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WORLD
Nov 12, 2014

U.S. urges IMF to cancel debt of Ebola-stricken countries

The United States on Tuesday proposed that the International Monetary Fund write off some $100 million in debt it is owed by Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone to free up more resources for those countries, the hardest hit by the Ebola outbreak.
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ASIA PACIFIC
Nov 11, 2014

Hong Kong protesters told to clear streets or risk arrest

Hong Kong's acting chief executive on Tuesday called on pro-democracy protesters to clear sites they have occupied for more than six weeks and warned holdouts they could face arrest, a move that could swell protest numbers.
EDITORIALS
Nov 11, 2014

A step in the right direction

A long-awaited meeting between Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Chinese President Xi Jinping takes place in Beijing, but it's just the first step in restoring bilateral relations that have reached their lowest ebb since the two nations normalized diplomatic ties in 1972.
CULTURE / Music
Nov 11, 2014

Rock music goes mainstream in Rouhani's Iran as old taboos start to fade

In the 10 months since his band was given official permission to perform, Iranian rock singer Ardavan Anzabipour has learned when to cool things down.
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 11, 2014

Russia's future looks bleak

As Russia's present is too unbalanced to discuss and President Vladimir Putin prefers to rehash the past, some commentators have set out to fathom the country's future based on its current trajectory. Their scenarios are bleak.
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BUSINESS / SYMPOSIUM ON EUROZONE
Nov 11, 2014

Europe, Japan face similar problems

Europe and Japan may want to learn from each other when it comes to dealing with mounting government debt, opportunities for the Japanese food industry, whether Japan and Britain should strengthen their ties in trade and consumption tax increases.
WORLD / Science & Health
Nov 11, 2014

New York City Ebola patient Spencer set to be released

Craig Spencer, the New York City doctor who contracted Ebola while treating patients in Guinea, will be released tomorrow from Bellevue Hospital Center in Manhattan and is free of the virus.
WORLD
Nov 11, 2014

U.S. veterans sue banks, claiming they should pay over Iran funds used in Iraq attacks

Wounded U.S. veterans and family members of U.S. soldiers killed in Iraq sued five European banks on Monday, seeking to hold them responsible for shootings and roadside bombings because they allegedly processed Iranian money that paid for the attacks.
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COMMUNITY / Voices / VIEWS FROM THE STREET
Nov 10, 2014

Catalans in Tokyo: How did you vote in the Catalonia referendum and why?

Independence-minded Catalans at a polling station in Tokyo explain why they voted in defiance of Madrid in a referendum that had already been ruled invalid.
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COMMUNITY / Voices / FOREIGN AGENDA
Nov 10, 2014

36,000 don't want 'pick-up artist' Julien Blanc to drop in on Japan

A petition signed by over 36,000 people opposing Julien Blanc's entry into Japan has been submitted to the Tokyo Regional Immigration Bureau, claiming that he is a criminal and shouldn't be allowed into the country.
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WORLD / Politics
Nov 10, 2014

Obama faulted over thinning bench of China policy experts

Three years after President Barack Obama vowed to shift his focus toward Asia in response to China's growing power, the advisers who set that policy in motion are gone. So is their expertise.
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TENNIS
Nov 10, 2014

Nishikori rolls past Murray

Kei Nishikori admitted he had to overcome a severe case of stage fright before marking his ATP Finals debut with an impressive 6-4, 6-4 victory over Andy Murray.
MULTIMEDIA
Nov 9, 2014

[VIDEO] Catch & Flow — Kendama World Championship

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JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Nov 8, 2014

Media culture is the driving force behind a lack of critical car-safety stories

Last month, the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism released the results of tests to evaluate automatic braking functions that some automobile manufacturers now offer. The purpose of the tests, according to a report in the Asahi Shimbun, was to "provide consumers with a set of references...
JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
Nov 8, 2014

Determining good and evil, with the kids

What is "moral education"?
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CULTURE / Books
Nov 8, 2014

Finding Murakami in his own weird worlds

Consider this hypothetical conundrum: Haruki Murakami is (finally) awarded the Nobel Prize in literature, but what does the author have to say for himself on Japanese television?
EDITORIALS
Nov 8, 2014

Universities get yen for ranking

The central government has announced additional funding for 37 leading public and private universities as a way to increase their global ranking and competitiveness. No mention was made of the other 67 schools that applied.
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WORLD / Politics
Nov 8, 2014

Mediator says South Sudan rivals reach deal to end conflict

South Sudan's warring parties committed to ending fighting and bringing their months-long conflict to an end without conditions, the chief mediator for the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD)regional African group, said Saturday after two days of talks in the Ethiopian capital.
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JAPAN / Politics
Nov 7, 2014

Tokyo admits 'differing views' on Senkakus, opening door to Abe-Xi meeting

The leaders of Japan and China appear to be set to hold their first summit-level talks since Prime Minister Shinzo Abe returned to power nearly two years ago.
JAPAN / Politics
Nov 7, 2014

Japan Coast Guard overstretched as Chinese coral poachers make off with lucrative haul

About 100 Chinese fishing boats suspected of poaching coral were headed back to the waters off the Ogasawara Islands on Friday morning after sheltering from a passing typhoon, a Japan Coast Guard spokesman said in Tokyo.
JAPAN / Politics
Nov 7, 2014

Japan denies report that abductee Yokota died of overdose in 1994

The central government on Friday denied a report out of South Korea claiming that Megumi Yokota, who was abducted by North Korea at the age of 13 and remains a symbol of the four-decade campaign to recover kidnapping victims, died in 1994 of an overdose.

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Koichi Tagawa’s diary entry from Aug. 9, 1945, describes the day of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki.
The horrors of Nagasaki, in first person