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U 22 JAPAN

Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Aug 19, 2016
Matsutomo, Takahashi claim Japan's first-ever Olympic badminton gold
Misaki Matsutomo and Ayaka Takahashi claimed Japan's first-ever Olympic badminton gold medal after beating Denmark's Christinna Pedersen and Kamilla Rytter Juhl 2-1 in Thursday's women's doubles final at the Rio Games.
EDITORIALS
Aug 18, 2016
Building stronger ties with Iran
Japan should consider more proactive steps to beef up its relations with Tehran, by building on the bilateral investment treaty signed in February to boost economic ties.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 18, 2016
Philippines accepts first of 10 Japan-funded patrol vessels to beef up coast guard
Manila accepts the first of 10 patrol vessels offered by Japan to improve its maritime capabilities in the face of Beijing's territorial claims in the South China Sea.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / FOCUS
Aug 18, 2016
Governance improves at Japan Inc., but scandals show compliance remains a challenge
It's not rare to see Japanese corporate executives bowing in apology for scandals resulting from weak governance and compliance, and then vowing to prevent a recurrence.
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 17, 2016
North Korea confirms restart of plutonium processing
North Korea confirmed Wednesday it has resumed plutonium production and said it has no plans to stop nuclear tests as long as perceived threats from the United States continue.
Japan Times
JAPAN / ANALYSIS
Aug 17, 2016
Cold War relic or necessary evil? U.S. 'no first use' nuclear proposal stirs divisions in Asia
Nuclear proliferation has been a vexing but important issue for U.S. President Barack Obama during his two terms in office.
JAPAN
Aug 17, 2016
Foreign visitors keep coming despite yen's surge
Foreign visitors surge by more than a quarter from January through July compared with the first half of 2015.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 17, 2016
Tokyo trying to draw attention to mass China ship incursions off Senkakus
Japan lodged a protest Wednesday after China Coast Guard vessels entered Japanese territorial waters around the Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea.
BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 17, 2016
Myanmar bank offers JCB credit cards
A private bank in Myanmar on Tuesday began issuing JCB credit and debit cards, becoming the first in the country to do so.
JAPAN / Politics
Aug 17, 2016
Japan, China, South Korea foreign ministers to meet in Tokyo next week
The three countries agree to a ministerial meeting on Aug. 23 and 24, the first such gathering in Japan in more than five years.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Aug 17, 2016
Japan pushes mighty U.S. team before falling in rout
Japan's women's basketball team pushed the United States before crumbling after halftime on the way to a 110-64 quarterfinal defeat at the Rio Games on Tuesday.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Aug 17, 2016
Japan's Inui, Mitsui win synchronized swimming duet bronze in Rio
Displaying poise, passion and precision, Japan's Yukiko Inui and Risako Mitsui captured the synchronized swimming duet bronze medal, while Russia underlined its dominance of the event with victory in the final at the Rio Olympics on Tuesday.
JAPAN
Aug 17, 2016
Haneda to use new CT machines next year to enhance, speed up security checks
The transport ministry decided Tuesday to introduce cutting-edge computed tomography machines for security checks at Tokyo's Haneda airport in fiscal 2017 on a trial basis to improve baggage inspection accuracy and processing time, ministry officials said.
WORLD
Aug 17, 2016
Japanese youth volunteers arrive in Phnom Penh to coach judo
A group of youth volunteers dispatched to Cambodia by the Japanese government to coach judo arrived in the capital Phnom Penh on Tuesday.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Aug 16, 2016
Matsumoto, Takahashi advance to women's badminton doubles final
Misaki Matsumoto and Ayaka Takahashi put Japan in line for their first medal at the Olympic badminton by defeating South Korea's Jung Kyung-eun and Shin Seung-chan to reach the final of the women's doubles on Tuesday.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Aug 16, 2016
Table tennis star Fukuhara warms Chinese hearts at Olympics
Ai Fukuhara will have the support of a nation when Japan takes on Singapore for the women's table tennis team bronze medal at the Rio Olympics on Tuesday — plus a Chinese public that has taken the 27-year-old to its heart.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Aug 16, 2016
Populism trumping the TPP
Washington's ambitious plan to take on the might of China is dying.
JAPAN
Aug 15, 2016
Chinese newspaper slams Japan over reported Miyako missile plan
Chinese state-run media on Monday slammed a reported plan by Tokyo to develop a new land-to-sea missile and place it on remote southern islands, saying the move would make Japanese military sites there a "target" for Chinese forces.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Aug 14, 2016
North Korea unveils study facility dedicated to anti-Japan, anti-U.S. education
North Korea has built a new facility to increase efforts to educate its people on the "history of aggression" by Japan and the United States.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Entertainment news
Aug 14, 2016
It's true: SMAP to split up at year's end
After a quarter-century run, the Japanese boy band SMAP has decided to call it quits on Dec. 31, its management agency said in a press release Sunday, shocking die-hard fans in Asia and around the world.

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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