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JAPAN / Media / DARK SIDE OF THE RISING SUN
Oct 7, 2018

Beware of the ¥10 million business card

Business cards carry a lot of weight in Japan, so much so that they can be used to devastating effect if someone decides to deploy them for criminal purposes.
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Oct 6, 2018

Repatriation program reveals Koreans' plight in Japan

In August, five North Korean defectors residing in Japan filed a lawsuit in Tokyo District Court charging Pyongyang with human rights abuses. The plaintiffs were described in the Mainichi Shimbun as "second-generation ethnic Koreans" who grew up in Japan but moved to North Korea during the mobilization...
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 6, 2018

Mizuho Financial Group looks to attract creative thinkers in new hiring strategy

One of Japan's biggest banks is throwing away the cookie cutter when it comes to hiring fresh graduates.
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Oct 6, 2018

Esports searches for foothold in Japan

During August and September, esports competitions took the stage in two very different and significant places.
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COMMUNITY / Voices / FOREIGN AGENDA
Oct 3, 2018

Japan's diverse bunch of disaster volunteers are primed for a warming world

In these polarized times, crises bring together people from a range of backgrounds to spread the word about perils linked to climate change.
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COMMENTARY / World
Oct 1, 2018

Why voters keep supporting politicians who keep lying

Experiments indicate that people will overlook dishonesty if it benefits their group.
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LIFE / Travel
Sep 28, 2018

Mount Ontake: Four years after its deadly eruption

Four years after its unexpected eruption, Mount Ontake's scenic hiking trails and summit are once again open for hikers. But will that be enough to bring back visitors?
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COMMUNITY / Our Lives / WHY DID YOU LEAVE JAPAN?
Sep 22, 2018

Yuichiro Hori: Designing a new life in China

An early designing post in Shanghai leads to a full-time business move
CULTURE / Books
Sep 22, 2018

Haruki Murakami's 'Underground' still holds chilling lessons about Japan

Haruki Murakami's sole foray into journalism, 'Underground: The Tokyo Gas Attack and the Japanese Psyche,' celebrates its 20th anniversary this year. What lessons does it hold today about where Japan has gone as a society?
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COMMENTARY / Japan
Sep 21, 2018

Clear strategy needed for inviting foreign labor

Japan's gradual approach to welcoming unskilled labor from abroad helps ensure the maintenance of social harmony.
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 20, 2018

Kofi Annan was the United Nations

The world should continue to heed the former secretary-general's voice of grace and reason, of morality and solidarity.
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WORLD / Politics
Sep 18, 2018

Merkel rolls dice with Germany's new immigration law

German Chancellor Angela Merkel hopes a new immigration law will make it easier for foreign workers to find jobs, but her push to fill a record number of vacancies risks angering voters who still resent her open-door refugee policy.
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COMMUNITY / Our Lives / The Big Questions
Sep 17, 2018

Hands-on diplomacy reveals charms of Nicaragua

Located on the ninth floor of a nondescript commercial building in Nishi-Azabu, and identifiable only because of a row of United Nations-like flags outside, the diminutive yet cheery offices of the Embassy of the Republic of Nicaragua are perhaps parallel to that country's influence on the world stage.
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COMMUNITY / Our Lives / BLACK EYE
Sep 16, 2018

To black up or not to black up for 'Othello,' that is the question

As a Tokyo theater offers another Othello in blackface, Baye McNeil argues that breaking out the shoe polish is the laziest yet most problematic option.
LIFE / Lifestyle
Sep 15, 2018

Ensuring Tokyo Bay is fit for swimming ahead of the 2020 Olympics

If you squint your eyes, it almost looks like Club Med: an expanse of blue sea, a stretch of beach, white tents and umbrellas on the sand, and plenty of staff ready to help out. However, this isn't a tropical paradise, it's Tokyo Bay and Odaiba Plage is an attempt to turn it into a swimming spot.
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WORLD
Sep 12, 2018

As Idlib offensive looms, thousands of Syrians flee to border villages

Syrians escaping violence in Idlib have arrived in villages near the Turkish border in droves, the U.N. humanitarian affairs office (OCHA) said Monday, fearing Damascus will launch a full-blown assault on the rebel stronghold.
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WORLD / Science & Health
Sep 11, 2018

Ebola fight has new science but faces old hurdles in restive Congo

When Esperance Nzavaki heard she was cured of Ebola after three weeks of cutting-edge care at a medical center in eastern Congo, she raised her arms to the sky with joy and praised the Lord.
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LIFE / Style & Design
Sep 8, 2018

Worn to be wild: Tokkōfuku combat uniforms

Tracing its origins back to the heady days of motorcycle gangs in the 1970s, the style is making a comeback with youth in Japan.
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WORLD
Sep 6, 2018

11 hospitalized with flu-like symptoms in New York following Emirates flight

Laboratory tests on respiratory samples from the patients have yet to confirm the illness, but their histories and symptoms — fever, cough and vomiting — indicate influenza, said Dr. Oxiris Barbot, New York City's acting health commissioner.
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COMMENTARY / Japan
Sep 5, 2018

We need a sense of crisis over depopulation

With Japan entering unprecedented demographic territory, the time to act is now.
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COMMENTARY / World
Sep 4, 2018

Taiwan must not be a U.S. bargaining chip

Betraying a longtime ally would have disastrous effects in the region and beyond.
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CULTURE / Stage
Sep 4, 2018

'Swimming With Sharks': A horrible boss is truly universal

The lobby of the Setagaya Public Theatre in Tokyo teemed with women on Sept. 1, each eager to see Kei Tanaka in action. The 34-year-old actor — and judging by the buzz in the lobby, bona fide dreamboat — recently captured hearts in "Ossan's Love," a TV Asahi rom-com in which he played a cute gay...
JAPAN / Media / DARK SIDE OF THE RISING SUN
Sep 1, 2018

Examining the motives behind mass murder in Japan

Japan is for the most part a safe country. Gun-control laws are so strict in this East Asian nation of more than 120 million that fatalities remained in single digits last year.
EDITORIALS
Aug 31, 2018

We should all be prepared for when disasters hit

Each one of us must be fully aware of disasters risk and learn what action we need to take when they hit.
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Aug 29, 2018

Passionate Indonesian fans embrace home Asian Games

"Nippon! Nippon!"
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BUSINESS / Tech
Aug 28, 2018

Apple to expand iPhone X design with new colors, big screens

Apple Inc. is not only doubling down on the iPhone X, it's tripling down.

Longform

Figure skater Akiko Suzuki was once told her ideal weight should be 47 kilograms, a number she now admits she “naively believed.” This led to her have a relationship with food that resulted in her suffering from anorexia.
The silent battle Japanese athletes fight with weight