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Nov 10, 2021

Aaron Rodgers admits he 'misled' people about his vaccine status

Days after he tested positive, the former Super Bowl champion defiantly told 'The Pat McAfee Show' that he had not lied, but returned to the program on Tuesday to clarify his comments.
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WORLD / Politics
Nov 10, 2021

Biden-Xi virtual meeting planned for as soon as next week

U.S. officials believe direct engagement with Xi is the best way to prevent the relationship between the world's two biggest economies from spiraling toward conflict.
JAPAN / ANALYSIS
Nov 9, 2021

TSMC's Japan plant was seen as a win, but its future is more complicated

With the chip plant's profitability in question, its contribution to the nation's economic security and technological progression will likely determine its worth.
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JAPAN / Politics / ANALYSIS
Nov 9, 2021

Amid leadership change, CDP asks itself deep questions about its future

The next leader will need to wrestle with how to best communicate a positive vision for Japan and what to do about cooperation with the Japanese Communist Party.
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TENNIS
Nov 8, 2021

Inaugural Billie Jean King Cup draws mixed reviews from players and fans

Sloane Stevens described the tournament as a 'work in progress.'
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ASIA PACIFIC
Nov 8, 2021

China deems people almost a kilometer apart as ‘close contacts’

The definition of a close contact is getting broader in China, where authorities hunting down every potential COVID-19 infection.
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ASIA PACIFIC
Nov 8, 2021

China uses fake U.S. aircraft carrier for missile target practice

New satellite imagery of a Chinese range in a remote western desert indicates the People's Liberation Army is focused on neutralizing a key tool of U.S. power.
COMMENTARY / Japan / Perspectives
Nov 8, 2021

What Japan needs to change to better prepare for the next pandemic

COVID-19 won't be the last deadly contagion to strike Japan. Here are six things the government can do right now to ensure it can respond better when the next crisis strikes.
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ASIA PACIFIC
Nov 7, 2021

South Korea tech firms to provide U.S. with semiconductor data

The U.S. Commerce Department warned that the White House might invoke the Defense Production Act or other tools if South Korea firms don't respond to their data request.
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CULTURE / Books / RECENTLY PUBLISHED BOOKS ABOUT JAPAN
Nov 7, 2021

‘Ogata Korin’: The libertine artist who made beauty his business

Curator Frank Feltens' informative monograph illustrates how the inability of a youthful Ogata Korin to manage his affairs had a profound impact on Japanese art.
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WORLD
Nov 7, 2021

Nature and climate protection pledges pile up at COP26, amid ghosts of past failures

Agriculture, deforestation and other changes in land use account for about a quarter of humanity's planet-heating greenhouse gas emissions.
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ASIA PACIFIC
Nov 6, 2021

Australia hits 'magnificent milestone' with 80% rate of vaccinations

Once a champion of a 'COVID-zero' strategy to manage the pandemic, the country of 25 million has moved toward living with the virus through extensive vaccinations.
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WORLD
Nov 6, 2021

Pentagon can’t say when Lockheed F-35 will finish combat testing

Of a potential fleet of 3,000 or more F-35s for the U.S. and international customers, 720 already have been delivered. Those may need to be retrofitted based on findings from the tests.
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JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Nov 6, 2021

‘Fanatic’ documentary deals with what happens when your favorite K-pop star breaks bad

A new documentary film titled “Fanatic” explores the world of K-pop fandom. Can it also teach us something about the fans of J-pop stars?
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CULTURE / Film
Nov 6, 2021

‘Eternals’: When super franchises walk the Earth!

A pleasing cast and the director Chloe Zhao, who won a best picture Oscar for 'Nomadland,' give Marvel's latest a steady heartbeat.
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JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
Nov 6, 2021

Does Japan breed leaders? Does it even need to?

