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1 2.0 US military plane crashes off the coast of Japan injuring crew of five and forcing Marines to suspend flights (3.07/4) The U. S. Marine Corps has suspended flights in Japan after one of its Osprey aircraft crash-landed off the coast of Okinawa, injuring five crew members. 2016-12-14 05:18 2KB www.dailymail.co.uk

2 1.0 FOREX-Dollar takes breather, investors anxious about Fed rate outlook

(2.06/4) By Hideyuki Sano TOKYO, Dec 14 (Reuters) - The dollar took a breather on Wednesday as investors waited to see if the U. S. Federal Reserve will signal any acc... 2016-12-14 01:14 4KB www.dailymail.co.uk

3 0.0 Putin's large dog Yume barks at Japanese journalists A big, barking dog can be intimidating at the best of times. Even more so perhaps when (1.28/4) it's standing next to Russian President Vladimir Putin. 2016-12-14 02:04 2KB www.cnn.com

4 3.8 Zidane lavishes praise on Ballon d'Or winner Ronaldo YOKOHAMA, Japan (AP) — Real Madrid coach Zinedine Zidane has lavished more

(1.02/4) praise on Cristiano Ronaldo. Ronaldo claimed his fourth Ballon d'Or prize on Monda... 2016-12-14 05:15 1KB www.dailymail.co.uk

5 2.9 Japan, EU in Talks Seeking Free-Trade Deal by Year- End

(1.02/4) Japan and the European Union are holding last-ditch talks this week to try reach a broad free trade agreement by the end of the year, Japanese government officials said. ... 2016-12-14 04:43 685Bytes article.wn.com

6 0.0 Superlong JGB yields skid after BOJ steps up buying TOKYO, Dec 14 (Reuters) - Superlong Japanese government bond prices rose on

(1.01/4) Wednesday, sending yields skidding from recent highs after the Bank of Japan incr... 2016-12-14 02:59 3KB www.dailymail.co.uk

7 1.0 Can Putin, Abe end World War II and change Pacific power dynamic? They're the islands where World War II never ended and now they're the focal point of a rare meeting between the leaders of Japan and Russia. 2016-12-14 05:23 6KB www.cnn.com 8 0.0 How a Film-School Dropout Rescued His Family's Food Empire "I never wanted to have a restaurant," says Rogerio Fasano at a table in his restaurant Gero in São Paulo's ritzy Jardins neighborhood. "Never. ... 2016-12-14 05:04 3KB article.wn.com

9 2.0 BOJ survey shows cheaper yen lifts Japan business sentiment BOJ survey shows cheaper yen lifts Japan business sentiment Associated Press - 14 December 2016 02:39-05:00 News Topics: Business, General news, Japanese yen, Economy, Currency markets, Public opinion, Business confidence, Financial markets, Social affairs People, Places... 2016-12-14 05:04 1KB article.wn.com

10 5.6 Startup Uses Levels of Night-Time Lighting to Predict GDP Growth A Japanese startup uses satellite images to make economic projections 2016-12-14 04:57 2KB fortune.com

11 1.9 Ferrari lifts the lid on a new special edition Proving beyond a doubt that it knows how to mark a milestone, Ferrari has unveiled a new special edition targa roof car -- the J50 -- to celebrate its 50th year in Japan. 2016-12-14 03:48 2KB www.timeslive.co.za

12 3.4 75-year-old Japanese tourist dies while snorkelling on Great Barrier Reef An elderly Japanese tourist has died after being pulled from waters in the Great Barrier Reef while snorkelling, Australian police said Wednesday, the fourth fatality at the popular tourist spot in a month.... 2016-12-14 03:10 1KB www.scmp.com

13 1.7 Fake police cop $5m of gold in Japan Thieves posing as police officers walked off with more than $5 million of gold after telling a group of men simply to hand it over, Japanese media reported W... 2016-12-14 02:55 1KB www.dailymail.co.uk

14 0.6 AKB48 Group Unit Single Soudatsu Janken Taika announce the winner of the intense game of rock, paper, scissors in Japan The winner of an intense rock, paper, scissors tournament has had an epic meltdown after she beat 98 competitors to be crowned the leader of the Japanese music supergroup AKB48. 2016-12-14 02:06 2KB www.dailymail.co.uk 15 2.4 Model Amy Pejkovic flaunts her endless legs in high-cut striped swimsuit as she poses on the beach during sassy swimwear shoot She's the athlete-turned swimwear model currently training to make the Australian athletics team for the Tokyo Olympic Games in 2020. 2016-12-14 01:56 2KB www.dailymail.co.uk

16 3.0 Humbled Sundowns want to rise again Mamelodi Sundowns are expecting a tougher match against Jeonduk Hyundai Motors at the Fifa Club World Cup today than the one they played against hosts Kashima Antlers in the quarterfinals. 2016-12-14 01:50 1KB www.timeslive.co.za

17 3.7 Japanese Australians to lodge 18C discrimination case over war memorial The Australia-Japan Community Network is set to lodge a Section 18C discrimination case against the Uniting Church over a Sydney memorial commemorating Korean sex slaves in World War II. ... 2016-12-14 01:43 778Bytes article.wn.com

18 1.6 Iran crude oil exports to hit 5-mth low in Dec -source By Osamu Tsukimori TOKYO, Dec 14 (Reuters) - Iran's crude oil exports in December are set to fall 8 percent from November to a five-month low, a source with... 2016-12-14 01:16 3KB www.dailymail.co.uk

19 4.0 On a Japanese Whiskey Tour, Small Batches and Bagpipes Three distilleries offer a variety of memorable tastes (spicy, smoky) and experiences (from corporate to boutique). There’s history in each glass. 2016-12-14 01:01 12KB www.nytimes.com

20 1.4 Chino Hills keeps entertaining, and winning, with the Ball brothers, beating Crespi An elderly couple in UCLA regalia were sitting on a bench outside the Crespi High gym more than three hours before the Celts’ game Tuesday night against unbeaten Chino Hills, led by brothers LiAngelo and LaMelo Ball. The game was sold out and they wanted a good... 2016-12-14 00:30 3KB www.latimes.com Articles

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1 /20 2.0 US military plane crashes off the coast of Japan injuring crew of five and forcing Marines to suspend flights

