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Aug 2, 2017

U.S. to set up 2020 Olympics base at Tokyo American Club

Tokyo American Club has been reserved as the site for USA House at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, the country's Olympic committee revealed there on Wednesday.
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ASIA PACIFIC / ANALYSIS
Aug 2, 2017

Tillerson rules out North Korea strikes, regime change, but mixed messages plague U.S. policy

U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said Tuesday that Washington is not seeking regime change in North Korea and would be open to dialogue, a stance seemingly at odds with President Donald Trump and officials in the administration.
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BUSINESS
Aug 2, 2017

Toyota, Nissan, Honda beat U.S. forecasts as local makers grapple with post-campaign dip

Toyota Motor Corp. stood out as the only major automaker to increase U.S. sales last month, while Nissan Motor Co. and Honda Motor Co. both beat projections, as demand at traditional U.S. automakers slumped.
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BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 2, 2017

SoftBank Vision Fund reportedly may invest $2 billion in top Indian e-commerce operator Flipkart

SoftBank Vision Fund, the technology investor founded by Masayoshi Son, is in talks to invest directly in India's Flipkart Online Services Pvt. Ltd., according to people familiar with the matter, after talks to fold SoftBank-backed Snapdeal into Flipkart fell apart.
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BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 2, 2017

Daiichi Sankyo settles U.S. lawsuits over intestinal damage from blood-pressure drugs, paying $300 million

Daiichi Sankyo Inc. has settled thousands of lawsuits alleging its blood-pressure drugs caused intestinal damage, bringing to $339 million the amount the drugmaker has paid over the medicines.
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WORLD / Politics / ANALYSIS
Aug 2, 2017

Fragile economy stays Putin's hand in standoff with U.S.

Russian President Vladimir Putin is unlikely to risk escalating tit-for-tat sanctions with Washington because the only measures that would hurt the United States would also endanger Russia's fragile economic recovery.
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BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 2, 2017

Sprint near decision on possible merger with T-Mobile or Charter

Sprint Corp. Chief Executive Officer Marcelo Claure said Tuesday that a decision on possible mergers is close at hand, potentially setting a new course for a company that has slashed costs as it loses subscribers.
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Rugby
Aug 2, 2017

Flanker Hooper appointed Wallabies captain

Flanker Michael Hooper has replaced Stephen Moore as captain of the Wallabies after the veteran hooker elected to step down ahead of his retirement from international rugby at the end of the season.
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WORLD / Politics
Aug 2, 2017

Kenyans demand probe into torture-slaying of election tech official, fear rigged polls next week

Protesters marched on the offices of Kenya's election commission on Tuesday, demanding a speedy investigation of the murder of a senior official that has raised fears over the legitimacy of next week's national elections.
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BUSINESS
Aug 2, 2017

Schumer urges Trump to block Chinese M&As in U.S. until Beijing helps rein in North Korea

The top Democrat in the U.S. Senate called on President Donald Trump on Tuesday to block some Chinese investments in the United States to pressure China "to help rein in North Korea's threatening and destabilizing behavior."
ASIA PACIFIC / Science & Health
Aug 1, 2017

Philippines has highest HIV infection growth rate in Asia-Pacific, U.N. says

The Philippines has registered the fastest-growing HIV/AIDS epidemic in the Asia-Pacific in the past six years with a 140 percent increase in the number of new infections, the health ministry and the United Nations said on Tuesday.
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JAPAN / Politics / ANALYSIS
Aug 1, 2017

Abe's dream of amending Constitution slipping away

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has achieved much of his conservative security agenda since taking office in 2012, but unless he can revive his flagging popularity, his goal of revising the pacifist Constitution is likely to elude his grasp.
EDITORIALS
Aug 1, 2017

U.S. President Donald Trump's worst week ever ... so far

It's hard to appreciate the sheer magnitude of the dysfunction in the Trump White House.
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COMMENTARY / World
Aug 1, 2017

'Reservoir Dogs' in the White House

The Trump White House of late resembles the final scene in the Tarentino crime thriller 'Reservoir Dogs.'
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COMMENTARY / World
Aug 1, 2017

Why it's so difficult to die in peace

The rhetoric about 'end-of-life' care has changed more than the reality in the U.S.
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COMMENTARY / World
Aug 1, 2017

East Asia's challenge: resisting hyper-nationalism

Overcoming nationalistic barriers is more urgent than ever for pro-Western Asian countries.
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COMMENTARY / World
Aug 1, 2017

Big data offers big promise in medicine

In handling some kinds of life-or-death medical judgments, computers have already surpassed the abilities of doctors.
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CULTURE / Music
Aug 1, 2017

Fuji Rock Festival: It may not make sense on paper, but the end results are glorious

This year's Fuji Rock Festival was a damp and turbulent affair, albeit only in the most literal sense. Whatever the formula is for convincing people to blow their entire summer vacation budget on a few days in the Japan Alps — much of which will likely be spent lining up for the toilet, getting drenched...
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ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 1, 2017

NHK video casts doubt on North Korean ICBM re-entry capabilities and effectiveness

Video captured Friday of North Korea's latest test of a powerful long-range missile appears to show the weapon's re-entry vehicle "breaking up" over waters just off Hokkaido — a possible sign that the nuclear-armed country has yet to master technology critical to the warhead's survival when returning...
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / HIT AND RUN
Aug 1, 2017

McGehee embracing challenge of playing second base for Giants

For Casey McGehee, the last couple of weeks have been a foray into uncharted territory. McGehee has been playing baseball professionally since 2003, but only a sliver of that time has been spent playing second base.
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BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 1, 2017

MUFG arms itself with ¥1 trillion war chest for acquisitions

Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc.'s trust banking arm is seeking acquisitions abroad and has ¥1 trillion to spend as it seeks to become one of the 15 biggest asset managers worldwide.
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WORLD / Politics
Aug 1, 2017

Scaramucci's 'colorful' comments to New Yorker displeased Trump: White House

U.S. President Donald Trump felt Anthony Scaramucci, whom he fired as his communications chief on Monday, made inappropriate comments to The New Yorker magazine, the White House said.
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WORLD / Society
Aug 1, 2017

Thousands of Syria jihadis, refugees to leave Lebanon border zone in swap with Hezbollah prisoners

Convoys of buses arrived on Monday to transfer thousands of Syrian militants and refugees from Lebanon's border region into rebel territory in Syria in exchange for Hezbollah prisoners.
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ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Aug 1, 2017

Envoy throws ball back to Trump, says U.S. and North Korea are key to peace on peninsula, not China

China hit back on Monday after U.S. President Donald Trump tweeted he was "very disappointed" in China following North Korea's latest missile test, saying the problem did not arise in China and that all sides need to work for a solution.

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