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Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 1, 2017

'Reservoir Dogs' in the White House

The Trump White House of late resembles the final scene in the Tarentino crime thriller 'Reservoir Dogs.'
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / LABOR PAINS
Jul 30, 2017

Are university teachers in Japan covered by the 'five-year rule'?

Careful reading of laws suggests that a 10-year exception to the new rule that makes irregular workers permanent doesn't apply to college teachers.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Jul 25, 2017

Former defense chief Ishiba overtakes Abe as top choice for prime minister in poll

Former Defense Minister Shigeru Ishiba overtook scandal-hit Prime Minister Shinzo Abe as the best person to lead Japan, an opinion poll showed Tuesday.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 24, 2017

Putin's no good, but where's the alternative?

No Russian political leader is offering a vision ambitious and inspiring enough to compete with Putin. Perhaps that's why he finds it so easy to suppress dissent and hold on to power.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Jul 23, 2017

Survey finds Abe's support rating fell to 26 percent ahead of Diet grilling on Kake Gakuen scandal

A poll conducted just days before Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is to be grilled in the Diet over a suspected scandal finds his support rating has dropped 10 points to 26 percent, the lowest since he took office in 2012
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jul 23, 2017

Macron's popularity rating drops 10 percentage points in month

President Emmanuel Macron's popularity rating has slumped by 10 percentage points this month, according to an Ifop poll on Sunday — the biggest decline for a new president since 1995.
Japan Times
JAPAN / KANSAI PERSPECTIVE
Jul 23, 2017

Osaka's bid to outshine Paris for 2025 Expo still on shaky ground

With only four months to go until it must unveil detailed plans for its 2025 World Expo bid, Osaka's leaders plan to use the rest of the summer and early autumn to ramp up domestic and international efforts to raise the region's profile and tout its advantages over arch-rival Paris .
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Jul 22, 2017

Low-key Kishida seen as rising prospect to replace Abe

Low-key Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida emerges as a potential prospect to replace brash Prime Minister Shinzo Abe next year.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 21, 2017

Fukushima robot finds potential fuel debris hanging like icicles in reactor 3

Tokyo Electric has said that a remotely controlled robot investigating the inside of reactor 3 at the Fukushima No. 1 power plant has finally spotted objects that could be fuel debris — a potential milestone in the effort to clean up one of the worst atomic disasters in history.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL
Jul 21, 2017

New coach Lamas wants Japan to play fast-breaking style

At long last, the Japan men's national team can legitimately begin its developmental project as its skipper has finally stepped onto the boat.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / B. League / B. LEAGUE NOTEBOOK
Jul 20, 2017

Move from Akita to Tokyo a boost for Ando

Capable playmaker Seiya Ando leaves the rebuilding Akita Northern Happinets to play for the new-look Alvark Tokyo.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Jul 20, 2017

Fukui governor and mayors ask Inada for added protection for reactors against North Korea attacks

Fukui Gov. Issei Nishikawa and the mayors of six towns and villages in the prefecture hosting nuclear power plants have called on Defense Minister Tomomi Inada to dispatch Self-Defense Forces personnel to the prefecture to guard Fukui's 15 reactors (including those being decommissioned) against a possible...
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jul 19, 2017

The Bank of Japan's three communications challenges

Eventually the BOJ will need to clarify its monetary policy stance.
Japan Times
SOCCER
Jul 18, 2017

Spanish soccer chief, son arrested during anti-corruption raids

Police arrested the head of Spain's soccer federation, throwing the leadership of the sport in the World Cup-winning nation into disarray a year before the next round of the elite championship takes place in Russia.
BUSINESS / TRAVEL INSIDER
Jul 18, 2017

Direct flights to Vienna; uplifting upgrades; free Internet access

Starting May 15, 2018, Austrian Airlines will offer up to five weekly nonstop flights from Narita International Airport to Vienna on a Boeing 777 aircraft. The summer flight schedule will be available on Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jul 18, 2017

Trump takes aim at trade imbalances with Mexico, Canada, readies NAFTA renegotiations

President Donald Trump said the U.S. wants to reduce trade imbalances with Mexico and Canada and boost exports of everything from farm goods to financial services as it prepares to kick off talks to revamp the North American Free Trade Agreement.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Jul 14, 2017

Abe's support rate slides to under 30%, poll says

Public support for Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, battered by a smoldering scandal and a perception that he is taking voters for granted, has fallen below 30 percent, the lowest since he returned to power in 2012, a survey released on Friday showed.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 12, 2017

Okinawa moves to block U.S. base construction at Henoko

Three months after the Okinawa Defense Bureau started seawall construction off the coast of Nago in Okinawa's Henoko district, work to build a replacement facility for a U.S. military base in Ginowan is moving forward — and along with it, renewed legal and political resistance to the controversial...
U.S. aircraft carrier returns to Japan carrying navy’s ‘most capable fighter’
U.S. 7th Fleet Commander Vice Adm. Fred Kacher speaks to reporters shortly after the arrival of aircraft carrier USS George Washington at Yokosuka naval base in Kanagawa Prefecture on Friday.
Japan approves ¥21.9 trillion stimulus plan
The policy chiefs of the Democratic Party for the People, Liberal Democratic Party and Komeito — Makoto Hamaguchi (left), Itsunori Onodera (center) and Mitsunari Okamoto — shake hands after reaching an agreement on an economic stimulus package on Wednesday.
Japan will spend ¥325 million in government funds on Princess Yuriko's funeral
Princess Yuriko waves during the New Year's public greeting at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo in January 2019.
MUFG fires worker over ¥2 billion theft from clients’ safe deposit boxes
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group is investigating the incident and consulting with the police.
China reinstates visa-free travel for Japanese nationals
Beijing Daxing International Airport
Shohei Ohtani wins National League MVP award
Shohei Ohtani celebrates after hitting a three-run home run against the Padres during the National League Division Series at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles last month.
The slow-burn success of ‘A Samurai in Time’
A 19th-century warrior gets struck by lightning and wakes to find himself in 21st-century Kyoto in Junichi Yasuda’s surprise hit “A Samurai in Time.”
Around a quarter of Japan married couples in their 20s met through dating apps
A survey released by an organization promoting “Good Couples Day” shows that 24% of couples in their 20s met their marriage partner through a dating app.
'Tokyo Swindlers': Get deep into the minds of real estate con artists
In Ko Shinjo's "Tokyo Swindlers," a group of con artists manipulates real estate giants into falsified deals within the highly competitive, quick market.
Japan, U.K. and Italy discuss inviting more countries to joint fighter project
A new concept model of a next-generation fighter jet to be jointly developed by Japan, Britain and Italy is on display in Farnborough, Hampshire, in July.

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

Longform

Construction takes place on the Takanawa Gateway Convention Center in Tokyo, slated to open in 2025.
A boom for business tourism in Japan?
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