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JAPAN / 5-YEAR MEMORIAL OF GREAT EAST JAPAN EARTHQUAKE
Mar 11, 2016

Symposium examines disaster risk reduction

March 11 marks five years since the devastating Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami, and one year since the Third U.N. World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction was held in Sendai, the center of the disaster-hit Tohoku region.
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ASIA PACIFIC
Mar 9, 2016

China-made truck used by North Korea in new artillery system

North Korea is using Chinese-made trucks in a new mobile artillery system showcased five days ago, according to photographs reviewed by Reuters, underlining the difficulty in enforcing U.N. sanctions against the isolated state.
WORLD
Feb 26, 2016

India near inducting its first nuclear-armed submarine

India is close to becoming the world's sixth country to put a nuclear-armed attack submarine into operation, a move that would give it a leg up on neighboring Pakistan and intensify a race for more underwater weapons in Asia.
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JAPAN / Society
Feb 23, 2016

Forced labor allegations and abuses continue to dog Japan's foreign trainee program

Tang Xili came to Japan in 2013, hoping to earn enough in three years to build a new home for her daughter. Instead, she ended up in a labor union shelter after leaving an employer she says owes her about ¥3.5 million in unpaid wages.
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JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
Feb 20, 2016

Deja vu as Shukan Shincho turns back the clock

The title of the Japanese government's White Paper on the Economy for the 31st year of Showa (1956) was "The 'postwar' era is over." That same year, a delegation from the World Bank headed by Alfred Watkins spent five months studying the feasibility of extending a loan for an expressway linking the cities...
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 12, 2016

The huge public impact of domestic violence

Domestic violence against women is so widespread that it has become a global public health issue.
ASIA PACIFIC
Jan 13, 2016

China fleet blurs line between navy and coast guard with giant new floating fortress

China has nearly finished a giant coast guard ship and will probably deploy it armed with machine guns and shells in the disputed South China Sea, the Global Times reported, dubbing the vessel "The Beast."
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ASIA PACIFIC / ANALYSIS
Jan 12, 2016

Despite poverty, sanctions North Korea nuclear program thrives with low-cost labor

North Korea has developed a nuclear weapons program despite poverty and international sanctions, using home-grown technology and virtually free labor to cut costs, experts said.
WORLD / Politics
Dec 27, 2015

Political ads for 2016 campaign termed positive so far, with caveats

Although the Republican front-runner in the 2016 presidential election has taunted his opponents as "disgusting," "dumb," and "losers," the campaign has, by at least one measure, proven to be astonishingly positive.
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 11, 2015

Investors need to get real about climate change

The threat to food and migration will wreak havoc with economic trends, stock values and interest rates.
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JAPAN / Politics / ANALYSIS
Oct 21, 2015

As U.S. eyes South China Sea patrols, will Japan play a role?

Some experts say Japan, with its newly empowered military, could play a larger role in Washington's activities near China's man-made islands is the South China Sea.
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Sep 22, 2015

U.S. federal grand jury probing Najib corruption allegations: New York Times

A U.S. federal grand jury is examining allegations of corruption involving Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak and individuals close to him, the New York Times reported Monday, quoting anonymous sources.
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COMMENTARY / World
Sep 21, 2015

Nature of sovereignty a key issue in Russia-U.S. divide

While Russia adheres to the traditional notion that state sovereignty is inviolable, the U.S. now believes it's trumped by humanitarian considerations.
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LIFE / Lifestyle
Sep 19, 2015

Taiji drops anchor on dolphin hunts despite increasing pressure

On the harbor road heading east toward Tomyozaki Point, there is a moss-encrusted monument dedicated to an ill-fated whaling expedition in 1878. Facing fierce westerly winds, the fishermen released their catch, a right whale and her calf, and tied their boats together with nets to bolster defenses, but...
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WORLD / Science & Health
Sep 18, 2015

Turn deluge of climate change information into usable stream, experts say

For a city planner looking to make a new building flood-proof, or a farmer interested in trying out new drought-resistant seed, there is no shortage of climate change information available.
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JAPAN
Sep 15, 2015

Tokyo second-riskiest city in the world for disasters, Lloyd's of London says

Facing a host of potential catastrophes, from earthquake to typhoon to pandemic, the denizens of Japan's capital have plenty of worries to keep them up at night.
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COMMENTARY / World
Sep 11, 2015

Garbage imperialism? Nope, all trash is local

The developed world is doing better about handling its electronic waste, but a crisis is looming in developing nations as gadgets become more affordable.
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 12, 2015

A dangerous time for Russia-NATO relations

It is the early stages of a standoff between nuclear powers that are the most dangerous.
JAPAN / History
Aug 8, 2015

Truth hurts: censorship in the media

"Truth, it has been said, is the first casualty of war." — Philip Snowden, July 1916
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BUSINESS
Jul 26, 2015

How Sony sanitized films to please China's censors

In a 2013 script for the movie "Pixels," intergalactic aliens blast a hole in one of China's national treasures — the Great Wall.
EDITORIALS
Jul 18, 2015

Honda makes English official

Honda is just the latest in a growing number of Japanese firms embracing English as its official language; now the nation's education system needs to respond with more effective ways of teaching the language.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jun 5, 2015

American School in Japan admits covering up teacher's sex abuse for decades

In a long-awaited disclosure, a well-known international school in Tokyo admits to concealing decades of sexual abuse by a former teacher and apologizes.
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JAPAN / ANALYSIS
May 1, 2015

Japan's greenhouse gas proposal draws fire for base year swap

Japan's promise to cut greenhouse gas emissions 26 percent by 2030 is slammed as “almost cheating” for using smoggier 2013 as the new base year.
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WORLD / Science & Health
Apr 23, 2015

Ocean output rivals big nations' GDP, but resources eroding

Economic output by the world's oceans is worth $2.5 trillion a year, rivaling nations such as Britain or Brazil, but marine wealth is sinking fast because of overfishing, pollution and climate change, a study said on Thursday.
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WORLD
Apr 13, 2015

800,000 children have fled Boko Haram violence in Nigeria in year, UNICEF says

The number of children fleeing the Boko Haram insurgency in Nigeria doubled in the past year to about 800,000, with women and girls targets of abduction for sexual abuse by the militants, according to a United Nations Children's Fund report.

Longform

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