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Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 10, 2018
Will China have seven aircraft carriers by 2025?
The Chinese Navy's upcoming Type 075 assault ships may deploy fighter jets to better contend pacific naval superiority.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jul 6, 2018
Rescuers weigh 'alternative' routes to save 13 trapped in Thai cave
Rescuers in Thailand are trying to find alternative ways to rescue 12 boys and their soccer coach trapped inside a cave complex for 13 days, as teams brace for heavy rain which could further delay the operation.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jun 15, 2018
Russian navy put on high alert off Ukraine, suspecting 'provocation' amid World Cup: sources
Sources close to the Russian military said on Thursday that Russian naval forces in the Black Sea had been put on heightened alert to discourage Ukraine from trying to disrupt the soccer World Cup as the tournament got underway.
WORLD
Apr 11, 2018
U.S. Navy refocuses on leadership training after deadly collisions in Pacific
After a pair of crashes involving U.S. Navy ships in the Asia-Pacific killed more than a dozen people last year, the Navy's efforts to develop its leaders is receiving renewed attention.
JAPAN / Politics
Mar 5, 2018
MSDF plans to buy tanker to replenish U.S. Navy's White Beach fuel facility in Okinawa
The Maritime Self-Defense Force would likely use the vessel to supply a facility favored by U.S. forces for its proximity to areas increasingly frequented by the Chinese.
EDITORIALS
Aug 28, 2017
The U.S. Seventh Fleet founders
The U.S. must get to the bottom of what lies behind the recent series of accidents involving its navy and address whatever problems exposed in the probe.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 22, 2017
Remains found aboard U.S. warship following collision as navy orders fleetwide probe
The commander of the U.S. Pacific Fleet said some remains of navy sailors were found in a compartment of the USS John McCain on Tuesday, a day after the warship's collision with an oil tanker in Southeast Asian waters left 10 sailors missing.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 18, 2017
Skipper to be relieved of command, sailors face punishment over U.S. warship collision off Japan
The skipper, executive officer and master chief petty officer of the USS Fitzgerald will be relieved of duty over its collision with a freighter south of Tokyo Bay in June.
ASIA PACIFIC
Jul 21, 2017
Top U.S. Navy brass asks Chinese counterpart for help on North Korea
The U.S. Navy's top officer asked his Chinese counterpart to exert influence on North Korea to help rein in its advancing nuclear and missile programs, a U.S. official said on Thursday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 11, 2017
U.S. Navy temporarily relieves commander of warship struck in Japanese waters
The U.S. Navy on Tuesday said it has temporarily relieved, for medical reasons, the commander of a warship involved in a crash with a container vessel in Japanese waters that killed seven American sailors.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jun 26, 2017
U.S. warship stayed on deadly collision course despite warning, container ship captain says
The U.S. warship struck by a container vessel off the Izu Peninsula failed to respond to warning signals or take evasive action before a collision that killed seven of its crew, according to a report of the incident by the Philippine cargo ship's captain.
Japan Times
JAPAN / History
May 9, 2017
Japan's little-known, but significant, role in World War I
In the midst of debates about whether the Self-Defense Forces should be dispatched to the far corners of the globe to assist a military alliance partner, an obscure episode involving the Imperial Japanese Navy a century ago in the Mediterranean Sea offers key lessons for today's politicians, bureaucrats...
Woman dies after train collides with car in Tochigi
A Moka Railway train car
After Shohei Ohtani bump, Iwate ironware maker sees brighter future
Kaito Kikuchi's decision to send superstar Shohei Ohtani one of his company's traditional ironware tea kettles has paid off with a surge of interest from general consumers.
Tokyo police care for lost umbrellas, keys and flying squirrels
An employee at the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department Lost and Found Center in the Iidabashi area of central Tokyo bags, tags and organizes thousands of items.
Japan to aid introduction of multilingual ride-hailing apps
A Nihon Kotsu Co. taxi departs one of the company's service offices in Tokyo.
Seven & I founding family sounded out KKR and others about buyout: report
A 7-Eleven convenience store in Tokyo
Tokyo’s newest three-star chef wants ‘harmony across every detail’
British-born Daniel Calvert earned his third Michelin star last month — a stunning achievement considering his restaurant, Sezanne, has only been open for just over three years.
133-year-old Kyushu railway station remains to be partially preserved
The remains of the original Moji Station in Kitakyushu
After Shohei Ohtani bump, Iwate ironware maker sees brighter future
Kaito Kikuchi's decision to send superstar Shohei Ohtani one of his company's traditional ironware tea kettles has paid off with a surge of interest from general consumers.
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.”

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