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Nikkei dives 7%, ends below 14,500

Tokyo's Nikkei stock index falls more than 7 percent to end below 14,500 as selling triggered by weak Chinese data outpaced sharp gains made earlier.
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'Soldier' hacked on London street

Two men with butcher knives hack a man to death near a London military barracks, and one of them then goes on video, shouting political statements and waving a meat ...
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U.S. admits drones killed four Americans

The White House admits it killed four Americans in overseas counterterrorism operations since 2009, the first time it has publicly taken responsibility for the deaths.
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600 students lose loans for poor performance

by Tomohiro Osaki

About 600 university students are deemed no longer eligible for student loans because of their poor academic performance last year.
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National

Miura becomes oldest atop Everest

Eighty-year-old Yuichiro Miura has become the oldest person to scale Mount Everest, his management office said Thursday. In his third successful attempt to climb the 8,848-meter peak, Miura and his Sherpas left the last ...
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Music

Guitarist Dustin Wong brings singer Takako Minekawa out on a 'Toropical' journey

by Patrick ST. Michel

Guitarist Dustin Wong hesitates for a split second. It’s a pause that would go unnoticed during most other sets, but Wong has spent the last 40 minutes seemingly in a trance while playing guitar ...
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Social Issues

Nationalism rearing ugly head with greater frequency

by Tomohiro Osaki

Angry protesters took to the streets Sunday in Tokyo's Shin-Okubo district, home to many Korean shops and restaurants, describing the Korean residents there as "cockroaches" and calling for their immediate "extermination."
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FBI kill man linked to Boston suspects

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Britain told U.S. in early 1941 Japan might be preparing for war

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Education panel urges Japanese colleges to reach outside

Pyongyang aid hinged to abductees; report hints Noda was told of survivors

April saw record number of travelers visit Japan

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Bill's Diet passage paves way for Japan to join child custody pact

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Hell hath no fury: Pope an exorcist?

Pope Francis’ fascination with the devil took on remarkable new twists Tuesday, with a well-known exorcist insisting Francis helped “liberate” a Mexican man possessed by four different demons despite the Vatican’s insistence that no such papal exorcism took place. The case concerns a 43-year-old ...

Sports

Basketball

Spurs ride out storm

Tim Duncan saves the day as the Spurs hold off the Grizzlies in overtime

Community

Issues | THE FOREIGN ELEMENT

Fear and incarceration, from Kampala to Nagoya

by Stephen Carr

“I was stopped by two men in a government-registered vehicle, blindfolded and dragged off the street. They took me away to a house in a place I did not know. I was forced into a room with blood all over the walls and floor, ...

Life

People

A fortunate life among hot springs

by Judit Kawaguchi

Kazuhiro Shiraishi, 66, is a guest-house manager in the Izu-kogen Highlands, a famous resort area on the Izu Peninsula of Shizuoka Prefecture. Looking out onto the Pacific Ocean, and just 90 minutes by train from Tokyo, Izu has a warm climate all year round ...

Culture

Art

Finding an artistic home for fashion

by Erik Luebs

Almost everything in the room is transparent. From the ceiling dangle two clear plastic jackets. Against the glass walls are empty glass display cases. Past the jackets on the opposite side of the room are four flat-screen TVs set to static. The room is ...

Opinion

Editorial

Managing Mount Fuji's fame

Chances have increased that Mount Fuji will become a World Heritage site in June following an April 30 recommendation by a UNESCO panel. The International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS) noted that the volcano is a national symbol of Japan and blends religious ...

Editorial

Recovery only benefiting a few

The Cabinet Office on May 16 announced that Japan’s real gross domestic product (GDP) in the January-March period increased 0.9 percent, or an annualized 3.5 percent, from the previous quarter. But ordinary households have yet to feel tangible benefits from Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s ...

Ms. Park's triumphant U.S. visit

The prospect of a clash over defense policy between South Korea's new president and the U.S. has been diminished by North Korea's own ham-fisted behavior.

William Pesek

There are billions of reasons why Japan Inc. should reflect

The flood of cash the Bank of Japan has made available to Japan Inc. has not opened executives to new ways of thinking or ushered more women into the workforce.