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BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 29, 2018

Postseason superhero Kris Johnson pitches Carp to victory

Kris Johnson took the mound in front of the Hiroshima Carp's red-clad fans and threw warmup tosses. His usual warmup music, the song "White Ranger Tiger Power" from the "Mighty Morphin Power Rangers" TV show, rang out around Mazda Stadium.
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BUSINESS
Oct 29, 2018

With border reopened, Jordanians flock to Syria for first time in years for trade, tourism

Jordanians are flocking to the Syrian capital Damascus for the first time in years for tourism and trade after the reopening of a border crossing that had been closed through years of war.
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WORLD / Crime & Legal
Oct 28, 2018

Jim Mattis calls for transparent investigation into Jamal Khashoggi's killing during talks with Saudi minister

U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said Sunday that he met Saudi Arabia's foreign minister and called for a transparent investigation into the killing earlier this month of journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
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ASIA PACIFIC
Oct 28, 2018

Chinese state media claims Pittsburgh mass shooting highlights need for 'anti-extremism education' similar to that of Xinjiang camps

Chinese state-run media has pointed to the mass shooting Saturday at a synagogue in Pittsburgh as highlighting the need for "anti-extremism education" measures similar to the widely criticized internment camps it operates in the country's far-west Xinjiang region.
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WORLD
Oct 28, 2018

Rouhani reshuffles economic team, says U.S. isolated against Iran

Iran's parliament approved a government economic reshuffle on Saturday, days before new U.S. sanctions on Tehran's oil exports take effect, after President Hassan Rouhani said Washington was isolated among its allies in its confrontation with Iran.
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WORLD / Politics
Oct 28, 2018

U.S. invites Putin to Washington, but tells Russian president to get out of Ukraine

The White House has formally invited Russian President Vladimir Putin to Washington, U.S. national security adviser John Bolton said Friday, returning to an idea that was put on hold in July amid anger in the U.S. over the prospect of such a summit.
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LIFE / Food & Drink
Oct 27, 2018

Will 'hōjicha' be the next Japanese tea to take the world by storm?

Danielle Geva and Francois Mathieu are trying to spread hojicha (roasted green tea) to North America. Together, they founded Hojicha Co. in May 2018, the first company to specialize in selling premium hu014djicha on the continent, and they are betting it will be the next big Japanese drink abroad.
JAPAN
Oct 27, 2018

Emperor, Empress attend their last marine festival during visit to Kochi Prefecture

Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko arrived in Kochi Prefecture on Saturday to attend an annual national festival for the protection of fishery resources and the conservation of marine, river and lake environments.
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Rugby
Oct 27, 2018

All Blacks get best of Wallabies

New Zealand completed a Bledisloe Cup clean sweep of Australia on Saturday with a 37-20 win at the venue where the 2019 Rugby World Cup final will be held.
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WORLD / Politics
Oct 27, 2018

How Republicans are using immigration to scare voters to the polls

Analysis
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BUSINESS
Oct 27, 2018

Trump springs globalist surprise with medicare drug-pricing plan

A drug-pricing plan unveiled by the Trump administration has put the U.S. on a path toward policies like those in Europe, where governments use tight cost controls.
JAPAN
Oct 27, 2018

Most people in Japan get news from commercial TV broadcasts, poll finds

Over 90 percent of people in Japan use commercial television broadcasts as a news source, a survey finds.
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ASIA PACIFIC
Oct 26, 2018

Amnesty India says raid and frozen accounts aimed at silencing government critics

Indian authorities have frozen the bank accounts of Amnesty International after a raid on its country office, the human rights watchdog said on Friday, accusing the government of treating rights groups "like criminal enterprises."
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COMMENTARY / Japan
Oct 26, 2018

Third Modi visit to Tokyo reflects deepening of Japan-India ties

Converging interests are drawing Tokyo and New Delhi closer, but obstacles must be overcome.
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BUSINESS / Economy
Oct 26, 2018

Tokyo inflation holds steady, offering little cheer for Bank of Japan

Tokyo's core consumer price inflation was unchanged in October from the previous month, government data showed Friday, offering little encouragement for Japan's central bank as it struggles to reach its ambitious 2 percent inflation target.
BUSINESS
Oct 26, 2018

No one wanted Trump portrait, so his charity had to buy it, his lawyer argues

When Donald Trump offered to pay $10,000 from his personal charitable foundation for a six-foot oil portrait of himself, the future president only meant to "get the bidding started" during a 2014 auction at his Mar-a-Lago resort, his lawyer told a New York judge.
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WORLD
Oct 25, 2018

Airstrike kills at least 10 civilians in Yemen's Hodeida, medics and residents say

At least 10 people were killed on Wednesday in an airstrike that hit a group of farmers in a vegetable market in Yemen's Hodeida province, medical workers and residents said.
Rugby / ADDING THE EXTRAS
Oct 24, 2018

Brave Blossoms face key tests on road to 2019 World Cup

With preparations going smoothly and everything seemingly well on track off the field for a successful Rugby World Cup 2019, it's now time to see if Japan's preparations on the field are going just as well.
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CULTURE / Film
Oct 24, 2018

'Ten Years Japan': Chilling and sharp, these five shorts are a must-see for fans of 'Black Mirror'

In 2015, a dystopian omnibus film by five young directors from Hong Kong titled "Ten Years" became an indie hit. Envisioning the deteriorating state of the city in a decade's time, the film enraged Chinese authorities — and inspired "Ten Years" versions in Taiwan, Thailand and Japan.
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BUSINESS / Tech
Oct 24, 2018

Amazon pitched facial recognition to ICE to monitor immigrants amid misgivings of workers, rights groups

Amazon.com Inc. in June pitched its facial recognition technology — which can identify people from surveillance footage using image databases — as a tool for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, showing that Amazon continued to push the software to law enforcement agencies as criticism swirled...
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JAPAN / United Nations Day special
Oct 24, 2018

Japan as a model U.N. member state

The United Nations of 2018 exists in a world that is more interconnected than ever before. Countries are no longer insulated from the setbacks and challenges of other nations, and all profit in some way from each other's innovation and success.
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 23, 2018

Scandals, immigration and constitutional reform set to dominate extraordinary Diet session opening Wednesday

The 48-day session is likely to include debates on a draft proposal from the ruling LDP to revise the war-renouncing Constitution, among other key issues.

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Members of the nonprofit group Japan Youth Memorial Association search for the remains of dead soldiers in a cave in Okinawa Prefecture in February.
The long search for Japan’s lost soldiers