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CULTURE / CULTURE SMASH
Jun 20, 2015

Can #socialmedia boost music sales in Japan?

Last week, Line Corp.'s, the operators of Japan's most popular messaging app, launched an in-app music streaming service called Line Music. Japan is the second-largest music market in the world after the United States, but its consumers have so far been global outliers, clinging to physical products...
JAPAN / History / THE LIVING PAST
Jun 20, 2015

Jomon life 'remained pretty much unchanged'

Jomon Japan is fantastic. It ought to be preserved in stone. It was preserved in stone. For 10,000 years, this New Stone Age culture flourished. It is one of the longest-running single traditions in the world. A man, woman or child dying in, say, 10,000 B.C. and coming back to life circa 400 B.C. would...
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WORLD
Jun 20, 2015

Moment of truth nears for nuclear waste time bomb

More than half a century after the world's first commercial nuclear plant went into operation in the United States, the industry may finally be nearing a way to store radioactive waste underground permanently.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jun 18, 2015

Japan joins America's presidential campaign

BOJ head Haruhiko Kuroda's recent comments about the yen suggest Washington is very much on Tokyo's mind these days.
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BASEBALL / MLB
Jun 17, 2015

Feds probing St. Louis Cardinals over allegations team targeted Houston Astros in hacking: report

The Federal Bureau of Investigation and U.S. federal prosecutors are investigating the St. Louis Cardinals baseball team for hacking into the computers of the Houston Astros to steal closely guarded information about player personnel, The New York Times reported on Tuesday.
WORLD
Jun 14, 2015

British royals set to return to Runnymede, where the Magna Carta was sealed 800 years ago

Queen Elizabeth II will return on Monday to the setting where 800 years ago one of her predecessors accepted the Magna Carta, the English document that put limits on the power of the crown for the first time and laid the foundation for modern freedoms.
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COMMUNITY / Our Lives / 20 QUESTIONS
Jun 13, 2015

David Bickle: 'Never be afraid to ask (people) questions'

BCCJ president on the challenges of doing business in Japan and playing for the national rugby team.
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SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Jun 12, 2015

England's qualification for Euro 2016 a virtual certainty

For a week we have been told how boring England were in the 0-0 draw against the Republic of Ireland. How Roy Hodgson's tactics are sterile. How the England players wear a tactical strait-jacket.
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COMMENTARY / World
Jun 11, 2015

Putin is no James Bond villain

Vladimir Putin is a rogue dictator, but that doesn't mean that he is intent on destroying the world with nuclear weapons unless it bends to his will.
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CULTURE / Film
Jun 11, 2015

'Mockingjay' rises toward a revolution

Today's Hollywood is great at catering to the superfan. Whether it's the dedicated following that supports (or argues over) TV shows like "Game of Thrones," "True Blood" or "The Walking Dead," or the comic-book enthusiasts that salivate over every detail of a superhero flick like "Avengers: Age of Ultron,"...
WORLD
Jun 11, 2015

Hackers targeted Iran nuclear talks: Kaspersky Lab

A computer virus was used to hack into venues linked to international talks on Iran's nuclear program, the Russian computer security company Kaspersky Lab said on Wednesday.
WORLD / Science & Health
Jun 11, 2015

New U.S. plan to trim aviation emissions satisfies industry, worries greens

For two years, President Barack Obama has used his executive power to impose new rules to cut carbon emissions, targeting cars and power plants, buoying environmentalists and infuriating industry.
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BASKETBALL
Jun 10, 2015

Japanese women look forward to competing for Olympic berth at Asia Championship

Japan's women achieved a great feat two years ago in Thailand, winning their first Asia Championship in 43 years. With the FIBA suspension of the Japan Basketball Association close to being lifted, Japan is on track to compete in the tournament again.
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 10, 2015

The South China Sea conflict in a nutshell

The stakes in the South China Sea are high for both the U.S. and China, as is the risk of a miscalculation.
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 8, 2015

Washington should offer to talk to Pyongyang

The possibility of division and dissension in Pyongyang gives Washington a new reason to suggest direct discussions without preconditions, but with the prospect of benefits for a change in direction.
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ASIA PACIFIC / Society
Jun 8, 2015

Imported food, limousines await as Chinese spare no expense when pampering their pooches

Shanghai bank employee Frances Chen spends about a fifth of her monthly salary on her poodle, Cookie, one of the millions of pet owners turning China's pet care industry into one of the fastest growing in the world.
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SOCCER
Jun 7, 2015

BBC claims to have seen former FIFA VP Warner's documents

The BBC claims to have seen evidence detailing what happened to the $10 million soccer's world governing body FIFA sent to former vice president Jack Warner.
COMMENTARY / COUNTERPOINT
Jun 6, 2015

History is harsh unless you erase it

On his visit to the United States in April, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe addressed Congress and told them: "History is harsh. What was done cannot be undone."
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LIFE / Food & Drink / A TASTE OF HOME
Jun 5, 2015

The best places in Tokyo to taste Vietnam in a baguette

Remember that rumor about “Mama” Cass Elliot from the Mamas and Papas? The one about how she died in bed while munching on a sandwich? I heard that as a child and for years I took it as a cautionary tale about bedtime snacking, or else as evidence that fate has a rather whimsical sense of humor....
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COMMENTARY / World
Jun 2, 2015

Cameron's work is cut out

David Cameron, if he is unlucky and plays his hands badly, could end up as the prime minister who led Britain out of the EU and who was responsible for the demise of the union of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
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COMMUNITY / Issues
May 31, 2015

U.S. greenlights Japan's march back to militarism

As I've often written, I'm a big proponent of the historical record — if for no other reason, so we can look back at the past and learn from our mistakes.
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COMMENTARY / World
May 31, 2015

South China Sea disputes test China's peaceful rise

The South China Sea has become a critical testing ground for the changing economic, political and military relationship between China and the United States.
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JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
May 30, 2015

A media circus surrounds Japan's animal acts

The Japanese Association of Zoos and Aquariums has voted to stop buying dolphins captured during drive hunts conducted by fishermen in Taiji, Wakayama Prefecture. For the past decade, the town has received a great deal of negative publicity because of its dolphin slaughter, and the World Association...

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Members of the nonprofit group Japan Youth Memorial Association search for the remains of dead soldiers in a cave in Okinawa Prefecture in February.
The long search for Japan’s lost soldiers