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CANADA

WORLD
Jun 27, 2016
Only quarter of Canadians believe NAFTA benefits them
Only one in four Canadians say the North American Free Trade Agreement is good for their country, and more than one-third want it renegotiated, according to a poll ahead of a leaders' summit on Wednesday.
WORLD / Politics
Jun 8, 2016
China says most wanted corruption suspect returned of own accord from Canada
A man on China's list of 100 most wanted corruption suspects abroad has voluntarily returned to China from Canada where he fled in 2011, the government said Wednesday, as Beijing keeps up the pressure to return such people to the country.
WORLD / Science & Health
May 20, 2016
Canadian food agency says genetically modified salmon is safe for comsumption
Canada approved a type of genetically modified salmon for sale, health officials said Thursday, the first such animal to be cleared as safe for consumption in the country.
WORLD / Society
May 17, 2016
Canada to debut legislation to protect transgender rights
Canada will introduce legislation to protect transgender people from discrimination, the prime minister said on Monday, as the political debate around such rights heats up in the United States.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
May 11, 2016
Dating site matches Americans fleeing Trump presidency with Canadians
A dating website is pledging to match Americans who can't live with a Donald Trump presidency to Canadians looking for love, facilitating the pledge often made by U.S. voters to move to Canada if the real estate billionaire is elected.
COMMENTARY / World
May 8, 2016
Canada's thorny arms deal
An arms deal with Saudi Arabia brings into sharp relief the collision between Canada's self-righteous national identity and a self-interested foreign policy.
Japan Times
WORLD
May 8, 2016
Alberta flies drones to find cause of epic Canadian wildfire
Fire-ravaged Alberta will use drones to investigate the cause of a huge blaze that has scorched the Canadian province and displaced some 88,000 people.
Japan Times
WORLD
May 8, 2016
Canadian wildfire explodes in size, approaches oil sands project
A raging Canadian wildfire grew explosively on Saturday as hot, dry winds pushed the blaze across the energy heartland of Alberta and threatened to burn close to an oil sands project.
WORLD / Politics
May 5, 2016
With TPP in U.S. election limbo, Obama, Trudeau, Pena Nieto slate June 29 'Three Amigos' summit
President Barack Obama, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto will meet in Ottawa for the "Three Amigos" North American Leaders' Summit on June 29.
Japan Times
WORLD
May 4, 2016
Fort McMurray wildfire near Alberta's oil sands area jumps river, forces 80,000 to flee
An uncontrolled wildfire burning near Fort McMurray in northern Alberta, the heart of Canada's oil sands region, has forced the evacuation of nearly all the city's 80,000 residents, local authorities said on Tuesday.
WORLD / Society
Apr 1, 2016
Sponsor complaints prompt Canada to accept 10,000 more Syrian refugees
Canada will take in an additional 10,000 Syrian refugees, adding to the more than 25,000 already received in the last few months, Immigration Minister John McCallum said on Thursday in Germany, where an influx of refugees has sparked a backlash.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Mar 12, 2016
Trudeau sees no flood of Americans to Canada if Trump wins
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Friday joked that he is not expecting an influx of unhappy Americans across the border if firebrand Republican Donald Trump becomes president.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Feb 28, 2016
Canadians gear up to handle any influx of Americans if Trump wins presidency
Americans have said it many times before when eyeing a White House prospect they view as unpalatable: "If that guy is elected president, I'm moving to Canada!"
SOCCER
Feb 20, 2016
U.S., Canada book tickets to Rio
Striker Alex Morgan scored a hat trick as the United States booked a place in the Rio Olympic women's soccer tournament with a 5-0 demolition of Trinidad and Tobago in a semifinal at the CONCACAF qualifying tournament in Houston on Friday.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Feb 17, 2016
Canadian behind Rodman trips to bring hockey to North Korea
The Canadian man who once helped bring basketball hall-of-famer Dennis Rodman to North Korea is now eyeing another project: a hockey tournament that could see former NHL players visit the secluded nation.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Jan 30, 2016
Canada's Trudeau visits aboriginal town after deadly shooting
Residents of the remote Canadian town of La Loche, having softened frozen cemetery ground with bonfires, prepared to bury their loved ones as Prime Minister Justin Trudeau arrived on Friday at the site of Canada's worst mass shooting in a decade.
Japan to revise consumption tax exemption for overseas tourists
Tourists walk through Nakamise shopping street near Sensoji Temple in Tokyo in April
Japan's tourism industry hit by cancellations after megaquake alert
A beach closed due to a megaquake alert in Hiratsuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, from Friday to Thursday.
Focus shifts to incoming typhoon as Tropical Storm Maria dissipates
Newly formed Tropical Storm Ampil, which is forecast to approach eastern Japan this weekend, is seen on the left side of this satellite image.
Kishida to step down in September in bid to show ‘LDP has changed’
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida speaks during a news conference Wednesday at the Prime Minister's Office in Tokyo.
Publisher finds surprise audience after translating history textbooks
Yamakawa Shuppansha president Takeshi Nozawa holds the publisher's textbook on Japanese history — used in high schools across Japan — alongside the new English version in Tokyo on May 23.
Economic security is about strengthening and sustaining growth, former minister says
Former economic security minister Takayuki Kobayashi says changes in the international balance of power, along with deepening economic interdependence, have led some countries to attempt to use their economic power to impose their will on others.
Ice bandanas, convenience store breaks: Running under Japan’s summer sun
Blistering heat is becoming a fixture of summer in Japan, but a few tweaks to your routine can make your outdoor runs bearable — if not enjoyable — until cooler temperatures return.
Japan issued its first-ever megaquake alert. What does that mean?
Naoshi Hirata (center), chairman of a committee tasked with evaluating the risk of a Nankai Trough earthquake, speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on Friday.
France brings down the curtain on its Olympic party with Tom Cruise and Leon Marchand
Fireworks are set off during the closing ceremony of the 2024 Paris Olympics at Stade de France in Saint-Denis on Sunday.
Japan fuels U.S. LNG boom even as climate targets and impacts loom
Flaring at the Cameron LNG export terminal in Hackberry, Louisiana. Flaring, a common sight at LNG plants, is a controlled burning of gas for reasons ranging from depressurizing equipment to disposing of gas that can’t be used. The practice is a "waste of money" and negatively impacts climate change and human health, says the International Energy Agency.

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

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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’
By Thu-Huong Ha

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