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Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design / ON: DESIGN
Oct 1, 2016

Building new design ideas

This month looks at fresh materials — from industrial metals to cocoa-inspired leather — to spruce up the work space.
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COMMENTARY / World / THE VIEW FROM NEW YORK
Sep 27, 2016

'No refuge could save the hireling and slave'

Is the U.S. national anthem racist or are the lyrics of the third stanza merely misunderstood?
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BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / HIT AND RUN
Sep 26, 2016

Japanese teams, fans bid fond farewell to retiring players

Japanese baseball is in the season of goodbyes.
EDITORIALS
Sep 25, 2016

Taking on ticket scalpers

Ticket scalping needs to be stamped out, but doing so won't be easy.
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JAPAN / KANSAI PERSPECTIVE
Sep 25, 2016

Kansai uses subsidies to fill empty homes, but persuading aging population to pull up stakes remains a challenge

Some central Japan prefectures and even cities like Kyoto and Nara are increasingly adopting measures to reduce the number of vacant homes, including via subsidies for owners.
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LIFE / Travel / PHOTO ESSAY
Sep 17, 2016

The Nagano village that modernity forgot

There is no hot water in Odairajuku, no gas-powered stoves, no fridges and — most importantly — no internet. The nearest supermarket is an hour away by car, and so is the nearest place to get a signal on your phone. But what this tiny village in southern Nagano Prefecture does offer is something...
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LIFE / Travel / HOTELS & RESTAURANTS
Sep 8, 2016

Course menus to celebrate 10 years; commemorative anniversary dinner; enjoying hot springs in natural setting

Course menus to celebrate 10 years
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SPORTS / MAN ABOUT SPORTS
Sep 6, 2016

Kaepernick putting career on line with anthem issue

MAS comes today to neither bury nor praise San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick.
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JAPAN / GENERATIONAL CHANGE
Sep 4, 2016

Champion of craftsmen on mission to showcase Japan's masters online

Keigo Omaki, director of the video website Nippon Teshigoto Zukan (Japan Handwork Encyclopedia), has an almost addictive interest in traditional items made by Japanese craftsmen, and he's not sure why.
Japan Times
SOCCER
Sep 2, 2016

Allardyce era begins with qualifier against Slovakia

The reaction will be as predictable as it is meaningless.
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MORE SPORTS
Aug 29, 2016

Silver-winning 4x100 relay team looks to future with confidence

Wearing the official Japanese Olympic team uniform, a pinstriped sports coat and gray pants, and with silver medals hanging from their necks, the Japanese 4x100-meter relay team gave an impromptu demonstration of their baton-passing skills for a curious crowd of onlookers. They swung their arms as if...
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COMMUNITY / Our Lives / JAPAN LITE
Aug 28, 2016

Japan's men and women must stand together against the scourge of sexism

Sexism is one of the scourges of the nation. Fortunately, it's a problem that can be tackled through education. So why isn't anyone doing this?
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BASEBALL / MLB / MAN ABOUT SPORTS
Aug 25, 2016

Core of homegrown talent gives Pirates hope for future

The Pittsburgh Pirates are currently battling it out with several other ball clubs for a wild card slot in the National League playoffs.
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COMMUNITY / Issues / THE FOREIGN ELEMENT
Aug 24, 2016

Sikhs hope temple in Tokyo sets the stage for tolerance and understanding

Although the Tokyo Sikh community has come a long way, creating a place for itself in a foreign land, outside of the temple, serious issues remain.
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OLYMPICS / OLYMPIC VIEW
Aug 23, 2016

Despite hosting worries, Rio served up excitement, drama, service with a smile

What happens to Rio de Janeiro now that the 2016 Olympics have finished remains to be seen, but there was no denying the quality and drama of the past three weeks of competition.
OLYMPICS
Aug 21, 2016

Russian shot putter Kolodko stripped of London silver

For the third time in a week, Russia was stripped of a track-and-field medal Saturday after another athlete tested positive in a reanalysis of doping samples from previous Olympics.
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JAPAN
Aug 21, 2016

Koike, Tokyo 2020 chiefs promise not to leave 'white elephants'

New Tokyo governor, 2020 Olympic organizers vow not to saddle taxpayers with venues that cannot be reused following games.
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WORLD / Society
Aug 18, 2016

Group says Rio homeless being evicted at night from Copacabana beach area

Rio de Janeiro's homeless are being forced out of tourist areas in the middle of the night as the city hosts the Olympic Games, according to a Brazilian campaign group, but authorities said the homeless were being accommodated in shelters on a voluntary basis.
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 16, 2016

Silver medalist Del Potro lives up to his name

Juan Martin Del Potro proved once more in Rio that he has the strength and energy of a stallion.
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 15, 2016

Brazil's partisans go for the Olympic gold

Brazil's fueding parties lost no time in trying to politicize a judoka's gold medal performance.
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BUSINESS / Tech
Aug 15, 2016

Nissan says new VC-T gasoline engine could make diesels obsolete

Nissan Motor Co. has come up with a new type of gasoline engine that it says may make some advanced diesel engines obsolete.
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CULTURE / Film
Aug 10, 2016

'Race': Jesse Owens, the winner against all odds

Now that the Olympic Games are underway, it's a good time to delve into the history of some of the great athletes of the past — in this case, U.S. track-and-field legend Jesse Owens, who astonished the world by winning four gold medals at the 1936 Berlin Olympics.
BUSINESS / Economy
Aug 10, 2016

Japan's plunging jobless rate is due to aging, not Abenomics

As Prime Minister Shinzo Abe sees it, the tight labor market is a key success of his economic strategy: The unemployment rate is the lowest in 21 years and the job-to-applicant ratio is the highest in 25 years.
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JAPAN
Aug 9, 2016

Fans gather to watch Japan's Olympic athletes on giant public screens

The heat of the Rio Olympics is such that it can be felt even in Japan.

Longform

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