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COMMENTARY / World
Mar 3, 2015

Joining Islamic State is stupid, but why is it illegal?

As with so many other basic legal precepts, the right of Americans to serve in a foreign army has been eroded since 9/11.
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 3, 2015

Whips, chains and capitalism: what 'Fifty Shades of Grey' is really about

'Fifty Shades of Grey' is a romance for a particular kind of age — a time of growing inequality.
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LIFE / Food & Drink / A TASTE OF HOME
Mar 3, 2015

Swedish cuisine: so much more than meatballs

Some Swedish delicacies, such as lutefisk (dried cod treated with lye), attract comments that are less than flattering. And when I say less than flattering, I mean downright slanderous. "Reminiscent of the afterbirth of a dog, or the world's largest chunk of phlegm," is one immortal line delivered by...
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BUSINESS / Companies
Mar 3, 2015

Sony smartphone sales may suffer as it sews together a wearables portfolio

Sony Corp. may end up selling fewer smartphones as a result of its push into wearable devices and services, and a new focus on markets outside China and the U.S.
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WORLD
Mar 3, 2015

Bomb near top Cairo courthouse kills two; other blasts hit capital

Two people were killed when a bomb exploded near a top court building in central Cairo, the health ministry said, the deadliest attack in three blasts to hit the Egyptian capital on Monday.
WORLD / Science & Health
Mar 3, 2015

Deforestation could shift monsoons, leaving India high and dry, research finds

Large-scale deforestation could cause monsoon rains to shift south, cutting rainfall in India by nearly a fifth, scientists say.
WORLD
Mar 3, 2015

Twitter, law enforcement investigate alleged Islamic State threats

Twitter Inc. and law enforcement authorities are investigating alleged threats made by Islamic State militants against the social media network's co-founder and other employees, the company said in reaction to media reports.
MORE SPORTS
Mar 2, 2015

Yamamoto bout ends in no contest

Norifumi "Kid" Yamamoto is still looking for his first victory in UFC.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets
Mar 2, 2015

Kuroda approaching limit on JGB buying, says ex-BOJ official

Speeding up the Bank of Japan's purchases of Japanese government bonds would risk further distorting the world's second-biggest sovereign debt market, said Yuri Okina, vice chairman at Japan Research Institute.
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 2, 2015

Five-step plan for restoring growth to Europe

The real economic challenge in Europe is overcoming continued stagnation and rising public-sector fiscal pressures in bloated welfare states with rapidly aging populations. Restoring growth will require bold solutions to five related problems.
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LIFE / Language / BILINGUAL
Mar 2, 2015

Turning things into people using suffixes

The physical impossibility of turning things into people is something language does with great ease. If you're from Rome you are a Roman, if you do political science you are a political scientist, and if you're into Star Trek, you are a Trekie. All you need is the right suffix and everything is possible....
LIFE / Language / COMMUNICATION CUES
Mar 2, 2015

Japan coach Aguirre fired over match-fixing

Japan manager Javier Aguirre was sacked by the Japan Football Association on Feb. 3 for his alleged involvement in a developing match-fixing scandal in Spain, with President Kuniya Daini saying that the timing was now or never ahead of the fast-approaching World Cup qualifiers.
BUSINESS / Companies
Mar 2, 2015

Cyfuse said to raise ¥1.4 billion for human tissue printing

Cyfuse Biomedical K.K., the Japanese developer of a 3-D printer that produces human tissue, has raised ¥1.4 billion ($11.8 million) from investors including robotic-limb maker Cyberdyne Inc., people familiar with the matter said.
EDITORIALS
Mar 1, 2015

Abe's choice of words

What Prime Minister Shinzo Abe may say in a statement he plans to make this summer to mark the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II has become a politically charged subject of speculation.
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COMMUNITY / Issues / LEARNING CURVE
Mar 1, 2015

Four years on, Tohoku towns still waiting for schools, homes, answers

While cooped-up kids need places to play, exhausted residents could do with support from more teachers and caregivers.
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 1, 2015

Don't expect Twitter feeds to tame terrorism

The Obama administration should stop the gaseous rhetoric about countering terrorism by elevating digital footprints. Twitter feeds from the State Department won't tame terrorism.
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ASIA PACIFIC / Society
Mar 1, 2015

Insect snacks creep into Thai stores

Street vendors selling deep-fried insects as snacks are a familiar sight in Bangkok, but a Thai entrepreneur is trying to give edible bugs a more upmarket appeal.
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JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Feb 28, 2015

Shibuya's same-sex move kicks off debate

On Feb. 13, Asahi Shimbun's daily Vox Populi, Vox Dei column mentioned Morizo and Kiccoro, the official mascots of the 2005 World Expo held in Aichi Prefecture. These two "woodland fairies" supposedly hailed from Seto, which issued them the same resident cards (jūminhyō) held by everyone who lives...
BASEBALL / BASEBALL BULLET-IN
Feb 28, 2015

Flood of retired numbers can lessen significance

You probably saw the article last week with the news the New York Yankees will retire the uniform numbers of former players Andy Pettitte (46), Jorge Posada (20) and Bernie Williams (51). That brings to 20 the total of retired numbers by the Yanks, and Derek Jeter's No. 2 will follow and that means no...
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SOCCER / J. League
Feb 28, 2015

Gamba blank Reds to usher in season

Gamba Osaka added another title to their bulging collection with a 2-0 win over Urawa Reds in the Fuji Xerox Super Cup on Saturday.
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 28, 2015

Immorality of ceding the high ground to coal

As the idea that greenhouse-gas emissions be reduced to zero by 2050 gains wider acceptance, the coal industry stands apart in its determination to fight for profits at the expense of the environment.

Longform

Members of the nonprofit group Japan Youth Memorial Association search for the remains of dead soldiers in a cave in Okinawa Prefecture in February.
The long search for Japan’s lost soldiers