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WORLD / Science & Health
Aug 29, 2017

Trump's planned HIV aid cuts could spell 9 million life years lost in South Africa, Cote d'Ivoire: UNAIDS

U.S. President Donald Trump's plan to cut foreign aid supporting HIV/AIDS treatment could cost 9 million years of lost life in South Africa and Cote d'Ivoire, according to a global study released on Monday.
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BASKETBALL / B. League
Aug 21, 2017

More to basketball than stats, says Jets' Ono

The Chiba Jets Funabashi don't just look at the numbers that appear on the stat sheet, because the game of basketball is a team sport and the collective effort of the players gives teams a better chance to win games.
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WORLD / Politics
Aug 21, 2017

Trump eyes Afghanistan's elusive mineral riches to fund ongoing 16-year war

U.S. President Donald Trump is eyeing Afghanistan's mineral wealth to help pay for a 16-year war and reconstruction efforts that have already cost $117 billion. But investors who have studied the country, one of the world's most dangerous, say the idea is a pipe dream.
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COMMENTARY / World
Aug 16, 2017

Weathering the violence caused by climate change

As world leaders grapple with the environmental effects of climate change, they also need to confront the direct threat that it poses to global security.
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COMMENTARY / World
Aug 8, 2017

Today's nuclear North Korea is yesterday's China

As U.S. policymakers ponder how to deal with North Korea's nuclear and missile programs, it is important for them to remember that they are not in uncharted territory.
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JAPAN / Society
Aug 7, 2017

Japan's shrinking rural population poses a dilemma for democracy

Deep in the Shikoku wilderness, along a steep winding road above a dark green river, sits the tiny village of Okawa. It's located in a region sometimes dubbed by enthusiastic travel writers as the "Tibet of Japan" for its comparative isolation within the mountains.
EDITORIALS
Jul 29, 2017

Land plots with unknown owners

The government needs to take measures to deal more effectively with land plots that remain unregistered.
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BUSINESS
Jul 27, 2017

Takatoshi Ito, who sold Kuroda on inflation targets, now contender for top job

During countless shared lunches and impromptu meetings, Takatoshi Ito made a detailed and persuasive case that sold Haruhiko Kuroda on the inflation targeting regime he's pursued relentlessly as governor of the central bank. That was back in 1999, when Kuroda ran Japan's currency policy at the Finance...
LIFE / Language / WELL SAID
Jul 24, 2017

Introducing the adverb 'hotondo'

How do you say, 'We managed to sell most of our stock' in Japanese?
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JAPAN / Science & Health / NATURAL SELECTIONS
Jul 21, 2017

Did DNA influence Japan's collectivist society?

If you've spent any time in Japan you will have heard the expression, "Deru kugi wa utareru" ("The nail that sticks out gets hammered down"). The phrase is used to explain how Japanese society traditionally prefers conformity and social harmony to independence and individual expression. There is a similar...
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JAPAN / Science & Health
Jul 20, 2017

Japan's life expectancy increases by 4.2 years over quarter century

A research study finds that average life expectancy in Japan has increased to 83.2 years from 79.0 years during the quarter-century period, but the gap between prefectures has widened.
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JAPAN
Jul 19, 2017

Japanese firms needs to boost worker happiness to survive, well-being expert says

Feeling blue at work? According to Keio University professor Takashi Maeno, there are science-backed reasons explaining why workers may feel so distressed.
WORLD / Science & Health
Jul 6, 2017

Structure of proteins linked to Alzheimer's discovered, possibly leading to new treatments

Scientists have for the first time revealed the atomic structure of the tau protein filaments that tangle in the brains of Alzheimer's patients and say it should point the way toward developing new treatments for the disease.
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COMMUNITY / Issues / LEARNING CURVE
Jul 5, 2017

Spoken English tests among entrance exam reforms Japan's students will face in 2020

Upcoming changes to Japanese university admissions have students, parents and teachers raising their hands to ask questions.
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JAPAN / EXPLAINER
Jul 3, 2017

Government mulls 'Kids Week' holiday to prompt overworked Japan to take paid leave

The government is considering plans to create a holiday called "Kids Week," in an ongoing effort to change the country's workaholic culture and allow more time for families.
WORLD / Science & Health
Jul 3, 2017

Researchers develop app that boosts memory in people with cognitive decline

A brain training computer game developed by British neuroscientists has been shown to improve the memory of patients in the very earliest stages of dementia, and could help such patients avert some symptoms of cognitive decline.
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JAPAN / History / JAPAN TIMES GONE BY
Jul 1, 2017

Japan Times 1992: 'Oita village sells itself as "Twen Peaks" '

The tiny village of Maetsue, Oita Prefecture, and Kyushu Japan Railway Co. are riding on the bandwagon of the popular U.S. television series “Twin Peaks,” asserting that the local scenery closely resembles the fictional American town.
EDITORIALS
Jun 29, 2017

Shogi prodigy breathes new life into the game

Sota Fujii, a 14-year-old prodigy, has lit the shogi world on fire.
COMMENTARY / Japan / SENTAKU MAGAZINE
Jun 29, 2017

Imperial succession issue neglected

The Imperial family's future is endangered by the male-only paternal lineage succession rules, yet the Abe administration is taking no action.
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COMMENTARY / World
Jun 27, 2017

Global needs on mental health remain unmet

On a global scale, the magnitude of undiagnosed and unaddressed mental health problems remains high.
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LIFE / Food & Drink
Jun 24, 2017

Entrepreneur seeks to wean Hong Kongers off eating meat

David Yeung believes that meat is the new tobacco. But the longtime vegetarian and practicing Buddhist won't try to get you to stop eating meat. He just wants you to consider eating less of it.
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JAPAN
Jun 21, 2017

Junior high students rip elementary English as 'useless': survey

Around half of junior high school students have called the English skills they acquired in elementary schools “useless,” according to recent findings by education services provider Benesse Holdings Inc.
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BUSINESS
Jun 9, 2017

Mongolia and China envision giant power grids to light up Asia

The lights of the high-end boutiques and bars of Tokyo's Ginza district may someday be powered by coal burned more than 1,700 miles away (2,700 km) in Mongolia, electricity zipping over ultra-high voltage lines across deserts and under seas.

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Dangami House is a 180-year-old former samurai residence of the Kato clan, who ruled over Ozu, Ehime Prefecture, until the Meiji Restoration.
A house, a legacy and the quiet work of restoration in rural Japan