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COMMUNITY / Our Lives / WHY DID YOU LEAVE JAPAN?
Apr 7, 2018

Tak Tokumine: It's all about love and noodles

Founder of Japan Centre and Shoryu Ramen says the U.K. is now his home.
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JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
Apr 7, 2018

Magazines indulge Japan's healthy obsession with staying spry

There has been a recent surge of articles in Japan's weekly magazines about diet, health and avoiding illnesses.
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JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Apr 7, 2018

In Japan no one wants to talk about sex education

The English 'penis' — which rhymes with 'Venice' in katakana — is the preferred technical term when discussing male genitalia in Japan, but even that seems to be taboo in broadcast situations.
MORE SPORTS
Apr 7, 2018

Hall of Fame QB Jim Kelly departs ICU after surgery for oral cancer

Hall of Fame quarterback Jim Kelly has been moved out of the intensive care unit after having surgery for oral cancer last week in New York City.
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CULTURE / Film / Wide Angle
Apr 6, 2018

Isao Takahata's gentle spirit enriched the world of Japanese animation

Isao Takahata, who died on Thursday at age 82, was long overshadowed by Studio Ghibli colleague Hayao Miyazaki, even though he was Miyazaki's senior when they both worked together at Toei Animation in the 1960s, as well as a co-founder, together with Miyazaki and producer Toshio Suzuki, of Ghibli in...
EDITORIALS
Apr 6, 2018

A fiery end to China's first space station

The fiery return of China's Tiangong-1 space station is an important reminder of the need for an international regime to deal with space debris.
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JAPAN
Apr 6, 2018

Sanriku Railway approaches major turning point on railroad to recovery

A railway line in Iwate Prefecture will reach a crucial turning point next year, returning to service after sustaining heavy damage from the Great East Japan Earthquake.
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BUSINESS
Apr 6, 2018

U.S. Congress panels probe whether Russia got Facebook data: sources

Investigators on two congressional panels are looking into whether Russia acquired the data of millions of Facebook users and if companies with ties to then-2016 Republican election candidate Donald Trump's campaign played any role in providing it, three sources familiar with the inquiries said.
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BASKETBALL / B. League / B. LEAGUE NOTEBOOK
Apr 5, 2018

Ryumo Ono playing pivotal role in Chiba's success this season

Ryumo Ono doesn't receive the same recognition as talented teammates Yuki Togashi, Michael Parker and Gavin Edwards. But the veteran forward is an integral part of the Chiba Jets Funabashi's success, including back-to-back Emperor's Cup titles, since the league's inception.
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Apr 5, 2018

KAMBARA KISEN expands to North Europe with ship management services harnessing IT

Subsidiary Union Marine Management Services Pte. Ltd. establishes Norway Office
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WORLD / Politics
Apr 5, 2018

Trump sends National Guard to Mexico border to bolster agents amid perceived surge in encroachments

President Donald Trump is directing the National Guard to assist border patrol agents along the U.S.-Mexico boundary, Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen said Wednesday.
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BUSINESS / Economy
Apr 3, 2018

Corporate Japan expects just meager inflation

Corporate Japan expects to see only minimal inflation over the next year and barely any change looking ahead three to five years, a central bank survey showed Tuesday, highlighting yet again the difficulty the Bank of Japan faces in reaching its elusive 2 percent inflation target.
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WORLD / Politics
Apr 3, 2018

Still 'Mr. 97 Percent,' Egypt's el-Sissi defeats token opponent

Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi cruised to a second term as Egyptian president, scooping up more than 97 percent of valid votes in an election where the only other candidate was a little-known supporter.
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JAPAN / Politics
Apr 3, 2018

Abe challenger Seiko Noda coaches women on how to crack Japan's male-dominated Diet

If Seiko Noda doesn't achieve her quarter-century goal to become the nation's first female prime minister, maybe one of the 70-odd women who filed into a conference room to hear her speak Sunday will.
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COMMENTARY / Japan
Apr 1, 2018

Abenomics starts looking a lot like Reaganomics

Explaining Japan's economy to Western audiences is hard.
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ASIA PACIFIC / Science & Health
Apr 1, 2018

China says Tiangong 1 space station to re-enter Earth's atmosphere on Monday

China's Tiangong 1 spacecraft will re-enter the Earth's atmosphere at some point on Monday, China's space agency said in a statement.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Mar 31, 2018

Koji Uehara delights Giants fans in season debut after nine years in MLB

Koji Uehara returned to Japan in a flurry of energy, splitters and high-fives.
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COMMENTARY / Japan
Mar 29, 2018

Japan-U.S. economic relations can overcome protectionism

The benefits of Japanese companies' investment in the U.S. should be enough to dissuade Donald Trump from implementing unwise trade policies.
ASIA PACIFIC / FOCUS
Mar 29, 2018

How will Kim tell his country he's ready to give up nuclear arms?

State media calls North Korea's nuclear weapons a "treasured sword of justice."
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WORLD / Science & Health
Mar 29, 2018

NASA's TESS probe to resume search for planets orbiting stars beyond our solar system

The search for worlds circling stars far beyond our solar system will resume in the coming weeks with NASA's launch of a spacecraft scientists hope will enlarge the known catalog of so-called exoplanets believed capable of supporting life.
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CULTURE / Entertainment news
Mar 29, 2018

'Roseanne' returns to ABC with monster TV ratings and timely Trump era topics

"Roseanne," the 1990s television comedy about a working-class American family, scored monster ratings on its return to ABC after 20 years, attracting more than 18 million viewers.
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WORLD / Crime & Legal
Mar 29, 2018

Trump campaign aide Rick Gates had contact with ex-Russian spy month before election: court filing

A month before the 2016 presidential election, a campaign aide to Donald Trump directly communicated with a man he knew was a onetime Russian spy, according to a court filing by special counsel Robert Mueller.
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COMMENTARY / World
Mar 28, 2018

Scoring an own goal: China's Belt and Road funding terms spark criticism

The recipients of Beijing's supposed largess regularly find themselves trapped in debt leading to rising anti-Chinese sentiment.
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CULTURE / Music
Mar 28, 2018

'Sakana Zukan': Sakanaction excels when it wades through shallow territory

Now that Spotify playlists have supplanted albums as the preferred method of consuming an artist's work, the concept of greatest-hits compilations feels both prescient and redundant, like releasing DJ mix albums in the era of SoundCloud. For the musicians themselves, though, such compilations can offer...
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COMMUNITY / How-tos / LIFELINES
Mar 28, 2018

From Tohoku to Tokyo, Acchi Cocchi NPO offers healing through art

Acchi Cocchi brings music, dance and the visual arts into everyday life in Tohoku and the greater Tokyo area.
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BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / NPB Preview
Mar 28, 2018

Hawks look set to maintain stranglehold over Pacific League rivals

The following is the first of a two-part NPB preview beginning with the 2018 Pacific League.

Longform

Totopa in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward was picked by consultants TTNE as the best sauna of the year.
Japan’s sauna movement: Relax, refresh, repeat