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Feb 16, 2023

Lewis Hamilton vows to continue speaking out about social issues

Hamilton has used his platform to highlight racial injustice, promote diversity and address a range of issues from the environment to human rights.
BUSINESS / Economy
Feb 16, 2023

BOJ head nominee Kazuo Ueda to speak at Lower House Feb. 24, lawmaker says

The hearing will be closely watched by markets for clues on how the 71-year-old academic could steer the central bank out its prolonged ultraloose monetary policy.
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WORLD
Feb 16, 2023

Three women and two children pulled from rubble in Turkey as aid reaches Syria

The combined death toll in Turkey and Syria has climbed to more than 41,000, and millions are in need of humanitarian aid.
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WORLD / Politics
Feb 15, 2023

Scotland's Nicola Sturgeon quits, saying she is too divisive to win independence

Sturgeon became SNP leader in the wake of a 2014 independence referendum when Scotland voted 55% to 45% to remain part of the United Kingdom.
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COMMENTARY / Japan
Feb 15, 2023

What Kazuo Ueda’s past says about the BOJ’s future

Japan’s new central bank boss, Kazuo Ueda, is being likened to a wise old policy 'owl' rather than a 'dove' or a 'hawk.'
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Feb 15, 2023

Great Britain, Czechs join growing boxing world championships boycott

The International Boxing Association has urged boxers to ignore the boycott and said it will fund those wanting to compete in the championships.
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Feb 15, 2023

Tiger Woods laments 'turbulent' time for golf

While banned from PGA Tour events, LIV players have been invited to compete at the Masters, with tensions potentially expected at the traditional champions' dinner.
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BUSINESS / Economy
Feb 15, 2023

U.S. inflation eases but policymakers' battle not over

The U.S. central bank has hiked interest rates rapidly in the past year to raise borrowing costs and cool demand in the world's biggest economy.
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WORLD / Science & Health
Feb 15, 2023

Omicron variant, thought to be milder, can increase risk for diabetes

Rates of newly diagnosed diabetes, high blood pressure and elevated cholesterol were higher in the 90 days after COVID-19 infection than the period before, according to a study.
Japan Times
WORLD
Feb 15, 2023

New aid route to rebel-held Syria opens as quake toll nears 40,000

Rare survivors were pulled from the debris eight days after the 7.8 magnitude quake struck Syria and Turkey.
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COMMENTARY / World
Feb 14, 2023

Putin cronies and criminals gear up to steal Russia

Owing to Vladimir Putin’s war in Ukraine and the West’s response, hundreds of billions of dollars’ worth of assets are up for grabs in Russia.
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COMMENTARY / World
Feb 14, 2023

China’s economic coercion isn’t as scary as it sounds

China's decision-making is dominated by strategic calculations and Beijing puts the preservation of social stability ahead of penalizing countries for damaging its interests.
BUSINESS / Economy
Feb 14, 2023

Policy path in focus as Kazuo Ueda nominated to be Bank of Japan chief

An academic, author and former BOJ board member, Ueda will be tasked with leading the BOJ through a challenging period.
JAPAN
Feb 14, 2023

Requirement for preschool bus safety devices set to come into force

The new rule follows a series of incidents in which children were left unattended inside buses or other vehicles, with some of them resulting in deaths.
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JAPAN / Science & Health
Feb 14, 2023

Japan rolls out 'humble and lovable' delivery robots

From April, revised traffic laws will allow self-driving delivery robots to navigate streets across the country.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Feb 14, 2023

Japanese artist turns heads with freaky flesh-like accessories

Masataka Shishido says his art is often made-to-order by customers who request their own body parts on the items.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Feb 14, 2023

Japan deepens diversity lag with no women among BOJ nominees

The nominations came amid heightened expectations that Prime Minister Fumio Kishida was looking to choose the first female deputy governor in the Bank of Japan’s 140-year history.
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Feb 14, 2023

Las Vegas betting reputation as party capital on Super Bowl

Even without the game, Super Bowl weekend is already the second-busiest of the year for Las Vegas, with more than 300,000 pouring onto the Strip filling casino sportbooks.
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WORLD
Feb 14, 2023

Olena Kurylo, known as face of Ukraine war, recalls Russia's invasion

'They took my picture, and I didn't care. I wasn't thinking about anything. Then I thanked God I was still alive.'
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BUSINESS / Companies
Feb 13, 2023

Toyota to ramp up on batteries but keep its options open, new CEO says

Koji Sato said that Toyota would continue to focus on pursuing a number of different technologies in its drive toward carbon-neutral vehicles.
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WORLD
Feb 13, 2023

Britain’s cherished NHS wrestles with its ‘reform or die’ moment

Programs and studies are focusing on finding ways to reduce the burden on the NHS by keeping people out of its overstretched hospitals.
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COMMENTARY / World
Feb 13, 2023

The U.S. needs five times as many child psychiatrists

American kids are struggling with mental anxiety and other issues and there are too few trained adults available to help them.
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COMMENTARY / World
Feb 13, 2023

World should tip the scales in Myanmar’s civil war

With Myanmar's civil war having reached a stalemate, the international community should step in, recognize the civilian government and deliver weapons to its armed wing.
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JAPAN / Regional Voices: Okinawa
Feb 13, 2023

As Japan considers easing virus guidance, Okinawan children fear unmasked life

Even among adults, opinions are divided on how society should handle the coronavirus, including on the issue of whether or not to remove masks — which only adds to unease for children.
Japan Times
WORLD
Feb 13, 2023

Scholz’s Social Democrats crash to worst result ever in Berlin election

The SPD failed to win an election in the German capital for the first time since 1999 as the conservative Christian Democrats surged to victory.
Japan Times
WORLD
Feb 13, 2023

Ruling out aliens? Senior U.S. general says not ruling out anything yet

Recent incidents come as the Pentagon has undertaken a new push to investigate military sightings of unidentified objects.

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