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BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / Sac Bunts
Jan 28, 2020

BayStars manager Alex Ramirez believes team has talent to contend

Alex Ramirez, the manager of the Yokohama BayStars, responded to the loss of his best player by declaring the dawning of a new generation.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jan 28, 2020

Japan's rise as a space power

Nation emerges as a key leader in the peaceful exploration of the cosmos.
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BUSINESS / Economy
Jan 28, 2020

China virus could take larger-than-expected bite out of Japan's economy

Economy minister Yasutoshi Nishimura warned Tuesday that corporate profits and factory production could take a hit from the coronavirus outbreak in China that has rattled global markets and chilled confidence.
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LIFE / Language / MORNING ENGLISH
Jan 28, 2020

Let's discuss curbing food waste

A lot of food in Japan goes to waste so let's learn how to talk about what we should do with it.
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COMMENTARY / Japan
Jan 27, 2020

Japan's population will grow again — if it keeps on falling

If Japan's population decline continues at the current pace, a large-scale influx of people from outside the country could take place.
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OLYMPICS
Jan 27, 2020

Soccer player Shiho Shimoyamada helps blaze trail for Japan's LGBT athletes

Soccer player Shiho Shimoyamada has been encouraged by the response she has received since she became Japan's first openly gay professional athlete in February last year.
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ASIA PACIFIC
Jan 27, 2020

Australia's rainy respite from bush fires forecast to end this week

A recent respite for Australian firefighters that brought rains and cooler weather is set to end, meteorologists warned on Monday, with hot conditions forecast for later this week raising a risk that blazes may start spreading again.
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COMMUNITY / Our Lives / JAPAN LITE
Jan 27, 2020

There's a case for climate concern but not everyone in Japan is ready to go the extra mile

The people living on Shiraishi Island are already recycling, composting and reusing their plastic bags. How do we convince them to take the next step in environmental awareness?
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LIFE / Lifestyle
Jan 27, 2020

The warp and weft of sustainable weaving

Jin Shirai has mastered each of the traditionally separate roles of Japan's handicraft textile industry — from growing cotton, spinning it and dyeing the yarn, to weaving and designing fabrics.
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BUSINESS / Tech
Jan 26, 2020

The environmental cost of keeping mail and files online keeps rising

Everyone has seen warnings at the end of email saying, "Please consider the environment before printing." But for those who care about global warming, you might want to consider not writing so many emails in the first place.
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ASIA PACIFIC
Jan 26, 2020

Kim Jong Un’s aunt makes surprise appearance six years after husband’s execution

The once-influential aunt of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un made her first public appearance in more than six years, state media showed Sunday, dispelling rumors that she had been killed or taken her own life after the execution of her powerful husband, Kim's onetime No. 2.
ENVIRONMENT
Jan 25, 2020

Japan 2030: Tackling climate issues is key to the next decade

The new decade kicked off with images of Australia in flames.
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LIFE / Food & Drink / KONBINI WATCH
Jan 25, 2020

Coca-Cola Strawberry versus Asahi's Lemola: Which does fruit better?

Two prominent Japanese beverage companies are offering consumers a choice: something entirely new, or a revived Showa Era flavor.
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COMMUNITY / Our Lives / 20 QUESTIONS
Jan 25, 2020

Clive Davies: A peek behind the scenes of saigen dramas

Tokyo-based actor and writer Clive Davies on what, exactly, a saigen reenactment drama is, the hardest thing he's ever done for a shoot and his film reviews — all 7,000-plus of them.
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 25, 2020

Let's go back to calling it global warming

The term 'climate change' is vague and doesn't convey enough urgency.
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JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jan 24, 2020

Lebanon and Japan begin 40-day countdown to decide where Ghosn will stand trial, sources say

