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COMMUNITY / Voices / BLACK EYE
Apr 24, 2023

Black people of Japan, we need to talk.

A mental health and wellness event aims to support Black residents of Japan and it's looking to expand in the coming months.
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JAPAN
Apr 23, 2023

Tokyo Rainbow Pride returns in full for first time in four years

One of Asia’s largest LGBTQ events, the event comes at a pivotal moment for Japan's LGBTQ community.
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COMMENTARY / World
Apr 23, 2023

Magnets will be minting tomorrow’s billionaires

“Lodestones” started out as lightning-infused magical rocks that could cure baldness. Now they’re an essential part of our machine-driven world.
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WORLD
Apr 23, 2023

As war rages in Sudan, countries angle for advantage

Diplomats from Africa, the Middle East and the West have appealed for a halt to the fighting that has reduced parts of the capital, Khartoum, to a smoking battlefield.
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WORLD
Apr 22, 2023

Italy may pull out of China's Belt and Road initiative as U.S. backs stronger break

Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni is getting dragged into the escalating tensions between Washington and Beijing as she tries to disentangle Italy from its close relationship with China.
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ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Apr 22, 2023

As Xi befriends world leaders, he hardens his stance on the U.S.

China’s top leader, Xi Jinping, rolled out the red carpet for President Luiz InAcio Lula da Silva of Brazil, lauding him as "an old friend of the Chinese people.” He sipped tea in a garden with President Emmanuel Macron of France, treating him to a performance of an ancient Chinese zither. And he...
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CULTURE / Music
Apr 22, 2023

A new music festival shakes up Kyoto's staid atmosphere

Kyotophonie, a sister event to photography festival Kyotographie, succeeds in its uniqueness and use of storied spaces, but it’s not clear who the event is actually for.
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SOCCER
Apr 21, 2023

Shinji Okazaki and SD Huesca hope to strengthen bonds between Japan and Spain through academy

The Spanish team is working to form an academy with Japan's FC Basara Hyogo in hopes of promoting more cultural exchanges between the two nations.
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COMMENTARY / World
Apr 21, 2023

To all those lab meat skeptics: Please, just stay out of the way

Europe is doing it again — stigmatizing scientific innovations, such as with lab-grown meat, that will be crucial to our future food supply.
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BUSINESS
Apr 21, 2023

Rakuten Bank shares surge in Tokyo debut after IPO

The IPO was Japan's biggest in over four years, albeit muted by caution about a banking sector reeling from U.S. bank failures.
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WORLD
Apr 21, 2023

World leaders emboldened Sudan's warring generals, analysts say

'It was their poorly thought out political process which really ratcheted up tensions,' one analyst said.
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WORLD
Apr 21, 2023

Military cooperation in spotlight as South Korea's Yoon heads to U.S.

Yoon has pulled South Korea closer to the U.S. and Japan in a bid to contain North Korea's expanding nuclear weapons program.
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BUSINESS
Apr 21, 2023

Taiwan quietly urges U.S. to calm rhetoric on China chip dangers

In quiet conversations and back-channel warnings, Taiwanese officials have urged their American counterparts to tone down their rhetoric about the dangers of relying on chips made by TSMC.
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WORLD
Apr 21, 2023

SpaceX’s Starship ‘learning experience’ ends in explosion

The rocket, the most powerful ever built, did not reach orbit but provided important lessons for the private spaceflight company.
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JAPAN / Science & Health
Apr 20, 2023

Japan health insurance societies to log record loss in fiscal 2023

The National Federation of Health Insurance Societies, or Kenporen, said that its member societies are expected to log a record loss in fiscal 2023.
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COMMENTARY / World
Apr 20, 2023

Fox-Dominion settlement shows the costs of pandering to the crowd

In the rush to show whose side you’re on, it’s gotten too easy to trample on the facts when reporting news, such as with Fox's 2020 election coverage.
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BUSINESS / Companies
Apr 20, 2023

MUFG hires over 20 staffers from troubled SVB to expand technology banking

The move includes five senior executives and is part of MUFG’s expansion to support pre-initial public offering growth and middle-market public companies, according to a spokesperson.
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ASIA PACIFIC
Apr 20, 2023

India's population surpasses China's, sights set on an economy to match

Economists says India needs to improve urbanization, infrastructure, labor force improvements and boosting manufacturing to cash in on its demographic dividend.
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BUSINESS / Companies
Apr 20, 2023

Ajinomoto may build new factory for crucial film used in electronic chips

The company may invest more than its planned ¥25 billion if necessary, and will make a decision on any new factory within a few years, its CEO has said.
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BUSINESS
Apr 19, 2023

Fox settles with Dominion for $787.5 million over false election claims

The high-profile defamation case put one of the world's top media companies in the crosshairs over its coverage of false vote-rigging claims in the 2020 U.S. election.
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ASIA PACIFIC
Apr 18, 2023

Taiwan to buy 400 U.S. anti-ship missiles intended to repel China invasion

Taiwan has previously purchased ship-launched versions of the Harpoon missile, which is made by Boeing.
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JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Apr 18, 2023

Suspect in Kishida attack sued government over election rules, records show

In the lawsuit, the suspect also touched on the state funeral for former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, claiming the government forced the event to go forward despite public opposition.
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JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Apr 17, 2023

In wake of attack, Kishida thought of bystanders, election and G7 summit

In an exclusive interview, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said that he did not feel his life was threatened in the immediate aftermath of an attack on Saturday.
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WORLD
Apr 17, 2023

Trump’s indictment sparked $15.4 million fundraising bonanza

Almost 98% of the donations since the indictment on March 30 came from donors who gave less than $200, and 24% came from first-time contributors to Trump.
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JAPAN
Apr 16, 2023

Suspect may have used homemade pipe bomb in Kishida attack, investigators say

The revelation came as police raided the home of the 24-year-old suspect in Kawanishi, Hyogo Prefecture.
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BUSINESS
Apr 15, 2023

Germany retires last nuclear plants in hopes of greener pastures

In Germany, the decision to phase out nuclear power comes at a moment in which many countries are moving in the opposite direction.
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ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Apr 15, 2023

In Beijing, Brazil’s leader endorses China’s stance on Ukraine

In a joint statement, the countries' leaders avoided the words 'invasion” or 'war” and offered few specifics about how to bring Russia or Ukraine to the table after more than a year of war.
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WORLD / Science & Health
Apr 14, 2023

Unsound climate studies sneak into print, scientists say

Observers have long questioned the growing number of research journals that take fees from eager academics but often publish their work without rigorous review.

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