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BUSINESS / LEXUS: AMAZING IN MOTION
Nov 30, 2015

Innovation fuels driving excitement

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COMMENTARY / World
Nov 29, 2015

When no one knows the killer in their midst

Families and friends of the perpetrators of the Paris terrorist attacks professed no inkling that anything unusual was afoot — a phenomenon that repeats itself time and time again in extremist attacks.
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BUSINESS / Companies
Nov 29, 2015

No-sweat risk-taker Arora lets ¥60 billion ride on SoftBank's future

It's a fall evening in Tokyo, and Nikesh Arora is supposed to be in two places at once.
TENNIS
Nov 27, 2015

Edmund faces big test in Davis Cup

Unheralded British youngster Kyle Edmund was to face a Davis Cup baptism of fire when he was scheduled to make his debut in the final on Friday against Belgium's David Goffin in the opening rubber.
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Nov 27, 2015

Leicester, Man Utd are improbable top-of-table foes

Top of the league in Spain: Barcelona. In Germany: Bayern Munich. In France: PSG. In England: Leicester City. An unlikely foursome.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music / STRANGE BOUTIQUE
Nov 27, 2015

The complexities of living too close to Tokyo

While traveling in the northeastern part of Japan last month, I was struck by the way quirky, alternative and avant-garde music carves out a space for itself in parts of the country that are isolated from the major cultural centers.
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JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Nov 27, 2015

Court acquits Kikuchi of 1995 Aum bombing, deeming she was unaware of plot

The Tokyo High Court acquits former Aum Shinrikyo cult member Naoko Kikuchi of attempted murder in a 1995 bomb attack.
WORLD
Nov 26, 2015

Australia's bushfires leave trail of death and destruction

Fourteen bushfires burning across southern Australia have killed two people and thousands of animals, and destroyed 16 homes, and authorities on Thursday said they feared the toll could rise.
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MORE SPORTS
Nov 25, 2015

Coe scrutinized over '21 Eugene bid

The head of world athletics, Sebastian Coe, faced fresh allegations about his involvement in the controversial award of the 2021 world championships to the American city of Eugene on Tuesday, but insisted he had acted fairly throughout.
EDITORIALS
Nov 24, 2015

Can privatization turn KIA around?

The sale of the rights to run Kansai International Airport to a private consortium could serve as a role model for other money-losing public-infrastructure operations if efficiency and profitability improves.
JAPAN / Politics
Nov 24, 2015

French ambassador urges Japanese to visit Paris, promises safety ahead of U.N. climate summit

French Ambassador Thierry Dana on Tuesday urged Japanese tourists to visit Paris despite the recent deadly attacks claimed by the Islamic State group, saying the French lifestyle beloved by Japanese has not changed.
WORLD
Nov 24, 2015

Weather disasters occur almost daily, becoming more frequent, U.N. report says

Weather-related disasters such as floods and heat waves have occurred almost daily in the past decade, almost twice as often as two decades ago, with Asia being the hardest hit region, a U.N. report said Monday.
EDITORIALS
Nov 23, 2015

Mobile phone fees need reform

The telecommunications ministry has a chance to affect much-needed change in the fee structure for mobile phones, particularly for those people who don't download a lot of data.
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WORLD / Politics
Nov 23, 2015

Islamic State main foe and Russia must realize Assad must go, Obama says

U.S. President Barack Obama said Russia must make a strategic decision about Syria and the next several weeks will show whether Russian President Vladimir Putin will give up backing the Syrian regime of Bashar Assad to join in a broad campaign against Islamic State.
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WORLD / Politics
Nov 22, 2015

Obama's four-summit trip did not always go according to script

From Turkey to the Philippines to Malaysia, it has been an overseas trip for U.S. President Barack Obama that often veered off-script.
Japan Times
CULTURE
Nov 21, 2015

Yukio Mishima's enduring, unexpected influence

Forty-five years ago this week — at just after 10 a.m. on the bright, cold morning of Nov. 25, 1970 — a telephone rang at the Tokyo home of popular enka singer Hideo Murata. On the line was author Yukio Mishima, a man who in the short space of his 45 years had lived life more fully than perhaps seemed...
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BUSINESS / YEN FOR LIVING
Nov 21, 2015

Without tackling Japan's labor mismatch, Abe's GDP target is just a pipe dream

The government urgently needs to address the mismatch between the jobs available and the people who are looking for employment.
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CULTURE / Art
Nov 19, 2015

Takashi Murakami's reluctant homecoming

Ebisu Yokocho has never looked so fabulous. It's the night before Halloween and costumed women with talon-like nails and feathered eyelashes snake their way through a boisterous crowd crammed into this narrow alley of food stalls and bars. The smell of booze and grilled meat mingles with the scent of...
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JAPAN
Nov 19, 2015

Tepco's Kashiwazaki nuclear plant safer after upgrades, inspectors say

The Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power plant has become safer in terms of physical hardware, while plant workers appear to be improving their emergency-response skills, overseas experts who inspected the facility Thursday said.
Nov 19, 2015

RWBY: Volume 1 — Senko Event Joei (dubbed) / Movix Kyoto / 2015-11-21 to 2015-11-27

11:55, 16:40, 19:05
Nov 19, 2015

RWBY: Volume 1 — Senko Event Joei (dubbed) / 109 Cinemas Kawasaki / 2015-11-21 to 2015-11-27

until Nov. 22 11:40, 16:45, 18:50 / Nov. 23 16:45, 18:50 / Nov. 24 to Nov. 26 14:55
Nov 19, 2015

RWBY: Volume 1 — Senko Event Joei (dubbed) / Cine Libre Ikebukuro / 2015-11-21 to 2015-11-27

until Nov. 26 10:00, 14:20, 18:40, 20:40 / Nov. 27 13:40, 18:20
Nov 19, 2015

RWBY: Volume 1 — Senko Event Joei (dubbed) / Shinjuku Piccadilly / 2015-11-21 to 2015-11-27

Nov. 21 9:30, 12:00, 17:05, 19:35 / Nov. 22 to Nov. 26 9:30, 12:00, 16:45, 19:15 / Nov. 27 9:20, 11:50, 16:55, 19:20

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