argue that there is no other country than Japan in the world today that has all the right conditions to welcome economic migrants.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jul 17, 2018

Brexit campaign group Vote Leave referred to police for breaching spending rules

Britain's Electoral Commission said Tuesday it had fined the officially designated pro-Brexit campaign group £61,000 ($80,843) for breaching spending rules in the 2016 referendum and referred it to the police.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / Sac Bunts
Jul 16, 2018

Bringing back Daisuke Matsuzaka could make sense for Dragons

If there's anything to be learned from the first half of the 2018 baseball season it's that a lot of people still can't get enough of Daisuke Matsuzaka.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 16, 2018

Casinos in Japan: Tourist attractions or hotbeds of gambling addiction?

As the year's ordinary Diet session nears a climax this week, debate is heating up over a bill Prime Minister Shinzo Abe characterizes as key to his growth strategy: the so-called casino implementation legislation.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jul 15, 2018

May says Trump advised her to sue EU over Brexit

Prime Minister Theresa May said U.S. President Donald Trump had previously advised her to sue the European Union as part of her Brexit strategy, disclosing a piece of advice Trump said last week she had ignored.
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.
Trump pledges 25% tariffs on Canada and Mexico, and more levies on China
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump attends a viewing of the launch of the sixth test flight of the SpaceX Starship rocket, in Brownsville, Texas, on Nov. 19. Trump on Monday threatened to slap China, Mexico and Canada with hefty tariffs upon his return to the White House.
AI boom makes 139-year-old cable maker Japan’s hottest stock
Fujikura's headquarters in Tokyo's Koto Ward. The company's share price has surged by more than 400% this year.
Suspected arson in Sapporo leaves four injured
Firetrucks outside a building in Sapporo where an explosion left four people injured on Tuesday.
Japan’s sauna movement: Relax, refresh, repeat
Totopa in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward was picked by consultants TTNE as the best sauna of the year.
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.
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.
Are you leaving your loved ones digital legacies or headaches?
The National Consumer Affairs Center reports a growing number of consultations regarding "digital legacies" — data and online services left behind when people die.
Rayssa Leal and Chloe Covell on Japan’s teen skaters: We are friends, not rivals
Brazil’s Rayssa Leal celebrates after winning the women's Street League Skateboarding competition on Saturday in Tokyo.
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.

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
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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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