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Japan will push for free trade as a country that has enjoyed its benefits in the postwar years, and plans to take a leading role in spreading fair economic rules ...
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National / Politics

Kim is ready to engage in dialogue with Japan at appropriate time, Moon tells Abe

South Korean President Moon Jae-in told Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe during talks on Tuesday that North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is ready to engage in direct talks with ...
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Business

Japan, U.S., and EU agree to co-sponsor proposal to reform WTO

Trade ministers from Japan, the United States and the European Union agreed Tuesday to co-sponsor a proposal that would bring changes to the World Trade Organization. The proposed changes concern the ...
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Mother arrested after keeping stillborn baby's body in Tokyo coin locker for years

Police found the decaying body of an infant wrapped in a plastic bag in a baggage locker near Uguisudani Station in the capital’s Taito Ward.
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Baseball / MLB

Two-way Angels star Shohei Ohtani to have Tommy John elbow surgery in October

The Los Angeles Angels' two-way star Shohei Ohtani will undergo surgery on his throwing right elbow at the start of next month, the team announced Tuesday. Renowned surgeon Dr. Neal ElAttrache will perform the procedure ...
Figure Skating | ICE TIME

Yuzuru Hanyu and Rika Kihira top podium in season debuts

by Jack Gallagher

Yuzuru Hanyu and Rika Kihira continued Japan's winning ways over the weekend by claiming the Autumn Classic International and the Nepela Trophy in varying fashions. Hanyu began his season with an inconsistent performance in Oakville, ...
Art

Hokusai: Examining the enduring allure of a Japanese icon

by Alex Martin

The year is 1842 and the artist known as Hokusai is in his 80s. He has already lived nearly twice the average life span of his peers, but his advanced age hasn't stopped him from ...
Asia Pacific / Politics | ANALYSIS

Could appealing to Trump's ego be key to solving the North Korean nuclear crisis? Moon and Kim think so.

by Jesse Johnson

It's said that flattery will get you everywhere. On Monday, South Korean leader Moon Jae-in put that old adage to the test, showering U.S. President Donald Trump with effusive praise as Seoul — and ...
Sumo

Takanohana steps down from JSA

by Hiroshi Ikezawa

The Japan Sumo Association attempted to force stablemaster Takanohana to admit that the accusations he filed to the Cabinet Office in March were false. Instead, the former yokozuna who won 22 Emperor's Cups in his ...

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Volunteer recruitment begins for 2020 Tokyo Games

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Elon Musk's SpaceX secures second Japanese client for lunar rover mission

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Business / Corporate

Nissan reports preventive steps to government in wake of data fabrication scandal

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Business

Clouds on the horizon as trade wars and debt weigh on Asia's growth

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World / Crime & Legal

Wife of Malaysia's former PM questioned for second time in 1MDB case

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Shrinking applicant pool: Japan's Self Defense Forces struggling to recruit amid population crisis

by Linda Sieg and Ami Miyazaki

As a Self-Defense Forces recruiter sat patiently at a booth outside a supermarket in Tokyo one recent weekend, she welcomed a rare visitor, high school student Kazuaki Matsumura. But Matsumura, who plans to go to university, wasn't there to sign up. He was just curious. "There ...

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Trump calls allegations against his top court nominee a 'con game being played by the Democrats'

President Donald Trump, fighting to shore up his nomination of Brett Kavanaugh to the U.S. Supreme Court in a divided U.S. Senate, on Tuesday called sexual misconduct allegations against the judge "a con game being played by the Democrats." In a break from convention, Senate ...

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Popular Japanese cosmetic portal @cosme gaining foothold in Asia

Business

by Elaine Li and Hidetoshi Takada

The operator of the popular beauty and cosmetic products portal site @cosme is rapidly gaining a foothold in Asia thanks to brisk demand for high-quality Japanese cosmetic brands. The cosmetics retailer, Istyle Inc., opened its second brick-and-mortar @cosme store in Hong Kong earlier this month ...

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Hakuho hopes to treat himself after 1,000 wins

Mongolian yokozuna Hakuho said Monday he wants to give himself a treat for the feats he accomplished at the Autumn Grand Sumo Tournament. A day after the 15-day tournament at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan came to an end, the yokozuna said it felt impossible at first ...

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Issues | LABOR PAINS

Abe's work-style reforms give Japan's employers the green light to demand unpaid and unsafe overtime

by Hifumi Okunuki

New law caps overtime at unhealthy levels and sets up a system that will legitimize the principle of working for nothing.

Life

Language | WELL SAID

Know your spicy from your sweet in Japanese with 'karai' and 'amai'

by Akemi Tanahashi and Hitomi Tashiro

Introducing the meanings and uses of 辛(から)い (spicy) and 甘(あま)い (sweet), two adjectives that relate to taste.

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Music

Electronic artist Tim Hecker delves into ancient Japanese court music and negative space on 'Konoyo'

by James Hadfield

For the first decade of his career, the Canadian composer and sound artist Tim Hecker specialized in transmuting digital audio into thick miasmas of sound that combined orchestral richness with the sensory assault of noise music. But after reaching an apotheosis — and his ...

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