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CULTURE / Music
May 1, 2018

Elleh story: 'Sad boy disco' that isn't all that lonely

Club music usually gets you pumped up for a night out. Music about clubs? Those songs are just as likely to focus on the come down from the good vibes: There's Robyn being ignored in the corner on "Dancing on My Own" or Morrissey going, standing and leaving on his own in The Smiths' "How Soon Is Now?"...
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BUSINESS / Tech
May 1, 2018

Paper plane protesters urge Russia to unblock Telegram app, which Iran also banned

Thousands of people marched through Moscow, throwing paper planes and calling for authorities to unblock the popular Telegram instant messaging app on Monday.
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 30, 2018

How to stop surveillance capitalism

Facebook, Google & Co. are the new quasi-royal sovereigns. Their algorithmic de-facto laws do not require the approval of any parliaments.
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WORLD / Science & Health
Apr 30, 2018

Campaigners say hydropower dam plan threatens Europe's last wild rivers

Plans to build about 3,000 hydropower plants in the Balkans in the next few years endanger Europe's last wild rivers and some of the most important biodiversity hot spots on the continent, campaigners say.
ASIA PACIFIC
Apr 30, 2018

China makes defaming revolutionary heroes punishable by law

China has introduced a law making it potentially a criminal offense to defame or deny the deeds and spirit of the country's historic martyrs, state media said, the latest move to protect symbols of party and state.
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WORLD / Politics
Apr 30, 2018

Irish emigrants set to flock home for key vote on abortion

Christine Howell planned to spend two years straight traveling and working in Australia from her arrival in Melbourne last December without breaking her trip to return home to Ireland.
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ENVIRONMENT / OLD NIC'S NOTEBOOK
Apr 29, 2018

A wetland works wonders in battered Tohoku

A proposed wetland nature center in Miyagi Prefecture would give wild birds a new home while attracting bird-loving tourists to Tohoku.
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BUSINESS / Tech
Apr 27, 2018

IBM ties up with Asahi Refining and others on blockchain tech to track jewels from mine to store

IBM Corp., a group of four gold and diamond industry companies, and an independent laboratory are developing a blockchain network for tracing the provenance of finished pieces of jewelry from mine to store.
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ASIA PACIFIC
Apr 27, 2018

North Korea's Kim and South's Moon pledge 'new era of peace'

In a historic summit that few could have imagined just months ago, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and South Korean President Moon Jae-in announced Friday the opening of "a new era of peace" that would end the Korean War and achieve a nuclear-free Korean Peninsula.
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JAPAN / Politics / ANALYSIS
Apr 27, 2018

With Kim-Moon summit over, Japan eager for piece of the action

With North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's summit with his South Korean counterpart Moon Jae-in seen as a success and Kim's summit with U.S. President Donald Trump on the horizon, Japan is desperate to become a player in the next round of negotiations.
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BASKETBALL
Apr 27, 2018

Hoop-playing Monica Okoye aims to one-up brother

Monica Okoye is fine about being labeled as the sister of professional baseball player Rui Okoye — for now.
EDITORIALS
Apr 26, 2018

China flexes its maritime military muscle

It is up to Japan, working with allies and partners, to make it clear to decision-makers in Beijing that military force for anything but defense is a mistake.
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ASIA PACIFIC / Politics / FOCUS
Apr 26, 2018

Denuclearization to take center stage as Kim and Moon meet in rare inter-Korean summit

Sixty-five years after the Korean War ended in an armistice, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un will become the first leader from the North to set foot on South Korean soil when he strides across the Demilitarized Zone on Friday for a historic summit with the rival South's president, Moon Jae-in.
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LIFE / EVENTS AND INFORMATION
Apr 26, 2018

Major brands, entertainers to attend Ad Week

Advertising Week Asia 2018 will be held at Tokyo Midtown, in the Roppongi district of Tokyo's Minato Ward, from May 14 to 17. The event will feature prominent speakers, including global business leaders and celebrities, as well as performances by world-renowned artists.
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CULTURE / TV & Streaming
Apr 26, 2018

Yuko Takeuchi steps into an iconic role on 'Miss Sherlock' with elementary ease

Guinness World Records announced in 2012 that Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes was the most portrayed character on film and TV, depicted 254 times by more than 75 different actors.
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LIFE / Food & Drink
Apr 26, 2018

Nordic cooking, Japanese bounty: Strong Noma current runs through new Tokyo restaurant Inua

The culinary thread running from Greenland to Copenhagen and thence to Hokkaido and the rest of Japan may not be immediately obvious. But those are some of the key points on the line of inspiration behind a new restaurant that will open in Tokyo in late June.
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BUSINESS / Tech
Apr 25, 2018

Dragon Quest VR arcade to open in Shinjuku

Game-lovers can wield a sword, use magic and dive into the world of another megahit game series starting Friday at the VR Zone Shinjuku in Tokyo.
JAPAN
Apr 25, 2018

Japan said to seek role in French-German marine surveillance plane project for first major arms deal since WWII

In a bid to win its first major foreign arms deal since World War II, Japan proposes its P-1 submarine hunter for a French-German project to develop a marine surveillance aircraft.
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COMMENTARY / World
Apr 24, 2018

How to negotiate with North Korea

U.S. and South Korean negotiators should seek to secure a nuclear-weapons-free zone on the Korean Peninsula.
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COMMENTARY / Japan
Apr 24, 2018

The decoupling of economic growth and convenience

Consumers have begun to behave more rationally, and that is reducing economic growth.
LIFE / Language / NEWS IN NIHONGO
Apr 23, 2018

A very expensive pair of mangoes

A pair of mangoes fetches ¥400,000 at auction in Miyazaki.
JAPAN
Apr 23, 2018

Japanese teen tops Youth America ballet competition in New York

Yuma Matsuura of Japan has won the senior age division at the Youth America Grand Prix audition for promising young ballet dancers, the organizer said Friday.
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JAPAN / KANSAI PERSPECTIVE
Apr 22, 2018

For foreign nationals over 150 years ago, Kyoto’s Fushimi was end of the line

Just before reaching Chushojima Station on the Keihan Line heading into Kyoto from Osaka, or just after crossing the Uji River on the almost parallel Kintetsu train that runs between Kyoto and Nara, two towers that look old and of European design flash briefly into view before disappearing among the...
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ESG CONSORTIUM
Apr 22, 2018

ESG involvement vital for company leaders

Commitment from top management is indispensable for promoting ESG (environmental, social and governance) engagement, Yasumasa Nishi, then-president and CEO of Asset Management One Co., stressed at a recent forum in Tokyo. He also noted management needs to craft a long-term business strategy in consideration...
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COMMENTARY / World
Apr 22, 2018

Asia couldn't quit Facebook even if it wanted to

The social network is conquering e-commerce in emerging economies.
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CULTURE / Books / ESSENTIAL READING FOR JAPANOPHILES
Apr 21, 2018

'As I Crossed a Bridge of Dreams' brings to life the lucid prose of the Sarashina Nikki

The 'Sarashina Nikki' is a classic of Japanese literature. The life of the narrator, one spent largely turned away from the world, is revealed in translation through prose that transcends cultural and historical distance.

Longform

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