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Special Supplements / Ainu language special
Feb 21, 2022

Respected comic book spurs hope for indigenous tongue

In 2009, UNESCO in its “Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger” designated the Ainu language as being critically endangered. As the most dire of the five categories — only extinct is worse — used in the report, it highlighted the precarious state that had befallen the language.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Feb 20, 2022

Controversial Beijing Olympics reach finish line

Japan had its best-ever showing at a Winter Games with 18 medals in an event that will be remembered for its complicated circumstances as much as its thrilling athletic displays.
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MORE SPORTS
Feb 20, 2022

Tiger Woods mum on return date, will attend Masters champions dinner

The upcoming Hall of Fame inductee promised a return to PGA Tour competition, even if he doesn't know when.
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WORLD
Feb 19, 2022

Unmasking in U.S. comes too soon for some still wary of COVID’s wiles

U.S. states are dropping masking requirements and federal officials say COVID-19 is moving out of the crisis phase, but many people say that for them, the emergency continues.
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ASIA PACIFIC / ANALYSIS
Feb 19, 2022

Hong Kong's 'COVID zero' success now worsens strains of omicron spike

Like an immune system overreacting and harming the person it is meant to protect, the 'dynamic COVID zero' policies that had crushed the virus in Hong Kong have contributed to current woes.
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LIFE / Food & Drink / New Wine Frontier
Feb 19, 2022

Snow country wine: Old vines and new vision

A senior vintner stakes his future on uprooting the past, while his daughter embraces the past to forge an exciting future.
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OLYMPICS
Feb 19, 2022

After a disturbing night, concern rises for teenage skaters

Would raising the minimum competition age save young athletes from abuse and humiliation?
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OLYMPICS
Feb 19, 2022

Bots and fake accounts push China’s vision of winter Olympic wonderland

Inside the Potemkin village of China’s propaganda, the Winter Olympics have unfolded as an unalloyed success, a celebration of sports and political harmony that has obscured — critics say whitewashed — the country’s flaws and rights abuses.
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OLYMPICS
Feb 18, 2022

Kremlin hits back at Olympic chief's criticism of Kamila Valieva coach

'When I saw how she was received by the closest entourage with such a tremendous coolness, it was chilling to see this,' Bach said.
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WORLD
Feb 18, 2022

Putin to oversee nuclear drills amid standoff over Ukraine

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said the exercises were part of a regular training process and denied they signaled an escalation of the standoff.
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JAPAN
Feb 18, 2022

COVID tests still in short supply in Japan despite peak of sixth wave

Many pharmacies and doctors are complaining that they cannot get hold of PCR or antigen tests, but there are signs that supply will soon improve.
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BUSINESS
Feb 18, 2022

With omicron as a ‘golden ticket,’ American travel fears fade

Two years into the pandemic, American travelers are generally less concerned about getting sick than getting stuck, according to travel agents.
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COMMENTARY / World
Feb 18, 2022

Deriding women’s complaints on equal pay is costly

What should the corporate world take from this judgment? A well-run business should be able to investigate claims of pay discrimination by women and resolve them before they go to a tribunal.
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EDITORIALS
Feb 18, 2022

How to stop a Ukraine war before it starts

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken recently told the U.N. that the U.S. is releasing its information on a possible Russian invasion “not to start a war but to prevent one.”
BUSINESS / Companies
Feb 18, 2022

Nissan to build two new EV models in Mississippi by 2025 in latest U.S. push

Nissan plans to invest u00a557.5 billion in technology needed for EV-specific assembly lines at the plant in Canton.
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BUSINESS / Tech
Feb 18, 2022

‘Zero-click’ hacks are growing in popularity. There’s practically no way to stop them.

Once the preserve of a few intelligence agencies, the technology needed for zero-click hacks is now being sold to governments by a select group of companies.
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BUSINESS
Feb 18, 2022

Coal is still raising trillions of dollars despite green shift

Commercial banks have channeled more than $1.5 trillion into the coal supply chain since the start of 2019, according to a report.
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WORLD / ANALYSIS
Feb 18, 2022

Putin makes inroads in pressure campaign against West and Ukraine

For Putin, the procession of foreign dignitaries flying in for talks is already a win, pushing Moscow's security worries to the top of the world agenda.
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WORLD / Science & Health
Feb 17, 2022

What Africa is doing to tackle its coronavirus vaccination gap

The reasons for the slow takeup range from a dearth of shots, vaccination sites, health personnel and syringes to hesitancy and complacency.
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WORLD / Science & Health
Feb 17, 2022

Deep-ocean creatures previously unknown to science may be fighting climate change

Plankton that fall to the ocean floor regulate the global climate by transferring carbon from the atmosphere to the seafloor, where it can remain entombed for millions of years.
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WORLD / Science & Health
Feb 17, 2022

Anthony Fauci says time to start 'inching' back toward normality

Fauci has said U.S. states are facing tough choices in their efforts to balance the need to protect their citizens from infections and growing pandemic fatigue.

Longform

Figure skater Akiko Suzuki was once told her ideal weight should be 47 kilograms, a number she now admits she “naively believed.” This led to her have a relationship with food that resulted in her suffering from anorexia.
The silent battle Japanese athletes fight with weight