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AMERICAN

BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 21, 2015
Nomura to buy stake in American Century Investments
Nomura Holdings Inc., the nation's biggest brokerage, plans to pay about $1 billion for a stake of about 40 percent in U.S. money manager American Century Investments, according to a person familiar with the matter.
WORLD
Dec 16, 2015
American Airlines jetliner searched in Miami after suspicious item found during flight from Paris
An American Airlines passenger jet was being searched by police on Tuesday after a suspicious item was noticed during a flight from Paris, a spokeswoman for Miami International Airport said.
WORLD / Society
Dec 11, 2015
48% of 18-29 age bracket feel American Dream is dead, U.S. poll finds
American's youth are down on the future, with nearly half of those ages 18 through 29 believing the "America Dream" is more dead than alive, a nationwide survey released Thursday by Harvard University's Institute of Politics shows.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Nov 4, 2015
Sarik Andreasyan's thriller 'American Heist' falls short
'American Heist" is a bad movie with a glorious title. Think of the notables with "American" as a topper: "American Sniper," "American Beauty," "American Hustle," even "American Horror Story" had its merits. But "American Heist" takes a good, functional concept and turns it on its backside, not to mention...
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Nov 2, 2015
Foreign quarterbacks raising standards in X League
In Japanese football's eight decades of history, the last few years have clearly been an epoch-making period because of one trend: an influx of American quarterbacks.
WORLD
Oct 6, 2015
American Airlines captain falls ill in flight, dies
An American Airlines Group Inc. captain died after falling ill during a Phoenix-to-Boston flight, forcing the first officer to divert the plane to Syracuse, New York.
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 7, 2015
Out with 'Redskins' — and everything else!
In today's America there are so many things to be offended by, and so little time to agonize about each.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 27, 2015
Dumbing down: the key to U.S. political success
Stupidity exists everywhere, but what makes it stand out in America is that most Americans don't think it's bad to be dumb.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Jul 30, 2015
White Cincinnati campus cop charged with 'senseless' murder of black motorist
A University of Cincinnati police officer who fatally shot an unarmed black man has been charged with murder after a grand jury investigation, the Hamilton County prosecutor said on Wednesday.
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 17, 2015
The mystery of America's productivity bust
U.S. productivity is slowing down at a time when it should be booming.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Jul 13, 2015
U.S. routs Japan at football worlds
Sadale Foster rushed for two touchdowns, including a 60-yard third-quarter score, as the United States defeated Japan 43-18 on Sunday at Tom Benson Hall of Fame Stadium in Canton, Ohio, in their world championship of American football contest.
BUSINESS
Jun 19, 2015
Delta surrenders Seattle-Haneda route; AA to use slot for LAX
After beating American Airlines for the right to keep flying to Tokyo's close-in airport, Delta Air Lines Inc. will give up the Seattle-to-Haneda route because it says the U.S. government's terms are too onerous.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Jun 19, 2015
Charleston's storied 'Mother Emanuel' grieves loss of gifted pastor-politician
Two months before the Rev. Clementa Pinckney was gunned down during a Bible study at a historic black church in Charleston, South Carolina, he stood before state lawmakers seamlessly blending his faith and politics in urging them to pass a law to protect his community.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Jun 19, 2015
8,500-year-old 'Kennewick Man' skeleton was likely Native American, not Ainu, DNA findings indicate
The much-anticipated results of a study of DNA taken from the hand bone of the so-called Kennewick Man, a 8,500-year-old skeleton discovered in Washington state in 1996, suggest the man was most closely related to Native American populations, a team of international researchers said on Thursday.
JAPAN
Jun 15, 2015
ASIJ sex abuse report is finally released, blames 'cultural taboos'
A 'historical lack of formal policies' and 'cultural taboos' allowed child sex abuse committed by former American School in Japan teacher Jack Moyer to go unchecked for decades, according to an independent legal team tasked with probing the pedophilia scandal.
Japan Times
SPORTS / NOTES ON A SCORECARD
Jun 13, 2015
Tokyo 2020 plans changing like the wind
"A promise made is a debt unpaid." — Robert Service
Japan Times
CULTURE / Entertainment news
Jun 3, 2015
Eastwood plans film focused on 'Miracle on Hudson' pilot Sullenberger
Clint Eastwood is set to take on a film about another true-life hero: "Miracle on the Hudson" pilot Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger III.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jun 2, 2015
American woman mauled to death by lion in South African park
An American tourist was mauled to death in South Africa on Monday when a lion jumped into her vehicle through an open window at a park on the outskirts of Johannesburg, police and officials said.
COMMENTARY / World / THE VIEW FROM NEW YORK
Apr 29, 2015
Anti-abolitionist sentiments are alive and well
Why haven't black civil rights leaders demanded that the American national anthem be changed?

Longform

Sociologist Gracia Liu-Farrer argues that even though immigration doesn't figure into Japan's autobiography, it is more of a self-perception than a reality.
In search of the ‘Japanese dream’