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BUSINESS
Jan 9, 2020

Japan-run language school that saw stock surge 1,093% last year eyes expansion

A Japan-run language school that saw its stock soar almost 12-fold last year is planning to expand into new business areas as its chief executive officer tries to keep the rally alive.
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GLOBAL INSIGHT / Jamaica report 2020
Jan 9, 2020

A globally competitive logistics hub

The Jamaican government is implementing its plans to create an advanced and integrated infrastructure network covering air, sea, rail, road and special economic zones in order to become the fourth node in the world’s logistics chain.
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GLOBAL INSIGHT / Jamaica report 2020
Jan 9, 2020

The revitalization of Jamaica’s mining sector

The island’s bauxite and alumina industry is retaking its place on the world stage, while investors explore Jamaica’s other minerals.
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COMMENTARY / World
Jan 8, 2020

Soleimani's killing threatens to set the Mideast on fire

Trump is acting tough in hope that a show of determination will deter Iran, but hope is not a strategy.
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COMMENTARY / World
Jan 8, 2020

A decade of climate science confirmed our suspicions

The future will be warmer, stormier and more extreme.
WORLD
Jan 7, 2020

Argentina boosts security at airports and U.S. Embassy over Iran tensions

Argentina's government boosted security at its airports, borders and the U.S. Embassy in Buenos Aires as tensions simmer between the United States and Iran, the South American country's defense minister told local media on Monday.
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ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jan 5, 2020

Signaling frustration with protests, China appoints new Hong Kong liaison head

China has replaced its top liaison official for Hong Kong, signaling Beijing's growing frustration with prodemocracy protests that have dragged on for months.
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WORLD / Politics
Jan 5, 2020

Spain's Pedro Sanchez, seeking to form new government, pledges dialogue with Catalan separatists

Spain's acting prime minister Pedro Sanchez, seeking parliament's backing to form a government, pledged to resolve the Catalan dispute through dialogue as he received renewed support from separatists in the restive region.
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Jan 4, 2020

Japan's bureaucrats take top news honors in 2019

A year ago, the big news story in Japan was former Nissan CEO Carlos Ghosn languishing in a jail cell while the media discussed whether he should be there, thus sparking an overdue discussion about the country's so-called hostage justice system. It was a nice discussion while it lasted. 
WORLD
Jan 4, 2020

Singular 'they' chosen as word of the decade in U.S.

American linguists on Friday chose "they" as their word of the decade, recognizing the growing use of third-person plural pronouns as a singular form to refer to people who identify their sex as neither entirely male nor entirely female.
WORLD
Jan 2, 2020

Tayyip Erdogan says up to 250,000 Syrians flee toward Turkey as crisis worsens

President Tayyip Erdogan said Thursday up to 250,000 migrants were fleeing toward Turkey from Syria's northwest Idlib region after weeks of renewed bombardment by Russian and Syrian government forces.
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ASIA PACIFIC / Politics / ANALYSIS
Jan 2, 2020

North Korean missiles again flying over Japan 'only a matter of time,' experts say

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's declaration that his country is no longer bound by its self-imposed nuclear and missile moratorium drastically raises the chances of longer-range weapons overflying Japan once again, experts say.
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EDITORIALS
Jan 2, 2020

Imagine 2030's world to generate innovative ideas

Visualizing the kind of world we want to live in 10 years from now can spur creativity and innovation.
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WORLD
Jan 2, 2020

Rock-throwing Iraqi militias end protest at U.S. Embassy

Supporters of Iranian-backed Iraqi paramilitary groups who stormed the U.S. Embassy's perimeter and hurled rocks in two days of protests withdrew on Wednesday after Washington dispatched extra troops and threatened reprisals against Tehran.
JAPAN / New Year's Special
Jan 2, 2020

Can Tokyo's soft power push ensure a positive Olympic legacy?

When the capital hosted the Olympic Games over half a century ago, it was heralded as a symbol of Japan's postwar recovery. This time around, Tokyo appears keen on trading brick and mortar for hearts and minds.
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WORLD
Dec 31, 2019

I wouldn't have wasted my time on Trump, says Greta Thunberg

Teenage climate change activist Greta Thunberg said Monday that talking to U.S. President Donald Trump at a United Nations summit on global warming would have been a waste of time since he would not have paid any attention.
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LIFE / Language / WELL SAID
Dec 31, 2019

Uh, if you want to speak Japanese like a local, you'll, er, need to master 'eeto' and 'anō'

Words expressing hesitation and thoughtfulness can differ depending on the formality of a situation.
LIFE / Language / NEWS IN NIHONGO
Dec 31, 2019

'Hagoita' paddles feature big names of 2019

A Kyodo article on Hagoita paddles comes filled with the kanji of this year's newsmakers.
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WORLD
Dec 31, 2019

Iraq condemns U.S. airstrikes on Iran-backed militia as unacceptable and dangerous

Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi on Monday condemned U.S. airstrikes on bases of Iranian-backed Iraqi militia, a move that could plunge Iraq further into the heart of a proxy conflict between the United States and Iran.
JAPAN / Politics
Dec 30, 2019

How socialism and the left wing failed in Japan

Three decades ago, the fall of the Berlin Wall and the Malta Summit signified the end of the Cold War and the defeat of left-wing forces, including the socialists and communists.
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WORLD
Dec 30, 2019

Suspected Houthi missile hits military parade in Yemen, killing at least seven

A missile fired by the Iran-aligned Houthi group struck a military parade in Yemen's town of al-Dhalea, killing at least seven people and wounding several, government-allied southern separatist forces who control the area said on Sunday.
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JAPAN / Help Wanted?
Dec 29, 2019

Student's death reveals dark side of Bhutan-Japan exchange program

A year has passed since the lifeless body of a Bhutanese exchange student was discovered hanging from a tree in a public park in Fukuoka.
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JAPAN / Regional Voices: Kyushu
Dec 27, 2019

Critics assail secrecy over unexploded chemical weapons left by Imperial Japanese Army

At the end of World War II, the Imperial Japanese Army left a number of unexploded shells filled with poison gas used as munitions. In the 2000s, when such artillery shells were discovered and retrieved from the seabed off the coastal town of Kanda, Fukuoka Prefecture, the central government issued an...

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