(3.07/4) The U. S. Marine Corps has suspended flights in Japan after one of its Osprey aircraft crash-landed off the coast of Okinawa. The U. S. Marine Corps has suspended Osprey flights amid growing anger in Okinawa about the American presence on the island. Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said: 'It is very regrettable that a serious accident occurred', adding 'securing safety is prerequisite' to the aircraft's deployment in Japan. Defence Minister Tomomi Inada called US Forces Japan commander Jerry Martinez and asked for more information about the accident and suspend operations of the aircraft until safety concerns are allayed. The crew members were airlifted to a Navy hospital at the Kadena Air Base for treatment. Japanese defense officials said two of them sustained injuries that were not life-threatening. The crash triggered protests on Okinawa, where anti-U. S. military sentiment is already strong. Many Okinawans were opposed to deploying the Osprey on the island due to safety concerns following a string of crashes outside Japan, including one in Hawaii last year. The Mayor of Nago, Susumu Inamine, said: 'This is what we have feared might happen some day. We can never live safely here.' The Ospreys was based at the Marine Corps Air Station Futenma. The base in a crowded residential area in central Okinawa is to be relocated to another site on the east coast of the island called Henoko, in Nago, where residents oppose the plan, and the crash added to their anger. More than half of the 50,000 American troops in Japan are stationed on Okinawa under the Japan-U. S. security treaty. Many on the island complain about noise and pollution linked to the U. S. military and there have been protests following a series of rapes and murders of local women over the years. Earlier this year Justin Castellanos, a U. S. Marine stationed at Camp Schwab in Okinawa, was jailed for 30 months for raping a 40-year-old Japanese tourist.

US Osprey flights in Japan Japan demands halt to US US military Osprey crash- U.S. military Osprey crash- halted after crash off Osprey flights after crash lands off Okinawa, no lands off Okinawa; no Okinawa dailymail.co.uk fatalities fatalities scmp.com article.wn.com article.wn.com 2016-12-14 05:18 Associated Press www.dailymail.co.uk

2 /20 1.0 FOREX-Dollar takes breather, investors anxious about Fed rate outlook (2.06/4) By Hideyuki Sano TOKYO, Dec 14 (Reuters) - The dollar took a breather on Wednesday as investors waited to see if the U. S. Federal Reserve will signal any acceleration in the pace of future rate increases to deal with an expected ramp-up in fiscal spending under President-elect Donald Trump. In its policy meeting ending later in the day, the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) is seen as all but certain to raise its interest rate target by 0.25 percentage point to 0.50-0.75 percent. The decision will be announced at 1900 GMT. It would be just the Fed's second rate hike since the financial crisis in 2007-08, following last December's tightening. "The markets think a rate hike is a certainty so the focus is on the outlook for next year. I think they will maintain their previous projections to raise rates twice next year but if they turn more hawkish, the dollar will test its upside again," said Shinichiro Kadota, chief FX strategist at Barclays. The dollar index, which tracks the U. S. unit against a basket of six major currencies , edged down to 101.00, having slipped from this week's high of 101.78 touched early on Monday. The euro inched higher to $1.0637, pulling further away from Monday's one-week low of $1.0525. Against the yen, the dollar was slightly higher at 115.25 yen, but remained well below Monday's 10-month peak of 116.12 yen. Some investors were eager to take profits from the dollar's massive rally of about 10 percent against the yen since the Nov 8 U. S. election. Expectations that Trump will cut taxes, boost fiscal spending and raise U. S. growth over the near-term lifted U. S. bond yields and stock prices, making the dollar more attractive. On Monday, the benchmark U. S. 10-year yield touched more than two-year highs above 2.50 percent, and the 30-year U. S. Treasury yield climbed to around a 17-month peak. "If Treasury yields could correct lower after the FOMC outcome, that means the yen could appreciate again," said Yutaka Miura, a senior technical analyst at Mizuho Securities. "Until then, the pair is range-bound in the 115-level," he said. Although many investors had long thought the Fed will raise rates very slowly and cautiously, especially under dovish Chair Janet Yellen, Trump's surprise election victory last month has drastically shaken up that assumption. The two-year U. S. debt yield rose to a 6 1/2-year high on Tuesday, and U. S. money market futures are pricing in almost two rate hikes next year. That marks a sea change from before the election, when markets were not fully pricing in even one rate hike in 2017. Commodity-linked currencies were supported by strong rises in oil prices after OPEC and some of its rivals reached their first deal since 2001 to jointly reduce output to tackle global oversupply. The Australian dollar traded at $0.7489, having hit a near one-month high of $0.7524 on Tuesday. The Aussie was also not far from its March peak of 86.66 yen , a break of which could open a way for a test of above 90 yen touched last year. The Canadian dollar stood at C$1.3133 per U. S. dollar , after having risen to as high as C$1.3102 to the dollar on Tuesday, an eight-week high. The biggest winner in the past few sessions from rallying oil prices was the Russian rouble, which rose 5.4 percent over the past week against the dollar to hit a 16-1/2-month high. The Russian currency is the best performing currency since Trump's upset. (Additional reporting by Lisa Twaronite in Tokyo; Editing by Shri Navaratnam and Kim Coghill) Nikkei ends little changed FOREX-Dollar steady ahead Fed set to hike rates, policy ahead of Fed's policy of Fed rate decision outlook now hinges on decision dailymail.co.uk Trump presidency dailymail.co.uk article.wn.com

2016-12-14 01:14 Reuters www.dailymail.co.uk

3 /20 0.0 Putin's large dog Yume barks at Japanese journalists

(1.28/4) Maybe even more so when it's standing next to Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Two Japanese journalists grimaced as Putin brought his dog Yume into the room before an interview Wednesday.

With the presidential pool cameras clicking, the 4- year-old Akita began to bark loudly at the visiting journalists, who stood there frozen, smiling awkwardly at the boisterous pup.

Putin beckoned the dog over to him to give her a treat before leading her through a series of tricks.

"You were right to take caution," Putin later said to the journalists. "Yume is a no-nonsense dog. There are many people here, with camcorders running, lights shining and cameras clicking. She is being a guard dog. "

A thank you gift

Japan gifted the Akita to Putin four years ago as a thank you for Russia's help after the massive earthquake and tsunami that crippled Japan in 2011 , according to Russian state-owned Sputnik News.

