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CULTURE / Stage
Oct 27, 2015

Japan-Korea dramas shine

Festival/Tokyo, which bills itself as "Japan's leading performing-arts event," is notable this year for its international collaborations — especially between Japanese and Korean dramatists, whose works comprise three of the 12 main programs in its Oct. 31-Dec. 6 span.
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 26, 2015

Sharp slashes operating profit forecast on slumping demand in China

Sharp Corp. lowered its operating profit forecast on slumping demand for smartphone displays in China and said it will not forecast net income until the results of reforms are clearer.
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LIFE / Style & Design
Oct 24, 2015

Tokyo fashion week: womenswear gets a welcome jolt of energy

The 2016 spring/summer womenswear lineup certainly threw up its fair share of surprises at Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Tokyo earlier this month. The biggest talking point of the shows, however, was an edgy tribute to one of the country's traditional garbs — the luxurious kimono.
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COMMENTARY / COUNTERPOINT
Oct 24, 2015

Assessing Japan's rightward shift at the top

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is Japan's most ideological postwar prime minister, pushing right-wing policies on numerous fronts that trample on postwar norms and values. He has been able to do so because he has the Diet in his back pocket, but how did this tectonic shift in Japanese politics happen?
CULTURE / Music
Oct 23, 2015

Roth Bart Baron gets theatrical on latest album, 'Atom'

Listening to Roth Bart Baron, it's not hard to hear the influence of Montreal-style indie rock on the band. But the duo believes if you dig deeper on its second album, "Atom," you can also hear a sci-fi ode to Tokyo.
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JAPAN / Politics / CABINET INTERVIEW
Oct 23, 2015

Kono flags crackdown on expat 'welfare cheats'

The government considers toughening eligibility requirements for welfare benefits in a move that could affect a number of foreign residents.
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BUSINESS / Economy
Oct 23, 2015

BOJ to snip GDP, inflation forecasts for 2015, 2016

The Bank of Japan will cut its growth and inflation outlook for this fiscal year at a rate review next week, but only slightly tweak its projections for next year, sources said, possibly tempering expectations that the central bank will soon ease monetary policy further.
BUSINESS / FOCUS
Oct 22, 2015

As China weakens, recession stalks North Asia

The slowdown in China's economy, the world's second largest, is sucking the growth out of North Asia and tilting some economies toward recession.
BUSINESS / Economy
Oct 21, 2015

Aussie Labor Party clears path to landmark China trade pact

Australia's main opposition Labor Party said on Wednesday it was dropping its final objections to the passage of a landmark free trade agreement with China, clearing the last impediment to its ratification before the end of the year.
WORLD / Politics
Oct 21, 2015

Cruz-, Rubio-backed immigration crackdown bill blocked by Senate

An immigration crackdown bill co-sponsored by the two Hispanic-Americans running for president was blocked Tuesday in the Senate by Democrats.
EDITORIALS
Oct 20, 2015

The never-ending war

The U.S. cannot want a safe and stable Afghanistan more than the government in Kabul does. That is a recipe for a truly never-ending war.
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WORLD
Oct 20, 2015

Germany, Turkey and Italy will keep troops in Afghanistan, NATO officials say

Germany, Turkey and Italy are set to keep their deployments in Afghanistan at current levels, senior NATO officials said Monday after the U.S. government decided to prolong its 14-year-long military presence there.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / HIT AND RUN
Oct 19, 2015

Hara leaves big shoes for next Giants manager to fill

Other than the timing, the news of Tatsunori Hara's decision to step down as manager of the Yomiuri Giants didn't exactly come out of left field.
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WORLD / Politics
Oct 19, 2015

Bush-Trump tit-for-tat over 9/11 blame continues

Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush transitioned from defense to offense on Sunday after criticism from rival Donald Trump that his brother, former President George W. Bush, carried some blame for the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks.
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WORLD
Oct 17, 2015

Amid safety concerns, U.S. plans to establish registry for drones

The Obama administration, faced with a surge in unauthorized drone flights, is set to announce a new initiative on Monday aimed at registering the owners of unmanned aerial systems (UAS), people familiar with the matter said Friday.
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WORLD / Politics
Oct 16, 2015

Clinton outspends all rivals in building campaign juggernaut

Hillary Rodham Clinton spent $26 million over the summer building up her 2016 campaign, more than any of her rivals either within her own Democratic Party or the Republican side, as she sought to build a formidable organization to help her capture the White House.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Oct 16, 2015

Security legislation promises more than it can deliver

Japan's new security legislation will do little to deter China or North Korea, and the SDF is not large or strong enough to turn the tides of war in international peacekeeping and possible U.S.-led war efforts.
WORLD / Politics
Oct 15, 2015

France says Iran missile test 'worrying' violation of U.N. resolution

Iran's test of a ballistic missile earlier this week was a clear violation of a U.N. Security Council resolution and sends "a worrying message," French Foreign Ministry spokesman Romain Nadal said on Thursday.

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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