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[
"Naomi Schanen"
] | 2016-08-26T12:59:09 | null | 2016-08-10T18:40:33 | People out and about in the capital talk about their predictions for the Rio games and Tokyo's turn as host city in 2020. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.japantimes.co.jp%2Fcommunity%2F2016%2F08%2F10%2Fvoices%2Fviews-tokyo-hopes-expectations-rio-olympics%2F.json | http://www.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/p8-views-g-20160811.jpg | en | null | Views from Tokyo: What are your hopes and expectations for the Rio Olympics? | null | null | www.japantimes.co.jp | Nischa Janssen
Flight attendant, 35 (American)
I’m looking forward to seeing Michael Phelps win again — he’s an outstanding athlete. With all the circumstances and issues leading up to the Olympics, I’m just hoping everything runs smoothly until the end. My most memorable Olympic moment would have to be the Harding-Ker... | http://www.japantimes.co.jp/community/2016/08/10/voices/views-tokyo-hopes-expectations-rio-olympics/ | en | 2016-08-10T00:00:00 | www.japantimes.co.jp/b309f395561850bf9ab8db19c53badabc94892de48f1eb140fd4fe27260e3d24.json |
[
"Chiho Komoriya"
] | 2016-08-26T13:12:06 | null | 2016-08-20T22:44:09 | Wake up, it's a beautiful morning Waking up to natural sunlight is not just a nice way to wake up, it actually inhibits the release of the hormone melatoni | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.japantimes.co.jp%2Flife%2F2016%2F08%2F20%2Fdigital%2Ftech-ways-deal-everyday-chores%2F.json | http://www.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/p20-komoriya-ontech-a-20160821-870x416.jpg | en | null | Tech ways to deal with everyday chores | null | null | www.japantimes.co.jp | Wake up, it’s a beautiful morning
Waking up to natural sunlight is not just a nice way to wake up, it actually inhibits the release of the hormone melatonin, which keeps you less alert, and helps you get up faster. Forcing yourself out of bed first thing in the morning to open the curtains first, however, is another ma... | http://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2016/08/20/digital/tech-ways-deal-everyday-chores/ | en | 2016-08-20T00:00:00 | www.japantimes.co.jp/5342d8b5a541088fd91f104d7403ea861c11c16fb301b6ca477907465c549041.json |
[] | 2016-08-31T06:50:40 | null | 2016-08-31T13:32:03 | Tim Tebow crushed a batting-practice fastball with a confident left-handed swing, sending it into the trees next to the scoreboard beyond right field. The | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.japantimes.co.jp%2Fsports%2F2016%2F08%2F31%2Fbaseball%2Fmlb%2Ftebow-shows-skills-mlb-workout%2F.json | http://www.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/sp-tebow-a-20160901-870x623.jpg | en | null | Tebow shows skills in MLB workout | null | null | www.japantimes.co.jp | Tim Tebow crushed a batting-practice fastball with a confident left-handed swing, sending it into the trees next to the scoreboard beyond right field.
The Heisman Trophy-winning quarterback only paused an instant to appreciate his shot, and then he went right back to work on the unlikely next chapter in his unique athl... | http://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2016/08/31/baseball/mlb/tebow-shows-skills-mlb-workout/ | en | 2016-08-31T00:00:00 | www.japantimes.co.jp/3b7a0d4cf744f53c4e3205e633f05d8cc84a5f5dc454eb87314ea082e6757e74.json |
[
"Matt Treyvaud"
] | 2016-08-27T14:49:08 | null | 2016-08-27T22:34:01 | The bulk of "Demythologizing Pure Land Buddhism" is a collection of essays by Rijin Yasuda (1900-1982), a Shin Buddhist thinker in the modernizing traditio | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.japantimes.co.jp%2Fculture%2F2016%2F08%2F27%2Fbooks%2Fbook-reviews%2Fdemythologizing-pure-land-buddhism%2F.json | http://www.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/p22-treyvaud-demythologizing-b-20160825.jpg | en | null | Demythologizing Pure Land Buddhism | null | null | www.japantimes.co.jp | The bulk of “Demythologizing Pure Land Buddhism” is a collection of essays by Rijin Yasuda (1900-1982), a Shin Buddhist thinker in the modernizing tradition of Kiyozawa Manshi (1863-1903). Yasuda “taught a conception of Amida and the Pure Land that made them existential realities in the present,” as translator Paul B. ... | http://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2016/08/27/books/book-reviews/demythologizing-pure-land-buddhism/ | en | 2016-08-27T00:00:00 | www.japantimes.co.jp/e40e2e07d4c1a65349937e9b13deb46555e4c6f23e917a7811197800d77f5d2a.json |
[
"Peter Apps"
] | 2016-08-26T13:15:29 | null | 2016-08-26T17:28:51 | In Russia, the U.S. now faces a rival great power that is willing to take the kind of decisive action to alter the course of events in the Middle East that had previously been limited to Western states. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.japantimes.co.jp%2Fopinion%2F2016%2F08%2F26%2Fcommentary%2Fworld-commentary%2Fsyria-russia-u-s-fight-mideast%2F.json | http://www.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/p9-Apps-a-20160827-870x612.jpg | en | null | In Syria, Russia and U.S. fight for the Mideast | null | null | www.japantimes.co.jp | Two years into Washington’s war against the Islamic State group, it may finally be winning. At the same time, however, its influence over events in the broader Middle East seems perhaps terminally in decline.
What happens in the coming months and years in Syria will be key to the future shape of the region. No country ... | http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2016/08/26/commentary/world-commentary/syria-russia-u-s-fight-mideast/ | en | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | www.japantimes.co.jp/a674e5f3eb8dd275a259cd0a7ac2e2354f8d4f5fb37d369bf095c4cef73fb16e.json |
[
"Mark Schilling"
] | 2016-08-31T10:50:57 | null | 2016-08-31T18:06:53 | Japanese animators have good reason to hate the label "new Miyazaki," meaning successor to animation genius Hayao Miyazaki, who retired from feature filmma | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.japantimes.co.jp%2Fculture%2F2016%2F08%2F31%2Ffilms%2Ffilm-reviews%2Fname-makoto-shinkai-next-big-name-anime%2F.json | http://www.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/p11-schilling-your-a-20160901-870x580.jpg | en | null | 'Your Name.': Makoto Shinkai could be the next big name in anime | null | null | www.japantimes.co.jp | Japanese animators have good reason to hate the label “new Miyazaki,” meaning successor to animation genius Hayao Miyazaki, who retired from feature filmmaking in 2013. First, it saddles them with fan expectations that their films will resemble — or imitate — the master’s. Second, their box-office figures are compared ... | http://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2016/08/31/films/film-reviews/name-makoto-shinkai-next-big-name-anime/ | en | 2016-08-31T00:00:00 | www.japantimes.co.jp/4bbb837557bad5a53ca517cea891f74b031c046f235640d057efbbae2819a652.json |
[] | 2016-08-30T10:50:24 | null | 2016-08-30T13:23:06 | When her mother passed away, a 59-year-old single woman was struck with a sense of absolute loneliness. "There were times when I didn't speak to anyone on | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.japantimes.co.jp%2Fnews%2F2016%2F08%2F30%2Fnational%2Fsocial-issues%2Fcollective-homes-solution-japan-dont-want-live-alone%2F.json | http://www.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/n-sharehouse-a-20160831-870x575.jpg | en | null | Collective homes a solution for those in Japan who don't want to live alone | null | null | www.japantimes.co.jp | When her mother passed away, a 59-year-old single woman was struck with a sense of absolute loneliness.
“There were times when I didn’t speak to anyone on weekends, and I felt a sense of crisis, thinking I shouldn’t live on like this,” said the woman, a Japanese language teacher who asked not to be named.
She moved in ... | http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2016/08/30/national/social-issues/collective-homes-solution-japan-dont-want-live-alone/ | en | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | www.japantimes.co.jp/889624dd5249020011c915e05c96c65bc46d8069d388bd5be9927593d63e0382.json |
[] | 2016-08-26T13:16:34 | null | 2016-08-24T18:06:41 | A recent spate of defections suggests that some North Korean elites are losing faith in the country's future under Kim Jong Un. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.japantimes.co.jp%2Fopinion%2F2016%2F08%2F24%2Feditorials%2Frising-tide-n-korean-defections%2F.json | http://www.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/themes/jt_theme/library/img/logo-japan-times_square.png | en | null | Rising tide of North Korean defections | null | null | www.japantimes.co.jp | It was revealed last week that Thae Yong Ho, deputy ambassador of the North Korean Embassy in the United Kingdom, has defected. He is the most senior North Korean diplomatic official to ever defect from the North to the South. Thae is the most recent in a number of defections, prompting speculation that Pyongyang is gr... | http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2016/08/24/editorials/rising-tide-n-korean-defections/ | en | 2016-08-24T00:00:00 | www.japantimes.co.jp/47a69482101baa21fa0f0c72cbd2a1bc5ae663ed08bdbd7d1a1b2d7b15522983.json |
[
"Mac Margolis"
] | 2016-08-30T10:50:52 | null | 2016-08-30T18:54:04 | It's a measure of the parlous mood in Latin America's most conflicted nation that the fate of the Colombian peace process is still anyone's guess. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.japantimes.co.jp%2Fopinion%2F2016%2F08%2F30%2Fcommentary%2Fworld-commentary%2Fnow-colombians-must-decide-nations-fate%2F.json | http://www.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/p10-margolis-a-20160831-870x465.jpg | en | null | Now Colombians must decide their nation's fate | null | null | www.japantimes.co.jp | In the coming weeks, Colombians will be asked to cast a vote like none other in the country’s history. The sole question on the ballot will be whether Latin America’s third most populous nation should ratify a historic peace agreement to end the longest-running guerrilla insurgency in the Western Hemisphere.
It seems l... | http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2016/08/30/commentary/world-commentary/now-colombians-must-decide-nations-fate/ | en | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | www.japantimes.co.jp/843b1becbf1577a1a3a5ecc43d8d94d61dc58c8ce7c50feef2e5cfb420b541bc.json |
[] | 2016-08-26T13:12:29 | null | 2016-08-26T17:38:47 | Two-time defending champion Petra Kvitova needed just an hour Thursday to beat Ekaterina Makarova 6-3, 6-1 and move into the semifinals of the Connecticut | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.japantimes.co.jp%2Fsports%2F2016%2F08%2F26%2Fmore-sports%2Ftennis%2Fkvitova-radwanska-advance-new-haven%2F.json | http://www.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/sp-tennis-a-20160827.jpg | en | null | Kvitova, Radwanska advance in New Haven | null | null | www.japantimes.co.jp | Two-time defending champion Petra Kvitova needed just an hour Thursday to beat Ekaterina Makarova 6-3, 6-1 and move into the semifinals of the Connecticut Open, despite suffering from a cold.
Looking to join Venus Williams and Caroline Wozniacki as a four-time winner in the tournament, Kvitova overpowered the Olympic d... | http://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2016/08/26/more-sports/tennis/kvitova-radwanska-advance-new-haven/ | en | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | www.japantimes.co.jp/5a073098bb4126c8e7a8ce80ae314172538eb0d9d1aa2c990194d522b0f661d3.json |
[
"Cesar Chelala"
] | 2016-08-29T10:50:28 | null | 2016-08-29T19:06:43 | Insisting on maintaining a facility that has only brought shame and embarrassment to the U.S. is wrong. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.japantimes.co.jp%2Fopinion%2F2016%2F08%2F29%2Fcommentary%2Fworld-commentary%2Fguantanamo-remains-stain-u-s-policy%2F.json | http://www.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/p9-chelala-a-20160830-870x605.jpg | en | null | Guantanamo remains a stain on U.S. policy | null | null | www.japantimes.co.jp | The U.S. government’s recent decision to send 15 Guantanamo Bay detainees to the United Arab Emirates is the largest and most recent detainee transfer under President Barack Obama. The transfer, however, doesn’t hide the fact that Guantanamo (“Gitmo”) remains a stain on the reputation of the United States.
Gitmo was op... | http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2016/08/29/commentary/world-commentary/guantanamo-remains-stain-u-s-policy/ | en | 2016-08-29T00:00:00 | www.japantimes.co.jp/72d9f423fe728b23c3f02fb6bd6854ed58c48826fffc56d781e37013246784b6.json |
[
"Eric Johnston"
] | 2016-08-29T08:49:52 | null | 2016-08-29T16:35:40 | Last month it was revealed that a Bangladeshi former associate professor at Kyoto's Ritsumeikan University was wanted by police for his suspected involveme | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.japantimes.co.jp%2Fnews%2F2016%2F08%2F29%2Freference%2Fterror-financing-laws-limited-burden-proof%2F.json | http://www.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/n-fyi-a-20160830-870x529.jpg | en | null | Terror financing laws limited by burden of proof | null | null | www.japantimes.co.jp | Last month it was revealed that a Bangladeshi former associate professor at Kyoto’s Ritsumeikan University was wanted by police for his suspected involvement in the Dhaka terrorist attack that killed 20 people in a cafe, including seven Japanese. Mohammad Saifullah Ozaki had been teaching business administration but di... | http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2016/08/29/reference/terror-financing-laws-limited-burden-proof/ | en | 2016-08-29T00:00:00 | www.japantimes.co.jp/654db30945855876516fcef98c20c38eb2219695a72de181745c660e44c42293.json |
[
"Jesse Johnson"
] | 2016-08-29T08:49:56 | null | 2016-08-29T15:29:23 | Lawmakers from South Korea's ruling Saenuri Party have said the country should weigh building nuclear-powered submarines as Pyongyang makes progress in its | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.japantimes.co.jp%2Fnews%2F2016%2F08%2F29%2Fasia-pacific%2Fsouth-korean-lawmakers-call-nuclear-subs-face-growing-missile-threat-north%2F.json | http://www.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/f-sknukesubs-a-20160830-870x572.jpg | en | null | South Korean lawmakers call for nuclear subs in face of growing missile threat from North | null | null | www.japantimes.co.jp | Lawmakers from South Korea’s ruling Saenuri Party have said the country should weigh building nuclear-powered submarines as Pyongyang makes progress in its atomic weapons program.
