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US JAPAN

Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Aug 31, 2016
Kremlin blindsides Tokyo with premature announcement of Putin visit
The Kremlin on Tuesday announced a visit by President Vladimir Putin to Japan that was news to Tokyo.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE FOREIGN ELEMENT
Aug 31, 2016
U.S. washes hands of rights violations at Okinawa helipad site
Washington and the Pentagon sidestep issues of injuries to protesters and censorship as police blanket the village of Takae.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / ANALYSIS
Aug 31, 2016
North Korea makes progress on missiles, but no evidence of nuclear warhead yet
North Korea has made considerable progress this year on weapons technology, including testing a submarine-launched missile for the first time, but it is still not clear if the isolated nation has developed a nuclear warhead.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 31, 2016
Japan Tobacco playing catchup as nation takes to vaping in big way
Competition to sate Japanese nicotine addicts is heating up.
Japan Times
CARTOONS / DAHL'S JAPAN
Aug 27, 2016
Obama Rug Pull
EDITORIALS
Aug 26, 2016
Improving ties in Northeast Asia
Japan, China and South Korea need to realize that tensions over their differences rise in the absence of top-level diplomatic contacts.

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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’