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Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jun 29, 2017
Japan Tobacco caught dozing in promising 'heat-not-burn' market
Smoker Takumi Itou is an example of how much Japan Tobacco Inc. needs to catch up, as international rivals gain ground in the battle to offer the next generation of smoking alternatives.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Jun 29, 2017
Japan, China start talks to prevent accidental clashes in East China Sea, disputed isles
Japan and China on Thursday started a two-day senior official consultation in Fukuoka on maritime affairs, where they are expected to discuss ways to avoid unintended clashes in the East China Sea.
JAPAN / Politics
Jun 29, 2017
Japan delays summit with China and South Korea amid Seoul-Beijing THAAD row
Japan will postpone a trilateral summit with China and South Korea due to Beijing's reluctance to take part, diplomatic sources said Thursday. The summit had previously been proposed for late July in Tokyo.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jun 29, 2017
Fiscal 2016 saw Japan's first drop in tax revenue in seven years
The government collected around ¥55.5 trillion ($495 billion) in tax revenue in fiscal 2016, down from ¥56.29 trillion in fiscal 2015, posting the first year-on-year drop in seven years, sources said.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Jun 29, 2017
Abe plans to visit India in September to promote shinkansen technology
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is arranging to visit India in late September to attend a ceremony for a high-speed rail link using Japanese bullet-train technology, government sources said Wednesday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jun 28, 2017
Only one war-displaced Japanese person still living in North Korea: report
North Korea knew of eight war-displaced Japanese people remaining its territory after 2004, but seven of them have already died, a pro-Pyongyang paper said Wednesday.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 28, 2017
China's CNPC suspends fuel sales to North Korea as risks mount, sources say
China National Petroleum Corp. has suspended sales of fuel to North Korea over concerns the state-owned oil company won't get paid, as pressure mounts on Pyongyang to rein in its nuclear and missile programs, three sources told Reuters.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jun 28, 2017
New employees ready to challenge Japan's 'work-first' culture, study shows
Japanese workers devoting themselves to working massively long hours for their employers might be becoming a thing of the past.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jun 28, 2017
Japan helps Myanmar set up 250 revenue-generating postboxes
Myanmar will get help from Japan to replace postboxes in three major cities with new designs that offer advertisement space to reform the nation's aging postal system.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Jun 28, 2017
BOJ keeps snapping up debt, but pace of bond purchases slowing
The Bank of Japan continued its spending spree on government debt, although the pace of increase has slowed dramatically since the introduction of yield-curve control in September 2016.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 28, 2017
U.S. fears Russia could increase support for North Korea to fill void left by China
As the United States pressures China to enforce United Nations sanctions on its ally North Korea, Washington is concerned that Russia could fill any vacuum left by Beijing.
JAPAN
Jun 28, 2017
U.S. downgrades China's human trafficking situation to worst level, praises 'significant efforts' by Japan
The United States on Tuesday listed China as among the worst countries for human trafficking while Japan remained in Tier 2, the second-highest classification on the four-tier list.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 28, 2017
North Korean rocket engine test could be for smallest stage of ICBM
An analysis released Tuesday of recent satellite imagery has confirmed reports that North Korea tested last week what could be the smallest stage of a rocket engine for an intercontinental ballistic missile.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Jun 27, 2017
Rio gold medalist pair Takahashi, Matsutomo to compete in Japan Open
The world's top-ranked doubles team of Ayaka Takahashi and Misaki Matsutomo, who won gold at the 2016 Rio Olympics, will take aim at another Super Series title at the annual Japan Open, which runs from Sept. 19-24 at Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jun 27, 2017
North Korea likens Trump to Hitler, 'America First' to Nazism
Pyongyang has likened U.S. President Donald Trump to Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler, characterizing Trump's "America First" policy as "the American version of Nazism," state media reported Tuesday, as Washington grapples with the North Korean nuclear issue.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan / SENTAKU MAGAZINE
Jun 27, 2017
Vested interests behind dearth of rural doctors
Many younger doctors want to practice medicine in rural areas, but vested interests are preventing them from going.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jun 27, 2017
The ongoing collapse of parliamentary politics
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's actions and behavior are more suited to a patrimonial state than a democracy.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jun 27, 2017
What Japan Inc. should learn from Takata
Now, as Tokyo sorts out the biggest failure in postwar Japanese manufacturing, it's all too possible its political and corporate cultures will learn little from 'Takatagate.'
JAPAN / Politics
Jun 26, 2017
Japan, U.S. to mull quicker missile defense upgrades, deployment of Aegis Ashore
Japan will consider increasing the pace of upgrades to its ballistic missile defense system in cooperation with the United States as the allies race to meet the threat posed by an effective increase in the speed of North Korean missiles, a Japanese government source said.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 26, 2017
North Korea seeks sanctions relief to team with South in 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympic Games
North Korea appears to be specifying the lifting of sanctions imposed on the rogue state as a condition for the formation of a single, combined team representing the two Koreas at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, local media reported Monday.
Tiny Japanese startup is bringing AI dating to the masses
Goki Kusunoki, CEO and co-founder of Samansa, with the company's Loverse app in Tokyo on May 10. The app allows interaction only with generative artificial intelligence.
South Korea's first lady grilled over Dior bag and stock manipulation
South Korean first lady Kim Keon-hee and President Yoon Suk-yeol listen as U.S. President Joe Biden speaks at an official state dinner, during Yoon's visit to Washington at the White House in April last year.
Japan bakes as temperatures across the country rise above 35 C
A pedestrian walks past air conditioning units in Tokyo on Saturday.
Unused stones for Osaka Castle diverted to expo toilet pillars
A number of stone blocks originally intended for the building of Osaka Castle are set to find a new home in the toilet facility of the 2025 Expo in Osaka.
MSDF chopper in crash that left eight dead found on seabed
SH-60K patrol helicopter
Biden drops out of presidential race, endorsing Kamala Harris
U.S. President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris at the White House in Washington on July 4.
Why Japanese researchers are looking to submarine cables for faster tsunami warnings
Lamposts and other signs throughout Hirogawa, Wakayama Prefecture, display warnings, evacuation routes and measurements of height above sea level. The town has been hit by eight tsunami in its recorded history.
Akatsuki Japan believes it can 'surprise the world' in Paris
Mai Yamamoto drives to the basket during an Olympic tune-up game against New Zealand in Tokyo on July 4.
How to prevent and respond to heatstroke in Japan this summer
A passerby holding a parasol wipes her face as she walks on the street amid a heatstroke alert in Tokyo and other prefectures, in Tokyo on July 9.
‘Sniper from Oita’ sets her sights on Paris Olympics target
Misaki Nobata competes at the World University Games in 2023. A hero in her hometown of Oita, Nobata is one of three Japanese shooters who will compete at the upcoming Paris Olympics.

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabuki-cho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabuki-cho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

Longform

Traditional folk rituals like Mizudome-no-mai (dance to stop the rain) provide a sense of agency to a population that feels largely powerless in the face of the climate crisis.
As climate extremes intensify, Japan embraces ancient weather rituals
By Alex K.T. Martin

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