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COMMENTARY / World
Jun 11, 2016

Don't worry about a robot invasion just yet

Numerous factors argue against the doomsday specter of robots creating mass unemployment.
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BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 6, 2016

SoftBank gets serious about tackling debt with asset sales

After years of acquisitions saddled SoftBank Group Corp. with record debt and weighed down its stock, founder Masayoshi Son is getting serious about improving the company's balance sheet.
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MORE SPORTS
Jun 4, 2016

Eight facts about former boxing champ Muhammad Ali

Eight facts about former boxing champ Muhammad Ali:
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CULTURE / Books / ESSENTIAL READING FOR JAPANOPHILES
May 28, 2016

'Neighborhood Tokyo' dispels myths about the megacity

"Neighborhood Tokyo" is a portrait of an average Tokyo neighborhood in Shinagawa Ward where Harvard Anthropologist Theodore Bestor did fieldwork from the late 1970s to early '80s. Though the book is a rigorous study of social life, Bestor's wit and candor open it up to general readers.
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BUSINESS / Economy
May 27, 2016

Corporate Japan much more downbeat about escape from deflation: poll

Japan Inc. has become increasingly pessimistic about the country's ability to beat deflation, with the vast majority of firms now expecting no escape for the foreseeable future, a poll says.
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COMMUNITY / Voices / FOREIGN AGENDA
May 25, 2016

Let Obama's Hiroshima visit open up debate in the U.S. about the nuclear attacks

Why do Americans have such a difficult time discussing the intentionality behind the dropping of two atomic bombs on Japanese cities?
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COMMENTARY / Japan
May 19, 2016

What Joseph Stiglitz really said about Abenomics

Leading economist Joseph Stiglitz has firm ideas about what steps are needed to cure Japan's ailing economy, and they don't include a higher consumption tax or corporate tax cuts.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / NPB NOTEBOOK
May 17, 2016

Too early to worry about Otani's season, says Darvish

Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters ace Shohei Otani has just one win and a 3.34 ERA after eight starts, but former Fighters ace Yu Darvish says it's too early to worry about the 21-year-old right-hander.
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CULTURE / Books / ESSENTIAL READING FOR JAPANOPHILES
May 14, 2016

'Sayonara' reveals the complexity of Western fantasies about Japan

Some books enlighten us by aging badly. James A. Michener's novel "Sayonara," first published in 1953 and made into a film starring Marlon Brando four years later, has been dismissed as an example of Orientalist fantasy, with its gushing about the perfect wives that Western men find in Japan. Still,...
COMMENTARY / World
May 10, 2016

A lesson about truth and justice from Auschwitz

At a trial for a German concentration camp guard, a Holocaust survivor seeks to put truth and justice before his desire for revenge.
COMMUNITY / How-tos / LIFELINES
May 1, 2016

Fathers seek advice about visas for divorced dads and scholarships for dual-national kids

This week's column deals with two inquiries from American fathers of bicultural children.
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WORLD / Science & Health
Apr 30, 2016

'Tailless comet' found to be a pristine asteroid, offering clues about origins of the solar system

Astronomers have found that a first-of-its-kind "tailless comet" may offer clues into long-standing questions about the solar system's formation and evolution, according to research published Friday in the journal Science Advances.
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WORLD
Apr 12, 2016

U.S.-led offensives drive Islamic State militants back, but worries about what's next persist

As U.S.-led offensives drive back the Islamic State group in Iraq, concern is growing among U.S. and U.N. officials that efforts to stabilize liberated areas are lagging, creating conditions that could help the militants endure as an underground network.
WORLD
Apr 9, 2016

U.S. Embassy warns citizens about 'credible threats' in Turkey

The United States warned its citizens on Saturday about "credible threats" to tourist areas in Turkey, particularly in Istanbul and the southwest coastal resort of Antalya.
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COMMENTARY / World
Apr 4, 2016

The debate about debating Islam

Legitimate intellectual inquiry unfortunately always degenerates into political bickering over whether it is acceptable to criticize Islam.
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WORLD / Politics
Apr 2, 2016

Obama bashes Trump over lack of knowledge about foreign policy, world events

Donald Trump is facing bipartisan pressure to adopt a more presidential tone in his White House run including from Democratic President Barack Obama and Republicans who worry his missteps may do irreparable harm to the party and his campaign.
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WORLD / Crime & Legal
Mar 30, 2016

Minister admits FBI warned Dutch about wanted El Bakraoui brothers week before Brussels attacks

The FBI told Dutch police that two brothers were being sought by Belgian authorities a week before the pair blew themselves up in suicide attacks in Brussels, the Dutch interior minister said on Tuesday.
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ASIA PACIFIC
Mar 27, 2016

China tries to ease worries about overseas military bases

China has launched an unusual charm offensive to explain its first overseas naval base in Djibouti, seeking to assuage global concerns about military expansionism by portraying the move as Beijing's contribution to regional security and development.
BUSINESS / Economy
Mar 25, 2016

Japan inflation at about zero for 10th month; BOJ goal remains distant

Prices in Japan did not rise in February, reinforcing just how far the nation remains from reaching the Bank of Japan's 2 percent inflation goal.
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COMMUNITY / Issues / THE FOREIGN ELEMENT
Mar 23, 2016

Sincerely, Little Nigeria: A reporter signs off

After five years of covering Japan's African community, a writer reflects on progress since 3/11 and speculates about the future.
ASIA PACIFIC
Mar 23, 2016

U.S. hopes to talk with China about possible THAAD move to South Korea

The United States hopes to talk with China and address its concerns about the possible deployment of the THAAD missile defense system that Washington is discussing with Seoul, a senior State Department official said Tuesday.

Longform

Japan's growing ranks of centenarians are redefining what it means to live in a super-aging society.
What comes after 100?