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Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Dec 21, 2016
U.N.'s Ban offers strongest hint yet of run at South Korean presidency
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon gave his strongest signal yet on Tuesday that he will seek the South Korean presidency next year as a corruption scandal that reached the highest level of government continues to roil the country.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Dec 21, 2016
South Korea special prosecutors raid National Pension Service office over Park Geun-hye corruption scandal
South Korean investigators raided the office of the National Pension Service, the world's third-largest pension fund, on Wednesday in their probe over a corruption scandal that led to parliament's recent vote to impeach the president.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Dec 19, 2016
Citizens petition Tokyo to save trees amid Ueno Park face-lift
As a planned face-lift for Tokyo's Ueno Park goes forward in preparation for the 2020 Olympics, residents are asking that the government refrain from cutting down decades-old trees.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / ANALYSIS
Dec 18, 2016
South Korea's year of reckoning, from H-bomb test to Park impeachment
It began with a nuclear explosion and ended with a street party where some 800,000 people sang and smiled in the freezing Seoul sunshine to celebrate the impeachment of their president. Even for a country with a modern history as tumultuous as South Korea, 2016 has been an eventful year.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Dec 14, 2016
Tokyo arcade looks to VR to highlight high-end tech, boost business
A Tokyo arcade operator unveiled a new virtual reality facility on Wednesday, aiming to showcase high-end virtual reality in a casual setting and boost shrinking industry profits.
BUSINESS / Economy
Dec 14, 2016
South Korea's youth unemployment rate rises to record high
South Korea's youth unemployment rate rose to a record high in November, following political protests that paralyzed the government and led parliament to vote to impeach the president.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics / ANALYSIS
Dec 14, 2016
As Park Geun-hye is impeached and Donald Trump battles China, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un laughs
If the latest round of sanctions against North Korea put leader Kim Jong Un in a bad mood, political upheavals in two of his biggest adversaries are giving him a reason to smile.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Dec 12, 2016
South Korea PM to be briefed on state affairs following Park impeachment
South Korean Prime Minister Hwang Kyo-ahn will begin getting official briefings from aides of President Park Geun-hye on Monday, having assumed presidential authority in a caretaker role following her impeachment by parliament last week.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Dec 10, 2016
Trilateral talks on shaky ground after Park impeachment
Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga hinted Saturday a pending trilateral summit with Seoul and Beijing was unlikely to be held following the vote to impeach South Korea's president.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Dec 6, 2016
Samsung's Lee in crosshairs as tycoons grilled over Park scandal
Jay Y. Lee, the de-facto head of Samsung Group, became the focus of a public grilling of tycoons in connection with a widening influence-peddling scandal that may cost South Korean President Park Geun-hye her job.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Dec 5, 2016
South Korea's opposition sees just enough votes to impeach Park
South Korea's opposition may have secured just enough votes from President Park Geun-hye's ruling party to impeach her this week, getting a boost from the biggest candlelight protests yet over her influence-peddling scandal.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Dec 4, 2016
Embattled South Korean president turns to her 'Bulletproof Vest'
When South Korean President Park Geun-hye turned to a lawyer known as her "Bulletproof Vest" to defend her in a corruption case that could lead to impeachment and criminal prosecution, she may have had little choice.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 2, 2016
The Park scandal and the fight for Seoul's soul
What is going in South Korea is a clash between a society moving forward and a government creeping backward.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Nov 30, 2016
Park's allies suggest she will resign in April, but opposition will continue impeachment effort
Embattled South Korean President Park Geun-hye may have bought some time in office after offering to resign on Tuesday over an influence-peddling scandal.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics / ANALYSIS
Nov 30, 2016
Park crisis, Trump transition coalesce in perfect storm of uncertainty for Korean Peninsula
Embattled South Korean President Park Geun-hye's surprise move to offer a strings-attached resignation could induce a prolonged leadership crisis just as U.S. President-elect Donald Trump looks to form a national security team capable of reining in an increasingly assertive North Korea.
EDITORIALS
Nov 30, 2016
Another twist in the Park scandal
Even if President Park Geun-hye does step down, the vacuum at the apex of South Korean politics will persist.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Nov 29, 2016
Park departure could shift regional security calculus for Japan
The matter could also impact bilateral relations, including the complete implementation of last year's deal to resolve the issue of Korean “comfort women.”
As ‘Buy Canadian’ grows, more U.S. firms say retailers turning away products
Empty shelves with "Buy Canadian Instead" signs are seen in the American Whiskey section of the BC Liquor in Vancouver, British Columbia, on March 10.
U.S. tourist arrested after bringing a handgun into Japan
Hyogo police believe the handgun a U.S. tourist inadvertently brought into Japan slipped through security procedures at Kansai International Airport in Osaka Prefecture.
Trump unveils 10% global tariff, with Japan levy set at 24%
Trump tosses a MAGA hat to the crowd during an event in which he unveiled new tariffs in the White House on Wednesday.
Meiji says sayonara to bottled milk, a staple of Japan's bathhouses
Meiji bottled milk lined up in a fridge at Kosugiyu, a bathhouse in Tokyo. The sticker urges patrons to enjoy the milk one last time before it’s gone.
Japan promises 'bold and speedy' response to Trump’s surprise 24% tariffs
U.S. President Donald Trump unveils new U.S. tariffs at the White House in Washington on Wednesday.
Haruki Murakami TV adaptation revisits 30 years of watershed moments
Though Haruki Murakami's trademark whiff of offbeat existentialism is threaded throughout NHK's "After the Quake," the final episode — conceived as a sequel to the story "Super-Frog Saves Tokyo" — is the most stylized, featuring an anthropomorphic talking frog (voiced by Non) and his erstwhile associate Katagiri (Koichi Sato).
A new human trafficking trend emerges from Myanmar scam centers
Victims of scam centers who were tricked or trafficked into working in Myanmar gather at a compound inside KK Park, a fraud center on the country's border with Thailand, after a multinational crackdown in February.
Meiji says sayonara to bottled milk, a staple of Japan's bathhouses
Meiji bottled milk lined up in a fridge at Kosugiyu, a bathhouse in Tokyo. The sticker urges patrons to enjoy the milk one last time before it’s gone.
A Canadian made a weekend trip to Costco a Japanese pastime
Under the watchful eye of Ken Theriault, Costco representative director and Japan country manager, the American membership-model wholesaler has flourished in Japan.
On defense, Japan may avoid Trump's worst impulses — for now
Defense Minister Gen Nakatani and U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth chat after reviewing an honor guard during a welcome ceremony at the Defense Ministry in Tokyo on Sunday.

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