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Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 20, 2019

Haneda Innovation City: Cultural and technological complex next to Tokyo airport gets a name

A major cultural and technological complex to be built near Tokyo's Haneda airport has a name: Haneda Innovation City, or HICity for short.
BUSINESS / Tech
Aug 17, 2019

British mall tested facial recognition of shoppers

A British mall that scanned shoppers using facial-recognition cameras said on Friday it is no longer using technology that advocacy groups called a threat to privacy.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 13, 2019

Greenland's rapid melting is a hugely underplayed story

It's officially time to panic — or at least pay more attention.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Aug 12, 2019

Fed remains a target as economy falls short of Trump's ambitious goals

It has become a jarring and frequent contradiction. President Donald Trump blames the Federal Reserve for putting the U.S. economy at risk while data show an economy in "reasonably good" shape, as the head of the central bank recently said.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Aug 10, 2019

Japan-South Korea trade spat gains little traction among youth on social media

The diplomatic rift between Tokyo and Seoul widened earlier this month after Japan removed South Korea from its "whitelist" of preferred trading partners. The apparent reason given for the move is national security: Japan says some strategic materials it sells to South Korea are making their way to third...
EDITORIALS
Aug 8, 2019

Still a long way to go for fiscal reconstruction

The government must do more to reduce spending and boost revenue to cut the deficit.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society
Aug 8, 2019

As loved ones in China disappear amid crackdown, Uyghurs in Japan speak out

As the global outcry over China's crackdown on the Uyghurs grows, members of the same ethnic minority in Japan are calling for help out of desperation to discover what has happened to their families back home.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 5, 2019

Yen spikes to highest against dollar in seven months amid U.S.-China trade feud

U.S. President Donald Trump's trade war with China is causing a flight to safety in currency markets, and the yen is once again taking the brunt of it.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / HOOP SCOOP
Aug 2, 2019

Bill Bradley details Chiune Sugihara's heroism in award-winning radio documentary

Bill Bradley, captain of the U.S. gold medal-winning basketball team at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics, was recently involved in another winning (and historically important) project with ties to Japan.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 1, 2019

Asian business bloodlines on brink as lack of heirs pushes owners into arms of private equity

After 37 years in business, Shigeru Nagatomi handed over the keys in December last year. Nagatomi Pharmacy Corp., the Kyushu medical supplies shop bearing his family name, had grown to 23 dispensing pharmacies in Oita Prefecture .
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jul 30, 2019

Billionaire friend of Trump aimed to profit from Middle East nuclear deal, congressional report says

Tom Barrack, a billionaire and friend of U.S. President Donald Trump, pursued a plan to buy Westinghouse Electric Corp. from Toshiba Corp. even as he lobbied Trump to become a special envoy to promote the building by the firm of nuclear power plants in Saudi Arabia, said a congressional report released...
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 30, 2019

Canceled races, fainting players: Climate change turns up heat on sports

As a professional ultrarunner, meaning she competes at distances longer than a marathon, Clare Gallagher has tackled plenty of challenges, from mountains to heat.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 29, 2019

Rainy season ends in Japan's Kanto-Koshin region, giving way to intense heat

The annual milestone came 30 days later than last year, and temperatures will likely start rising to dangerous highs.
EDITORIALS
Jul 29, 2019

Women moving ahead in the Self-Defense Forces

There are mounting expectations that Japan will contribute more to regional and security as well. Women can and should be a vital part of that effort.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jul 28, 2019

The problem of investing pension funds in JGBs

It is premature to think that a decline in the public pension benefits is inevitable given to the aging of the population and the low birthrate.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jul 26, 2019

North Korea's economy shrinks by most since 1990s famine

North Korea's economy shrank last year by the most since the peak of its 1990s famine, as international sanctions make it harder for Kim Jong Un to feed his people while developing nuclear weapons.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / B. League / B. LEAGUE NOTEBOOK
Jul 25, 2019

Ryuji Aoki set to launch pro career with Shinshu Brave Warriors

Ryuji Aoki will begin his pro basketball career with the Shinshu Brave Warriors.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / WHY DID YOU LEAVE JAPAN?
Jul 20, 2019

Yuji Haraguchi: Changing the gourmet rules

From making fish-based ramen to serving Japanese lunch as breakfast in the U.S., chef Yuji Haraguchi likes to break with convention.
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.
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.
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.
Woman dies after train collides with car in Tochigi
A Moka Railway train car
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.
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.”
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.

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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