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May 3, 2022

Greg Norman: Phil Mickelson's comments impacted Saudi-backed tour

Norman said that nearly one third of the top 50 players in the world were committed to playing in the new tour, which has restructured its schedule from 14 events to a potential eight.
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JAPAN / Regional Voices: Kyushu
May 2, 2022

Fukuoka woman helps children with developmental disabilities get haircuts

Mika Kuriyama runs a website that offers information on hair salons and barbers where such children can get a haircut and feel comfortable.
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COMMUNITY / Our Lives / 20 QUESTIONS
May 1, 2022

Atsushi Murakami: ‘If Tono becomes synonymous with hops in Japan, I’ll be happy’

Atsushi Murakami has played many roles in his life, including as the creator of the Murakami Seven hop variety.
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BASEBALL / MLB
Apr 29, 2022

A pitching contortionist bends his way into shape

Ignoring the routines and patterns of a normal pitcher has allowed the Yankees' Nestor Cortes to become the unlikeliest of breakout stars.
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CULTURE / Music
Apr 29, 2022

Haru Nemuri: Rock, rebellion and a bit of Rage

The musician's new album 'Shunka Ryougen' gives voice to Japan's Gen Z.
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ASIA PACIFIC
Apr 27, 2022

Australia's 'climate wars' truce leaves flood victims in election no-man's land

Climate change is struggling to get much traction as an issue ahead of Australia's general election on May 21.
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JAPAN / Regional Voices: Tohoku
Apr 25, 2022

Miyagi high schools embracing coed culture after 12 years in transition

Despite mixed reactions, the prefecture's educators strive to create a place where boys and girls can learn together.
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CULTURE / Music
Apr 21, 2022

Yoshiki: Our focus should be on the environment and eradicating poverty, not destroying Ukrainian cities

The X Japan rock star, who recently donated u00a510 million toward humanitarian aid in Ukraine, touts the importance of speaking out publicly about supporting people in need of help.
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BUSINESS / Tech
Apr 19, 2022

Tesla autopilot stirs U.S. alarm as ‘disaster waiting to happen’

Regulators are applying greater scrutiny to Tesla's driver-assistance system than ever before, which could tarnish the company's reputation with consumers and spook investors.
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WORLD / Science & Health
Apr 18, 2022

Is COVID more dangerous than driving? How scientists are parsing COVID-19 risks.

Even two years into the pandemic, the coronavirus remains new enough, and its long-term effects unpredictable enough, that measuring the threat posed by an infection is a thorny problem.
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COMMENTARY / World
Apr 17, 2022

Yes, Russians know what their military is doing in Ukraine

They are finding out for themselves through unofficial news sources or from other citizens — even if they are too cautious to admit it fearing the police state.
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Apr 17, 2022

Oscar De La Hoya expresses desire to end feud with UFC president

The feud between the former world champion and Dana White has been around a while, with both parties lobbing insults at one another since at least 2017.
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LIFE / Lifestyle
Apr 16, 2022

Money matters: Fight inflation with better finance fundamentals

In the face of inflation-induced price hikes, it's back to basics for personal finance.
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COMMENTARY / World
Apr 15, 2022

Germany’s energy woes are a fiasco of its own making

In both the short and the long term, Germany will be unable to end Russian gas imports without triggering economic chaos and public outrage.
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BUSINESS / Companies / FOCUS
Apr 14, 2022

Toshiba’s talk of privatization leaves some analysts with doubts

Toshiba is in talks with financial institutions on a buyout plan that would be led by domestic investors.
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CULTURE / Film
Apr 14, 2022

‘Tombi: Father and Son’: Showa nostalgia misses the mark

Takahisa Zeze's decades-spanning family drama is sentimental and unintentionally silly.
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COMMUNITY / Our Lives / 20 QUESTIONS
Apr 10, 2022

Sean Lotman and Ariko Inaoka: 'Everything has meaning: trees, stones, water, stars. God is in there.’

A photographer couple in Kyoto discusses why they prefer analog film and how they're helping their son discover his creativity.
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COMMENTARY / World
Apr 8, 2022

Singapore and Malaysia reunite, if only for cake

People can finally move freely across the Singapore-Malaysia border. Rather than a big surge in spending, they're enjoying the small stuff with their families.
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CULTURE / TV & Streaming
Apr 8, 2022

'Tokyo Vice' steps into the capital's criminal underworld

Ken Watanabe and Hideaki Ito star alongside Ansel Elgort in the cross-cultural series that brings to life an American reporter's memoir about investigating Japan's yakuza in the 1990s.
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BUSINESS
Apr 7, 2022

Amid deepening yen weakness, a mixed blessing sours for Japan

What had long been considered a boon for Japan's economy is increasingly in question as the yen's recent plunge aggravates the impact of surging commodity prices.
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LIFE / Language / BILINGUAL
Apr 5, 2022

In Japan, April marks a fresh start for students and employees

April is a fresh start for everyone and things can get pretty busy, so don't forget to smell the flowers while you can.
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BUSINESS / Economy
Apr 4, 2022

BOJ should pay attention to yen, ruling coalition lawmaker says

Keiichi Ishii, secretary-general of Komeito, says efforts to hold down interest rates are weakening the currency.
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CULTURE / Film
Apr 4, 2022

'Moonlight Shadow' director Edmund Yeo praises the Japanese work ethic and the dedication of producers

Though filmmaking is not a particularly popular career path in Malaysia, Edmund Yeo still managed to follow his dream of being a director.
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ASIA PACIFIC
Apr 3, 2022

‘Totally inhumane’: Child separations feed anger in a locked-down Shanghai

The fury and concern of parents over what might become of their children if they fall sick is the latest in a series of crises faced by Shanghai officials.
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ASIA PACIFIC
Mar 31, 2022

Driven from city life to jungle insurgency

More than a year after Myanmar's military seized full control in a coup, the country is at war, with some unlikely combatants in the fray.
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ASIA PACIFIC
Mar 31, 2022

Town, company team up to achieve SDGs in Kumamoto

While the United Nations sustainable development goals present the diverse challenges the world faces, it is important that companies and municipalities examine what exactly they can do and who they can partner with to maximize the impact of their actions, fully aware that what they do today may ultimately...
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ASIA PACIFIC
Mar 31, 2022

Philanthropist celebrates life with art, music

Japanese philanthropist Haruhisa Handa, who is a professional in many fields, including calligraphy, art, music, noh dramas and literature, as well as business, held a solo exhibition of his artworks, including paintings, pottery and Japanese calligraphy, in Tokyo from March 18 to 21.
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WORLD / FOCUS
Mar 29, 2022

War means tough choices in Ukraine's vast child protection system

Ukraine has the biggest number of children living in state care in Europe, mostly because their families are either too poor or broken to look after them.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / Sac Bunts
Mar 28, 2022

Tsuyoshi Shinjo makes flashy start as Fighters manager

Tsuyoshi Shinjo made an entrance on opening day that was more WrestleMania than pro baseball. Whether or not NPB is ready for it, Big Boss has arrived.

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Koichi Tagawa’s diary entry from Aug. 9, 1945, describes the day of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki.
The horrors of Nagasaki, in first person