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BUSINESS / Economy
Jun 19, 2019
Japanese businesses see economy peaking out, want more stimulus: poll
The nation¡¯s economy is likely to stop expanding this year and into next with the Sino-U.S. trade war and a planned sales tax hike expected to crimp activity, a Reuters poll of Japanese companies found, with most calling for fresh stimulus to prop up growth.
JAPAN / Politics
Mar 15, 2019
Approval rate for Abe¡¯s Cabinet sags to 39% in latest survey
The Cabinet saw its approval rate this month drop 3.4 points to 39.0 percent and its disapproval rate climb 1.9 points to 36.4 percent, a recent opinion poll shows.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Sep 15, 2018
Abe Cabinet climbs to 41.7% in latest opinion poll
Public support for the Cabinet of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has climbed to 41.7 percent this month, up 3.2 points from August and surpassing the disapproval rate for the first time in seven months, an opinion poll showed Friday.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 27, 2018
¡®Things have not changed¡¯: Mother of gang rape victim backs India¡¯s rank as ¡®most dangerous for women¡¯
The mother of a female student who was gang raped and killed on a Delhi bus more than five years ago supported a Thomson Reuters Foundation poll of experts on Wednesday that ranked India as the world¡¯s most dangerous country for women.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 12, 2018
Pew survey gauges Japanese confidence in media coverage at 65%
A survey by a U.S. think tank finds the majority of Japanese think the domestic media are doing at least ¡°somewhat well¡± on accuracy.
JAPAN
Nov 24, 2017
Newsweek causes stir by reporting ¡®Japan wants war¡¯ with North Korea
Misreporting an opinion poll, a Newsweek story claims ¡®Japan wants war with North Korea¡¯s Kim Jong Un, not dialogue.¡¯
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jul 23, 2017
Macron¡¯s popularity rating drops 10 percentage points in month
President Emmanuel Macron¡¯s popularity rating has slumped by 10 percentage points this month, according to an Ifop poll on Sunday ¡ª the biggest decline for a new president since 1995.
BUSINESS
Mar 27, 2017
Japan manufacturers wary of possible U.S. import tax, survey shows
Manufacturers nationwide are wary of a possible U.S. border tax, with just over half expecting profits to take a hit if the United States slaps a 20 percent levy on imports, a poll showed on Monday.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jul 14, 2016
Poll puts Trump just ahead of Clinton in Florida, Pennsylvania in wake of FBI probe results
Republican Donald Trump pulled ahead of Democratic presidential rival Hillary Clinton in Florida and Pennsylvania in a Quinnipiac Poll released on Wednesday that included responses after the FBI released its findings on Clinton¡¯s email use.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Dec 14, 2015
Trump calls Cruz ¡®maniac¡¯ in Senate as tea party Texan takes Iowa poll lead
Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump had a new target on Sunday, calling fellow White House contender Ted Cruz a ¡°a little bit of a maniac¡± as the U.S. senator surpassed him in an Iowa presidential poll.
Japan Times
WORLD / Society
Aug 20, 2015
Poll finds Americans back federal funds Planned Parenthood, despite bad press
Americans broadly support providing federal funding for free women¡¯s health exams, screenings and contraception services, a Reuters/Ipsos poll has found, suggesting risks for Republicans criticizing Planned Parenthood as part of the 2016 campaigns.
Forty-five meters down, a diver races to record a fleeting moment of WWII history
Kingo Wakasa photographs the kamikaze plane wing section he discovered at the USS Emmons wreck site.
New ¡®Katsu Curry Index¡¯ aims to show how weak the yen really is
A CoCo Ichibanya curry house in Tokyo.
Mexican man arrested over attempt to smuggle some 200 lizards into Japan
Mexican alligator lizards seized by Tokyo Customs from a Mexican man who attempted to smuggle them into Japan on Saturday through Haneda Airport
Gut bacteria may be behind many of Â鶹´«Ã½ colorectal cancer cases
A Japanese research team found that a toxin produced by certain E. coli strains, colibactin, caused genetic mutations in nearly half of colorectal cancer cases studied
She is Russia¡¯s richest woman. Her business empire is going up in flames.
Tatyana Kim, the head and co-founder of Wildberries, speaks about Ukrainian drone attacks on the company's warehouses in the course of the Russia-Ukraine conflict, at an unidentified location, in this still image from a handout video released on July 31.
Forty-five meters down, a diver races to record a fleeting moment of WWII history
Kingo Wakasa photographs the kamikaze plane wing section he discovered at the USS Emmons wreck site.
Ikarigata closer to emulating older brother Fujinokawa than many think
The future Fujinokawa (third from left) and Ikarigata (right) compete against each other at ages 5 and 3, respectively.
Where do foreign residents in Japan want to die?
The Yokohama Foreign General Cemetery is one of the few cemeteries in Japan that allows burials, albeit with conditions for the deceased, including foreign nationality and permanent residency in Kanagawa Prefecture.
¡®Total whiplash¡¯: Foreign residents react to Â鶹´«Ã½ changing permanent residency rules
The entrance to the Tokyo Immigration Bureau in Minato Ward, Tokyo, in March. For some foreign residents of Japan, tightening measures for permanent residency have become one factor in a broader calculation over whether remaining in the country makes financial sense over the long term.
As Â鶹´«Ã½ concrete jungles sizzle, urban forestry offers an all-natural fix
People and birds find relief from the sun in Tokyo's Nakano Ward earlier this month. While experts agree that urban greening is crucial to mitigating the impact of climate change, trees are becoming even more scarce in Japanese cities.

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo¡¯s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo¡¯s ¡®stadium of desire¡¯

Longform

Disaster relief workers Taichi Kato (left) and Seiji Yoshimura enter the collapsed living quarters at Kyuganji temple in Yatsushiro, Kumamoto Prefecture.
What Kumamoto revealed about Â鶹´«Ã½ earthquake readiness
By Alex K.T. Martin

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