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Japan Times
BUSINESS / INSIDER REPORT
Jul 29, 2019
The future of Japan's energy and environmental policies
This is the fifth and final article in a series of reports about Japan's energy policy.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jul 28, 2019
Iran to restart activities at Arak heavy-water nuclear reactor, report cites top official as saying
The head of Iran's Atomic Energy Organization, Ali Akbar Salehi, told lawmakers on Sunday that Iran will restart activities at the Arak heavy-water reactor, the ISNA news agency reported.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jul 26, 2019
North Korea's economy shrinks by most since 1990s famine
North Korea's economy shrank last year by the most since the peak of its 1990s famine, as international sanctions make it harder for Kim Jong Un to feed his people while developing nuclear weapons.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / ANALYSIS
Jul 23, 2019
Kim inspects new submarine in first public display of North Korea's nuclear capabilities since 2017
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un inspected a "newly built submarine" that was to operate in the Sea of Japan, state-run media said Tuesday, in one of the first displays of power related to his country's nuclear capabilities since November 2017.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jul 22, 2019
Iran to execute members of alleged CIA-trained spy network
Iran, locked in a worsening political standoff with Western powers, has handed down death sentences to several nationals accused of being part of a CIA-trained spy network uncovered earlier this year, an official said on Monday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / INSIDER REPORT
Jul 22, 2019
Will there be progress in the switch to a low-carbon society?
This is the fourth in a series of reports on Japan's energy policy.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jul 22, 2019
North Korea's Kim casts vote in local elections with '99.98%' turnout
Under the thin veneer of supposedly free elections, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un cast his ballot Sunday in nationwide polls to choose new deputies to the country's local assemblies, state-run media has reported.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jul 21, 2019
All 23 crew members of seized British-run tanker are safe, Iranian TV says
The crew of the British-flagged Stena Impero tanker seized by Iran's Revolutionary Guards are all safe, the head of the Ports and Maritime Organization of Iran in Hormozgan Province told state TV on Sunday.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jul 21, 2019
Top South Korean official says joint U.S. military exercises to continue despite threat from North
Joint U.S.-South Korean military exercises scheduled for next month are going ahead, a top Seoul official said Saturday, despite a threat by North Korea to boycott working-level talks with Washington and possibly restart nuclear and longer-range missile tests.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jul 21, 2019
Britain calls Gulf ship seizure 'hostile act' as Iran releases video of capture
Britain on Saturday denounced Iran's seizure of a British-flagged oil tanker in the Gulf as a "hostile act" and rejected Tehran's explanation that it seized the vessel because it had been involved in an accident.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 20, 2019
Beach in Fukushima Prefecture reopens for first time since 2011 disasters
Kitaizumi Beach in Minamisoma, Fukushima Prefecture, reopened Saturday after it was closed following the March 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami and subsequent nuclear accident.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jul 20, 2019
Iran says it seized British tanker in Strait of Hormuz and denies U.S. brought down drone
Iran said it had seized a British oil tanker in the Strait of Hormuz on Friday but denied Washington's assertion that the U.S. Navy had downed an Iranian drone nearby this week, as tensions in the Gulf region rose again.
U.S. aircraft carrier returns to Japan carrying navy’s ‘most capable fighter’
U.S. 7th Fleet Commander Vice Adm. Fred Kacher speaks to reporters shortly after the arrival of aircraft carrier USS George Washington at Yokosuka naval base in Kanagawa Prefecture on Friday.
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.
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.
Japan approves ¥21.9 trillion stimulus plan
The policy chiefs of the Democratic Party for the People, Liberal Democratic Party and Komeito — Makoto Hamaguchi (left), Itsunori Onodera (center) and Mitsunari Okamoto — shake hands after reaching an agreement on an economic stimulus package on Wednesday.
Woman dies after train collides with car in Tochigi
A Moka Railway train car
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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