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JAPAN
Apr 7, 2017

Kinki finance staff met with Osaka officials five times to hash out Moritomo's school application

The Osaka Prefectural Government announced Thursday that staff from the Finance Ministry's Kinki Local Finance Bureau met with its officials five times over 16 months to discuss scandal-plagued Moritomo Gakuen's application to open a new elementary school, placing pressure on officials in the final meeting...
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BUSINESS / Economy
Apr 7, 2017

Drawing on Seattle startup revolution, Fukuoka angling to be entrepreneur hub

From the fifth-floor office of his internet startup, Kazz Watabe can see the sea bass jump in the bay as he works on his fishing website to the sound of jazz and the waves washing on the beach below.
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BUSINESS / Markets
Apr 6, 2017

Japan's pension fund, the world's biggest, faces yen risk as Trump rally fades

The world's biggest pension may find that when it comes to returns on its $1.3 trillion in assets, Donald Trump giveth and taketh away.
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BUSINESS / Tech
Apr 5, 2017

More retailers in Japan accept virtual currency

With the use of virtual currency spreading, especially overseas, more retailers in Japan are opening up to payments from tourists via the blockchain technology.
EDITORIALS
Apr 5, 2017

Russia wages a new form of war

Disinformation and hacking campaigns are a key part of Moscow's efforts to raise Russia's international stature and counter the Western assault on its political institutions.
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CULTURE / Film
Apr 5, 2017

Roger Ross Williams documents one young man's Disney-indebted triumphs in 'Life, Animated'

When Owen Suskind was 3 years old, he suddenly "vanished," according to his mother, Cornelia. The vivacious little boy she knew had retreated into a shell of silence from which he refused to emerge, and doctors diagnosed him with autism.
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CULTURE / Film
Apr 5, 2017

Acting is a fighting sport in 'Matsumoto Tribe'

The feature mockumentary doesn't have many practitioners in Japan. Two who do come to mind are TV comedian Hitoshi Matsumoto ("Big Man Japan," 2007) and Nobuhiro Yamashita ("Girls in the Psychic Club," 2014). Both have a dry sense of humor and a bit of a cruel streak.
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ASIA PACIFIC / FOCUS
Apr 5, 2017

Chinese economic projects with North Korea stall amid tensions

In the Northeast Asia Special Region straddling China's border with North Korea, the area around the village of Nanping is dotted with half-finished buildings, cranes on empty lots and piles of concrete pipes, with only a few construction workers present.
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BASKETBALL / NBA / MAN ABOUT SPORTS
Apr 4, 2017

76ers should give 'The Process' more time despite results

Sam Hinkie may be out as Philadelphia 76ers general manager but "The Process," his much beloved/hated master plan for rebuilding the struggling Sixers, lives on.
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Apr 4, 2017

Cybersecurity firm finds evidence linking North Korea to New York Fed bank heist

Cybersecurity firm Kaspersky Lab on Monday said it had obtained digital evidence that bolsters suspicions by some researchers that North Korea was involved in last year's $81 million cyber heist of the Bangladesh central bank's account at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.
JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
Apr 1, 2017

Easter in Japan shows signs of life as businesses tap the final festival frontier

Easter is one of the few major calendar events in the West that goes largely unnoticed here — until now, anyway.
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SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Mar 31, 2017

FIFA must address disparity in sanctions for offenses

Which is worse — being sworn at or being hit?
EDITORIALS
Mar 31, 2017

New rules on 'minpaku' lodging

Proposed Diet legislation will make it easier for people to rent out their private residences to tourists.
WORLD / Politics
Mar 31, 2017

Flynn offers to testify in FBI, Congress probe of Russia meddling if he gets immunity

Former National Security Adviser Mike Flynn has told investigators that he's willing to be interviewed as part of inquiries into alleged contacts between the Trump administration and the Russian government in return for immunity from prosecution.
EDITORIALS
Mar 30, 2017

The U.K.-EU divorce begins

Whatever the outcome of Brexit, one thing is certain: The process will not be easy or painless.
JAPAN / Science & Health
Mar 30, 2017

Parents who smoke contribute to obesity in children: health ministry report

Infants cared for by parents who smoke are more likely to become obese children than those from a nonsmoking household, according to a health ministry report.
LIFE / EVENTS AND INFORMATION
Mar 30, 2017

Global worshippers gather to fete Buddha

The birth of Buddha will be celebrated on April 8 at Sampozan Muryojuji Temple, the head temple of the Nenbutsushu Buddhist Sect of Japan, in Kato, Hyogo Prefecture.

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