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Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Feb 22, 2019
Space crew unfazed ahead of first launch since Russian rocket failure
Two astronauts who survived a midair rocket failure in October said on Thursday they had received counselling following their brush with death and felt ready to fly again next month.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Feb 21, 2019
U.S. Justice Department expecting to receive Robert Mueller report within days, sources tell CNN
The U.S. Department of Justice may announce as early as next week that special counsel Robert Mueller has given the attorney general his report on the federal Russia investigation, CNN said on Wednesday, citing unnamed sources.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Feb 20, 2019
Trump plans to nominate Jeffrey Rosen as Justice Department No. 2
U.S. President Donald Trump plans to nominate Jeffrey Rosen as the next deputy U.S. attorney general, the White House said Tuesday night, the latest shuffle in the Justice Department at a time when it faces close scrutiny over its Russia investigation.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Feb 20, 2019
Andrew McCabe says 'Gang of Eight' lawmakers didn't object when FBI opened Trump probe
Former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe said congressional leaders — Republicans and Democrats — didn't object when he informed them in 2017 that the bureau was opening a counterintelligence investigation into President Donald Trump.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Feb 18, 2019
'I believe Putin': Trump dismissed U.S. intelligence on North Korean missile threat, ex-top FBI official claims
As North Korea ramped up its nuclear program, building missiles that most experts agree could hit the continental United States, U.S. President Donald Trump told officials that Russian leader Vladimir Putin had reassured him that Pyongyang did not possess such weapons — a claim Trump believed, according...
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Feb 18, 2019
Trump policies unite allies against him at European security forum
In 2009, then U.S. Vice President Joe Biden came to Munich to "press the reset button" with Russia. A decade later he came again to offer the world better relations, this time with his own country.
Japan Times
WORLD
Feb 18, 2019
U.S. cannot back Syrian forces who align with Assad or Russia, U.S. general warns Kurds
The United States will have to sever its military assistance to the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) battling Islamic State if the fighters partner with Syrian President Bashar Assad or Russia, a senior U.S. general said on Sunday.
Japan Times
WORLD / ANALYSIS
Feb 17, 2019
Nuclear fears haunt leaders with U.S.-Russian arms pact's demise
U.S. President Donald Trump's decision to pull out of a landmark arms control treaty with Russia is turning the worst fears of a dangerous weapons race into reality.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Feb 16, 2019
Mueller says searches yielded evidence of Stone-WikiLeaks communications
U.S. Special Counsel Robert Mueller disclosed for the first time Friday that his office has evidence of communications between Roger Stone, a longtime adviser to President Donald Trump, and WikiLeaks related to the release of hacked Democratic Party emails.
Japan Times
WORLD
Feb 16, 2019
U.S. general recommends arming and aiding Syrian fighters after pullout
The United States should keep arming and aiding the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) following the planned U.S. withdrawal from Syria, provided the group keeps up the pressure on Islamic State, a senior U.S. general said Friday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 16, 2019
Air Self-Defense Force jets scrambled as Russian bombers and fighters skirt Japanese coasts
Air Self-Defense Force fighter jets were scrambled to intercept four nuclear-capable Russian Tupolev Tu-95MS strategic bombers and four Sukhoi Su-35S multirole fighter jets flying in two separate formations over the east and west coasts of Japan on Friday, the Defense Ministry said in a statement.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 15, 2019
U.S. spies say China and Russia are getting closer
Beijing and Moscow are teaming up to diminish Washington's global influence, spread tyranny and undermine democracy.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Feb 14, 2019
Trump ex-lawyer Michael Cohen to testify in public hearing: attorney
U.S. President Donald Trump's former lawyer, Michael Cohen, will testify in a public hearing before Congress where he plans to talk about why he decided he could no longer defend the actions of his former boss, Cohen's attorney said on Wednesday.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Feb 14, 2019
Paul Manafort claims he didn't break plea deal with U.S. by lying, challenges Robert Mueller to prove otherwise
Paul Manafort says he didn't lie and special counsel Robert Mueller can't prove he did.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 12, 2019
Europe and the new nuclear arms race
With the likely demise of the Intermediate Range Nuclear Forces Treaty, Europe is entering a potentially dangerous period.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 12, 2019
South America is a battlefield in the new cold war
The Venezuela crisis is a test of Russian and Chinese power in America's backyard.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Feb 12, 2019
Russia and Turkey agree on decisive action in Syria's Idlib, news agency RIA reports
Russia and Turkey agreed on Monday that they needed to take decisive measures to stabilize the situation in Syria's Idlib province after talks between the two country's defense ministers, Russia's RIA news agency reported.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Feb 11, 2019
Democrat Rep. Adam Schiff questions if Robert Mueller is being kept from probing Trump-Deutsche Bank link
The Democratic chairman of the U.S. House Intelligence Committee said on Sunday he was concerned that Special Counsel Robert Mueller may not be investigating President Donald Trump's ties to Deutsche Bank AG .
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Feb 8, 2019
Africa sees nuclear power as answer to continent-wide electrification goal
In a damp office at Addis Ababa University, doctoral student Hailu Geremew fantasizes about working on the nuclear reactor his country is now pondering building.
Taiwan stuns Samurai Japan to capture Premier12 title
Japan starter Shosei Togo reacts after allowing a three-run home run against Taiwan in the fifth inning of the Premier12 final on Sunday.
Woman dies after train collides with car in Tochigi
A Moka Railway train car
Japan beats Taiwan ahead of rematch in Premier12 final
Keita Sano celebrates with his teammates after scoring on Kotaro Kiyomiya's two-run triple against Taiwan during their Premier12 game at Tokyo Dome on Saturday.
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.
'Kohaku' still matters for J-pop bragging rights
Emerging Gen Z J-pop group ME:I will perform on this year's "Kohaku Uta Gassen," national broadcaster NHK’s New Year's Eve spectacle.
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.”

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
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