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COMMUNITY / Issues / LABOR PAINS
Sep 25, 2016

Sagamihara massacre begs question: Do we want a society that only values usefulness?

The twisted thinking behind Japan's worst postwar massacre may have its roots in the way the modern world teaches us to judge the worth of others.
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LIFE / Style & Design
Sep 24, 2016

Hiroshi Sambuichi: The nature of architecture

What is most remarkable about Hiroshi Sambuichi's work is the sensation of air and wind movement that the shapes of the architect's buildings encourage. The experience is testament to Sambuichi's philosophy that architecture should work in harmony with the environment surrounding it so that it becomes...
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COMMUNITY / Our Lives / 20 QUESTIONS
Sep 24, 2016

Multimedia producer Randall Murchison: 'Remain thankful for whatever makes you wiser'

Media coordinator on balancing art and industry.
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WORLD / Politics
Sep 24, 2016

Winning over undecided women will be key in first debate between Trump and Clinton

When Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton face off in their first presidential debate on Monday, they will have their best chance yet to win over the 27 million Americans who have yet to decide who to vote for.
ASIA PACIFIC
Sep 24, 2016

Magnitude-6.3 quake shakes Philippine island of Mindanao

A strong magnitude-6.3 earthquake struck off the Philippine's Mindanao island on Saturday, sending hotel guests and construction workers running from buildings in Davao, but there were no immediate reports of damage.
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TENNIS
Sep 23, 2016

Osaka bests Sasnovich, advances to semifinals

Rising teenage star Naomi Osaka reached her first-ever semifinal on the WTA Tour after conquering her demons in a 6-3, 7-6 (8-6) win over Belarusian qualifier Aliaksandra Sasnovich at the Pan Pacific Open on Friday.
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COMMENTARY / World
Sep 23, 2016

Honor Aylan Kurdi by ending the Syrian war

It's time to end a hideous war that has claimed the lives of 50,000 Syrian children.
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BUSINESS
Sep 23, 2016

Trump pitches jobs to blue-collar Ohio, oil pipeline across sacred lands, coal industry revival

Shiny new Jeep Wranglers and Cherokees, lined up in their thousands, wait to be shipped out by train from the Chrysler plant in Toledo, Ohio, where Donald Trump has come to court blue-collar voters with promises of jobs.
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WORLD / Politics / ANALYSIS
Sep 21, 2016

Once-powerful Merkel losing her shine in Europe due to weakness at home

It is hard to think of what more Angela Merkel could have done over the past weeks to nudge fellow European leaders toward a post-Brexit consensus.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Sep 20, 2016

BayStars mainstay Miura to retire after 25th season

One day after the Yokohama BayStars celebrated their first-ever Climax Series berth, pitcher Daisuke Miura, one of franchise's most beloved figures, announced he was bringing his 25-year professional career to an end at the conclusion of this season.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / HIT AND RUN
Sep 20, 2016

BayStars could be primed to follow Carp's example in CL

The Yokohama BayStars, after 18 seasons without postseason baseball and 11 without an A-Class finish, probably weren't going to be very picky about how those two things got crossed off of their to-do list.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Sep 20, 2016

Can the Bank of Japan keep the bond vigilantes at bay?

The Bank of Japan needs to tread carefully as the country's debt addiction is rattling jittery traders.
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 20, 2016

Fed is a prisoner of exaggerated expectations

The notion the central bank could orchestrate economic growth was optimistic and unrealistic.
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 20, 2016

Age-old Arctic shipping vision still just a dream

Traversing the Arctic still makes little sense for shipping companies due to cost and risk.
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BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 20, 2016

In hot water, bathroom fittings firm Lixil hires outsider to fix pipes

Early last year, big bets started to go wrong for a Japanese giant of toilets and faucets.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / NPB NOTEBOOK
Sep 19, 2016

Race for PL flag going down to wire

Barring some major hiccups going into the home stretch, the NPB playoff picture appears to be more or less set, with one big exception.
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JAPAN / EXPLAINER
Sep 19, 2016

New MRJ hiccups revive manufacturing industry's jitters

The Mitsubishi Regional Jet is back in the spotlight after flights to the United States were canceled last month because of problems with the air-conditioning system.
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CULTURE / Music
Sep 18, 2016

The Novembers have an 11th-hour (or 11th-year) rock epiphany

Yusuke Kobayashi, singer and guitarist of rock band The Novembers, is wearing a black Pink Floyd T-shirt and sipping a tea as I sit down to chat with him in a cafe in Tokyo's Ebisu neighborhood.
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COMMENTARY / World
Sep 18, 2016

Putin picks new wave of ideological cronies

Russia's president is doing his best to fill the ideological vacuum created by the fall of communism.
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ASIA PACIFIC
Sep 18, 2016

'Bridge to nowhere' shows China's failed economic effort to engage North Korea

Towering above the murky waters, the New Yalu River Bridge was supposed to symbolize a new era in relations between China and North Korea, helping bring investment to landmark free trade zones jointly run with the impoverished and isolated state.
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CULTURE / Books
Sep 17, 2016

Say you're sorry: In court with Japan's rascals, killers and dope heads

The Haras were a quiet, rather ordinary Japanese couple — until they resolved to burn down their house and drive themselves and their 20-year-old daughter off a cliff.
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 17, 2016

Brexit and the pound in your pocket

The early returns on Brexit are in and the data are not good, regardless of claims to the contrary by 'leave' supporters.
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ASIA PACIFIC
Sep 17, 2016

Canada says it made no concessions to China for detainee's return

Canada did not make concessions to China to secure the return of a Canadian citizen who spent two years in jail and was convicted of spying, Foreign Minister Stephane Dion insisted on Friday.

Longform

Members of the nonprofit group Japan Youth Memorial Association search for the remains of dead soldiers in a cave in Okinawa Prefecture in February.
The long search for Japan’s lost soldiers