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WORLD
Jan 20, 2019

Japan to miss out on total lunar eclipse, but billions of others may get a chance if clear skies prevail

Astronomy buffs across the United States have been promised all the makings of a spectacular total lunar eclipse on Sunday except one — clear skies.
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WORLD
Jan 19, 2019

Syrian opposition sees window for political solution after eight years of civil war

Syria now has a good opportunity to reach a political solution to its devastating eight-year war as cease-fires have brought calm to many areas of the country, Syria's chief opposition negotiator said Saturday.
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JAPAN / History / THE LIVING PAST
Jan 19, 2019

Toyotomi Hideyoshi: The brutality of victory

In 1590, having already subdued Kyushu and northeast Japan, Toyotomi Hideyoshi successfully took Osaka Castle after a three-month siege. But with opposition defeated, what happened next?
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Jan 19, 2019

Ollan Cassell thinks embattled JOC chief Tsunekazu Takeda should step aside in wake of French probe

With serious allegations of corruption and bribery linked to Japanese Olympic Committee chief Tsunekazu Takeda, a prominent member of the global sports community issued a call for Japanese authorities to sever ties with him.
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COMMENTARY / World
Jan 19, 2019

The U.S. should go back to the moon

There could be clues to the early days of our solar system, and it could be a proving ground for technologies to send astronauts farther into space.
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BUSINESS / Companies
Jan 18, 2019

In shadow of Ghosn saga, Nissan may scrap chairman role to prevent concentration of power, director says

Two months after the arrest of its chairman stunned Nissan Motor Co. and the entire global automotive industry, the carmaker is weighing abolishing the role altogether as it steps up reforms to rebuild its governance.
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BUSINESS
Jan 18, 2019

Gloomy forecast for Davos: Crises aplenty to deal with, but few world leaders around to do it

An array of crises will keep several world leaders away from the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos next week, which takes place against a backdrop of deepening gloom over the global economic and political outlook.
Reader Mail
Jan 18, 2019

We should make foreign laborers feel welcome

The editorial "Support for foreign laborers" in the Dec. 30 edition enticed me into quickly reading it to the end. It's a blessing that up to 345,000 blue-collar workers will come to Japan in the first five years of the new visa program because Japan has been suffering from a chronic manpower shortage....
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WORLD
Jan 18, 2019

After once declaring all-clear, Trump missile defense review calls North Korea 'extraordinary threat'

President Donald Trump unveiled a revamped U.S. missile defense strategy on Thursday that called North Korea an ongoing and "extraordinary threat," seven months after he declared the threat posed by Pyongyang had been eliminated.
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JAPAN
Jan 17, 2019

Okinawa activist launches hunger strike to protest cities staying out of vote on Henoko U.S. base plan

Backed by about 93,000 signatures from residents of Okinawa, Jinshiro Motoyama and his civil organization pushed the Okinawa Prefectural Assembly last year to hold a referendum on a controversial plan to relocate a U.S. military base to the Henoko area by reclaiming land in an area with endangered coral...
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COMMENTARY / World
Jan 17, 2019

Theresa May's Brexit plan isn't dead yet

In the end, the British prime minister's rejected agreement might seem marginally less unpalatable than, and the only alternative to, a hard Brexit.
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WORLD / Science & Health
Jan 17, 2019

Warming and deforestation threatening coffee species, including Ethiopia's Arabica, scientists warn

Climate change and deforestation are putting more than half the world's wild coffee species at risk of extinction, including the popular commercial coffees Arabica and Robusta, scientists warned on Wednesday.
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CULTURE / Music
Jan 17, 2019

Funk on Da Table: The band bringing New Orleans funk to Japan

For over two decades, June Yamagishi and John "Papa" Gros have been bringing New Orleans and Japan closer together through music.
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BUSINESS / Companies
Jan 17, 2019

Airbus spends $300 million on new Alabama plant for A220 jetliner

Airbus SE expanded its industrial presence in the United States on Wednesday, starting construction on a new assembly plant for the Canadian developed A220 jetliner, 18 months after agreeing to buy the plane in the midst of a U.S.-Ottawa trade dispute.
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WORLD / Politics
Jan 17, 2019

May gropes for Brexit consensus after deal's crushing defeat in Parliament

Prime Minister Theresa May was trying to forge consensus in Parliament on a Brexit divorce agreement on Wednesday after the crushing defeat of her own deal left Britain's exit from the European Union in disarray 10 weeks before it is due to leave.
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SUMO
Jan 16, 2019

Despite injuries, Kisenosato embodied rikishi ideals

Kisenosato's retirement, while both inevitable and expected, casts a pall over the ongoing tournament.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / Sac Bunts
Jan 16, 2019

Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame showing little respect for former NPB great Tuffy Rhodes

It's one thing for another year to pass with Tuffy Rhodes not yet even within shouting distance of the Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame. But there has to be something in the voters' water for the American slugger to be left in the dust by Masahiro Kawai on the ballot. Yet that's where we are.
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JAPAN
Jan 16, 2019

Tokyo's foreign residents prepare for worst at multilingual disaster drill

On the heels of a year marked by natural disasters — and with thousands of foreign workers expected to enter the country over the next few years — the Tokyo Metropolitan Government hosted a disaster drill Wednesday in Setagaya Ward to prepare foreign residents for the worst-case scenario.
Japan Times
Jan 16, 2019

FROSK, Inc.: Support for Korean Mobile App Developers! SmartBeat, the Smartphone App Crash Detection and Analytics Tool, Is Free for 30 Days!

TOKYO – Japan based FROSK, Inc. is offering a special campaign just for Korean app developers, its smartphone app crash detection and analytics tool, SmartBeat, free for 30 days!
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BUSINESS / Companies
Jan 16, 2019

Nissan plans to file damages suit against Carlos Ghosn over misuse of funds, source says

The carmaker intends to file a civil suit against its ousted chairman, Ghosn, to claim damages resulting from the alleged misuse of company funds, a source says, adding to his legal headaches.

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