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Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jan 31, 2018
Trump drops Victor Cha as pick for envoy to Seoul, with implications for North Korea crisis
Victor Cha, a former White House official who had been the Trump administration's choice to be the next U.S. ambassador to South Korea, is no longer being considered for the post, U.S. officials said on Tuesday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jan 31, 2018
Coincheck hackers believed trying to move stolen cryptocurrency into exchanges
XEM cryptocurrency's creator traces the u00a558 billion in stolen coins to an unidentified account, with its owner trying to move the coins to exchanges where they can be sold.
BUSINESS
Jan 31, 2018
Coal firms plead to courts and Trump for West Coast export terminals amid snub by states
The ailing U.S. coal industry is ramping up its political and legal offensive to win approval for West Coast export terminals that could provide a lifeline to lucrative Asia markets.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jan 30, 2018
A prologue to work-style reforms
Japan needs to overhaul its labor market to make the most of its shrinking workforce.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 30, 2018
Tepco refused safety agency's proposal to simulate Fukushima tsunami nine years before meltdown disaster
Testimony about the plan was submitted as part of a lawsuit filed by Fukushima evacuees seeking compensation from the utility and the central government.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jan 30, 2018
Abe's Trump bromance had a terrible month
Three actions in the past week encapsulate why the prime minister's investment in the Trump White House may backfire
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jan 30, 2018
North Korea scraps joint Olympic cultural event with South
North Korea has canceled a joint cultural performance with South Korea at a mountain resort north of the border, blaming the media in Seoul for "defaming" its position on next month's Winter Olympics.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jan 29, 2018
South Korean defense chief skeptical of North nuclear threats, says tactical nukes won't be reintroduced to peninsula
Seoul's defense chief on Monday cast doubt on Pyongyang's threats to strike the United States or South Korea with nuclear weapons, saying that such a move would result in the country being "literally wiped off the face of the Earth."
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jan 29, 2018
Abe sends the right message by attending Olympic ceremony
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's decision to attend the 2018 Pyeongchang Olympics opening ceremony will help Tokyo and Seoul move the cycle of action and reaction that has impeded Japan-South Korea relations for far too long.
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle
Jan 27, 2018
It's snow big deal: Tokyoites share wintry fun
The Meteorological Agency issued its first heavy snow advisory in four years for all 23 wards of Tokyo on Jan. 22, sending social media sites into overdrive.
Japan Times
CARTOONS / DAHL'S JAPAN
Jan 27, 2018
Sumo Self Hold
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Jan 27, 2018
Abe and South Korean President Moon Jae-in to hold talks before opening ceremony for Pyeongchang Olympics
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and South Korean President Moon Jae-in will hold a meeting Feb. 9 at a site near the venue of the opening ceremony for the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics in South Korea, Japanese government sources have said.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jan 27, 2018
U.S. defense chief Mattis says 'diplomacy should impose reason' on North Korea's Kim
U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis stressed diplomacy as the way to deal with the North Korean crisis during talks with his South Korean counterpart in Hawaii on Friday, a day after Seoul's top diplomat said a military solution would be unacceptable.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Jan 26, 2018
Japan and France agree to deepen maritime security ties in 'two plus two' meeting
The foreign and defense ministers of Japan and France held a regular "two plus two" meeting in Tokyo Friday in which they agreed to beef up mutual diplomatic cooperation in securing a "rule-based order" in maritime security, including the East and South China seas.
Japan Times
LIFE / Digital
Jan 26, 2018
With EVO Japan 2018, Japanese gamers finally get the home advantage
The video game tournament known as Evolution Championship Series had humble beginnings. Starting in California as a 40-person tournament between friends in 1996, it has since grown into arguably the world’s most celebrated fighting game tournament, complete with large cash prizes and major corporate...
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jan 26, 2018
North Korea exporting coal to South Korea and Japan via Russia despite U.N. sanctions: Europe intel sources
North Korea shipped coal to Russia last year that was then delivered to South Korea and Japan in a likely violation of U.N. sanctions, three Western European intelligence sources said.
Japan researchers develop a simple way to spot signs of Alzheimer's disease
In 2022, the number of elderly people with dementia in Japan reached 4.43 million, according to data from the health ministry.
Japan to overhaul tax exemption system for foreign visitors
The Ginza shopping district in Tokyo in August
Two dead after fire at Upper House lawmaker Kuniko Inoguchi’s apartment
A fire broke out on the sixth floor of an apartment building where Upper House lawmaker Kuniko Inoguchi resides on Wednesday in Tokyo's Bunkyo Ward.
Real-life ‘Tokyo Swindlers’ ordered to pay ¥1 billion in damages
High-rise buildings in Tokyo. Through faking documents and passports a criminal group conspired to pose as the owner of a real-estate plot and buildings in Tokyo's Shinagawa Ward in 2017, defrauding Sekisui House of ¥5.5 billion.
Real estate worth ¥25 trillion puts Japan companies in spotlight
Elliott Investment Management's stake in Tokyo Gas is centered around getting the utility to sell off its real estate holdings, including Shinjuku Park Tower, which houses the Park Hyatt Hotel Tokyo.
Hiroshi Kurosaki looks beyond Japan for heart-wrenching drama
Hiroshi Kurosaki’s Netflix series “Beyond Goodbye” centers on a woman (Kasumi Arimura, left) who discovers her dead lover’s heart saved the life of a quiet pianist (Kentaro Sakaguchi).
Japan researchers develop a simple way to spot signs of Alzheimer's disease
In 2022, the number of elderly people with dementia in Japan reached 4.43 million, according to data from the health ministry.
‘What Divides Us’ producer honors grandfather’s Hiroshima reportage
“What Divides Us" producer Cannon Hersey says his grandfather, who wrote about the aftermath of nuclear destruction in Hiroshima, never spoke about what he had seen while working with Japanese minister Kiyoshi Tanimoto to preserve the stories of survivors.
DPP’s Tamaki leverages new position with energy proposal
DPP leader Yuichiro Tamaki in Tokyo on Tuesday
Bluesky is booming in Japan — mainly for reasons other than U.S. politics
According to Similarweb, average monthly user numbers for Bluesky on Android in Japan quintupled in the 12 months to October.

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