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OLYMPICS
Jun 2, 2016

Olympic chiefs back five sports for Tokyo 2020

Five sports, including baseball, skateboarding and surfing, are set to feature at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics after the IOC on Wednesday recommended them to attract a younger audience and boost local support for the games.
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WORLD / Politics
Jun 2, 2016

Clinton to target Trump foreign policy credentials as California appears trending toward Sanders

Democratic presidential front-runner Hillary Clinton's campaign signaled on Wednesday plans for a big assault on Republican Donald Trump even as she battles to hold off rival Bernie Sanders in California.
JAPAN / Politics
Jun 1, 2016

Abe delays tax hike weeks before election

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Wednesday announced he is pushing back a second-stage hike in the consumption tax, from April next year to October of 2019.
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CULTURE / Film / Wide Angle
Jun 1, 2016

The EU is on firm ground when it comes to film

The European Union might be teetering on the brink of collapse politically, but culturally it's still presenting a united front. EU Film Days, a showcase of movies from Portugal to Lithuania, Finland to Greece, is entering its sixth year in Japan, with daily screenings throughout the rainy season at...
BUSINESS
Jun 1, 2016

Crisis management driving Japan Inc. deals as firms divest

The nation's companies are targeting mergers and acquisitions abroad as the third-largest economy stagnates, yet it is crisis management that is driving deal volume in the country this year, not international expansion.
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JAPAN
May 31, 2016

Study faults Japan for inaction on modern-day slavery

Almost 46 million people are trapped in modern-day slavery, two-thirds of them in the Asia-Pacific region, according to a study released Tuesday.
COMMENTARY / World
May 30, 2016

Is Chancellor Angela Merkel on the brink?

The internal EU and German domestic debates are testing Merkel's leadership as never before.
COMMENTARY / Japan / SENTAKU MAGAZINE
May 30, 2016

GPIF: an abode of demons

As was the case with its predecessor body, the Government Pension Investment Fund is linked closely to the interests of politicians and bureaucrats.
COMMENTARY / World
May 30, 2016

Britain at the crossroads as 'Brexit' vote looms

The 'Brexit' referendum is the most important vote in Europe in a half-century.
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WORLD / Crime & Legal
May 30, 2016

Judge branded as 'hater' by Trump unseals documents in suit against candidate's university

A judge, called a "hater" by Donald Trump for his handling of a lawsuit related to the businessman's Trump University real estate school, has unsealed documents related to the case.
WORLD / Politics
May 30, 2016

'Little Marco' Rubio rules out being on Trump ticket but now 'honored' to help him win presidency

Former U.S. Republican presidential candidate Marco Rubio on Sunday ruled out becoming Donald Trump's vice presidential running mate, but said he'd be "honored" to play some kind of a role in helping him win the White House.
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MULTIMEDIA
May 29, 2016

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JAPAN
May 29, 2016

Trump blasts Obama for not mentioning Pearl Harbor during Hiroshima visit

Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump targets the United States' relationship with Japan again when he slams President Barack Obama for not raising the 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor.
COMMENTARY / Japan
May 29, 2016

Japan won't go quietly into the night as population falls

For a nation that rebuilt itself from the ashes of war, the modern challenge of repopulation should surely not prove impossible.
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ASIA PACIFIC / Society
May 29, 2016

Industry helps Chinese game their way into and through U.S. colleges

The advertisements were tailored for Chinese college students far from home struggling with the English language and an unfamiliar culture.
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WORLD / Science & Health
May 29, 2016

WHO rejects medical experts' call for delaying or moving Rio Olympics due to Zika

The World Health Organization on Saturday rejected a call for the Rio Olympic Games to be moved or postponed due to the threat posed by a large outbreak of Zika virus in Brazil.
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LIFE / Lifestyle
May 28, 2016

Whispers of ASMR are softly rising in Japan

The sensation begins at the base of my skull. It radiates up to my scalp, behind my ears, and across my forehead. It creeps down my spine and out to my fingertips like a faint, slow-moving spark along a fuse. This mysterious and wonderful feeling has a name and over the past decade awareness of it has...
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COMMENTARY / COUNTERPOINT
May 28, 2016

Understanding anti-base sentiment in Okinawa

The recent murder of a 20-year-old Okinawan woman by a civilian employee of the U.S. Kadena Air Base on Okinawa has inflamed local antipathy toward the U.S. military's presence. Sadly, this horrific crime fits into a larger pattern of sexual violence that has become all too familiar to Okinawans and...
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / 20 QUESTIONS
May 28, 2016

Thomas Bertrand: 'My passion for food makes me very curious'

French entrepreneur on bento boxes on trains and putting a bit of salt and lemon on rice.

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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