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BASKETBALL / B. League / HOOP SCOOP
Feb 2, 2018

B. League boosts Kumamoto recovery

Sometimes, the combined efforts of government officials, volunteers, local residents and sports leagues team up to produce a certifiable winner.
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WORLD / Crime & Legal
Jan 29, 2018

Bloody Mexican weekend violence claims at least 25, including Chilean tourist

At least 25 people were murdered in Mexico this weekend, according to officials and local media, including nine men who were executed at a house party in a suburb of the wealthy northern industrial city of Monterrey.
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WORLD / Society
Jan 23, 2018

U.S. aid chief pays surprise visit to Syria's war-ravaged Raqqa on stabilization push

The U.S. government's aid chief, Mark Green, made an unannounced visit to Raqqa in Syria on Monday, the most senior U.S. civilian official from the Trump administration to visit the war-struck northern city months after it was retaken from Islamic State.
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BUSINESS / DAVOS SPECIAL 2018
Jan 23, 2018

Saitama in the vanguard of technological innovation

The city of Saitama, a major bedroom community of Tokyo and a host of venues for basketball and soccer games during the 2020 Olympics, attracts many companies with leading technology that Japan can be proud to showcase to the world.
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MORE SPORTS
Jan 20, 2018

Shoe guru Hitoshi Mimura wants to help put Japan's marathon runners back on right track

Renowned footwear designer Hitoshi Mimura has become a global adviser for American sports apparel brand New Balance.
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LIFE / Travel
Jan 12, 2018

Takamatsu: Udon the key to Shikoku castle town's heart

Come for the gardens, stay for the noodles in Kagawa's capital city.
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Rugby
Jan 10, 2018

Rugby World Cup organizing committee lays out plan for ticket sales

With ticket sales for the 2019 Rugby World Cup set to kick off later this month, the organizing committee for the event revealed the types of tickets that will be available as well as the periods for the priority lottery sales for the tournament on Wednesday.
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JAPAN
Jan 5, 2018

Pair become first board game players to receive Japan's People's Honor Award

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Friday officially decided to bestow the prestigious People's Honor Award on professional shogi and go champions, making the pair the first board game players to bag the award.
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ASIA PACIFIC
Jan 3, 2018

History: North Korea's participation in previous games hosted by South Korea

North Korea reopened a border hotline with Seoul on Wednesday to discuss sending a delegation to the Winter Olympics in South Korea's Pyeongchang next month.
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SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Dec 29, 2017

Gap between big and small clubs a real issue

You could imagine the Sky Sports executives' expressions as they heard soccer pundit Jamie Carragher at halftime during Manchester City's 1-0 win at Newcastle on Wednesday.
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MORE SPORTS
Dec 25, 2017

V.League hoping to shake up volleyball scene

The name of the new league is nothing fresh, but Japan's top volleyball circuit will shake things up next fall.
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LIFE / Language / BILINGUAL
Dec 18, 2017

Hit products of 2017 home in on uchi

Nikkei Marketing Journal ranks the hit products for 2017, with Amazon and Rakuten sitting pretty among the grand champions.
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SPORTS
Dec 13, 2017

Retired athletes put future options in spotlight

When Eiji Shiraki retired as an American football player for the powerhouse Fujitsu Frontiers of the semi-pro X League three years ago, he was completely bewildered.
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ASIA PACIFIC / ANALYSIS
Dec 1, 2017

The thinking behind Kim Jong Un's 'madness'

On an icy December day in 2011, North Korea's new leader Kim Jong Un was accompanied by seven advisers as they escorted the hearse that carried his father, Kim Jong Il, through the streets of Pyongyang.
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BUSINESS / Companies
Nov 24, 2017

Gaming industry treads precarious path as it brings in-game purchases to PC and console titles

Free, it turns out, can be a great business.
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COMMUNITY / Our Lives / 20 QUESTIONS
Nov 11, 2017

Hiroyuki Shimizu: Tasty tips from a mobile deep-fried chicken cook

Tokyo street vendor on flexibility, lines for food and missing underwear.
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JAPAN / CHUBU CONNECTION
Nov 6, 2017

Ahead of 2019 Rugby World Cup, Japan attempts to drum up enthusiasm from female fans

With the 2019 Rugby World Cup coming to Japan in two years, local governments hosting the event in the Chubu region are eagerly working to promote the sport, especially among women.

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