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May 23, 2013

Inventors of human rights?

Jennifer Kim, in her letter of May 16, seems to be doing a bit of an Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto special. She appears to be suggesting that the mass murder of heretics [Cathars] was necessary at the time. She seems to take the apparent wrongness of their teaching — which supposedly took the anti-life...
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WORLD / Politics
May 22, 2013

Rafsanjani, Ahmadinejad aide cut from Iran presidential race

Iran's election overseers removes potential wild-card candidates from the presidential race, blocking a top aide of outgoing President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and a former president who revived hopes of reformers.
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WORLD / Politics
May 22, 2013

Senators OK immigration overhaul

A Senate committee approves a sweeping immigration reform bill that would provide a path to citizenship for up to 11 million illegal immigrants in the United States.
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JAPAN
May 22, 2013

Visa violators continue sit-in at Immigration

A sit-in by visa violators and their families entered its second day Tuesday in front of the Tokyo Regional Immigration Bureau with protesters seeking government good will.
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CULTURE / Art
May 22, 2013

Power and mastery of the blank space — Toko Shinoda

When speaking of Japanese art, people use words such as wabi and sabi, words that speak of a delicate sensibility and an ephemeral existence. Viewing the retrospective show of painter Toko Shinoda, the first word that comes to mind is 'power.'
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BASKETBALL / BJ-LEAGUE NOTEBOOK
May 22, 2013

Stranger than fiction: Ryukyu fires Toyama after setting wins record

The Ryukyu Golden Kings failed to reach the Final Four for the first time since 2007-08, their inaugural season in the bj-league. That result proved to be unacceptable to team management.
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JAPAN
May 22, 2013

Osaka takes plunge with canal pool

If an Osaka company has its way, getting roaring drunk and jumping, or falling, into Dotonbori Canal after either a Hanshin Tigers victory or a wild night out in neighboring Shinsaibashi will be less risky, healthwise, but it will no longer be free.
BUSINESS / NOTEBOOK
May 22, 2013

Pearl jewelry exhibition; evacuation simulation symposium; political decision-making seminar

EXHIBITIONS
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LIFE / Digital
May 22, 2013

Cracked cellphone screens become the latest youth status symbol

Brittany Lofton spots them all the time: teens and college students clutching their beat-up cellphones, with screens so cracked that spider-web-like patterns creep across the glass.
COMMENTARY / World
May 22, 2013

Clock is running out for some key Asian reformers

Voters in the Philippines appear to have delivered a resounding victory to President Benigno Aquino in midterm elections. The son of former President Corazon Aquino looks set to control both houses of Congress, giving him a mandate to continue his reform policies. His biggest worry now is making them...
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ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
May 21, 2013

Obama welcomes president of 'Myanmar' with cautionary reminder

President Barack Obama on Monday welcomed Myanmar's president to the White House — the first such visit in nearly 50 years — and hailed the Southeast Asian nation's progress on democratic reforms, but emphasized that much work remains to be done.
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WORLD / FOCUS
May 21, 2013

Records offer rare glimpse into Justice leak probe

When the Justice Department began investigating possible leaks of classified information about North Korea in 2009, investigators did more than obtain telephone records of a working journalist suspected of receiving the secret material.
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Reference / SO WHAT THE HECK IS THAT
May 21, 2013

Postal symbol

Dear Alice,
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WORLD
May 21, 2013

Avoid excuses, man up, Obama tells black graduates

President Barack Obama on Sunday summoned the graduates of historically black Morehouse College to "transform the way we think about manhood," urging the young men to avoid the temptation to make excuses and to take responsibility for their families and their communities.
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LIFE / Digital / ON: TECH
May 21, 2013

Apps to stay healthy, hear the news and keep in touch

Taking time to shake a leg
WORLD
May 21, 2013

Seizure unconstitutional: AP chief

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EDITORIALS
May 21, 2013

Window on China's defense policy

China's critics are usually disappointed by its annual white paper on national defense. Beijing's eighth white paper since 1998 is notable for its view of U.S. policy.
COMMENTARY / World
May 21, 2013

Turkey's Erdogan undone by Obama and Assad

The car bombs that killed more than 40 people on May 11 in a town in southern Turkey are a reckoning for Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

Longform

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