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COMMUNITY / Issues / JUST BE CAUSE
Mar 7, 2018

White supremacists and Japan: A love story

Far-right fanboys see in Japan an ethnostate that gets a free pass on the world stage, but it's a reputation that Japan needs to shake for its own good.
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JAPAN
Mar 7, 2018

Japan fails to shine in annual report on women's participation in politics

As the world marks International Women's Day on Thursday, an annual report shows again that Japan lags far behind other countries for women's participation in politics.
SOCCER / J. League / J. LEAGUE NOTEBOOK
Mar 7, 2018

Surprise names fly out blocks with two wins

A good start can be a precious commodity in the J. League, and the three teams with perfect records after two games of the new season will be satisfied with their work so far.
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JAPAN / History / Regional Voices: Hiroshima
Mar 6, 2018

Solemn Peace Park belies trove of buried A-bomb artifacts

The Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park, located in Naka Ward, was full of international visitors during the New Year's holiday. Some were from America and Europe, others were Chinese speakers and women from Islamic nations could also be seen. People stood in line to pray before the Cenotaph for the A-bomb...
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ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Mar 6, 2018

U.S. Pacific Fleet commander says China's military budget lacking in transparency

The commander of the U.S. Navy's Pacific Fleet said Tuesday that China's military budget has a troubling lack of transparency, a day after Beijing announced the biggest hike in military spending in three years.
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BUSINESS
Mar 6, 2018

U.S. Interior chief halts second federal oil lease sale after local outcry

U.S. Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke on Monday announced he has postponed a second federal oil and gas lease sale planned for March in less than a week in response to local opposition to the possibility of drilling near national parks and monuments.
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COMMENTARY / World
Mar 5, 2018

What Trump's trade guru doesn't get about economics

Promoting U.S. trade hawk Peter Navarro to the office of assistant to the president would not be good for growth.
BUSINESS / FOCUS
Mar 5, 2018

Trump's metal-tariff proposal provokes ire across most of corporate America

U.S. President Donald Trump has proposed tariffs on aluminum and steel that he says will put the country first. But a broad swath of corporate America strongly disagrees, saying the levies will boost prices on everything from cars to beer and force companies to cut jobs.
BUSINESS / Economy
Mar 5, 2018

BOJ chief faces tougher second term as reality of monetary easing program sinks in

Bank of Japan Gov. Haruhiko Kuroda will face more severe challenges from the central bank's radical strategy for stoking 2 percent inflation and plans to unwind it.
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SOCCER / J. League
Mar 5, 2018

Veteran goalkeeper Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi still striving to improve in J3

Even though his prime is way behind him, Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi is still protecting his goal with the same enthusiasm as ever.
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MULTIMEDIA
Mar 4, 2018

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COMMUNITY / How-tos / HOME TRUTHS
Mar 4, 2018

Doling out some truths about Japan's 'share houses'

Many Japanese people are wary of investment as a means of growing their savings. There are a variety of reasons for this caution, so most keep their money in a bank, gaining almost no interest in the process, in the hope that they won't lose any in the long run. However, some salaried workers who understand...
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LIFE / Lifestyle
Mar 4, 2018

Traditional arts live through kids

Nurturing respect for cultural traditions is a daunting challenge these days, when kids are glued to cellphones and game apps. So what does a country with centuries of carefully polished artistry do to preserve its heritage? Drop a curtain on the whole show? Not in Tokyo.
EDITORIALS
Mar 4, 2018

Tackle the entire scope of gambling addiction

Efforts to combat gambling addiction should focus not just on casinos but pachinko and publicly run gambling events.
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ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Mar 4, 2018

South Korea names envoys to North Korea in bid to lower tensions and possibly arrange talks with U.S.

South Korean President Moon Jae-in has picked two senior security officials as special envoys to North Korea, Yonhap news agency reported Sunday, as upcoming joint military drills by U.S. and South Korean troops drew condemnation from Pyongyang.
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Mar 3, 2018

Japan's media out of step with mental health issues

In January, a couple in Neyagawa, Osaka Prefecture, were arrested for allegedly confining their daughter for at least 15 years before she froze to death in December at the age of 33. The couple told police they had kept her in the tiny room where her body was found because she was mentally ill. They...
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COMMUNITY / Our Lives / WHY DID YOU LEAVE JAPAN?
Mar 3, 2018

Chef Yoshimi Hayakawa has been on a roll

Since 2001, Yoshimi Hayakawa, 48, from Toyota in Aichi Prefecture, has been living in Galway, a small and vibrant city on Ireland's Atlantic coast. After studying Chinese in Kunming, China, for five years, then traveling around Southeast Asia and spending three years in Hong Kong working for Yamato Transport...
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LIFE / Food & Drink / Restaurant Do's and Don'ts
Mar 3, 2018

Getting a restaurant started is hard, but stopping is even harder

We've gotten this far, and now it's time for the final lesson: how to hit the ground running, and how to know if it's time to stop. You're going to need to make sure that when you open, everything is running right, all the food looks and tastes as good as it can, and that little things like your exhaust...
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Rugby
Mar 3, 2018

Michael Leitch disappointed by mistakes in Sunwolves debut, but sees positive steps in team's development

Michael Leitch was happy to make his debut with the Sunwolves on Saturday, but it didn't remove the frustration of the Super Rugby team's 37-17 loss from his head.
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WORLD / Politics
Mar 3, 2018

Setting out Brexit vision, May asks EU to show flexibility

Prime Minister Theresa May urged the European Union on Friday to show more flexibility in talks on its future relationship with the U.K. after Brexit, saying Britain realizes it cannot get all it wants but believes an ambitious trade deal is still possible.
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WORLD / Science & Health
Mar 2, 2018

Tattoos discovered on mummies after millennia under wraps

Researchers have discovered the oldest figurative tattoos in the world on the upper arms of two ancient Egyptian mummies, the British Museum said Thursday.
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LIFE / Travel
Mar 2, 2018

From Fukuoka to Miyazaki, Kyushu offers year-round surf

With 12,000 kilometers of coastline, Japan's island of Kyushu offers some fantastic opportunities for surfing, as Oscar Boyd discovers in this Point Break-inspired journey around southwest Japan.

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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