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Dec 8, 2016
Japan Sports Agency boss Suzuki set for FINA appointment
Japan Sports Agency commissioner Daichi Suzuki will be chosen as one of 23 bureau members of swimming's world governing body FINA, sources said Thursday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 8, 2016
Mitsubishi Heavy and Japan Nuclear Fuel to invest in France's Areva
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. and Japan Nuclear Fuel Ltd. are making final arrangements to invest tens of billions of yen in atomic energy company Areva, which is being bailed out by the French government, sources close to the matter said Thursday.
JAPAN / Politics
Dec 8, 2016
Tokyo, Moscow mull joint statement following leaders' summit
Japan and Russia are mulling the release of a statement calling for talks on joint economic activities on Russian-held, Japanese-claimed islands following the leaders' bilateral meeting next week, Japanese government sources said.
JAPAN
Dec 8, 2016
Japan plans more flexible training approach to fast track airline pilots
The government plans to allow airlines to organize their own training programs for captains to address a shortage of pilots stemming from the rise of budget airlines, a transport ministry source has said.
JAPAN / Politics
Dec 8, 2016
China to Abe: We, too, have war-linked sites worth visiting
The missive is in response to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's plan to go to Pearl Harbor to pay tribute to war victims this month.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Dec 8, 2016
Japan to offer $2.2 million to Iran for nuclear safety cooperation
Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida said Japan has decided to offer Iran around €2.05 million ($2.2 million) for nuclear safety initiatives to help the Middle Eastern state implement its historic nuclear deal with the West.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Dec 7, 2016
U.S. military fighter jet crashes into Pacific off western Japan; search for pilot ongoing
A U.S. military F/A-18 fighter jet crashed into the Pacific Ocean off Kochi Prefecture in western Japan on Wednesday afternoon, Japanese Defense Ministry officials said, adding that its pilot bailed out.
BUSINESS
Dec 7, 2016
France may OK restart of 10 reactors following probe of Japanese parts
France's nuclear watchdog may permit the restart of 10 of the 12 reactors it was checking after finding they use potentially weak steel components manufactured by a Japanese company.
Japan Times
JAPAN / History
Dec 7, 2016
American hibakusha researcher cherishes lifelong ties with Japan
William Schull, a 94-year-old U.S. scholar who has spent decades studying the health effects of the U.S. atomic bombings, is a man conflicted who still longs to learn from the tragedies of World War II.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Dec 6, 2016
Abe, Trump to meet in U.S. around Jan. 27: source
Japan and the United States are arranging for Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and President-elect Donald Trump to meet in the U.S. around Jan. 27, just a week after Trump's inauguration as president, a source close to bilateral relations said Tuesday.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics / ANALYSIS
Dec 6, 2016
Abe's Pearl Harbor visit rooted in pragmatism amid uncertainties surrounding Trump
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's visit this month to Pearl Harbor will be a historic gesture that represents the strength of the Japan-U.S. alliance and the evolution of the bilateral relationship since World War II.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Dec 6, 2016
Japan's WWII vets, hibakusha give mixed reactions on Abe's plan to visit Pearl Harbor
Survivors of the U.S. atomic bombings on Japan and war veterans gave mixed reactions to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's announcement Monday that he will visit Pearl Harbor, which Japan attacked on Dec. 7, 1941, bringing the United States into WWII.
BUSINESS
Dec 5, 2016
Japanese banks eye ¥95 billion in loans to Russia's Gazprom
Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp., Mizuho Bank and other banks are making final arrangements to jointly extend some ¥95 billion ($831 million) in loans to Russia's state-run gas firm Gazprom, sources close to the matter said Monday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Dec 5, 2016
Pentagon chief says satisfied with Japanese contribution to alliance
The United States is satisfied with Japan's contribution to the alliance between the two countries, U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter said on Monday, looking to ease concern in the region about the direction President-elect Donald Trump may take.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Dec 5, 2016
Abe to make historic visit — the first by a Japanese leader — to Pearl Harbor this month
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JAPAN / OBITUARY
Dec 5, 2016
Japan Times honorary chairman and former publisher Toshiaki Ogasawara dies at 85
Ogasawara, who had been undergoing medical treatment in the U.S., is also the founder of plastic parts and components manufacturer Nifco Inc.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Dec 5, 2016
Russia unlikely to be flexible on treaty deal, Noda says
Former Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda has expressed concern over Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's negotiations with Russia for a postwar peace treaty, saying Moscow is unlikely to be very flexible.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Dec 5, 2016
Abe dismisses report that Obama administration opposed Trump meeting
The administration of President Barack Obama conveyed its opposition to Japan over Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's meeting with U.S. President-elect Donald Trump in mid-November in New York, a diplomatic source said Sunday. On Monday, Abe dismissed the report as false.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Dec 4, 2016
Abe hopes investment in Far East will aid progress on Russia peace talks
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said on Monday that he hopes for progress in peace treaty talks with Russia but that the decades-old issue cannot be settled in one meeting.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics / FOCUS
Dec 4, 2016
Trump's stance will help Japan discuss isles but not get them back
Donald Trump's election as the next U.S. president is likely to make it easier for Japan to seek further talks with Russia on a decades-old territorial dispute by allowing it to take advantage of Trump's more favorable stance toward Moscow.
Japanese gymnast Shoko Miyata leaves Olympic team over drinking and smoking
Shoko Miyata had been set to lead the Japanese women's gymnastics team at the Paris Games.
Japan mostly spared in global IT meltdown despite reports of some bugs
A screen displays an error message at a self-checkout terminal of a supermarket in Sydney on Friday.
'Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman' is an immersive journey into Murakami's world
“Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman” incorporates six Murakami short stories from three books into a single intertwined narrative that centers on a trio of lonely Tokyoites.
CrowdStrike update that caused global outage likely skipped checks, experts say
The CrowdStrike offices in Sunnyvale, California, on Friday
U.S.-Japan Patriot missile production plan hits Boeing component snag
Self-Defense Forces soldiers walk past a Patriot Advanced Capability-3 (PAC-3) missile unit in Tokyo in October 2017.
How to prevent and respond to heatstroke in Japan this summer
A passerby holding a parasol wipes her face as she walks on the street amid a heatstroke alert in Tokyo and other prefectures, in Tokyo on July 9.
‘Sniper from Oita’ sets her sights on Paris Olympics target
Misaki Nobata competes at the World University Games in 2023. A hero in her hometown of Oita, Nobata is one of three Japanese shooters who will compete at the upcoming Paris Olympics.
Households struggle as Japan’s inflation rises near U.S. levels
The Nishiki market in Kyoto. June’s inflation report shows extraordinary jumps in the prices of some items favored by households, including cabbage (27.6%), potatoes (28.5%) and tomatoes (15.6%).
As risk of heatstroke rises in Japan, so does that of COVID-19
People hold umbrellas while watching baseball to deal with the heat in the city of Shizuoka on July 7.
German, French and Spanish fighter aircraft arrive in Japan for joint drills
Two Air Self-Defense Force F-15s (right) escort two German Air Force Eurofighter jets and an A330MRTT aerial tanker on their arrival in Japan Friday. The ASDF is conducting training exercises with the German, French and Spanish air forces this weekend.

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