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JAPAN / Regional Voices: Tohoku
Apr 25, 2022

Miyagi high schools embracing coed culture after 12 years in transition

Despite mixed reactions, the prefecture's educators strive to create a place where boys and girls can learn together.
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BUSINESS
Apr 25, 2022

Majority of India’s 900 million workforce stop looking for jobs

Frustrated at not being able to find the right kind of job, millions of Indians, particularly women, are exiting the labor force entirely.
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JAPAN
Apr 25, 2022

Ukraine apologizes for linking Hirohito and Hitler in official tweet

An official Ukrainian government Twitter account apologized after showing a picture of Emperor Hirohito alongside Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini in video about the defeat of fascism.
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JAPAN / Regional Voices: Hokkaido
Apr 25, 2022

Hokkaido underprepared for offshore winter quakes and 'ice tsunami' destruction

Ice tsunamis can block the spaces between buildings and in streets, causing water to overflow into open spaces and cause faster and higher levels of flooding than otherwise expected.
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BUSINESS / Markets
Apr 25, 2022

Seeing worse year than 2008, hedge fund cuts China stocks to zero

As China's markets gyrate following COVID-19 outbreaks and Russia's invasion of Ukraine, one of the nation's best-performing macro hedge funds is bracing for more pain.
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WORLD / Science & Health
Apr 25, 2022

First all-private astronaut team aboard space station undocks for flight home

The flight home was postponed for several days due to unfavorable weather at the splashdown zone, extending the Axiom crew's stay in orbit.
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WORLD / Politics / ANALYSIS
Apr 25, 2022

In troubled France, no honeymoon for re-elected Macron

The president's second term could be even rockier than the first with mounting political opposition and boiling social discontent.
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ASIA PACIFIC
Apr 25, 2022

Chinese naval base in Solomon Islands would be ‘red line,’ Australian PM says

Scott Morrison has been accused of not moving quickly enough to avoid a security agreement between Honiara and Beijing.
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WORLD
Apr 25, 2022

Ukraine’s farmers fight on the front line of global food crisis

Ukraine is the world's largest producer of sunflower oil and ranks among the top six exporters of wheat, corn, chicken and even honey.
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BUSINESS / Tech
Apr 25, 2022

Twitter under shareholder pressure to seek deal with Musk, sources say

While the views of Twitter shareholders vary over what a fair price for a deal would be, many urged the firm not to let the opportunity for a deal slip away.
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COMMUNITY / Issues / THE FOREIGN ELEMENT
Apr 25, 2022

Teaching neglected children the skills they need for life at YouMeWe

After playing Santa Claus one day in 2007 and giving presents to orphans, Michael Clemons has devoted himself to giving even more.
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COMMENTARY / World / Geoeconomic Briefing
Apr 25, 2022

China’s 'wolf warrior' diplomacy at a crossroads amid Ukraine crisis

Confrontation between democratic states — including the U.S., Europe and Japan — and authoritarian states centered around China and Russia has become clearer in recent times.
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WORLD
Apr 25, 2022

Top U.S. officials meet Zelenskyy in show of solidarity with Ukraine

This is the highest-level U.S. visit to the war-torn country since Russia invaded, but Ukraine's leader said the envoys 'should not come here with empty hands.'
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JAPAN / Science & Health
Apr 24, 2022

Japan's Shionogi says COVID-19 pill shows rapid clearance of virus

The pill, S-217622, 'demonstrated rapid clearance of the infectious SARS-CoV-2 virus,' the Japanese drugmaker Shionogi says.
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JAPAN
Apr 24, 2022

COVID-19 tracker: Tokyo reports 4,936 cases in slight drop from last week

The seven-day average of new infections dropped from 6,723.1 to 5,467.1 a week earlier, while no deaths were reported.
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COMMENTARY / World
Apr 24, 2022

Is Wimbledon’s ban on Russians a double fault?

Banning players from Russia and Belarus does more to preserve the tennis tournament as a politics-free zone than support Ukraine's war effort.
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MORE SPORTS
Apr 24, 2022

X Games soar in Japan debut as action sports fans flock to Chiba

Tens of thousands of fans turned up as the X Games, known for igniting the mainstream popularity of action sports, took place in Japan for the first time over the weekend.
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WORLD
Apr 24, 2022

Mystery liver disease in children spurs urgent investigation

One child has died and more than a dozen have undergone liver transplants as a result of a mysterious outbreak of severe acute hepatitis.
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BUSINESS
Apr 24, 2022

As Elon Musk bids for Twitter, his fight to tweet freely hits snag

As Musk ramps up his battle to buy Twitter Inc., the lingering ramifications of his prior use of the social media platform may come back to haunt him.
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MORE SPORTS
Apr 24, 2022

Lewis Hamilton writes off F1 title hopes after new low at Imola

Hamilton, the most successful F1 driver of all time with 103 wins, said a lot of work was going on to fix the car's problems but 'it is what it is.'
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CULTURE / Books
Apr 24, 2022

‘Cold Enough for Snow’: A meditation on the intricacies of mother-daughter relationships

Jessica Au's finely observed novel about understanding the inner lives of those close to us draws readers into a dreamlike vision of Japan.
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COMMUNITY / Our Lives / 20 QUESTIONS
Apr 24, 2022

Kristopher Kwiatek: 'If you keep working hard, you'll end up somewhere pretty good'

Most parents get involved with their child's schooling at an early age and back off as they get older. Principal Kristopher Kwiatek says, 'stay involved.'
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LIFE / Food & Drink / JAPANESE KITCHEN
Apr 24, 2022

Recipe: Osaka-style okonomiyaki

The perfect, savory vessel for all your favorite foods.
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BASEBALL / MLB
Apr 24, 2022

To get to the Cubs, Seiya Suzuki needed a new idol

Ichiro Suzuki and Mike Trout represent wildly different body types and playing styles, but their unique abilities converged in influencing the career path of Seiya Suzuki.
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LIFE / Food & Drink
Apr 24, 2022

Mushi Charo: From hellish waters, heavenly flavors

With thousands of hot-spring sources in Beppu, it's no wonder the town's chefs have started putting geothermals to good use in the kitchen.
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LIFE / Lifestyle
Apr 23, 2022

Is 30 minutes of exercise a day enough?

Science says you may need less exercise than you think to live a long and healthy life.

Longform

Construction equipment sits idle in a park near Shiba Toshogu shrine in Tokyo's Minato Ward. While Japan has a history of treating its trees with reverence, green coverage is said to be lacking in most of the major cities.
Do Japan's trees no longer occupy the sacred space they used to?