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Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / WHY DID YOU LEAVE JAPAN?
Apr 8, 2017
Shinsuke Fujimoto makes his mark in the Korean film industry
Shinsuke Fujimoto is a rarity in the booming South Korean film industry. Despite having no connections in the local movie scene, the Ishikawa Prefecture native flew to Seoul straight after graduating college and has managed to make a living working on various film sets for over a decade.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / BASEBALL BULLET-IN
Apr 8, 2017
Future high-rise building could provide free views of Jingu Stadium games
It appears some apartment dwellers in Tokyo will soon have a great view of Yakult Swallows games at Meiji Jingu Stadium. A high-rise building is under construction right across the street from the ballpark. It's on the road that runs from the future site of the new National Stadium to the T intersection...
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Apr 4, 2017
Moon, Ahn and a self-described strongman vie to lead South Korea
Five weeks from South Korea's election, it's down to a three-horse race.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Apr 2, 2017
'Chaebol' reform issue tops South Korean presidential race — again
South Korea's family-run conglomerates are facing calls for a shake-up in their governance from a leading candidate in May's presidential election, following the ouster and arrest of former President Park Geun-hye in a burgeoning influence-peddling scandal.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Mar 29, 2017
If arrested, South Korea's Park will be in a larger cell than others, but subject to the same rules
If ousted South Korean President Park Geun-hye is arrested, she will be sent to a solitary cell where she will be expected to rise at 6:30 a.m. and go to bed by 9 p.m.
COMMENTARY / World / SENTAKU MAGAZINE
Mar 28, 2017
Troubling times for South Korean manufacturing
The end of the Samsung era may herald the downfall of a wide range of South Korean manufacturing sectors from shipbuilding to steel and automobiles.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Mar 21, 2017
South Korea's Park apologizes and vows to work with corruption probe
Ousted South Korean President Park Geun-hye apologized to the country on Tuesday as she arrived at prosecutors' offices for questioning as a criminal suspect in a corruption scandal that has gripped the country for months.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Mar 21, 2017
Ousted Park taps 'bullet-proof vest' lawyer, other loyalists for defense
A lawyer known as her "bullet-proof vest" is on former South Korean president Park Geun-hye's legal team. So are two failed candidates for parliament from her ruling party.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / HOOP SCOOP
Mar 18, 2017
Playground legend 'Bone Collector' brings his talent back to Japan
Streetball fanatics revel with delight when rattling off names of legends who competed at New York's famed Rucker Park in the 20th century.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Mar 18, 2017
South Korean prosecutors question SK Group chief in corruption probe
South Korean prosecutors questioned the chairman of the SK Group on Saturday in connection with an influence-peddling scandal that brought down President Park Geun-hye, the latest corporate leader to come under suspicion.
EDITORIALS
Mar 15, 2017
South Korea must now move on
South Korea's next leader faces several daunting challenges.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Mar 14, 2017
South Korea's ex-president hounded over dumped dogs
Seoul AP
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 13, 2017
Seoul gets the impeachment process right
The removal from office of South Korean President Park Geun-hye is a remarkable outcome for a relatively new democracy.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Mar 12, 2017
South Korea's dismissed president exits official residence in disgrace
Disgraced South Korean leader Park Geun-hye left the presidential Blue House on Sunday, two days after a court dismissed her over a corruption scandal, bound for her private home and facing the possibility of prosecution and jail.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Mar 12, 2017
South Korean opposition vows justice as Park prepares Blue House exit
The South Korean politician likely to emerge as the next president promised justice and common sense on Sunday as workers renovated the home of ousted leader Park Geun-hye to prepare for her departure from the presidential Blue House.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Mar 6, 2017
South Korean prosecutor paves way for charges against Park if impeachment upheld
South Korean President Park Geun-hye colluded with a friend to take bribes from Samsung Group aimed at cementing Samsung Chief Jay Y. Lee's control of the conglomerate, the special prosecutor's office said Monday, paving the way for Park to be prosecuted if removed from office.
Japan Times
JAPAN / History / JAPAN TIMES GONE BY
Mar 4, 2017
Japan Times 1942: 'Abolish or continue study of English?'
Because it is spoken by Japan's enemy nations, the English language has fallen into discredit in this country, and there is even an outcry for its abolition.
EDITORIALS
Mar 1, 2017
Doubling down on chaos in Seoul
South Korea needs to get hold of the chaos currently paralyzing its political world.
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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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
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Professional cleaner Hirofumi Sakurai takes a moment to appreciate some photographs in a Gotanda apartment whose occupant died alone.
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