North Korea on Wednesday lofted a submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM) 500 km toward Japan — a distance analysts said highlighted wea... | http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2016/08/29/asia-pacific/south-korean-lawmakers-call-nuclear-subs-face-growing-missile-threat-north/ | en | 2016-08-29T00:00:00 | www.japantimes.co.jp/0bf1495cb1ee16a8b160102d3f9e63b8cbb1563f9098e87882a42fbe82239e5e.json |
[] | 2016-08-29T14:50:01 | null | 2016-08-29T13:31:53 | Republicans and Democrats sparred Sunday over whether Hillary Clinton crossed ethical lines during her tenure as secretary of state by talking with people | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.japantimes.co.jp%2Fnews%2F2016%2F08%2F29%2Fworld%2Fpolitics-diplomacy-world%2Fpoliticos-spar-over-ethics-surrounding-clinton-foundation%2F.json | http://www.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/f-clintonfoundation-a-20160830-870x637.jpg | en | null | Politicos spar over ethics surrounding Clinton Foundation | null | null | www.japantimes.co.jp | Republicans and Democrats sparred Sunday over whether Hillary Clinton crossed ethical lines during her tenure as secretary of state by talking with people outside the government who had contributed to her family’s philanthropy foundation.
Donna Brazile, the interim head of the Democratic National Committee, said it is ... | http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2016/08/29/world/politics-diplomacy-world/politicos-spar-over-ethics-surrounding-clinton-foundation/ | en | 2016-08-29T00:00:00 | www.japantimes.co.jp/9f949273b1156500aae1fe555693921a431973e4a117f55e1b42614baca8d264.json |
[] | 2016-08-28T12:49:37 | null | 2016-08-28T19:33:27 | Ryo Ishikawa, who has struggled with lower back issues this year, captured the JGTO tour's Rizap KBC Augusta on Sunday by five strokes for his first win of | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.japantimes.co.jp%2Fsports%2F2016%2F08%2F28%2Fmore-sports%2Fgolf%2Fishikawa-wins-domestic-tour%2F.json | http://www.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/sp-jgolf-a-20160829-870x1231.jpg | en | null | Ishikawa wins on domestic tour | null | null | www.japantimes.co.jp | Ryo Ishikawa, who has struggled with lower back issues this year, captured the JGTO tour’s Rizap KBC Augusta on Sunday by five strokes for his first win of the season.
On a day when play was suspended for nearly three hours due to approaching thunder storms, Ishikawa closed with a 3-under-par 69 at the par-72 Keya Golf... | http://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2016/08/28/more-sports/golf/ishikawa-wins-domestic-tour/ | en | 2016-08-28T00:00:00 | www.japantimes.co.jp/c167bd050ae5621b4e12223a1ab58ad8bf7f3f52c6e4a59e78da3105799db64f.json |
[] | 2016-08-31T10:50:44 | null | 2016-08-31T16:32:46 | North Korea has executed a vice premier for showing disrespect during a meeting presided over by leader Kim Jong Un, and banished two other officials for r | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.japantimes.co.jp%2Fnews%2F2016%2F08%2F31%2Fasia-pacific%2Fseoul-says-top-north-korean-official-executed%2F.json | http://www.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/f-nkexec-a-20160901-870x524.jpg | en | null | Seoul says top North Korean official executed for 'showing disrespect' to Kim | null | null | www.japantimes.co.jp | North Korea has executed a vice premier for showing disrespect during a meeting presided over by leader Kim Jong Un, and banished two other officials for re-education, South Korea said Wednesday.
If confirmed, they would be the latest in a series of killings, purges and dismissals carried out since North Korean leader ... | http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2016/08/31/asia-pacific/seoul-says-top-north-korean-official-executed/ | en | 2016-08-31T00:00:00 | www.japantimes.co.jp/6fa870dd596ced5de54c2309a7f98e57c691ae98cbc1c57c739ba7160d3cac7a.json |
[] | 2016-08-31T04:50:35 | null | 2016-08-31T12:08:34 | Nine bodies were recovered Wednesday after the Omoto River burst its banks and flooded a nursing home in the town of Iwaizumi, Iwate Prefecture, police sai | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.japantimes.co.jp%2Fnews%2F2016%2F08%2F31%2Fnational%2Fleast-10-dead-japan-typhoon-lionrock-flooded-nursing-home-caused-damage%2F.json | http://www.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/n-typhoon-a-20160901-870x1056.jpg | en | null | At least 10 dead in Japan after Typhoon Lionrock flooded nursing home, caused other damage | null | null | www.japantimes.co.jp | Nine bodies were recovered Wednesday after the Omoto River burst its banks and flooded a nursing home in the town of Iwaizumi, Iwate Prefecture, police said.
Broadcaster NHK showed a rescue helicopter landing on the facility’s roof as tree trunks and mud lay piled up around the building.
A body was also found lying amo... | http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2016/08/31/national/least-10-dead-japan-typhoon-lionrock-flooded-nursing-home-caused-damage/ | en | 2016-08-31T00:00:00 | www.japantimes.co.jp/4a2d9a63b6e4fe203ec94cfad3770ff3469824d9f059fb0b6f776b28c14c7589.json |
[] | 2016-08-31T02:50:33 | null | 2016-08-31T08:10:24 | Is Donald Trump softening his hard-line immigration stance to a "fair and humane" policy ahead of November's presidential election? Or is he still intent o | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.japantimes.co.jp%2Fnews%2F2016%2F08%2F31%2Fworld%2Fpolitics-diplomacy-world%2Ftrump-jr-says-donald-not-softening-immigration-just-wait-arizona-speech%2F.json | http://www.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/f-trumpjr-a-20160901-870x580.jpg | en | null | Trump Jr. says Donald not 'softening' on immigration, just wait for Arizona speech | null | null | www.japantimes.co.jp | Is Donald Trump softening his hard-line immigration stance to a “fair and humane” policy ahead of November’s presidential election? Or is he still intent on deporting millions who entered the United States illegally?
The picture has been fuzzy for weeks, with the Republican flag-bearer appearing to shift his positionin... | http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2016/08/31/world/politics-diplomacy-world/trump-jr-says-donald-not-softening-immigration-just-wait-arizona-speech/ | en | 2016-08-31T00:00:00 | www.japantimes.co.jp/55f08b4739150c1060f48dd15961181011961ee933224c21261123128f50bc62.json |
[] | 2016-08-29T10:50:01 | null | 2016-08-29T17:37:25 | Nonprofit groups are ramping up efforts to help students who feel driven into a corner as suicide rates tend to spike around the end of the summer holidays | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.japantimes.co.jp%2Fnews%2F2016%2F08%2F29%2Fnational%2Fsocial-issues%2Fnonprofits-step-help-school-shy-students-time-suicide-numbers-rise%2F.json | http://www.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/n-kidshelter-a-20160830-870x580.jpg | en | null | Nonprofits step up help for school-shy students at time when suicide numbers rise | null | null | www.japantimes.co.jp | Nonprofit groups are ramping up efforts to help students who feel driven into a corner as suicide rates tend to spike around the end of the summer holidays.
The groups are offering a range of services such as free consultations and help in finding a temporary alternative school, targeting those students who are relucta... | http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2016/08/29/national/social-issues/nonprofits-step-help-school-shy-students-time-suicide-numbers-rise/ | en | 2016-08-29T00:00:00 | www.japantimes.co.jp/dbca7d65f3b824beb6bb5dc9d583d44214b4943595e1af460b52a4d391f51dad.json |
[] | 2016-08-29T04:49:43 | null | 2016-08-29T12:33:06 | A body believed to be that of a missing 7-year-old girl who vanished Saturday was found floating in a river in the village of Otari, Nagano Prefecture, Mon | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.japantimes.co.jp%2Fnews%2F2016%2F08%2F29%2Fnational%2Fgirl-7-disappears-near-grandparents-home-nagano-mountains%2F.json | http://www.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/n-missing-a-20160830.jpg | en | null | Body believed to be of missing Nagano girl, 7, found floating in river | null | null | www.japantimes.co.jp | A body believed to be that of a missing 7-year-old girl who vanished Saturday was found floating in a river in the village of Otari, Nagano Prefecture, Monday morning, authorities said.
Police were working to confirm the identity of the body.
Seven-year-old Rina Machida, who had been staying at her grandparents’ home i... | http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2016/08/29/national/girl-7-disappears-near-grandparents-home-nagano-mountains/ | en | 2016-08-29T00:00:00 | www.japantimes.co.jp/dd6354326663de17dcb25c34f82b5f80b88fdb8041689e8ac5cd20de34ba6dac.json |
[
"Amy Chavez"
] | 2016-08-28T10:49:34 | null | 2016-08-28T17:59:13 | Sexism is one of the scourges of the nation. Fortunately, it's a problem that can be tackled through education. So why isn't anyone doing this? | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.japantimes.co.jp%2Fcommunity%2F2016%2F08%2F28%2Four-lives%2Fjapans-men-women-must-stand-together-scourge-sexism%2F.json | http://www.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/p9-chav-a-20160829-870x1045.jpg | en | null | Japan's men and women must stand together against the scourge of sexism | null | null | www.japantimes.co.jp | Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s “womenomics” program, which aims to put more females in managerial positions in companies across the archipelago, ignores the most fundamental issue preventing women from being promoted within the workplace: sexism. Just encouraging companies to promote women isn’t going to fix this problem.... | http://www.japantimes.co.jp/community/2016/08/28/our-lives/japans-men-women-must-stand-together-scourge-sexism/ | en | 2016-08-28T00:00:00 | www.japantimes.co.jp/389c8ea6f47b7b14b60fc6398543b36f2e9d564c0ee29aaca9a8e8b823af99af.json |
[] | 2016-08-26T13:04:06 | null | 2016-08-26T08:28:48 | Brazilian police charged American swimmer Ryan Lochte on Thursday with filing a false robbery report over an incident during the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.japantimes.co.jp%2Fsports%2F2016%2F08%2F26%2Folympics%2Fsummer-olympics%2Frio-cops-charge-lochte-absentia-false-robbery-report%2F.json | http://www.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/sp-lochte-a-20160827-870x494.jpg | en | null | Rio cops charge Lochte in absentia with false robbery report | null | null | www.japantimes.co.jp | Brazilian police charged American swimmer Ryan Lochte on Thursday with filing a false robbery report over an incident during the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.
A police statement said Lochte would be informed in the United States so he could decide whether to introduce a defense in Brazil.
The indictment will also be sent... | http://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2016/08/26/olympics/summer-olympics/rio-cops-charge-lochte-absentia-false-robbery-report/ | en | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | www.japantimes.co.jp/7f8a01ea9501cde602398e68a951ff020ce3bf5666351cc37ee6d243ae58a4f6.json |
[] | 2016-08-27T04:48:46 | null | 2016-08-27T13:17:10 | The U.N. Security Council strongly condemned four North Korean ballistic missile launches in July and August on Friday night, calling them "grave violation | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.japantimes.co.jp%2Fnews%2F2016%2F08%2F27%2Fasia-pacific%2Fu-n-security-council-condemns-north-korean-missile-launches-vows-fresh-measures%2F.json | http://www.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/f-unnk-a-20160828-870x580.jpg | en | null | U.N. Security Council condemns North Korean missile launches, vows fresh measures | null | null | www.japantimes.co.jp | The U.N. Security Council strongly condemned four North Korean ballistic missile launches in July and August on Friday night, calling them “grave violations” of a ban on all ballistic missile activity.
A press statement approved by all 15 members deplored the fact that the North’s ballistic missile activities are contr... | http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2016/08/27/asia-pacific/u-n-security-council-condemns-north-korean-missile-launches-vows-fresh-measures/ | en | 2016-08-27T00:00:00 | www.japantimes.co.jp/c293bdf2cf8a441efeef4a675d96ba06fb321c89f865d19e42ad6c092a6c9461.json |
[
"Makiko Itoh"
] | 2016-08-26T13:15:05 | null | 2016-08-19T17:17:32 | The heat and humidity of August doesn't help a waning appetite. Spicy food does, though, and in Japan "spicy" means curry. The most popular form of curry i | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.japantimes.co.jp%2Flife%2F2016%2F08%2F19%2Ffood%2Fbeat-heat-help-spicy-japanese-staple%2F.json | http://www.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/p10-itoh-food-z-20160820-870x624.jpg | en | null | Beat the heat with help from a spicy Japanese staple | null | null | www.japantimes.co.jp | The heat and humidity of August doesn’t help a waning appetite. Spicy food does, though, and in Japan “spicy” means curry.
The most popular form of curry in Japan is karē raisu, a dish that’s known around the world as Japanese curry — a thick curry-spiced stew served over steamed rice. Personally, I don’t like to make ... | http://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2016/08/19/food/beat-heat-help-spicy-japanese-staple/ | en | 2016-08-19T00:00:00 | www.japantimes.co.jp/bde143f3c43ddcd034948993a6aded897bb81d53327808959367be36184062a8.json |
[
"James Pearson",
"Ju-Min Park"
] | 2016-08-31T08:50:45 | null | 2016-08-31T15:11:16 | North Korea has made considerable progress this year on weapons technology, including testing a submarine-launched missile for the first time, but it is st | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.japantimes.co.jp%2Fnews%2F2016%2F08%2F31%2Fasia-pacific%2Fnorth-korea-makes-progress-missiles-no-evidence-nuclear-warhead-yet%2F.json | http://www.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/f-nkanalysis-a-20160901-870x554.jpg | en | null | North Korea makes progress on missiles, but no evidence of nuclear warhead yet | null | null | www.japantimes.co.jp | North Korea has made considerable progress this year on weapons technology, including testing a submarine-launched missile for the first time, but it is still not clear if the isolated nation has developed a nuclear warhead.
It also does not yet have a fleet of submarines that can launch the newly developed missile.
