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Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Sep 13, 2017
U.S. Congress unanimously adopts resolution calling on Trump to denounce hate groups
The U.S. Congress passed a resolution late on Tuesday calling on President Donald Trump to condemn hate groups after Trump was criticized for his response to the violence at a white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, a month ago.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Sep 7, 2017
Filmmaker Hirokazu Koreeda: 'I wanted to do something different'
Hirokazu Koreeda is best known for intimate family dramas that overseas critics often compare to the work of Yasujiro Ozu (1903-63), the genre's unquestioned master. Koreeda rejects these comparisons, however, and says he feels more of a cinematic kinship to Mikio Naruse (1905-69), one of Ozu's contemporaries....
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Sep 6, 2017
'The Third Murder': Director Hirokazu Koreeda triumphs with a trial drama that keeps the focus on character
Murder mysteries are popular film and television fodder in Japan, but most revolve around puzzle plots that hold as much real-world probability as the cases of Sherlock Holmes.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Sep 5, 2017
Saitama boy, 15, admits fatally stabbing fellow high school student in crime of passion
A 15-year-old male high school boy who was arrested Monday for allegedly stabbing fellow student Kosuke Nishiyama, 16, to death in Saitama has admitted he committed the act because the victim was trying to steal his girlfriend, police said.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Aug 26, 2017
More than a thousand join funeral procession for Philippine teen slain by drug cops
More than a thousand mourners attended a funeral procession in a northern Manila suburb on Saturday for a high school student whose killing a week earlier by anti-drug officers has caused rare public outrage about the country's war on drugs.
Japan Times
WORLD
Aug 19, 2017
Finnish police say they are 'quite certain' they know Turku terrorist attacker's identity
Finnish police raided an apartment in the southwestern city of Turku on Friday evening and said it was "quite certain" it had identified the attacker who killed two people and wounded eight during a stabbing rampage earlier in the day, local media reported.
Japan Times
WORLD
Aug 13, 2017
Charlottesville violence tests Trump's presidential mettle
The real world has begun to intrude upon the presidency of Donald Trump.
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Jul 28, 2017
Chinese man sentenced to death for killing parents and 17 others
A court in China's southwestern Yunnan province sentenced a man to death for killing his parents and 17 other people in a spat last year over money, state media said on Friday.
Tokyo Metro’s overseas efforts begin in earnest with London deal
Tokyo Metro will soon have a role in the running of London's Elizabeth Line, a major train route serving the U.K.’s capital city and environs.
Man charged with murder allegedly made victim date other men for money
A car carrying suspect Ryotaro Masuda, who was indicted for allegedly beating his 25-year-old girlfriend to death, leaves the Shibuya Police Station in Tokyo on Thursday.
Russia fired experimental ballistic missile at Ukraine, Putin says
Ukrainian firefighters work on a spot following an airstrike in Dnipro on Thursday.
Ex-yokozuna Kitanofuji dies at 82
Yokozuna Kitanofuji enters the ring during the May 1970 grand sumo tournament in Tokyo.
The slow-burn success of ‘A Samurai in Time’
A 19th-century warrior gets struck by lightning and wakes to find himself in 21st-century Kyoto in Junichi Yasuda’s surprise hit “A Samurai in Time.”
Shohei Ohtani wins National League MVP award
Shohei Ohtani celebrates after hitting a three-run home run against the Padres during the National League Division Series at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles last month.
The slow-burn success of ‘A Samurai in Time’
A 19th-century warrior gets struck by lightning and wakes to find himself in 21st-century Kyoto in Junichi Yasuda’s surprise hit “A Samurai in Time.”
Around a quarter of Japan married couples in their 20s met through dating apps
A survey released by an organization promoting “Good Couples Day” shows that 24% of couples in their 20s met their marriage partner through a dating app.
'Tokyo Swindlers': Get deep into the minds of real estate con artists
In Ko Shinjo's "Tokyo Swindlers," a group of con artists manipulates real estate giants into falsified deals within the highly competitive, quick market.
Japan, U.K. and Italy discuss inviting more countries to joint fighter project
A new concept model of a next-generation fighter jet to be jointly developed by Japan, Britain and Italy is on display in Farnborough, Hampshire, in July.

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