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GLOBAL MEDIA POST / Texas report 2021
Oct 13, 2021

Houston: Leading the global energy transition, key innovations

As Japanese investors recognize the increasing importance of forming partnerships with U.S. companies to address the climate crisis, the Houston region is working to leverage its long-time energy industry expertise to lead the transition to a low-carbon world.
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ASIA PACIFIC
Oct 7, 2021

Sydney prepares to emerge from 107-day COVID-19 lockdown

In the initial reopening stage, non-essential retail stores, pubs and gyms will be allowed to reopen to fully vaccinated patrons, with capacity limits.
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SUMO / INSIDE SUMO
Oct 6, 2021

Early American sumo trailblazer earned rare honor at Miyagino stable

In the summer of 1976, high-school teacher John Jacques traveled to Japan in order to learn what he could and promote the sport's development in Hawaii.
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BUSINESS
Oct 6, 2021

Iron battery breakthrough could eat lithium’s lunch

As the world's electric grids struggle to find ways to produce clean energy, the innovative iron battery may provide a solution.
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COMMUNITY / Our Lives / The Big Questions
Oct 4, 2021

Puratos: Good food, good company, better future

Name: Jean-Pierre Bernardino
COMMENTARY / Japan / Perspectives
Oct 2, 2021

Has Japan’s COVID-19 response really been that bad?

Mainstream media has painted a bleak narrative about how Japan has handled the pandemic, but comparative data shows it has, for the most part, responded much better than its G7 peers.
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JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
Oct 2, 2021

Seeing the past two years through a child’s eyes

The decade is off to a rocky start, what kind of an effect is this having on younger children and the way they process current affairs?
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LIFE / Food & Drink / THE RECIPE BOX
Oct 2, 2021

Recipe: Persimmon panzanella (bread salad)

Make the most of your glut of fall produce and leftover bread with this persimmon panzanella. An added bonus, it easily scales up to feed any guests arriving at your door.
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CULTURE / Stage
Oct 2, 2021

Kyoto Experiment calls on 'unheard voices'

The experimental festival, held at various locations around Kyoto, explores the power of speech in the performing arts.
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ASIA PACIFIC
Sep 30, 2021

Top talent joins Haruhisa Handa for autumn evening concerts

Noted entrepreneur and Renaissance man Haruhisa Handa held two classical concerts at the New National Theatre, Tokyo on Sept. 18 and 19. The glittering gala played to a full house.
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ASIA PACIFIC
Sep 30, 2021

Bajrasudha Gajanurak: A royal elixir to strengthen wild elephants

The Bajrasudha Gajanurak Project originated from a concern shared by His Majesty King Maha Vajiralongkorn and Her Majesty Queen Suthida, having learned of the conflict between local communities and wild elephants as the animals encroached upon farmland and houses to forage for food that was otherwise...
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CULTURE / Books
Sep 27, 2021

‘The Baseball Widow’: A moving read on isolation

After a succession of young adult novels, Shikoku-based writer Suzanne Kamata returns to adult fiction with “The Baseball Widow,” out from Wyatt-MacKenzie Publishing on Oct. 5.
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COMMENTARY / World
Sep 27, 2021

Manny Pacquiao isn’t the hero the Philippines needs

What's not to like about Pacquiao? There's plenty such as his lack of legislative accomplishments as a lawmaker and his support for President Rodrigo Duterte's war on drugs.
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WORLD / Politics
Sep 26, 2021

A nation transformed during 16 years of Merkel begins to move on

A broad and contented middle class is one facet of Merkel's Germany that has been central to her longevity and her ability to deliver on a core promise of stability.
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CULTURE / Music
Sep 25, 2021

Supersonic hits quiet mode on its summer party

The two-day music festival had crowds dancing at Zozo Marine Stadium with foreign and domestic acts despite pandemic-related obstacles.
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WORLD / Science & Health
Sep 24, 2021

Mental health could be the next casualty of global warming

The sheer number of people across the globe susceptible to climate-induced stress has fostered a sense of urgency among mental health professionals seeking to understand the issue.
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CULTURE / Film
Sep 23, 2021

Melvin Van Peebles, champion of new Black cinema, dies at 89

A fertile creative force, he wrote fiction and musicals but is best known for a breakthrough movie that heralded the genre known as blaxploitation.
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COMMENTARY / World
Sep 23, 2021

Homophobes and autocrats: Dictators depend on order

Dictators maintain their positions by controlling as many aspects of life in the country as they can, including defining exactly how people should behave.
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COMMENTARY / World
Sep 22, 2021

Hong Kong’s nonelection is momentous and meaningless

An 'election” devoid of genuine debate or competition is a momentous sign of the lack of genuine democracy Hong Kong can expect in the future. It is also meaningless.
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COMMUNITY / Voices / FOREIGN AGENDA
Sep 20, 2021

You never know who you’ll run into at the public bath

Your local tattooed thugs, the old woman who is just a little bit too much in your business, who else will you meet at the neighborhood bathhouse?
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COMMUNITY / Our Lives / The Big Questions
Sep 20, 2021

Goldman partner Ben Ferguson in it for long term

Name: Ben Ferguson
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WORLD
Sep 19, 2021

The scientist and the AI-assisted, remote-control killing machine

Israeli agents had wanted to kill Iran's top nuclear scientist for years. Then they came up with a way to do it with no operatives present.
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JAPAN / Politics
Sep 18, 2021

COVID-19 in focus as LDP hopefuls make their case in wide-ranging debate

The government's response to the coronavirus crisis, the constitutionality of lockdowns and the challenge the pandemic has posed for the medical system were central themes on Saturday.
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LIFE / Food & Drink
Sep 18, 2021

This Aomori farm’s strawberries are heating up tourism

Kanko Ichigo En is a year-round pick-your-own strawberry farm that grows its winter berries with 100% hot-spring heat.
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CULTURE / Film
Sep 17, 2021

How Shang-Chi, master of kung fu, knocked down stereotypes

The Marvel superhero originated in comics filled with racist tropes. The creators of the new film made a list of the preconceptions they were up against and set out to conquer them.
LIFE / Language / BILINGUAL
Sep 17, 2021

Parting words from Japan's Olympians and Paralympians

Short and sweet, the soundbites Japanese athletes gave to the press are sure to help you in expressing both happiness and disappointment.
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BUSINESS
Sep 14, 2021

Apple issues emergency security updates to close a spyware flaw

The spyware, called Pegasus, uses a novel method to invisibly infect Apple devices without victims' knowledge.

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