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Aug 3, 2017

Murata-N'Dam rematch set for Oct. 22 at Ryogoku Kokugikan

After a controversial loss in his first world title shot in May, Ryota Murata has publicly adopted an "it-happens-when-it-happens" attitude about his potential rematch against the same opponent.
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WORLD / Society
Aug 3, 2017

Montreal's Olympic Stadium opens for asylum seekers coming from U.S.

Canadian health authorities and aid workers are using an Olympic stadium to shelter asylum seekers as a growing number of people walk into the country from the United States.
EDITORIALS
Aug 2, 2017

Kagoike arrest isn't end of story

Prosecutors should refrain from using their arrest of the Kagoikes as an excuse for not acting on the Moritomo Gakuen land deal probe.
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COMMENTARY / World
Aug 2, 2017

Time for Europe's philosophers to speak up

Europe will look quite different after Brexit because forces are at work internationally and globally that are changing the whole pattern of European collaboration.
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CULTURE / TV & Streaming
Aug 2, 2017

Winter has finally come for Isaac Hempstead Wright

It's Monday night and the newly opened Brew La La craft beer bar in Tokyo's Shinbashi neighborhood is hopping. As the clock strikes 8 p.m., however, the 60 or so people gathered there fall silent. "Game of Thrones" is on.
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MORE SPORTS
Aug 2, 2017

U.S. to set up 2020 Olympics base at Tokyo American Club

Tokyo American Club has been reserved as the site for USA House at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, the country's Olympic committee revealed there on Wednesday.
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WORLD
Jul 31, 2017

80% of Thai warning system crumbling 12 years after surprise tsunami

Up to 80 percent of Thailand's tsunami warning system needs maintenance work, the deputy director-general of its disaster prevention department said on Monday, more than a decade after the region was hit by a tsunami that killed 226,000 people.
LIFE / Language / NEWS IN NIHONGO
Jul 31, 2017

Japanese treat themselves on annual eel-eating day

July 25 marked a traditional eel-eating 'Doyo no Ushi no Hi,' or the Day of the Ox.
LIFE / Language / MORNING ENGLISH
Jul 31, 2017

Let's discuss "One Piece"

Popular manga 'One Piece' will become a live-action TV drama through a collaboration with a Hollywood production team.
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CULTURE / Art
Jul 30, 2017

Southeast Asian art gets its biggest showing in Japan

A few years ago, at the press conference for Taiwanese artist Lee Mingwei's solo show at the Mori Art Museum (MAM), Fumio Nanjo, the museum director, talked about the direction the museum would be taking from then on; they were no longer so interested in "the West" and were aiming to focus more on Asia....
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JAPAN
Jul 30, 2017

Image analysis reveals North Korea may have planned to send first ICBM test much closer to Japan

A new imagery analysis obtained exclusively by The Japan Times sheds light on how North Korea views Japan and Tokyo's American protector as it seeks to master the technology for a long-range missile.
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BASKETBALL / HOOP SCOOP
Jul 29, 2017

Documentary on former hoop star Neumann's life provides a cautionary tale

Hoop aficionados from Harlem to Hokkaido can appreciate the details of a good global basketball odyssey.
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MULTIMEDIA
Jul 28, 2017

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BUSINESS
Jul 26, 2017

New women-only capsule hotel to open in central Tokyo as firm sees strong demand

Two Tokyo firms are set to open a women-only capsule hotel in Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward Thursday in an effort to meet a need for simple and reasonable accommodation for women.

Longform

Figure skater Akiko Suzuki was once told her ideal weight should be 47 kilograms, a number she now admits she “naively believed.” This led to her have a relationship with food that resulted in her suffering from anorexia.
The silent battle Japanese athletes fight with weight