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CULTURE / Art
Apr 12, 2016

An exhibition of things that make you go 'hmm'

The subtitle of the Mori Art Museum's triennial "Roppongi Crossing" exhibition three years ago was "Out of Doubt." This year it's "My Body, Your Voice." In 2013, the group show was inflected by the destruction caused by the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami, and scepticism about the handling...
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 12, 2016

U.S. can't afford to leave Asia

Abandonment of U.S. leadership in Asia will not help make America great again.
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COMMENTARY / World
Apr 12, 2016

Why women put on the suicide vest

On a list of history's most notorious assassins, alongside John Wilkes Booth, Lee Harvey Oswald and Gavrilo Princip, the name Thenmozhi Rajaratnam would probably draw mostly blank stares. But in her way, the Tamil Tiger terrorist — who blew up herself, the Indian leader Rajiv Gandhi and 13 others in...
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BUSINESS / Markets
Apr 12, 2016

Mr. Yen says currency may strengthen below 100 by year-end

After correctly predicting its advance beyond ¥115 and then ¥110 per dollar, Eisuke Sakakibara now says the nation's currency may strengthen to ¥100 by year-end.
BUSINESS / Economy
Apr 12, 2016

Negative rates failed to boost bank lending in March

Loan growth slowed to the weakest pace in three years in March, signaling the central bank's introduction of negative interest rates has yet to spur credit in the world's third-largest economy.
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BUSINESS / TRAVEL INSIDER
Apr 12, 2016

Cathay bonus miles; Chubu-Manila route opens; Air France meal service

Cathay bonus miles
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WORLD
Apr 12, 2016

Syria regime sends reinforcements to Aleppo; Iran troop deaths reported

The Syrian army was on Monday reported to be sending reinforcements to Aleppo, where renewed fighting is threatening a fragile truce in the run-up to the next round of peace talks.
WORLD
Apr 12, 2016

Pirates snatch Turkish tanker skipper, five crew members off Nigeria

Six Turkish members of a cargo ship's crew have been kidnapped by pirates off the coast of Nigeria, a spokesman for the Nigerian navy said on Monday.
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COMMENTARY / World
Apr 11, 2016

It happened before ... it could happen again

Will history repeat itself again?
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COMMENTARY / Japan
Apr 11, 2016

Press freedoms under attack

Freedom of speech and of the press, a key democratic right, is increasingly under threat around the world.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Apr 11, 2016

The surrender of Japan's peace Constitution

Domestic opposition to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's effort to alter Japan's defense posture, though broad, does not run very deep.
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 11, 2016

War returns to the Caucasus region

The frozen war between Armenia and Azerbaijan in the Nagorno-Karabakh region has thawed, with serious implications for the region.
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BUSINESS / Tech / ADVANCES IN PROGRESS
Apr 11, 2016

Japan pins tech hopes on game-changing nanofiber

Carbon fiber may often be dubbed the next-generation material, but it's another product — cellulose nanofiber — that is increasingly attracting attention among manufacturers.
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WORLD / Politics
Apr 11, 2016

Keiko Fujimori heads to Peru runoff presidential poll after bagging most first-round votes

Keiko Fujimori won the first round of Peru's presidential election on Sunday, though the race to be her opponent in the June runoff was locked in a virtual tie between two contenders, three exit polls showed.
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JAPAN
Apr 9, 2016

Contamination: Kadena Air Base's dirty secret

For the first time, documents released under the U.S. Freedom of Information Act reveal extensive pollution on an active American base in Japan.
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BASKETBALL / HOOP SCOOP
Apr 9, 2016

Former Apache team members, staff reflect on fateful 2010-11 season

First in a three-part series.
BUSINESS / YEN FOR LIVING
Apr 9, 2016

Japan's ever-increasing 'temporary' road tolls are here to stay

The nation's expressway system remains by far the most expensive in the world, for a number of reasons.

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