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Japan Times
SOCCER
Dec 14, 2019
Mana Iwabuchi's hat trick propels Japan past China
Mana Iwabuchi led the way with a hat trick as Nadeshiko Japan beat China 3-0 in the EAFF E-1 Women's Football Championship final round on Saturday.
Japan Times
CARTOONS / DAHL'S JAPAN
Dec 14, 2019
Hero Nakamura
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Dec 14, 2019
Masashi Ishibashi, former chairman of defunct Japan Socialist Party, dies at 95
Masashi Ishibashi, who chaired the now-defunct Japan Socialist Party during the 1980s, died in the city of Fukuoka earlier this month. He was 95.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Dec 14, 2019
North Korea conducts another 'crucial test' at long-range rocket site
North Korea announced Saturday that it has conducted "another crucial test" at its Sohae long-range rocket site, claiming that the move will bolster its "reliable strategic nuclear deterrent."
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Dec 14, 2019
Japanese politicians and business community breathe sighs of relief over U.K. Conservatives' election win
The landslide victory by Prime Minister Boris Johnson's Conservative Party means Britain's exit from the European Union will likely be less chaotic than initially feared.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel
Dec 14, 2019
Winding back the years in Yokohama’s Yamate district
One of Japan's '100 Cityscapes,' Yokohama's Yamate district — also known as 'The Bluff' — preserves some of the city's elegant European structures and international heritage.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Dec 14, 2019
U.S. envoy to visit Seoul and Tokyo as deadline looms for stalled North Korea talks
The U.S. special envoy for North Korea will arrive in South Korea on Sunday ahead of a year-end deadline set by Pyongyang for Washington to soften its approach to stalled denuclearization talks, Seoul and Washington said on Friday.
BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 14, 2019
FSA to punish Japan Post group by year-end over inappropriate sales practices
Japan Post Insurance Co. and Japan Post Co. are soon expected to release reports on in-house probes that the financial watchdog will use to assess the managers involved.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Dec 13, 2019
Abe postpones talks with India's Modi due to unrest in Assam over citizenship law
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has postponed a three-day visit to India, the government said Friday, as violent protests continue over a controversial citizenship law in Gauhati, a northeastern Indian city in Assam state where Abe had planned to meet his counterpart, Narendra Modi.
JAPAN / Politics
Dec 13, 2019
Trump picks think tank chief Kenneth Weinstein to be U.S. ambassador to Japan
U.S. President Donald Trump has decided to name Hudson Institute President Kenneth Weinstein as ambassador to Japan, informed sources said Thursday.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Dec 13, 2019
Shikoku court rejects fishermen's appeal over 1954 hydrogen bomb test at Bikini Atoll
The Takamatsu High Court on Thursday upheld a lower court ruling that rejected a claim by former tuna fishermen and bereaved relatives for state compensation over the 1954 U.S. hydrogen bomb tests at Bikini Atoll in the Pacific.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Dec 12, 2019
North Korea says U.S. criticism has helped it make decision on stalled nuclear talks
North Korea took aim at the United States on Thursday for convening a U.N. Security Council meeting, saying the "provocative act" had helped it decide which path to take in deadlocked nuclear talks.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 12, 2019
Japan Display in talks for ¥90 billion injection from private fund
Japan Display Inc. is in talks with private fund Ichigo Asset Management Ltd. about a capital injection of around ¥90 billion that would shore up its ailing finances, sources close to the matter said Thursday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Dec 12, 2019
Japan's farm minister Taku Eto stresses safety of wagyu beef in effort to access Chinese market
Agriculture minister Taku Eto stressed the safety of wagyu beef during a visit with Beijing's top diplomat in Japan to a cutting-edge meat-processing plant with stringent hygiene controls on Wednesday, as Tokyo hopes to resume exports of the Japanese specialty to China at an early date.
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JAPAN / Politics
Dec 12, 2019
Japan-Iran summit being finalized for Dec. 20 as Abe looks to play mediator
Japan and Iran are making final arrangements for their leaders to hold talks on Dec. 20, a source close to bilateral relations said Wednesday.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / How-tos
Dec 12, 2019
Working with the Japanese at a senior level when you're a non-Japanese woman
While stories about mandatory heels and a ban on glasses are making the rounds in the media, the reality of working at a Japanese firm when you're a woman is not as bad as you may think.
Japan Times
SOCCER
Dec 11, 2019
Japan steamrolls Taiwan in 9-0 rout
Mana Iwabuchi, Mina Tanaka and Mayu Ikejiri netted a pair of goals each as Nadeshiko Japan started the EAFF E-1 Women's Football Championship final round with a 9-0 rout of Taiwan on Wednesday.
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COMMENTARY / Japan
Dec 11, 2019
Remembering Nakasone and America’s 1980s Asia policy
The prime minister's leadership proved key to the broader evolution of the Japan-U.S. alliance.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Dec 11, 2019
China to host trilateral leaders' summit with Japan and South Korea on Dec. 24
China will host a trilateral summit with Japan and South Korea on Dec. 24 in the country's southern city of Chengdu, the Chinese Foreign Ministry said Tuesday, with ties between Tokyo and Seoul remaining strained over trade and security issues as well as compensation for wartime forced labor.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society
Dec 11, 2019
Poll shows 1 in 10 in Japan identify as LGBT or other sexual minorities
By sexual orientation, 2.8 percent of those polled said they were bisexual, 1.4 percent said they questioned their sexuality, while 0.9 percent described themselves each as either asexual or gay.
As climate extremes intensify, Japan embraces ancient weather rituals
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.
Accident halts Tokaido Shinkansen services between Hamamatsu and Nagoya
Workers engage in restoration work on the Tokaido Shinkansen Line in Gamagori, Aichi Prefecture, where two maintenance trains had derailed on Monday.
Many summer fireworks festivals in Japan canceled due to complaints
Fireworks during Irumagawa Tanabata Festival in Sayama, Saitama Prefecture in July 2023
Japan bakes as temperatures across the country rise above 35 C
A pedestrian walks past air conditioning units in Tokyo on Saturday.
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.
As climate extremes intensify, Japan embraces ancient weather rituals
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.
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.

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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.
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