Ne... | http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2016/08/31/asia-pacific/north-korea-makes-progress-missiles-no-evidence-nuclear-warhead-yet/ | en | 2016-08-31T00:00:00 | www.japantimes.co.jp/14217f12f11f8eb837479d70263f3c99500eabab9b06e7ba33360ab563155e7c.json |
[] | 2016-08-29T10:50:00 | null | 2016-08-29T14:16:12 | Republican U.S. presidential candidate Donald Trump announced he'll be making a speech on illegal immigration on Wednesday in Arizona, after a week of spec | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.japantimes.co.jp%2Fnews%2F2016%2F08%2F29%2Fworld%2Fpolitics-diplomacy-world%2Ftrump-tweets-plan-speak-illegal-immigration-team-vows-fair-humane-approach-skips-details%2F.json | http://www.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/f-trumpimmig-a-20160830-870x580.jpg | en | null | Trump set for major speech on illegal immigration, as shifting stance makes life tough for surrogates | null | null | www.japantimes.co.jp | Republican U.S. presidential candidate Donald Trump announced he’ll be making a speech on illegal immigration on Wednesday in Arizona, after a week of speculation that he might be softening his hard-line promise to deport 11 million people living in the United States illegally.
The speech announcement, posted in a twee... | http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2016/08/29/world/politics-diplomacy-world/trump-tweets-plan-speak-illegal-immigration-team-vows-fair-humane-approach-skips-details/ | en | 2016-08-29T00:00:00 | www.japantimes.co.jp/80aa91c15e41a78fff6f030f576c3b588bec028121fac96c9ba5d556cb5fb50d.json |
[
"Debito Arudou"
] | 2016-08-26T13:12:50 | null | 2016-07-31T19:15:15 | Nobody here on the Community page has weighed in on Japan's Upper House election last July 10, so JBC will have a go. The conclusion first: Prime Minister | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.japantimes.co.jp%2Fcommunity%2F2016%2F07%2F31%2Fissues%2Fabe-will-always-constitution%2F.json | http://www.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/p11-debito-justbecause-a-20160801-870x603.jpg | en | null | For Abe, it will always be about the Constitution | null | null | www.japantimes.co.jp | Nobody here on the Community page has weighed in on Japan’s Upper House election last July 10, so JBC will have a go.
The conclusion first: Prime Minister Shinzo Abe scored a hat trick this election, and it reaffirmed his mandate to do whatever he likes. And you’re probably not going to like what that is.
Of those thre... | http://www.japantimes.co.jp/community/2016/07/31/issues/abe-will-always-constitution/ | en | 2016-07-31T00:00:00 | www.japantimes.co.jp/090e191909c7022c5aaac3fa426fce3d33260dcf94e6c0f8e65f152a0f79eca0.json |
[
"John L. Tran"
] | 2016-08-27T14:49:05 | null | 2016-08-27T22:46:35 | The printed page is not dead. Sure, many of its mainstream forms need a lie-down, and probably should be thinking about taking early retirement, but as tex | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.japantimes.co.jp%2Fculture%2F2016%2F08%2F27%2Fbooks%2Fsays-printed-books-shelf-life%2F.json | http://www.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/p20-tran-bookfair-a-20160828-870x580.jpg | en | null | Who says printed books have a shelf life? | null | null | www.japantimes.co.jp | The printed page is not dead. Sure, many of its mainstream forms need a lie-down, and probably should be thinking about taking early retirement, but as text and images are being increasingly viewed in the same way — pristinely flat with glassy surfaces and shrunk to fit the size of the smartphone — there is still healt... | http://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2016/08/27/books/says-printed-books-shelf-life/ | en | 2016-08-27T00:00:00 | www.japantimes.co.jp/032e02313128eee0a73ed9cafc47e69e85ee64df867b146d34ed07f5662e3b93.json |
[] | 2016-08-26T13:11:26 | null | 2016-08-07T19:18:53 | Weighing less than most cats, Parasol belongs to the breed of dog that was long popular in the houses of Japanese nobility. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.japantimes.co.jp%2Fcommunity%2F2016%2F08%2F07%2Four-lives%2Ffine-day-stroll-japanese-chin-cross-named-parasol%2F.json | http://www.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/p11-ark-a-20160808-870x1311.jpg | en | null | Fine day for a stroll: a Japanese Chin cross named Parasol | null | null | www.japantimes.co.jp | Parasol is a 3-year-old Japanese Chin cross who lost her home when her owner fell into financial difficulties. A petite 3.4 kg, which is less than most cats, Parasol belongs to the breed of dog that was long popular in the houses of Japanese nobility. Pretty but quite pale, she would do well to avoid long days at the b... | http://www.japantimes.co.jp/community/2016/08/07/our-lives/fine-day-stroll-japanese-chin-cross-named-parasol/ | en | 2016-08-07T00:00:00 | www.japantimes.co.jp/68c507b7b0377e710dec505e9797ab198d1a85baed58292e0989826879b5a999.json |
[
"Robbie Swinnerton"
] | 2016-08-26T13:14:45 | null | 2016-08-19T18:51:00 | It's a long way from Tokyo to the balmy, subtropical Ryukyu Islands — approximately 1,500 kilometers as the crow (or plane) flies. But Japan's southernmost | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.japantimes.co.jp%2Flife%2F2016%2F08%2F19%2Ffood%2Ftinsagu-nu-hana-serves-melodic-mix-okinawan-cuisine%2F.json | http://www.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/p10-swinnerton-tinsagu-a-20160820-870x679.jpg | en | null | Tinsagu nu Hana serves up a melodic mix of Okinawan cuisine | null | null | www.japantimes.co.jp | It’s a long way from Tokyo to the balmy, subtropical Ryukyu Islands — approximately 1,500 kilometers as the crow (or plane) flies. But Japan’s southernmost prefecture feels a whole lot closer when you’re out in the residential suburbs of Suginami Ward. At least it does when you’re sitting in Tinsagu nu Hana, at the hea... | http://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2016/08/19/food/tinsagu-nu-hana-serves-melodic-mix-okinawan-cuisine/ | en | 2016-08-19T00:00:00 | www.japantimes.co.jp/d86c5515074280a669ca578998aac1efd8104f173430a37cd6de5275ddf05c53.json |
[] | 2016-08-26T13:08:55 | null | 2016-08-26T14:10:37 | More than 20 percent of workers have seen discriminatory acts against LGBT people in the workplace, according to a survey by the Japanese Trade Union Confe | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.japantimes.co.jp%2Fnews%2F2016%2F08%2F26%2Fnational%2Frengo-poll-finds-20-1000-respondents-know-workplace-harassment-lgbt-people%2F.json | http://www.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/themes/jt_theme/library/img/logo-japan-times_square.png | en | null | Rengo poll finds 20% of respondents know of workplace LGBT harassment | null | null | www.japantimes.co.jp | More than 20 percent of workers have seen discriminatory acts against LGBT people in the workplace, according to a survey by the Japanese Trade Union Confederation (Rengo).
Released Thursday, the survey was Rengo’s first of its kind. It was conducted online on 1,000 male and female company employees between the ages of... | http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2016/08/26/national/rengo-poll-finds-20-1000-respondents-know-workplace-harassment-lgbt-people/ | en | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | www.japantimes.co.jp/258aded51b07c915a87f670a69654d982a62b88bdbd8270b86f3167147c0dce0.json |
[] | 2016-08-26T13:08:19 | null | 2016-08-26T15:26:13 | The White House says President Barack Obama will expand a national monument off the coast of Hawaii, creating the world's largest marine protected area. Ob | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.japantimes.co.jp%2Fnews%2F2016%2F08%2F26%2Fworld%2Fscience-health-world%2Fobama-create-worlds-largest-marine-reserve%2F.json | http://www.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/f-papahana-a-20160827-870x526.jpg | en | null | Obama to create world's largest marine reserve | null | null | www.japantimes.co.jp | The White House says President Barack Obama will expand a national monument off the coast of Hawaii, creating the world’s largest marine protected area.
Obama’s proclamation will quadruple in size a monument originally created by President George W. Bush in 2006. The Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument will cont... | http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2016/08/26/world/science-health-world/obama-create-worlds-largest-marine-reserve/ | en | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | www.japantimes.co.jp/419ca8e4f491ea77fbff346a913b30e2e888b3870e9c647ea4cfa60ac82184ef.json |
[] | 2016-08-30T04:50:15 | null | 2016-08-30T12:03:52 | From the White House to San Francisco police union headquarters, Colin Kaepernick's name came up Monday as his decision to sit down during the U.S. nationa | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.japantimes.co.jp%2Fsports%2F2016%2F08%2F30%2Fmore-sports%2Ffootball%2Fkaepernick-faces-scrutiny-anthem-protest%2F.json | http://www.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/sp-nfl-a-20160831-870x619.jpg | en | null | Kaepernick faces scrutiny over anthem protest | null | null | www.japantimes.co.jp | From the White House to San Francisco police union headquarters, Colin Kaepernick’s name came up Monday as his decision to sit down during the U.S. national anthem reached far beyond football.
Many aren’t thrilled with the 49ers quarterback’s strong words about why he is doing it: To instigate change and challenge auth... | http://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2016/08/30/more-sports/football/kaepernick-faces-scrutiny-anthem-protest/ | en | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | www.japantimes.co.jp/258a4fe4c0b92d921bd6b773580706c9dc2668fcf217b1915521ebe0fe0a1abf.json |
[
"Naomi Schanen"
] | 2016-08-26T13:09:41 | null | 2016-08-17T19:40:43 | Meet the athletes flying the flag for Japan and challenging the conventional definition of what it means to be Japanese. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.japantimes.co.jp%2Fcommunity%2F2016%2F08%2F17%2Fissues%2Fcelebrating-japans-multicultural-olympians%2F.json | http://www.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/p8-olympians-a-20160818-870x579.jpg | en | null | Celebrating Japan's multicultural Olympians | null | null | www.japantimes.co.jp | Japan and Brazil’s ties go back to the early 20th century, when the first Japanese immigrants arrived as farmers in the South American country. Brazil is home to the largest Japanese community outside Japan — 1.5 million of the country’s 205 million people identify themselves as Japanese-Brazilian, including a handful ... | http://www.japantimes.co.jp/community/2016/08/17/issues/celebrating-japans-multicultural-olympians/ | en | 2016-08-17T00:00:00 | www.japantimes.co.jp/169fd466c22716ca427d05570d6d2c0b442890c81c7139fc5b065bb1b01acc78.json |
[
"James Hadfield"
] | 2016-08-31T10:50:59 | null | 2016-08-31T18:02:24 | In the latest issue of Kinema Junpo, Japan's most venerable film magazine, you can read a lengthy tribute to Gaga, the dogged independent movie distributor | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.japantimes.co.jp%2Fculture%2F2016%2F08%2F31%2Ffilms%2Ffilm-reviews%2Fgods-egypt-ungodly-mess%2F.json | http://www.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/p11-hadfield-gods-a-20160901-870x546.jpg | en | null | 'Gods of Egypt': What an ungodly mess | null | null | www.japantimes.co.jp | In the latest issue of Kinema Junpo, Japan’s most venerable film magazine, you can read a lengthy tribute to Gaga, the dogged independent movie distributor that’s marking its 30th anniversary this year. The occasion is certainly worth commemorating: This is the company that released “Seven,” “Talk to Her,” “The Artist”... | http://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2016/08/31/films/film-reviews/gods-egypt-ungodly-mess/ | en | 2016-08-31T00:00:00 | www.japantimes.co.jp/51ef9faf90b3e3e6ce09a4284601a3a21c207a40d791b49ed2a055c93dd506db.json |
[] | 2016-08-28T16:49:40 | null | 2016-08-28T15:28:05 | Japan and South Korea agreed Saturday to launch talks on resuming a currency swap deal, reflecting newly cooperative relations between the two neighbors. T | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.japantimes.co.jp%2Fnews%2F2016%2F08%2F28%2Fbusiness%2Fjapan-and-south-korea-to-resume-currency-swap-deal%2F.json | http://www.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/b-japankorea-a-20160828-870x636.jpg | en | null | Japan, South Korea to resume currency swap deal | null | null | www.japantimes.co.jp | Japan and South Korea agreed Saturday to launch talks on resuming a currency swap deal, reflecting newly cooperative relations between the two neighbors.
The two began operating a swap agreement in 2001, but testy ties precluded any effort to extend or renew it when it expired in February last year.
The deal lets one n... | http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2016/08/28/business/japan-and-south-korea-to-resume-currency-swap-deal/ | en | 2016-08-28T00:00:00 | www.japantimes.co.jp/fa027d18ebd9b44d70a9a6ec4e2ee0f2699a0669b9e1ae1b222ad1a305241f64.json |
[
"Koichi Hamada"
] | 2016-08-30T10:51:02 | null | 2016-08-30T18:56:40 | The Finance Ministry remains hesitant to back its tough talk with action, not least because of U.S. disapproval of supposed "currency manipulation." | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.japantimes.co.jp%2Fopinion%2F2016%2F08%2F30%2Fcommentary%2Fjapan-commentary%2Ffinance-ministry-vs-currency-speculators%2F.json | http://www.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/themes/jt_theme/library/img/logo-japan-times_square.png | en | null | Finance Ministry vs. the currency speculators | null | null | www.japantimes.co.jp | With Japan’s economy struggling to escape its deflationary torpor, the economic-revitalization plan that Prime Minister Shinzo Abe launched in 2012 has come under growing scrutiny. But Japan’s current travails, which have brought a concomitant decline in Japan’s stock market, stem from the yen’s appreciation — 24 perce... | http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2016/08/30/commentary/japan-commentary/finance-ministry-vs-currency-speculators/ | en | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | www.japantimes.co.jp/c0252cfd900909b5057d79c745b0ed43a96f75929da36ac9e02382061401a139.json |
[
"Colin P.A. Jones"
] | 2016-08-26T13:00:28 | null | 2016-08-07T19:20:58 | Law has the teeth to tackle everything from peeing and posters to more serious matters. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.japantimes.co.jp%2Fcommunity%2F2016%2F08%2F07%2Fissues%2Fjapans-minor-offenses-act-major-untapped-potential%2F.json | http://www.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/p11-lotl-a-20160808-870x641.jpg | en | null | Japan's Minor Offenses Act has major untapped potential | null | null | www.japantimes.co.jp | I sometimes worry about my continuing failure to devote a column to vagina-kayak creator Megumi Igarashi, the controversial artist currently appealing her May 2016 conviction for the obscene act of distributing data for the topographical coordinates of her naughty parts so that anyone with a 3-D printer can replicate t... | http://www.japantimes.co.jp/community/2016/08/07/issues/japans-minor-offenses-act-major-untapped-potential/ | en | 2016-08-07T00:00:00 | www.japantimes.co.jp/75312b25e3fd459bccf1289b0b763fc72a3402a36ead6fbd470ed887092ae13e.json |
[
"Akemi Tanahashi",
"Hitomi Tashiro"
] | 2016-08-26T13:13:58 | null | 2016-08-22T18:29:25 | Introducing the meaning and usages of the two i-adjectives 長(なが)い (long) and 短(みじか)い (short). | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.japantimes.co.jp%2Flife%2F2016%2F08%2F22%2Flanguage%2Fbeyond-long-short-nagai-mijikai%2F.json | http://www.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/themes/jt_theme/library/img/logo-japan-times_square.png | en | null | Beyond the long and short of 'nagai' and 'mijikai' | null | null | www.japantimes.co.jp | Chotto tanki-na-no-ga tansho-desu. (His weak point is that he’s a bit short-tempered.)
