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BUSINESS / Companies
Mar 17, 2018
Japan Tobacco buys Russia's No. 4 cigarette maker Donskoy Tabak for $1.6 billion
Japan Tobacco Inc. has agreed to buy Russia's Donskoy Tabak for 90 billion rubles ($1.6 billion), strengthening its leading position in Russia as competition from cigarette alternatives erodes its domestic market share.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Mar 17, 2018
Abe less popular than Kim Jong Un, Trump, Xi and Putin in South Korea: Gallup survey
Japan's hawkish prime minister is at the bottom of the list.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Mar 17, 2018
Top officials clamor to make Trump-Kim summit a reality
South Korea said on Friday that it is seeking high-level talks this month with North Korea to prepare for a summit and that President Moon Jae-in may meet Donald Trump before the U.S. president's planned meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / B. League
Mar 16, 2018
Brave Thunders run past Lakestars
The Kawasaki Brave Thunders had more points through three quarters than the visiting Shiga Lakestars accumulated in Friday's game.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Mar 16, 2018
Why Japan will never reach its inflation target
After five years of unprecedented stimulus, BOJ Gov. Haruhiko Kuroda should recognize reality.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Mar 14, 2018
Abe-Kim summit: The real deal or thinly veiled diversion?
Tokyo is seeking a summit with North Korea's leader, prompting speculation Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is scrambling to deflect public attention away from a document-tampering scandal.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Mar 13, 2018
Cambodian views on the U.S., Japan and China
Is it time for Washington to rethink its diplomatic approach toward Phnom Penh?
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 13, 2018
North Korea isn't the biggest problem in Asia
Kim is a tactical difficulty, maintaining alliances against China is the strategic issue
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Mar 13, 2018
'Remain patient,' Tillerson says of Trump-Kim meeting specifics
Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said the U.S. expects North Korea to be in direct touch after President Donald Trump agreed to Kim Jong Un's invitation to meet, urging patience as preparations for the potentially historic handshake are worked out.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Mar 12, 2018
'Maximum pressure' to continue until North gives up nukes, Kono says after meeting South Korean intel chief
Foreign Minister Taro Kono said Monday that Japan, together with South Korea, will continue to maximize pressure on North Korea until Pyongyang takes concrete action toward the complete abandonment of nuclear weapons and missiles.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / ANALYSIS
Mar 12, 2018
Trump-Kim summit expectations high, but North Korea unlikely to part with its 'treasured nuclear sword' any time soon
After years of failed attempts by the United States and others, is U.S. President Donald Trump the man who can strip North Korea of its nuclear weapons and bring lasting peace to the Korean Peninsula?
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 11, 2018
Residents volunteer to preserve monuments to disaster
Yuichi Yonezawa believes he owes his life to the three-story building that used to house his company in the tsunami-damaged city of Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture.
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.
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.

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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Totopa in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward was picked by consultants TTNE as the best sauna of the year.
Japan’s sauna movement: Relax, refresh, repeat
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