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COMMUNITY / Voices / VIEWS FROM THE STREET
Jun 6, 2018

Views from Tokyo: Do you read newspapers? How do you get your fix of daily news?

As the media continues to struggle to adapt to the digital age, young people open up about how they consume news.
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CULTURE / Stage
Jun 6, 2018

Navigating our way through Broadway's biggest night

The 72nd annual Tony Awards are being presented at New York City's storied Radio City Music Hall on June 11 (8 a.m. Japan time), but that doesn't mean those of us in Japan have to miss out.
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JAPAN / Media / Japan Pulse
Jun 2, 2018

Smartphones leading charge to shame troublemakers online

Everyone in Tokyo has a commuting horror story, but sometimes you need to see an example of some really rough behavior on the trains with your own eyes to understand just how bad some people have it.
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COMMUNITY / Issues / LEARNING CURVE
May 30, 2018

How about a study-abroad adventure in Europe?

For Japanese students, continental EU universities offer high-quality courses often at lower prices than U.S. colleges.
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BUSINESS / Companies / IDEAS IN ACTION
May 29, 2018

Infostellar aims to knit together a global network of satellite antenna stations

Ever since broadband internet access prevailed throughout the world, constant connectivity has been vital to every part of people's lives.
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JAPAN
May 24, 2018

For sake of kin, Korean residents of Japan seek any thaw with Pyongyang but doubt Abe can bring results

If and when a summit between U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un takes place, it will be a day of hope, especially for the people of Northeast Asia, that a lasting peace on the Korean Peninsula, technically at war since a 1953 armistice halted the Korean War, is finally within...
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ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
May 23, 2018

China jails Tibetan language promoter Tashi Wangchuk for 'inciting separatism'

China jailed a Tibetan businessman for five years on Tuesday for "inciting separatism," his lawyer said, after he advocated the use of Tibetan in schools and was featured in international media reports.
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BUSINESS
May 6, 2018

Place your bets: Local governments in Japan weigh the benefits of applying for a casino license

As North Korean leader Kim Jong Un stepped over the border of the demilitarized zone in Panmunjom for a historic summit with South Korean President Moon Jae-in on April 27, a group of local politicians and international business leaders meeting in Osaka hailed another milestone moment reached that same...
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JAPAN
May 4, 2018

Tokyo-based startups look to link consumers with restaurants to curb food waste

In affluent Japan millions of tons of still-edible food waste are thrown away each year, evoking a sense of guilt for many. According to the agriculture ministry, 6.46 million tons of untouched food were discarded in 2015.
EDITORIALS
May 2, 2018

Telecom deal would help and challenge Son

While Masayoshi Son will lose control of Sprint, the deal — if approved — will loosen financial constraints on his other businesses.
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JAPAN / Society
Apr 30, 2018

Banning women from the sumo ring: centuries-old tradition, straight-up sexism or something more complex?

In a life-threatening moment, Maizuru Mayor Ryozo Tatami suddenly collapsed while delivering a speech during a sumo exhibition in Kyoto.
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BASEBALL / MLB
Apr 30, 2018

Shohei Ohtani's MLB fireworks wow Japanese baseball world

The Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters were busy preparing to face the Chiba Lotte Marines on Saturday afternoon when the events happening at Angel Stadium in Anaheim, California, reached the visitors' clubhouse at Zozo Marine Stadium in Chiba.
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LIFE / Language / MORNING ENGLISH
Apr 30, 2018

Let's discuss that Seven-Eleven that was forced to stay open in a blizzard

The owner of a Seven-Eleven convenience store in Fukui Prefecture was allegedly forced to work for about 50 hours without sleep in February after the chain rejected his requests to suspend business amid the heaviest snowfall in decades, a labor union has said.
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WORLD / Science & Health
Apr 26, 2018

Colossal cosmic collision alters understanding of early universe

Astronomers have detected the early stages of a colossal cosmic collision, observing a pile-up of 14 galaxies 90 percent of the way across the observable universe in a discovery that upends assumptions about the early history of the cosmos.
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LIFE / Language / MORNING ENGLISH
Apr 16, 2018

Let's discuss women and sumo

A controversy over gender discrimination in sumo flared earlier this month after a referee urged two women to stay out of the ring as they tried to assist an unconscious official.
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JAPAN
Apr 6, 2018

Amid uproar over gender discrimination in sumo, female mayor barred from speaking from the ring

Request to give speech from inside a dohyu014d was denied Friday as the sport's rules on gender gain international spotlight.
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COMMUNITY / Voices
Apr 4, 2018

Readers' views on intercultural insensitivity, Japanese schooling, English gaps and an inspirational Indian

Some readers' responses to recent stories on the Community pages:
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LIFE / Language / MORNING ENGLISH
Apr 2, 2018

Let's discuss hay fever

With tens of millions of people struggling to cope with hay fever caused by cedar and cypress pollen across Japan, companies are perpetually coming up with new ways to survive the season of itchy eyes and runny noses.
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WORLD / Crime & Legal
Mar 29, 2018

Trump attorney discussed pardons for Michael Flynn and Paul Manafort with lawyers: report

An attorney for President Donald Trump raised the idea of the U.S. leader pardoning two of his former top advisers last year as the special counsel in the Russia probe was building a case against them, the New York Times reported on Wednesday.
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JAPAN
Mar 28, 2018

Defying criticism, Taiji pushes forward with bold plans based on continued dolphin hunts

A few years back, the normally sleepy town of Taiji in Wakayama Prefecture was filled with activists furious with its traditional dolphin hunt, which was featured in "The Cove," a 2009 Academy Award-winning documentary.
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BUSINESS
Mar 27, 2018

White House investigating loans to Jared Kushner's business: official

The White House is investigating whether two loans totaling more than $500 million to the family real estate business of U.S. President Donald Trump's son-in-law and senior adviser Jared Kushner violated any criminal laws or regulations, according to the U.S. Office of Government Ethics.
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COMMENTARY / Japan
Mar 25, 2018

The elderly are dominating Japan's fitness clubs

Japanese gyms are almost totally monopolized by people of middle and advanced ages, especially those over 65, and have become indispensable arenas for their socializing.
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COMMENTARY / Japan
Mar 23, 2018

How to unleash Japan's animal spirits

The postwar system that built Japan's formidable middle class is faltering. A two-tiered employment system is needed.
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BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / NPB NOTEBOOK
Mar 18, 2018

NPB stars look to build momentum in spring

While most baseball fans know spring numbers should be taken with a grain of salt, some players make it hard to remember at times. Because however meaningless the actual numbers are during this time of year, the process is still fun to watch.
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ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Mar 18, 2018

China propaganda kicks into overdrive as 'helmsman' Xi basks in glow of presidential reappointment

With pictures of ecstatic citizens standing in applause, happily tearful legislators and even a social media game, China's propaganda drive has kicked into high gear following Xi Jinping's unanimous reappointment as president.
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COMMENTARY / World
Mar 15, 2018

Trump's understanding of war is outdated

In the nuclear age, security depends less on technology and more on psychology.
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WORLD / Politics
Mar 12, 2018

May faces calls to retaliate against Russia after spy attack

U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May faces calls to crack down on Russian influence in Britain amid reports that investigators have linked Vladimir Putin's regime to last week's poisoning of a former spy in a city southwest of London.
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COMMENTARY / World
Mar 12, 2018

The optimists strike back on the state of the world

Some of today's pessimism is a political fad. It's self-defeating, feeding on itself, promoting paralysis and more pessimism.
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PRESS / Services
Mar 8, 2018

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