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JAPAN / GENERATIONAL CHANGE
Nov 12, 2018

Entrepreneur generates electricity solely from used cooking oil collected throughout Tokyo

For Yumi Someya, Tokyo is an untapped oil field, full of potential to generate electricity.
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JAPAN
Nov 12, 2018

Workers complain of unbearable foul smells at new Toyosu market

Workers at the new Toyosu wholesale food market in Tokyo are having to hold their noses as disgusting stenches, mainly of fish, have started to emanate from some locations in the site.
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BUSINESS / INSIDER REPORT
Nov 12, 2018

Tracing Japan's business giants from the late '80s to the 2000s

In the mid-1980s Japan was considered the most dynamic economy in the world and its manufacturers the most dominant. Japan's GDP growth had averaged around 7 percent per annum for the previous 30 years even with a slight downturn following the first oil shock in the 1970s, and was growing at around 4...
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ASIA PACIFIC
Nov 12, 2018

South Korea-U.S. military drills violate Sept. 19 agreement: North Korea media

South Korea's resumption of small-scale military drills with the United States violated a recent agreement aimed at lowering tensions on the Korean Peninsula, North Korean state media said on Monday.
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BUSINESS
Nov 12, 2018

China's Alibaba nets record $30 billion in Singles' Day sales extravaganza, but growth rate plunges

Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. cashed a record 213.5 billion yuan ($30.7 billion) in sales Sunday during its 24-hour online retail frenzy Singles' Day, but the event's annual growth dropped to its slowest rate.
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ASIA PACIFIC / Politics / FOCUS
Nov 12, 2018

Pence subs for Trump at summits with skeptical Asian nations

U.S. President Donald Trump's absence at several international summits in Asia this week isn't a snub, Vice President Mike Pence told reporters en route to the region.
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WORLD
Nov 12, 2018

Finland's GPS was disrupted during NATO war games and Russia may be responsible: prime minister

Finland's GPS signal was intentionally disrupted during NATO war games in the Nordic countries over the past few weeks and the culprit could be Russia, Prime Minster Juha Sipila said on Sunday.
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BUSINESS
Nov 12, 2018

Democrats to probe if Trump used his power to block AT&T-Time deal and punish Amazon

When Democrats take control of the U.S. House they plan to investigate the Trump administration's attempt to block AT&T Inc. from acquiring Time Warner, and whether officials sought to punish Amazon.com Inc. by prodding the U.S. Post Office to hike shipping prices for the world's largest e-commerce company,...
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BASEBALL
Nov 11, 2018

Yadier Molina, J.T. Realmuto go deep as MLB stars dominate Game 3

Ronald Acuna Jr. jumped for joy as the MLB All-Stars celebrated in their dugout. In the stands, fans on the third-base side stood with both arms raised and waving from side to side. Even some of the Samurai Japan fans were cheering.
BASEBALL / MLB
Nov 11, 2018

Kenta Maeda to pitch against Samurai Japan on Tuesday

Right-handed pitcher Kenta Maeda will toss in a Los Angeles Dodgers jersey — but on a familiar mound at Mazda Stadium, the home of his former club Hiroshima Carp in Game 4 of the MLB Japan All-Star Series on Tuesday night.
CULTURE / Entertainment news
Nov 11, 2018

Michael Jackson's 'Bad' tour leather jacket sells for $298,000 at auction, three times asking price

Michael Jackson's iconic black "Bad" jacket, which he wore on his first solo tour, sold for $298,000 late Saturday, about three times its original asking price, at a New York auction which featured items from music legends Prince, Madonna, John Lennon and others, officials announced.
Japan Times
Figure Skating
Nov 11, 2018

American duo claim ice dance gold at NHK Trophy

Kaitlin Hawayek and Jean-Luc Baker of the United States won the ice dance title at the NHK Trophy on Sunday with an excellent free dance.
BASEBALL / MLB
Nov 11, 2018

Nationals standout rookie Juan Soto relishes All-Star Series atmosphere

There are few experiences in baseball like seeing the fans at a Japanese game. The scene is more soccer than baseball as they cheer, sing songs and play instruments, with the tunes, rhythms and movements changing with each batter and situation.
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WORLD
Nov 11, 2018

