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Japan Times
LIFE / Travel
Feb 29, 2020

Staying in style: Tokyo's best and brightest hostels

Hostels are no longer on the lower rung of the accommodation ladder. Tokyo's burgeoning hostel scene is brimming with new additions, from the cutting-edge to the repurposed and timeless.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 20, 2020

Magnitude 4.5 earthquake jolts Chiba Prefecture area

A magnitude 4.5 earthquake, which measured 4 on the shindo (intensity) scale, was detected at a depth of 30 kilometers in northeastern Chiba Prefecture, on Thursday at 12:53 p.m.
ASIA PACIFIC
Feb 19, 2020

Malaysia never ruled out 'murder-suicide plot' by MH370 pilot, says former PM Najib

Malaysia has never ruled out the possibility that missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 could have been downed by a suicidal pilot, the country's former prime minister Najib Razak said on Wednesday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Feb 18, 2020

Masayoshi Son's big real estate venture with Oyo runs into real problems in Japan

Last March, months before the meltdown at WeWork, Masayoshi Son worked through the prospects for another one of his favorite portfolio companies — a startup from India called Oyo.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 17, 2020

Fears over coronavirus prompt surge in telecommuting across Japan

The NTT group, Yahoo Japan and GMO Internet are among the companies trying to reduce the risk of their employees contracting the COVID-19 virus.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jan 29, 2020

Line in 2019 logs biggest net loss since stock market listing

Free messaging app provider Line Corp. on Wednesday reported a group net loss of ¥46.9 billion for the business year that ended in December last year, the biggest such loss at the firm since its stock market debut in 2016.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society
Jan 23, 2020

Even on paternity leave, 32% of Japanese moms say dads don't help much with housework

The government has been pushing for fathers to take paternity leave as Japan faces a demographic crisis, yet a new wrinkle has emerged: Almost one-third of mothers report that their partners do little to help out around the house while they're off work.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Jan 16, 2020

Clocking up the years with Charlie Nagatani, Japan's country king

After more than 60 years of playing country music, and having staged numerous festivals in his native Kumamoto Prefecture, Charlie Nagatani shows no signs of stopping.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Dec 19, 2019

Apple, Google and Amazon seek standard for smart devices

Apple Inc., Alphabet Inc.'s Google and Amazon.com Inc. — three of the biggest providers of smart-home and voice-assistant technology — are joining forces to make internet-connected homes easier to set up and safer to use.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Dec 19, 2019

Magnitude 5.5 earthquake jolts Aomori Prefecture area

A magnitude 5.5 earthquake, which measured a weak 5 on the shindo (intensity) scale, was detected at a depth of 50 kilometers off eastern Aomori Prefecture, on Thursday at 3:21 p.m.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Dec 17, 2019

Burglars nab jewelry worth $64 million from British model Tamara Ecclestone

Tamara Ecclestone, the daughter of former Formula One boss Bernie Ecclestone, has had an estimated £50 million ($64 million) worth of jewelry stolen in an audacious raid from her west London home.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 9, 2019

Satellites are changing the night sky

The stars we can see from Earth could soon be outnumbered by a swarm of satellites.
Japan Times
PODCAST / deep dive
Nov 14, 2019

Episode 29: Is Tokyo ready for the next big earthquake?

There is a 70 percent chance of a devastating magnitude 7 earthquake striking Tokyo in the next 30 years. Daniel Hurst joins Oscar Boyd to discuss how ready Japan's capital city is.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Nov 14, 2019

SoftBank considering plan to merge Yahoo Japan with Line

SoftBank Group Corp. is considering a plan to consolidate its Yahoo Japan internet business with the messaging service Line Corp.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Society
Nov 1, 2019

Movie based on popular novel puts South Korean gender divide back in focus

A movie based on a controversial best-selling novel that chronicled the everyday sexism faced by women topped South Korea's box office this week, reigniting a national debate over women's roles in a historically male-dominated society.
BUSINESS
Nov 1, 2019

In record deal, U.S. to recoup $1 billion from Malaysian fugitive Jho Low

The U.S. Justice Department has struck a deal to recoup $1 billion in funds allegedly looted from a Malaysian state investment fund by fugitive financier Jho Low, in a record capture for a U.S. anti-corruption probe.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Nov 1, 2019

