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BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Mar 31, 2023

Fighters debut 'best stadium in the world' as NPB kicks off new season

The Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters have touted the opening of their new home, Es Con Field Hokkaido, as the dawning of a new generation.
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JAPAN
Mar 31, 2023

COVID-19 tracker: Tokyo logs 854 new cases

The seven-day average of new cases stood at 814, up 26.7% from a week earlier.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Mar 31, 2023

Masahiro Tanaka feels right at home as away team pitcher in Hokkaido opener

Tanaka has rarely had the opportunity to start on opening day in Japan, twice because of his participation in the WBC and also because he spent 2014 to 2020 in MLB.
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ASIA PACIFIC
Mar 31, 2023

U.S. and Taiwan are 'closer than ever,' Tsai says in New York

The visit comes at a time when U.S. relations with China are at what some analysts see as their worst level since Washington normalized ties with Beijing in 1979.
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BUSINESS
Mar 31, 2023

Inflation in Tokyo cools for second month but remains above BOJ target

Core consumer prices in Tokyo, a leading indicator of nationwide trends, rose 3.2% in March from a year earlier, compared with 3.3% in February and a nearly 42-year high of 4.3% in January.
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COMMENTARY / World
Mar 31, 2023

There's no such thing as artificial intelligence

The term artificial intelligence breeds misunderstanding and helps its creators avoid culpability for mistakes.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 31, 2023

Politics by other means in the Modi vs. BBC row

The subversion of India’s media through public institutions, tax authorities and enforcement agencies is a legacy that started long before the BJP came to power.
Japan Times
EDITORIALS
Mar 31, 2023

China’s hospitality may not be what it seems

The day before Jack Ma resurfaced in China, former Taiwanese President Ma Ying-jeou arrived for an unprecedented and unofficial 12-day visit.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 31, 2023

NATO’s 2% guideline is stupid but needed

If the North Atlantic Treaty Organization had no free riders, it could do without dumb rules like the 2% of GDP spending guideline. But it does.
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JAPAN
Mar 31, 2023

COVID measures will be up to Japan's businesses after downgrade

Requests for customers to sanitize their hands or have their temperatures taken are largely based on guidelines created by industries and will likely be less common after May 8.
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BUSINESS
Mar 31, 2023

IMF says BOJ should avoid hasty exit and provide rate guidance

Any indication of a shift in the 'yield curve control' program could trigger a massive bond selloff, leaving some economists predicting that an end to YCC could come very abruptly.
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JAPAN / Politics
Mar 31, 2023

Campaigning kicks off for Japanese local elections

Key campaign issues include child-rearing support, soaring prices and support for regional economies.
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SOCCER
Mar 31, 2023

Fury and sadness in Indonesia after FIFA pulls Under-20 World Cup

The humiliating loss came after two influential governors advocated banning Israel from the competition.
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BUSINESS
Mar 31, 2023

Long-awaited rules for carbon offset market disappoint experts

Fear of greenwashing has hamstrung the growing market, with data suggesting fewer offsets are being claimed against emitters’ carbon footprints.
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SOCCER
Mar 31, 2023

Dortmund target overcoming Munich hoodoo on Tuchel's big day

Dortmund sit one point clear of Bayern but face their title rivals at Munich's Allianz Arena, which has been a graveyard for their aspirations.
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ASIA PACIFIC
Mar 31, 2023

Thai forest fires worsen pollution that’s left 2 million ill

Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha has ordered urgent steps to put out forest fires in Nakhon Nayok province to the east of Bangkok and those in the country’s northern region.
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JAPAN
Mar 31, 2023

Japan's new fiscal year to bring more price hikes and changes to social systems

The start of April will herald the second year in a row in which widespread hikes to foods and services prices, caused by surging materials prices, will weigh on household finances.
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JAPAN
Mar 31, 2023

LGBTQ activists rally in Tokyo ahead of Hiroshima G7 summit

Activists shared LGBTQ issues they face and discussed the roles the G7 should play for the empowerment of sexual minorities around the world.
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ASIA PACIFIC
Mar 31, 2023

China's 'art factory' painters turn from fakes to originals

Home to more than 8,000 artists, southern China's Dafen has been producing near-perfect copies of timeless masterpieces for years.
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ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Mar 31, 2023

South Korean opposition leader’s legal woes cause rifts in bloc before elections

Kim Jong-min, a Democratic Party lawmaker, said Lee’s repeated court appearances are weakening its ability to form a united front against President Yoon Suk-yeol.
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WORLD / Politics / FOCUS
Mar 31, 2023

Trump indictment breathes life into his grievance-driven campaign

Just when Republicans were beginning to believe that Trump was vulnerable if he ran a campaign about his grievances, an indictment gives him no reason to change his tune.
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BUSINESS
Mar 31, 2023

Japan tightens chip gear exports as U.S. seeks to contain China

Tokyo’s move follows months of lobbying by the U.S. to get Japan to join it in tightening shipments of semiconductor tools to China.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Mar 31, 2023

U.K. to join Indo-Pacific trade bloc in major post-Brexit pact

The British government views membership of the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership as a boost for economic growth and geopolitical relations.
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WORLD
Mar 31, 2023

Finland clears last obstacle to NATO entry with nod from Turkey

The vote seals a major change in the European security architecture after militarily nonaligned Finland and Sweden sought NATO membership following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
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ASIA PACIFIC
Mar 31, 2023

Exhibition celebrates contributions to art

Also known as Haruhisa Handa, Toshu Fukami, who is an artist, entrepreneur and philanthropist, held an opening ceremony for Toshu Fukami Exhibition 2023, a solo showing of his paintings at Tokyo Big Sight in Tokyo’s Koto Ward, on March 18.

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