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LIFE / Food & Drink
Jul 7, 2023

Why you may never see a permanent In-N-Out in Japan

Did you miss out on June’s In-N-Out Ebisu pop-up? Well, either get ready to wait until 2026 or book a flight to California.
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TENNIS
Jul 6, 2023

Novak Djokovic and Iga Swiatek cruise as protesters disrupt action at Wimbledon

Rain and protests disrupted play at the All England Club on Wednesday.
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ASIA PACIFIC
Jul 5, 2023

South Korea salvages North’s spy satellite in intelligence win

Experts said the recovered pieces could provide information about the secretive state’s rocket program and give clues about possible sanctions violations.
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WORLD / Politics
Jul 2, 2023

Squeezed on housing, Sunak’s Tories take aim at EU-era water law

The British leader is considering scrapping the law as his government faces pressure to build more houses while fending off a voter backlash on pollution.
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JAPAN / Politics
Jun 29, 2023

U.S., Japan, South Korea look to ‘lock in’ gains with trilateral summit this summer

U.S. President Joe Biden has invited Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and South Korean leader Yoon Suk-yeol to Washington, the White House’s top Asia official said Thursday.
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BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 27, 2023

Mizuho rolls out generative AI to all 45,000 bank staff in Japan

Already, managers and rank-and-file employees are submitting dozens of pitches for ways to harness the technology even before the software is installed.
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LIFE / Food & Drink / THE RECIPE BOX
Jun 25, 2023

Recipe: Ukrainian-style walnut-stuffed prunes

There’s no evidence to suggest the mythical Odysseus ever sailed the Black Sea, but if he had, he might have feasted on Odesa's classic stuffed prunes.
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ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 23, 2023

A basement of horrors in Seoul, where past and present collide

A building where South Korean dissidents were interrogated and tortured by a powerful government agency is now home to a popular youth hostel.
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JAPAN / Politics
Jan 23, 2023

In policy speech, Kishida puts focus on child care and defense

Implementing all of the policies mentioned in the speech — from child care and defense spending to wage hikes — will be tough if Kishida lacks a stable political base.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Books
Jan 22, 2023

'An Open Parenthesis' finds music in the silences

Philip Rowland’s new collection of poems contains nine interwoven sequences that allow the entries to be read as both separate entities and parts of a complete work.
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WORLD
Jan 21, 2023

Western military aid girds Kyiv for counterattacks despite tank deadlock

Billions of dollars in new Western military aid, including infantry fighting vehicles, will gird Ukraine for counterattacks, but Kyiv needs other weapons systems to win decisively.
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BUSINESS
Jan 18, 2023

How eco-friendly is that product? Here are four ways to spot greenwashing

Research in the EU found that more than half of the 'green' claims it studied were vague, misleading or unfounded — and that consumers don't trust businesses to tell the truth.

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