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LIFE / Travel / HOTELS & RESTAURANTS
Aug 17, 2017

French cuisine with a Japanese twist

The Motif Restaurant and Bar at the Four Seasons Hotel Tokyo at Marunouchi is offering dinner created in collaboration with Sapporo's Moliere French restaurant from Aug. 21 to 27.
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COMMUNITY / Voices / FOREIGN AGENDA
Aug 16, 2017

Re-imagining Japan? Focus on the youth

It must have been in 2007 or 2008, during my graduate studies at a business school in Helsinki, Finland. I was sitting in a classroom with 30 fellow students when one of them asked us to raise our hands if we were considering a career as an entrepreneur after graduation. I looked around and saw a solitary...
CULTURE / Music
Aug 16, 2017

Phoenix readies for 'unique' Summer Sonic and some sweet sake sessions

In an age where almost every piece of historical information is available at our fingertips, Thomas Mars and Laurent Brancowitz of the French band Phoenix surprise me with a fact that doesn't seem to exist anywhere on the internet.
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WORLD / Politics
Aug 16, 2017

Iran could quit nuclear deal in 'hours' and at higher level if U.S. levels new sanctions: Rouhani

Iran could abandon its nuclear agreement with world powers "within hours" if the United States imposes any more new sanctions, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on Tuesday.
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JAPAN / GENERATIONAL CHANGE
Aug 13, 2017

Astroscale exec to boldly clean where no one has cleaned before

Entrepreneur Nobu Okada has set off on a mission never before undertaken in the annals of human history — cleaning up Earth's space junk.
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COMMUNITY / Our Lives / 20 QUESTIONS
Aug 12, 2017

Larissa Corriveau: Cormorant fisher hooked on the small details

Cormorant fisher in Kyoto discusses her new challenges.
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BASKETBALL
Aug 12, 2017

Jazz assistant coach Lang values Japan experience

Duke University men's basketball coach Mike Krzyzewski's "fist" analogy to describe how a team gets stronger when it plays as a group is well-known.
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LIFE / Travel / HOTELS & RESTAURANTS
Aug 10, 2017

Organic ingredients create healthy options

Following renovations, the recently reopened Restaurant Tohoku Bokujo on the Hotel Continental Fuchu's first floor is now offering a dinner buffet with 100 percent organic and pesticide-free vegetables, eggs and chicken from Aomori Prefecture's Tohoku Bokujo.
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WORLD / Politics
Aug 10, 2017

Fugitive Venezuelan mayor urges continued resistance to Maduro as U.S. ups sanctions

A Venezuelan mayor-turned-fugitive has called for anti-government protesters to keep defying leftist President Nicolas Maduro, who has grabbed increased powers through a new legislative superbody stacked with Socialist Party loyalists.
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JAPAN / Society
Aug 7, 2017

Japan's shrinking rural population poses a dilemma for democracy

Deep in the Shikoku wilderness, along a steep winding road above a dark green river, sits the tiny village of Okawa. It's located in a region sometimes dubbed by enthusiastic travel writers as the "Tibet of Japan" for its comparative isolation within the mountains.
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JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Aug 5, 2017

Parsing gender stereotypes in Japan's media landscape

Tomomi Inada's resignation as defense minister ended a tenure that often made reporters wonder if her transgressions had more to do with ignorance than with incompetence. It would be wrong to associate her failures with her sex, though there were some in the media who harped on her fashion sense or supposed...
JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
Aug 5, 2017

Speed bump won't stop Kiyomiya, Japanese baseball's teen powerhouse

So far, 2017 has been a banner year for sports prodigies in Japan, from table tennis and shogi to baseball.
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LIFE / Lifestyle
Aug 5, 2017

George Tokoro: 'An unreliable vintage car will teach you patience'

Singer-songwriter and comedian George Tokoro is no stranger to vintage cars. A self-proclaimed "car guy," he is famous not only as one of the most familiar faces on Japanese television, but also for being one of the country's most high-profile evangelists of automotive culture.
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LIFE / Travel
Aug 4, 2017

Hiroshima's past is one of many reasons to pay a visit

The early morning light on this summer day, illuminating the under canopies of trees and sending warm, golden strobes across the oyster cafes over the embankments of the Kyobashi River, is enchanting.
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COMMENTARY / World
Aug 3, 2017

Trial of Yingluck sparks deeper crisis for Thailand

The outcome of former Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra's trial will change Thailand's political trajectory.
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LIFE / Travel / HOTELS & RESTAURANTS
Aug 3, 2017

Champagne evening offers welcome respite

The Champagne Bar on the third floor of the ANA InterContinental Tokyo is currently offering a Champagne Social, in which guests can choose from three exclusive free-flow plans with a choice of the chef's Elegant Creations tapas menu to enjoy a luxurious evening.
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WORLD / Society
Aug 3, 2017

Italy begins naval mission in Libyan waters to curb migrant flows

Italy began a limited naval mission on Wednesday to help Libya's coast guard curb migrant flows, which have become a source of political friction before national elections expected early next year.
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BUSINESS
Aug 2, 2017

Airbnb rival Tujia to partner with Rakuten in push for larger share of Japan 'minpaku' market

Tie-up of e-commerce giant and Chinese firm comes following the passage of a new law giving the green light to private short-term lodging services.

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