Putin is an avid dog-lover, Sputnik reports.

Putin granted an interview with Japanese journalists from Nippon TV and Yomiuri Shimbun newspaper ahead of his official trip to Japan to meet with President Shinzo Abe on Thursday.

This isn't the first time Putin's dogs have caused a commotion. In January 2007, German Chancellor Angela Merkel was photographed looking distinctly uncomfortable at a meeting with the Russian leader after he brought his large black Labrador named "Koni" into the room.

Earlier this year, Putin said he hadn't intended to scare her.

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2016-12-14 02:04 Deborah Bloom www.cnn.com

4 /20 3.8 Zidane lavishes praise on Ballon d'Or winner Ronaldo

(1.02/4) YOKOHAMA, Japan (AP) — Real Madrid coach Zinedine Zidane has lavished more praise on Cristiano Ronaldo. Ronaldo claimed his fourth Ballon d'Or prize on Monday, and is now targeting a third title at the Club World Cup. Zidane says "it is very rare that one player wins so many awards," adding "his fourth Ballon d'Or is a great achievement. It is not something you can easily achieve. Maybe he deserves a fifth Ballon d'Or. " Another trophy would move Ronaldo level with Lionel Messi. Madrid, which faces Mexican side Club America in the semifinals on Thursday, is favored to win its second Club World Cup. The team hasn't lost in any competition since April 6, a run which has stretched to a club record 35 games.

Zidane lavishes praise on Ballon d’Or winner Ronaldo wtop.com

2016-12-14 05:15 Associated Press www.dailymail.co.uk

5 /20 5 /20 2.9 Japan, EU in Talks Seeking Free-Trade Deal by Year-End

(1.02/4) Japan and the European Union are holding last-ditch talks this week to try reach a broad free trade agreement by the end of the year, Japanese government officials said. ...

Japan, EU in talks seeking free-trade deal by year-end dailymail.co.uk

2016-12-14 04:43 system article.wn.com

6 /20 0.0 Superlong JGB yields skid after BOJ steps up buying

(1.01/4) TOKYO, Dec 14 (Reuters) - Superlong Japanese government bond prices rose on Wednesday, sending yields skidding from recent highs after the Bank of Japan increased purchases in that zone as part of its regular buying operations. A BOJ official said the increase was aimed at steering the JGB yield curve toward what the central band deems appropriate, and that the move took into account recent rapid rises in super-long yields and the possibility of further volatility. Under its current monetary policy framework of "yield curve control" unveiled in September, the BOJ aims to guide the 10-year JGB yield to around zero percent. "It was a surprise, as generally the BOJ does not offer to buy superlong JGBs the day ahead of a 20-year auction," said Keiko Onogi, senior strategist at Daiwa Securities. "We don't know if the BOJ will continue to provide this kind of surprise to the market," she said. "It could make it harder for us to predict the BOJ's buying schedule. " On Thursday, the Ministry of Finance will hold a regular auction for 1.1 billion yen ($9.56 million) of 20-year JGBs. Superlong JGB yields have risen to multi-month highs in recent sessions, tracking higher global yields. Yields on U. S. Treasuries have soared since the Nov. 8 election of Donald Trump, who market participants expect will adopt reflationary policies. Later on Wednesday, the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) is widely expected to raise its interest rate target by 0.25 percentage point to 0.50-0.75 percent at the conclusion of its two- day policy meeting, and could signal further hikes ahead. "Just in case Treasury yields resume their rise after the FOMC, the BOJ took action today to lower long-term yields," said Yutaka Miura, a senior technical analyst at Mizuho Securities. Last month, as JGB yields faced upward pressure following Trump's victory, the BOJ offered to buy an unlimited amount of 5-year JGBs at minus 0.04 percent and 2-year JGBs at minus 0.09 percent, to prevent yields in those zones from rising. On Wednesday morning, the BOJ offered to buy 120 billion yen of JGBs with over 25 years left to maturity. It also offered to buy 200 billion yen of JGBs with between 10 and 25 years left to maturity. The 30-year yield, which touched its highest levels since mid-March in the previous session, shed 7.5 basis points (bps) to 0.730 percent. It fell to a session low of 0.725 percent from an earlier session high of 0.785 percent before the BOJ's operations. The benchmark 10-year yield fell 2 bps to 0.060 percent, moving away from a 10-month peak of 0.080 percent marked this week, while 10-year JGB futures finished up 0.15 point at 149.97. ($1 = 115.0600 yen) (Reporting by Tokyo markets team)

Asahi Glass to buy 59 Nikkei ends little changed percent stake in Vinythai ahead of Fed's policy from Belgium's Solvay decision dailymail.co.uk dailymail.co.uk

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7 /20 1.0 Can Putin, Abe end World War II and change Pacific power dynamic? Russian President Vladimir Putin makes his first visit to Japan in 11 years on Thursday with Tokyo hopeful of progress in getting Russia to return islands in the Kuril chain that the then-Soviet Union seized three days after Japan's surrender at the end of World War II.

It's been a sore spot in Japan-Russia relations for the past 71 years and is something that both Moscow and Tokyo are looking to leverage to enhance their security and economic interests in the Pacific.

Putin has been looking to shore up ties in Asia as part of what analysts have called Russia's "turn to the east" as US and European sanctions following Russia's annexation of Crimea took a toll.

Meanwhile, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe sees a chance for Japan to get access to the rich resources of Russia's far east, a move that could help Japan's economy while delivering a blow to rival China, which now imports much of those resources.

The 56-island Kuril chain stretches northward from Japan's northern island of Hokkaido toward Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula. They became part of Russia with the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991.

Japan claims four of the islands as its "Northern Territories. "

Strategic chokepoints

The Kurils guard over a line of access points for the Russian navy between the Sea of Okhotsk the west and the open Pacific Ocean to the east.

The then-Soviet Union attacked them in 1945 nine days after the United States dropped a second atomic bomb on Japan at Nagasaki and a devastated Japan was in little position to put up much of a defense.

Now Tokyo senses a chance to get the islands back as Putin looks for economic investment in the islands and across Russia's development-poor eastern region.

