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LIFE
Dec 22, 2016

Get in touch with your spiritual side at churches across Japan this Christmas

While it can be relatively easy to celebrate Christmas in Japan with all the seasonal illumination, food options and perhaps a visit from Santa Claus, finding a spiritual option is not always obvious.
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BUSINESS / Economy
Dec 20, 2016

Bank of Japan caps tumultuous year with upgrade to outlook

The Bank of Japan closed a tumultuous year for monetary policy with an upgrade to its assessment of the economy while keeping its yield-curve and asset-purchase programs unchanged.
MORE SPORTS
Dec 19, 2016

Olympic silver medal-winning relay team picks up Athlete of the Year award

The team of Aska Cambridge, Yoshihide Kiryu, Ryota Yamagata and Shota Iizuka, which stunned the world by capturing the silver medal in the men's 4x100-meter relay at this summer's Rio de Janeiro Olympics, received the Athlete of the Year award at the annual Athletic Award ceremony hosted by the Japan...
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JAPAN / Politics
Dec 15, 2016

Tardy tactics? Late arrival common for Russian leader

Russian President Vladimir Putin has once again lived up to his reputation: his legendary tardiness.
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JAPAN
Dec 14, 2016

Pyongyang slams U.N. report on abductions, separated families

North Korea on Tuesday denounced a U.N. report on alleged abductions of foreign nationals by Pyongyang and the many Korean families forcibly separated across the divided peninsula since the 1950s war.
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JAPAN / Politics
Dec 10, 2016

Ahead of Putin visit, Russia declines Japanese 'puppy-love diplomacy'

Russia appears to have snubbed a Japanese attempt at puppy-love diplomacy by declining a gift of a dog for President Vladimir Putin at a summit next week with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.
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ANNOUNCEMENTS
Dec 5, 2016

Death of Japan Times Honorary Chairman Toshiaki Ogasawara

It is with deep regret that we must announce the death of Toshiaki Ogasawara, who passed away on Nov. 30 (Wednesday) in the U.S. from heart failure following a long illness. He was 85.
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BUSINESS
Nov 30, 2016

Wall Street veteran Steven Mnunchin seen as Trump's pick for Treasury secretary

President-elect Donald Trump is expected to name former Goldman Sachs partner and Hollywood financier Steven Mnuchin as his nominee for Treasury secretary, a source said on Tuesday, putting a Wall Street veteran in the top U.S. economic Cabinet post for the first time in eight years.
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CULTURE / Art
Nov 29, 2016

Cubism in Japan: Picasso's Impact

Until Jan. 29
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ASIA PACIFIC
Nov 29, 2016

As border trade tightens, fewer North Korean workers head to China

A labor agent sat in his bus on a recent frigid morning, waiting to cross the "Friendship Bridge" at China's main border post with North Korea. He had come to pick up migrant workers and take them to jobs in factories and restaurants in China.
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JAPAN / Society
Nov 23, 2016

Campaign targets Japan's stray cat problem

Dogs are a man's best friend, and for many, cats are, too.

Longform

An illustration features the Japanese signs for "ganbare" (good luck) and the Deaflympics, which will be held between Nov. 15 and 26.
A century of Deaf sport finds its moment in Tokyo