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JAPAN / Regional Voices: Hiroshima
Jun 26, 2023

Hiroshima parents attending matchmaking events on behalf of their children

Adult offspring are putting up little resistance to their parents efforts to see them paired off.
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JAPAN / Regional voices: Chubu
Jun 26, 2023

Debate raised on correcting left-handed children over calligraphy

“This is the age of diversity. Isn’t it up to him to decide which hand he wants to write with?” asks one mother who has a left-handed son.
SOCCER / J. League
Jun 24, 2023

Tokyo beats Grampus in new manager Peter Cklamovski's debut

The Australian, who previously managed at Shimizu and Yamagata, replaced Spaniard Albert Puig during the recent international break.
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CULTURE / Film
Jun 23, 2023

Why are Hollywood films falling out of favor in Japan?

American films used to dominate the box office in Japan, but over the past 20 years Hollywood's share has slowly shrunk.
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BUSINESS / Tech
Jan 24, 2023

Microsoft invests $10 billion in ChatGPT maker OpenAI

Microsoft is competing with Alphabet, Amazon.com and Meta Platforms to dominate the fast-growing technology that generates text, images and other media.
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ASIA PACIFIC
Jan 24, 2023

Dubious COVID-19 treatments explode on social media in China

China’s rapid dismantling of pandemic restrictions resulted in COVID-19 spreading through places with little experience with the virus until now.
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JAPAN
Jan 23, 2023

Yamagata pins hopes on shinkansen tunnel, but faces roadblocks

Looming over the move are the harsh conditions of Itaya Pass straddling Yamagata and Fukushima prefectures, which is battered by heavy snow in winter.
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JAPAN
Jan 23, 2023

Fukushima brewer uses AI to develop sake to pair with different fish species

The brewery plans to start selling its AI-paired sake soon to boost the revitalization of the nearby coastal area.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink
Jan 23, 2023

Resham Upreti wants his fellow Nepalis to succeed in Japan — without forgetting where they came from

When people arrive in Japan they can sometimes face the challenge of being 'double limited': unable to speak fluently in their native language or the tongue of their new home.
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BUSINESS
Jan 18, 2023

At long last, Japan’s startup scene may finally be ready to take big leap forward

The president of Cambridge Innovation Center Japan is among those feeling bullish that Japan’s startup scene is on the right track, thanks in part to new government initiatives.

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Visitors walk past Sou Fujimoto's Grand Ring, which has been recognized as the largest wooden structure in the world.
Can a World Expo still matter? Japan is about to find out.