However, don't hold your breath for that overdue peace treaty or Russia giving up any control over the islands, is the advice many analysts have for Abe.

The reasons are twofold: One, the military value to Russia.

The islands protect sea lanes vital to Russia's Pacific Fleet, which move from bases along Russia's eastern seaboard.

Russian installations on the islands also enable it to monitor movements of US and Japanese naval forces along Russia northeastern coast. "The Sea of Okhost has to be a Russian lake. The Russians can't guarantee that if they don't hold the islands," said Carl Schuster, a professor at Hawaii Pacific University and former director of operations at the US Pacific Command's Joint Intelligence Center.

Two, giving back territory is just not something that happens in Putin's Russia.

"I have a hard time imagining Putin signing an agreement with Japan ceding even a few of the islands because Russian policy is so nationalistic these days," Gerry Hudson, an associate at Ohio State University's Mershon Center for International Security Studies told CNN in an email.

"Giving away territory does not seem to be in the cards. "

Putin's Asia strategy

Analysts say negotiations over the islands fit into Putin's strategy in Asia, which is to exploit small fractures in alliances to roil the waters just enough that Russia gains diplomatic and economic advantages without giving up anything concrete.

"The Russian side is using the islands as a diplomatic ploy. They don't have any intention of settling the islands issue," said James Brown, an associate professor of political science at Temple University in Tokyo.

"Perhaps all of these Japanese desires to deal with Russia would largely disappear as they would have their islands back. "

Negotiating with Japan also sends a message to Washington, says William Courtney, a former US diplomat and adjunct senior fellow at the RAND think tank in Washington.

"Russia hopes to weaken support for US military basing and deployments, and to undermine public support in Japan for increasing military preparedness," he said in an email to CNN.

Resurgent Japan military 'can stand toe to toe with anybody'

Is Russia a player in the Pacific?

A loss of Russian control in the Kurils could open up them up to use by the US military because of its defense ties to Japan's Self-Defense Force.

And that could make it easier for the US to monitor Russia's submarines, which are its most- threatening platform in the Pacific.

Russia subs outnumber its surface vessels in the Pacific four to one, analysts say.

"In a conventional conflict, Russia's submarine power in the Pacific, particularly if used in defensively, could threaten some US and Japanese naval forces," Courtney said.

Russia's Kilo class, diesel-electric powered subs may be the biggest naval threat, Schuster said. "When it is on batteries, it is the quietest submarine in the world," he said. And that makes them a threat to the US Navy's most important platforms -- aircraft carriers -- one of which, the USS Ronald Reagan, is based in Japan.

Beyond that, analysts consider the Russian military in the Pacific to be a largely defensive force, but one that could be a significant distraction in the event of a US or Japanese confrontation with China, a long-standing Russian ally.

Without Pearl Harbor, a different world?

"In a Sino-American crisis, Russia's intentions and concerns about them would divert some US Navy attention and resources from the much greater (Chinese) Navy capabilities," Schuster said.

Spurning China?

Russia has recently held military exercises with China in the South China Sea and has deep ties with Beijing.

Putin has visited China at least 10 times since 2000, noticeably standing shoulder-to-shoulder with President Xi Jinping during a military parade to mark the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II.

But for all that, Putin is wary of Chinese influence over development in Russia's far east, say analysts. Right now, Japan comes with less to worry about in Moscow.

It doesn't have nuclear weapons, it won't flood the region with foreign laborers and it doesn't share a land border with Russia, said Jun Okumura, a former official in Japan's economic ministry and visiting scholar at the Meiji Institute of Global Affairs.

That's why he's in Japan this week. He'll take that Japanese development money over the Chinese kind. "This fear of China goes back more than a 100 years -- the fear of yellow horde goes back a millennium," he said.

"Japan is really the safe partner," Okumura said.

2016-12-14 05:23 Brad Lendon www.cnn.com

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It's difficult to picture a bigger film franchise than the "Star Wars" saga. Since George Lucas' sci-fi adventure lit up movie screens on May 25, 1977, audiences all over...

Young Kiwi students with a can-do attitude will ultimately help hundreds of New Zealand families in need this Christmas. More than 200 schools took part in this year's...

CLEVELAND, Ohio - A new shared kitchen and incubator for small food businesses is in development in the West Bank of the Flats. Prep Kitchen is being led by Roberto...

ALBUQUERQUE, N. M. (AP) — A hundred years ago Nob Hill was not much to see. A barren landscape with lots of sand, some brush, a few arroyos and a whole lot of nothing else. ...

One of 2016’s earliest restaurant casualties was the East Village’s Northern Spy Food Co., one of the farm-to-table pioneers. Chef Pete Lipson led the charge for two years before it sadly closed in February, and, fortunately, he has now found a home at More »......

Co Down restaurant The Boat House has reopened under the ownership of the duo behind neighbouring restaurant the Salty Dog, the Belfast Telegraph can reveal. Husband and wife team Ken and Lisa Sharp say they want to bring drama back to the dinner table as they take on the challenge of fine dining at their second restaurant. Share Go To The new owners have big plans for the tiny...

East Dallas' popular Henderson Avenue corridor is headed for a major makeover with a new mixed-use project. Investors and developers who almost four years ago bought up more than two dozen properties along the avenue between U. S. Highway 75 and Ross Avenue are ready to build on the largest vacant tract on the thoroughfare. Dallas' Open Realty Advisors which owns the Henderson...

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The New York officials and hotel interests who want to drive Airbnb out of the city call the rentals “unregulated hotels” or “illegal hotels.” These accommodations do, of course, compete with hotels. That’s why Mike Barnello, the chief executive of LaSalle Hotel Properties, told analysts that New York’s draconian new law, which imposes fines of up to $7,500 on absent Airbnb...

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9 /20 2.0 BOJ survey shows cheaper yen lifts Japan business sentiment BOJ survey shows cheaper yen lifts Japan business sentiment Associated Press - 14 December 2016 02:39-05:00 News Topics: Business, General news, Japanese yen, Economy, Currency markets, Public opinion, Business confidence, Financial markets, Social affairs People, Places and Companies: Donald Trump, Japan Copyright 2016 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

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10 /20 5.6 Startup Uses Levels of Night-Time Lighting to Predict GDP Growth It’s a simple question, but are a lot of people burning the midnight oil? That might be a good clue as to how healthy the economy of a given location is.

