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LIFE / Style & Design
May 12, 2017

Denim dreams: Dyeing to live in the industrial heart of Okayama

Hirohiko Sunami's hands emerge from his indigo vat covered in rivulets of fermenting natural dye. The light is dim in this Kojima workshop, but a few stray sunbeams reflect off the millions of bubbles at the vat's surface as Sunami pulls a piece of cotton from the dark liquid. "Look," he says. While...
JAPAN / Society
May 11, 2017

Labor ministry names and shames businesses that exploit workers despite warnings

In a first, the labor ministry publishes the names of 334 “black companies” warned about excessive overtime or other violations online, including Dentsu, Panasonic and Japan Post.
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JAPAN / Society
May 9, 2017

Group will use drone to help prevent suicide at remote Fukui Prefecture site

A suicide prevention group will dispatch a drone to monitor remote areas around Tojinbo in Sakai, Fukui Prefecture — whose lonely cliffs remain romanticized in popular imagination as a destination where people go to end their lives — in the hopes that the effort will help reduce the suicide rate....
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ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
May 9, 2017

Liberal Moon seen as favorite as South Koreans vote for new president to succeed ousted Park

South Koreans flocked to polling stations to elect a new leader on Tuesday, with a high turnout suggesting voters are eager to move on from a corruption scandal that brought down the former president and shook the political and business elite.
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ASIA PACIFIC
May 6, 2017

U.N. expert keen to probe Philippines killings, but won't debate Duterte

A United Nations expert who irked the Philippines with a surprise visit said Saturday that she was keen to return and investigate alleged summary killings, but only if President Rodrigo Duterte drops his condition that she must hold a debate with him.
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LIFE / Travel / BACKSTREET STORIES
May 5, 2017

Pineapple cakes, pirouettes and petals in Aoyama

The one time of year I'm happy to linger in Aoyama Cemetery is when the venerable rows of old cherry trees growing around the gravestones blossom. Before heading there, though, I decide to first get in the mood with a bit of personal spring renewal.
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COMMENTARY / World
May 5, 2017

The weakness of the new conservative climate argument

Scientists do make mistakes, but scientific methods in many fields guard against unwarranted certainty. And there is a consensus on climate change.
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JAPAN / Politics
May 4, 2017

Democratic Party struggles for relevance in face of LDP-Komeito juggernaut

It would be an understatement to say the Democratic Party, Japan's biggest opposition party, is struggling.
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JAPAN
May 4, 2017

Cram schools help children with developmental disabilities prepare for future

Following his teacher's instructions, 7-year-old Eita slid out of his chair, tidied it up and then — in front of his fellow group members and teachers — said a few words about his performance during an after-school programming class he attended in April.
JAPAN / 50TH ADB ANNUAL MEETING
May 4, 2017

Meeting to address Asian advancement

The Board of Governors of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) will hold the 50th ADB annual meeting from Thursday to Sunday in Yokohama, where more than 3,000 participants from Asia and around the world are expected to gather to discuss development issues and institutional matters.
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JAPAN / 50TH ADB ANNUAL MEETING
May 4, 2017

Fostering Asian progress, prosperity

Marking the landmark 50th annual meeting this year, the Asian Development Bank has come a long way in supporting Asia on its journey to being the world's fastest-growing market.
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COMMUNITY / Issues / LEARNING CURVE
May 3, 2017

As Japan's JET Programme hits its 30s, the jury's still out

Ambitious program has helped Japan meet the world, but does it have a role to play today?
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COMMUNITY / Voices / VIEWS FROM THE STREET
May 3, 2017

Views from Tokyo: Which candidate would you vote for in the French election and why?

As France prepares to go to the polls again, French nationals in Kagurazaka and Asakusa were asked who they were rooting for.
EDITORIALS
May 2, 2017

The first 100 days of President Trump

U.S. President Donald Trump's paltry 43 percent approval rating on his 100th day in office shows he must do far more to win over the Americans who didn't support him if he wants to achieve real success.
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COMMUNITY / Issues / THE FOREIGN ELEMENT
May 1, 2017

Three years after Japan signed Hague, parents who abduct still win

Despite winning return orders in court, foreign fathers are treated like offenders.
COMMENTARY / COUNTERPOINT
Apr 29, 2017

Civil society across Asia is flowering but fragile

The proliferation of civil society organizations throughout Asia is having a significant impact on relations between the state and citizens, on the institutions of the state and on prevailing norms and values.

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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