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NATIONAL 2

JAPAN
Sep 21, 2016
Japanese architect group pushes for Yoyogi National Gymnasium to get World Heritage listing
A group that includes famed Japanese architects Fumihiko Maki and Kengo Kuma on Wednesday launched a campaign seeking inclusion of gymnasium facilities used in the 1964 Tokyo Olympics on UNESCO's World Cultural Heritage list.
EDITORIALS
Sep 7, 2016
Relocating government functions
The Abe administration must take a stronger lead in pushing forward the decentralization of some national government functions if it is really serious about pursuing the project.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Sep 6, 2016
'Craft Arts: Innovation of "Tradition and Avant-Garde," and the Present Day'
Sept. 17-Dec. 4
OLYMPICS
Aug 27, 2016
Kenyan police arrest three Olympic officials over Rio mismanagement
Kenya has arrested three top members of its Olympic committee, a Reuters witness said, after mismanagement of the contingent nearly derailed the country's participation in the Rio Games.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Aug 17, 2016
Trump to get first security briefing but ultra-sensitive info off-limits: sources
Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump is expected to receive his first national security briefing this week from intelligence officials, sources said on Tuesday.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Aug 16, 2016
'Thomas Ruff'
Aug. 30-Nov. 13
EDITORIALS
Aug 6, 2016
Ensure medical needs are met
The system for training doctors is worsening the disparity between medical care in urban and rural areas.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Aug 2, 2016
The earliest memes also had humor
The curators at Tokyo's National Museum of Western Art (NMWA) have decided that Japan, a country well-known for its own print art, should know more about the print art of Europe. In this endeavor, they have chosen the work of Israhel van Meckenem (c. 1445-1503), a Germanic print artist from the Lower...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Aug 2, 2016
'A Feverish Era: Art Informel and the Expansion of Japanese Artistic Expression in the 1950s and '60s'
July 29-Sept. 11
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 2, 2016
Khizr Khan and the triumph of Democratic militarism
The Democrats turned Donald Trump's tactless words into a scandal, deflecting attention from the real issue: Hillary Clinton's support for the illegal war that killed Humayun Khan.
EDITORIALS
Aug 2, 2016
The flip flop in Philadelphia
At their national convention, the Democratics made it clear that they are the party of the future and the Republicans are the party of fear.
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 1, 2016
If Clinton is likable, show it
If there is any way to bring out the private, likable Hillary Clinton before a larger, public audience, then her campaign needs to find it quick.

Longform

Sumadori Bar on Shibuya Ward's main Center Gai street targets young customers who prefer low-alcohol drinks or abstain altogether.
Rethinking that second drink: Japan’s Gen Z gets ‘sober curious’