Situation 1: Ms. Gray gives her junior, Ms. Aoyama, advice.
青山 : ちょっと短気なのが彼の短所なんです。すぐに怒って、テーブルの上の食器を落とします。
グレイ： 「ちょっと」どころじゃないでしょ。それ、完全に ＤＶよ。
Aoyama: Chotto tanki-na-no-ga kare-no tansho-na-n-desu. Sugu-ni okotte, tēburu-no ue-no shok... | http://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2016/08/22/language/beyond-long-short-nagai-mijikai/ | en | 2016-08-22T00:00:00 | www.japantimes.co.jp/1ee910f83ad4a5c3d4f82090f3c079310924ac85abd72e040cf3a65974a10eb3.json |
[
"Ayako Mie"
] | 2016-08-31T04:50:39 | null | 2016-08-31T11:31:48 | The government is requesting a bigger budget for security as North Korea's nuclear provocations and China's military assertiveness continue to unsettle the | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.japantimes.co.jp%2Fnews%2F2016%2F08%2F31%2Fnational%2Fjapan-seeks-%25C2%25A55-1-trillion-defense-next-year-2-3-rise-reflects-new-threats%2F.json | http://www.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/themes/jt_theme/library/img/logo-japan-times_square.png | en | null | Japan seeks ¥5.1 trillion for defense next year; 2.3% rise reflects new threats | null | null | www.japantimes.co.jp | The government is requesting a bigger budget for security as North Korea’s nuclear provocations and China’s military assertiveness continue to unsettle the region, and the Dhaka terror attack showed ordinary Japanese are also at risk.
The Defense Ministry on Wednesday submitted its fiscal 2017 budget request totaling m... | http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2016/08/31/national/japan-seeks-%C2%A55-1-trillion-defense-next-year-2-3-rise-reflects-new-threats/ | en | 2016-08-31T00:00:00 | www.japantimes.co.jp/c4e45fba016eb5f12f7fe371ed62e56a7d2077bcd829844f4e6c443ced118b3c.json |
[
"Sami Mahroum"
] | 2016-08-26T13:16:22 | null | 2016-08-23T19:24:13 | A labor-exporting cartel would would change the dynamics of labor supply and demand to the benefit of both workers and importing countries. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.japantimes.co.jp%2Fopinion%2F2016%2F08%2F23%2Fcommentary%2Fworld-commentary%2Fopec-cartel-labor-exporting-countries%2F.json | http://www.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/themes/jt_theme/library/img/logo-japan-times_square.png | en | null | An 'OPEC' cartel for labor-exporting countries | null | null | www.japantimes.co.jp | In September 1960, delegates from Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and Venezuela met in Baghdad to form the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries. As the world’s dependence on oil increased, so did OPEC’s power. Today, with many developing countries, including a majority of the countries in the Middle East, ser... | http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2016/08/23/commentary/world-commentary/opec-cartel-labor-exporting-countries/ | en | 2016-08-23T00:00:00 | www.japantimes.co.jp/ed1f89f3304295db7a3a0f87e60c5704e64476a2f44949cc83299345c6c238ca.json |
[
"Jesse Johnson"
] | 2016-08-30T12:50:23 | null | 2016-08-30T19:19:06 | North Korea publicly executed two top officials earlier this month with anti-aircraft guns on the personal order of supreme leader Kim Jong Un, a South Kor | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.japantimes.co.jp%2Fnews%2F2016%2F08%2F30%2Fasia-pacific%2Ftwo-officials-executed-kim-special-order-report%2F.json | http://www.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/f-nkexecution-a-20160831-870x580.jpg | en | null | Two officials executed on Kim 'special order': report | null | null | www.japantimes.co.jp | North Korea publicly executed two top officials earlier this month with anti-aircraft guns on the personal order of supreme leader Kim Jong Un, a South Korean newspaper reported Tuesday.
Citing an unidentified source with knowledge of the North, the JoongAng Ilbo daily named the victims as Hwang Min, a former agricultu... | http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2016/08/30/asia-pacific/two-officials-executed-kim-special-order-report/ | en | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | www.japantimes.co.jp/f276413cabf13cbeed06786cb514a40579c4067cc6ccaeab3984238e3557ef2d.json |
[
"Patrick St. Michel"
] | 2016-08-26T13:12:46 | null | 2016-08-26T17:23:36 | In the same way that shops jump the gun on Christmas by getting the Santa decorations out on Nov. 1, konbini (convenience store) shelves begin stocking aut | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.japantimes.co.jp%2Flife%2F2016%2F08%2F26%2Ffood%2Flook-chocolates-getting-jump-autumn%2F.json | http://www.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/p12-st.-michel-konbini-a-20160827-870x653.jpg | en | null | Look! Chocolates are getting the jump on autumn | null | null | www.japantimes.co.jp | In the same way that shops jump the gun on Christmas by getting the Santa decorations out on Nov. 1, konbini (convenience store) shelves begin stocking autumn-themed treats while the mercury is still well above the 30 degrees Celsius mark.
Sweets company Fujiya is one of the first this year to roll out special treats f... | http://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2016/08/26/food/look-chocolates-getting-jump-autumn/ | en | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | www.japantimes.co.jp/2036dd33e5d3c32011526fbc1a2f5d55538a67cf58ad0ec122fd33ebe52230fa.json |
[] | 2016-08-29T14:50:03 | null | 2016-08-29T17:12:13 | After two aborted test flights in as many days tied to a problematic air-conditioning system, Japan's first locally built passenger jet was back for checks | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.japantimes.co.jp%2Fnews%2F2016%2F08%2F29%2Fbusiness%2Fcorporate-business%2Fmrj-back-hangar-test-flights-u-s-thwarted-air-conditioner%2F.json | http://www.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/b-mrj-a-20160830-870x580.jpg | en | null | MRJ back in hangar after test flights to U.S. thwarted by air conditioner | null | null | www.japantimes.co.jp | After two aborted test flights in as many days tied to a problematic air-conditioning system, Japan’s first locally built passenger jet was back for checks and fixes amid delays to a program aimed at challenging the dominance of Brazil’s Embraer SA and Canada’s Bombardier Inc.
Mitsubishi Aircraft Corp., the builder of ... | http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2016/08/29/business/corporate-business/mrj-back-hangar-test-flights-u-s-thwarted-air-conditioner/ | en | 2016-08-29T00:00:00 | www.japantimes.co.jp/b3ca290fe7354356c50d5286333173cc9cea0c43c200af3cbb6be3c8701c26e0.json |
[
"Magdalena Osumi"
] | 2016-08-30T10:50:36 | null | 2016-08-30T16:32:18 | The government talks about creating a society where every woman can play an active role, but the chronic shortage of day care is pushing some entrepreneurs | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.japantimes.co.jp%2Fnews%2F2016%2F08%2F30%2Fnational%2Fsocial-issues%2Fshared-homes-offer-respite-japans-struggling-single-mothers%2F.json | http://www.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/n-mother-a-20160831-870x580.jpg | en | null | Shared homes offer respite for Japan's struggling single mothers | null | null | www.japantimes.co.jp | The government talks about creating a society where every woman can play an active role, but the chronic shortage of day care is pushing some entrepreneurs to take things into their own hands.
When Megumi Katanuma got a divorce in 2011, she faced a harsh reality: nowhere to live, no job, and two teenagers in junior hig... | http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2016/08/30/national/social-issues/shared-homes-offer-respite-japans-struggling-single-mothers/ | en | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | www.japantimes.co.jp/a05fd76dc648dc2ffa756fbba6e6b0328e252455ff55ebdb514f4ee558ecf134.json |
[] | 2016-08-29T02:49:40 | null | 2016-08-29T11:01:25 | Japanese and African leaders on Sunday pledged to fight terrorism and emphasized the importance of rules-based maritime order as they wrapped up a Japan-le | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.japantimes.co.jp%2Fnews%2F2016%2F08%2F29%2Fnational%2Fpolitics-diplomacy%2Fnairobi-declaration-japan-african-nations-vow-fight-terrorism-stress-rule-based-maritime-order%2F.json | http://www.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/n-declaration-a-20160829-870x991.jpg | en | null | As conference wraps up, Japan, African leaders vow to fight terrorism, stress rules-based maritime order | null | null | www.japantimes.co.jp | Japanese and African leaders on Sunday pledged to fight terrorism and emphasized the importance of rules-based maritime order as they wrapped up a Japan-led international conference on the continent’s development.
In the Nairobi Declaration adopted at the Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD), t... | http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2016/08/29/national/politics-diplomacy/nairobi-declaration-japan-african-nations-vow-fight-terrorism-stress-rule-based-maritime-order/ | en | 2016-08-29T00:00:00 | www.japantimes.co.jp/d981dab0395b6617887697abb5b4db6899fb68a1f822b1aee570a3f087d90e03.json |
[
"Andrew Mckirdy"
] | 2016-08-30T10:50:23 | null | 2016-08-30T18:32:02 | Japan's Rio Olympic judo gold medalists believe their country has reclaimed its rightful place as the sport's world No. 1, but warned the pressure to succe | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.japantimes.co.jp%2Fsports%2F2016%2F08%2F30%2Folympics-judo%2Fjapans-judo-gold-medalists-praise-countrys-efforts-eye-2020-games%2F.json | http://www.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/sp-judo-a-20160831-870x596.jpg | en | null | Japan's judo gold medalists praise country's efforts with eye on 2020 Games | null | null | www.japantimes.co.jp | Japan’s Rio Olympic judo gold medalists believe their country has reclaimed its rightful place as the sport’s world No. 1, but warned the pressure to succeed at the 2020 Tokyo Games will be enormous.
“Our results in Rio have increased expectations on judo toward the Tokyo Olympics,” men’s 73-kg champion Shohei Ono, one... | http://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2016/08/30/olympics-judo/japans-judo-gold-medalists-praise-countrys-efforts-eye-2020-games/ | en | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | www.japantimes.co.jp/551635d0fccd2c85d40c3ac1c434ec451e7f7625a1a11172dcd7be2c8c9b6fef.json |
[] | 2016-08-26T13:16:26 | null | 2016-08-22T19:29:44 | South Sudan will only realize lasting peace when all its people regardless of ethnicity feel that they are full citizens with equal rights. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.japantimes.co.jp%2Fopinion%2F2016%2F08%2F22%2Feditorials%2Fwar-looms-south-sudan%2F.json | http://www.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/themes/jt_theme/library/img/logo-japan-times_square.png | en | null | War looms again in South Sudan | null | null | www.japantimes.co.jp | It has been a short and turbulent life for South Sudan, a nation born just five years ago. Civil war flared less than two years later, but a power-sharing agreement seemed to heal the rift. That deal collapsed weeks ago and South Sudan is again on the brink of upheaval. Even though United Nations peacekeepers have fail... | http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2016/08/22/editorials/war-looms-south-sudan/ | en | 2016-08-22T00:00:00 | www.japantimes.co.jp/d3df264a1871d509dd05d9f32543705b2033f3204fc5e48bc53aa5c230b1fed0.json |
[] | 2016-08-27T08:48:42 | null | 2016-08-27T16:42:40 | Most big-league managers would have still held on to a sliver of hope as Friday night's game between the Los Angeles Angels and Detroit Tigers came down to | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.japantimes.co.jp%2Fsports%2F2016%2F08%2F27%2Fbaseball%2Fmlb%2Fverlander-sharp-again-for-tigers%2F.json | http://www.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/sp-mlb-a-20160828-870x1377.jpg | en | null | Verlander sharp again for Tigers | null | null | www.japantimes.co.jp | Most big-league managers would have still held on to a sliver of hope as Friday night’s game between the Los Angeles Angels and Detroit Tigers came down to its last few moments.
Yes, Nick Buss had just hit what looked like a game-ending double play ball, but Andrelton Simmons was crashing into Detroit shortstop Erick A... | http://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2016/08/27/baseball/mlb/verlander-sharp-again-for-tigers/ | en | 2016-08-27T00:00:00 | www.japantimes.co.jp/9f45eb7de0b371ac6d3b57de9a836869cd1cc515abf9f702520a217f3ad4d013.json |
[] | 2016-08-30T10:50:21 | null | 2016-08-30T17:22:26 | A former employee has been placed on the wanted list for his suspected involvement in Monday's fatal shooting at a construction firm in the city of Wakayam | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.japantimes.co.jp%2Fnews%2F2016%2F08%2F30%2Fnational%2Fcrime-legal%2Fsuspect-wakayama-shooting-placed-wanted-list%2F.json | http://www.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/n-wakayama-a-20160831.jpg | en | null | Suspect in Wakayama shooting placed on wanted list | null | null | www.japantimes.co.jp | A former employee has been placed on the wanted list for his suspected involvement in Monday’s fatal shooting at a construction firm in the city of Wakayama, investigators said.
