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EDITORIALS
Dec 19, 2018

Clarify intentions behind the new defense program

The planned upgrade would give the MSDF the capability to engage in missions that extend beyond the nation's conventional defense posture.
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COMMENTARY / Japan
Dec 19, 2018

Are 105 more F-35s Japan's best option?

The fighter can't fulfill crucial operational requirements of the Air Self-Defense Force.
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COMMENTARY / Japan
Dec 19, 2018

Tokyo's 'values-free' diplomacy and the Rohingya crisis

When Human Rights Watch in November criticized the Japanese government's ineffective "quiet diplomacy" surrounding the Rohingya crisis in Myanmar, netizens on one of Japan's most popular mainstream websites were swift to criticize. "Aren't you criticizing the wrong country?" one user wrote. "I don't...
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SUMO / INSIDE SUMO
Dec 19, 2018

Passion and technology behind English sumo coverage

Sumo fans around the globe are spoiled for choice these days when it comes to following their favorite sport.
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MULTIMEDIA
Dec 19, 2018

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MORE SPORTS
Dec 19, 2018

One Championship raises U.S. profile

One Championship CEO Chatri Sityodtong expects the company's recently-announced deal with U.S. broadcaster Turner Sports will go a long way toward raising the martial arts organization's profile in the U.S.
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COMMUNITY / Our Lives / BLACK EYE
Dec 19, 2018

For me, 2018 was the year Japan began to listen

One day next year, and the year after that, someone will ask me in the course of a conversation why I decided to stay in Japan. I know this because it ranks among the top questions I'm asked — by Japanese and non-Japanese alike — since I arrived here back in 2004. And on the day I'm asked, my answer...
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CULTURE / Film
Dec 19, 2018

As two rule breakers gave the Japanese film world hope in 2018, elsewhere eyes turned to China

The Japanese movie business is something like a restaurant where new cooks and waiters arrive as old ones retire or die, but the menu remains much the same, decade after decade.
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CULTURE / TV & Streaming
Dec 19, 2018

TV in 2018: Progressive voices and the enduring charm of ‘Terrace House’

In the English-speaking world, Japanese TV in 2018 was celebrated for how boring it could get. But it was anything but domestically, where viewers questioned norms and helped nudge forward programs with progressive politics.
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ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Dec 19, 2018

U.S. seeks to expedite aid for North Korea amid stalled nuclear talks

U.S. officials will try to expedite humanitarian aid to North Korea, a U.S. envoy said on Wednesday, as Washington and Pyongyang struggle to find a breakthrough in stalled talks aimed at ending the North's nuclear program.
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BUSINESS
Dec 19, 2018

SpaceX aborts launch to send satellite on mission for U.S. military

Elon Musk's SpaceX halted Tuesday's launch of a long-delayed navigation satellite for the U.S. military, postponing for at least a day the space transportation company's first designated national security mission for the United States.
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ASIA PACIFIC
Dec 19, 2018

Chinese bombers, fighter jets and warships drill in first military exercise near Taiwan in months

Taiwan's Defense Ministry has said that Chinese bombers, fighter jets and warships were spotted near the self-ruled island nation, the first such reported activity in several months.
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BUSINESS
Dec 19, 2018

Japan's superrich are getting richer under Abenomics

The number of superrich households in Japan has almost doubled since 2011 to a record high, thanks to rising stock prices and an economic expansion, an indication that this segment of society has benefited from Abenomics.
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BUSINESS
Dec 19, 2018

Bank of Japan's ¥400 trillion cash injection changes little for ordinary people

It's been the most radical cash injection in history — nearly ¥400 trillion pumped into Japan's economy over more than five years to slay deflation and kick growth into higher gear.
Dec 19, 2018

ORIX CarShare to be Expanded Nationwide in FY2020.3

TOKYO, Japan – December 11, 2018 – ORIX Auto Corporation (“ORIX Auto”) announced today that it will roll its car sharing business out into three new regions—Hokkaido, Chugoku, and Kyushu—by spring 2019, and that it will expand its service stations nationwide in the fiscal year ending March...
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ASIA PACIFIC / Politics / FOCUS
Dec 19, 2018

As tumultuous year comes to a close, Xi's defiant remarks indicate the U.S.-China trade war is far from over

Anyone betting that Chinese President Xi Jinping would back down quickly in a trade war with U.S. President Donald Trump better think again.
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BUSINESS
Dec 19, 2018

Steve Mnuchin hints at Fannie-Freddie changes to end U.S. state control

The Trump administration wants to work with Congress on freeing Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac from government control, though it's considering pursuing some changes on its own, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said Tuesday.

Longform

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