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CULTURE / Books / ESSENTIAL READING FOR JAPANOPHILES
Dec 1, 2018

Escape from the everyday with Miyuki Miyabe's 'Brave Story'

Miyuki Miyabe's 'Brave Story' tackles pertinent adolescent issues that are juxtaposed against a supernatural realm of fantasy.
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BASKETBALL
Dec 1, 2018

Japan coach Julio Lamas says team won't take Kazakhstan lightly

One night after its crushing victory over Qatar in the second round of the FIBA World Cup Asian qualifiers, the Akatsuki Five have no intention of lowering their guard even for a bit.
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ASIA PACIFIC
Nov 30, 2018

Philippines tries to turn the tide on fish losses amid climate change and overfishing

Dried fish for breakfast, fried to a crisp with a splash of spiced vinegar, garlic fried rice and a runny egg yolk, is the kind of breakfast that Filipinos who live abroad crave.
MORE SPORTS
Nov 30, 2018

Takaaki Nakagami impresses during Jerez MotoGP testing

Takaaki Nakagami had MotoGP world champion Marc Marquez in his slipstream when posting the quickest lap at testing for next season on Thursday.
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WORLD
Nov 30, 2018

U.S. touts new evidence of Iranian weaponry in Yemen and Afghanistan

The United States on Thursday displayed pieces of what it said were Iranian weapons deployed to militants in Yemen and Afghanistan, a tactic by President Donald Trump's administration to pressure Tehran to curb its regional activities.
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WORLD / Crime & Legal
Nov 30, 2018

Macron says he will talk with Saudi prince in Buenos Aires, hinting he will raise issue of Jamal Khashoggi slaying

French President Emmanuel Macron said he will have a talk with Saudi Arabia Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman on the sidelines of the Group of 20 meeting in Argentina and reiterated his call for a full probe of the death of Jamal Khashoggi, a critic of the kingdom.
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JAPAN
Nov 29, 2018

Breaking down the issue of wartime labor that has rocked Japan-South Korea ties

The diplomatic crisis between Seoul and Tokyo deepened further Thursday as two South Korea courts ordered two Japanese firms to pay compensation to South Korean wartime laborers.
EDITORIALS
Nov 29, 2018

Dangerous science in China

Gene editing may be inevitable, but this is not the way to do science.
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CULTURE / Stage
Nov 29, 2018

'An Enemy of the People': The not-so-silent majority speaks out again

In one bound, the rising English director Jonathan Munby found himself in the spotlight of Britain's theater scene in 2017 when his smash-hit production of "King Lear," with Sir Ian McKellen in the title role, transferred straight from the rural Chichester Festival Theatre to the West End.
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COMMENTARY / Japan
Nov 28, 2018

Pursuing the creation of a supercity

Building a supercity that condensates the essence of the Fourth Industrial Revolution would be a great policy legacy for Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.
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COMMENTARY / World
Nov 28, 2018

How Kim has gotten the best of Trump

Since the historic June summit, the North Koreans have reaped significant benefits without having to make any real concessions.
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BUSINESS
Nov 28, 2018

Japan's rich have the most cash in Asia, but China is closing in

Japan's richest have the largest accumulation of wealth in the Asia-Pacific region, at $7.7 trillion, but legions of Chinese millionaires are rushing to catch up.
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Figure Skating / ICE TIME
Nov 27, 2018

Rika Kihira will require full arsenal to win Grand Prix Final

Rika Kihira staked her claim as Japan's biggest female skating star with a victory at the Internationaux de France in Grenoble on Saturday night. The triumph clinched a spot in next month's Grand Prix Final for the 16-year-old.
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BUSINESS / Companies
Nov 27, 2018

Alibaba co-founder Jack Ma confirmed as a Chinese Communist Party member

Jack Ma, co-founder of China's most valuable company, was officially confirmed as a member of the Communist Party in a state-backed newspaper recognizing business leaders for their contributions to the country's development.
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BUSINESS / INSIDER REPORT
Nov 26, 2018

How the lifelines of the economy feed and fuel Japan

Given Japan's low food self-sufficiency ratio and dearth of energy resources, the sōgō shōsha have acted as a lifeline to Japan's economy through the import of foodstuffs and energy resources.
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JAPAN / Regional voices: Chubu
Nov 26, 2018

Japan's ancient castle walls drawing tourists but not enough masons to keep them up

Castle walls have recently become popular with tourists, especially rekijo (female history buffs) who like to view them even when the castle itself is no longer there.
JAPAN / Politics / KANSAI PERSPECTIVE
Nov 26, 2018

Time running out for Osaka leaders seeking to push city-prefecture integration plan

When Osaka Gov. Ichiro Matsui and Osaka Mayor Hirofumi Yoshimura left for Paris early last week for one final lobbying effort for the 2025 World Expo, they left behind a city and prefecture that remain deeply divided over their most basic political goal — the integration of Osaka Prefecture and the...
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JAPAN
Nov 25, 2018

Pole dancing sheds seedy image to climb to new heights

Sixty-three-year-old Kiyoshi Ikehara mops his bald head with a towel, wipes his hands and grips the vertical pole.
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CULTURE / CULTURE SMASH
Nov 25, 2018

Netflix anime welcomes the dark side

As manga artist Go Nagai celebrates the 50th anniversary of 'Shameless School,' first published in the debut edition of Shonen Jump magazine, Netflix releases his 'Devilman Crybaby' as an anime series.
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COMMUNITY / Our Lives / JAPAN LITE
Nov 25, 2018

Japan has a reputation for cleanliness — just don't look in our closets

The cleanliness of the Japanese is known worldwide. Thanks to the internet, videos of Japanese students cleaning their schools have gone viral, as well as a memorable clip of how the JR staff clean an entire shinkansen train in under seven minutes. The Japanese have further left their indelible mark...
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COMMENTARY / World
Nov 25, 2018

No, President Trump: MBS is not what you think he is

Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman isn't Saudi Arabia and defending him isn't an act of realpolitik.
LIFE / Food & Drink
Nov 24, 2018

Mellow Habanero: Award-winning hot sauce from an unlikely corner of Japan

In 2002, a fateful encounter with habaneroson the Okinawa island of Ishigaki first sparked Taku Kondo's interest in the pepper. Now, Kondo cultivates 1,800 habanero plants to make his award-winning range of organic hot sauces, which are sold under the Mellow Habanero label.
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CULTURE / Books / ESSENTIAL READING FOR JAPANOPHILES
Nov 24, 2018

Ryotaro Shiba's 'Clouds Above the Hill': A gift to anyone wanting to deepen their knowledge of modern Japan

'Clouds Above the Hill' portrays, in rich detail, the first generation to grow up in the Meiji Era and culminates in Japan's surprising victory in the Russo-Japanese War.
CULTURE / Music
Nov 22, 2018

Yellow Magic Orchestra go big and go home

Yellow Magic Orchestra made its 1980 debut on the legendary American dance show “Soul Train” performing a cover of “Tighten Up” by Archie Bell & the Drells, two years after the November 1978 release of the trio’s eponymous first album

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Figure skater Akiko Suzuki was once told her ideal weight should be 47 kilograms, a number she now admits she “naively believed.” This led to her have a relationship with food that resulted in her suffering from anorexia.
The silent battle Japanese athletes fight with weight