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Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 18, 2015
Stolen Buddhist statue arrives from South Korea
One of two ancient Japanese Buddhist statues stolen in 2012 by South Korean thieves arrived Saturday in the southwestern island city of Tsushima, where it was originally kept, the city office said.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jul 17, 2015
Chongryon chief's son pleads not guilty to importing 'matsutake' from North Korea
One of two men linked to the pro-Pyongyang group Chongryon have pleaded not guilty to illegally importing mushrooms from North Korea.
BUSINESS / Economy
Jul 17, 2015
North Korea's economy grew 1 percent in 2014, says South Korea's central bank
North Korea's economy expanded by 1 percent in 2014, the South Korean central bank said Friday, with a drought expected to hobble growth in one of the world's most isolated countries this year.
EDITORIALS
Jul 14, 2015
Repairing Japan-South Korea ties
Having cooperated to obtain UNESCO world cultural heritage status for their historical sites, Japan and South Korea should continue to strive to prevent differences over historical perceptions from further straining bilateral ties.
ASIA PACIFIC
Jul 14, 2015
Pyongyang installs bike lanes to cut down on accidents
North Korea has installed cycle lanes on major thoroughfares running through Pyongyang in an apparent bid to cut down on pedestrian accidents, as more people have the cash to spend on bicycles to get around.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jul 10, 2015
South Korea denies report of North Korean general's defection
South Korea's Unification Ministry on Thursday rejected a report by a local television station that a high-level North Korean general had defected to the South, with a ministry spokesman calling it "groundless."
EDITORIALS
Jul 8, 2015
Keeping North Korea on track
The government should consider carefully how to proceed now that North Korea has sought more time to investigate the fate of the Japanese abductees.
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JAPAN / History
Jul 6, 2015
Government downplays forced labor concession in winning UNESCO listing for industrial sites
Japan wins UNESCO World Cultural Heritage Status for 23 industrial sites after conceding to South Korea's demand that the registration make clear that some of the locations used forced laborers from the Korean Peninsula.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 6, 2015
Toss South Korea off America's defense dole
With twice the population of the North and an economy 40 times larger, South Korea should be able to provide for its own defense.
Japan Times
JAPAN / History
Jul 6, 2015
Concession to Seoul paved way for Meiji sites to join World Heritage list; Alamo added
The UNESCO World Heritage Committee said Sunday it will add the "Sites of Japan's Meiji Industrial Revolution" to the World Cultural Heritage list, as well as eight historical sites in South Korea, including the Gongsan-Seong Fortress of the Baekje Dynasty, approved the day before.
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ASIA PACIFIC / Society
Jul 5, 2015
Some South Koreans defy tradition with simple, cheap weddings
The night before their wedding, Kim Kwang-yoon and Cho Jin-oh were up until 2 a.m. with the bride's mother, setting tables. Their marriage venue: a room in the basement of Seoul City Hall, rented from the government for $60.
EDITORIALS
Jul 4, 2015
Fuji TV under fire for subtitles
Fuji TV must undertake a thorough review over how it use egregiously inflammatory subtitles for comments by Koreans about Japan.
JAPAN / Politics
Jul 3, 2015
North Korea appears to play for time on abductions probe
A year after opening a second probe into the issue, Pyongyang tells Tokyo it needs more time to find the rest of the Japanese it abducted decades ago.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jul 3, 2015
North Korean defector offers brutal insight into world's most secret state
As a schoolgirl in North Korea, Hyeonseo Lee was forced to watch executions, denounce her friends for fabricated transgressions and dig tunnels in case of a nuclear attack.
COMMENTARY / Japan / SENTAKU MAGAZINE
Jul 2, 2015
Chongryon adrift at sea as succession battle looms
A succession fight is brewing in Chongyron, but however it turns out, the organization's influence in Pyongyang is disappering.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 2, 2015
Japanese artist first to paint peace mural at South Korean military facility
A Japanese artist has recently completed a mural inside a highly restricted South Korean military installation on the outskirts of Seoul.
ASIA PACIFIC
Jul 1, 2015
China invites two Koreas to take part in parade marking end of WWII
China has extended invitations to the militaries of the two Koreas to take part in a Chinese parade in September marking the 70th anniversary of World War II's end, the Yonhap news agency reported Wednesday.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Jun 30, 2015
Abe-Park summit could come in September, deputy minister says
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and South Korean President Park Geun-hye could hold a meeting as early as September, according to Deputy Foreign Minister Shinsuke Sugiyama.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan / THE VIEW FROM NEW YORK
Jun 29, 2015
Japan's colonial rule of Korea was 'moderate'
Japan's colonial policies in Korea were moderate in comparison with the way some European countries treated their colonies.
EDITORIALS
Jun 29, 2015
Guarding against MERS
Government officials and ordinary citizens alike must take sufficient precautions to ensure a MERS outbreak does not take place in Japan.
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.
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.
Nippon Steel hires Mike Pompeo to help clinch purchase of U.S. Steel
Former U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks during the last day of the 2024 Republican National Convention on Thursday in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Secluded at beach house, Biden stews at allies’ pressure to drop out
U.S. President Joe Biden and former President Barack Obama attend a campaign fundraiser at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles on June 15.
Japanese culture festival kicks off in London
Matthew Barry (right) tastes sake at the Hyper Japan Festival on Friday in London.
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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