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JAPAN

JAPAN / Politics
Apr 9, 2023
Nippon Ishin candidates win big in Kansai region local elections
By Eric Johnston
The opposition party's Osaka gubernatorial and mayoral candidates rolled to victory, assuring Nippon Ishin that it will remain a force in local and national politics in the months ahead.
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JAPAN
Apr 9, 2023
Japan launches new intel division for economic security
Japan's office for economic security was upgraded to a division in the agency's organizational reform for fiscal 2023, which began this month, according to sources.
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JAPAN
Apr 9, 2023
Bicycle helmets in short supply in Japan after law change
A bicycle shop chain based in the city of Chiba saw helmet sales in March jump about sixteenfold from a year earlier after safety law change.
JAPAN
Apr 9, 2023
Tsuru Motomura, survivor of WWII student nursing corps, dies at 97
As a leader of the survivors of the Himeyuri corps, Motomura helped establish the Himeyuri Peace Museum in the Okinawa city of Itoman.
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JAPAN
Apr 9, 2023
COVID-19 tracker: Tokyo reports 956 new cases
The seven-day average of new cases came to 1,026.9, compared with 849.7 a week earlier.
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JAPAN
Apr 9, 2023
School closures continue as Japan’s population declines
By Issei Kato, Eimi Yamamitsu and Tom Bateman
As Japan's birthrate drops quicker than expected, more schools in rural areas are closing their doors.
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JAPAN
Apr 9, 2023
Could Hokkaido be the key to Japan's renewable ambitions?
By Eric Johnston
As Japan looks to shift its energy mix toward cleaner sources, vast Hokkaido is drawing attention for its enormous potential for wind power.

ASIA PACIFIC

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ASIA PACIFIC
Apr 9, 2023
China conducts simulated strikes on Taiwan as second day of military drills end
By Jesse Johnson
Taiwan’s Defense Ministry said it had detected fighter jets, heavy bombers, reconnaissance planes and other aircraft conducting multiple sorties around the island.
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ASIA PACIFIC / ANALYSIS
Apr 9, 2023
Opposing a larger force: What Taiwan's military is learning from Ukraine
By Gabriel Dominguez
Despite differences, Taiwan's military has been drawing valuable lessons from the war in Ukraine, including the effectiveness of asymmetric defense and the need to stockpile munitions.
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ASIA PACIFIC
Apr 9, 2023
Leaked documents show Seoul torn between U.S. demands and its own policy
By Choe Sang-Hun
The secret documents were based on signals intelligence, which meant that the United States has been spying on one of its major allies in Asia.
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ASIA PACIFIC / FOCUS
Apr 9, 2023
The Taiwan Strait: A history of crises
On Saturday, Beijing began three days of military drills in response to this week's visit by Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen to the United States.
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ASIA PACIFIC
Apr 9, 2023
China rejects WHO accusations of hiding Wuhan COVID-19 data
By Vivian Wang
The rebukes came after overseas researchers discovered sequences that had not been previously shared.

WORLD

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WORLD
Apr 9, 2023
Pope appeals to Russians on Ukraine and decries Middle East violence in Easter message
Pope Francis asks Russians to seek the truth about their country's invasion of Ukraine in his Easter message on Sunday and appealed for dialogue between Israelis and Palestinians.
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WORLD
Apr 9, 2023
Saudi Arabia’s drive to get expats to ditch Dubai is off to a rocky start
By Sam Dagher
The big question is whether Riyadh is ready from an infrastructure, housing, lifestyle and even administrative standpoint for an influx of foreign white-collar workers and their families.
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WORLD / Science & Health
Apr 9, 2023
Whales help store carbon. Scientists are trying to figure out just how much.
By Chris Russell
The giant creatures have a role to play in the fight against warming, and that all comes down to how they can help keep carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere in both direct and indirect ways.
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WORLD
Apr 9, 2023
The camera never lied ... until AI told it to
By Joseph BOYLE
AI can now do all the things photographers used to labor over without the user ever knowing. It can also transform backgrounds or wipe away people from the image entirely.
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WORLD
Apr 9, 2023
U.S. deploys nuclear submarine in Mideast amid Iran tension
The USS Florida — capable of carrying as many as 154 Tomahawk land-attack cruise missiles — began transiting the Suez Canal from the Mediterranean Sea.
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WORLD
Apr 9, 2023
Leaked documents reveal depth of U.S. spy efforts and Russia’s military struggles
By Helene Cooper, Julian E. Barnes, Eric Schmitt, Thomas Gibbons-Neff and Michael Schwirtz
The information, exposed on social media sites, also shows that U.S. intelligence services are eavesdropping on important allies.

BUSINESS

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BUSINESS
Apr 9, 2023
Ueda takes over top BOJ job with a long to-do list
By Elizabeth Beattie
There will be little time to celebrate for Ueda, an academic, author and former BOJ board member who will be under the microscope as he leads the central bank through a crucial period.
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BUSINESS
Apr 9, 2023
Bangladesh's energy plan faces gas dilemma as fuel crisis bites
By Md. Tahmid Zami
The draft plan shows positive shifts but voiced concerns about a growing reliance on LNG and unclear ambitions when it comes to renewable sources of energy.

