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LIFE / Food & Drink / OBJECT-ORIENTED
May 6, 2016

The in and outs of a woven table

In a quiet corner of Tokyo's bustling Ginza district is a shop devoted to Japanese crafts that has been in business since 1933. Among the founding members of Takumi are no lesser personages than Soetsu Yanagi, Kanjiro Kawai and Shoji Hamada — the trio also responsible for founding Tokyo's Mingeikan...
BUSINESS / Companies
May 6, 2016

Myriad closes Japan hedge fund as Abenomics disappoints

Myriad Asset Management has closed down a Japan-focused hedge fund less than a year after opening it, after changing its view on the government's ability to end deflation through stimulus, said a person with knowledge of the matter.
CULTURE / TV & Streaming / CHANNEL SURF
May 6, 2016

'Chibi Maruko-chan,' S.T. Corp

Vacation is almost over, so it's back to the usual animated TV show grind. This week's episode of "Chibi Maruko-chan" — the 1051st! (Fuji TV, Sun., 6 p.m.) — finds the eternal elementary school student coming home from class on Saturday to an almost empty house, which is unusual.
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JAPAN / Society
May 6, 2016

Expert sees Japan's high level of digital rights offset by public disinclined to curb Big Brother

Japan's restrictions on freedom of expression are growing but its sleepy public might not wake up before it's too late, a U.N. special rapporteur warns.
BUSINESS / Tech
May 6, 2016

Facebook loses first round in lawsuit over storing biometric data

Facebook lost the first round in a court fight against some of its users who sued the social networking company, alleging it unlawfully collected and stored users' biometric data derived from their faces in photographs.
ASIA PACIFIC
May 6, 2016

Singapore in deal to jointly develop military training areas in Australia

Australia and Singapore will jointly develop military training areas and facilities in Australia, the city-state's Foreign Ministry said, as part of a deal that expands defense cooperation between the two countries and improves economic ties.
COMMENTARY / World
May 4, 2016

China key to India's future

Is China's success clearing the way for India to take flight?
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CULTURE / Film
May 4, 2016

'Six Four': Japan held hostage by the Showa Era

'Don't you understand what is to have a child taken from you? How could you be a policeman and not understand that?"
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WORLD
May 4, 2016

Monitor says rebel rockets killed 19 in Aleppo, hit maternity hospital amid clashes with regime

Rebels bombarded government-held areas of Aleppo with rockets on Tuesday, killing 19 people and hitting a hospital, while also launching a ground assault on army-held positions of the divided city, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.
JAPAN / Politics
May 2, 2016

Systemic avoidance of political issues by schools keeps youth vote in the dark

Although 2.4 million teens will have a chance to vote in one of Japan's most pivotal elections ever, most are indifferent because politics is widely ignored in class.
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LIFE / Language / WELL SAID
May 2, 2016

Getting abstract in Japanese with 'koto' clauses

A look at X(noun modifier)u3053u3068, which forms noun clauses, and how it differs from Xu306e.
COMMENTARY / World
May 2, 2016

Ban nuclear-weapons tests

Just as leaders have cooperated at the Nuclear Security Summit to prevent nuclear terrorism, we need renewed cooperation and leadership to end nuclear testing once and for all.
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ASIA PACIFIC
May 2, 2016

Wary of China's Indian Ocean activities, U.S., India discuss anti-submarine warfare

India and the United States are in talks to help each other track submarines in the Indian Ocean, military officials say, a move that could further tighten defense ties between New Delhi and Washington as China steps up its undersea activities.
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JAPAN / EXPLAINER
May 2, 2016

New law bans bias against people with disabilities, but shortcomings exist, say experts

On April 1, a new law aimed at advancing the rights of people with disabilities took effect explicitly banning discrimination against them and requiring government bodies and private-sector businesses to pay greater attention to their needs.
ASIA PACIFIC
May 2, 2016

Philippine front-runner open to talks with China on sea dispute

Rodrigo Duterte, the tough-talking Davao City mayor who is leading Philippine presidential polls, said he will hold bilateral talks with China to resolve a territorial dispute in the South China Sea if the current multilateral discussions do not bear fruit within two years.
CULTURE / TV & Streaming
May 1, 2016

Is it fifth time's the charm for 'Game of Thrones' in Japan?

Last week, the sixth season of "Game of Thrones" premiered to record ratings in the United States. When factoring in all the ways people watch it — live as it airs and streamed later — the episode titled "The Red Woman" brought in 10.7 million viewers, beating the 10.3 million record set by last...
CULTURE / Music
May 1, 2016

DYGL soaks in New York's garage rock and politics

The life Nobuki Akiyama has been living since moving to the greater New York City area in March sounds like a dream come true for any young musician.
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COMMUNITY / Our Lives / ADOPT ME!
May 1, 2016

Once-shy rescued cat Hana is home and owning it, 'lock, stock and barrel'

Hana, who was first featured here in March 2015, has found a home in Tokyo with Keiki Yamanoi and Canadian native Suzanne Jensen.
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JAPAN / GENERATIONAL CHANGE
May 1, 2016

Ex-bureaucrat on mission to trigger technological revolution

Almost a decade before the March 2011 quake and tsunami triggered the triple core meltdown at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant, Ko Fujii knew the government could not effectively communicate the risks of nuclear technology.
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LIFE / Lifestyle
Apr 30, 2016

Heel! A ruff guide to Japan's top dogs

Behind the scenes of the country's largest dog show.
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LIFE / Travel
Apr 30, 2016

Hakone in hot water: Romance, gimlets and raunchy 'onsen'

"I think they're having an affair," murmurs my companion, the ever-observant Megumi. She nods at a middle-aged couple sitting next to us on the "Romance Car," the limited express train that links Tokyo and the hot-spring resort of Hakone, Kanagawa Prefecture.
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COMMENTARY / COUNTERPOINT
Apr 30, 2016

Japan's meek media kowtows to the government

Last week I compared the Catholic Church in Boston and Japan's "nuclear village" of atomic-power advocates — two powerful institutions that stifled embarrassing revelations for some time. The Oscar-winning film "Spotlight" depicts the comeuppance of the church hierarchy after investigative reporters...
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CULTURE / Books
Apr 30, 2016

'Barbed Wire Baseball' brings the story of Kenichi Zenimura to life

"Barbed Wire Baseball" is an informative and imaginative retelling of the true story of Kenichi "Zeni" Zenimura (1900-68), the father of Japanese-American baseball.
JAPAN / Media / DARK SIDE OF THE RISING SUN
Apr 30, 2016

Can police successfully keep a lid on gang violence?

When the Kobe-based Yamaguchi-gumi broke up in August last year, many expected a turf war to erupt as the country's largest crime syndicate battled for territorial control against a newly formed group called the Kobe Yamaguchi-gumi that was founded by expelled gangsters in the aftermath of the split....
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JAPAN
Apr 29, 2016

Japan looks to reform rigid tour guide exams as part of wider tourism push

As Japan begins to adapt to the unprecedented influx of foreign visitors, the tightly regulated tour guide industry prepares for major reform.
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CULTURE / Art
Apr 28, 2016

Artist's innovative techniques create pieces that transcend traditional painting and sculpture

To look upon artist Daniel Kelly's work is to engage in a study of dimensions and a test of one's own visual perception. Blurring the lines between traditional notions of painting, print and sculpture, Kelly continually challenges and delights viewers with his use of unconventional materials and forms....

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