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SPORTS / MAN ABOUT SPORTS
Apr 5, 2016

Time in Japan transformed Vogelsong into clutch playoff pitcher

Pittsburgh Pirates hurler Ryan Vogelsong is different things to different people.
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CULTURE / Music
Mar 24, 2016

Pop star Carly Rae Jepsen really, really, really likes Japan

Carly Rae Jepsen has a major crush on Japan. Proof of this came last summer when she released her latest album, "Emotion" (rendered "E• MO• TION"), in this country a whole two months before anywhere else in the world. That kind of exclusive isn't common for an album as anticipated as "Emotion"...
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Mar 22, 2016

Gomes expands horizons with Japan move

Yomiuri Giants reliever Tetsuya Yamaguchi, for some reason, thought he could get away with a first-pitch, 128-kph slider over the outside of the plate against Jonny Gomes.
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COMMENTARY / World
Mar 20, 2016

I dunno if Hillary Clinton is evil, but she sure is dumb

Vote for Hillary Clinton if you want. But don't vote for her because she's smart.
Japan Times
CULTURE / CULTURE SMASH
Mar 19, 2016

From Cool Britannia to True Britannia

In Japan, Western culture usually means American products: hot dogs, hamburgers, Starbucks and Krispy Kreme donuts, and recent boutique outlets like Blue Bottle Coffee and the Dominique Ansel bakery — not to mention the nearly 50,000 United States military personnel still stationed across the archipelago....
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JAPAN / View from Osaka
Mar 19, 2016

A Japanese version of Trump isn't so far-fetched

"On some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land will reach their heart's desire at last, and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron."— H. L. Mencken, The Baltimore Evening Sun, July 26, 1920
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LIFE / Style & Design
Mar 17, 2016

It starts with 'a piece of cloth': Designer Taku Satoh explains what it's like to work with Issey Miyake

"A Piece Of Cloth." It is these four simple words that acclaimed graphic designer Taku Satoh cites when asked to summarize the essential appeal of Issey Miyake's creations.
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JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
Mar 12, 2016

Beneath the chaos, an old new order

We are all going to die. Most of us will die miserably — it's in the nature of things. Hopefully none of us, infirm in body and mind, will die falling from an upper story of a nursing care home, pushed to our deaths by a disgruntled care worker. That three people did die in that fashion at one particular...
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JAPAN
Mar 6, 2016

Documenting Tohoku's long road to recovery

We profile three photographers who have worked tirelessly since the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami disaster to ensure the struggles of the region aren't forgotten
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COMMUNITY / Issues / THE FOREIGN ELEMENT
Mar 2, 2016

Upon re-entry back home after expat life, brace yourself for turbulence

Survey of Japanese returnees suggests two divergent emotional journeys for those heading back home after a stretch abroad.
Rugby
Feb 27, 2016

Sunwolves fall short in opener

The Sunwolves proved they can hold their own in Super Rugby but failed to win their competition debut in a 26-13 defeat to South Africa's Lions on Saturday.
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CULTURE / Film
Feb 24, 2016

Takeshi Kitano and the men who watch women sleeping

An older man, a much younger woman and a mystery that surrounds their relationship — for the Japanese, it's a familiar story. The woman doesn't say much, letting her youthful allure and beauty do most of the talking. The man doesn't say much either; he's more interested in looking at and pampering...
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BASKETBALL / HOOP SCOOP
Feb 20, 2016

Arnold’s game remains all about the team

Watching a pure shooter, when the shots are falling like raindrops during a summer storm, is a picture of pure art.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Feb 16, 2016

How BOJ can boost growth

It's time for less talk and more action on radical policies as weak growth and deflation stalk the economy.
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JAPAN / NATIONAL SPOTLIGHT
Feb 15, 2016

Kanazawa retirement community a relocation-from-Tokyo success story

With its artistic traditions and preserved traditional neighborhoods, the city of Kanazawa, Ishikawa Prefecture, has long been known as "Little Kyoto." But over the past year, it has also been seen as a potential model for future continuing care retirement communities, or CCRCs, nationwide.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL
Feb 14, 2016

Arnold ignites to lead Albirex past B-Corsairs

The Yokohama B-Corsairs matched the visiting Niigata Albirex's intensity for the opening quarter on Sunday.
ASIA PACIFIC
Feb 8, 2016

Nicaragua retains hope of building new canal despite China's woes

Manuel Coronel Kautz isn't a man who's easily deterred, which is a good thing, because as head of Nicaragua's Canal Authority, he's seen the $50 billion, Chinese-backed project suffer setback after setback.
BUSINESS / Tech
Feb 4, 2016

Meet the man who's making virtual reality feel more real

As a student at the University of Bristol, Tom Carter became obsessed with a seemingly impossible notion: letting people feel and manipulate virtual objects. A professor turned him on to an esoteric concept — using ultrasound to simulate tactile sensations — that was floated and abandoned back in...
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LIFE / Language / BILINGUAL
Feb 1, 2016

Look to 'senpai' to help take your Japanese reading to the next level

If not for the generosity of several brave and patient souls, I would never have developed the foundation necessary to read on my own.
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COMMUNITY / Issues / THE FOREIGN ELEMENT
Jan 27, 2016

Simulated patients pitch Japan's medical students cultural curve balls

An innovative program matches foreign volunteer 'patients' with Japanese medical students for role-play.
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MORE SPORTS
Jan 20, 2016

Coaches recall trail-blazing '71 Utah State visit

Many people enjoy the convenience of today's digital era, where they rely heavily on things like email, Facebook and Line to send messages.
BASKETBALL
Jan 10, 2016

Tokashiki leads Sunflowers to rout of Iris in All-Japan final

The Jx-Eneos Sunflowers maintained their dominance of Japan's women's basketball scene as they completed a three-peat with an 83-44 victory over the Denso Iris in the final of the All-Japan Championship at Yoyogi National Gymnasium on Sunday.
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CULTURE / Art
Jan 5, 2016

On the funny side of the universe

John Wood and Paul Harrison's show "Some Things Are Hard to Explain" is proving to be a big hit at the NTT Intercommunication Center. The artists' wry, tongue-in-cheek videos, drawings and animations are intentionally gormless and genuinely thought-provoking at the same time.
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CULTURE / Music
Jan 3, 2016

Jamie xx: The archaeologist of U.K. rave culture

Sitting in his favorite East London cafe, Jamie Smith is nervous. Tonight, he will headline his biggest ever show as Jamie xx at Brixton Academy.
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COMMUNITY / Voices / COMMUNITY CHEST
Dec 31, 2015

The issues that grabbed you or got your goat in the Year of the Sheep

Readers praise and pan Community articles from the past 12 months.
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MORE SPORTS / MAN ABOUT SPORTS
Dec 29, 2015

Criteria for College Football Playoff too convoluted

The more things change in the chase for the U.S. collegiate football title, the more they stay the same.

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A small shrine perched atop rocks braves the waves hitting the shoreline during a storm in Shimoda, Shizuoka Prefecture. The area is under threat of a possible 31-meter-high tsunami if an earthquake strikes the nearby Nankai Trough.
If the 'Big One' hits, this city could face a 31-meter-high tsunami