The police obtained an arrest warrant for Yasuhide Mizobata, 45, who is also the second son of the company’s president, on suspicion of murder... | http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2016/08/30/national/crime-legal/suspect-wakayama-shooting-placed-wanted-list/ | en | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | www.japantimes.co.jp/cd6b164659ff4010bd91ea69d416c55b1a89b2c3b7a281f75d3a257e52d9db42.json |
[] | 2016-08-29T10:50:16 | null | 2016-08-29T18:57:07 | Japan came close to sabotaging Usain Bolt's bid for Olympic immortality but settled for a first-ever silver medal in the men's 4×100-meter relay at the Rio Games. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.japantimes.co.jp%2Flife%2F2016%2F08%2F29%2Flanguage%2Flets-discuss-mens-4x100-relay-rio%2F.json | http://www.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/themes/jt_theme/library/img/logo-japan-times_square.png | en | null | Let's discuss the men's 4x100 relay at Rio | null | null | www.japantimes.co.jp | This week’s featured article
ANDREW MCKIRDY, THE JAPAN TIMES
Japan came close to sabotaging Usain Bolt’s bid for Olympic immortality but settled for a first-ever silver medal in the men’s 4×100-meter relay at the Rio Games on Friday.
The Japan team of Ryota Yamagata, Shota Iizuka, Yoshihide Kiryu and Aska Cambridge fin... | http://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2016/08/29/language/lets-discuss-mens-4x100-relay-rio/ | en | 2016-08-29T00:00:00 | www.japantimes.co.jp/61936c896728d8fcf2e76ff504f44c6b67ce043fe81bff599a43f51cbc3b7e54.json |
[
"Ted Rall"
] | 2016-08-26T13:16:03 | null | 2016-08-23T19:27:46 | Debates are the biggest potential game changer in U.S. elections, and the best entertainer always wins them. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.japantimes.co.jp%2Fopinion%2F2016%2F08%2F23%2Fcommentary%2Fworld-commentary%2Fu-s-election-debates%2F.json | http://www.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/themes/jt_theme/library/img/logo-japan-times_square.png | en | null | U.S. election is all about the debates | null | null | www.japantimes.co.jp | Conventional wisdom says Donald Trump is going to lose, and lose big.
You see it everywhere in corporate media. Republican Party insiders are bereft and in denial, simultaneously refusing to accept the reality that their party is facing the possibility of catastrophic defeats in races all over the country this fall; in... | http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2016/08/23/commentary/world-commentary/u-s-election-debates/ | en | 2016-08-23T00:00:00 | www.japantimes.co.jp/42ee2c8a86c0874e789fa90a3b7c81203ef628155c184f3b9646d515794bff4f.json |
[
"Peter Backhaus"
] | 2016-08-26T13:13:34 | null | 2016-08-22T18:30:16 | While English prefers to describe things in terms of an actor who performs some action on an object, in Japanese such things often seem to happen out of themselves. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.japantimes.co.jp%2Flife%2F2016%2F08%2F22%2Flanguage%2Fstuff-happens-opening-intransitive-japanese-verbs%2F.json | http://www.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/p7-backhaus-bilingual-feature-a-20160823-870x653.jpg | en | null | Stuff happens: opening up to intransitive Japanese verbs | null | null | www.japantimes.co.jp | “Please open,” said the dentist, and these words gave me something to think about during the uncomfortable moments of oral inspection that followed. Because what she actually said was 開いてください (Aite kudasai), a request form of the verb 開く (aku, open). However, 開く is an intransitive verb, meaning that it does not take a ... | http://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2016/08/22/language/stuff-happens-opening-intransitive-japanese-verbs/ | en | 2016-08-22T00:00:00 | www.japantimes.co.jp/7b215171a75b5ab07172d0c965888e13427233cb35a93da704b55304750508e0.json |
[] | 2016-08-27T10:48:57 | null | 2016-08-27T17:32:12 | Top-seeded Agnieszka Radwanska breezed through her Connecticut Open semifinal Friday, routing two-time defending champion Petra Kvitova 6-1, 6-1. Radwanska | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.japantimes.co.jp%2Fsports%2F2016%2F08%2F27%2Fmore-sports%2Ftennis%2Fradwanska-advances-final%2F.json | http://www.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/sp-tennis-a-20160828-870x642.jpg | en | null | Radwanska advances to final | null | null | www.japantimes.co.jp | Top-seeded Agnieszka Radwanska breezed through her Connecticut Open semifinal Friday, routing two-time defending champion Petra Kvitova 6-1, 6-1.
Radwanska, who will be seeded fourth next week in the U.S. Open, was never challenged. The Polish star won the first five games of the first set and the first four in the sec... | http://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2016/08/27/more-sports/tennis/radwanska-advances-final/ | en | 2016-08-27T00:00:00 | www.japantimes.co.jp/c10f84fc2ff0a8e6f523bb1c2e1cd2134f6b2a1165adbea8391635cb2afba344.json |
[
"Robbie Swinnerton"
] | 2016-08-26T13:16:16 | null | 2016-08-19T17:18:12 | When Italian chef Massimo Bottura arrived in Japan in late July to present a series of meals at the elegant Ritz-Carlton Kyoto, it represented quite a coup | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.japantimes.co.jp%2Flife%2F2016%2F08%2F19%2Ffood%2Fchef-massimo-botturas-kyoto-menu-colorful-daring%2F.json | http://www.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/p10-swinnerton-bottura-b-20160820-870x580.jpg | en | null | Chef Massimo Bottura's Kyoto menu is both colorful and daring | null | null | www.japantimes.co.jp | When Italian chef Massimo Bottura arrived in Japan in late July to present a series of meals at the elegant Ritz-Carlton Kyoto, it represented quite a coup for the hotel in only its second year of existence. Just six weeks earlier, Bottura’s restaurant, Osteria Francescana in Modena, had been voted into top place on th... | http://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2016/08/19/food/chef-massimo-botturas-kyoto-menu-colorful-daring/ | en | 2016-08-19T00:00:00 | www.japantimes.co.jp/b31185529d3d457fe581e18e470cc7dbd190af594fceb31fb9aa198d2f8ab7c8.json |
[] | 2016-08-27T04:48:52 | null | 2016-08-27T13:19:14 | Hopes were fading Saturday of finding more survivors under the rubble of central Italy's devastating earthquake. The first funerals for victims were held F | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.japantimes.co.jp%2Fnews%2F2016%2F08%2F27%2Fworld%2Fitaly-mourns-quake-dead-hope-survivors-wanes%2F.json | http://www.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/f-italyquake-a-20160828-870x580.jpg | en | null | Italy mourns quake dead as hope for survivors wanes | null | null | www.japantimes.co.jp | Hopes were fading Saturday of finding more survivors under the rubble of central Italy’s devastating earthquake.
The first funerals for victims were held Friday as the country prepared for an emotionally charged day of mourning.
Flags were to fly at half-staff across the country on Saturday in respect for the victims o... | http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2016/08/27/world/italy-mourns-quake-dead-hope-survivors-wanes/ | en | 2016-08-27T00:00:00 | www.japantimes.co.jp/f2790d72ebb49a17477946a860a24e733b7d303cd95afa1978a7ab48eb020ae2.json |
[
"James Hadfield"
] | 2016-08-26T13:14:27 | null | 2016-08-21T19:20:50 | In his classic polemic against modern Japan, "Dogs and Demons," Alex Kerr described how a system of government loans and subsidies in the 1980s spurred a n | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.japantimes.co.jp%2Fculture%2F2016%2F08%2F21%2Fmusic%2Fsukiyaki-meets-world-music-festival-thinks-global-acts-local%2F.json | http://www.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/p9-hadfield-sukiyaki-a-20160822-870x653.jpg | en | null | Sukiyaki Meets the World music festival thinks global and acts local | null | null | www.japantimes.co.jp | In his classic polemic against modern Japan, “Dogs and Demons,” Alex Kerr described how a system of government loans and subsidies in the 1980s spurred a nationwide outbreak of grandiose construction projects. Today, the Japanese countryside is littered with oversized, underused cultural centers, many of which are mana... | http://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2016/08/21/music/sukiyaki-meets-world-music-festival-thinks-global-acts-local/ | en | 2016-08-21T00:00:00 | www.japantimes.co.jp/d6b13e97553f418d102f4f6fb7e41b60f2bd47ab7733190373f0fc0434e1ffb6.json |
[] | 2016-08-31T08:50:38 | null | 2016-08-31T17:21:49 | A U.S. Marine has been arrested in Okinawa Prefecture on suspicion of attempting to enter a woman's residence, local police said Wednesday. Isaac Edward Ha | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.japantimes.co.jp%2Fnews%2F2016%2F08%2F31%2Fnational%2Fcrime-legal%2Fu-s-marine-held-in-alleged-bid-to-enter-womans-apartment-in-okinawa%2F.json | http://www.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/themes/jt_theme/library/img/logo-japan-times_square.png | en | null | U.S. Marine held in alleged bid to enter woman's apartment in Okinawa | null | null | www.japantimes.co.jp | A U.S. Marine has been arrested in Okinawa Prefecture on suspicion of attempting to enter a woman’s residence, local police said Wednesday.
Isaac Edward Harkless, 26, who is stationed at Camp Courtney in the city of Uruma, was taken into custody Tuesday on suspicion of trying to enter the woman’s second-floor apartment... | http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2016/08/31/national/crime-legal/u-s-marine-held-in-alleged-bid-to-enter-womans-apartment-in-okinawa/ | en | 2016-08-31T00:00:00 | www.japantimes.co.jp/232eae166982e089c3128597d0bd8f6be3861a10f910f4e188167ca902d47b64.json |
[
"Shinichi Tokuda"
] | 2016-08-26T13:14:17 | null | 2016-08-26T17:25:07 | Wines produced in Chile, Australia and other New World regions are gaining popularity among consumers in Japan due to their reasonable prices and eye-catch | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.japantimes.co.jp%2Flife%2F2016%2F08%2F26%2Ffood%2Fput-bird-wallaby-logos-sell-new-world-wines%2F.json | http://www.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/p12-tokudo-wines-a-20160827-870x653.jpg | en | null | Put a bird on it, or a wallaby: logos sell New World wines | null | null | www.japantimes.co.jp | Wines produced in Chile, Australia and other New World regions are gaining popularity among consumers in Japan due to their reasonable prices and eye-catching animal logos.
Honami Shiro, a 26-year-old company official in Tokyo who drinks wine on special occasions, says she likes New World wines because they taste great... | http://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2016/08/26/food/put-bird-wallaby-logos-sell-new-world-wines/ | en | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | www.japantimes.co.jp/cb5fd5f7106ca1a8b6ed5eec0dafc442329cdef6565d0a9d23d41ac902666aec.json |
[
"Nicolas Gattig"
] | 2016-08-27T14:49:01 | null | 2016-08-27T22:36:55 | Japan's postwar years were marked by raw needs and wounds, as well as great societal change. A glimpse of the era is offered in this collection of stories | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.japantimes.co.jp%2Fculture%2F2016%2F08%2F27%2Fbooks%2Fbook-reviews%2Flong-belts-thin-men%2F.json | http://www.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/p22-gattig-long-belts-a-20160825.jpg | en | null | Long Belts and Thin Men | null | null | www.japantimes.co.jp | Japan’s postwar years were marked by raw needs and wounds, as well as great societal change. A glimpse of the era is offered in this collection of stories by Nobuo Kojima (1915-2006), most of which appear in English for the first time.
Long Belts and Thin Men, by Nobuo Kojima
239 pages
Kurodahan Press, Fiction.
Ambigui... | http://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2016/08/27/books/book-reviews/long-belts-thin-men/ | en | 2016-08-27T00:00:00 | www.japantimes.co.jp/f6fa2b078bc3c5f58d845e7cdde8b4cdb5d3b9fb47f6256bc460a13a6fc00d2b.json |
[
"Robert Samuelson"
] | 2016-08-28T10:49:39 | null | 2016-08-28T18:27:31 | Lost jobs and destroyed industries give way, over time, to new industries and jobs. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.japantimes.co.jp%2Fopinion%2F2016%2F08%2F28%2Fcommentary%2Fworld-commentary%2Frise-robots-not-future-fear%2F.json | http://www.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/themes/jt_theme/library/img/logo-japan-times_square.png | en | null | Rise of the robots is not the future we should fear | null | null | www.japantimes.co.jp | We are such an anxiety-ridden society that we worry about problems that haven’t happened, and, almost certainly, won’t. Robots are an apt example. Even McKinsey and Co., the high-powered management consulting firm, professes to be concerned. We imagine hordes of robots destroying jobs, leaving millions of middle-class ... | http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2016/08/28/commentary/world-commentary/rise-robots-not-future-fear/ | en | 2016-08-28T00:00:00 | www.japantimes.co.jp/168615b2d9bf2b1d8d318788d683c1344fce4e6814769a50a1a86d8e7c76d518.json |
[
"Hunter Marston"
] | 2016-08-26T13:16:23 | null | 2016-08-25T18:28:10 | How to help ease tensions in what is often called the world's most important bilateral relationship. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.japantimes.co.jp%2Fopinion%2F2016%2F08%2F25%2Fcommentary%2Fworld-commentary%2Freducing-u-s-sino-tensions-south-china-sea%2F.json | http://www.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/themes/jt_theme/library/img/logo-japan-times_square.png | en | null | Reducing U.S.-Sino tensions in the South China Sea | null | null | www.japantimes.co.jp | The administration of U.S. President Barack Obama has taken an assertive stance to defend the rule of law and stability in the South China Sea. In the wake of the controversial ruling by the international tribunal in The Hague, China has categorically refused to acknowledged the court’s decision, throwing into question... | http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2016/08/25/commentary/world-commentary/reducing-u-s-sino-tensions-south-china-sea/ | en | 2016-08-25T00:00:00 | www.japantimes.co.jp/e1ff7308e8b3c73b5cbacf3b39ec5fdb3307406412f6e58c43ce0bc2a3a969d0.json |
[] | 2016-08-26T13:12:00 | null | 2016-08-13T22:30:35 | Have you seen Pikachu yet? | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.japantimes.co.jp%2Fcommunity%2F2016%2F08%2F13%2Fvoices%2Fahead-of-the-game%2F.json | http://www.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/themes/jt_theme/library/img/logo-japan-times_square.png | en | null | Ahead of the game | null | null | www.japantimes.co.jp | American dad: Have you seen Pikachu yet?
Teenage child: I saw one when I first started playing (“Pokemon Go”).
Dad: Doesn’t that mean you’ve won?
