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Sep 27, 2022

With a gamer prince and oil billions, Saudi Arabia turns to esports

The world's biggest oil exporter has leveraged its immense wealth to assert itself on the esports stage, hosting glitzy conferences and snapping up established tournament organizers.
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WORLD / Politics
Sep 27, 2022

Putin grants Edward Snowden Russian citizenship

Snowden received Russian citizenship as a result of his own request, made in 2020, to make it easier for his American wife to travel back and forth.
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JAPAN
Sep 27, 2022

Trump ties and Olympics 'soft power': Memorable moments from Abe's tenure

As Japan holds a state funeral for the slain former prime minister, here are some of the most memorable moments of his nine years in office.
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WORLD
Sep 26, 2022

Russia begins mobilizing Ukrainians to fight against their own country

The drive to compel Ukrainians to battle other Ukrainians is part of a broader, if risky, effort by Moscow to mobilize hundreds of thousands of new fighters.
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JAPAN / FOCUS
Sep 25, 2022

Between a rock and a hard place: Why Japan’s defense industry is struggling

Japanese firms are reliant on the Defense Ministry and SDF for contracts, and without a change, the very viability of the domestic industry could be called into question.
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COMMENTARY / World
Sep 25, 2022

The various forms of worldwide climate inequality

While the climate crisis has devastating implications for all of us, it is the poor and vulnerable who are the first to suffer.
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COMMENTARY / World
Sep 25, 2022

Pakistan could have averted its climate catastrophe

Decades of corruption and underinvestment have led to massive flooding in Pakistan. Only significant expenditure can avoid another disaster.
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ASIA PACIFIC
Sep 25, 2022

North Korea launches missile ahead of U.S. vice president's visit to region

Japan's defense chief said that the apparent ballistic missile may have flown on an irregular trajectory and was believed to have landed outside the country's exclusive economic zone.
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COMMUNITY / Our Lives / 20 QUESTIONS
Sep 25, 2022

Ray Masaki: ‘Being earnest and not overdoing things — that’s what resonates’

Ray Masaki moved from America to Japan to gain a better understanding of his heritage. Today, he continues to navigate his cultural identity both in his design work and his own life.
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WORLD / ANALYSIS
Sep 24, 2022

Iran's leaders are safe but protests raise the stakes over imposing veil

The popular revolt in Iran triggered by the death of a woman held by police is unlikely to pose an immediate threat to clerical rulers, who have crushed many protests in recent years.
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TENNIS
Sep 24, 2022

Roger Federer, even in defeat, gets fitting end to storied career

Federer, 41, smiled often and cracked jokes with his doubles partner Rafael Nadal as they lost to Frances Tiafoe and Jack Sock in the final match of the Swiss great's career.
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CULTURE / Books
Sep 22, 2022

Jenny Xie explores the subversive power of the concealed and the overlooked

In her new poetry collection, “The Rupture Tense,” Xie peeks at the past to examine the consequences of “how we see, what we see, and also what we allow to remain unseen.”
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ASIA PACIFIC / Society
Sep 21, 2022

Even as Japan’s border creaks open, unmarried couples still struggle to reunite

The categories of people allowed entry has been slowly expanded, but those in uncertified relationships have been left out, prompting some to tie the knot.
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JAPAN
Sep 21, 2022

Why young Japanese are more likely to back Abe’s state funeral

For many voters in their 20s, Abe's name is synonymous with a soaring Nikkei stock average and almost full employment under his Abenomics program.
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BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Sep 20, 2022

Giants keep up pressure in race for third with victory over Swallows

Home run leader Munetaka Murakami remained stuck on 55 after going 0-for-3.
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COMMENTARY / Japan
Sep 20, 2022

Lessons for the LDP from Okinawa's gubernatorial election

The LDP had better get its house in order if it wants to even begin to reverse the trend of opposition-supported candidates winning office in Okinawa.
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COMMENTARY / World
Sep 20, 2022

China-led security grouping is an empty vessel no more

The Shanghai Cooperation Organization is becoming an alternative to the existing global order and one the West needs to take more seriously.
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Sep 20, 2022

Judo great Teddy Riner to miss worlds with ankle injury

The 10-time world champion and three-time Olympic gold medalist picked up the injury during a training camp in Rabat in August.
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JAPAN / Regional Voices: Hokkaido
Sep 19, 2022

In Hokkaido, child care centers take on responsibility for diaper disposal

Facilities and municipalities that had been asking parents to take used diapers home are switching to disposing of the items themselves.
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ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Sep 19, 2022

New South Korean president tries to make his mark on foreign policy

Yoon Suk-yeol has aligned his country more closely with the United States, but there are limits to how far he can go without angering China or provoking North Korea.
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ASIA PACIFIC
Sep 17, 2022

U.S. vows continued deployment of strategic assets after new North Korean nuclear law

The first meeting of the Extended Deterrence Strategy and Consultation Group since 2018 said any North Korean nuclear attack would be met with an 'overwhelming and decisive response.'
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LIFE / Digital
Sep 17, 2022

Here to stay, livestreams can’t help but steal thunder from in-show events

Gaming expos were once premier, marquee events. Now, even game makers themselves seem ready to give up on the idea of breaking news for attendees only.
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WORLD
Sep 16, 2022

Syrian ex-prisoners haunted by horrors of 'salt rooms'

The fighting in Syria's brutal war has ebbed over the past three years, but Assad and the prison that has become a monument to his bloody rule are still there.

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