Bloomberg reports that Japanese financial research and technology firm Nowcast is examining and comparing changes in night-time illumination, as captured on satellite images, and generating predictions of changes in a country’s GDP from that information. It correlates the findings with statistics taken from industrial production and trade.

According to the company’s CEO Ryota Hayashi, early tests of the methodology in Japan have shown promising signs. Nowcast’s predictions were more accurate than surveys made by economists six weeks prior to the release of economic data.

Nowcast hopes its ability to accurately predict GDP well ahead of time will attract customers who otherwise would only have quarterly GDP data to rely on for their investment decisions. “Using three-month-old factors in your models is far from ideal,” Hayashi told Bloomberg .

The idea isn’t totally new. A group of economists in 2012 found that light intensity at night could be used to infer levels of economic activity, and could be particularly helpful if traditional forms of data were not reliable or available. But Hayashi told Bloomberg that Nowcast was the first service provider to use night-time illumination to project economic growth.

For more about economic forecasting, see Fortune’s video

The company aims to start providing light-driven growth forecasts for places like Japan, China, Taiwan, India and the U. S. as soon as next February.

2016-12-14 04:57 Kevin Lui fortune.com

11 /20 1.9 Ferrari lifts the lid on a new special edition The J50 is based on the current series production 488 Spider, but, from the outside at least, the only real clue is the engine note. The car's bodywork is a massive departure from the firm's current design language -- it's more aggressive, angular and sharp from its headlights to its side air intakes and its tail, yet it's still unmistakably a Ferrari.

The new model, developed by the company's Special Projects department in conjunction with its Styling Centre in Maranello, will be limited to 10 bespoke examples -- the company expects each owner to heavily customize his or her J50. But to get the ball rolling, the vehicle's style and stance has been heavily influenced by Japanese Ferrari collectors' tastes.

That's in part why, amidst all of this looking towards the future, the company has managed to resurrect several historic design features that used to bless all Ferrari V8s and which some purists miss. For example, that aggressive matte black rear boasts four individual circular tail lamps. Better still, this car is also the marque's first targa -- i.e., it has a removable roof panel -- in almost two decades. The targa or 'S' option used to be offered on every small Ferrari starting in 1975 with the 308 GTS and last seen on the Ferrari F355 (1994-1999).

What's more, while the J50 gets its power from the same 3.9-liter twin-turbo V8 powerplant that powers the 488 Spider to 100km/h from a standstill in 3.0 seconds and on to a top speed beyond 200mph, it's been retuned. Instead of 660hp, it produces 690hp. And because the car's also lower, has more pronounced aerodynamics, larger air intakes and some of its internal hardware, including radiators, have been moved for greater efficiency, it could be noticeably quicker.

However, Ferrari isn't giving out any performance data. Nor is it revealing any pricing details, but expect this car, if you can get on the waiting list -- bespoke Ferraris have a habit of selling out while they're still in the initial sketch stage -- to cost at least twice as much as the current $275,000 488 Spider.

2016-12-14 03:48 AFP Relaxnews www.timeslive.co.za

12 /20 3.4 75-year-old Japanese tourist dies while snorkelling on Great Barrier Reef An elderly Japanese tourist has died after being pulled from waters in the Great Barrier Reef while snorkelling, Australian police said Wednesday, the fourth fatality at the popular tourist spot in a month. The 75-year-old woman was snorkelling at Moore Reef some 40km from Cairns on Tuesday afternoon when she was “pulled unresponsive from the water”, a Queensland Police spokeswoman said. The crew on the boat she was travelling on started CPR but she died shortly after, the spokeswoman added. The incident followed the death of while diving on Agincourt Reef off the popular resort of Port Douglas last month. His death came just days after their 70s with pre-existing medical conditions perished snorkelling in the same area. More than two million people visit the reef every year, generating more than A$2 billion (US$1.5 billion) in tourism revenues, according to the government.

2016-12-14 03:10 Agence France www.scmp.com

13 /20 1.7 Fake police cop $5m of gold in Japan Thieves posing as police officers walked off with more than $5 million of gold after telling a group of men simply to hand it over, Japanese media reported Wednesday. The fake cops stopped the group and demanded briefcases that contained the yellow metal, telling them: "We know it's smuggled," the Asahi Shimbun reported. Apparently taken in by the disguise, the victims gave the pretend police what they asked for and watched as they drove off. The heist, in Fukuoka, happened as the men were on their way to sell the more-than 100 kilogrammes (220 pounds) of gold, said reports, which valued the haul at 600 million yen ($5.2 million). The men who were robbed later told the real police they had bought the metal the day before. An official police spokesman in Fukuoka refused to confirm the reports, which said the theft took place in July, and most likely involved organised crime gangs. 2016-12-14 02:55 Afp www.dailymail.co.uk

14 /20 0.6 AKB48 Group Unit Single Soudatsu Janken Taika announce the winner of the intense game of rock, paper, scissors in Japan An arena full of people erupted during the intense finals of rock, paper, scissors in Japan. The event, AKB48 Group Unit Single Soudatsu Janken Taikai, was held on October 10 at World Memorial Hall in the Kansai Region. The tournament allows competitors to battle their through rounds to win the spot at the forefront of the very popular Japanese girl group AKB48 and debut a song. Tanabe Miku was crowned the seventh AKB48’S janken queen after she beat 98 members for the top prize. Miku luckily went with rock when her opponent chose scissors. Unable to believe her glorious achievement Ms Miku looks at her right hand in absolute amazement. But as the crowd erupted and confetti fell from above, the young winner buried her face in her hands and fell to her knees while sobbing. The 98 hopefuls were divided into seven 'blocks' to compete in the luck-based tournament. The winner of each block then progressed to the final part of the battle which saw Ms Miku crowned the victor. Once Ms Miku finally managed to accept her win she clutched onto her trophy and barely managed to answer questions as she continued to sob. But the proud winner managed to make the crowd laugh after she said: 'Tonight's drink will taste good!'

