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EDITORIALS
Apr 14, 2017

Toshiba's bid for survival

Unless Toshiba identifies and addresses the root causes of its management woes, its future may not be guaranteed even if it survives the current crisis.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / NPB NOTEBOOK
Apr 14, 2017

Potent Hiroshima lineup tearing up Central League in early going

The Hiroshima Carp look unstoppable. That's a bit hyperbolic this early in the year, yes, but it doesn't feel that way when the Carp have been busy taking apart opposing pitching staffs after falling behind by a run or two.
Japan Times
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Apr 14, 2017

Calls for Wenger's dismissal continue to grow louder

The walk from the security-guarded gate at Selhurst Park to the Arsenal coach is about 15 meters, but to the players beaten 3-0 by relegation-threatened Crystal Palace Monday it must have seemed 150 meters.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Apr 14, 2017

A year after Kyushu quakes, Sony's sensor business expands to AR, robots

The earthquakes that jolted Kyushu a year ago killed dozens, left tens of thousands homeless and were a reminder of how much the global supply chain for smartphones and digital cameras depends on Sony Corp.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 13, 2017

Caught off guard by deadly quakes, Kumamoto still learning lessons one year on

It was just after midnight and I was dozing off at a capsule hotel in the city of Kumamoto on April 16 last year when the "Big One" hit.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / B. League / B. LEAGUE NOTEBOOK
Apr 13, 2017

Vendrame learning the ropes in second season with Sunrockers

Leo Vendrame brings an energetic, exciting flair to the court. At times, he plays the game at warp speed, too.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film / Wide Angle
Apr 13, 2017

Fashion's night at the museum

"The First Monday in May" opens April 15 at the Bunkamura Le Cinema Theater in Tokyo's trendy Shibuya Ward (the Japanese title is "Metto Gara, Doresu o Matotta Bijutsukan"). It's a documentary about a Metropolitan Museum of Art exhibition titled "China: Through the Looking Glass" in 2015.
BUSINESS
Apr 13, 2017

New rules to make spinoffs tax free may unlock potential of Japan's firms

Hedge fund manager Jamie Rosenwald is excited about tax reform, but it has nothing to do with Trump trades.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / ADOPT ME!
Apr 12, 2017

Winning ways: Dachshund Rusk finds a home in Tokyo

Rusk, first featured here in September 2015, was able to win the heart of his foster parent, Junko Sugimoto, and is now firmly ensconced in his new Tokyo home.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Apr 12, 2017

Why Westinghouse was doomed at its creation

The world has spent nearly 60 years trying to make economic sense of nuclear power, with limited success. It may be time to pull the plug.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 12, 2017

JAL and ANA say overbooking violence would never happen in Japan

The violent video of a passenger being forcibly removed from an overbooked United Airlines flight on Sunday has gone viral around the world, including in Japan, sparking outcry and concern that a similar incident could happen here.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Apr 12, 2017

Tillerson heads to Moscow with call from West for Russia to ditch Assad

U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson carried a message from world powers to Moscow on Tuesday denouncing Russian support for Syria's Bashar Assad, as the Trump administration took on America's traditional mantle as leader of a unified West.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Apr 11, 2017

Toshiba submits unaudited results, raises questions about ability to survive as a company

Embattled Toshiba Corp. said Tuesday its grave financial situation puts it at risk of not being able to survive as a company.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society
Apr 11, 2017

Survey finds bullying against young Fukushima evacuees in schools

An education ministry survey found that nearly 200 children evacuated from Fukushima Prefecture following the 2011 nuclear disaster were bullied, with some being abused verbally with derogatory terms linked to the calamity.
JAPAN / Society
Apr 11, 2017

Rights group renews criticism of death penalty in Japan

Japan executed three people last year and imposed three new death sentences in what Amnesty International has also described as a secretive system.
BUSINESS / Markets
Apr 11, 2017

Japan dumps record French debt as U.S. bond-selling eases

Holders of U.S. Treasuries can breathe a sigh of relief as Japan's spotlight turns to France.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 10, 2017

Two peas in a pod: Duterte in Bangkok

The Thai junta and the fiery Philippine president appear to have found a convergence of interests.
BUSINESS / Markets
Apr 10, 2017

Le Pen fears prompt Japanese to dump record amount of French bonds ahead of election

Japanese investors dumped a record amount of French bonds in February, rattled by the rising popularity of far-right candidate Marine Le Pen in the upcoming presidential election, data from the Ministry of Finance showed Monday.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Science & Health
Apr 10, 2017

One of the healthiest parts of Australia's Great Barrier Reef damaged by Cyclone Debbie

A cyclone that left a trail of destruction in northeast Australia and New Zealand has also damaged one of the few healthy sections of the Great Barrier Reef to have escaped large-scale bleaching, scientists said Monday.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics / ANALYSIS
Apr 10, 2017

Assad may see U.S. strike as only 'a slap on the wrist'

A U.S. cruise missile attack on a Syrian air base may persuade Syria's President Bashar Assad to be more cautious with some of his tactics, but will not deter him and his allies from pressing a full-throttle military campaign to crush rebels.
Japan Times
WORLD
Apr 9, 2017

Bomb attacks on Egyptian churches by Islamic militants kill at least 36 people

In the latest assault on Egypt's religious minority increasingly targeted by Islamist militants, at least 36 people were killed and more than 100 injured in bomb attacks on two Coptic churches on Palm Sunday.

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