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COMMENTARY / Japan
Feb 21, 2019

Can Japan balance its ties with China and Taiwan?

Japan can't ignore the reality of rising China, but it will also need to keep its neighbor in check.
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CULTURE / Film / Wide Angle
Feb 21, 2019

Fans: Don't worry about a live-action 'Your Name.' remake; 'Alita' shows it can be done

It was the groan heard 'round the internet. Back in September 2017, J.J. Abrams' Bad Robot Productions announced it had picked up the live-action rights to 2016 anime megahit "Your Name." Reaction from anime fans online was not exactly positive.
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WORLD / Politics
Feb 20, 2019

Trump plans to nominate Jeffrey Rosen as Justice Department No. 2

U.S. President Donald Trump plans to nominate Jeffrey Rosen as the next deputy U.S. attorney general, the White House said Tuesday night, the latest shuffle in the Justice Department at a time when it faces close scrutiny over its Russia investigation.
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WORLD / Crime & Legal
Feb 20, 2019

Trump denies asking Matthew Whitaker to change hush-money probe and tap recused ally to take over

President Donald Trump denied a New York Times report that he asked then-Acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker to intervene in a federal investigation of hush-money payments to the president's alleged former mistresses during the 2016 election campaign.
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Feb 18, 2019

Colin Kaepernick's lawyer predicts NFL return

Now that Colin Kaepernick has settled his collusion grievances with the NFL, the next step is getting him back in the league, his lawyer said Saturday night.
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COMMENTARY / World
Feb 16, 2019

In Germany, the Green New Deal works

Don't use one of the world's most competitive economies as an argument against it.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / HOOP SCOOP
Feb 15, 2019

Longtime Timberwolves fan Mitsuaki Ono seeks to foster Japan relations with Minnesota

Like countless sports fans, Mitsuaki Ono can pinpoint a formative period in his life that cemented his fandom.
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PRESS / Events
Feb 15, 2019

「国産漆の最後の砦」浄法寺漆を次世代に伝える岩手県 松沢卓生氏を迎え「『第8回Satoyamaカフェ』+地域おうえんBASH」を開催します

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CULTURE / Music
Feb 14, 2019

Eyehategod spreads the sludge metal gospel

Eyehategod shouldn't have lasted three decades.
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WORLD / Crime & Legal
Feb 14, 2019

Paul Manafort claims he didn't break plea deal with U.S. by lying, challenges Robert Mueller to prove otherwise

Paul Manafort says he didn't lie and special counsel Robert Mueller can't prove he did.
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WORLD / Politics
Feb 13, 2019

U.S. immigration officer union opposes Trump pick to lead ICE, citing past racially tinged remarks

A union representing U.S. immigration and customs agents urged the Senate on Tuesday to block confirmation of President Donald Trump's nominee to head the immigration enforcement agency, citing past racially tinged and controversial comments.
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ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Feb 11, 2019

Meth 'disaster' for Asia-Pacific region as seizures surge tenfold in Thailand

Seizures of high-purity crystal methamphetamine have surged more than tenfold in Thailand over the past two years, statistics show, a stark indicator of the growth in industrial-scale production of the stimulant in neighboring Myanmar.
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BUSINESS
Feb 11, 2019

Democrat Rep. Adam Schiff questions if Robert Mueller is being kept from probing Trump-Deutsche Bank link

The Democratic chairman of the U.S. House Intelligence Committee said on Sunday he was concerned that Special Counsel Robert Mueller may not be investigating President Donald Trump's ties to Deutsche Bank AG .
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WORLD / Crime & Legal
Feb 10, 2019

Chief Justice John Roberts emerges as U.S. Supreme Court's swing vote

Pivotal votes cast by U.S. Chief Justice John Roberts in abortion and death penalty cases have underscored his new standing as the Supreme Court's ideological center and the outsize role he may play in major rulings for years to come.
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COMMUNITY / Our Lives / WHY DID YOU LEAVE JAPAN?
Feb 9, 2019

Yu Nakamura: A sweet affinity between Japan and Thailand

An entrepreneur and cultural innovator, Yu Nakamura helps Thai farmers with her coconut sugar business.
BUSINESS / YEN FOR LIVING
Feb 8, 2019

Examining the high price of Japan's water systems

When we were negotiating for the purchase of a piece of land, the realtor told us that the lot we were interested in had no access to public waterworks, which meant we would have to dig a well. At first, this aspect seemed like a demerit, since hiring a company to dig the well would cost more than ¥400,000...
CULTURE / Music
Feb 8, 2019

Rapper Chanmina is blurring the lines of genre and nationality

Everyone has moments where they have to choose between two paths that will lead to drastically different lives. For Mina Otomonai, it came during her second year of high school when she strongly considered moving to South Korea to pursue a career in music. Her friends convinced her to stay in Japan....
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PRESS / Events
Feb 6, 2019

「五郎丸選手トークショー ~アスリートに学ぶ異文化交流~」

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BUSINESS
Feb 5, 2019

How Narendra Modi’s political priorities ambushed Amazon and Walmart, and benefited India’s richest man

Amazon Inc. and Walmart Inc.'s plans to dominate India's online retail landscape have been ambushed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi's political priorities heading into a tightening election.
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COMMENTARY / Japan
Feb 5, 2019

Brexit Britain is left choking on Nissan's exhaust fumes

Nissan's decision to back out of a big U.K. investment may not be the last of its type.
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Feb 2, 2019

Upstart Rams take aim at historic Patriots

A sixth Lombardi Trophy would further cement the legacy of the New England Patriots, and specifically Bill Belichick and Tom Brady, but the upstart Los Angeles Rams are chasing history of their own in Super Bowl LIII on Sunday.
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ASIA PACIFIC
Feb 1, 2019

Jailed Reuters journalists appeal to Myanmar's top court as rights group decries 'fear'

Lawyers for two Reuters reporters jailed in Myanmar for breaking a colonial-era official secrets law appealed to the Supreme Court on Friday against their conviction, as a rights group said the government wielded repressive laws against peaceful critics.
BUSINESS / Economy
Jan 29, 2019

Executives raise global growth alarm on risks from China and trade to Brexit

Corporate executives are increasingly nervous about the global economic outlook as they see threats multiplying from China to trade to Brexit.
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WORLD / Crime & Legal
Jan 28, 2019

Ex-Trump adviser Roger Stone hints he may cooperate with Robert Mueller's Russia probe

Roger Stone, an ally of President Donald Trump and a longtime Republican operative, did not rule out on Sunday cooperating with special counsel Robert Mueller in his investigation of Russian meddling in the 2016 U.S. presidential election.
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BUSINESS / Companies
Jan 25, 2019

Subaru death-from-overwork probe finds 3,400 staff were not paid overtime for two years

Subaru Corp. on Friday said it did not pay overtime wages over a two-year period to some 3,400 employees who underreported their hours, a revelation that surfaced in an internal probe following the 2016 suicide of an overworked employee.
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BUSINESS / Tech / FOCUS
Jan 25, 2019

U.S. universities unplug from China's Huawei under pressure from Trump's national security law

Top U.S. universities are ditching telecommunications equipment made by Huawei Technologies and other Chinese companies to avoid losing federal funding under a new national security law backed by the Trump administration.
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WORLD / Crime & Legal
Jan 24, 2019

Michael Cohen postpones testimony to Congress amid 'threats' by Trump against his family, lawyer says

President Donald Trump's former personal lawyer, Michael Cohen, is postponing his Feb. 7 testimony to the U.S. Congress because of threats against his family from Trump, his adviser said on Wednesday.

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