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U 22 JAPAN

JAPAN / Politics
Sep 24, 2015
Senior LDP official seeks to warm up bilateral relations with visit to China in late October
Toshihiro Nikai, chairman of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party's General Council, plans to visit China in late October, according to an LDP source.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL
Sep 23, 2015
Japan falls to Iran in Asia championship opener
Japan's first game at the FIBA Asia Championship ended in a 86-48 loss against tournament heavyweight Iran in China on Wednesday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 23, 2015
Startups untapped resource for Japan Inc., says venture capitalist
Venture capitalist Anis Uzzaman has a special affinity for Japan, where he spent five years studying at a university on government scholarships. It's for that reason he is frustrated to see many Japanese firms struggling in global competition.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Sep 22, 2015
Baseball union leader Matsubara dies at 58
Toru Matsubara, who organized Japanese baseball's only players' strike as the secretary general of the players union, died of urinary tract cancer on Sunday. He was 58.
Japan Times
Rugby
Sep 22, 2015
Eddie Jones leaving Japan after RWC to take Stormers job
Any hopes the Japan Rugby Football Union may have had of persuading Eddie Jones to change his mind about leaving Japan after the Rugby World Cup were dashed Monday with the news he had signed what is believed to be a two-year deal to coach the Cape Town-based Super Rugby side Stormers.
BUSINESS / Markets
Sep 22, 2015
Currency intervention goals evolved in 30 years since Plaza Accord deflated dollar
Thirty years after the implementation of the dollar-weakening Plaza Accord, the purpose of joint currency interventions has shifted significantly as enormous global markets have become increasingly resistant to coordinated sovereign influences.
BUSINESS
Sep 22, 2015
Thailand takes delivery of first two Japan-made trains for new Purple Line
Transport authorities in Thailand welcomed the first two trains for the country's new Purple Line on Monday, after they arrived at the port of Laem Chabang from Yokohama.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Sep 21, 2015
Does it matter that Japan got downgraded?
The Japanese sovereign downgrade isn't a meaningful development and markets will ignore it.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Sep 20, 2015
U.S. expects no use of force by Japan under new laws: expert
The United States does not expect the Self-Defense Forces to use force overseas, despite the enactment early Saturday of new security legislation enabling the expansion of their role abroad, according to a Washington-based expert.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel
Sep 19, 2015
Kakunodate town: Looking back on historical charm
Despite the fact that we've arrived on a weekend, the parking lot along Kakunodate's river is relatively empty. From our spot under the shady branches, my friends Felicity and Nori and I haul our convenience-store-purchased picnic up to the edge of the walking path that hugs Hinokinai River. The cherry...
JAPAN / Politics
Sep 19, 2015
Japan's defense shift is hailed, but weaknesses will remain: experts
Passage of security bills satisfies the U.S. desire for Japan to be more of a regional military player, will strengthen defense cooperation with other countries.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL
Sep 19, 2015
Matsui ready to be shooting star
The lack of a presence underneath the basket has been Japanese basketball's everlasting issue. So Kenji Hasegawa, the current men's national team head coach, looks more to his outside players than inside muscle, relying on their perimeter shooting to carry the offense.
Japan Times
CARTOONS / DAHL'S JAPAN
Sep 19, 2015
King Abe's Jester
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Sep 19, 2015
Kishida set to visit Moscow, meet Lavrov for talks
The Russian Foreign Ministry announced Friday that Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida is due to visit Russia starting Sunday for talks with his Russian counterpart, Sergey Lavrov.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Sep 18, 2015
Ruling bloc on verge of enacting security laws
The battle over Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's publicly divisive security bills enters its final phase as the Upper House shrugs off the opposition's latest tricks and prepares to vote.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 18, 2015
Tsunami of 80 cm strikes Japan after Chile quake; alert lifted
Small tsunami up to 80 cm high struck Japan early Friday morning, a day after a powerful earthquake off the coast of central Chile, the Meteorological Agency said.
SOCCER
Sep 17, 2015
JFA to offer Sasaki a contract extension
The Japan Football Association's executive board of directors on Thursday confirmed that Norio Sasaki will continue as head coach of former World Cup winner Nadeshiko Japan.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society
Sep 17, 2015
Foreign Joso flood victims hit out at city's monolingual response
One week after an unprecedented flood overwhelmed the city of Joso in Ibaraki Prefecture, Japanese-Brazilian resident David Kiyoshi Shibata believes it's a miracle he's still alive.
EDITORIALS
Sep 17, 2015
A coup in Canberra
Australia and the region are best served by stable and enduring leadership in Canberra.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Sep 17, 2015
Law schools aren't immune from Campbell's Law
The use of bar passage rates as the basis for determining the amount of subsidies to be given to law schools can fuel unethical behavior.

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