WhatsApp hacked to spy on top government officials of U.S. allies, sources say

Senior government officials in multiple U.S.-allied countries were targeted earlier this year with hacking software that used Facebook Inc.'s WhatsApp to take over users' phones, according to people familiar with the messaging company's investigation.
Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design
Oct 27, 2019

When street style eclipses the runway

Tokyo fashion week's battle for identity has always been between that of the runway and the fashion on streets — has the event finally found a happy medium?
Japan Times
PODCAST / deep dive
Oct 17, 2019

Episode 26: Perspectives from Typhoon Hagibis — a storm chaser, an evacuee, a reporter

Typhoon Hagibis hit Japan on Oct. 12, causing widespread damage to Tokyo and its surrounding prefectures. This week, storm chaser James Reynolds, evacueeu00a0Andrew McKirdyu00a0and reporteru00a0Chisato Tanakau00a0share their experiences of the typhoon.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Oct 14, 2019

Deep South's only Democratic governor faces November run-off

Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards failed to garner more than half of the votes in Saturday's primary election, forcing him into a run-off with Republican candidate Eddie Rispone to be held Nov. 16.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 12, 2019

Magnitude 5.7 earthquake jolts Chiba-Tokyo area

A magnitude 5.7 earthquake hit the Kanto region around 6:22 p.m. on Saturday, recording a 4 on Japan's quake intensity scale of 7 in southern Chiba Prefecture and 3 in the 23 wards of central Tokyo, the Meteorological Agency said.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 30, 2019

Magnitude 4.4 earthquake jolts Ibaraki Prefecture area

A magnitude 4.4 earthquake, which measured shindo 3 on the Japanese intensity scale, was detected at a depth of 60 km in northern Ibaraki Prefecture, on Monday at 1:02 a.m.
Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design
Sep 29, 2019

Tokyo's fashion week gets a Japan rebrand

As the new sponsor of Tokyo's fashion week, e-commerce giant Rakuten may appear lowbrow — but in times of rising subculture trends, that could work in its favor.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Sep 6, 2019

Regulatory problems have choked China's P2P lending industry

Overburdened Chinese regulators have left the peer-to-peer lending industry to poorly staffed local governments, according to ex-regulators, threatening the survival of an important credit mechanism once seen as crucial for the country's economy.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Aug 13, 2019

Japan needs guidelines and infrastructure for multilingual support for foreign residents

It is high time that the national government formulated guidelines on what information it should disseminate in what languages.
Japan Times
CULTURE / CULTURE SMASH
Aug 11, 2019

'Cannon Busters': Bending anime rules in all the right ways

When LeSean Thomas saw director Katsuhiro Otomo working through the night in a behind-the-scenes documentary of the anime 'Akira,' he thought: 'That's what I want to do.' Now, 20 years later, Thomas' 'Cannon Busters' is debuting on Netflix.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jul 16, 2019

Strong undersea quake near Bali causes panic, but only minor damage

An undersea earthquake with a magnitude of 6.1 struck south of Indonesia's Bali Island on Tuesday, the European earthquake monitoring agency EMSC said, causing minor damage and prompting residents and visitors on the tourist island to briefly flee buildings.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jul 12, 2019

New North Korea Constitution calls Kim head of state in move seen as step toward U.S. peace treaty

Kim Jong Un has been formally named head of state of North Korea and commander-in-chief of the military in a new constitution that observers said was possibly aimed at preparing for a peace treaty with the United States.
Tokyo Metro’s overseas efforts begin in earnest with London deal
Tokyo Metro will soon have a role in the running of London's Elizabeth Line, a major train route serving the U.K.’s capital city and environs.
Man charged with murder allegedly made victim date other men for money
A car carrying suspect Ryotaro Masuda, who was indicted for allegedly beating his 25-year-old girlfriend to death, leaves the Shibuya Police Station in Tokyo on Thursday.
Russia fired experimental ballistic missile at Ukraine, Putin says
Ukrainian firefighters work on a spot following an airstrike in Dnipro on Thursday.
Ex-yokozuna Kitanofuji dies at 82
Yokozuna Kitanofuji enters the ring during the May 1970 grand sumo tournament in Tokyo.
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.”
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.

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