2016-12-14 02:06 Martha Azzi www.dailymail.co.uk

15 /20 15 /20 2.4 Model Amy Pejkovic flaunts her endless legs in high- cut striped swimsuit as she poses on the beach during sassy swimwear shoot She's the athlete-turned swimwear model currently training to make the Australian athletics team for the Tokyo Olympic Games in 2020. And Amy Pejkovic, 23, showcased her endless legs on Instagram this week as she posed in a high-cut swimming costume during a beach photo-shoot with Popsugar Australia. Taking to Instagram on Tuesday, the statuesque blonde uploaded a photo of herself posing on the beach, writing: '4am call times aren't too bad when you're shooting on the beach with @popsugarau H&M by the epic @ktmakeup.' Scroll down for video Her eye-popping neon pink swimsuit was paired with an orange windbreaker and a pair of bright pink sunglasses hanging from the scoop neck of her one-piece. She then showcased her gym-honed physique in a follow-up post, this time depicting her bouncing around the sand in a Nike-branded T-shirt and ankle-high socks. 'Bouncy bouncy #popsugar,' she wrote in the caption. Amy has appeared on the cover of Russh, Women’s Fitness and in the Lorna Jane magazine. She has also done runway work for Australian Fashion Week and numerous brands. She is thought to be dating AFL star Adam Tomlinson, who plays for the Greater Western Sydney Giants. Amy's Olympic dream was put on hold after she was diagnosed with a brain tumour aged 19. The professional high jumper was told by doctors she needed surgery to remove the mass from her brainstem in 2012. At that time, Amy was training to make the Australian athletics team for the London Olympic Games.

2016-12-14 01:56 Monique Friedlander www.dailymail.co.uk

16 /20 3.0 Humbled Sundowns want to rise again Sundowns lost 2-0 to Antlers of Japan, and have the fifth-place playoff against South Korea's Asian champions left to play for.

Sundowns winger Keagan Dolly warned that the Asian champions might be tougher prospects than their J-League counterparts

"It's going to be tough. We know Jeonduk are a good team and they have got good [players]," he said.

The forward, one of four Sundowns players nominated for Confederation of African Football's African player of the year award, will have to lift himself from a tired-looking performance against Antlers after a gruelling 15 months of club and international fixtures. Dolly said: "It's been very busy - it's been a long year for Sundowns. I think it's been 15 months of non-stop football without a rest.

"For some of us, it's not just Sundowns, it's also the national teams (Bafana Bafana). But I think throughout the campaign it's been a really good year for us. "

Sundowns coach Pitso Mosimane has pointed to his side's inexperience as Club World Cup rookies, saying they are in Japan on a learning curve. He said he enjoyed even the defeat against Antlers.

"I need to play this game, play the Asian champions and prepare the team for the [2017] Champions League, and as a team raise the level a little bit," said Mosimane.

Strydom is in Japan as a guest of Sundowns

2016-12-14 01:50 MARC STRYDOM www.timeslive.co.za

17 /20 3.7 Japanese Australians to lodge 18C discrimination case over war memorial The Australia-Japan Community Network is set to lodge a Section 18C discrimination case against the Uniting Church over a Sydney memorial commemorating Korean sex slaves in World War II. ...

2016-12-14 01:43 system article.wn.com

18 /20 1.6 Iran crude oil exports to hit 5-mth low in Dec -source By Osamu Tsukimori TOKYO, Dec 14 (Reuters) - Iran's crude oil exports in December are set to fall 8 percent from November to a five-month low, a source with knowledge of its preliminary tanker schedule said, as lower shipments to China and others in Asia offset bumper exports to Europe. Iran was exempted from last month's OPEC deal to reduce output by 1.2 million barrels per day (bpd) starting from January, and had been expected to boost its output slightly. But Iran's December crude exports excluding condensate are set to fall to 1.88 million bpd, from 2.04 million bpd in November, the source familiar with its export situation said. That may be a sign it is having trouble maintaining output after the lifting of sanctions this year led to a surge in production. Exemption from the deal agreed by the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) was a victory for Tehran, which has argued it needs to regain the market share it lost under Western sanctions targetting its nuclear programme. Compared with a year ago, Iran's December crude exports are still set to jump 81 percent as shipments to Europe resumed only in February this year, according to the source. ASIA EXPORTS TO TUMBLE Iran exports to Asia this month are set to fall 17 percent from November to 1.11 million bpd, the lowest since February, as major importers all cut their purchases except for India. Exports to Europe look set to rise 10 percent from November to this year's high of 767,000 bpd, topping levels seen prior to the imposition of toughened sanctions in 2012. Before the sanctions were enforced, Iran was exporting about 2.2 million bpd of crude each month, with Europe taking about 600,000 bpd, according to the International Energy Agency. Loadings headed for China in December will tumble 28 percent from November to 400,000 bpd, the lowest since October 2015. Japan is lifting 134,000 bpd of crude, down 1.6 percent from November, while South Korea is loading 60,000 bpd, half its November volumes. India - the only major Asian buyer to show growth - will load 517,000 bpd in December, up 12 percent from November and making it Iran's top buyer for the month. In Europe, Italy and Turkey are both lifting around 190,000 bpd, while Greece and Spain are taking around 97,000 bpd. Austria is loading about 1 million barrels this month, following its first purchase in years in August. In addition, another 161,000 bpd is heading to unspecified destinations in Europe. (Reporting by Osamu Tsukimori; Editing by Tom Hogue)

2016-12-14 01:16 Reuters www.dailymail.co.uk

19 /20 4.0 On a Japanese Whiskey Tour, Small Batches and Bagpipes One of the many discoveries I made on my first night in Japan nearly 30 years ago were the vending machines that sold beer. As I walked to my new apartment just hours after landing in Tokyo, I found a machine stocked with different sizes of cans and brands. It was a eureka moment.

Then I saw something more bewildering: a small bottle of whiskey. I was impressed that it was sold in a vending machine but skeptical that it was any good. In a fit of caution, I opted for a few beers.

Over the next dozen years that I lived in Tokyo, when I saw Japanese whiskey, it was almost always in pubs where businessmen diluted it with water or ice to make it easier to drink. Back then, domestic whiskey was considered inferior to the Scottish original. One Japanese friend was so smitten with the Glenlivet I gave him he kept the bottle long after he emptied it.

