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BUSINESS
Nov 1, 2016

Over 70 rights groups want Facebook to explain content-removal policy

More than 70 rights groups asked Facebook on Monday to clarify its policies for removing content, especially at the behest of governments, alleging the company has repeatedly censored postings that document human rights violations.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Oct 31, 2016

India's Modi expresses concern over Australia bus death

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has expressed concern over the death of an Indian-origin bus driver killed by an incendiary device thrown into his bus in Brisbane, Australia, last week.
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COMMUNITY / Issues / JUST BE CAUSE
Oct 30, 2016

U.S. and Japan elections: scary in their own ways

American political campaigns can be frighteningly tribal while fear of the foreign permeates polls here.
CULTURE / Music / STRANGE BOUTIQUE
Oct 30, 2016

Mama's Tattoo event pushes women to write new narratives

Deep in Tokyo's indie music hub of Shimokitazawa, the twin venues of Three and Basement Bar often play host to some of the most diverse and offbeat expressions of Japan's underground music culture.
BUSINESS / Economy
Oct 29, 2016

EU and Canada to sign trade pact after Belgians approve changes

Canada and the European Union will sign a landmark free trade deal on Sunday after key votes in Belgian regional assemblies on Friday ended opposition that had threatened to destroy the agreement.
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COMMENTARY / World
Oct 28, 2016

In battle for Mosul, Syria could be the real loser

When it is eventually forced out of the Iraqi city of Mosul, Islamic State will want to prove its resiliency in neighboring Syria.
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LIFE / Food & Drink / NATURE'S PANTRY
Oct 28, 2016

Finding extraordinary 'konbu' in a remote Hokkaido fishing village

Reaching Rausu, a fishing village in Eastern Hokkaido, isn't easy. Public transport is almost non-existant to this small community situated halfway up Shiretoko Peninsula, which juts out from the edge of Japan's northernmost island. Though it's remote and tiny, Rausu produces some of the nation's best...
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WORLD / Science & Health
Oct 28, 2016

Chile seeks help to protect world's oldest mummies

Chilean researchers are seeking conservation aid to protect a collection of mummified human remains found in northern Chile, the oldest mummies discovered in the world to date.
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BASKETBALL / B. League / B. LEAGUE NOTEBOOK
Oct 27, 2016

Katakami preps teams for media

Credit the B. League for making an earnest effort to raise the professional reputation of men's basketball in Japan.
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COMMENTARY / Japan / SENTAKU MAGAZINE
Oct 27, 2016

Flashpoints in Asian waters

There are four flashpoints in East Asia and Japan will be greatly impacted if a crisis develops in any of them.
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JAPAN / Politics
Oct 26, 2016

Duterte vows not to abandon Japan on security matters as he takes more jabs as U.S.

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, in his role as the chief ally of the United States, on Wednesday pressed Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte on the importance of the alliance with the U.S. in terms of securing the region.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Oct 26, 2016

Can the ultimate marketing campaign sell peace?

A Peace Age is possible, if we try hard enough.
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 25, 2016

Bollywood jingoism rebounds against India

In its long-running battle with neighboring Pakistan, India's in danger once again of shooting itself in the foot.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / NBA / NBA REPORT
Oct 25, 2016

Bulls hope to contend despite huge roster overhaul

The big news of the NBA summer was Kevin Durant leaving Oklahoma City for Golden State, thus, in theory, improving a team that set a record for the most wins in the history of the league.
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ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal / ANALYSIS
Oct 25, 2016

Probe finds Duterte deploying questionable data in ongoing violent crackdown on drug addicts

President Rodrigo Duterte ended a recent speech in Manila with a now-familiar claim: Two policemen are dying every day in his violent battle to rid the country of illegal drugs.
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WORLD
Oct 23, 2016

How the world's slums are shaping their futures

Residents of the world's slums are battling to carve out a place in the cities of the future.
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CULTURE / Books
Oct 22, 2016

Nationalism: a long shadow over Asia's precarious future

In 1945, year zero for "Nationalism in Asia", most of the region it describes was impoverished, backward and exhausted. After the calamitous Pacific War, China, India and Indonesia were in a final showdown with the great European colonial powers that had exploited them for decades. Korea had shrugged...
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LIFE / Travel / PHOTO ESSAY
Oct 22, 2016

Coffee from another age: The last 'kissaten' of Yanesen

Shigeo Ota spends six days a week behind the counter of his cafe, Aroma, watching TV and waiting for customers who rarely come. The cafe is in Komagome, a town in Tokyo's Bunkyo Ward, close the quiet neighborhoods of Yanaka, Nezu and Sendagi (collectively known "Ya-ne-sen"). There isn't much foot traffic...
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WORLD
Oct 21, 2016

Nations agree on global road map to steer breakneck urbanization

The United Nations formally adopted a global road map to grapple with rapid urbanization on Thursday, capping nearly two years of behind-the-scenes international negotiations aimed at designing development priorities for cities and towns over the long term.
COMMUNITY / Voices / VIEWS FROM THE STREET
Oct 19, 2016

Views from Kyoto: Who would you like to see win the U.S. presidential election?

People in Kyoto talk about who they would vote for if they could in next month's U.S. presidential election.
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 19, 2016

U.N. rewrites history; Jews look on bright side

The absurdity of a UNESCO resolution that denies any historical Jewish connection with the Temple Mount in Jerusalem may end up giving Israel a rare upper hand at the U.N.
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JAPAN / WORLD FORUM ON SPORT AND CULTURE
Oct 19, 2016

A blend of traditional and modern culture on display

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JAPAN / WORLD FORUM ON SPORT AND CULTURE
Oct 19, 2016

An excellent opportunity to kick-start industry growth

The Japanese sports industry now has a great opportunity to become a growing industry.
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CULTURE / Art
Oct 18, 2016

Sci-fi and fact at the Okayama Art Summit

The city of Okayama was flattened by incendiary bombs in 1945. Many people died, more than 12,000 homes were destroyed and Okayama's centuries-old wooden castle burned to its stone foundations. In 1966, the donjon was rebuilt with modern concrete, which was likely made in Mizushima — a smoke-spewing...
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Figure Skating / ICE TIME
Oct 18, 2016

Uno favored to take title at Skate America

Shoma Uno, the bronze medalist at last year's Grand Prix Final, will make his GP season debut at Skate America in Hoffman Estates, Illinois, this week where he will take on a field headed by rising Chinese star Jin Boyang.
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ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Oct 18, 2016

Americans in Philippines jittery as Duterte rails against United States

In a bar along the Philippines' Subic Bay owned by an American military veteran, the main topic of conversation is not the upcoming U.S. election despite the Donald Trump coffee mugs, photographs and caps on display.

Longform

A sinkhole in Yashio, which emerged in January, was triggered by a ruptured, aging sewer pipe. Authorities worry that similar sections of infrastructure across the country are also at risk of corrosion.
That sinking feeling: Japan’s aging sewers are an infrastructure time bomb