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WORLD / Politics
Sep 28, 2017

Alabama arch-conservative's victory seen putting establishment Republicans on notice

The anti-establishment wave that propelled Donald Trump to the White House is developing into a political force that perhaps even the president cannot control and could shake his Republican Party ahead of next year's congressional elections.
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BUSINESS
Sep 28, 2017

Britain warns Boeing it might miss out on defense contracts over Bombardier row

Britain told U.S. plane-maker Boeing on Wednesday that it could lose out on future British defense contracts because of its dispute with Canadian rival Bombardier which has put 4,200 jobs at risk in Northern Ireland.
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BASKETBALL / B. League
Sep 27, 2017

B. League names board ahead of new campaign

With its sophomore season set to get underway Friday, the B. League held a regular general assembly to select board members and auditors for a new two-year term, and approved them in a temporary board of directors meeting on Wednesday.
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CULTURE / Art
Sep 26, 2017

Kyoichi Sawada: Vietnam and home

Kyoichi Sawada's 1965 photo of a Vietnamese family fleeing the bombing of their village in Binh Dinh province, during the war between North Vietnam and South Vietnam and the U.S. and its allies, has become a landmark image of 20th-century history. A mother, grandmother, two young children and a baby...
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BUSINESS
Sep 26, 2017

Japan Airlines announces code-sharing deal with Hawaiian Airlines

Japan Airlines said Tuesday it will enter into a code-sharing deal with Hawaiian Airlines and form a joint venture in the coming months to boost access to one of the most popular overseas destinations for Japanese travelers.
Figure Skating / ICE TIME
Sep 26, 2017

Yuzuru Hanyu's uneven start no cause for concern

The ability of sports to glorify one moment and humble the next was on full display at the Autumn Classic International in Montreal over the weekend.
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JAPAN / Politics
Sep 26, 2017

Voters question Abe's decision to call snap election

Many voters on Tuesday appeared confounded at the timing of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's decision to dissolve the Lower House and call a snap election, questioning the need to set in motion a costly process without a clear need to secure a new national mandate.
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BUSINESS
Sep 26, 2017

Thailand courts Japanese businesses with grand tour of key industrial zone

In the coastal area east of bustling Bangkok lies Thailand's largest industrial zone, a production hub where hundreds of Japanese car- and auto parts makers had once rushed to gain a foothold in Southeast Asia.
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BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 26, 2017

Toyota invests in Japanese startups to catch up in autonomous car race

When it comes to cracking the code for self-driving cars, startups have an edge on big businesses, says computer scientist Katsuya Uenoyama.
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ASIA PACIFIC / Society / FOCUS
Sep 26, 2017

China's Communist Party uses rap to tap youth culture, hook millennials

In his baseball cap and baggy yellow T-shirt, the rap star Li Yijie — better known by his stage name "Pissy" — is an unlikely face of China's strait-laced ruling Communist Party.
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WORLD / Politics
Sep 26, 2017

Iraqi Kurds cast independence vote in defiance of threats and opposition from Ankara, Baghdad, Tehran

Kurds voted in large numbers in an independence referendum in northern Iraq on Monday, ignoring pressure from Baghdad, threats from Turkey and Iran, and international warnings that the vote may ignite yet more regional conflict.
JAPAN
Sep 25, 2017

The public has spoken: Xiang Xiang is the name of Ueno Zoo's newest star

The new star at Tokyo's Ueno Zoo has been named Xiang Xiang, the kanji for which can mean either "fragrance" or "popular" in Chinese.
JAPAN / Politics
Sep 25, 2017

Osaka's leaders complain about San Francisco 'comfort women' statue to U.S. Ambassador Hagerty

In a meeting with U.S. Ambassador to Japan William Hagerty on Monday, Osaka's leaders expressed solidarity with America over North Korea but concern that San Francisco, Osaka's sister city, erected a monument to the wartime "comfort women" who were forced into Japanese military brothels before and during...
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COMMUNITY / Voices / FOREIGN AGENDA
Sep 25, 2017

Buying a house in Japan can be an investment in joy

The 'return' on your investment in a home in Japan is best measured in terms of the pleasure it will yield and the doorway to the intimacies of community and the Japanese mind it will lure you into.
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WORLD / Politics
Sep 25, 2017

Graham-Cassidy bill to repeal Obamacare is on life support as Republican senators waver

The latest Republican attempt to repeal and replace Obamacare appeared headed for defeat after Sen. Susan Collins said she doesn't see herself backing the current plan and Texas Sen. Ted Cruz said he's currently "not a yes."
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Sep 24, 2017

Iguchi hits final home run to end career in style

Tadahito Iguchi had insisted that one of the reasons why he was hanging up his cleats was that he could no longer hit home runs as often as he used to.
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LIFE / Lifestyle
Sep 23, 2017

A ruff guide to Seeing Eye dogs in Japan

Ariel is a devoted labrador. Named after the title character in Disney's "The Little Mermaid," Ariel can’t get enough of her user, 37-year-old Kanako Suzuki. Ariel rolls on her back, begging to be petted, and when Suzuki joins her on the floor, the animal jumps onto her lap — all 24 kilograms of...
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COMMENTARY / COUNTERPOINT
Sep 23, 2017

In Japan under Shinzo Abe, more power to the PM, but to what end?

In his final Counterpoint column, Jeff Kingston considers where Japan is heading under scandal-hit Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.
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JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Sep 23, 2017

Political protest or textbook harassment?

In 1979, The New Yorker ran a very long article by Frances FitzGerald about American history textbooks and how they had changed over the years. She said that the framing of history depends on who is writing it and, more importantly, who is supporting that writing. Publishers present history in such a...
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WORLD / Politics / FOCUS
Sep 23, 2017

Despite undiplomatic discourse, Trump met more leaders at U.N. General Assembly than Obama

A subtle diplomat like Talleyrand, Donald Trump is not.
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JAPAN / Science & Health / NATURAL SELECTIONS
Sep 23, 2017

Cephalopods show signs of intelligence

Is it morally acceptable to eat intelligent animals? Everyone can make their own mind up about this. Some people think that there's nothing wrong with eating any kind of animal. For me, I drew a somewhat arbitrary zoological line in the sand and decided that any animal "above" a fish was off-limits....
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Sep 22, 2017

Journalist's appeal of 2016 rape case decision rejected by inquest panel

A committee for the inquest of prosecution has rejected a journalist's appeal of a 2016 decision not to indict former television reporter Noriyuki Yamaguchi, whom she accused of raping her.
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SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Sep 22, 2017

Multiple issues keep Liverpool from contending

Despite being only five points behind joint-leaders Manchester City and Manchester United, Jürgen Klopp knows that Liverpool will not win the Premier League title. If Liverpool is some way behind the Manchester duo plus Chelsea in terms of defensive quality if not points, it has been lapped by the cream...

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