It was only after moving back to the United States in 2004 that I realized that I had missed the emergence of Japan’s whiskey boom. My first hint should have been the 2003 movie “Lost in Translation,” in which Bill Murray cradles a glass of Suntory while filming a commercial.

Several years later, my brother started drinking Japanese whiskey. Intrigued, I asked my friend Bill Bloch, who writes for the blog The Malt Impostor, what I had been missing. A lot, it turned out. Over the last 20 years or so, Suntory and Nikka, Japan’s other large distiller, had begun producing award-winning single malts that connoisseurs now covet. The four-figure prices for bottles of some of them confirmed how late I was to the party.

So this spring, on a trip to Tokyo, my wife and I decided to see what the fuss was about, taking side trips to distilleries owned by three of the best-regarded makers, Nikka, Chichibu and Suntory.

To prepare, I read the blog Nonjatta about whiskey in Japan and sampled Yoichi , Hakushu and a few other whiskeys. I watched the serialized television drama “Massan,” which chronicles the life of Masataka Taketsuru , the godfather of Japanese whiskey.

Taketsuru was the scion of an old sake brewing family who traveled to Scotland in 1918 to learn how to make whiskey and returned in 1920 with a Scottish bride.

Taketsuru went to work for Shinjiro Torii, the founder of what would become Suntory. With Taketsuru’s technical know-how and Torii’s business savvy, they opened a distillery in 1924 in Mishima-gun, about halfway between Osaka and Kyoto. After some early hiccups, they introduced whiskey to the masses.

But Taketsuru wanted to make whiskey in a place that approximated Scotland. So in 1934, he and three investors opened a rival distillery that became Nikka, in Yoichi, on the northern island of Hokkaido.

Taketsuru’s central role in the birth of Japanese whiskey made Yoichi a logical place to start our tour. We found a package plan that included round-trip tickets on ANA and a night in a Western- style hotel in Sapporo for less than $300 per person.

After the 90-minute flight to Sapporo, we caught the Airport Express train to the city center and walked a few minutes to our hotel. The rooms were small, tidy and included breakfast.

The next morning, we took a two-car train that hugged the coastline to Yoichi. We quickly saw why Taketsuru set up shop here. The town is surrounded by hills on three sides and faces the Sea of Japan, and the salt air and fresh water evoke Scotland.

Nikka seemed to be about the only reason tourists stopped there. Thanks to “Massan,” about 900,000 people visited the distillery last year, remarkable for a town of 20,000.

Outside the station, we saw the gray brick walls of the distillery a few blocks away on Rita Road, named in honor of Taketsuru’s wife, Rita Cowan Taketsuru. Bagpipe music blared over the loud speakers in town.

At the gate, two receptionists in red-and-black tartan outfits greeted us. The free guided tours were only in Japanese, but plenty of tourists wandered around, English pamphlets in hand. Busloads of schoolchildren, Chinese tourists and groups of Japanese senior citizens paraded past the buildings and raided the gift shop. We were lucky to be taken around by Naoki Tomoyoshi, an award-winning bartender who is now the chief of international sales and marketing.

Mr. Tomoyoshi explained that there is roughly a 10-year lag between production and demand for good whiskey, and during Japan’s go-go years in the 1980s, Nikka cranked up production to meet demand. As the economy slowed, Nikka drew down its inventory. Now that demand has rebounded, Nikka is playing catch-up.

“The impact of ‘Massan’ has been very positive, which can sometimes be a negative in the whiskey business,” Mr. Tomoyoshi said. “Whiskey doesn’t happen in two weeks like beer.”

To get whiskeys to market faster, Nikka is no longer releasing Yoichi and Miyagikyo , two of its signature whiskeys, with age statements of, say, 12 or 17 years.

The urgency was not apparent at the stately distillery, where you could almost imagine old man Taketsuru wandering around mulling his next creation. The S-shaped trail that bisected the grounds, my wife thought, was a metaphor for the long and winding journey that it takes to make whiskey.

The highlight was the distillation room, where the pot stills were heated with coal, rarely used elsewhere because of environmental restrictions. Like a scene out of the Industrial Age, workers in factory smocks shoveled piles of coal into the furnace beneath the pot stills every few minutes. Mr. Tomoyoshi said that using coal to maintain a temperature of between 1,472 and 1,832 degrees Fahrenheit was less precise than more easily controlled sources of heat, but the uneven temperatures created more unpredictable flavors as a result.

Nearby was the Taketsurus’s modest wooden home. We peeked at the kitchen and the living room, which looked as if little had changed since the 1950s, when the couple lived there. (Rita died in 1961, Taketsuru in 1979.) Taketsuru drank only in a room with the traditional tatami mats, and his flask was still there.

Given how instrumental Taketsuru was to Nikka and Suntory, it was disappointing that there was no mention in the Nikka museum that he worked elsewhere.

The corporate dispute seemed trivial when a few days later we visited Ichiro Akuto, the founder of the Chichibu distillery in Chichibu, a city about two hours by train and taxi from Tokyo. The distillery is everything Nikka and Suntory are not: Less than a decade old, it is tiny by comparison. Without the expectations of an established brand, Mr. Akuto is freer to experiment, and in a short time he has created some of the most sought-after Japanese whiskey.

Born into a 350-year-old sake brewing family, Mr. Akuto worked for Suntory before joining the whiskey distillery that his grandfather started in 1946. After sales faltered, his father sold the company.

Mr. Akuto, though, acquired the 400 casks in inventory and started his own company, Venture Whisky. (Many Japanese distillers use the Scottish spelling of whiskey, without the e.) To buy time, he bottled his father’s whiskey and went bar to bar in the Tokyo area to win over bartenders.

It took Mr. Akuto two years to sell his first 600 bottles. But after he started winning awards, his whiskeys shot up in price. During our visit, we could see why. He makes everything in small batches with an obsessive attention to detail, and adds some interesting twists, like a fermentation tank called a washback made of mizunara oak, a wood indigenous to Japan that is typically used for casks.

One of Mr. Akuto’s novel ideas was to blend his father’s inventory with his new whiskeys. I fell in love with one named, aptly, Double Distilleries, which was sweet and sharp at once. I had to restrain myself from finishing the samples that were left out for us to taste and was crushed to learn that Mr. Akuto lacked a license to sell retail, so I left empty-handed.

