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WORLD / Politics / ANALYSIS
Nov 4, 2016

Brexit challenge will be supreme test of Britain's top court

The century-old Portland stone building of the U.K.'s Supreme Court stands on London's Parliament Square, separated from the historic structures housing lawmakers and religious leaders by about 400 feet.
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BASKETBALL / B. League / B. LEAGUE NOTEBOOK
Nov 3, 2016

Hatakeyama's hustle helps Niigata

It's early and the order will be shuffled and some players near the top will drop down, while others will rise.
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COMMENTARY / World
Nov 3, 2016

A fitting final chapter to the sleaze sweepstakes

Hillary Clinton's latest scandal shows there is no such thing as rock bottom in these presidential campaigns.
WORLD
Nov 3, 2016

Australian police arrest two linked to Syria militants

Australian police on Thursday arrested a man believed to have fought with Syrian militants and a youth who was stopped at the border allegedly planning to join Islamic State in Syria.
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ASIA PACIFIC
Nov 3, 2016

Philippine fishermen put Duterte diplomacy to test, visit disputed Scarborough Shoal

On his first voyage as captain, Philippine fisherman Joel Banila was more worried about being battered by Chinese coast guard ships than he was about the impending storm on the horizon in the South China Sea.
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Nov 2, 2016

Woods set to make return during December's Hero World Challenge

Former world No. 1 Tiger Woods will make his return to competitive golf at next month's Hero World Challenge in the Bahamas, an event which he hosts, after being sidelined for more than a year.
JAPAN / Politics / ANALYSIS
Nov 2, 2016

Park scandal puts cloud over Japan-hosted trilateral summit, 'comfort women' deal

South Korean President Park Geun-hye scrambled to head off a mounting political scandal by replacing her prime minister and finance chief Wednesday, raising concerns over the future of a key trilateral summit slated for later this year.
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ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Nov 1, 2016

The fall of Choi Soon-sil: from South Korean presidential confidante to incarceration

When the lawyer representing the woman at the center of a scandal engulfing South Korean President Park Geun-hye met his client upon her arrival in the country from Germany on Sunday morning, he was blunt.
EDITORIALS
Nov 1, 2016

Laws alone won't stop bullying

Teachers and school officials must realize that only concrete action on their part can put a stop to student bullying.
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ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Nov 1, 2016

Billionaire Huang and his rehab centers strengthen Philippines and Chinese ties

At the end of Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte's landmark visit to China last month, he held a brief, private meeting with a businessman who may have played a crucial role in improving ties between the two nations.
JAPAN
Oct 31, 2016

Record 5,803 foreign trainees went missing in Japan last year

Observers say this is another sign that the technical intern program — long criticized by rights groups at home and abroad as akin to slavery — is seriously flawed.
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Oct 31, 2016

British banker's defense cites sexual disorder in Hong Kong double murder trial

Rurik Jutting, the British investment banker on trial for murdering two Indonesian women in Hong Kong, was a narcissistic sadist trying to mask the "fragile" shell of his personality having suffered sexual abuse at a boarding school, a court heard Monday.
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ASIA PACIFIC
Oct 29, 2016

Philippines says Chinese vessels have left disputed South China Sea shoal

Chinese ships are no longer at the disputed Scarborough Shoal in the South China Sea and Philippine boats can resume fishing, the Philippine defense minister said Friday, calling the Chinese departure a "welcome development."
EDITORIALS
Oct 28, 2016

Reform of agricultural cooperatives

Reform of the agricultural cooperative system must address the shrinking farmer population and ways to improve earnings.
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 28, 2016

Aussie race hate law a weapon for identity politics

The Australian anti-discrimination act is used to bludgeon core freedoms that underpin liberal democracy.
BUSINESS / Economy
Oct 28, 2016

CPI logs seventh consecutive drop in September as weak spending clouds BOJ inflation outlook

Core consumer prices fell for the seventh month straight and household spending slumped in September, endorsing the Bank of Japan's view it will take more time for inflation to accelerate to its 2 percent target as the economy stagnates.
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JAPAN / Society
Oct 28, 2016

Manga on overwork hell goes viral in wake of Dentsu suicide reports

After the Christmas 2015 suicide of an employee at ad giant Dentsu Inc. was reported as an official case of karoshi (death from overwork) this month, making headlines nationwide, a manga portraying the mindset of those worn out on the job went viral earlier this week and had been retweeted over 131,000...
JAPAN
Oct 28, 2016

Japan team swims in for first up-close look at newly formed volcanic isle

Japanese scientists are getting an up-close lesson on how volcanic islands are formed.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 27, 2016

Late-game heroics propel Fighters to brink of Japan Series title

The Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters were struggling to score, trailing by a run and down to their last out in the seventh inning.

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Bear attacks have dominated Japanese news headlines in recent months, with 13 people so far having been killed by the animals.
Japan’s bears have been on their killing spree for more than 100 years