The Japan Times On Sunday
SEPTEMBER 16, 2018 | VOL. 58 NO. 37



Front page
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Japan on brink of IWC pullout



News
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[NATIONAL]
- Pop star Amuro bows out by giving final performance in Okinawa
etc.

[WORLD]
- Chinese megastar last seen in June
etc.

[MEXICO NATIONAL DAY SPECIAL]
- 130 years ‘full of affinities’ between two ancient cultures
etc.

[OPINION]
- End guidelines for hiring new grads?
etc.

[WEEK IN REVIEW]
- Congo Ebola fight faces old hurdles
- Oslo peace deal a fading memory
- Airport bounces back after quake
- Moon calls for bold moves on N. Korea
- Putin floats peace deal by year’s end
- Obama eyed strike on N. Korea: book
- Bigger and pricier iPhones unveiled
- Sapporo to give up 2026 games bid Sapporo



Features
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COME ON IN, THE WATER’S FINE!

　Tokyo Bay is being rebranded as a swimming spot,
　but is it clean enough for the 2020 Olympics?



Timeout
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[WHY DID YOU LEAVE JAPAN?]
- Naoko Mori: From ‘Miss Saigon’ to ‘Doctor Who’

[FOOD]
- Potato korokke: Deep-fried, delicious and easy to make
etc.

[BIG IN JAPAN]
- News outlets fret over the nation’s docile democracy

[MEDIA MIX]
- Athletes under fire after Asian Games scandal

[JAPAN PULSE]
- Media face hostility in disaster coverage on social media

[BOOKS]
- Inside the secretive world of the yakuza’s tattoos

[THE LIVING PAST]
- The long struggle to become international


[UNIVERSAL SUNDAY CROSSWORD]
[SUDOKU]
[7 LITTLE WORDS]
[CARTOONS]
[TWEETS OF THE WEEK]



Sports
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- Kisenosato rebounds from loss
etc.