Lebanon and Japan have about 40 days to decide whether ousted Nissan-Renault-Mitsubishi boss Carlos Ghosn will be extradited to Japan or stand trial in Lebanon, a judicial source and a source close to Ghosn said on Thursday.
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CULTURE / TV & Streaming / 'Terrace House Tokyo 2019-2020' Recaps
Jan 24, 2020

Ep. 30 'Not Guilty'

I'm sorry to tell you that the latest episode reached new depths of discomfort.
Reader Mail
Jan 24, 2020

Just too much everyday plastic

Kudos to Andrew McKirdy for his article "Consumed by plastic" in the Jan. 12 edition. Like him, I'm saddened by the amount of plastic in my life, that I'm powerless to refuse.
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BUSINESS
Jan 23, 2020

Rome's Fiumicino airport tests eco-friendly plastic-graphene tarmac

Rome's Fiumicino airport is testing a pioneering tarmac developed by an Italian company, made of a material that has twice the lifespan of traditional asphalt and is better for the environment as it uses a waste plastic.
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ASIA PACIFIC
Jan 23, 2020

Inside China's virus zone, unease grips a city in lockdown

In Wuhan, the central Chinese city that's ground zero of the deadly new virus spreading through the country, a sense of fear is rapidly taking hold.
BUSINESS
Jan 23, 2020

London calls for regulators' help to attract global business after Brexit

With Britain on the verge of quitting the European Union, the country's financiers are asking the U.K. government to revamp regulations to attract global business.
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ASIA PACIFIC
Jan 22, 2020

North Korea confirms new defense chief amid leadership shake-up

North Korea confirmed Wednesday that an official who has overseen leader Kim Jong Un's pet construction projects has been named the nuclear-armed country's new defense minister.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jan 22, 2020

Paternity leave controversy: It's time to walk the talk

Leading by example, Koizumi and his colleagues in the government may have a chance to change the mindsets of Japanese men about work and fatherhood.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Jan 22, 2020

'Romance Doll' shows there's a fine line between sex and love

Yuki Tanada's latest film, an adaptation of one of her own novels, looks at the use of dolls as substitutes for humans in relationships.
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CULTURE / Art
Jan 22, 2020

'Kisoushi'

Jan. 24-Feb. 29
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BUSINESS / Tech
Jan 21, 2020

Japan considering fee system for 5G networks to subsidize launch of services in rural areas

The communications ministry is considering introducing a system to charge internet users a fee so that fiber-optic infrastructure for 5G wireless networks can be constructed and maintained across the country, informed sources said Tuesday.
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WORLD / Politics
Jan 21, 2020

Get ready for 'peak decade,' strategists tell peers at Davos

Amid the Alpine peaks of the Swiss resort of Davos this week, politicians, investors and executives are busy debating whether we are witnessing peaks in multiple key drivers of the world economy.
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ASIA PACIFIC
Jan 21, 2020

Deadly coronavirus finds a breeding ground in China's food markets

Leaning over a metal cage stuffed with live hens in Shanghai, Ran looked for just the right specimen for her chicken soup. The 60-year-old was shopping at one of China's wet markets, where sales of freshly slaughtered, unpackaged meat have become the focus of an investigation into an outbreak of a potentially...
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WORLD
Jan 21, 2020

Climate change is killing alpine skiing

At the northern edge of the Alps, ski runs near the foot of Germany's highest mountain snake down the greenish-brown slopes in narrow white ribbons of artificial snow.
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LIFE / Language / BILINGUAL
Jan 21, 2020

The great (and not-so-great) escapes of 2020

Whether it's Carlos Ghosn escaping the country, Prince Harry and Meghan escaping the royal family or someone trying to escape a bad party, there are a lot of ways to describe getting out of a situation in Japanese.

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Tetsuzo Shiraishi, speaking at The Center of the Tokyo Raids and War Damage, uses a thermos to explain how he experienced the U.S. firebombing of March 1945, when he was just 7 years old.
From ashes to high-rises: A survivor’s account of Tokyo’s postwar past