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WORLD / Politics
Jan 22, 2019

Russians' trust in Vladimir Putin falls to 13-year low of 33.4%, state pollster reports

Public trust in President Vladimir Putin has fallen to its lowest level in 13 years, according to a Russian state pollster, a setback for the Kremlin, which works hard to burnish Putin's image as a wise father-of-the-nation-style leader.
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LIFE / Food & Drink / davos special 2019
Jan 22, 2019

A taste of Japan's cuisine, buffet style

Japan Night will return to Davos once again to offer participants of the 2019 World Economic Forum meeting the opportunity to savor some of the finest Japanese cuisine.
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CULTURE / Books / WORKS BY JAPANESE WOMEN
Jan 19, 2019

Takako Arai's poetry is a relentless 'dance of language'

Takako Arai's poems unravel complicated lives in an ever-widening mesh of humanity, her style retaining an energy and optimism despite her visceral, often disturbing subject matter.
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COMMUNITY
Jan 17, 2019

How Coretta Scott King brought her husband's message to Japan

Martin Luther King Jr. Day, which this year falls on Jan. 21, is a federal holiday that marks the birthday (Jan. 15, 1929) of one of the United States' most-revered civil rights leaders.
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JAPAN
Jan 16, 2019

Tokyo's foreign residents prepare for worst at multilingual disaster drill

On the heels of a year marked by natural disasters — and with thousands of foreign workers expected to enter the country over the next few years — the Tokyo Metropolitan Government hosted a disaster drill Wednesday in Setagaya Ward to prepare foreign residents for the worst-case scenario.
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Figure Skating / ICE TIME
Jan 15, 2019

Takahiko Kozuka aiming to enrich skating

When a skater's career comes to an end, they are often faced with a difficult choice about how to proceed with their life.
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BUSINESS
Jan 14, 2019

Chinese exports in December contracted the most in two years, raising risks for global economy

China's exports unexpectedly fell the most in two years in December, while imports also contracted, pointing to further weakness in the world's second-largest economy in 2019 and deteriorating global demand.
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BUSINESS / Tech
Jan 13, 2019

Huawei fires employee arrested in Poland on spying charges

Chinese telecommunications equipment maker Huawei said on Saturday it had sacked an employee arrested in Poland on spying charges in a case that could intensify Western security concerns about the company.
BUSINESS / YEN FOR LIVING
Jan 11, 2019

In 2019, how hungry is Japan for whale meat?

Japan is currently the object of criticism for its decision to leave the International Whaling Commission, and resume commercial whaling in territorial waters and its own exclusive economic zone. People who support the move cite either cultural reasons — Japan traditionally, they assert, is a whale-eating...
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ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jan 11, 2019

Tsai Ing-wen appoints new premier after Taiwan ruling party's poll defeats spark resignations

Taiwan on Friday appointed the former chairman of its ruling pro-independence party as premier after the incumbent resigned along with the entire Cabinet in response to local election defeats.
SUMO
Jan 10, 2019

Hakuho and rivals seeking to taste success in opening tournament of new season

After one of the best years in the ring the past couple of decades, sumo heads into the final January tournament of the Heisei Era poised on the edge of its own era change.
BASEBALL / MLB
Jan 10, 2019

Oracle pays more than $200 million to rename Giants' ballpark

Oracle Corp. has bought the naming rights to the San Francisco Giants' stadium for more than $200 million, according to people familiar with the matter — a second deal to boost its brand image by sponsoring a hometown sports facility in the San Francisco Bay Area.
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BASKETBALL / B. League / B. LEAGUE NOTEBOOK
Jan 10, 2019

Pro basketball has taken Alvark forward Milko Bjelica around the globe

Milko Bjelica grew up watching a who's who of great players from the former Yugoslavia.
SOCCER / J. League / J. LEAGUE NOTEBOOK
Jan 9, 2019

J. League bids farewell to era-defining group of legends

There are few praises which have not already been sung for Yokohama F. Marinos defender Yuji Nakazawa and Nagoya Grampus goalkeeper Seigo Narazaki, both of whom announced their retirement on Tuesday.
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BUSINESS
Jan 9, 2019

New documents link Huawei to suspected front companies in Iran and Syria

The U.S. case against the chief financial officer of China's Huawei Technologies, who was arrested in Canada last month, centers on the company's suspected ties to two obscure companies. One is a telecom equipment seller that operated in Tehran; the other is that firm's owner, a holding company registered...
EDITORIALS
Jan 8, 2019

Give teeth to the law protecting whistleblowers

The whistleblower protection law can't serve its purpose unless it features penalties for employers that seek to punish employees who report wrongdoing.
JAPAN
Jan 8, 2019

With new 777 on the way, time runs out on government's 747 for VIPs

The government's official aircraft for VIPs will be decommissioned at the end of March after carrying prime ministers and Imperial family members for a quarter of a century.
JAPAN
Jan 7, 2019

Ministry earmarks subsidies totaling ¥20 million to set up translation systems for foreign students at schools

The education ministry plans to set up a new subsidy system for prefectures and large cities that offer detailed support to foreign students attending public elementary and junior high schools and their parents through the use of multilingual translation systems.
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COMMUNITY / Our Lives / The Big Questions
Jan 6, 2019

Leading BMW Japan into new, sustaining directions

Standing in the BMW Group's Tokyo Bay flagship showroom, Peter Kronschnabl is in his element.
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ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jan 5, 2019

North defector Thae Yong Ho urges colleague Jo Song Gil to go to Seoul

A former North Korean diplomat who staged a high-profile defection in 2016 has urged an old colleague who has gone missing in Italy to defect to Seoul, following a report that he was seeking asylum in the United States.
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ASIA PACIFIC / Society / FOCUS
Jan 4, 2019

With plan to show women more respect, South Korea tries to fix its demographic crisis

In just over a decade, South Korea has spent the equivalent of a small European economy trying to fix its demographic crisis, yet birthrates have dropped to the lowest in the world.
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BASKETBALL / B. League / B. LEAGUE NOTEBOOK
Jan 3, 2019

Jets flying high as second half of season gets started

Just over half of the season remains, but it appears to be a six-team title race.
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BUSINESS / Economy
Jan 3, 2019

Grim start: Treasury yield curve, market's favorite recession indicator, flattens

Traders return to their desks in the new year with a familiar warning signal flashing even more strongly than before — the Treasury yield curve got even flatter, feeding the market's worst suspicions about the U.S. economy.

Longform

Ichiro Suzuki, one of the most iconic players in NPB and MLB history, was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame with 99.7% of the vote.
With Hall of Fame induction, Ichiro makes himself heard loud and clear