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CULTURE / Art
Jun 6, 2013

'The Beauty of Imari Sometsuke, Underglaze Blue Porcelain Ware: The Platters of Different Patterns'

Imari, sometsuke, Museum of Ceramic Art, Hyogo
Reader Mail
Jun 6, 2013

Sense of brotherhood toward all

I was most interested to read Paul de Vries' scathing comments (May 30 letter, "Myth of the 'willing' prostitute") about my "insensitivity" on the "comfort women" controversy. He says my comments "may provide a reason to believe that Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto is not the most insensitive resident of...
SOCCER / World cup
Jun 5, 2013

Japan vs. Australia ... storified in social media

In a penalty kick second, Samurai Blue became the first team to qualify for next year's World Cup. Here's a collection of fans' reactions on social media, curated by Mai Hasabe, Eric Ruble and co.
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BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 5, 2013

Price cuts help boost Nissan's U.S. sales 25%

Nissan Motor Co.'s U.S. sales surged 25 percent in May, triple the industrywide gain, after cutting prices and increasing incentives.
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ENVIRONMENT
Jun 5, 2013

Alaska's Bristol Bay mine: Ground zero for the next big environmental fight?

A dispute over a proposed copper and gold mine near Alaska's Bristol Bay may be one of the most important environmental decisions of President Barack Obama's second term — yet few are even aware that the fight is happening.
EDITORIALS
Jun 5, 2013

Cheap yen exacts toll on fishing

The cheap yen caused by the Abe administration's economic policy, which is centered on the Bank of Japan's massive monetary easing, has led to price rises on imported items. Fishermen especially are suffering from rises in fuel oil prices. Because wholesalers and volume sellers basically control the...
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jun 5, 2013

Abenomics cannot succeed without cheap nuclear power

Everybody knows that Japan has an energy crisis. We also know that the yen has greatly depreciated, by some 20 percent in just a few weeks. It's time to put these two facts together.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jun 5, 2013

Abe's economic revival runs into Japan's reality

Is the Bank of Japan creating the biggest pyramid scheme in history?
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 5, 2013

What Bismarck can show Red China

More than a century and a half after it was published, Alexis de Tocqueville's "The Old Regime and the Revolution" has become an unlikely best-seller in China.
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JAPAN
Jun 4, 2013

Importance of private sector's role featured in Yokohama Declaration

TICAD V ends with the adoption of the Yokohama Declaration, a pledge to promote private sector-led growth in achieving sustainable development.
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ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 4, 2013

Witnesses reluctant to talk about Tiananmen

From a young age, Qi Zhiyong's daughter asked him how he lost his leg.
JAPAN
Jun 4, 2013

Rights groups tell Japan to fully tape interrogations of criminal suspects

Human rights organizations submitted a petition Monday to the Justice Ministry urging the government to introduce full recordings of interrogations by prosecutors and police.
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BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 4, 2013

Seven & I plans to at least double stores in North America to 20,000

Seven & I Holdings Co., the operator of 7-Eleven convenience stores, plans more acquisitions in the U.S. and may more than double its North America outlets as consumer spending improves there.
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COMMUNITY / How-tos / LIFELINES
Jun 4, 2013

Hunting for big-foot: Large shoes tough to track down in Tokyo

Buying large shoes in Japan is a bit like trying to find a prime-time TV show that doesn't feature at least one past or present member of AKB48: You know they exist, but it often takes perseverance and a measure of luck to track them down.
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LIFE / Style & Design / ON: DESIGN
Jun 4, 2013

From paperclip holders and cityscape planters to corner lights and sustainable cameras

Even though we are moving — forcibly — toward the paperless office, the reality is that we still at some point find ourselves with piles of physical documents to deal with, which usually means a desktop covered in paper clips.
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 4, 2013

Apple isn't the core of a taxing U.S. problem

There may be a better way to tax multinational corporations: tax them on their revenue in a country rather than on their profits.
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WORLD
Jun 3, 2013

Liberal hawks mum on U.S. intervention in Syria

For interests on both sides of Syria's civil war, the past two weeks have been the time to increase the pressure. Hezbollah sent reinforcements to the troops of President Bashar Assad, and Russia reiterated its intention to furnish the regime with weapons. At the same time, Republican Sen. John McCain...
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WORLD / Politics
Jun 3, 2013

Obama-Christie 'bromance' blossoms in N.J.

Talk about a public display of affection. President Barack Obama and New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie's unlikely "bromance," sparked last fall amid a natural disaster and a presidential campaign, blossomed into full flush last Tuesday on their very public second date.
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 3, 2013

France takes notice, the Yanks aren't coming

The realization that Europe can no longer rely on America to fill the military gap has given France pause. It is taking its security responsibilities more seriously.
JAPAN / Politics
Jun 2, 2013

Abe to Africa: Use aid as you see fit

The fifth Tokyo International Conference on African Development opens with a look back over the forum's past 20 years and discussions about its future.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jun 2, 2013

Severe sports training methods became taibatsu in time

The martial arts were the inspiration for the famous baseball team at the First Higher School of Tokyo, a late 19th century powerhouse that helped make yakyu, as baseball came to be known, the national sport of Japan.
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JAPAN
Jun 2, 2013

'Ethical fashion' concept employed to empower Africa's female artisans

Fashion can help empower women in Africa and lift them out of poverty, says the chief technical adviser of the International Trade Center, which promotes 'ethical fashion.'
JAPAN / Media / DARK SIDE OF THE RISING SUN
Jun 2, 2013

Sex gaffes and the voluble Osaka shyster

If the Japan Restoration Party — headed by Toru Hashimoto, the mayor of Osaka, and former Tokyo Gov. Shintaro Ishihara — needs a new political slogan, the proverb Kuchi ga wazawai no moto (The mouth is the source of great trouble) would do nicely.
JAPAN
Jun 2, 2013

U.N. experts see no increased risk of cancer for residents near No. 1 plant

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Ichiro Suzuki, one of the most iconic players in NPB and MLB history, was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame with 99.7% of the vote.
With Hall of Fame induction, Ichiro makes himself heard loud and clear