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BUSINESS / Economy / ABENOMICS — THE BOTTOM LINE
Apr 7, 2015

'Abenomics' fails to get households spending

Data suggest the BOJ's massive quantitative easing has pushed the yen's value down, benefiting big firms and boosting stock prices, but when it comes to household budgets, it is a different story.
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COMMENTARY / World
Apr 7, 2015

Criminals, frauds taught capitalists about trust

The history of markets is, in part, the history of lying, cheating and stealing — and efforts to fight commercial crime.
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CULTURE / Art
Apr 7, 2015

'Sayoko Yamaguchi: The Wearist, Clothed in the Future'

April 11-June 28
JAPAN / Politics
Apr 7, 2015

Poll finds overwhelming opposition in Okinawa to Futenma relocation plan

Amid claim and counterclaim by activists and politicians over the planned relocation of the U.S. Marine Corps Futenma Air Station, one factor is often ignored: what ordinary Okinawans think about the move.
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ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Apr 7, 2015

Malaysia reinstates detention without trial

Malaysia's lawmakers passed an anti-terrorism bill Tuesday after more than 10 hours of heated debate over a law that reintroduces detention without trial, three years after it was revoked.
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WORLD
Apr 7, 2015

After six-day run as world's oldest person, Arkansas woman, 116, dies

Gertrude Weaver, who last week became the world's oldest-known living person, has died at the age of 116 at a senior care facility in Arkansas, officials said on Monday.
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BUSINESS / Markets
Apr 7, 2015

Weak job data ease rate hike jitters, lift Wall Street

U.S. stocks rose on Monday as expectations the Federal Reserve will push any interest rate increases further into the year offset concerns over Friday's surprisingly weak jobs report.
MORE SPORTS
Apr 6, 2015

Kiryu focused on improving

The hype is similar to what it was two years ago, when he ran a 10.01 in the 100 meters as a high school senior.
JAPAN / Politics
Apr 6, 2015

Takaichi denies Shukan Post story alleging loan scandal

Internal affairs minister Sanae Takaichi flatly denied allegations Monday by a weekly magazine about her brother's involvement in a dubious loan scandal, accusing the publication of fabricating the story.
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LIFE / Language / BILINGUAL
Apr 6, 2015

Must-knows and no-nos about where those o's and go's go

Where people in English mind their Ps and Qs, speakers of Japanese have to know their o's and go's.
EDITORIALS
Apr 6, 2015

A nuclear deal, and much more

If the nuclear deal with Tehran succeeds, it will remove a source of great instability in the Middle East and could facilitate Iran's building of a new relationship with the rest of the world.
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 6, 2015

On the right path, China must cut coal reliance

China's recent progress in reducing emissions shows that, with the right combination of government policies, corporate initiatives, and public pressure, even the largest and most polluted countries can clean up their act.
JAPAN / EXPLAINER
Apr 6, 2015

Decommissioning aging reactors inevitable, costly

Last month, four utilities announced they would decommission five commercial nuclear reactors that were at least 40 years old, rather than apply for a restart that could extend their operating life another two decades.
WORLD / Politics
Apr 6, 2015

Iran nuclear deal needs to be voted on, U.S. Senate Republicans say

Senate Republicans on Sunday pressed their demand that the U.S. Congress be allowed to vote on a nuclear agreement with Iran, but signaled they are willing to wait for last week's interim agreement to be finalized before passing judgment.
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WORLD
Apr 6, 2015

Yemenis forced to take to sea from Aden as civil war rages through ancient port

The rocket that tore through a minivan outside the Aden Grand Hotel last week killing nine men, women and children was a clear message that it was time to leave. Yemen's civil war had come too close for comfort.
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 5, 2015

U.K. election most unpredictable in generations

On May 7, British voters will go to the polls in the most unpredictable general election for decades.
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ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Apr 5, 2015

Boycott of Myanmar's poll an option: Suu Kyi

Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi said boycotting an upcoming historic election is an "option" if a military-drafted constitution that bars her from becoming president remains unchanged.
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 4, 2015

GOP's road to power runs through Israel

The deterioration of U.S.-Israeli relations under the Obama administration could help the Republicans win the White House in 2016.
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Apr 4, 2015

Chinese police detain 22 at rail station following protest over housing, land issues

Police in southern China have detained 22 people after demonstrators forced their way into a high-speed rail station in a protest about land and housing issues, the official Xinhua News Agency has said.

Longform

Tetsuzo Shiraishi, speaking at The Center of the Tokyo Raids and War Damage, uses a thermos to explain how he experienced the U.S. firebombing of March 1945, when he was just 7 years old.
From ashes to high-rises: A survivor’s account of Tokyo’s postwar past