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CULTURE / Stage
Dec 11, 2018

While ballet reigned supreme, a range of dance delighted fans in 2018

For a dance-loving country like Japan, every year brings delight in the variety of performances on offer, but the depth and breadth of 2018 on stage has been particularly grand for fans across a wide range of genres and movements.
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BUSINESS
Dec 11, 2018

U.S. automakers group urges Trump to push harder to open Japanese market

The Trump administration intends to start trade negotiations with Tokyo as early as mid-January, after notifying Congress of its plans in October.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Dec 10, 2018

Japan, look in the mirror called Germany

Germany today reflects Japan's future.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Dec 10, 2018

Crashed Ice makes Asian debut in Yokohama

Four skaters, all wearing hockey gear, brace themselves in their starting gates on the lip of a 22-meter drop atop a long course covered entirely in a layer of ice about 20 cm thick.
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JAPAN / Society / GENERATIONAL CHANGE
Dec 10, 2018

Yuzuriha support center in Tokyo helps abuse victims get back on track

Open the door to a small studio tucked away on a street near Kokubunji Station in western Tokyo on a Friday evening, and you'll find a group of young adults making jam or Japanese ponzu citrus-based sauce as they chat quietly amongst themselves.
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BUSINESS
Dec 10, 2018

Australian competition watchdog calls for a new regulatory body to tackle dominance of Google and Facebook

Australia's competition watchdog Monday recommended tougher scrutiny and a new regulatory body to check the dominance of tech giants Facebook Inc. and Alphabet Inc.'s Google in the country's online advertising and news markets.
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JAPAN / Regional voices: Chubu
Dec 10, 2018

Japan sees rise in use of riverside areas to attract tourists following deregulation

The use of riverside areas to attract tourists is on the rise nationwide, following deregulation in recent years allowing the private sector to use the public land to open restaurants or hold events.
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WORLD
Dec 10, 2018

Buyers seek out works by emerging black artists at America's biggest contemporary art fair in Miami

Wilbur Ross inspected a pair of hands in cuffs sticking out from a wall and clutching a wad of U.S. currency.
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WORLD
Dec 10, 2018

Concerned about health issues, Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou seeks bail in Canada

Meng Wanzhou, the chief financial officer of China's Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd., argued that she should be released on bail while awaiting an extradition hearing, citing her long-standing ties to Canada, properties she owns in Vancouver and fears for her health while incarcerated, court documents showed...
Japan Times
Dec 10, 2018

First in Japan! Refreshing drive to San'in Coast Geopark area with GEOCOMS, an ultra-small electric vehicle for tourism (Iwami Town, Tottori Prefecture)

GEOCOMS is an unprecedented sightseeing service that you can enjoy with an ultra-small electric vehicle, a new "tool", mainly in Iwami Town, which is a part of the San'in Coast Geopark, certified as a UNESCO Global Geopark, and has many hidden charms.
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ASIA PACIFIC
Dec 10, 2018

Canada's arrest of top Huawei official stokes fears among American executives of Chinese reprisals

At a closed-door security meeting of U.S. companies in Singapore on Thursday, one topic was high on the agenda: the arrest of a top executive at Chinese tech giant Huawei and the potential backlash on American firms operating in China.
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BUSINESS
Dec 10, 2018

U.S. calls March 1 'hard deadline' for trade deal with China

U.S.-China trade negotiations need to reach a successful end by March 1 or new tariffs will be imposed, U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer said on Sunday, clarifying there is a "hard deadline" after a week of seeming confusion among President Donald Trump and his advisers.
SOCCER / J. League
Dec 9, 2018

Urawa outlasts Vegalta in Emperor's Cup final

Many pivotal moments in Japanese soccer history have been drilled down to the question of "which team can get it done on a cold winter night at Saitama Stadium?"
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BUSINESS
Dec 9, 2018

China calls on Canada to free Huawei CFO or face consequences

China warned Canada on Saturday that there would be severe consequences if it did not immediately release Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd's chief financial officer, calling the case "extremely nasty."
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / THE HIGH GROUNDS
Dec 8, 2018

Kurasu: Yozo Otsuki's blend of coffee and lifestyle

Kurasu — a romanized rendition of the Japanese word for 'to live,' or 'lifestyle' — is a multifaceted business that combines an online shop, a monthly coffee subscription service, brick-and-mortar cafes in Kyoto and Singapore and, opening in Kyoto in December, its own roastery.
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JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
Dec 8, 2018

Second opinion: Should you trust your doctor?

Do I really need this operation? Is this medication really good for me? Does my doctor really know what ails me?
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CULTURE / Books
Dec 8, 2018

Japan's modern crime literature: Centuries in the making

Japan boasts an impressively large and growing body of native-grown mystery fiction that dates back to the 1920s.
EDITORIALS
Dec 8, 2018

Privatizing the water supply

Japan should not rush into privatizing its water supply.
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WORLD / Politics
Dec 8, 2018

Trump picks new attorney general and U.N. envoy

In another senior staff shake-up inside his often turbulent administration, U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday he has picked the two people he wants to be the next U.S. attorney general and the next U.S. ambassador to the United Nations.
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WORLD
Dec 8, 2018

Trump seen picking U.S. Army head Mark Milley as next Joint Chiefs chairman

U.S. President Donald Trump is expected to name the Army's top general, Mark Milley, as the next chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, U.S. officials said Friday, in a decision that appears to be coming months earlier than expected.
BUSINESS / Economy
Dec 8, 2018

Japan's Upper House approves free trade pact with EU by majority vote

The Diet on Saturday approved an economic partnership agreement with the European Union that's set to create a free trade bloc accounting for 30 percent of world output.

Longform

Tetsuzo Shiraishi, speaking at The Center of the Tokyo Raids and War Damage, uses a thermos to explain how he experienced the U.S. firebombing of March 1945, when he was just 7 years old.
From ashes to high-rises: A survivor’s account of Tokyo’s postwar past