A panel of four men at the tops of their fields discusses what it means to be a leader and comes to the conclusion that Japan doesn't necessarily breed them.
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LIFE / Food & Drink / New Wine Frontier
Nov 6, 2021

On the slopes of Yamanashi, Domaine Mie Ikeno puts nature in a bottle

The first woman to establish a domaine in Japan, vintner Mie Ikeno cut her teeth in France before returning to carve out her own niche (and producing some highly sought-after wines).
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WORLD / Science & Health
Nov 5, 2021

Pfizer develops COVID-19 pill that cuts hospitalizations and deaths by 89%

The drugmaker claims 'overwhelming efficacy” and plans to submit their findings for emergency authorization as soon as possible.
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JAPAN
Nov 5, 2021

Decade on from nuclear disaster, Fukushima farmers fear contaminated water could hurt business

Japan plans to release more than 1 million tons of contaminated water from the Fukushima No. 1 plant into the sea from 2023 as part of an effort to clean up the site.
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ASIA PACIFIC
Nov 5, 2021

Jack Ma, Trump and Xi: How a Chinese billionaire flew close to the sun

The story of the billionaire e-commerce tycoon's fall from official favor helps illustrate how rapidly China has transformed under Xi Jinping.
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BUSINESS / Tech
Nov 4, 2021

100-seat electric plane may be ready by 2027

Wright plans to build a fleet of converted planes, which will have a range of about one hour or 460 miles.
JAPAN / Politics
Nov 4, 2021

LDP backs Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi for party’s No. 2 role

The choice of Motegi as secretary-general underscores Kishida's desire to stabilize his power base within the party, as the appointee is close to LDP power brokers Shinzo Abe and Taro Aso.
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COMMENTARY / Japan
Nov 4, 2021

Unpacking Japan’s post-election narratives

Though the LDP maintained a stable majority, Osaka-based Nippon Ishin no Kai was the biggest winner in the election, securing 41 seats — 31 more than its previous 10.
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BUSINESS / Markets
Nov 4, 2021

China's wind giants hatch plans to muscle in on U.S. and Europe

Chinese companies have typically made only small inroads into overseas markets, but they now plan to invest in factories abroad.
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BUSINESS / Companies
Nov 4, 2021

Toyota boosts profit outlook despite supply disruptions

The automaker's shares jumped as much as 2.5% after it said it will buy back u00a5150 billion ($1.3 billion) worth of its own shares.
Japan's cutting-edge railgun successfully strikes target vessel
The Defense Ministry’s Acquisition, Technology & Logistics Agency (ATLA) conducted a ship-board railgun shooting test from June to early July this year with the support of the Maritime Self-Defense Force.
Is America ready for Japanese-style 7-Elevens?
Convenience stores are a fixture of Japanese life and 7-Eleven, a chain that began in the U.S. in 1927, opened its first store in Japan in 1974 — and then became wholly Japanese-owned in 2005 through parent company Seven & I Holdings.
‘Fairytale’ Shirakawago ranked one of the world’s most beautiful villages
Forbes and Unforgettable Travel Company have ranked Shirakawago in Gifu Prefecture as Asia's most beautiful village.
People rush to make furusato nozei donations ahead of tighter rules
A booth from the town of Betsukai in Hokkaido at an Amazon Japan furusato nо̄zei promotion event, on Sept. 5 in Tokyo's Minato Ward.
Aging Japan’s centenarian population nears 100,000
Shigeko Kagawa, Japan's oldest person at 114, in Yamatokoriyama, Nara Prefecture, on July 30
Japan's major art events converge this fall
Shinji Ohmaki’s “Tokinokage” exhibited at Fuji Textile Week 2021 shows the use of fabric as art.
An aesthetic escape to Hakone’s art-drenched hills
Between traditional examples of fine art and sleek, modern exhibitions that blend with nature, Hakone offers a unique escape from Tokyo's urban sprawl.
Niinami’s ouster quick but not unusual as corporations protect reputation
Takeshi Niinami resigns as chairman and CEO of Suntory Holdings.
As Manila modernizes its military, new opportunities emerge for Tokyo
A Brahmos missile system is displayed during a rehearsal for a military parade in New Delhi in January. The Philippines will soon receive its second batch of the supersonic cruise missiles from India.
Shizuoka farmers fight to preserve sustainable tea method that’s steeped in tradition
As of August 2024, the number of confirmed chagusaba farmers had fallen to 302, just over half the 582 reported in 2015, according to the Shizuoka Chagusaba Farming Method Promotion Council.

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

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
By Mai Yoshikawa

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