Child: No, I read the secret “Pokemon” tips before starting to play the game
— Yoyogi Park, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo. Overheard by a Japan Times On Sunday reader
Overheard a convers... | http://www.japantimes.co.jp/community/2016/08/13/voices/ahead-of-the-game/ | en | 2016-08-13T00:00:00 | www.japantimes.co.jp/b269db7d3b51b538cb04b5bdd559d5002b05e8964a4dbe4a75cade28e5440498.json |
[
"Ed Odeven"
] | 2016-08-27T10:48:54 | null | 2016-08-27T18:41:40 | A few days before the Rio Olympics kicked off, Mototaka Kohama, the godfather of Japanese basketball, reunited with one of his closest friends. Toronto Rap | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.japantimes.co.jp%2Fsports%2F2016%2F08%2F27%2Fbasketball%2Fkohama-casey-friendship-endures%2F.json | http://www.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/sp-ed-a-20160828-870x832.jpg | en | null | Kohama-Casey friendship endures | null | null | www.japantimes.co.jp | A few days before the Rio Olympics kicked off, Mototaka Kohama, the godfather of Japanese basketball, reunited with one of his closest friends.
Toronto Raptors head coach Dwane Casey made a long-awaited visit to Japan to see Kohama.
The two men hadn’t seen each other in nine years, though Casey frequently asks about Ko... | http://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2016/08/27/basketball/kohama-casey-friendship-endures/ | en | 2016-08-27T00:00:00 | www.japantimes.co.jp/3e6a8dfcd309bdce51fbc9e88091bbd231cd30c806245fb4e62e3b3bdb1eaaa5.json |
[] | 2016-08-26T13:15:00 | null | 2016-08-24T10:44:34 | Steven Hill, a versatile character actor in theater, films and television who achieved his greatest success late in life as grumpy District Attorney Adam S | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.japantimes.co.jp%2Fculture%2F2016%2F08%2F24%2Fentertainment-news%2Flaw-order-veteran-character-actor-steven-hill-dead-94%2F.json | http://www.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/f-hill-y-20160825.jpg-870x568.jpg | en | null | 'Law & Order' veteran character actor Steven Hill dead at 94 | null | null | www.japantimes.co.jp | Steven Hill, a versatile character actor in theater, films and television who achieved his greatest success late in life as grumpy District Attorney Adam Schiff on TV’s long-running “Law & Order,” died Tuesday. He was 94.
He died Tuesday morning at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York, his wife, Rachel, said. The cause of ... | http://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2016/08/24/entertainment-news/law-order-veteran-character-actor-steven-hill-dead-94/ | en | 2016-08-24T00:00:00 | www.japantimes.co.jp/38eb34122bd33fea6806a651f1eba4288092efd128eb6597f803febb69de605c.json |
[] | 2016-08-27T04:48:40 | null | 2016-08-27T11:52:21 | Numerous municipalities nationwide are struggling to aid foreign students who are learning at local public schools but cannot understand the Japanese langu | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.japantimes.co.jp%2Fnews%2F2016%2F08%2F27%2Fnational%2Fsocial-issues%2Fscores-municipalities-struggling-aid-foreign-students-no-japanese-language-skills-survey%2F.json | http://www.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/themes/jt_theme/library/img/logo-japan-times_square.png | en | null | Scores of municipalities struggling to aid foreign students with few or no Japanese language skills: survey | null | null | www.japantimes.co.jp | Numerous municipalities nationwide are struggling to aid foreign students who are learning at local public schools but cannot understand the Japanese language fully or at all, a Kyodo News survey showed Saturday.
In a questionnaire survey on issues facing foreign children living in Japan, 46 percent of the 1,612 munici... | http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2016/08/27/national/social-issues/scores-municipalities-struggling-aid-foreign-students-no-japanese-language-skills-survey/ | en | 2016-08-27T00:00:00 | www.japantimes.co.jp/4f872f6eff8a4d9c87159c1810fb264fb22a0f53ff2d7c8af423b7c31cad5b24.json |
[
"Suhyon Kim"
] | 2016-08-26T13:13:44 | null | 2016-08-07T19:19:45 | "If I remain living abroad separated from my husband for a time, can I then come back and file for divorce without his consent?" asks a reader. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.japantimes.co.jp%2Fcommunity%2F2016%2F08%2F07%2Fhow-tos%2Fseparation-may-factor-not-clincher-divorce-cases-japan%2F.json | http://www.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/p11-lifelines-z-20160808.png | en | null | Separation may be a factor, but not a clincher, in divorce cases in Japan | null | null | www.japantimes.co.jp | A foreign resident here married to a Japanese citizen sent us some more questions relating to divorce, signing off as “Trapped”:
I want to divorce but my husband does not. (We have been married 18 years and have two junior high school-aged children.) Next year I am moving abroad with my children to put them into intern... | http://www.japantimes.co.jp/community/2016/08/07/how-tos/separation-may-factor-not-clincher-divorce-cases-japan/ | en | 2016-08-07T00:00:00 | www.japantimes.co.jp/586354a498aec9e5094427472321ba85b2284e49b8f5392dd94b68911ac31a7d.json |
[
"Helle Thorning-Schmidt"
] | 2016-08-27T10:49:02 | null | 2016-08-27T18:00:57 | Ensuring inclusive and equitable quality education is still a distant prospect for far too many children. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.japantimes.co.jp%2Fopinion%2F2016%2F08%2F27%2Fcommentary%2Fworld-commentary%2Fforging-education-road-map-2030%2F.json | http://www.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/themes/jt_theme/library/img/logo-japan-times_square.png | en | null | Forging the education road map to 2030 | null | null | www.japantimes.co.jp | When I visited the Zaatari refugee camp in Jordan earlier this year, I met with children who told me what education means to them. For Syrian youths who have been forced from their homes and have lost everything, education is about more than qualifications or test scores; it embodies their hope for the future.
Millions... | http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2016/08/27/commentary/world-commentary/forging-education-road-map-2030/ | en | 2016-08-27T00:00:00 | www.japantimes.co.jp/b0f84cdd7dedcb27fdab9e7c9fea9ad831aac9776bcb51412ddf354c42bcb503.json |
[] | 2016-08-31T04:50:40 | null | 2016-08-31T11:07:05 | When it comes to inspiration, winning an Olympic medal is pretty hard to beat. For Kei Nishikori, the bronze medal he won at the Rio Games earlier this mon | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.japantimes.co.jp%2Fsports%2F2016%2F08%2F31%2Fmore-sports%2Ftennis%2Fglad-back-n-y-nishikori-reaches-second-round-u-s-open%2F.json | http://www.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/sp-nishikori-a-20160901-870x621.jpg | en | null | Inspired Nishikori wins first match at U.S. Open | null | null | www.japantimes.co.jp | When it comes to inspiration, winning an Olympic medal is pretty hard to beat.
For Kei Nishikori, the bronze medal he won at the Rio Games earlier this month could be what gets him over the line in a grand slam for the first time.
Sixth-seed Nishikori, a runner-up at the U.S. Open two years ago, held off a fightback fr... | http://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2016/08/31/more-sports/tennis/glad-back-n-y-nishikori-reaches-second-round-u-s-open/ | en | 2016-08-31T00:00:00 | www.japantimes.co.jp/6ccf0cafe5277674fe3f194b18c5cb515312251d7fe54f2b1d472961721c68e5.json |
[] | 2016-08-28T12:49:33 | null | 2016-08-28T15:50:52 | Ministry to push for relaxation of rules to let operators generate more revenues | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.japantimes.co.jp%2Fnews%2F2016%2F08%2F28%2Fnational%2Fjapan-airports-may-able-add-duty-free-shops-arriving-passengers%2F.json | http://www.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/themes/jt_theme/library/img/logo-japan-times_square.png | en | null | Japan airports may be able to add duty-free shops for arriving passengers | null | null | www.japantimes.co.jp | The transport ministry will recommend opening duty-free shops for people arriving on international flights, in its tax system reform requests for fiscal 2017, sources said.
The ministry has received requests for this from the operators of Sendai International Airport in Miyagi Prefecture, which was privatized in July, ... | http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2016/08/28/national/japan-airports-may-able-add-duty-free-shops-arriving-passengers/ | en | 2016-08-28T00:00:00 | www.japantimes.co.jp/17170cf8a12e059f30621d78d75430d8a4fd286daaace4ee9281da69ac8785b6.json |
[
"Michelle Locke"
] | 2016-08-27T14:49:02 | null | 2016-08-27T22:54:35 | The skies were clouding over as I strode briskly across that famous bridge, the Ponte Vecchio, ready for a productive day checking off Florentine must-sees | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.japantimes.co.jp%2Flife%2F2016%2F08%2F27%2Ftravel%2Fbest-italys-florence-galleries-gelato%2F.json | http://www.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/p16-florence-a-20160828-870x541.jpg | en | null | The best of Italy's Florence: from galleries to gelato | null | null | www.japantimes.co.jp | The skies were clouding over as I strode briskly across that famous bridge, the Ponte Vecchio, ready for a productive day checking off Florentine must-sees.
Slight problem: The first museum on my list was open, but the ticket office was closed.
OK, then, on to the Uffizi Gallery. Except this time both ticket office and... | http://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2016/08/27/travel/best-italys-florence-galleries-gelato/ | en | 2016-08-27T00:00:00 | www.japantimes.co.jp/cb8a1fc7939b487094dd90b8a2d9f6d70ad1eef83357d19bf7e06860d663f975.json |
[] | 2016-08-31T06:50:39 | null | 2016-08-31T13:35:30 | Goalkeeper Hope Solo has decided to end her season with the Seattle Reign of the National Women's Soccer League. The beleaguered goalkeeper, who was handed | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.japantimes.co.jp%2Fsports%2F2016%2F08%2F31%2Fsoccer%2Fbeleaguered-solo-cuts-short-season%2F.json | http://www.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/sp-soccer-a-20160901-870x570.jpg | en | null | Beleaguered Solo cuts short season | null | null | www.japantimes.co.jp | Goalkeeper Hope Solo has decided to end her season with the Seattle Reign of the National Women’s Soccer League.
The beleaguered goalkeeper, who was handed a six-month suspension and saw her contract with U.S. Soccer terminated last week, announced her departure from her professional club team in a statement Tuesday.
U... | http://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2016/08/31/soccer/beleaguered-solo-cuts-short-season/ | en | 2016-08-31T00:00:00 | www.japantimes.co.jp/37f66716298021aba0409b8e8550644fff6b4572dfdca6fe574195d7fb36a598.json |
[
"Pankaj Mishra"
] | 2016-08-26T13:15:08 | null | 2016-08-23T19:25:35 | Myanmar's new government should strive to accomodate the country's ethnic minorities through greater autonomy and federalism. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.japantimes.co.jp%2Fopinion%2F2016%2F08%2F23%2Fcommentary%2Fworld-commentary%2Fsuu-kyis-greatest-challenge-share-power%2F.json | http://www.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/p9-Mishra-a-20160824-870x596.jpg | en | null | Suu Kyi's greatest challenge is to share power | null | null | www.japantimes.co.jp | Yangon is suddenly a city of phablets. Nowhere in Asia, let alone Europe, have I seen so many supersized smartphones in public spaces, and with such egalitarian appeal: Pavement vendors selling early 20th century British guides to English grammar seem as transfixed by them as Yangon’s smart set playing “Pokemon Go.”
Fo... | http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2016/08/23/commentary/world-commentary/suu-kyis-greatest-challenge-share-power/ | en | 2016-08-23T00:00:00 | www.japantimes.co.jp/e56283febb124d0788128d7d4716763cdfc6d673333a6ef979d0000310947d64.json |
[
"Tyler Cowen"
] | 2016-08-26T13:14:34 | null | 2016-08-25T18:29:03 | The fact that Scandinavian-Americans enjoy far higher living standards than their relatives in Europe raises questions about the alleged superiority of Nordic socialism. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.japantimes.co.jp%2Fopinion%2F2016%2F08%2F25%2Fcommentary%2Fworld-commentary%2Fdenmarks-nice-danes-live-better-u-s%2F.json | http://www.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/themes/jt_theme/library/img/logo-japan-times_square.png | en | null | Denmark's nice, but Danes live better in U.S. | null | null | www.japantimes.co.jp | During the Democratic primary season, Bernie Sanders stressed some of the superiorities of Denmark over the United States. And indeed Denmark is wealthy, has strong social and economic indicators, and it offers a comprehensive safety net.
But is it the policies of Denmark that we should admire, or is there something sp... | http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2016/08/25/commentary/world-commentary/denmarks-nice-danes-live-better-u-s/ | en | 2016-08-25T00:00:00 | www.japantimes.co.jp/917d21c370488ac449351108a7ae7dcfe11c360d22237abbb187a0e17ce94d07.json |
[] | 2016-08-27T14:48:56 | null | 2016-08-27T22:30:18 | Take care, it's hot out there today. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.japantimes.co.jp%2Fcommunity%2F2016%2F08%2F27%2Fvoices%2Fhot-under-the-collar%2F.json | http://www.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/themes/jt_theme/library/img/logo-japan-times_square.png | en | null | Hot under the collar | null | null | www.japantimes.co.jp | Mom: Take care, it’s hot out there today.
Teenage boy: Mom, it’s summer.
— Shiki, Saitama Prefecture, Tokyo. Overheard by a Japan Times On Sunday reader
Overheard a conversation you’d like to share? Simply fill out the online submission form at jtimes.jp/overheard. Please recount the conversation in the format above an... | http://www.japantimes.co.jp/community/2016/08/27/voices/hot-under-the-collar/ | en | 2016-08-27T00:00:00 | www.japantimes.co.jp/56404905f7925dc1854fd861aa9dd236f55306d0ca2f389dae1e97b50724163d.json |
[] | 2016-08-29T08:50:01 | null | 2016-08-29T15:13:03 | Borussia Dortmund midfielder Shinji Kagawa is hoping to exorcise his demons and help Japan get off to a winning start in the final Asian round of 2018 Worl | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.japantimes.co.jp%2Fsports%2F2016%2F08%2F29%2Fsoccer%2Fkagawa-looking-banish-ghosts-uae-showdown%2F.json | http://www.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/sp-soccer-a-20160830-870x1113.jpg | en | null | Kagawa looking to banish ghosts in UAE showdown | null | null | www.japantimes.co.jp | Borussia Dortmund midfielder Shinji Kagawa is hoping to exorcise his demons and help Japan get off to a winning start in the final Asian round of 2018 World Cup qualifiers when it faces the United Arab Emirates in Group B in Saitama on Thursday.
