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JAPAN

SOCCER
Jun 9, 2015
Striker Nagai joins Japan squad
The Japan Football Association said Tuesday that Nagoya Grampus striker Kensuke Nagai has been added to Vahid Halilhodzic's squad for Thursday's friendly against Iraq and next week's World Cup qualifier against Singapore.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Japan Pulse
Jun 9, 2015
Load up YouTube because it’s morphin’ time!
Summon your Megazord because the Power Rangers are heading to YouTube — and it’s all in Japanese.
Japan Times
SOCCER / Women's World Cup
Jun 9, 2015
Miyama's penalty kick sends Japan to win over Switzerland
Nadeshiko Japan launched the defense of its Women's World Cup title with a 1-0 win over Switzerland in Group C in Vancouver on Monday.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jun 9, 2015
Managing disputes with China
U.S.-China relations are not a zero-sum game — and that it's dangerous to act as if they are.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jun 9, 2015
The Japanese government's Peter Pan problem
Until the government does its part by loosening labor markets, lowering trade barriers and creating tax incentives to support entrepreneurship, the BOJ's yen printing won't save the day.
JAPAN
Jun 9, 2015
China bans 'Attack on Titan,' other popular Japanese anime from Web
China has blacklisted 38 Japanese cartoons, including the megahit "Attack on Titan," from appearing online, according to state media.
JAPAN
Jun 9, 2015
Russia orders quicker buildup of military facilities in isles off Hokkaido
Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu on Monday ordered the speeding up of construction of military and civilian infrastructure on a chain of islands in the Pacific Ocean where Moscow and Tokyo have rival territorial claims.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Jun 8, 2015
Japan, Britain agree G-7 will address anticorruption next year
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and his British counterpart, David Cameron, agreed Monday that preventing corruption prevention should be among the issues discussed at next year's Group of Seven summit, a Japanese official said.
Japan Times
SOCCER / World cup
Jun 8, 2015
Japan may not revive 2022 World Cup bid if Qatar loses hosting rights
Japan may not bid to stage the 2022 World Cup in the event Qatar is stripped of the hosting rights and a revote takes place, Japan Football Association president Kuniya Daini said on Monday.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jun 8, 2015
Japan's maverick billionaire bets big abroad
Corporate Japan should seriously consider emulating Softbank CEO's Masayoshi Son's gutsy approach to doing business.
JAPAN
Jun 8, 2015
First test of Raytheon's new SM-3 missile a success, Japan, U.S. say
The United States and Japan say the first live-fire test of Raytheon Co.'s new Standard Missile-3 (SM-3) Block IIA missile, under joint development by the two countries, was a success.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Jun 6, 2015
In visit to Ukraine, Abe urges Poroshenko to implement cease-fire
Prime Minister Abe calls on Ukraine's leader to implement a cease-fire after fighting broke out between government forces and pro-Russian separatists earlier in the week.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel
Jun 6, 2015
War and peace on Okinawa's Iejima Island
Beside their coastlines, there are other insistent geographical features that identify islands. In Okinawa, there is the great escarpment of Tindahanata on Yonaguni-jima Island, while Ishigaki Island has the strangely occult form of Mount Maapee, shaped like a sorcerer's hat.
Japan Times
CARTOONS / DAHL'S JAPAN
Jun 6, 2015
Icarus Debt
JAPAN / Politics
Jun 6, 2015
Japanese families leave for disputed Russian isles for annual visit
Former Japanese residents of disputed islands off Hokkaido left Saturday for an annual visit to the Russian-held isles as the two countries struggle to address the long-standing row.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jun 5, 2015
'Cool Japan' complex envisioned in Saitama
Publisher Kadokawa Corp. has unveiled a vision to turn Tokorozawa, Saitama Prefecture, into a hub for the "Cool Japan" movement by creating a cultural complex that it claims Japan has never seen the likes of before.
JAPAN / Politics
Jun 5, 2015
Tokyo, Manila eye 'visiting forces' pact to rein in China
Visiting Philippine President Benigno Aquino said Friday that Manila and Tokyo will start discussions on signing a "visiting forces agreement" that could allow Japan to use bases there to refuel aircraft and vessels.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jun 5, 2015
Why Japan should, or shouldn't, join the China-led AIIB
When Finance Minister Taro Aso meets with his Chinese counterpart, Lou Jiwei, in Beijing on Saturday, the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) will loom large in the talks.
BUSINESS
Jun 5, 2015
Maryland governor takes test ride on maglev train in Japan
Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan took a ride Thursday on a magnetically levitated train test line in central Japan in a show of the U.S. state's strong interest in the Japanese technology for a planned high-speed train link in the Northeastern United States.
JAPAN
Jun 5, 2015
Japan earns 'Fossil of the Day' award for hampering fight against global warming
An international group of environmental organizations on Thursday awarded Japan a "Fossil of the Day" award for its failure to make sufficient efforts to fight global warming.

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