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JAPAN XV

EDITORIALS
Dec 15, 2016
Air base noise pollution problem
A Supreme Court decision is likely to set precedents against lower courts granting compensation for problems caused by the operation of military aircraft.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Dec 15, 2016
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Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Dec 14, 2016
Fujitsu QB Cameron gains redemption with Japan X Bowl triumph
Despite being in the X League championship game for a fourth straight season, the Fujitsu Frontiers and ace quarterback Colby Cameron entered this year's contest with a chip on their shoulders.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices
Dec 14, 2016
Views from Kansai: What are your hopes and fears about the coming Trump presidency?
John Ashburne took to the streets of Osaka and Kyoto 
to find out what people expect from the Donald Trump administration in 
the U.S. See the online version of this article or the Japan Times YouTube channel for a video of these vox pops.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Dec 14, 2016
The shape of Japan's foreign policy in the Trump era
It might seem promising that Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will meet with both Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President Barack Obama this month. But both events actually presage a potentially destabilizing time for Japan — and all of East Asia.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics / ANALYSIS
Dec 14, 2016
Putin set to arrive for summit with Abe, but island dispute progress seen as unlikely
Despite the onsen rapprochement, the meeting is seen as unlikely to produce a major breakthrough in the territorial row.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Dec 14, 2016
Pyongyang slams U.N. report on abductions, separated families
North Korea on Tuesday denounced a U.N. report on alleged abductions of foreign nationals by Pyongyang and the many Korean families forcibly separated across the divided peninsula since the 1950s war.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink
Dec 13, 2016
When Rene Redzepi brought Noma to Japan
In April 2014, chef Rene Redzepi was riding the crest of a wave. Noma, his iconic Copenhagen restaurant, had just been voted back to No. 1 on the World 50 Best list, cementing its place as one of the top global dining destinations. And then, at the awards ceremony, he dropped a bombshell announcement....
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Dec 12, 2016
Cameron leads Frontiers to Japan X Bowl win over Seagulls
Colby Cameron completed 11 of 20 passes for 116 yards while Gino Gordon scored the game's only touchdown as the Fujitsu Frontiers defeated their archrival Obic Seagulls 16-3 on Monday in the Japan X Bowl for the X League championship.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Dec 12, 2016
Japan denies Chinese allegations of dangerous conduct by ASDF fighter jets
Japan issues a strong protest over allegations that its fighter jets engaged in “dangerous and unprofessional” behavior against Chinese aircraft.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Dec 11, 2016
Japanese, Chinese military aircraft engage in latest tit-for-tat moves in airspace above Western Pacific
China and Japan have continued their recent tit-for-tat moves in the airspace above the Western Pacific, with aircraft from the two Asian giants on Saturday again engaging in an apparently tense encounter over the high seas between Okinawa's main island and Miyako Island.
Japan rescues Mexican man from Senkakus
A Mexican man rescued near Uotsuri Island in the Senkaku chain in Okinawa Prefecture is believed to have drifted to the area in a canoe from the island of Yonaguni, also in Okinawa.
Japanese government considers taking precautions against mpox
The Foreign Ministry has issued a Level 1 infectious disease alert for seven African countries, urging travelers to take precautions against mpox during visits to those nations.
Alain Delon, French heartthrob on the big screen, dies at 88
French actor Alain Delon arrives with his daughter, Anouchka Delon, to be awarded with an Honorary Palme d'Or at the 72nd edition of the Cannes Film Festival in southern France in May 2019.
LDP pinning hope on boost from leader change
The ruling Liberal Democratic Praty hopes to capitalize on a sense of renewal stemming from the election of a new president to succeed Fumio Kishida, who has said he will not seek reelection.
Shigeru Ishiba to announce LDP leadership candidacy soon
If Shigeru Ishiba, a former secretary-general of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, announces his candidacy for the party's presidential election, it will be his fifth attempt at the top post.
Dreading the Big One? How to manage pre-disaster anxiety.
Earthquakes are a fact of life in Japan, but there are strategies to keep yourself from spiraling into stress and despair over future catastrophes.
Hurdles remain in Japan for transplants of pig organs into humans
Surgeons perform the world’s first genetically modified pig kidney transplant into a living human at Massachusetts General Hospital in March.
Kishida's out. Who will likely be Japan's next leader?
Digital minister Taro Kono (left), Liberal Democratic Party Secretary-General Toshimitsu Motegi (center) and former Defense Minister Shigeru Ishiba are among the potential candidates for the ruling party's presidential election next month.
New tales in translation to give you chills and thrills this summer
For centuries, Japanese people have been scaring themselves with horror stories as a way of cooling down during the stifling summer months.
Women's sumo takes big step forward with first high school championships
Yuzuki Komiya (left) competes in the first national high school sumo tournament for girls in Tachikawa, western Tokyo, on Saturday.

Podcast

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

Longform

The volunteer lifesavers of Nishihama Surf Lifesaving Club never know what's in store at the start of their day.
It's no simple day at the beach for Japan's volunteer lifesavers
By Yuko Tamura

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