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COMMUNITY / Issues / LAW OF THE LAND
Apr 16, 2014

Hague jars with Japan's family law, a zero-sum game with only one outcome

A Japanese lawyer told me: 'To Westerners, marriage means 1+1=2. But in Japan it equals 1.' This made perfect sense to me, but perhaps I should explain.
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WORLD / Politics / ANALYSIS
Apr 16, 2014

Russia modifies Crimea playbook for benefit in east Ukraine

There are important differences between Russia's intervention in Crimea and the events unfolding this week in eastern Ukraine that suggest Moscow has adapted its Crimean playbook and may be pursuing a different outcome.
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LIFE / Food & Drink / TOKYO BAR ADVENTURE
Apr 15, 2014

A boozy round of beer pong hits the spot

Long associated with college frat parties, beer pong is now mainstream in the United States. Although the game — which requires a long table, a pair of ping pong balls and several plastic cups, each filled with an inch of beer — is difficult to talk a Japanese pub owner into replicating, there are...
WORLD / Politics
Apr 14, 2014

Top challenge for U.S. health nominee will be to keep insurance costs low

The first challenge Sylvia Mathews Burwell may face as America's top health official could come from the insurance industry.
BUSINESS / Markets
Apr 14, 2014

Bourses scrap disclosure reforms

Japan Exchange Group Inc. has decided to scrap a plan to adopt tougher disclosure rules, saying the nation's companies are getting better at communicating with investors on their own.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Apr 14, 2014

Internet raises misconduct risk

The road to glory for a scientific pioneer leads to temptations to plagiarize background info and must pass through a panel of 'referees' who may be inclined to judge a research paper by the name of the author rather than its contents.
EDITORIALS
Apr 14, 2014

More disclosure needed at Riken

The besieged doctor of 'STAP,' Haruko Obokata, has come out swinging in defense of her papers on pluripotent cells, which appeared in the journal Nature, but her attempt to justify her research seems naive, leaving many questions unanswered.
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WORLD
Apr 13, 2014

Nevada rancher claims victory in standoff with U.S. government

U.S. officials ended a standoff with hundreds of armed protesters in the Nevada desert Saturday, calling off the government's roundup of cattle it said were illegally grazing on federal land and giving about 300 animals back to the rancher who owned them.
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LIFE / Lifestyle
Apr 12, 2014

Adopting a model approach to Tokyo's subway

University of Tokyo graduate Takatsugu Kuriyama creates a 3-D map of underground railway lines in the capital.
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CULTURE / Books
Apr 12, 2014

Capturing Contemporary Japan: Differentiation and Uncertainty

With subjects ranging from consumerism to female farmers, 'Capturing Contemporary Japan: Differentiation and Uncertainty' is a book that's geared toward students.
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ASIA PACIFIC
Apr 12, 2014

Fading signals add urgency to search for missing Malaysian jet

The search for a missing Malaysia Airlines jetliner resumed Saturday, five weeks after the plane disappeared from radar screens, amid fears that batteries powering signals from the black box recorder on board may have died.
JAPAN / Politics
Apr 11, 2014

Asao takes helm of Your Party

Your Party formally appoints Secretary-General Keiichiro Asao as its new president to replace founder Yoshimi Watanabe, who exited amid an ¥800 million loan scandal.
LIFE / Digital
Apr 11, 2014

Could big-data hype be leading us astray?

Concepts of enduring utility rarely emerge from the market-research business, but the Gartner hype cycle is an exception that proves the rule. It is a graph that describes the life cycle of a technological innovation in five phases.
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 11, 2014

How Malaysia can limit harm from lost Flight 370

Fairly or not, Malaysia has lost a great deal of its standing both in the region and around the world since Flight 370 disappeared on its way to Beijing a month ago.
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BUSINESS / Tech
Apr 11, 2014

'Heartbleed' computer bug threat spreads to firewalls and beyond

Hackers could crack email systems, security firewalls and possibly mobile phones through the "Heartbleed" computer bug, according to security experts who warned on Thursday that the risks extended beyond just Internet servers.
JAPAN / Science & Health
Apr 10, 2014

Riken panel mulls steps to prevent misconduct

The state-backed Riken research institute on Thursday held the first meeting of a panel set up to explore ways to prevent research data from being falsified as alleged in the STAP cell study carried out by Riken researcher Haruko Obokata.
JAPAN
Apr 10, 2014

Kiev races to use Kyoto pact cash

Ukraine, battling political crisis, is having to find ways to finish spending $800 million it earned through Kyoto Protocol emissions rights sales, after Japanese officials warned Kiev it had a year before Tokyo would demand its money back.
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BUSINESS
Apr 10, 2014

Scrutiny ushers in era of big recalls

Recall first, ask questions later.
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CULTURE / Film
Apr 10, 2014

Geki×Cine marks 10 years of screen-stage marriage

You wouldn't know it to look at our poker faces, but deep down every Japanese is a drama queen.
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Events / Events In Tokyo
Apr 10, 2014

This weekend, every dog can have its day

Throughout history, dogs have played a key role in humans' lives. In ancient times, some civilizations saw them as being linked to gods, others believed they could prevent death, and some saw their company as helpful in curing illnesses.
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CULTURE / Art
Apr 10, 2014

Flower power blooms at Tokyo Big Sight

Who would have thought flowers needed their own industry fair? Growers, florists, ikebana schools and floral supplies makers, that's who.
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
Apr 10, 2014

Fashion, cosmetics, sweets, music and more at Japan Girls Expo

There is no absolute standard of beauty, but that doesn't stop people trying to attain it, and Japan has plenty of beauty secrets that might help some of us feel better about the way we look.
EDITORIALS
Apr 9, 2014

Aim for lasting peace in Africa

Sadly, 20 years after the start of the genocide in Rwanda, in some African countries conflict and suppression of human rights are all too commonplace.

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