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BUSINESS / Tech / Deep Dive
May 20, 2018

Drone deliveries ready to soar in Japan but lingering issues likely to keep post office in business

A drone carrying a package sails through the air, touching down to make a delivery right on a customer's doorstep.
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BUSINESS
May 15, 2018

Japan and U.S. to 'move rapidly' on trade deal, ambassador says

The United States and Japan will "move rapidly" to get a trade deal under a new framework aimed at intensifying bilateral trade consultations, U.S. Ambassador William Hagerty said, keeping pressure on Tokyo to open up protected markets such as agriculture.
JAPAN / Politics
May 9, 2018

Japan, China and South Korea are 'in sync' on North Korea, Japanese official says

At a trilateral summit in Tokyo, leaders from the three countries also advocated the promotion of free trade in an apparent dig at Donald Trump's protectionist agenda.
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CULTURE / Music
May 1, 2018

Hide: The musician whose death rocked Japan

On the evening of May 2, 1998, as most of Japan was basking in the annual Golden Week holidays, a few dozen young women had gathered outside an apartment building in Tokyo's Minamiazabu neighborhood.
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COMMENTARY / Japan
May 1, 2018

Post-summit period shrouded in uncertainty for Japan

The U.S. can only achieve its long-term national interests if it takes Japan's interests into account in any negotiations with the North.
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COMMENTARY / Japan / SENTAKU MAGAZINE
Apr 25, 2018

Is the Indo-Japan rail project a boondoggle?

It appears all but certain that India will ask Japan to shoulder rising costs of the shinkansen project in India.
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COMMENTARY / Japan
Apr 25, 2018

Amid lingering tensions, signs of possible Japan-China collaboration

Difficulties still abound in bilateral relations, but events of late may move Tokyo and Beijing toward increased cooperation.
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BASKETBALL
Apr 25, 2018

Japan women's basketball team steadily gathering speed on road to Tokyo Olympics

Despite the disadvantages in height and size, those involved in Japanese women's basketball believe Japan's women can reach their lofty goals by just executing their brand of basketball.
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COMMENTARY / Japan
Apr 23, 2018

Time for Japan to recalibrate its strategy?

A much-touted bond with the U.S. president left Prime Minister Shinzo Abe largely empty-handed.
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JAPAN / ANALYSIS
Apr 22, 2018

North Korea's surprise move unlikely to deepen U.S.-Japan rift ahead of Trump-Kim summit: experts

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's sudden announcement Saturday that his country had suspended nuclear and longer-range missile tests and shut down its main atomic test site to focus on its sanctions-hit economy may have caught the U.S. and Japan off guard, but experts say it is unlikely to deepen any...
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BUSINESS / Economy / ANALYSIS
Apr 22, 2018

Japan may soften trade stance as U.S. keeps up pressure

Despite calls to resist protectionism and for the United States to rejoin a multilateral trans-Pacific trade pact, Japan is gradually shifting gear to adjust to a trade environment shaken up by U.S. President Donald Trump.
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BUSINESS
Apr 20, 2018

Professionals from Japan and India brainstorm on future IT ties at Tokyo tech event

As the domestic market faces a shortage of information technology engineers, Japan has turned its eyes on India's abundance of IT talent to prepare for the anticipated "internet of things" society.
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CULTURE / TV & Streaming
Apr 19, 2018

Yuki Kimura may have struck out on 'The Bachelor Japan,' but she won the people's rose

On the first episode of the reality dating series "The Bachelor Japan," 25 women took turns stepping out of a limousine, walking down a red carpet and introducing themselves to their potential future husband.
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SOCCER / World cup
Apr 9, 2018

Japan names Akira Nishino to replace Vahid Halilhodzic just two months before World Cup

Akira Nishino will lead Japan at this summer's World Cup in Russia after the Japan Football Association confirmed Monday that it had fired manager Vahid Halilhodzic just two months before the tournament begins.

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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