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Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 19, 2016

Alleged false Rio robbery claim may cut Ryan Lochte's commercial victory lap short

The week after winning his sixth career Olympic gold in Rio, U.S. swimmer Ryan Lochte should have been doing a victory lap, cashing in on his performance with fresh sponsorship deals.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Aug 18, 2016

Singapore seeks to turn labor crunch into a robot revolution

Sherine Toh says her best days at work are when none of the 600 or so staffers at Singapore's Tung Lok Restaurants quits, though such days are rare.
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 18, 2016

China's lost dream: winning hearts and minds

China seems to have forgotten the counsel of its ancient philosophers on how to govern effectively.
Japan Times
WORLD / Society
Aug 18, 2016

Data elude as Italy, Greece grope to ID nameless drowned migrants

Mose tapped the screen of his mobile phone to zoom in on a photograph of his wife, Yordanos, pointing to a mole under her eyebrow.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Aug 18, 2016

Icho leads Japan's wrestling sweep with historic fourth straight gold

Grappler Kaori Icho wins a historic fourth consecutive gold medal as Team Japan gets away with a clean sweep of the wrestling mat at the Rio Olympics.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Aug 18, 2016

Campaign said in 'hospice phase' as Trump taps firebrand to put him back on brash tack

Donald Trump's surprise move to hand the reins of his campaign to a right-wing firebrand was seen Wednesday as a formalized revival of his bare-knuckled, anti-establishment strategy and a rebuke to prominent Republican strategists who doubt its power to win the White House.
Japan Times
WORLD / Society
Aug 18, 2016

Group says Rio homeless being evicted at night from Copacabana beach area

Rio de Janeiro's homeless are being forced out of tourist areas in the middle of the night as the city hosts the Olympic Games, according to a Brazilian campaign group, but authorities said the homeless were being accommodated in shelters on a voluntary basis.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE FOREIGN ELEMENT
Aug 17, 2016

Celebrating Japan's multicultural Olympians

Meet the athletes flying the flag for Japan and challenging the conventional definition of what it means to be Japanese.
BUSINESS / Markets
Aug 17, 2016

BOJ firepower fizzles as currency market dares Japan to act

Traders feel the BOJ won't stand in the way of further yen strength after the currency passes 100 per dollar for the second time this year.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society
Aug 17, 2016

Tokyo exhibition focuses on plight of sexually exploited girls

In Japan, teenage girls who turn to prostitution do so because they want to make easy money or fulfill their own pleasures.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Aug 17, 2016

Runners receive 5,000-meter final berth after crash drama

Two Olympic athletes who helped each other across the finish line after an accidental mid-race collision during the women's second 5,000-meter heat have been granted places in the final, organizers confirmed.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Aug 17, 2016

Japan pushes mighty U.S. team before falling in rout

Japan's women's basketball team pushed the United States before crumbling after halftime on the way to a 110-64 quarterfinal defeat at the Rio Games on Tuesday.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Aug 17, 2016

Clinton taps Obama administration veterans for White House transition team

Looking to lay the groundwork for her presidency if she wins the White House in November, Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton named several veterans of President Barack Obama's administration for her transition team on Tuesday.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Aug 17, 2016

FBI hands Clinton email probe papers to GOP-led Congress; Democrats expect leaks

The FBI said on Tuesday it has turned over to the U.S. Congress a number of documents related to its investigation of Hillary Clinton's use of a private email server while she was secretary of state.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Aug 17, 2016

Trump to get first security briefing but ultra-sensitive info off-limits: sources

Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump is expected to receive his first national security briefing this week from intelligence officials, sources said on Tuesday.
WORLD / Politics
Aug 17, 2016

Reuters/Ipsos poll puts Clinton 6 points ahead of Trump

Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton has a 6-percentage-point lead over Republican rival Donald Trump, according to a Reuters/Ipsos tracking poll released on Tuesday.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Aug 17, 2016

Teen star Ito leads Japan to team table tennis bronze

Fifteen-year-old Mima Ito showed the composure of a veteran to lead Japan's women to the table tennis team bronze medal at the Rio Olympics on Tuesday with a 3-1 win over Singapore.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 16, 2016

Honda hoping for 20% industrywide sales jump on Indonesian tax amnesty

Indonesia's tax amnesty could boost industrywide car sales by a fifth as people spend their newly declared wealth on big-ticket items, according to the local unit of Honda Motor Co.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Aug 16, 2016

Table tennis star Fukuhara warms Chinese hearts at Olympics

Ai Fukuhara will have the support of a nation when Japan takes on Singapore for the women's table tennis team bronze medal at the Rio Olympics on Tuesday — plus a Chinese public that has taken the 27-year-old to its heart.
EDITORIALS
Aug 16, 2016

Putin's very good summer

It is not clear if Vladimir Putin understands the limits of Russia's power or Western patience. A miscalculation of either could prove disastrous.
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 16, 2016

Silver medalist Del Potro lives up to his name

Juan Martin Del Potro proved once more in Rio that he has the strength and energy of a stallion.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Aug 16, 2016

Cleaning up the Olympics

Gov. Yuriko Koike is aiming for a successful Olympics that enhances — rather than derails — Tokyo's future.
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 16, 2016

Times may seem bad, but 2016 isn't the new 1936

Unlike in the 1930s, the world is not on the brink of any great and awful calamity.
Taiwan stuns Samurai Japan to capture Premier12 title
Japan starter Shosei Togo reacts after allowing a three-run home run against Taiwan in the fifth inning of the Premier12 final on Sunday.
Woman dies after train collides with car in Tochigi
A Moka Railway train car
Japan beats Taiwan ahead of rematch in Premier12 final
Keita Sano celebrates with his teammates after scoring on Kotaro Kiyomiya's two-run triple against Taiwan during their Premier12 game at Tokyo Dome on Saturday.
Tokyo’s newest three-star chef wants ‘harmony across every detail’
British-born Daniel Calvert earned his third Michelin star last month — a stunning achievement considering his restaurant, Sezanne, has only been open for just over three years.
'Kohaku' still matters for J-pop bragging rights
Emerging Gen Z J-pop group ME:I will perform on this year's "Kohaku Uta Gassen," national broadcaster NHK’s New Year's Eve spectacle.
Tokyo’s newest three-star chef wants ‘harmony across every detail’
British-born Daniel Calvert earned his third Michelin star last month — a stunning achievement considering his restaurant, Sezanne, has only been open for just over three years.
133-year-old Kyushu railway station remains to be partially preserved
The remains of the original Moji Station in Kitakyushu
After Shohei Ohtani bump, Iwate ironware maker sees brighter future
Kaito Kikuchi's decision to send superstar Shohei Ohtani one of his company's traditional ironware tea kettles has paid off with a surge of interest from general consumers.
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.”

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