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COMMUNITY
Jan 17, 2019

#StandUpJapan and other hashtags allow for new voices to be heard

On the morning of Jan. 14, 20-year-old women decked out in brightly colored kimono scrambled to catch trains to take them to ceremonies across the country to mark Coming of Age Day.
JAPAN / FOCUS
Jan 16, 2019

With Pyongyang summit nowhere in sight, pessimism grows in Tokyo over North Korean abductions issue

With no possibility of a Japan-North Korea summit anywhere in sight, and hopes fading that South Korea could pave the way for such a meeting amid deteriorating ties between Tokyo and Seoul, pessimism seems to be growing in Japan over whether the issue of Pyongyang's past abductions of Japanese nationals...
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WORLD / Politics
Jan 16, 2019

Brazil's Bolsonaro decrees eased gun laws and woos weapons makers

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro signed a decree loosening the country's restrictive gun regulations, and hinted at further measures to arm law-abiding citizens to combat rampant crime.
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WORLD / Crime & Legal
Jan 14, 2019

Democrats say Robert Mueller must complete probe of Trump's Russia ties without interference

Fresh reporting raises new questions about President Donald Trump's possible ties to Russia and emphasizes the need to ensure that special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation reaches its conclusion without interference, Senate Democrats said Sunday.
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COMMENTARY / Japan
Jan 11, 2019

Japan an underdeveloped country for women

Despite its rich, industrialized economy, Japan has yet to achieve much progress in equality between men and women.
WORLD / Society
Jan 11, 2019

Is Saudi Arabia on the road to ending the scourge of child marriage?

Saudi Arabia is trying to ban child marriage through new regulations, but loopholes are leaving young girls in the deeply conservative kingdom unprotected, campaigners said Thursday.
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ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jan 11, 2019

India's Rahul Gandhi rebuked for 'misogynistic' remarks about Modi letting female minister face grilling

Indian opposition leader Rahul Gandhi has come under fire for "misogynistic" remarks made when asking Prime Minister Narendra Modi to "be a man" and not field a woman, the defense minister, to defend him in debates over a controversial fighter jet deal.
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WORLD / Politics
Jan 9, 2019

U.K. government defeated in vote; lawmakers create new obstacle to no-deal Brexit

British Prime Minister Theresa May's government suffered a defeat in Parliament on Tuesday when lawmakers who oppose leaving the European Union without an accord won a vote that created a new obstacle to a no-deal Brexit.
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ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jan 8, 2019

North Korea's Kim travels to Beijing for meeting with Xi after warning of alternative path

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un was spending his birthday in Beijing after arriving in the Chinese capital Tuesday — which was believed to be his 35th birthday — for his fourth summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping as talks on a second meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump gather steam.
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COMMENTARY / World
Jan 7, 2019

America's pullout from the Middle East is overdue

Trump's decision to withdraw U.S. troops from Syria and reduce forces in Afghanistan has exposed the hollowness of arguments in favor of endless intervention.
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COMMENTARY / World
Jan 6, 2019

Nuclear arms: A year of living dangerously

U.S. President Donald Trump's disdain for international institutions and rules established him as the disrupter in chief of the global nuclear order.
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BUSINESS
Jan 5, 2019

Brazil's 'Chicago Oldies' team aims to revive Pinochet-era economic playbook

Brazil's new Economy Minister Paulo Guedes worked in Chile 40 years ago after earning his doctorate at the University of Chicago, giving him a front-row seat to dictator Augusto Pinochet's economic shock treatment.
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WORLD
Jan 5, 2019

U.S. says no timeline for Syria withdrawal as 'final blows' continue

The United States has no timeline for the withdrawal of American troops from Syria but does not plan to stay indefinitely, a senior State Department official said on Friday, sending a strong signal that U.S. forces could stay until the fight against Islamic State militants is over.
JAPAN / Politics
Jan 4, 2019

Name of Japan's next Imperial era to be announced April 1, Abe confirms

Speaking at the Grand Shrines of Ise, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe says the tradition of revealing the name after the era starts will be skipped to minimize the public impact.
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WORLD / Crime & Legal
Jan 4, 2019

U.S. Justice Department probing Trump's ex-Interior chief Ryan Zinke for alleged lying: Washington Post

The U.S. Department of Justice is investigating whether President Donald Trump's former Interior Secretary, Ryan Zinke, lied to Department of Interior investigators in what could be a potential criminal violation, the Washington Post reported on Thursday.
EDITORIALS
Jan 3, 2019

Making the most of multilateral free trade deals

Going forward, Japan needs to change its industrial structures in ways that make the most of the expanded business opportunities that these pacts provide.
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BUSINESS
Jan 3, 2019

Drug companies greet 2019 with U.S. price hikes despite Trump call to keep them level

Drug-makers kicked off 2019 with price increases in the United States on more than 250 prescription drugs, including the world's top-selling medicine, Humira, although the pace of price hikes was slower than last year.

Longform

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