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ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Oct 30, 2017

Taiwan to boost defense spending as U.S. expresses concern over possible military imbalance with China

Taiwan will increase defense spending by 2 percent a year, President Tsai Ing-wen said during a visit to Hawaii where the United States expressed concern over a possible military imbalance in the Taiwan Straits, Taiwan media reported.
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JAPAN / Science & Health
Oct 30, 2017

Japan to offer free HIV testing in annual company health checks to encourage early detection

Fewer people are getting tested, and the government is looking for ways to turn that around.
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JAPAN / EXPLAINER
Oct 30, 2017

Rohingya asylum seekers face dim prospects of gaining refugee status in Japan

The plight of Rohingya Muslims has made headlines as the Myanmar military's escalating attacks against the ethnic group, often described in media reports as "one of the world's most persecuted minorities," have captured global attention.
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BUSINESS
Oct 30, 2017

Sharing-economy boom slow to take off in Japan at just 0.005% of GDP

Feel like sharing? Japan might not be your place.
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ASIA PACIFIC / FOCUS
Oct 30, 2017

Some war-displaced return to Marawi to find their homes either leveled or looted

Khaliluddin Ismail returned home Sunday after five months of war in the southern Philippines to find his house ransacked. But he's still smiling.
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BUSINESS / FOCUS
Oct 30, 2017

Energy edges out tech, finance in CEO lineup for Trump's upcoming China visit

U.S. energy and commodities firms will make up a major part of a business delegation visiting Beijing at the same time as U.S. President Donald Trump goes to China in November, according to an initial list.
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WORLD / Politics
Oct 30, 2017

GOP-led Congress under fire as secrecy-shrouded Trump tax overhaul seen targeting coveted deductions

President Donald Trump's plan for overhauling the U.S. tax system faced growing opposition from interest groups on Sunday, as Republicans prepare to unveil sweeping legislation that could eliminate some of the most popular tax breaks to help pay for lower taxes.
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MORE SPORTS
Oct 30, 2017

NFL's Texans kneel during anthem after Trump-backing billionaire owner's 'inmates running the prison' remark

Most of the National Football League's Houston Texans team knelt in protest as the national anthem was played for Sunday's game in Seattle, an apparent rebuke of team owner Bob McNair for his remark about "inmates running the prison."
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WORLD / Society
Oct 30, 2017

26 Syrian hostages who fled Islamic State captors get emotional homecoming, recount mass executions

Twenty-six Syrian hostages who escaped from their Islamic State captors received an emotional homecoming on Sunday in the central province of Homs, witnesses and officials said.
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BUSINESS / Tech
Oct 30, 2017

Apple may tweak facial recognition technology to get iPhone X to market

As of early fall, it was clearer than ever that production problems meant Apple Inc. wouldn't have enough iPhone Xs in time for the holidays. The challenge was how to make the sophisticated phone — with advanced features such as facial recognition — in large enough numbers.
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BUSINESS
Oct 30, 2017

Puerto Rico governor wants to cancel shady $300 million Whitefish energy contract

Puerto Rico Gov. Ricardo Rosselló wants to cancel a tiny Montana company's $300 million contract to restore power to the storm-hit U.S. territory and expects help from the governors of Florida and New York, his office said on Sunday.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 30, 2017

Hawks win Game 2 of Japan Series after contentious call

All anyone could do was wait. A decision that could have a big impact on the complexion of the Japan Series hung in the balance, as the umpiring crew checked replay after replay in the bottom of the seventh inning at Yafuoku Dome.
BASKETBALL / B. League
Oct 29, 2017

Strong start helps Sunrockers to win over B-Corsairs

Standing next to Sunrockers mascot Sundy, B. League chairman Masaaki Okawa warmly greeted the crowd on a rainy, gloomy Sunday afternoon.
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LIFE / Style & Design
Oct 29, 2017

Tadao Ando: When every single building is a passion project

A few simple lines on paper — that's all it was. But there was something extremely alluring about it that intrigued Tadao Ando.
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ENVIRONMENT / OLD NIC'S NOTEBOOK
Oct 29, 2017

A return to Resolute: Exploring the wintry climes of northern Canada

We sailed from Greenland, across Baffin Bay, on Aug. 4, 2017. The sea was calm, and largely free of ice floes, although still dotted here and there with icebergs. The following day we reached the small community of Pond Inlet, more than 600 kilometers above the Arctic Circle in the north of Baffin Island....
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 29, 2017

Victory only thing that matters for Hawks star Seiichi Uchikawa

"Winning is everything" is a cliche you often hear from players and coaches in postseason baseball.
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COMMUNITY / Issues / LABOR PAINS
Oct 29, 2017

TV drama glorifies the Japanese scourge of working illegally for nothing

In the TBS drama 'Rikuo,' female factory workers work all hours — some of them unpaid — to make a new type of running shoe.
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COMMUNITY / Our Lives / JAPAN LITE
Oct 29, 2017

Business cards in Japan: So many rules, so easily and often broken

One of the first things visitors learn about Japan is the importance of business card etiquette. Yet when it comes to the content of cards, many Japanese let rip and get creative.
EDITORIALS
Oct 29, 2017

Building a sustainable social security system

The government and political parties need to offer the public convincing explanations on how the social security system can be sustained.
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COMMENTARY / World
Oct 29, 2017

Xi's new strength obscures China's internal risks

Xi Jinping's new strength and power helps obscure China's internal risks, including the fundamental challenge of how to avoid a political hard landing.
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COMMENTARY / Japan
Oct 29, 2017

Why do Japanese have trouble learning English?

If the government wants to improve students' proficiency in English, it should increase the time they spend studying the language.
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JAPAN / History / KANSAI PERSPECTIVE
Oct 29, 2017

Osaka threatens San Francisco ties over sister city's 'comfort women' memorial

The 60-year sister city relationship between Osaka and San Francisco looks to be heading for retirement if Osaka Mayor Hirofumi Yoshimura and his allies in the city who oppose San Francisco's new "comfort women" memorial get their way.
JAPAN / Politics / KANSAI PERSPECTIVE
Oct 29, 2017

Nippon Ishin ponders its fate after brutal defeat in Lower House election

Five years after Nippon Ishin no Kai first appeared on the national stage with promises of changing the country through an Osaka-based revolution, the party's future is in doubt following a crushing defeat in the Oct. 22 Lower House election.

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