It wasn’t hard to root for Mr. Akuto. In our hourlong talk, he was knowledgeable but modest, and said his goal was not to beat Nikka or Suntory, or even to earn a lot of money.

“As for my dream or motivation, I want to drink 30-year-old whiskey,” he said. “It will take 22 more years. If I can drink it, I think I’ll die having lived a good life.”

We didn’t expect such simplicity on the last leg of our tour to Suntory’s Yamazaki Distillery .

We rode the bullet train to Kyoto and changed to a local train heading to Osaka. About 20 minutes later we got off at Yamazaki Station and walked 10 minutes to the distillery, the smell of malted barley in the air.

The spot is ideal because of the easy access to Kyoto and Osaka, and because the Katsura, Kizu and Uji Rivers meet nearby and provide fresh water. These days, a visit to the distillery is as much as about the company’s history as it is the ingredients that go into the whiskeys.

As in Yoichi, the cult of the founder was ever-present. We saw busts of Torii and his adopted son and successor, Keizo Saji, who pushed the company to develop premium whiskey. The museum made no mention of Taketsuru, but had a fascinating collection of bottles, labels and advertisements.

Then Shinji Fukuyo, Suntory’s chief blender, took us around the distillery, which dwarfed anything we saw in Yoichi and Chichibu. There were, for instance, five pairs of pot stills in the distillation room and about a million casks of whiskey, including a Cádiz sherry cask dating back to 1924. The inventory is so vast that Mr. Fukuyo’s team can only test a fraction of the enormous stock each year.

The real fun was talking to Mr. Fukuyo about his job. He sometimes tastes dozens of samples a day, and has to translate his impressions to a team of scientists who adjust batches accordingly. He avoids broiled fish, coffee and other foods that interfere with his taste buds.

The son of a police detective, Mr. Fukuyo looked like an engineer in his white factory jacket with maroon trim. But he explained that making whiskey is a guessing game. No one, he said, knows what consumers will want in 10 or 20 years, and even if he or she did, the whiskey now aging will change depending on the weather, the casks and other factors that are difficult to control.

Mr. Fukuyo quoted his predecessor, who likened the process to the career of a famous Japanese singer, Harumi Miyako. She still sings the same songs as she always did, sounding slightly different over the years, he said. “But the same person is singing, so it’s the same. It’s like a Zen question and answer.”

At the end of the tour, Mr. Fukuyo showed us four whiskeys that would be mixed with others to make new creations. The lightest was aged in American oak and reminded me of bourbon. The second sample was darker and aged in mizunara oak, which gave it a spicy aftertaste. Then we tasted a darker whiskey aged in Spanish oak that gave off a heavy hint of fruit. The last one was the smokiest and tasted a bit medicinal. We poured a splash of water in each glass and marveled at the new fragrances that arose.

On our last night in Tokyo, we ate at a restaurant with a view in the distance of the Park Hyatt Hotel, where much of “Lost in Translation” was filmed. After dinner, we went there by cab, and took an elevator to the New York Grill on the 52nd floor, where Mr. Murray had drinks in the movie.

We ordered whiskey samplers that included glasses of Miyagikyo and Yoichi from Nikka and glasses of 12-year-old Hakushu and 12-year-old Yamazaki from Suntory. In years past, I would have fumbled for the vocabulary to describe them. Now, I could identify the hint of sea salt in the Yoichi and the aroma of fruit and mizunara oak in the Yamazaki. Whiskey — or at least the Japanese variety — was no longer lost in translation.

2016-12-14 01:01 KEN BELSON www.nytimes.com

20 /20 1.4 Chino Hills keeps entertaining, and winning, with the Ball brothers, beating Crespi An elderly couple in UCLA regalia were sitting on a bench outside the Crespi High gym more than three hours before the Celts’ basketball game Tuesday night against unbeaten Chino Hills, led by brothers LiAngelo and LaMelo Ball. The game was sold out and they wanted a good seat for the so-called “greatest show” in high school basketball.

Yes, has left Chino Hills and is making 35-foot shots for No. 2-ranked UCLA, but the younger brothers are still providing plenty of entertainment. In fact, LaMelo, the sophomore who has grown to 6 feet 3, gave Lonzo a run for his money when he made his own 35-foot shot to start Tuesday’s game.

It’s a different Chino Hills team without Lonzo, but one thing hasn’t changed: The Huskies keep winning. They haven’t lost since March 2015. They went 35-0 last season and are 7-0 this season after a 105-74 victory over Crespi in a game that matched last season’s Open Division state champion against the Division 1 state champion.

The only problem was Crespi (5-5) didn’t have standout guards Brandon Williams (offers from UCLA and Arizona) and Taj Regans, both of whom sat on the bench, injured. Williams is gone for the season and will soon have knee surgery. Regans should be back soon.

LiAngelo Ball, who has a 72-point performance this season, finished with 30 points. LaMelo Ball had 14 assists and 23 points. And 6-9 added 23 points, 14 rebounds and some terrific dunks.

Crespi students dressed in Santa Claus gear were taking selfies with LiAngelo after the game. LaMelo was being asked for selfies by little kids. Both players are scheduled to follow Lonzo to UCLA.

“Litte Reggie,” as in Reggie Miller, is what one fan called LaMelo, who twice had opportunities to record his first dunk on breakaways. They were close, but….

“I dunked,” he claimed.

“Nah, but it’s coming,” LiAngelo said.

Former Chino Hills coach Steve Baik, now at Fairfax, was at the game.

First-year Chino Hills Coach Stephan Gilling said his team is focused on playing hard and creating opportunities on defense.

“You have to play defense to get the ball as many times as we can to score as many as we can,” Gilling said.

For Crespi Coach Russell White, the good news is that he has an improving sophomore in Kyle Owens, who finished with 24 points.

There will be plenty more times to see Chino Hills play this season, and the question is whether the Huskies will be able to battle Chatsworth Sierra Canyon, Torrance Bishop Montgomery and Santa Ana Mater Dei for Southern supremacy.

“They’re a talented group with a style that requires you to be disciplined for 32 minutes,” White said.

2016-12-14 00:30 Eric Sondheimer www.latimes.com

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