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JAPAN
Dec 18, 2015

'Star Wars' fans turn out in force for first showings

A man dressed as Admiral Ackbar snapped a selfie in the lobby of the Nippon TV building early Friday afternoon.
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CULTURE / Film
Dec 17, 2015

Two generations of 'Star Wars' heroes come together in 'The Force Awakens'

It all started a long time ago (1977 to be precise) in a galaxy far, far away — er, Hollywood. Six films and billions of dollars in merchandising later, the world awaits the arrival of "Star Wars: The Force Awakens."
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SOCCER
Dec 16, 2015

Guangzhou ready for Barca

Guangzhou Evergrande manager Luiz Felipe Scolari admits that the absence of injured Barcelona superstar Neymar will make little difference to his team's chances of beating the European champions in Thursday's Club World Cup semifinal.
JAPAN
Dec 13, 2015

Saitama assemblyman apologizes for remark about number of registered dogs, foreigners

An official in Saitama Prefecture apologizes after pointing out that the non-Japanese population of city of Kawaguchi is larger than the number of registered dogs.
Japan Times
SOCCER
Dec 12, 2015

Team chairman Katumbi makes major investments in TP Mazembe

With two clinics, a much-envied youth academy, a modern stadium and their own 40-seat jet, life for African champions TP Mazembe is a world apart from that of their local rivals.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Dec 4, 2015

French tycoon Tapie says he faces total ruin after court ruling on disputed business deal

French tycoon Bernard Tapie says he faces "total ruin" after a court ordered him to repay more than €400 million over a disputed business deal.
Japan Times
Figure Skating / ICE TIME
Dec 1, 2015

Hanyu's greatness confirmed at NHK Trophy

Sometimes in life we are in the right place at the right time.
EDITORIALS
Nov 29, 2015

Macri's moment has come

With Argentina's legislature still controlled by the Peronists, new President Mauricio Macri faces an uphill battle to implement the reforms necessary to turn the country's economy around.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel / BACKSTREET STORIES
Nov 28, 2015

The big-ticket gifts of Kumano-dori

As November grows chilly, I warm up with an urban hike to hunt out seasonal gifts for friends and family. Tokyo is a bastion of creativity and craftsmanship, and shopping the backstreets is like touring a gallery of desires you never knew you had. I exit the Ginza Line's Gaienmae Station, and trot off...
SOCCER
Nov 25, 2015

South Korean duo short-listed for AFC award

South Korean pair Son Heung-min and Ki Sung-yueng and Australian midfielder Massimo Luongo were short-listed on Wednesday for the Asian Football Confederation's International Player of the Year award.
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WORLD
Nov 21, 2015

In Paris attacks, nurse discovered the man he was trying to save was a bomber

In the chaos of the explosion at the Comptoir Voltaire cafe, one of several targets hit in the Nov. 13 Paris attacks, nurse David sought to help the wounded.
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WORLD
Nov 20, 2015

Life after Schengen: What a Europe with borders would look like

Continental Europeans have gone so long — two decades — without internal border controls that the younger generation doesn't know what life is like with them. For a glimpse of the past, and the fortress mentality setting in after the Paris terrorist attacks, look no further than France's frontier...
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JAPAN
Nov 20, 2015

Tokyo must act now to build legacy for venues beyond 2020 Olympics, says London Games exec

Tokyo must act now to develop a vision for the new National Stadium and other Olympic venues that reaches decades beyond the 2020 Games.
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WORLD / ANALYSIS
Nov 20, 2015

Paris attacks heighten security fears for 2016 Rio Olympics

Last week's Paris killings have raised fears about the 2016 Olympic Games in Brazil, a country with so little history of terrorism that the president has played down the chance of an attack and legislators have long resisted bills to make it a crime.
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 17, 2015

No city is safe while the war continues in Syria

France and other U.S.-led coalition countries must all now assume they are potential targets for attacks like the ones in Paris. They need to decide whether they should subscribe to Putin's method of stamping out terror.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 17, 2015

On U.S. campuses, a freedom from speech

Some U.S. campuses are so saturated with progressivism that they celebrate diversity in everything but thought.
EDITORIALS
Nov 16, 2015

Horror in Paris

The struggle against Islamic State is a war against extremism, and the world must be prepared for more such acts of horror.
WORLD
Nov 15, 2015

Prosecutor lays out how three teams killed at least 129 in Paris terror spree

As investigators hunt for leads in Europe's worst terror attack in a decade, the Paris prosecutor laid out how three teams of assailants managed to kill at least 129 people in and around one of the world's most heavily policed capitals.
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WORLD
Nov 14, 2015

New York, other U.S. cities beef up security after Paris attacks

New York, Boston and other cities in the United States bolstered security on Friday night after deadly gun and bomb attacks on civilians in Paris, but law enforcement officials said the beefed-up police presence was precautionary rather than a response to any specific threats.
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COMMUNITY / Our Lives / TELLING LIVES
Nov 11, 2015

Mr. Cherry, Japan's No. 1 record-breaker, is 'officially amazing'

Cherry Yoshitake has broken more world records than any other Japanese person, but there's every chance you've never heard of him.
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MORE SPORTS
Nov 5, 2015

Former athletics chief Diack placed under investigation

Lamine Diack, the former head of world athletics, has been placed under formal investigation in France on suspicion of corruption and money laundering following a complaint from the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA).

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