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BASKETBALL / B. League
Sep 22, 2016

Alvark hold off Golden Kings as B. League opens inaugural season

Yoyogi National Gymnasium holds a special place in Japan basketball history, including its role in hosting tournament games during the 1964 Tokyo Olympics.
BASKETBALL / B. League
Sep 22, 2016

Former Bulls great Grant in house for B. League opener

Four-time NBA champion Horace Grant, who now serves as an NBA goodwill ambassador, enjoyed the excitement of the B. League's inaugural game at a jam-packed Yoyogi National Gymnasium in Tokyo on Thursday night.
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CULTURE / Stage
Sep 22, 2016

Kabuki's Bando Tamasaburo V takes Kodo drum troupe in an artistic new direction with 'Spiral'

To celebrate its 35th anniversary, the internationally renowned Kodo drumming troupe staged three days of performances at Tokyo's Suntory Hall in mid-August, with a different theme for each show.
JAPAN / Society
Sep 22, 2016

Disabilities group cries foul over name secrecy in Sagamihara care home massacre

Members of People First said Wednesday the withholding of names went to the crux of why they felt discriminated against.
JAPAN / Politics / FOCUS
Sep 22, 2016

AIIB holdout Japan risks missing out on the infrastructure contracts it seeks

When Canada said in August it would join the Chinese-led Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank, all eyes turned to Japan and the U.S.
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WORLD / Science & Health
Sep 22, 2016

United Nations pledges to fight drug-resistant superbugs

United Nations member countries pledged for the first time on Wednesday to take steps to tackle the threat posed by drug-resistant superbugs in a coordinated effort to curb the spread of infections by pathogens that defy antimicrobial medicines.
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WORLD
Sep 22, 2016

Kerry calls for Russia, Syria to ground warplanes to salvage truce

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry demanded on Wednesday that Russia and the Syrian government immediately halt flights over Syrian battle zones, in what he called a last chance to salvage a collapsing cease-fire and find a way "out of the carnage.
JAPAN / Politics
Sep 21, 2016

Abe bidding hard for permanent Security Council seat

In an online essay, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe lays out Japan's case for securing a permanent seat at the helm of the U.N.
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CULTURE / Art
Sep 20, 2016

The Grand Sengai Exhibition: Spirit of Zen Assembled

Oct. 1-Nov. 13
COMMENTARY / Japan
Sep 20, 2016

Japan's Brexit challenge

Japan is being surprisingly forceful in demanding answers from the U.K. on Brexit.
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 20, 2016

Sanctions alone won't halt Kim

Greater efforts must be made to get North Korea to return to the six-party talks.
WORLD / Society
Sep 20, 2016

Yazidi ex-captive of Islamic State pleads at U.N. for refugee help

A young Yazidi woman held captive and raped by Islamic State militants appealed to world leaders at the United Nations on Monday to end war and improve the lives of millions of refugees as they agreed a voluntary framework to respond to the global crisis.
LIFE / Language / MORNING ENGLISH
Sep 19, 2016

Let's discuss young recluses in Japan

An estimated 541,000 people aged between 15 and 39 in Japan avoid social contact and shut themselves in their homes, according to a government survey.
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JAPAN / CHUBU CONNECTION
Sep 19, 2016

App maker aims to revive wedding industry with virtual reality nuptials

A couple put on a pair of goggles and a wedding aisle appeared in front of them as flowers rained down.
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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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JAPAN / View from Osaka
Sep 17, 2016

There must be a sense of deja vu in Osaka after Yuriko Koike's election

Wasteful bureaucratic spending. Local politicians who smell money as they make Olympics-related plans. An assembly dominated by a clique of good ol' boys in the Liberal Democratic Party who run local government as their fiefdom. All challenged by a hawkish outsider of a governor who is media-savvy and...
EDITORIALS
Sep 17, 2016

Preventing youth suicides

More than 300 schoolchildren take their own lives every year.
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WORLD
Sep 17, 2016

U.N. inquiry blames Syrian military for chlorine bomb attacks, diplomat says

An international inquiry has identified two Syrian Air Force helicopter squadrons and two other military units as responsible for chlorine gas attacks on civilians, a Western diplomat told Reuters.
WORLD
Sep 17, 2016

Syria airstrike killed Islamic State propaganda chief, U.S. military says

The Pentagon said Friday that a U.S.-led coalition airstrike on Sept. 7 killed an Islamic State leader who oversaw the militant group's propaganda.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Sep 16, 2016

High court rules Okinawa governor's order to stop U.S. base work 'illegal'

The Naha branch of the Fukuoka High Court finds Gov. Takeshi Onaga's cancellation of a landfill work order contravened the law.
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WORLD / Science & Health
Sep 16, 2016

Color of 'cute' bristly dinosaur deciphered

Scientists guided by small structures preserved in fossilized skin have deciphered the color and camouflage pattern of a little dinosaur with a parrot-like beak and bristles on its tail that roamed thick forests in China about 120 million years ago.
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WORLD / Politics
Sep 16, 2016

In Putin's parliament, plunging popularity not regarded as a hurdle to power

Ruling parties hoping to get re-elected during a prolonged recession usually pitch fresh ideas for easing the population's economic pain.

Longform

Bear attacks have dominated Japanese news headlines in recent months, with 13 people so far having been killed by the animals.
Japan’s bears have been on their killing spree for more than 100 years