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Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Dec 6, 2017
Chinese near North Korean border told how to survive a nuclear attack
The official state-run newspaper in northeastern China's city of Jilin, near the border with North Korea, on Wednesday published a page of "common-sense" advice on how readers can protect themselves from a nuclear attack or explosion.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Dec 6, 2017
U.S. flies strategic bomber over Korean Peninsula in show of force against North Korea
The U.S. military sent a B-1B strategic bomber from Guam over the Korean Peninsula on Wednesday for a massive joint exercise with the South Korean Air Force this week, the U.S. Pacific Air Forces said amid heightened tensions with nuclear-armed North Korea.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Dec 6, 2017
Pentagon says it's not looking at moving military families out of South Korea amid rising tensions with North
The Pentagon said Wednesday that it is not currently looking at moving military dependents, spouses and children, from South Korea despite a plea by a prominent U.S. senator to do so amid soaring tensions with North Korea over its nuclear arms and missile programs.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Dec 6, 2017
France's war on waste makes it most food-sustainable country, followed by Japan
A war on food waste in France, where supermarkets are banned from throwing away unsold food and restaurants must provide doggy bags when asked, has helped it secure the top spot in a ranking of countries by their food sustainability.
EDITORIALS
Dec 5, 2017
Craft income tax reforms carefully
The nation's income tax system should be adjusted to adapt to the diversification of the ways in which people now work.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Dec 5, 2017
Let's make 2018 the year of the wage surge
If the Abe administration wants companies to open their wallets, it must disrupt corporate Japan's incrementalism.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics / FOCUS
Dec 5, 2017
Nobel Peace Prize winner's son likens North Korean ICBM to 'a flare signaling the start of negotiations'
The youngest son of former President Kim Dae-jung is one of just a few South Koreans to have met Kim Jong Un. He hopes a second meeting isn't far away.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / FOCUS
Dec 5, 2017
How to tell if North Korea is about to test a nuclear bomb
When North Korea unleashed an earth-shaking nuclear bomb of as much as 250 kilotons on Sept. 3, one man wasn't fazed.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Dec 4, 2017
Leading U.S. senator urges Pentagon to evacuate military families from South Korea as threat of war grows
A top Republican lawmaker has urged the Pentagon to begin moving U.S. military dependents — wives and children — out of South Korea, warning that war with nuclear-armed North Korea is "getting close."
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Dec 4, 2017
South Korea, U.S. kick off largest-ever joint air exercise amid warnings out of Pyongyang
South Korea and the United States launched their largest-ever joint aerial drills on Monday, officials said, a week after North Korea said it had tested its most advanced missile as part of a weapons program that has raised global tensions.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics / FOCUS
Dec 4, 2017
To halt slide to war, Germany bids to reopen North Korea channels
The North Korean Embassy in Berlin is a gray, monolithic office block notable only for the tall surrounding fence, red-star flying from a flagpole in the courtyard — and its prime real-estate location.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Dec 3, 2017
Top White House official says odds of war with North Korea are 'increasing every day'
A top White House official said Saturday that the odds of war breaking out with Pyongyang are moving closer to reality with each day, remarks that came just ahead of joint U.S.-South Korean air force drills — including simulated attacks on mock North Korean nuclear and missile targets.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Dec 3, 2017
North Korea says Trump is 'begging for nuclear war' ahead of massive military exercises
North Korea has said U.S. President Donald Trump is "begging for nuclear war," labeling Washington a "nuclear demon" for the staging of a massive joint aerial military drill with South Korea scheduled to kick off Monday.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Dec 2, 2017
Japan's plan to export arms is lacking ammo
When U.S. President Donald Trump was here last month, he said Japan should be buying more military hardware from America, and seemed to believe it would. Trump's penchant for talking off-the-cuff is well-known, but Japan's reluctance to address the matter forthrightly may have more to do with the fact...
Japan researchers develop a simple way to spot signs of Alzheimer's disease
In 2022, the number of elderly people with dementia in Japan reached 4.43 million, according to data from the health ministry.
Japan to overhaul tax exemption system for foreign visitors
The Ginza shopping district in Tokyo in August
Two dead after fire at Upper House lawmaker Kuniko Inoguchi’s apartment
A fire broke out on the sixth floor of an apartment building where Upper House lawmaker Kuniko Inoguchi resides on Wednesday in Tokyo's Bunkyo Ward.
Real-life ‘Tokyo Swindlers’ ordered to pay ¥1 billion in damages
High-rise buildings in Tokyo. Through faking documents and passports a criminal group conspired to pose as the owner of a real-estate plot and buildings in Tokyo's Shinagawa Ward in 2017, defrauding Sekisui House of ¥5.5 billion.
Real estate worth ¥25 trillion puts Japan companies in spotlight
Elliott Investment Management's stake in Tokyo Gas is centered around getting the utility to sell off its real estate holdings, including Shinjuku Park Tower, which houses the Park Hyatt Hotel Tokyo.
Hiroshi Kurosaki looks beyond Japan for heart-wrenching drama
Hiroshi Kurosaki’s Netflix series “Beyond Goodbye” centers on a woman (Kasumi Arimura, left) who discovers her dead lover’s heart saved the life of a quiet pianist (Kentaro Sakaguchi).
Japan researchers develop a simple way to spot signs of Alzheimer's disease
In 2022, the number of elderly people with dementia in Japan reached 4.43 million, according to data from the health ministry.
‘What Divides Us’ producer honors grandfather’s Hiroshima reportage
“What Divides Us" producer Cannon Hersey says his grandfather, who wrote about the aftermath of nuclear destruction in Hiroshima, never spoke about what he had seen while working with Japanese minister Kiyoshi Tanimoto to preserve the stories of survivors.
DPP’s Tamaki leverages new position with energy proposal
DPP leader Yuichiro Tamaki in Tokyo on Tuesday
Bluesky is booming in Japan — mainly for reasons other than U.S. politics
According to Similarweb, average monthly user numbers for Bluesky on Android in Japan quintupled in the 12 months to October.

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