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JAPAN / Politics
Mar 9, 2017

French envoy to Japan vows not to serve under Le Pen

France's ambassador to Japan has pledged not to serve under far-right leader Marine Le Pen if she becomes president, saying her policies are at odds with French principles.
JAPAN
Mar 8, 2017

Abuse of foreign trainees spiked in 2016: Immigration Bureau

Immigration officials said Wednesday that 383 acts of fraud were committed against foreign trainees in 2016, a record high since the intern training program was launched in 2010.
JAPAN
Mar 8, 2017

Japan's border islands to get ¥5 billion boon for tourism, defense

The government has earmarked ¥5 billion in increased economic assistance to 71 islands off the coast of eight prefectures, as concerns over declining populations are compounded by recurring intrusions into sovereign territory by foreign vessels.
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COMMENTARY / World
Mar 8, 2017

Putin's dance with the Taliban

One of the Kremlin's latest geostrategic targets is Afghanistan, where the U.S. remains embroiled in the longest war in its history.
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JAPAN / Science & Health / FOCUS
Mar 8, 2017

New guidelines tackle misuse of antibiotics amid rise of superbugs

Public health officials have begun tackling the misuse and overuse of antibiotics, as the prevalence of superbugs, or bacteria resistant to antibiotics, reaches alarming levels worldwide.
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BASEBALL
Mar 8, 2017

Leader Aoki proves worth in Samurai Japan's opening win

Norichika Aoki definitely made a big contribution to Japan's 11-6 win over Cuba in their World Baseball Classic Pool B opener at Tokyo Dome on Tuesday night.
BASEBALL
Mar 8, 2017

China aims for incremental improvements on global baseball stage

China manager John McLaren starts each day by having his players remember their team motto: "Get better every day." He'll then pick out a player, who will then belt out a tune of his choice for the room, "they're lacking there a little bit," McLaren said with a grin.
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BASEBALL
Mar 8, 2017

Matsuda, Tsutsugo carry Japan past Cuba in WBC opener

The fans waited as Nobuhiro Matsuda rounded the bases and exchanged high-fives with his teammates. They knew what was coming, and when Matsuda pumped his fist and let out a guttural yell, as is his custom after home runs, the Japanese fans packed in Tokyo Dome exploded with enough force to knock the...
CULTURE / Art
Mar 7, 2017

'10th Anniversary of the National Art Center, Tokyo: The Year of Czech Culture 2017 — Alfons Mucha'

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BASEBALL
Mar 7, 2017

MLB players for 2020 Games unlikely

Major League Baseball commissioner Rob Manfred said the league remains committed to the World Baseball Classic, and later watched Houston Astros outfielder Norichika Aoki compete for Samurai Japan.
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BASEBALL
Mar 7, 2017

Versatile Meng does it all for China

Meng Weiqiang may patrol left field at some point for China during the 2017 World Baseball Classic. He's also going to pitch and might even strap on a catcher's mask. There's a chance he'll do at least two of those things, maybe even all three, during the same game.
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 6, 2017

The geopolitics of environmental challenges

Allowing environmental issues to fall by the wayside at this time of geopolitical and social instability is a mistake.
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 6, 2017

What liberal world order?

As global power has shifted from the West to the 'rest,' the liberal world order has become an increasingly contested idea, with rising powers like Russia, China and India increasingly challenging Western perspectives.
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 6, 2017

Kim assassination a wake-up call

North Korea is not a curiosity to ignore, it is a danger to be confronted.
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 6, 2017

American politics in the new age of disbelief

Millions of Americans no longer believe what they once believed. There is a loss of faith in old orthodoxies and the established 'experts' who championed them.
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COMMENTARY / World
Mar 5, 2017

Liberal democracy in retreat?

Having already come under siege in many of its outposts around the world, is liberal democracy now at risk of losing its citadel, too?
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WORLD
Mar 5, 2017

Demands for return of land block German effort to atone for African genocide

Namibia's Herero people are heartened that Germany is keen to atone for the genocide of their ancestors, but they expect something that Berlin says it cannot give.
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WORLD / Politics
Mar 4, 2017

Macron cements lead in French presidential race; Fillon crisis deepens

Centrist candidate Emmanuel Macron cemented his status as favorite to win the French presidency on Friday as pressure mounted on his conservative rival, Francois Fillon, to pull out because of a deepening financial scandal.
SOCCER / J. League
Mar 4, 2017

Reds bounce back against Cerezo

Urawa Reds picked up their first points of the new J. League season with a 3-1 win over Cerezo Osaka on Saturday.
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BUSINESS / Economy
Mar 4, 2017

Yellen points to March rate hike as Fed signals end of easy money

The U.S. Federal Reserve's long-stalled "liftoff" of interest rates may finally get airborne this year as policymakers from Chair Janet Yellen on Friday to regional leaders across the United States signaled that the era of easy money is drawing to a close.
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ASIA PACIFIC
Mar 4, 2017

China to boost defense spending by 'about 7%' in 2017 amid 'outside meddling' in maritime disputes

China will boost its defense budget by "around 7 percent" this year, a top official said Saturday, as Beijing seeks to inject more cash into its increasingly modern military amid "outside meddling" in territorial disputes in the East and South China seas.
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COMMENTARY / World
Mar 3, 2017

Why it matters when artists criticize Trump

It is often the arts, serious or satirical, that expose the tragic absurdity of repressive leadership. And the worse Trump behaves, the more demand there will be for artists who oppose him.
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LIFE / Food & Drink
Mar 3, 2017

Asia's top pastry chef Kazutoshi Narita on what inspires his creations

Over the past three decades, master patissier Kazutoshi Narita has worked in half a dozen countries alongside some of the world's most acclaimed chefs.
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COMMENTARY / Japan
Mar 2, 2017

The 'Gettysburg in the Pacific' and Japan-U.S. reconciliation

Iwo Jima is the invisible symbol of reconciliation between Japan and the U.S.
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COMMENTARY / World
Mar 1, 2017

Asia's flashpoints a trigger for market chaos

The South China Sea and North Korea loom as black swan events amid rising tensions in Asia.
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COMMENTARY / World
Mar 1, 2017

Don't count out a GOP impeachment of Trump

Whoever takes credit for bringing down a feared and reviled leader will rid themselves of a rival and reap rewards up to and including the highest office in the land.
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COMMENTARY / World
Feb 28, 2017

How Donald Trump is testing U.S. democracy

U.S. President Donald Trump's testing of the foundations of U.S democracy may transform existing assumptions about America and its global role.

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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