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Car bomb kills dozens outside Shiite mosque in Karachi

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Car bomb kills dozens outside Shiite mosque in Karachi

A car bomb exploded outside a mosque Sunday, killing at least 37 people and wounding another 141 in a mostly Shiite Muslim neighborhood in the southern Pakistan city of Karachi — the third mass-casualty attack on the minority sect in the country this year. ...

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Fever from the fields

At least five people in Japan have died of severe fever from thrombocytopenia syndrome (SFTS), a virus infection said to be transmitted by ticks.

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Kate Spade Saturday chooses Tokyo for its first flagship

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Kate Spade Saturday chooses Tokyo for its first flagship

by Danielle Demetriou

Sleeping in. Breakfast in bed. Sunny brunches. Strolls in the park. Laid-back afternoon tea. Cocktails at sunset. Decadent late nights. Saturday — the word brings to mind a flurry of images associated with the first day of the weekend and the chances are, they ...

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Buying property in the age of Abenomics

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Buying property in the age of Abenomics

by Philip Brasor and Masako Tsubuku

According to most business media, now is the time to act if you are thinking about buying a home. Though the Liberal Democratic Party has yet to confirm that it will go ahead with the consumption tax increases the Democratic Party of Japan passed ...

  • Child’s quibble with U.S. ‘poverty superpower’ propaganda unravels a sobering story about insular Japan
  • Noh performances in Kyoto to benefit Tohoku
  • What ever ‘appened to the Tamagotchi?
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‘A person and a possession’: Japanese women in history

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‘A person and a possession’: Japanese women in history

by Kris Kosaka

SELLING WOMEN: Prostitution, Markets and the Household in Early Modern Japan, by Amy Stanley. University of California Press, 2012, 282 pp., $49.95 (hardcover) In the vast cultural landscape, Japan fascinates the mainstream with manga and anime, the martial arts, Zen and kimono. Of course, ...

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Maeda regains pitching form, holds China scoreless for five innings

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Maeda regains pitching form, holds China scoreless for five innings

Kenta Maeda shook off worries about his form with five shutout innings as Japan beat China 5-2 in first-round Pool A of the World Baseball Classic on Sunday at Fukuoka Dome. Japan improved to 2-0 following a tough win over Brazil in Saturday evening’s ...

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Three gadgets from CES that you can take on the road.

Digital | TECH_JAPAN Feb 13, 2013

Three gadgets from CES that you can take on the road.

by Jess Mantell

Among the many products released at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas each year there are often some that stand out for being particularly innovative, and this year's CES was no disappointment.

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