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Skytree's first anniversary marred by foul signals

National

Skytree's first anniversary marred by foul signals

by Hiroko Nakata

Tokyo Skytree will celebrate its first anniversary Wednesday but has not yet completed its prime mission of reliably broadcasting to households in the capital and its suburbs. Since December, the world’s tallest free-standing tower, at 634 meters high, has been making test broadcasts to ...

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Window on China's defense policy

China's critics are usually disappointed by its annual white paper on national defense. Beijing's eighth white paper since 1998 is notable for its view of U.S. policy.

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Apps to stay healthy, hear the news and keep in touch

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Apps to stay healthy, hear the news and keep in touch

by Rick Martin

If you work in an office, you probably spend a fair part of your time sitting at a desk, which, of course, isn’t very healthy. To combat that the Pomodoro technique recommends that you work in intervals with regular breaks — for example, 25 ...

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  • Fukushima photos focus on what can't be seen
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Fear and incarceration, from Kampala to Nagoya

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, ...

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  • Taking care of an aging smartphone — until the end
  • Tokyo: What do you make of Gov. Naoki Inose's comments about Muslims and Istanbul's Olympic bid?
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Outsider art that comes from within

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Outsider art that comes from within

by Edward M. Gómez

“Outsider art” is relatively new in Japan and, as a genre, works made by self-taught Japanese artists are still not very well known on the category-delineating, label-loving international art scene. Now, though, “Souzou: Outsider Art from Japan,” an exhibition on view (through June 30) ...

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  • Authorized life of Thatcher is clear-eyed, rich in details
  • At Cannes, Watson revels in post-'Potter' freedom
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Nadal too much for rival Federer in Italian Open final

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Nadal too much for rival Federer in Italian Open final

After all these years, Rafael Nadal still knows how to dominate Roger Federer. In the 30th meeting between the two tennis greats, Nadal controlled the final from start to finish to win 6-1, 6-3 Sunday for his seventh Italian Open title. “Rafa was just ...

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Google Glass may shatter Japan's 'manner' mode

Digital | JAPAN WEB WATCH May 15, 2013

Google Glass may shatter Japan's 'manner' mode

by Akky Akimoto

Google Glass is the latest mobile Internet gadget to grab headlines. Resembling a pair of glasses, the futuristic device enables wearers to access the Internet — in particular Google’s search, maps and translation functions — as long as they have a Wifi or Bluetooth ...

Digital | JAPAN WEB WATCH Apr 17, 2013

Shows on the road: mobile, on-demand TV a hit in Japan

by Akky Akimoto

There must be very few homes in the developed world that don’t have a television, and Japan is no exception. Even in the Internet era, as terrestrial TV is slowly being replaced by networked TVs, cable channels and computers, regular TV broadcasting still makes ...

Japan expresses its love for Apple and Steve Jobs, in manga

Digital | JAPAN WEB WATCH Mar 20, 2013

Japan expresses its love for Apple and Steve Jobs, in manga

by Akky Akimoto

Apple Inc. has been always loved by people in Japan. Even during its toughest years, in the 1990s, after cofounder Steve Jobs had been expelled and the company was almost dead, its Macintosh computer held a much greater market share in Japan than in ...

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