Death toll rises to at least 23 in California wildfire after 14 bodies found

The charred remains of fourteen more victims have been found in and around a Northern California town overrun by flames from a massive wildfire, officials said on Saturday, raising the death toll to 23.
JAPAN / History
Nov 10, 2018

Examining Japan's first foray into global warfare

On the 100th anniversary of the end of World War I, we examine the country's role in the conflict.
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JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Nov 10, 2018

Japan's news outlets weigh in on Jumpei Yasuda's culpability in Syria kidnapping

Freelance reporter Jumpei Yasuda gave a three-hour news conference at the Japan National Press Club on Nov. 2 about his hostage ordeal, describing in detail how he was kidnapped after entering Syria in 2015 and then held for more than three years. He also discussed the situation in the Middle East and...
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COMMUNITY / Our Lives / WHY DID YOU LEAVE JAPAN?
Nov 10, 2018

Motomi Morii: Japanese roots, Nordic aesthetic

Since 2009, Motomi Morii has lived and worked in New York. There, she indulges in her love of experimental and improvised music, and takes part in various Japanese cultural events around the city. Most importantly, New York provides her with constant inspiration and opportunity for her career in architectural design.
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COMMUNITY / Our Lives / 20 QUESTIONS
Nov 10, 2018

Hidemitsu Shimizu: Realizing the full extent of vocal possibility

Narrator and voice actor Hidemitsu Shimizu on how he brings characters to life, who has the sexiest male voice and rapping about math for work.
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LIFE / Food & Drink
Nov 10, 2018

The standing bars of Osaka: Cheap, cheerful and nostalgic

The origin of tachinomi can be traced to the Edo Period (1603-1868), when sake shops started offering customers a quick tipple from square wooden measuring cups known as masu. Since then, they have become neighborhood institutions.
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LIFE / Food & Drink / KANPAI CULTURE
Nov 10, 2018

The SG Club: Cocktail history in the making

Shingo Gokan's new bar in Tokyo's Shibuya ward, The SG Club, is a living piece of historical fiction that delights in cross-cultural references. The initials 'SG' stand for Sip and Guzzle, and the space is divided into two bars, each with a different vibe.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / KONBINI WATCH
Nov 10, 2018

Carbo-load: Convenience store breads pile on the sweetness

Japan's big three convenience stores — Lawson, FamilyMart and Seven-Eleven — have plenty of rich (and caloric!) bread-based desserts to satisfy any sweet tooth.
JAPAN / Media / Japan Pulse
Nov 10, 2018

Illustrators use social media to highlight the minutiae of everyday life in Japan

Garbage collectors perform a service that is essential to the functioning of society, and yet their contributions are often overlooked. Whatever a person’s social standing, however, it doesn’t mean their observations on life aren’t worth examining.
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CULTURE / Books
Nov 10, 2018

A journey to hell with Osamu Dazai, Japan's ultimate bad boy novelist

Dazai is the ultimate bad boy of Japanese literature and 'Ningen Shikkaku,' recently re-translated by Mark Gibeau as 'A Shameful Life,' is his supreme masterpiece, a novel that still shocks today with its brutal honesty and unflinching, strangely thrilling pessimism.
Figure Skating
Nov 10, 2018

Shoma Uno, Rika Kihira earn NHK Trophy titles

Olympic and world silver medalist Shoma Uno won the NHK Trophy on Saturday night with a solid performance in the men's free skate.
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MORE SPORTS
Nov 10, 2018

Rookie QB Skyler Howard guides Obic past Nojima Sagamihara in X League playoff quarterfinals

Skyler Howard threw four touchdown passes and ran for another, leading the Obic Seagulls to a 42-25 victory over the Nojima Sagamihara Rise on Saturday at Yokohama Stadium in the quarterfinals of the X League playoffs.
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BASEBALL / MLB
Nov 10, 2018

Retiring Twins standout Joe Mauer leaves impressive legacy as iconic catcher

Before J.T. Realmuto became an All-Star catcher for the Miami Marlins, he was playing shortstop for the baseball team at Carl Albert High School in Midwest City, Oklahoma. But one of his favorite big league players at the time wasn't a shortstop. It was Minnesota Twins catcher Joe Mauer.
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COMMENTARY / World
Nov 10, 2018

Scientists spend too much time on the old

Spending billions on a huge particle collider won't give us the breakthrough discoveries we need.

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