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JAPAN / New Normal 2.0
Jun 24, 2022

Japan begins return to business-as-usual at big events — but slowly

Recent trials of allowing cheering at soccer games are indicative of the approach toward large events in the coming months: a slow, highly cautious return to some aspects of normalcy.
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ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 24, 2022

Xi’s trip to Hong Kong in doubt after top officials get COVID-19

Two members of incoming Chief Executive John Lee's cabinet have tested positive for the virus, the government revealed in a Thursday statement.
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JAPAN
Jun 23, 2022

Megaquake in Tokyo would likely leave 4.53 million stranded, report shows

The Tokyo Metropolitan Government has been working to secure facilities that would serve as temporary shelters for stranded people.
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CULTURE / Film
Jun 23, 2022

'Tokyo 2020 Side B': Behind the scenes of the 'pandemic Olympics'

While the overall tone is positive and inspirational, the second volume of Naomi Kawase's documentary on the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games feels overloaded with aural and visual details.
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Jun 23, 2022

Rory McIlroy calls Brooks Koepka and other LIV tour golfers 'duplicitous'

Rory McIlroy didn't hold back on Wednesday when discussing PGA Tour players who have elected to join the LIV Golf Invitational Series.
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COMMENTARY / Japan
Jun 22, 2022

The fertility crisis started in Japan, but it won’t stay here

A declining population and plummeting fertility rate isn't a unique Japanese phenomenon. All rich countries will contend with this crisis.
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JAPAN / Politics / ANALYSIS
Jun 21, 2022

Foreign policy and security top Japan election agenda. But for how long?

With voters expressing worries over inflation and less than three weeks to go before the Upper House poll, there's plenty of time for the political winds to shift.
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COMMENTARY / World
Jun 21, 2022

U.S. monkeypox response repeats COVID-19 mistakes

Health officials, with the monkeypox outbreak, are again failing to understand that a new epidemic may not take the same course as the last one.
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WORLD
Jun 20, 2022

New brand of activist takes aim at Ukraine war and climate crisis, together

Led by young women from Eastern Europe, they are cornering Europe's leaders and pressing them for a total energy embargo on Russia — to end the fighting and to save the planet.
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WORLD
Jun 17, 2022

Biden-Xi call is under consideration amid U.S.-China tensions

Ukraine, Taiwan and human rights are among the many sore points in U.S.-China relations, and the two nations have also been jockeying for greater influence in the Indo-Pacific region.
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ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 13, 2022

They inhabited separate worlds in Taiwan. Decades later, they collided in a California church.

David Chou — armed with two guns, four Molotov cocktails and a deep-seated rage against Taiwanese people — opened fire inside the Taiwanese Presbyterian Church in Southern California.
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Jun 12, 2022

Charl Schwartzel wins LIV opener to pocket $4 million jackpot

The 37-year-old's victory ended a tumultuous launch week for the breakaway circuit, which is backed to the tune of $250 million by Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund
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WORLD
Jun 9, 2022

Donald Trump’s MAGA movement isn’t all about him

The midterm primaries are revealing that the former president's brash brand of politics, more than the man himself, is driving many Republican voters.
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WORLD
Jun 8, 2022

Merkel casts doubt on isolating Russia after Putin’s ‘big mistake’

Russia's invasion of Ukraine has exposed Europe's largest economy to a series of risks and raised questions about Merkel's policies during her tenure as chancellor.
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JAPAN
Jun 7, 2022

Japanese government coy on specifics as five-year plan to strengthen defense confirmed

Newly approved economic policy guidelines mention plans to bolster Japan's military over five years without giving a specific spending target — reflecting divisions within the LDP.
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WORLD / Crime & Legal
Jun 6, 2022

U.S. Capitol riot apologists go unpunished as memories of horror fade

The Republican Party is set to make big gains in the U.S. midterm elections, despite fielding candidates who embrace the false narrative of election fraud that fueled the events of Jan. 6.
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JAPAN / Regional voices: Chubu
Jun 6, 2022

Schools in Japan struggle to serve affordable lunches as food prices surge

While schools are trying to curb costs by changing ingredients, it is not easy to do that and at the same time meet the required nutritional standards.
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BUSINESS / Tech
Jun 5, 2022

‘No longer sure bets’: Tech giants are dropping bad news daily

A grim new reality is setting in across the tech landscape: A heady, decadeslong era of rapid sales gains, boundless jobs growth and ever-soaring stock prices is coming to an end.
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CULTURE / Film
Jun 3, 2022

Seven to see at this year’s Short Shorts Film Festival & Asia

The short film festival celebrates the briefest of screen gems. Festival winners not only get the respect of their peers but a shot at an Oscar as well.
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Jun 3, 2022

Hideki Matsuyama disqualified from Memorial over equipment violation

The PGA's senior tournament director Steve Rintoul said images of the club were posted online and his team only learned of them after Matsuyama used it on the first tee.
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WORLD
May 28, 2022

Protests at NRA convention in Texas, but speakers reject new U.S. gun laws

'The existence of evil in our world is not a reason to disarm law abiding citizens,' former U.S. President Donald Trump told the audience to cheers.
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May 27, 2022

Japanese horses gain ground overseas

Today, the successes of Japan-trained racehorses overseas are seen as nothing unusual.
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ASIA PACIFIC
May 27, 2022

Discord between China's top leaders paralyzes officials responsible for economy

The stakes are especially high as the Chinese Communist Party prepares to hold a twice-a-decade leadership conclave later this year, where Xi is expected to win a landmark third term.
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WORLD
May 26, 2022

After mass gun killings, other nations changed course — to notable effect

Only the U.S., whose rate and severity of mass shootings is without parallel outside of conflict zones, has so consistently refused to answer those events with tightened gun laws.

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