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BUSINESS
Apr 8, 2004

Panel wants Japan Post privatized in 2017 after 10-year transition phase

The government should aim to fully privatize Japan Post around 2017, following a 10-year transitional period starting in 2007, according to the draft of an advisory panel's interim report released Wednesday.
BUSINESS
Feb 11, 2004

Cabinet endorses pension reform bills

The Cabinet endorsed a package of bills Tuesday to reform the pension system and reinforce its sustainability.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 5, 2023

Kyushu residents remember those killed and injured in 2017 flooding

Record-breaking heavy rain on July 5 and 6, 2017, caused floods and landslides that led to the deaths of 40 people.
Japan Times
EDITORIALS
Oct 7, 2022

The time to remain resolute is when North Korea provokes

North Korea's leadership truly believes it needs nuclear weapons to survive — and Russia's nuclear threats appear to backstop that logic.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Apr 13, 2021

Hideki Matsuyama: A quiet Masters winner long lionized in Japan

In 2017, his penchant for privacy became clear: He announced that he'd married months earlier and that he and his wife had had a child.
Japan Times
WORLD
Oct 11, 2019

Trump confirms al-Qaida mastermind of 'underwear bomber' attempt and other attacks was killed in 2017 in Yemen

U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday confirmed that al-Qaida's top bomb-maker, Ibrahim Hassan al-Asiri, believed to be the mastermind behind the failed bombing of a U.S.-bound airliner in 2009, has been killed.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 27, 2019

South Korean consumer sentiment lowest since January 2017, BOK index shows

South Koreans are at their gloomiest in more than 2½ years as trade battles and an export slump cast clouds over the economic outlook.
Japan Times
WORLD
Aug 21, 2019

Russian-backed Syrian army poised to take key Idlib town hit by sarin in 2017 after rebels withdraw

Syrian government forces look set to recover a strategic town that has been in rebel hands since 2014 in a major Russian-backed offensive into the opposition's last major stronghold.
JAPAN
Aug 2, 2019

Japan's social security benefits topped ¥120 trillion to hit record high in 2017

Social security benefits paid out in fiscal 2017 reached a record high and exceeded ¥120 trillion for the first time, a welfare ministry-affiliated think tank said Friday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 27, 2019

732 problematic child-on-child sex cases logged at Japanese care facilities in fiscal 2017: survey

There were 732 cases of problematic sex-related conduct between children involving 1,371 disadvantaged individuals at care facilities in fiscal 2017, a welfare ministry survey said Friday.
Japan Times
WORLD
Feb 25, 2019

Iranian hackers got worryingly close to Israel's missile alarm in 2017

Iranian hackers came worryingly close to Israel's missile warning system, sending the military scrambling to protect alerts from being compromised, its top cyberdefense chief said.
JAPAN
Aug 22, 2018

1,308 disabled people abused at workplaces in Japan in fiscal 2017

The number of people with disabilities who were abused at workplaces in fiscal 2017 surged 34.6 percent from the previous year to 1,308, the labor ministry said Wednesday.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Jun 5, 2018

Moot dispute: U.S. top court dumps ruling allowing teen in immigration custody to get abortion in 2017

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday threw out a lower court ruling that let a pregnant illegal immigrant minor held in federal immigration custody obtain an abortion last year at age 17 over the objections of President Donald Trump's administration.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / B. League
May 29, 2018

SeaHorses star Makoto Hiejima named 2017-18 MVP at B. League Award Show

Makoto Hiejima is the face of the B. League's sophomore season.
WORLD
Mar 23, 2018

Millions more were hungry in 2017 amid famine and conflict, report says, and the numbers are rising

Conflicts and climate disasters, particularly drought, drove the number of people facing crisis levels of hunger up by about 15 percent last year and the situation is getting worse, a report said on Thursday.
Chinese Premier Li Qiang waves as he boards his plane at Seoul Air Base in Seongnam, South Korea, on May 27.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jun 11, 2024

China to send premier to Australia for first time since 2017

But some say the diplomatic milestone could be overshadowed by renewed frictions over investment and military deployments.

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Construction takes place on the Takanawa Gateway Convention Center in Tokyo, slated to open in 2025.
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