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JAPAN / View from Osaka
Aug 17, 2019

For Kyoto, international meeting of museum directors and creators is an opportunity to learn

From Sept. 1 to 7, Kyoto will host thousands of museum directors, curators and art historians from Japan and around the world for the general assembly meeting of the Paris-based International Council of Museums (ICOM).
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BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 16, 2019

China's crackdown on Cathay Pacific bodes ill for other companies in Hong Kong

For more than half a century, Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd. has been Hong Kong's gateway to the world, its mix of British heritage and Asian high-altitude luxury bridging the city's colonial past with its Chinese location. But it's that unique cultural blend that has ensnared the carrier in an increasingly...
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LIFE / Travel
Aug 16, 2019

Gujo-Hachiman: Travel along the rivers of time

Perhaps it is the gurgling brooks that feed the town's roadside culverts, the colorful, vaguely Pyrenean window boxes, or the friendly, natural disposition of the locals — Gujo-Hachiman seems a place where people's spirits are pitched a notch or two higher than elsewhere.
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ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 16, 2019

Families of Kashmir detainees still don't know where they are, or why they are being held

A week and a half after Indian authorities began detaining hundreds of local leaders and activists in Kashmir, fearing violence after the region's special status was withdrawn, it is unclear in many cases where they are — or even why they were taken away.
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BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 16, 2019

Ministry urges Rakuten Mobile to speed up preparation of base stations ahead of Japan rollout

The communications ministry has instructed Rakuten Mobile Inc. to speed up its rollout of base stations, with the mobile operator slated to launch its service in Japan on Oct. 1, it was learned on Thursday.
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WORLD / Crime & Legal
Aug 16, 2019

U.S. House panel subpoenas ex-Trump campaign chief Corey Lewandowski

The Democratic-led U.S. House Judiciary Committee said on Thursday it subpoenaed President Donald Trump's former campaign manager, Corey Lewandowski, for public testimony as part of an investigation of the Trump presidency.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Aug 15, 2019

Choose your acts wisely at this year's Summer Sonic

The 2019 edition of the Summer Sonic music festival, held concurrently in Tokyo and Osaka from Aug. 16 to 18, marks the 20th anniversary of the gathering. Though that's not the only special twist gracing an event offering the experiences of a big musical outing in the comfort of a metropolis.
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India report 2019
Aug 15, 2019

Kobelco contributes to India’s growth story

Since its establishment in 2006, Kobelco Construction Equipment India Pvt. Ltd. (KCEI), has grown an extensive network of authorized dealers with more than 100 service points across India and the surrounding markets of Nepal and Bangladesh.
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India report 2019
Aug 15, 2019

Brief profile of Ube Industries Ltd.

We are pleased to introduce ourselves as we are a corporate body established under the Indian Companies Act of 1956 as a public limited company that was incorporated into the Registrar of Companies in Andhra Pradesh as Weldflux Engineering Ltd. to undertake engineering activities and to manufacture welding...
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WORLD
Aug 15, 2019

Syrian rebels shoot down regime warplane in Idlib and capture pilot

Rebels shot down a Syrian warplane in the opposition stronghold of Idlib province on Wednesday as Russian-backed government forces closed in on a strategically important town, rebel sources and a war monitor said.
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SUMO / INSIDE SUMO
Aug 14, 2019

Sumo wrestlers beat heat and make new fans at summer camps

For many, the words "training camp" and "summer" are synonymous with American football and particularly the NFL.
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BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 14, 2019

Japan drugstore giants Cocokara and Matsumotokiyoshi in merger talks

Major drugstore chain Cocokara Fine Inc. said Wednesday it will enter merger negotiations with industry peer Matsumotokiyoshi Holdings Co.
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Special Supplements / Selangor, Malaysia special
Aug 14, 2019

Breathtaking discoveries await in Selangor

Selangor is Malaysia's most developed state and largest economy, with a wealth of cultural, culinary and natural attractions. Last year, over 3 million foreign travelers, including nearly 200,000 Japanese travelers, visited Selangor to experience the offerings of Malaysia's most progressive state, attesting...
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CULTURE
Aug 13, 2019

Remembering the staff of Kyoto Animation

Almost a month after the main studio of Kyoto Animation was set on fire, killing 35 and injuring many more, details of the victims are still emerging after police released the names of 10 workers on Aug. 2.
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WORLD
Aug 13, 2019

Russia admits new weapon blew up in deadly nuclear accident last week

The failed missile test that ended in an explosion killing five atomic scientists last week on Russia's White Sea involved a small nuclear power source, according to a top official at the institute where they worked.
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ASIA PACIFIC / Society
Aug 12, 2019

Hundreds chant anti-India slogans in seething Kashmir on eve of Eid

Hundreds of people protested in Kashmir's main city of Srinagar on Sunday against India's decision to curb its autonomy, despite new restrictions on travel and a seventh straight day of communications blackout.
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COMMENTARY / Japan
Aug 11, 2019

Flexible work style — can it be sustainable?

We see signs of what can drive a transformation of the way people work in Japan. What we need is to make these moves and developments sustainable.
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CULTURE / Art
Aug 10, 2019

Reborn-Art Festival: A Tohoku community gets a new lease on life

Climbing the stairs of Ishinomaki's first department store, built in 1930, I can hear the sound of a man singing and the gentle strumming of an acoustic guitar. The voice is not one of a professional crooner; it's raspy and unsure, and sounds like an amateur retelling a tale of sorrow without too much...
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LIFE / Food & Drink
Aug 10, 2019

Doing doughnuts right in Tokyo: An indulgence for all occasions

Tokyo's top-notch doughnut shops are pushing the boundaries of flavor, or taking classics to the next-level.
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JAPAN / Media / Japan Pulse
Aug 10, 2019

Heated debate boils over on social media as mercury soars in Japan

Talking to others about the weather has always been a quick and easy conversation topic. The same goes for social media users and online news outlets in Japan, which love to discuss meteorological issues. The arrival of intense summer heat in recent weeks has invigorated netizens, who have gone online...
EDITORIALS
Aug 10, 2019

Ebola continues to rage in Africa

The world must do more to combat this outbreak and prevent future ones.
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ASIA PACIFIC / FOCUS
Aug 10, 2019

China paid for positive news coverage, using Taiwan media to win hearts and minds on island

The articles on the website of the leading Taiwan newspaper were gushing about a new Chinese government program to lure Taiwanese entrepreneurs to the mainland.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 9, 2019

Why the U.S. owes Central America

Today's refugee wave is a direct consequence of U.S. interference in Latin America's political and economic development.
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JAPAN / History / Regional voices: Chubu
Aug 9, 2019

Aichi high schoolers pass on alumni's experiences of WWII air raids

Seventy-four years after the end of World War II, high school students in Aichi Prefecture are working to pass down stories of students who lived through wartime air raids.

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