UAE wrecked Japan’s bid for a second consecutive Asian Cup title with a 5-... | http://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2016/08/29/soccer/kagawa-looking-banish-ghosts-uae-showdown/ | en | 2016-08-29T00:00:00 | www.japantimes.co.jp/9f6c284b8cc3635307e0d385dc99285f4630a58cbd98e765e50b04ebc3f443d6.json |
[] | 2016-08-27T04:48:41 | null | 2016-08-26T23:09:30 | France's highest administrative court Friday suspended a ban on the Islamic burkini swimsuit introduced in a French Riviera town after it was challenged by | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.japantimes.co.jp%2Fnews%2F2016%2F08%2F26%2Fworld%2Fcrime-legal-world%2Ftop-french-court-set-rule-legality-burkini-swimsuit-ban%2F.json | http://www.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/f-francekini-a-20160827-870x1200.jpg | en | null | In ruling expected to set precedent, top French court suspends ban on burkini swimsuits | null | null | www.japantimes.co.jp | France’s highest administrative court Friday suspended a ban on the Islamic burkini swimsuit introduced in a French Riviera town after it was challenged by rights groups.
In a judgment expected to set a precedent, the State Council ruled that local authorities can only restrict individual liberties if there is a “prove... | http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2016/08/26/world/crime-legal-world/top-french-court-set-rule-legality-burkini-swimsuit-ban/ | en | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | www.japantimes.co.jp/cba50b3e2972479ff95f8fe1f8ba1b6cb287529d5020831299f5cd487a065a67.json |
[
"Robert L. Borosage"
] | 2016-08-26T13:15:48 | null | 2016-08-24T18:02:30 | It's no more Mr. Nice Guy for Donald Trump. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.japantimes.co.jp%2Fopinion%2F2016%2F08%2F24%2Fcommentary%2Fworld-commentary%2Ftrump-campaign-going-mattresses%2F.json | http://www.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/p7-Borosage-a-20160824-870x616.jpg | en | null | Trump campaign going to the mattresses | null | null | www.japantimes.co.jp | Flagging in the polls, U.S. Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has decided to shake up his campaign, bringing in Stephen Bannon, head of Breitbart News LLC, as CEO. Paul Manafort, the experienced Republican operative who has urged Trump to pivot toward the center for the general election, resigned Friday morn... | http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2016/08/24/commentary/world-commentary/trump-campaign-going-mattresses/ | en | 2016-08-24T00:00:00 | www.japantimes.co.jp/38bf414cd613b1e05742e7a1fcd9765a5ebe34b27298eafd0332a8a6115580df.json |
[
"Kaori Shoji"
] | 2016-08-31T10:50:46 | null | 2016-08-31T18:00:21 | Yoga takes up a huge chunk of Japan's fitness market. Some IT companies in the Tokyo area have even incorporated yoga and meditation into their daily sched | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.japantimes.co.jp%2Fculture%2F2016%2F08%2F31%2Ffilms%2Fbreath-gods-deep-breathing-stressful-life%2F.json | http://www.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/p11-shoji-yoga-wa-a-20160901-870x525.jpg | en | null | 'Breath of the Gods': Deep breathing for a stressful life | null | null | www.japantimes.co.jp | Yoga takes up a huge chunk of Japan’s fitness market. Some IT companies in the Tokyo area have even incorporated yoga and meditation into their daily schedules, just to show how much they care about their employees’ health and mental state. But some employees need no prompts. According to healthcare site bikenmaster.jp... | http://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2016/08/31/films/breath-gods-deep-breathing-stressful-life/ | en | 2016-08-31T00:00:00 | www.japantimes.co.jp/6f277f6d2b20d194c98afd3933b198869454d0aef6663c12f5a878c9e26df79e.json |
[
"Megha Wadhwa"
] | 2016-08-26T13:12:39 | null | 2016-08-24T19:12:03 | Although the Tokyo Sikh community has come a long way, creating a place for itself in a foreign land, outside of the temple, serious issues remain. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.japantimes.co.jp%2Fcommunity%2F2016%2F08%2F24%2Fissues%2Fsikhs-hope-temple-tokyo-sets-stage-tolerance-understanding%2F.json | http://www.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/p8-sikhs-a-20160825-870x580.jpg | en | null | Sikhs hope temple in Tokyo sets the stage for tolerance and understanding | null | null | www.japantimes.co.jp | However long a migrant group has lived within a host culture, that settlement process can feel incomplete without a place to call their own — a focal point for the community where they can come together, celebrate important occasions and preserve their traditions. That was certainly the case for Tokyo’s small Sikh comm... | http://www.japantimes.co.jp/community/2016/08/24/issues/sikhs-hope-temple-tokyo-sets-stage-tolerance-understanding/ | en | 2016-08-24T00:00:00 | www.japantimes.co.jp/8cc47edc981f1cdf1d58e0b0ff73d3ca7ea7b24a065493824b65e00c72846790.json |
[] | 2016-08-26T13:07:37 | null | 2016-08-26T20:41:36 | Acrid smog blanketed Singapore Friday as the city-state was hit by the year's first major outbreak of haze, an annual crisis sparked by forest fires in nei | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.japantimes.co.jp%2Flife%2F2016%2F08%2F26%2Fenvironment%2Fsingapore-shrouded-blanket-smog-illegal-forest-fires-burn-indonesia%2F.json | http://www.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/f-singaporesmog-a-20160827-870x579.jpg | en | null | Singapore shrouded by blanket of smog as illegal forest fires burn in Indonesia | null | null | www.japantimes.co.jp | Acrid smog blanketed Singapore Friday as the city-state was hit by the year’s first major outbreak of haze, an annual crisis sparked by forest fires in neighboring Indonesia.
Singapore’s air quality index reached unhealthy levels with conditions deteriorating through the day, marking the worst haze episode in the city ... | http://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2016/08/26/environment/singapore-shrouded-blanket-smog-illegal-forest-fires-burn-indonesia/ | en | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | www.japantimes.co.jp/795d4650edb8477077d12ddb9b3c2e3ae7d1069bbe93b8b198fce352baf01891.json |
[] | 2016-08-28T08:49:32 | null | 2016-08-28T12:33:35 | San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick is refusing to stand for the national anthem before games because he believes the United States oppresses | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.japantimes.co.jp%2Fsports%2F2016%2F08%2F28%2Fmore-sports%2Ffootball%2Fniners-kaepernick-protests-by-sitting-during-u-s-anthem%2F.json | http://www.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/sp-nfl-a-20160829-870x580.jpg | en | null | Niners' Kaepernick protests by sitting during U.S. anthem | null | null | www.japantimes.co.jp | San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick is refusing to stand for the national anthem before games because he believes the United States oppresses African Americans and other minorities.
Kaepernick sat on the team’s bench Friday night during the anthem before the Niners played host to the Green Bay Packers in a... | http://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2016/08/28/more-sports/football/niners-kaepernick-protests-by-sitting-during-u-s-anthem/ | en | 2016-08-28T00:00:00 | www.japantimes.co.jp/fa514c61c1e9560ad1b07f3424dbc4eee403374a3bbfeb8ea5ea3f608b7ccfde.json |
[] | 2016-08-28T08:49:26 | null | 2016-08-28T12:31:13 | With Zlatan Ibrahimovic having an off day, Manchester United turned to a striker at the opposite end of his career to keep its winning run going in the Eng | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.japantimes.co.jp%2Fsports%2F2016%2F08%2F28%2Fsoccer%2Frashford-strikes-late-to-lift-united-to-win-over-hull%2F.json | http://www.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/sp-soccer-a-20160829-870x570.jpg | en | null | Rashford strikes late to lift United to win over Hull | null | null | www.japantimes.co.jp | With Zlatan Ibrahimovic having an off day, Manchester United turned to a striker at the opposite end of his career to keep its winning run going in the English Premier League on Saturday.
Marcus Rashford came off the bench and scored two minutes into injury time to give United a 1-0 victory at Hull, lifting the team al... | http://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2016/08/28/soccer/rashford-strikes-late-to-lift-united-to-win-over-hull/ | en | 2016-08-28T00:00:00 | www.japantimes.co.jp/ab6eb388f0097da2af45e1d318ea6a8dfaadeb98574e0544624d44d0c990478b.json |
[] | 2016-08-27T12:48:51 | null | 2016-08-27T20:07:43 | Ai Miyazato shot a 4-under-par 68 and compatriot Sakura Yokomine carded a 67 as both moved within five shots of the lead after the second round of the Cana | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.japantimes.co.jp%2Fsports%2F2016%2F08%2F27%2Fmore-sports%2Fgolf%2Fmiyazato-yokomine-tied-for-ninth-after-36-holes-in-canadian-pacific-womens-open%2F.json | http://www.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/sp-wgolf-a-20160828-870x727.jpg | en | null | Miyazato, Yokomine tied for ninth after 36 holes in Canadian Pacific Women's Open | null | null | www.japantimes.co.jp | Ai Miyazato shot a 4-under-par 68 and compatriot Sakura Yokomine carded a 67 as both moved within five shots of the lead after the second round of the Canadian Pacific Women’s Open on Friday.
World No. 2 Ariya Jutanugarn of Thailand shot a 64 to hold a three-stroke cushion atop of the leaderboard over South Korea’s Chu... | http://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2016/08/27/more-sports/golf/miyazato-yokomine-tied-for-ninth-after-36-holes-in-canadian-pacific-womens-open/ | en | 2016-08-27T00:00:00 | www.japantimes.co.jp/005f9648380ff3be617c25b1336d768dfea94494f98dbab820b4849c48e444b8.json |
[] | 2016-08-26T13:11:33 | null | 2016-08-26T17:02:12 | Graying Japan may get even more elderly friendly — at least for some of its aging politicians. The ruling Liberal Democratic Party is considering scr | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.japantimes.co.jp%2Fnews%2F2016%2F08%2F26%2Fnational%2Fpolitics-diplomacy%2Fldp-may-drop-age-72-limit-proportional-representation-seats-lower-house%2F.json | http://www.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/themes/jt_theme/library/img/logo-japan-times_square.png | en | null | LDP may scrap upper age limit for some Lower House candidates | null | null | www.japantimes.co.jp | Graying Japan may get even more elderly friendly — at least for some of its aging politicians.
The ruling Liberal Democratic Party is considering scrapping its age limit on candidates vying for Lower House proportional representation seats, sources said Thursday.
The party currently requires these candidates to be no o... | http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2016/08/26/national/politics-diplomacy/ldp-may-drop-age-72-limit-proportional-representation-seats-lower-house/ | en | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | www.japantimes.co.jp/806b6e9c8a7c0f263e1198121bcbd940575c3801056e4afa28faf8caec0e23f8.json |
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"Jeff Kingston"
] | 2016-08-27T14:49:07 | null | 2016-08-27T22:48:15 | It is puzzling that the black bears have become aggressive recently, given their previous inclination to retreat when confronted by humans. My theory is th | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.japantimes.co.jp%2Fopinion%2F2016%2F08%2F27%2Fcommentary%2Fbears-encroach-blurred-human-boundaries%2F.json | http://www.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/themes/jt_theme/library/img/logo-japan-times_square.png | en | null | Bears encroach on blurred human boundaries | null | null | www.japantimes.co.jp | It is puzzling that the black bears have become aggressive recently, given their previous inclination to retreat when confronted by humans. My theory is that winters are shorter and that means shorter hibernations and more active time spent consuming dwindling supplies of food. They love beech nuts but, when they exhau... | http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2016/08/27/commentary/bears-encroach-blurred-human-boundaries/ | en | 2016-08-27T00:00:00 | www.japantimes.co.jp/e5a1a3147fb5d21cb8be3194837fcad1956d3eb70c9dde51cd469061ce6fa75b.json |
[] | 2016-08-29T10:50:18 | null | 2016-08-29T18:58:13 | In an unprecedented prerecorded video message to the nation, Emperor Akihito expressed concern about how his advanced age is affecting the performance of his public duties. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.japantimes.co.jp%2Flife%2F2016%2F08%2F29%2Flanguage%2Femperor-signals-wish-abdicate%2F.json | http://www.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/themes/jt_theme/library/img/logo-japan-times_square.png | en | null | Emperor signals his wish to abdicate | null | null | www.japantimes.co.jp | Sample newspaper article
天皇陛下は前例のない国民向けのビデオメッセージで、年齢が公務の遂行に支障を来たしていることへの懸念を表明した。8月8日に放送 された録画映像は、近い将来退位をしたいという陛下の希望を伝えるものとして広く受け止められた。82歳の天皇陛下は、天皇が崩御前に皇位を退くことを認めていない皇位継承制度を改正するような具体的な案について話すことは慎重に避けた。しかしながら陛下は、既に２回の手術を受けており、「次第に進む身体の衰えを考慮する時、全身全霊をもって象徴の務めを果たしていくことが難しくなるのではないかと 案じている」と述べた。 (Aug. 9)
Words and phrases
天皇陛... | http://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2016/08/29/language/emperor-signals-wish-abdicate/ | en | 2016-08-29T00:00:00 | www.japantimes.co.jp/9865ff8951fc26143468e35c1fcba644e4b8f71ac268e2b5f577240afbdc0013.json |
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"Dan Grunebaum"
] | 2016-08-26T13:16:32 | null | 2016-08-21T19:19:04 | We in the West are used to thinking of music mainly as entertainment. On occasion, it can fulfill a religious function, or be deployed to argue one politic | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.japantimes.co.jp%2Fculture%2F2016%2F08%2F21%2Fmusic%2Fsahra-halgan-sings-recognition-somaliland%2F.json | http://www.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/p9-grunebaum-halgan-a-20160822-870x486.jpg | en | null | Sahra Halgan sings recognition for Somaliland | null | null | www.japantimes.co.jp | We in the West are used to thinking of music mainly as entertainment. On occasion, it can fulfill a religious function, or be deployed to argue one political point or another. But for Sahra Halgan, the purpose of her music is to bring recognition to Somaliland, a self-declared state unrecognized by the international co... | http://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2016/08/21/music/sahra-halgan-sings-recognition-somaliland/ | en | 2016-08-21T00:00:00 | www.japantimes.co.jp/6251823a779c2aedbc8acf804f59a778ef9584207d60e196feefdc5aa160a47a.json |
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"Louise George Kittaka"
] | 2016-08-26T13:11:09 | null | 2016-08-21T19:04:32 | Japan has no laws regarding age limits or parental consent when it comes to advice on reproductive health care advice and obtaining contraception. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.japantimes.co.jp%2Fcommunity%2F2016%2F08%2F21%2Fhow-tos%2Fteens-reproductive-health-rights-doctors-whim%2F.json | http://www.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/p11-lifelines-a-20160822-870x639.jpg | en | null | Teens' reproductive health rights are at doctors' whim | null | null | www.japantimes.co.jp | This week’s Lifelines deals with some important questions from a high school student about her rights regarding reproductive health care. She writes:
I just want to share my experience at a Japanese clinic. I went to a nearby Japanese ob-gyn clinic by myself and the clinic wouldn’t let me in because I wasn’t with my pa... | http://www.japantimes.co.jp/community/2016/08/21/how-tos/teens-reproductive-health-rights-doctors-whim/ | en | 2016-08-21T00:00:00 | www.japantimes.co.jp/3ecb988d26d23028fc4b0ad29b331f10c5d48b42fc1d5f7f7242fca956e16a5e.json |
[] | 2016-08-31T12:50:44 | null | 2016-08-31T19:53:45 | A gunman holed up in an apartment block in Wakayama is captured after shooting himself in the stomach, ending a 17½-hour standoff with police. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.japantimes.co.jp%2Fnews%2F2016%2F08%2F31%2Fnational%2Fcrime-legal%2Fstandoff-ends-as-police-take-wakayama-gunman-in-custody%2F.json | http://www.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/n-wakayamanew-a-20160901-870x651.jpg | en | null | Standoff ends as police take Wakayama gunman into custody | null | null | www.japantimes.co.jp | A gunman who defied police in a 17½-hour standoff at an apartment block in the city of Wakayama was captured late on Wednesday after he shot himself in the stomach.
