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Japan Times
LIFE / Travel
Oct 17, 2015
Fired up about Gifu's pottery industry
Toki, a small town in Gifu Prefecture, 37 km from Nagoya, sits above a huge clay basin. Pottery has been made here since ancient times.
Japan Times
CARTOONS / DAHL'S JAPAN
Oct 17, 2015
Cheshire Pact
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 16, 2015
In diplomatic flurry, Abe invites Xi; Park says she's ready to talk
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe invited the Chinese leader to visit Japan and his South Korean counterpart said she is open to bilateral talks.
JAPAN
Oct 16, 2015
Pension payment errors made after data leak
The Japan Pension Service mistakenly underpaid and overpaid about 400 pensioners as a result of measures taken after a cyberattack that resulted in a massive leak of personal data, it was learned.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 16, 2015
In an about face, JCP says it would support Japan-U.S. military pact in some scenarios
The Japanese Communist Party, which has long regarded the United States as its sworn enemy, has made what appears to be a historic change of its policy stance — at least for now.
BUSINESS
Oct 16, 2015
U.S. duty on Japanese motorcycles to be lifted under TPP trade pact
The United States will remove a tariff levied on Japanese motorcycles with engine displacements of over 700 cc under the recently agreed Trans-Pacific Partnership trade pact, sources familiar with the matter said Thursday.
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 16, 2015
Japan, South Korea defense chiefs to meet in Seoul
Defense Minister Gen Nakatani will make a three-day visit to Seoul from Tuesday that will include talks with his South Korean counterpart on the day of his arrival, the South's Defense Ministry said Friday.
JAPAN / Media / Japan Pulse
Oct 16, 2015
Tokyo plugs into Google Play Music
JAPAN
Oct 16, 2015
Hase mulls Paris trip amid angst over UNESCO's documentary heritage listing system
Culture minister Hiroshi Hase said Friday he is considering attending UNESCO's General Conference in Paris in November to seek a review of the documentary heritage registration system, after documents on the 1937 Nanking Massacre submitted by China were added to the list despite Tokyo's objection.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 15, 2015
Japan ruling coalition party invites China's Xi to visit in spring
The head of the junior partner in Japan's ruling coalition on Thursday handed Chinese President Xi Jinping a letter from Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and invited him to visit Tokyo around spring.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 15, 2015
McDonald's launches new low-priced options in bid to reverse decline
McDonald's Japan on Thursday unveiled a new business strategy that focuses on low prices.
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 15, 2015
Japan Display to streamline China operations as smartphone panel demand slumps
Japan Display Inc. plans to streamline its operations in China to cut costs and remain competitive despite weakening demand for smartphone display panels amid a slowdown in the Chinese economy, sources said Wednesday.
BUSINESS
Oct 15, 2015
WTO sides with EU, Japan in battle over Chinese tariffs on steel pipes
A ruling body at the World Trade Organization on Wednesday upheld a decision requiring China to review its antidumping duties on some steel pipes made in Japan and the European Union.
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 15, 2015
Abe to skip Yasukuni Shrine during autumn festival: sources
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will not visit the war-linked Yasukuni Shrine during its upcoming autumn festival, apparently fearing that doing so could derail efforts to hold bilateral summit talks with China and South Korea, sources said Wednesday.
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 14, 2015
Putin unlikely to visit Japan by year-end due to territorial row
Japan and Russia are likely to shelve a planned visit by Russian President Vladimir Putin by year-end amid a lack of progress in territorial talks between the two countries, Japanese government sources said Wednesday.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 14, 2015
Opposition contests chaotic Upper House vote, assails LDP for amending record of events
Was the vote valid?
Japan Times
SOCCER
Oct 14, 2015
Nadeshiko Japan manager Sasaki gets new contract
The Japan Football Association on Wednesday announced it has given a new contract to women's national team head coach Norio Sasaki.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Oct 14, 2015
Jakarta police say Iwatani exec in Japan, local subordinate are suspects in fatal Mandom plant fire
Indonesian police on Tuesday declared that two people, including a Japanese national, are suspects in the case of a fire that broke out at a factory run by a subsidiary of Japanese cosmetics maker Mandom Corp. in Indonesia that killed 28 people and injured 31 others.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets
Oct 14, 2015
Japan Post IPO 'fully subscribed' after two days
The government received orders for all the shares it is offering in Japan Post Holdings Co. and its banking and insurance units after the first two days of book-building, people with knowledge of the matter said.
JAPAN
Oct 13, 2015
Japan, U.S., India agree to hold annual naval drills
India, Japan and the United States agreed to hold yearly joint naval exercises, Indian government sources said Monday, as the three countries kicked off the first such drill in eight years in the Bay of Bengal, a move likely to be noticed by China.
Triple whammy takes Japan bankruptcies to decade high
More Japanese firms have gone bankrupt in the first half of this year due to soaring costs, labor shortages and the end of pandemic-related support.
Yen rally shakes markets, sending dollar to weakest level since May
The yen rose to the ¥155 range against the dollar, the highest in almost two months, in Tokyo on Thursday.
With eye on China, Japan deepens ties with Pacific islands at Tokyo summit
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and the Cook Islands' Prime Minister Mark Brown shake hands during 10th Pacific Islands Leaders Meeting on Thursday in Tokyo.
U.S. forces-linked sex crimes in Kanagawa went unreported to prefectural government
The police reported two sexual crime cases to the U.S. military, but the prefectural government was not aware of the incidents.
Say cheese: Japanese scientists make robot face 'smile' with living skin
A researcher at the University of Tokyo shows a face mold covered in human skin tissue at its lab.
After Tokyo Olympic disappointment, Nadeshiko Japan look for redemption
Japan's Hikaru Kitagawa dribbles past a defender during an Olympic qualifying match against North Korea at National Stadium in Tokyo in February.
How to beat Japan’s summer heat in ways better for the planet
Tenugui towels hang up to dry at a dyeing company in Sakai, Osaka Prefecture, on May 8. The durable and versatile tenugui, which many people have in their homes, can be used in many ways to cool one’s body.
After Trump shooting, U.S. presidential race might take a violent turn
United States Secret Service Counter Snipers stand guard on a rooftop during a campaign rally for U.S. President Donald Trump in Avoca, Pennsylvania, in 2020.
No AC this summer? No problem (for me).
Think air conditioning is a requirement for a Tokyo summer? Think again.
She’s paying ¥1 million to help behind the scenes at the Paris Olympics
Mai Tarumi, who previously volunteered at the postponed Tokyo Olympics in 2021, has a travel budget of ¥1 million for her trip to volunteer at the Paris Games.

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