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Rugby
Jun 17, 2017

Ireland hammers Japan in test

Ireland handed Japan a harsh lesson with a 50-22 victory in the first of two test matches between the 2019 Rugby World Cup group rivals on Saturday.
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BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 17, 2017

Japan Post's bid for Nomura unit stalls

Japan Post Holdings will likely abandon its quest to acquire Nomura Real Estate Holdings due to conflicts over price and other conditions, sources say.
SOCCER / World cup
Jun 7, 2017

Japan warms up for World Cup qualifier with draw against Syria

Japan limbered up for next week's World Cup qualifier against Iraq with a 1-1 draw with Syria in a friendly on Wednesday night.
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LIFE / Food & Drink
Jun 3, 2017

Chilean wine a hit among Japan's working women

Japan's swelling ranks of working women have grape growers 10,000 miles away cheering.
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BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jun 2, 2017

Exhibition highlights legacy of U.S.-Japan baseball ties

Warren Cromartie, formerly of the Yomiuri Giants in NPB and the Montreal Expos and Kansas City Royals in MLB, pointed at Masanori Murakami and called him "a hero."
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Rugby
May 26, 2017

McCaw hopes to inspire kids with charity work in Japan

All Blacks legend Richie McCaw kicked off a four-day charity tour of Japan on Friday and vowed to bring a smile to the faces of children affected by the Great East Japan Earthquake.
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JAPAN / Politics
May 16, 2017

Japan, U.S. agree to keep up pressure on Pyongyang, say dialogue off table for now

Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida and U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson also agreed to call on China to play a greater role in dealing with Pyongyang.
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CULTURE / TV & Streaming
May 10, 2017

'The Bachelor' is looking for love in Japan

There comes a moment of truth in every episode of reality-dating series "The Bachelor" when the handsome and wealthy bachelor must eliminate at least one of the 25 women vying for his affection during a "rose ceremony."
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COMMENTARY / Japan
May 9, 2017

Should the U.S. share the 'spear' with Japan?

Is it worth the potentially high political and fiscal costs for Japan to pursue missile-strike capabilities?
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CULTURE / Books
May 6, 2017

'Press Freedom in Contemporary Japan': Persuasive and important but incomplete

May 3 marks the United Nations' World Press Freedom Day, an annual reminder of the necessity of unfettered media in the maintenance of healthy societies.
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BUSINESS
May 5, 2017

Finance chiefs of Japan, China, South Korea pledge to 'resist all forms of protectionism'

East Asia's top three finance chiefs show up the G-20 by taking an uncompromising stance against the protectionist polices espoused by U.S. President Donald Trump.
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LIFE / Style & Design
Apr 30, 2017

First Japan House opens in Brazil

London, Los Angeles, Sao Paulo. There is little at first sight that seems to unite these three cities, which are diverse in geography and climate as well as architecture, cuisine and atmosphere.
BUSINESS
Apr 27, 2017

EU hurries to fill Trump trade void with Pacific partners Japan, Mercosur

Europe's claim to be the global champion of open trade and a counterweight to the threatened protectionism of U.S. President Donald Trump risks ringing hollow if it cannot sign a new Pacific free trade deal by the end of 2017.
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CULTURE / Books
Apr 22, 2017

'The Fascist Effect: Japan and Italy, 1915-1952': A look at the rise of fascism in Japan

In "The Fascist Effect," Reto Hofmann, a postdoctoral fellow at Waseda University, argues that it is pointless to ask whether Japan was fascist in the years leading up to and during World War II — until we listen to what Japanese at that time thought about fascism.

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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