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Pistorius turned serious gun collector during Olympic year

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Pistorius turned serious gun collector during Olympic year

In his Olympic year, Oscar Pistorius steadily became an avid firearms collector, joining a gun-collecting club and purchasing a collection of firearms that included a .500 Magnum pistol and a civilian version of a military assault rifle.

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Pope Benedict XVI bows out

Big problems — from child sex-abuse cases to Vatican politics — probably proved too much for an aging academic theologian like the outgoing pope.

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Japanese women strive to empower themselves

People | CLOSE-UP

Japanese women strive to empower themselves

by Tomoko Otake

When it comes to gender equality, Japan has never failed to disappoint.

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Everything you wanted to know about Western women (but were afraid to ask): No-holds-barred guide targets Japanese men

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Everything you wanted to know about Western women (but were afraid to ask): No-holds-barred guide targets Japanese men

by Kaori Shoji

Here's an open secret: Japanese men have a bad international reputation on the romance front.

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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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Kagawa shines with hat trick

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Kagawa shines with hat trick

Manchester United's Shinji Kagawa is back with a bang, becoming the first Asian player to score a hat trick in the English Premier League.

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  • Many stories behind names for foreign players in Japan

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    by Wayne Graczyk
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    by Wayne Graczyk
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