Opinion

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COMMENTARY / World
Apr 9, 2023
The U.S. and China's destructive decoupling
By Michael Spence
U.S. and Chinese leaders seem to have fully accepted the logic of economic decoupling. But what exactly will decoupling entail and what will its consequences be?
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COMMENTARY / World
Apr 9, 2023
Putin’s paranoia deviates from its Soviet roots
By Leonid Bershidsky
Russia has yet to resort to the drastic reprisals of the Stalinist years, but the regime’s opponents still face some deepening perils.

Sports

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BASEBALL / MLB
Apr 9, 2023
Lars Nootbaar stays in Japanese spotlight after WBC star turn
By Brad Lefton
The 25-year-old outfielder, who impressed many with his play for St. Louis last season, became an unlikely international star thanks to the World Baseball Classic.
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MORE SPORTS
Apr 9, 2023
Ukraine swimmers, vowing boycott, urge IOC to back 'peace'
By Jonathan BROWN
Kyiv says Russian forces have damaged at least 343 sporting facilities during the year-long war in Ukraine.
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MORE SPORTS
Apr 9, 2023
Brooks Koepka has eyes on the Masters prize on marathon Sunday
By Simon Evans
The American has a four-stroke lead over Jon Rahm, but the leading pair still have 30 holes to complete after the third round was cut short due to rain.
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MORE SPORTS
Apr 9, 2023
Israel Adesanya stuns Alex Pereira to reclaim UFC middleweight crown
The Nigerian-born New Zealander returned to the top of the weight class he has dominated for the last four years.

LIFE

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LIFE / Food & Drink / Top 5
Apr 9, 2023
Tokyo’s best ‘melon bread' is sweeter than meets the eye
By Russell Thomas
A murky history and an inscrutable name can't keep this baked treat from being one of the best morsels in town.

CULTURE

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CULTURE / Books
Apr 9, 2023
‘Tokyo Express’: Postwar detective noir basks in the details
By Russell Thomas
Jesse Kirkwood's English translation of Seicho Matsumoto’s dense yet well paced novel is concise and timeless, giving contemporary readers a relatable window into the past.
Travelers avoid trips to Japan over viral comic book’s quake prediction
Visitors walk along Nakamise-dori as they visit Sensoji temple in Tokyo's Asakusa district in March.
How China’s soft power is rewriting Asian culture
Mixue, a Chinese bubble tea chain, has become the world’s largest food and beverage chain, with tens of thousands of stores all over Asia. The company is just one example of the increasing reach and popularity of Chinese cultural exports across the globe.
Trump announces Nippon Steel-U.S. Steel ‘partnership’ deal
U.S. President Donald Trump points as he boards Air Force One en route to New Jersey, at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, on Friday.
In search of untouched Japan? Meet Hokkaido’s newest hiking trail.
The Hokkaido East Trail links some of the northern prefecture's most striking national parks and landscapes.
Onosato set for yokozuna promotion after clinching Emperor’s Cup
Onosato after defeating Kotozakura at Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo on Friday. The win gave him a 13-0 record and clinched the Emperor's Cup, assuring him of promotion to yokozuna next week.
Are microplastics hurting our fertility?
A worker sorts plastic waste for recycling at Minato Resource Recycle Center in Tokyo in 2019. Japan has been criticized by environmental groups for its strategy on plastics, which is heavily reliant on recycling instead of reduction.
Manga translators walk a fine line between meaning and mayhem
Not only is the drawing of each frame an important part of the manga-making process, translation has increasingly demanded more attention as the art form gains popularity overseas.
Brewed from rice, water and tomatoes: The growth of ‘craft sake’
After establishing Lagoon Brewery in 2021, Yosuke Tanaka began making export-only "nihonshu" (Japanese sake) and later, "craft sake," a new genre of sake that isn't bound by the rules of traditional sakemaking.
AI fiction is already here. Are humans ready?
After last year’s controversy over using AI to write about 5% of her novel, Rie Qudan was asked by an advertising magazine to write a short story where she uses AI for 95% of it. The resulting short story, “Kage no ame” (“Rain Shadow”), was published March 25.  
Six short films that capture our world in mere minutes
“Marion” provides a glimpse into the lives of bull dodgers, who perform a nonlethal version of bullfighting.

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

Longform

Construction equipment sits idle in a park near Shiba Toshogu shrine in Tokyo's Minato Ward. While Japan has a history of treating its trees with reverence, green coverage is said to be lacking in most of the major cities.
Do Japan's trees no longer occupy the sacred space they used to?
By Eric Margolis

SUSTAINABLE JAPAN

Tsukuba massif granite, one of the world’s few heritage stones
Tsukuba massif granite, one of the world’s few heritage stones

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