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BUSINESS
Aug 20, 2019

Haneda Innovation City: Cultural and technological complex next to Tokyo airport gets a name

A major cultural and technological complex to be built near Tokyo's Haneda airport has a name: Haneda Innovation City, or HICity for short.
WORLD / Politics
Aug 19, 2019

Trump's appeals to white racist fears may be a tougher sell in 2020

U.S. President Donald Trump's anti-immigrant rhetoric and focus on the grievances of white voters helped him win the 2016 election. But a Reuters analysis of public opinion over the last four years suggests that Trump's brand of white identity politics may be less effective in the 2020 election campaign....
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BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / Sac Bunts
Aug 19, 2019

Yuji Kondo continues to chart own path in broadcast booth

Yuji Kondo is standing in the home dugout at Tokyo Dome with his hands braced on the back of the bench as he listens to a fellow broadcaster tell him about a humorous interaction she had with an NPB player recently while covering a game. Kondo chuckles when she's done, straightening up and nodding his...
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MORE SPORTS
Aug 19, 2019

Optimism, temperatures rise during test event

The deadly summer heat in Tokyo has been one of the major ongoing issues for athletes and organizers as Japan prepares to host the 2020 Olympics.
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CULTURE / Art
Aug 19, 2019

Bontaro Dokuyama: The art of expression

After the Great East Japan Earthquake, Fukushima native Bontaro Dokuyama began to focus on becoming an artist, explaining that he didn't see much expression from his home area: 'If the audience enjoys having their thoughts provoked, that is enjoyable for me as an artist.'
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COMMUNITY / Voices / FOREIGN AGENDA
Aug 18, 2019

Dealing with the death of a friend while in Japan

When you live in Japan your friends are often your main system of support. If they happen to pass while they're here, you can sometimes be asked to step in for a relative.
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LIFE / Food & Drink / JAPANESE KITCHEN
Aug 17, 2019

Food to combat summer fatigue: Ginger pork with veggie pickles

Natsubate, the fatigue and lethargy you feel during the summer months, can seriously affect your energy levels. But eating the right food, such as this easy-to-make ginger pork, can help keep you feeling energized.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Aug 17, 2019

Giants' Hayato Sakamoto sets personal record with 32nd homer in triumph over Tigers

Just like the weather outside of the relatively comfortable and cool confines of Tokyo Dome, the Yomiuri Giants are starting to heat up again.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Aug 17, 2019

Police put road-rage suspect on wanted list

Ibaraki Prefectural Police put a 43-year-old man on a nationwide wanted list after he allegedly assaulted another driver in a high-profile case of road rage.
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COMMENTARY / World
Aug 17, 2019

You're better at choosing a pet than a spouse

Don't overthink it.
EDITORIALS
Aug 16, 2019

The old Russia rears its ugly head

Russia, and the U.S., must do more to head off the dangers of a new nuclear arms race.
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COMMENTARY / World
Aug 16, 2019

Why normal times will not return

The tiny silicon chip has placed power in mass hands to an unprecedented degree, and drastically weakened old political hierarchies in both democracies and autocracies alike.
Figure Skating / ICE TIME
Aug 15, 2019

Yuma Kagiyama looks to continue father's legacy

The sports landscape is filled with sons of famous fathers who could not live up to the family name. Many have tried to emulate success in the same sport, but were unable to approach their dad's greatness.
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BUSINESS / Markets
Aug 15, 2019

Hong Kong faces losses as Chinese firms reconsider IPOs in the city

Several Chinese companies are rethinking fundraising plans in Hong Kong as anti-government protests rock the city — an ominous sign for its future as a financial gateway between Asia's largest economy and the rest of the world.
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CULTURE / Film
Aug 14, 2019

'Cherry Blossoms and Demons': Swan song remains an ugly duckling

The late Kirin Kiki maintained such an industrious work schedule that moviegoers have had multiple chances to pay their last respects since she passed away last September. "Cherry Blossoms and Demons" is her actual swan song, albeit one that all but the most ardent fan can probably skip.
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BUSINESS / ANALYSIS
Aug 14, 2019

Going negative? As trade war rages, central banks ponder radical steps

The negative interest rate policy — an unconventional gambit once only considered by economies with chronically low inflation, such as Europe and Japan — is becoming a more attractive option for other central banks eager to counter unwelcome currency rises.
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CULTURE / Stage
Aug 13, 2019

The Theatre Olympics goes back to its roots for ninth iteration

Since the late 1970s, people from all over the world have traveled to the village of Toga in rural Toyama Prefecture to attend Tadashi Suzuki's renowned acting classes or to see the Suzuki Company of Toga (SCOT) and other invited artists perform at the site's specially crafted indoor and outdoor theater...
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BUSINESS
Aug 13, 2019

Strong yen poses risks for Japan as U.S.-China trade war continues

Japan Inc. is caught in the crossfire of the trade war between the United States and China, as a resurgent yen threatens to sap profits and complicate the economic outlook.
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ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Aug 13, 2019

Surge in arrests of foreign teachers reported as China pushes to clean up education system

Arrests and deportations of foreign teachers in China have soared this year, lawyers, schools and teachers say, amid a broad crackdown defined by new police tactics and Beijing's push for a "cleaner," more patriotic education system.
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WORLD / Politics
Aug 12, 2019

Guatemala election winner Alejandro Giammattei sets sights on changing U.S. migrant deal

Guatemalan conservative Alejandro Giammattei secured a crushing victory in a presidential election Sunday, and promised to seek better terms for his country from an unpopular migration deal agreed with Washington under duress last month.
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OLYMPICS
Aug 12, 2019

Canadian water polo teams show progress at Pan American Games, one year after Morioka camps

Holding training camps in Morioka, Iwate Prefecture, have helped Canada's men's and women's water polo teams achieve some of their loftiest goals.
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WORLD / Crime & Legal
Aug 12, 2019

Lawyers say Jeffrey Epstein's victims will sue financier's estate this week

Lawyers for several women who say they were sexually abused by disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein plan to file lawsuits this week against his estate following his apparent suicide in a New York jail cell.
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JAPAN / Politics
Aug 11, 2019

In generational shift, Japan stands firm in feud with South Korea

When Yohei Kono made a landmark 1993 apology to the wartime "comfort women," the chief Cabinet secretary was speaking for a moderate conservative mainstream seeking to reconcile with its Asian neighbors.
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ASIA PACIFIC / FOCUS
Aug 11, 2019

Myanmar politicians take advantage of China's junket tours

The National League for Democracy was forged in an uprising against one-party rule. Its activists spent years in jail under Myanmar's military junta. But since taking power three years ago, the party led by Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi has found an unlikely ally — the Chinese Communist Party.
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CULTURE / Art
Aug 10, 2019

Reborn-Art Festival: A Tohoku community gets a new lease on life

Climbing the stairs of Ishinomaki's first department store, built in 1930, I can hear the sound of a man singing and the gentle strumming of an acoustic guitar. The voice is not one of a professional crooner; it's raspy and unsure, and sounds like an amateur retelling a tale of sorrow without too much...

Longform

After the asset-price bubble crash of the early 1990s, employment at a Japanese company was no longer necessarily for life. As a result, a new generation is less willing to endure a toxic work culture —life’s too short, after all.
How Japan's youth are slowly changing the country's work ethic