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ASIA PACIFIC
Dec 16, 2019

China's Xi vows support for Hong Kong leader during 'most difficult' time

Chinese President Xi Jinping met Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam in Beijing on Monday, saying he recognizes her courage to govern the financial hub in these "most difficult" times.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Dec 16, 2019

Chinese Premier Li Keqiang says Hong Kong not yet out of protest 'dilemma'

Chinese Premier Li Keqiang met with Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam in Beijing on Monday, saying the Asian financial hub was not yet out of the "dilemma" facing the city's economy after months of sometimes violent protests. Li met with Lam during a regular duty visit where she is also due to hold a potentially...
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 16, 2019

Hudson's Bay Group said to consider shelving takeover offer

Hudson's Bay Co. Chairman Richard Baker may scrap an offer to take the struggling retailer private after regulators delayed a vote on the deal following complaints from a minority shareholder.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 15, 2019

Protests could spark stronger U.S.-China deal

The West has a golden opportunity to craft a larger strategy of both containment and cooperation.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Dec 14, 2019

News outlets miss pivotal factor in decision to shift 2020 Olympic events

When the International Olympic Committee announced that the marathon and race walk competitions for next year's Olympics would be moved to Hokkaido due to fears that the summer heat in Tokyo might be too intense, Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike had no choice but to accept the directive, although she made a point...
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle / Kateigaho International Japan Edition
Dec 14, 2019

Mizuhiki: Paper with a spiritual twist

Mizuhiki are an indispensable part of the country's new year celebrations, embodying people's hopes and prayers for the 12 months ahead.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
Dec 14, 2019

Laughing at life's trials and tribulations in Japan

Life is tragic, life is comic; the glass is half-empty — no, half full. Point of view is all. Two magazines — President and Spa — represent the opposite poles of optimism and pessimism. For President, bad luck and good luck are all in the mind. The former is a failure of will, the latter always...
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Dec 14, 2019

North Korea conducts another 'crucial test' at long-range rocket site

North Korea announced Saturday that it has conducted "another crucial test" at its Sohae long-range rocket site, claiming that the move will bolster its "reliable strategic nuclear deterrent."
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Dec 14, 2019

South Korean protesters destroy portraits of U.S. ambassador

Protesters angry over American demands that South Korea pay more for defence destroyed portraits of the U.S. ambassador stuck on blocks of tofu outside the U.S. Embassy on Friday after police warned them against staging a more aggressive demonstration.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Dec 14, 2019

U.S. envoy to visit Seoul and Tokyo as deadline looms for stalled North Korea talks

The U.S. special envoy for North Korea will arrive in South Korea on Sunday ahead of a year-end deadline set by Pyongyang for Washington to soften its approach to stalled denuclearization talks, Seoul and Washington said on Friday.
BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 14, 2019

FSA to punish Japan Post group by year-end over inappropriate sales practices

Japan Post Insurance Co. and Japan Post Co. are soon expected to release reports on in-house probes that the financial watchdog will use to assess the managers involved.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 13, 2019

Japan's Hoya to launch $1.4 billion counterbid for Toshiba unit NuFlare

Hoya Corp. said Friday it would make a $1.4 billion counterbid for NuFlare Technology Inc. in what could become a hostile offer for the Toshiba Corp. unit the electronics conglomerate plans to buy out.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Dec 13, 2019

Sending Japan's 'Paprika' out to the world

The biggest Japanese children's song of recent years gets an official English translation, in the hope of boosting diversity and interest in the language.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Dec 12, 2019

North Korea says U.S. criticism has helped it make decision on stalled nuclear talks

North Korea took aim at the United States on Thursday for convening a U.N. Security Council meeting, saying the "provocative act" had helped it decide which path to take in deadlocked nuclear talks.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel / HOTELS & RESTAURANTS
Dec 12, 2019

Welcome the new year with a bubbly toast

Are there any sights more welcoming than a freshly poured glass of Champagne? With occasions for celebration becoming more frequent up until the end of the year — and indeed, the decade — the answer is undoubtedly "No!"
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Dec 12, 2019

'Tora-san, Wish You Were Here': A film favorite lovingly remembered

With 48 feature installments from 1969 to 1995, the "Tora-san" series not only set a Guinness World Record, but kept its Shochiku production studio afloat for decades.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Dec 11, 2019

U.S. government asks judge to grant probation to ex-Trump campaign deputy Richard Gates

Federal prosecutors asked a judge on Tuesday to grant probation to President Donald Trump's former deputy campaign chairman, Richard Gates, when he is sentenced next week, pointing to Gates' extensive cooperation in multiple criminal investigations.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Dec 10, 2019

As Aung San Suu Kyi looks on, Gambia details mass rapes and killings in Myanmar

Gambia's legal team described mass rapes, the burning of families in their homes and killings of dozens of Muslim Rohingya children with knives as it set out its genocide case against Myanmar at the U.N.'s International Court of Justice on Tuesday.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Dec 10, 2019

Trump probe justified, DOJ watchdog says while citing FBI errors

The Federal Bureau of Investigation acted properly when it began a broad investigation into whether then-candidate Donald Trump or people around him conspired with Russia to interfere in the 2016 election, according to the Justice Department's inspector general.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Dec 10, 2019

Japan estimates post-3/11 reconstruction costs at ¥1.5 trillion for fiscal 2021-25

The government announced an estimate Monday that it will spend around ¥1.5 trillion on reconstruction projects for areas devastated by the March 11, 2011, earthquake and tsunami in the five-year period starting from fiscal 2021.
Japan Times
LIFE / Language / MORNING ENGLISH
Dec 10, 2019

Let's discuss Michelin restaurants

A quick English lesson that asks readers about their culinary experiences.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Dec 10, 2019

U.K. ex-spy and FBI source Christopher Steele was friends with Ivanka Trump, source says

A former British spy who was a source for the FBI in its probe of Donald Trump's presidential campaign had an extended friendship with Ivanka Trump, the president's daughter, a source familiar with the friendship said on Monday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 9, 2019

LDP plans tax breaks to help spread 5G networks

The Liberal Democratic Party's tax panel is planning to give preferential tax treatment to mobile phone carriers and others to help spread fifth-generation, or 5G, high-speed wireless communications services.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Dec 9, 2019

North Korea resumes insults of 'erratic old man' Trump

Satellite imagery indicated Monday that North Korea had tested a rocket engine, and a senior Pyongyang official called Donald Trump a "heedless and erratic old man," resuming insults of the U.S. president that had been set aside during a thaw.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Dec 9, 2019

Traffic and transportation strategies for the 2020 Games

Innovative traffic and transportation management strategies are being developed to handle the surge in travelers and traffic during the games and the various trial events.

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