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Feb 24, 2021

Tiger Woods suffers serious leg injuries in car wreck

Golfing champion Tiger Woods was hospitalized in Los Angeles on Tuesday with severe leg injuries suffered when his car swerved off a road and rolled down a steep hillside, requiring rescue crews to pry him from the wreckage.
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WORLD
Feb 22, 2021

Clubhouse chats are breached, raising concerns over security

A week after popular audio chatroom app Clubhouse said it was taking steps to ensure user data couldn’t be stolen by malicious hackers or spies, at least one attacker has shown that the platform’s live audio can be siphoned.
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COMMUNITY / Our Lives / ADOPT ME!
Feb 22, 2021

Chira is a chill cat looking for a place to spend her golden years

Chira the cat came to the Animal Refuge Kansai (ARK) shelter with her siblings just a few months after the Great East Japan Earthquake of March 2011, a decade ago. She is now 19 years old, which is a grand age for a cat.
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WORLD / Science & Health
Feb 21, 2021

Russia reports world's first cases of H5N8 bird flu in humans

Russia said it found the world’s first cases of the H5N8 strain of avian influenza in humans, though the virus isn’t yet spreading between people.
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COMMENTARY / World
Feb 20, 2021

Flying taxis are an extremely expensive ride

Despite their cost, air taxis could soon become reality thanks to advances in batteries, software and lightweight materials.
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WORLD
Feb 20, 2021

People who have had COVID-19 should get single vaccine dose, studies suggest

New studies show that one shot of a vaccine can greatly amplify antibody levels in those who have recovered from the coronavirus.
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COMMENTARY / Japan
Feb 19, 2021

A decade after 3/11, what lessons has Japan learned?

The March 11, 2011, earthquake's impact on the people and government of Japan has been both physical and philosophical.
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COMMENTARY / Japan
Feb 19, 2021

Toyota broke its just-in-time rule just in time for the chip shortage

In contrast to the rest of the auto industry, Japan's Toyota Motor Corp. said it wasn't expecting a shortfall of semiconductors to affect its production.
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CULTURE / Film
Feb 18, 2021

'Under the Open Sky' depicts what lies between good and evil

Director Miwa Nishikawa's latest film stars Koji Yakusho as a hardened ex-con trying to restart his life after spending 13 years behind bars.
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BUSINESS
Feb 18, 2021

Cash-loving Japan shifts from notes and coins in boost for banks

As banks move toward digitalization, the pandemic has added an incentive for consumers and merchants to avoid touching physical money.
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BASEBALL / MLB
Feb 18, 2021

Fernando Tatis Jr. agrees to record extension with Padres

Tatis, 22, won a Silver Slugger award after hitting .277 with 17 home runs and 45 RBIs in 59 games during the pandemic-shortened 2020 season.
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CULTURE / Stage
Feb 18, 2021

'Yabuhara Kengyo' shows audiences that justice isn't always blind

Kabuki actor Ichikawa Ennosuke IV takes on the role of Suginoichi, the cunning antihero of Hisashi Inoue's play about social oppression.
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PODCAST / deep dive
Feb 17, 2021

Episode 82: The sexism scandal engulfing the Tokyo 2020 Olympics

New York Times bureau chief Motoko Rich breaks down Tokyo Olympic President Yoshiro Mori's sexist comments and what his resignation says about the status of women in Japanese society.
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BUSINESS
Feb 17, 2021

Twitter’s clash with India government gives boost to local rival

The Koo app shot to prominence after the San Francisco company got into a weekslong standoff with the Indian government over blocking certain content.
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TENNIS
Feb 16, 2021

Naomi Osaka to face Serena Williams in Australian Open semifinals

Naomi Osaka has never lost a Grand Slam after making the quarterfinals, and if all goes to plan at the Australian Open, she will be savoring a fourth major triumph before her 24th birthday.
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ASIA PACIFIC
Feb 16, 2021

China eyes rare earth export curbs for U.S. defense, report says

China is exploring whether it can hurt U.S. defense contractors by limiting supplies of rare-earth minerals that are critical to the industry, the Financial Times reported.
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ASIA PACIFIC
Feb 15, 2021

Treetop sensors help Indonesia eavesdrop on forests to curb illegal logging

Clipped onto a rope, climbing high up in a tree swaying in gusts of wind, Topher White finally reaches the roof of the rainforest and opens a laptop to run checks on a machine he built to transmit 24-hour live sound from the surrounding forest.
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LIFE / Food & Drink / Women of Taste
Feb 13, 2021

Yoko Nagatomo Shiomi: An unusual heir to a 144-year-old miso brewery

Thanks to its strong female leadership, Kanena Miso & Soy Sauce Brewery has weathered war, shifts in taste and now the pandemic.
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ESG CONSORTIUM
Feb 12, 2021

Mymizu’s water app just first step to ending plastic waste

From conservation to climate change, the environmental challenges of our times are daunting and can seem distant from our everyday lives.
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ESG CONSORTIUM
Feb 12, 2021

Think tank API critiques Japan's COVID policies under Abe, Suga

Within a year, the Japanese government has issued two states of emergency over the COVID-19 pandemic under two prime ministers: Shinzo Abe and then Yoshihide Suga. When the Abe administration lifted the state of emergency last May, Abe attributed Japan’s success in keeping infections and deaths lower...
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ASIA PACIFIC
Feb 12, 2021

Life without Google: Australia is now facing the unthinkable

Potential fallout from a spat goes far beyond Australia for Google, whose dominance of global advertising has made it a target for watchdogs worldwide.
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ESG CONSORTIUM
Feb 12, 2021

How Mie preserves firms, farms, fishing and tourism

Mie Prefecture, located in the center of the Japanese archipelago, has a balanced economy supported by industry, agriculture, fishing and tourism. Gov. Eikei Suzuki attended a recent online chat to talk about the role and efforts of the prefectural government in enhancing the sustainability of each sector....
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SATOYAMA CONSORTIUM
Feb 12, 2021

Citizen revitalization projects take root in Tsukuba district

In the Oda district of the city of Tsukuba, citizens are starting to engage in projects aimed at revitalizing the community with support from older generations.

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