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Japan Times
MORE SPORTS / MAN ABOUT SPORTS
Aug 25, 2015

College football fanatic delivers predictions for upcoming season

Donning his favorite turban — the one adorned with a replica ruby — MASwami gazes into his New York City souvenir snow globe and reveals his "Pigskin Prognostications" for the upcoming college football season.
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 25, 2015

Asia should call a truce on the currency war

Asian policymakers need to understand that currency devaluations aren't a cure-all — and if they pursue trade-offs there's no avoiding their downsides.
BUSINESS / Markets
Aug 25, 2015

Part-time traders join pros in mass exodus from Japan stocks

Whether part-time or professional, Japan's stock investors are heading for the exits.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets
Aug 25, 2015

China stocks extend biggest plunge since 1996 on support doubts

Chinese shares plummeted to extend the steepest four-day rout since 1996 on concern the government is abandoning market support measures.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Aug 24, 2015

Corporate Japan gets a jolt from an outsider

Japan's business executives would do well to emulate Softbank President Nikesh Arora's risk-taking spirit.
Japan Times
JAPAN / CHUBU CONNECTION
Aug 24, 2015

Aichi meets challenge of surge in non-Japanese students

Schools in Japan are struggling to meet the needs of children with non-Japanese parents who come from a diverse range of countries.
JAPAN
Aug 24, 2015

Tepco bid to restart Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear plant stymied by governor

Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s road back to becoming a nuclear power utility remains uncertain amid staunch local opposition to restarting the facility at Kashiwazaki-Kariwa in Niigata Prefecture.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Aug 24, 2015

At Koch group summit, a restrained enthusiasm for Trump

While thousands streamed into a football stadium Friday evening in Mobile, Alabama to see Donald Trump, a much smaller crowd of committed conservatives unwound at a bar and mused over the good, the bad and the unknown of the unlikely Republican presidential front-runner.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Aug 23, 2015

Photos confirm first wild wolf pack in California for nearly a century

California's first gray wolf pack since wild wolves disappeared from the state nearly a century ago has been spotted in the woods in the northern part of the state.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Aug 22, 2015

Koga, Nagaoka guide Japan to victory in FIVB Women's World Cup opener against Argentina

Sarina Koga scored a team-high 14 points and Miyu Nagaoka added 13 as Japan got off to a good start in the FIVB Women's World Cup by beating Argentina 25-16, 25-19, 25-12 on Saturday at Yoyogi National Gymnasium.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Aug 22, 2015

Black teen killed by St. Louis police shot in back: autopsy

A black teenager shot and killed by white St. Louis police officers this week died from a single gunshot that entered his back and struck his heart, a medical examiner said on Friday, which appears to contradict the police account of the shooting.
BASKETBALL
Aug 21, 2015

Broncos signee Uhle, 22, dies in Atlanta

A prospective Saitama Broncos player for the upcoming season has died before his professional career began.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Science & Health
Aug 21, 2015

Effort afoot to freeze animal reproductive cells at Yokohama zoo

From humboldt penguins to black jaguars, sperm and eggs from dozens of zoo animals are being frozen and stored at the Zoorasia Yokohama Zoological Gardens until they can be used for artificial insemination.
Japan Times
WORLD
Aug 21, 2015

Winds fanning raging, deadly Pacific Northwest forest conflagrations

Crews battling a flurry of wildfires raging unchecked in the Pacific Northwest braced on Thursday for high winds forecast in the region a day after three firefighters were killed and four others were injured in Washington state.
WORLD / Politics
Aug 21, 2015

Trump's 'traitor' remark condemned by accused deserter Bergdahl's lawyer

The lawyer for U.S. Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, the former Taliban prisoner in Afghanistan charged with desertion, on Thursday chastised U.S. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump for calling his client a "traitor."
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / BJ-LEAGUE NOTEBOOK
Aug 20, 2015

Iwate signs versatile power forward Harris

Forward Alandise Harris brings big athletic potential as he embarks on a pro career.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Aug 20, 2015

Job only half-done for Japan's working women

Women are entering Japan's workforce in greater numbers, but are still largely being shunted into low-paying, low-benefit jobs.
Japan Times
WORLD / Society
Aug 20, 2015

White House hires first openly transgender staffer

The White House has hired its first openly transgender employee, according to a U.S. official, winning praise from activists for President Barack Obama's support for lesbian, gay and transgender people.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 20, 2015

Unlike flight-fright late dad, Kim, the air marshal, fancies planes, has runways readied

His father was afraid to fly, but North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has taken to the skies, building a series of small runways long enough to land light, private aircraft next to some of his palaces, satellite imagery shows.
JAPAN
Aug 19, 2015

No long-term threat seen in Bangkok blasts: experts

Crisis management experts say Bangkok's recent bombings do not pose a long-term threat in an otherwise relatively safe country. But they are nonetheless advising Japanese staying in the Southeast Asian city to exercise caution.
EDITORIALS
Aug 19, 2015

Economy appears far from robust

The latest GDP data for the second quarter of this year confirms the underlying weakness of consumer demand and the seemingly limited scope of the benefits of 'Abenomics.'
EDITORIALS
Aug 19, 2015

Efforts for regional revitalization

The administrative ability of prefectural governors is being tested by the efforts to revitalize the areas they are serving.
Japan Times
WORLD / Society
Aug 19, 2015

Europe braces for threefold migrant surge; Italy nabs eight alleged traffickers tied to deaths

More than three times as many migrants were tracked entering the European Union by irregular means last month than a year ago, official data showed on Tuesday, many of them landing on Greek islands after fleeing conflict in Syria.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 18, 2015

Kanagawa man in critical condition after Bangkok bomb blast

A 31-year-old man from Kanagawa Prefecture is in critical but stable condition following Monday evening's bomb blast in central Bangkok.

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