Former construction worker Yasuhide Mizobata, 45, held off officers for hours, firing occasional shots and yelling about a failed business.
Police evacuate... | http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2016/08/31/national/crime-legal/standoff-ends-as-police-take-wakayama-gunman-in-custody/ | en | 2016-08-31T00:00:00 | www.japantimes.co.jp/1e62681abb6e7421fbba2bfc42ad3ab5a08cadf4a3181164c81a80424b9c6594.json |
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"Louise George Kittaka"
] | 2016-08-26T13:13:49 | null | 2016-08-03T18:12:55 | Japan's temples are an integral part of the country's traditional culture. For the majority of us, visits are usually limited to specific events such as Ne | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.japantimes.co.jp%2Fcommunity%2F2016%2F08%2F03%2Fissues%2Fforeign-wives-provide-insight-temple-lives%2F.json | http://www.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/p8-temple-a-20160804-870x653.jpg | en | null | Foreign wives provide insight into temple lives | null | null | www.japantimes.co.jp | Japan’s temples are an integral part of the country’s traditional culture. For the majority of us, visits are usually limited to specific events such as New Year’s Eve, or perhaps as part of a sightseeing agenda if the temple is a famous one. The lives of some Japanese, however, still revolve around their local temples... | http://www.japantimes.co.jp/community/2016/08/03/issues/foreign-wives-provide-insight-temple-lives/ | en | 2016-08-03T00:00:00 | www.japantimes.co.jp/96745524ea0ceabf4980a0ef3f0bf365e5ce78ac85ffa013af7dabbda6c26343.json |
[] | 2016-08-28T10:49:31 | null | 2016-08-28T17:58:45 | Ten-year-old Nexco, a gentle, healthy Akita mix with an endearing smile promises no hassle, no drama, no silliness. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.japantimes.co.jp%2Fcommunity%2F2016%2F08%2F28%2Four-lives%2Fbelieve-magic-akita-mix-named-nexco%2F.json | http://www.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/p9-ark-a-20160829.jpg | en | null | Believe in magic: an Akita mix named Nexco | null | null | www.japantimes.co.jp | Youth is not all it’s cracked up to be, especially when it comes to pet ownership. And yet, with the focus on cute puppies and kooky kittens, most people lose sight of — or indeed never learn about — what animals in their golden years have to offer. Ten-year-old Nexco, a gentle, healthy Akita mix with an endearing smil... | http://www.japantimes.co.jp/community/2016/08/28/our-lives/believe-magic-akita-mix-named-nexco/ | en | 2016-08-28T00:00:00 | www.japantimes.co.jp/ee0bee89cce52fb318c6ef5dbd157804c8f8e09b90815d011a0523eb0a946f1e.json |
[] | 2016-08-26T13:15:38 | null | 2016-08-23T19:23:03 | Prime Minister Abe should realize that Russian President Vladimir Putin is in no position to make concessions on the disputed Northern Territories. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.japantimes.co.jp%2Fopinion%2F2016%2F08%2F23%2Fcommentary%2Fjapan-commentary%2Fabes-diplomacy-putin-will-come-short%2F.json | http://www.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/p8-Sentaku-a-20160824-870x606.jpg | en | null | Why Abe's diplomacy with Putin will come up short | null | null | www.japantimes.co.jp | The prospect of a constitutional amendment has been making headlines after proponents of revising the supreme law gained a two-third majority in both chambers of the Diet following the July 10 Upper House election. But Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s top political priority for the remainder of the year is not amending the ... | http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2016/08/23/commentary/japan-commentary/abes-diplomacy-putin-will-come-short/ | en | 2016-08-23T00:00:00 | www.japantimes.co.jp/28a8962f3f82305b4d18a96d9a79e58d227f9cfceed65c5e8c405a7eadfecdec.json |
[] | 2016-08-26T12:58:43 | null | 2016-08-25T21:27:23 | Japan coach Vahid Halilhodzic recalled Mainz striker Yoshinori Muto on Thursday as he named a 24-man squad for the upcoming Asian final-round World Cup qua | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.japantimes.co.jp%2Fsports%2F2016%2F08%2F25%2Fsoccer%2Fstriker-muto-named-japan-squad-upcoming-world-cup-qualifiers%2F.json | http://www.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/sp-jsoccer-a-20160826-870x980.jpg | en | null | Striker Muto named to Japan squad for upcoming World Cup qualifiers | null | null | www.japantimes.co.jp | Japan coach Vahid Halilhodzic recalled Mainz striker Yoshinori Muto on Thursday as he named a 24-man squad for the upcoming Asian final-round World Cup qualifiers against United Arab Emirates and Thailand.
Muto returns after a lengthy spell sidelined with an injury, joining a strong squad that features AC Milan attacke... | http://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2016/08/25/soccer/striker-muto-named-japan-squad-upcoming-world-cup-qualifiers/ | en | 2016-08-25T00:00:00 | www.japantimes.co.jp/79fbbdfcf31da60515a8714522ec57bfb924174a8735c95f72e2f6669512f641.json |
[] | 2016-08-31T04:50:34 | null | 2016-08-31T13:31:51 | Minnesota Vikings quarterback Teddy Bridgewater is expected to miss at least the next season while recovering from a dislocated left knee and torn anterior | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.japantimes.co.jp%2Fsports%2F2016%2F08%2F31%2Fmore-sports%2Ffootball%2Fvikings-qb-bridgewater-miss-year-least%2F.json | http://www.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/sp-nfl-a-20160901-870x560.jpg | en | null | Vikings QB Bridgewater to miss year at least | null | null | www.japantimes.co.jp | Minnesota Vikings quarterback Teddy Bridgewater is expected to miss at least the next season while recovering from a dislocated left knee and torn anterior cruciate ligament after a freak practice injury on Tuesday.
Bridgewater was taken by ambulance to a hospital after crumpling to the turf during practice, and the te... | http://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2016/08/31/more-sports/football/vikings-qb-bridgewater-miss-year-least/ | en | 2016-08-31T00:00:00 | www.japantimes.co.jp/73d5fc6f43185de3a01a92078b3121e67a40888b9e625b95267e0f1286a639ba.json |
[] | 2016-08-27T04:48:54 | null | 2016-08-27T12:55:49 | An ex-wife of Donald Trump's new campaign CEO, Stephen Bannon, said Bannon made anti-Semitic remarks when the two battled over sending their daughters to p | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.japantimes.co.jp%2Fnews%2F2016%2F08%2F27%2Fworld%2Fpolitics-diplomacy-world%2Fex-wife-says-trump-campaign-ceo-bannon-made-anti-semitic-remarks%2F.json | http://www.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/f-bannon-a-20160828-870x580.jpg | en | null | Ex-wife says Trump campaign CEO Bannon made anti-Semitic remarks | null | null | www.japantimes.co.jp | An ex-wife of Donald Trump’s new campaign CEO, Stephen Bannon, said Bannon made anti-Semitic remarks when the two battled over sending their daughters to private school nearly a decade ago, according to court papers reviewed Friday by The Associated Press.
That revelation came a day after reports emerged that domestic ... | http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2016/08/27/world/politics-diplomacy-world/ex-wife-says-trump-campaign-ceo-bannon-made-anti-semitic-remarks/ | en | 2016-08-27T00:00:00 | www.japantimes.co.jp/8a72e94dc44a6d10fe81c4ab6b92e0d345376ad3b6e4f44f939144310debe577.json |
[
"Louise George Kittaka"
] | 2016-08-26T13:14:21 | null | 2016-08-14T18:47:10 | A "Concerned Mum" writes in regarding the risks of heat stroke at Japanese schools. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.japantimes.co.jp%2Fcommunity%2F2016%2F08%2F14%2Fhow-tos%2Fschools-japan-need-educating-dangers-heat-stroke%2F.json | http://www.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/themes/jt_theme/library/img/logo-japan-times_square.png | en | null | Some schools in Japan need educating about the dangers of heat stroke | null | null | www.japantimes.co.jp | With temperatures peaking across the Japanese archipelago, this week’s topic is very timely. A reader signing herself “Concerned Mum” wrote to Lifelines regarding the risks of heat stroke at Japanese schools. Her elementary school-aged daughter has twice been sent home sick after being made to stand or sit outside for ... | http://www.japantimes.co.jp/community/2016/08/14/how-tos/schools-japan-need-educating-dangers-heat-stroke/ | en | 2016-08-14T00:00:00 | www.japantimes.co.jp/1f4c940eed41a9989fa45b3d2d45c79fa18b646510ec7fdebab0ccf4a938c7da.json |
[] | 2016-08-28T12:49:32 | null | 2016-08-28T19:34:57 | Package partly a bid for support in Japan's campaign for Security Council seat | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.japantimes.co.jp%2Fnews%2F2016%2F08%2F28%2Fnational%2Fpolitics-diplomacy%2Fabe-dangles-30-billion-africa-leaders-nairobi-counter-china%2F.json | http://www.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/n-ticad-c-20160829-870x615.jpg | en | null | Abe dangles $30 Billion at Africa leaders in Nairobi in counter to China | null | null | www.japantimes.co.jp | Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s pledge Saturday to invest $30 billion to boost African growth and infrastructure over the next three years comes as he seeks to win over national leaders already being wooed by China and the U.S.
Japan’s planned investment in the continent of 1.2 billion people shows it has “faith in Africa’... | http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2016/08/28/national/politics-diplomacy/abe-dangles-30-billion-africa-leaders-nairobi-counter-china/ | en | 2016-08-28T00:00:00 | www.japantimes.co.jp/eb7d13494c1b9bb774af00a67b75d58801321ecfc84e9d2c5ed83958722db051.json |
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"Jim Allen"
] | 2016-08-31T12:50:42 | null | 2016-08-31T20:04:39 | What is a team to do when its best pitcher is also its best run producer? The answer is to have him swing the bat as often as possible — even if the | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.japantimes.co.jp%2Fsports%2F2016%2F08%2F31%2Fbaseball%2Fjapanese-baseball%2Ffighters-face-ruthian-dilemma-with-young-star-otani%2F.json | http://www.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/sp-otani-a-20160901-870x595.jpg | en | null | Fighters face Ruthian dilemma with young star Otani | null | null | www.japantimes.co.jp | What is a team to do when its best pitcher is also its best run producer?
The answer is to have him swing the bat as often as possible — even if the pitcher is 22-year-old Shohei Otani and has a record-setting 163-kph fastball. That, in a nutshell, is why Japan’s fastest pitcher is not pitching even when he’s fit and r... | http://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2016/08/31/baseball/japanese-baseball/fighters-face-ruthian-dilemma-with-young-star-otani/ | en | 2016-08-31T00:00:00 | www.japantimes.co.jp/68d672857ffb0d62f546895f7810a6dc19b217adf0dd26e393b1ed31554259cd.json |
[] | 2016-08-28T16:49:36 | null | 2016-08-28T19:15:12 | A passenger jet being developed by Mitsubishi Aircraft Corp. aborted its second attempt to head to the United States on Sunday when an air conditioning pro | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.japantimes.co.jp%2Fnews%2F2016%2F08%2F28%2Fbusiness%2Fcorporate-business%2Fmitsubishi-regional-jet-aborts-flight-u-s-second-time%2F.json | http://www.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/n-mrj-a-20160829-870x535.jpg | en | null | Mitsubishi Regional Jet aborts flight to U.S. for second time | null | null | www.japantimes.co.jp | A passenger jet being developed by Mitsubishi Aircraft Corp. aborted its second attempt to head to the United States on Sunday when an air conditioning problem that thwarted its first bid reoccurred.
The Mitsubishi Regional Jet, which has been mired in a series of development delays, left Nagoya at around 1 p.m. for Ho... | http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2016/08/28/business/corporate-business/mitsubishi-regional-jet-aborts-flight-u-s-second-time/ | en | 2016-08-28T00:00:00 | www.japantimes.co.jp/02f3ea8d3018452d9ded71012cbfa220f3af5fef140dbb3a881b1901ccbc12e4.json |
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