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BASKETBALL / B. League
May 10, 2017

B. League unveils positive attendance figures from inaugural regular season

The first-division teams of the inaugural B. League season raised their average attendance numbers in the regular season by 32 percent from last year (based on figures from bj-league and NBL, which merged to form the B. League), the top men's basketball circuit revealed on Wednesday, a few days before...
JAPAN
May 10, 2017

Japan's Korean community has high hopes for improved bilateral relations after Moon election

Leaders of Japan's Korean community welcomed the election of Moon Jae-in as South Korea's next president, saying the victory offers a chance to rebalance Japan's relationship with its Asian neighbor.
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ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
May 10, 2017

Amid soaring tensions, South Korea's new leader to navigate fine line between Beijing, Washington

Chinese President Xi Jinping congratulated new South Korean leader Moon Jae-in on Wednesday amid soaring tensions on the Korean Peninsula, saying Beijing is willing to work with Seoul to "properly handle differences."
MULTIMEDIA
May 10, 2017

[VIDEO] Tokyo Rainbow Pride 2017 parade

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CULTURE / Music
May 9, 2017

Renick Bell discovers the art inside the algorithms

In 2017, algorithms are everywhere.
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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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COMMENTARY / World
May 9, 2017

Trump has a dangerous disability

Donald Trump's fathomless lack of interest in America's path to the present and his limitless gullibility leave him susceptible to being blown about by gusts of factoids that cling like lint to a disorderly mind.
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LIFE / Language / MORNING ENGLISH
May 8, 2017

Let's discuss shopping in Ginza

A new 13-story upscale mall has opened in Ginza, Tokyo's answer to the Champs-Elysees or Fifth Avenue, and it's proving that Japan is still a whale in the luxury business.
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WORLD / Politics / ANALYSIS
May 8, 2017

France's new president banks on de Gaulle's 'majority amplifier' to govern

Unknown just three years ago, and with a party only 12 months old, Emmanuel Macron has seized the French presidency against all the odds. His challenge now is to govern.
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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 6, 2017

State Bank of India targets small, medium-size Japanese firms to invest in country

The State Bank of India sees great opportunity in Japan and hopes to lure small and medium-size Japanese companies to invest in India, SBI Chairwoman Arundhati Bhattacharya said in Yokohama on Friday.
WORLD / Politics
May 6, 2017

Le Pen's party says some voters received torn ballot papers

The National Front party of French presidential candidate Marine Le Pen complained to election authorities that voters in several regions received torn facsimile ballot papers bearing her name in a pre-election information package.
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COMMENTARY / Japan
May 5, 2017

Japan must take lead in gender diplomacy

Japan must create work and life conditions for its talented female researchers to want to remain in their native homeland.
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MULTIMEDIA
May 5, 2017

May 5, 2017

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CULTURE / Music / Sound Off
May 4, 2017

Politics and pop: a perfect pairing

It's official: You can't escape politics in America. On a recent trip to Seattle, everyone I spoke to wanted to talk about President Donald Trump. Fittingly, the 2017 edition of the Museum of Pop Culture's Pop Conference, which I was invited to speak at, took on a political theme with "Sign O' The Times:...
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COMMENTARY / World
May 4, 2017

Reprieve or reform in Europe?

Unless Europe addresses flaws in growth patterns and pursues urgent reforms, the longer-term risks to its survival will continue to mount.
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COMMENTARY / World
May 4, 2017

Russia's neo-feudal capitalism

Russian President Vladimir Putin's model of crony capitalism poses a genuine threat to social and political stability.
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MULTIMEDIA
May 4, 2017

May 4, 2017

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JAPAN / 50TH ADB ANNUAL MEETING
May 4, 2017

Fusion of traditional spirit and modern convenience

Yokohama, the host city of the Asian Development Bank's 50th annual meeting, has successfully held a number of large international conferences, including the fifth Tokyo International Conference on African Development in 2013 and the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in 2010.
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COMMUNITY / Voices / VIEWS FROM THE STREET
May 3, 2017

Views from Tokyo: Which candidate would you vote for in the French election and why?

As France prepares to go to the polls again, French nationals in Kagurazaka and Asakusa were asked who they were rooting for.
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COMMENTARY / World
May 2, 2017

A grand strategy for Trump?

Accommodating aggressive behavior by 'defectors' from international cooperation like North Korea will never bring peace, but establishing cooperation as the only viable option might.

Longform

A small shrine perched atop rocks braves the waves hitting the shoreline during a storm in Shimoda, Shizuoka Prefecture. The area is under threat of a possible 31-meter-high tsunami if an earthquake strikes the nearby Nankai Trough.
If the 'Big One' hits, this city could face a 31-meter-high tsunami