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COMMENTARY / World
May 2, 2016

Playing by the rules in the South China Sea

In making maintenance of a 'rules-based global order' a core strategic priority, Australia's new defense white paper adopts language not often found at the heart of national defense charters.
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May 2, 2016

Inoue determined to help Japan keep pace in judo

Judo had always been a reliable provider of Olympic medals for Japan since the sport was first officially included in the 1964 Tokyo Games.
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WORLD / Politics
May 2, 2016

Trump says it's over for Cruz before Indiana, urges voters to back his 'mandate for genius'

Front-runner Donald Trump said on Sunday that he will have essentially sealed the Republican U.S. presidential nomination if he wins Tuesday's contest in Indiana, where he holds a big lead over chief rival Ted Cruz.
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WORLD / Society
May 2, 2016

Connecticut governor gets JFK award for defying foes, taking in Syrian refugees

Connecticut Gov. Dannel Malloy was honored on Sunday by the family of John F. Kennedy for embracing Syrian refugees at a time when other U.S. leaders sought to turn them away.
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BASKETBALL
May 1, 2016

Conference semifinals set after opening weekend of bj-league playoff action

With one action-packed weekend of playoff games in the books, the number of title-chasing teams is now down to eight.
CULTURE / TV & Streaming
May 1, 2016

Is it fifth time's the charm for 'Game of Thrones' in Japan?

Last week, the sixth season of "Game of Thrones" premiered to record ratings in the United States. When factoring in all the ways people watch it — live as it airs and streamed later — the episode titled "The Red Woman" brought in 10.7 million viewers, beating the 10.3 million record set by last...
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COMMUNITY / Issues / THE FOREIGN ELEMENT
May 1, 2016

Foreign volunteers helping to rebuild lives in Kumamoto

The truth is, as many volunteers are needed as can help the many homeowners who want possessions recovered from destroyed homes, or who need trash and heavy broken appliances pulled out of their otherwise intact dwellings.
COMMENTARY / World
May 1, 2016

Cheap oil's silver lining for the Gulf region

Economic diversification — so long preached rather than implemented — is now a necessity for the Gulf's oil states as petroleum prices plummet.
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JAPAN / GENERATIONAL CHANGE
May 1, 2016

Ex-bureaucrat on mission to trigger technological revolution

Almost a decade before the March 2011 quake and tsunami triggered the triple core meltdown at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant, Ko Fujii knew the government could not effectively communicate the risks of nuclear technology.
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May 1, 2016

McLeod runs fastest 110-meter hurdles time of 2016

Jamaican Omar McLeod clocked the fastest time of the year to win the 110 meters hurdles at the Drake Relays in Iowa on Saturday as Olympic champion Aries Merritt finished fifth on his return from a kidney transplant.
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MULTIMEDIA
May 1, 2016

[VIDEO] Competitors in the 2016 FCI Japan International Dog Show

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LIFE / Lifestyle
Apr 30, 2016

Heel! A ruff guide to Japan's top dogs

Behind the scenes of the country's largest dog show.
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LIFE / Style & Design / ON: DESIGN
Apr 30, 2016

Our picks from Salone del Mobile Milano 2016

As always, Japan was well-represented at Salone del Mobile Milano last month, with Sou Fujimoto creating a forest of spotlights for clothing retailer H&M's COS brand, Panasonic's "Kukan — The Invention of Space" installation, as well as separate exhibitions, including the Experimental Creations showcase...
OLYMPICS
Apr 30, 2016

Gymnast Kato, judoka Nomura included on top 100 all-time Olympians list

Distinguished journalist Joe Posnanski, a columnist for the NBC SportsWorld website, recently compiled a list of top 100 all-time Olympians.
WORLD
Apr 29, 2016

Asian-American group targets swing states in U.S. presidential race

By Luciana Lopez
OLYMPICS
Apr 29, 2016

Show jumper Keach returning to Olympics after 28 years

Australian show jumper Scott Keach will not be alone in competing in his second Olympics in Rio later this year but it is unlikely anyone else in the Athletes' Village will have waited so long for another taste of the Summer Games.
WORLD
Apr 29, 2016

U.S. agencies split over fingerprinting parents of child immigrants

U.S. immigration enforcement officers are proposing that fingerprints be taken from all people claiming custody of children who have entered the United States illegally without an adult relative, a measure that opponents said could keep thousands of families apart.
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JAPAN
Apr 29, 2016

In quake-prone Japan, Kumamoto temblors stir worry of 'Tokyo X Day'

There's nothing comical about this manga: office building windows shatter, trains derail and cars plunge from buckling bridges. It all happens at 4:35 p.m. on a day dubbed "Tokyo's X Day."
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CULTURE / Stage
Apr 28, 2016

Theater festival's roots dig deep into Shizuoka

In recent years, theater fans and artists here and abroad have increasingly been wakening up to the fact that cherry blossoms aren't the only spring bounty in Japan.
BUSINESS / Economy
Apr 28, 2016

BOJ holds off on more stimulus to gauge impact of negative rate

The Bank of Japan held off on expanding monetary stimulus, as Gov. Haruhiko Kuroda and his colleagues opted to take more time to assess the impact of negative interest rates.
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WORLD / Politics
Apr 28, 2016

Half of Americans think presidential nominating system 'rigged': poll

More than half of American voters believe that the system U.S. political parties use to pick their candidates for the White House is "rigged" and more than two-thirds want to see the process changed, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll.
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WORLD / Politics
Apr 28, 2016

Sanders to shed 'hundreds' of paid staff in noncritical states, focus on California

Bernie Sanders announced Wednesday that he would soon be laying off "hundreds" of paid staffers to his presidential campaign and redirect his remaining resources to California.
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WORLD / Politics
Apr 28, 2016

In last-ditch bid to blunt Trump, Cruz taps Fiorina as running mate

U.S. Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz, in a last-ditch bid to slow front-runner Donald Trump's momentum, on Wednesday named former business executive Carly Fiorina to be his vice presidential running mate if he wins the nomination.

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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