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COMMUNITY / Issues
Jul 13, 2016

Shadow of surveillance looms over Japan's Muslims

While millions around the world marked the end of the holy month of Ramadan last week, a cloud hung over celebrations in Japan. Muslims here say they feel they are constantly under the ever-watchful eyes of the police.
BUSINESS / Economy
Jul 12, 2016

Abe orders drafting of new stimulus package to breathe life into Japan's economy

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe orders economic revitalization minister Nobuteru Ishihara to come up with a range of economic measures, including a supplementary budget for fiscal 2016.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jul 9, 2016

Hurler Arihara foils Marines as Fighters cruise to 13th consecutive victory

Kohei Arihara allowed no runs for the second straight start, pitching the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters to their 13th straight win, a 4-0 Pacific League victory over the Chiba Lotte Marines on Saturday.
EDITORIALS
Jul 7, 2016

Don't rely on quake predictions

The government should focus its efforts on minimizing the damage caused by quakes rather than squandering resources trying to predict them.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jul 5, 2016

Stars step up to steer Giants past archrival Tigers

A red-hot Randy Messenger was dealing, and it didn't look as if the Yomiuri Giants were going to have many chances to cool him off.
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BASKETBALL / HOOP SCOOP
Jul 2, 2016

Memories all that remain of bj-league

First in a two-part series
JAPAN / Science & Health
Jun 30, 2016

Landmark cancer study reveals huge regional gaps in incidence rates; lifestyle habits may be to blame

A landmark study of cancer diagnoses in Japan has revealed huge regional gaps in incidence rates in what one official said reflected notable differences in lifestyle habits across the country.
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BASKETBALL / B. League / B. LEAGUE NOTEBOOK
Jun 30, 2016

Pierce to work for Heat during Summer League

For Japan hoop followers, the Miami Heat will have a familiar face helping out during the upcoming Las Vegas Summer League.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jun 28, 2016

Dragons' Ono fires three-hit shutout

Yudai Ono looked like he'd barely broken a sweat as he walked out of Tokyo Dome. The ease with which he went up and down the Yomiuri Giants' lineup hadn't given him much of a chance to work up one.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jun 24, 2016

Swallows' Yamada pounces on Dragons in series opener

Japanese baseball's interleague interlude gave Central League pitchers a brief respite from having their ERAs ruined by Tetsuto Yamada. But on a somewhat wet Friday night at Jingu Stadium, the Tokyo Yakult Swallows star declared school was back in session.
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MULTIMEDIA
Jun 24, 2016

June 25, 2016

Longform

After the asset-price bubble crash of the early 1990s, employment at a Japanese company was no longer necessarily for life. As a result, a new generation is less willing to endure a toxic work culture —life’s too short, after all.
How Japan's youth are slowly changing the country's work ethic