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COMMUNITY / Issues / THE FOREIGN ELEMENT
Apr 19, 2021

Don’t stay silent on gender equality in Japan. Voice up!

Students are promoting discussions on gender equality via platforms such as Instagram and podcasting, and the mainstream media in Japan is starting to take notice.
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WORLD / Politics
Apr 18, 2021

Cuba's Raul Castro leaves the political stage, his legacy yet to be written

While Fidel was the charismatic leader who rallied Cubans to defend the revolution and defy the United States, Raul, 89, built the military into a formidable fighting force.
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CULTURE / Film
Apr 18, 2021

R rating for 'Demon Slayer' in U.S. highlights difference in attitudes

While Japan's highest-grossing film is accessible to all in its home country, younger viewers in the United States must be accompanied by their parents.
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COMMENTARY / World
Apr 18, 2021

Telemedicine will be great after COVID-19, too

By April 2020, half of U.S. physicians had adopted some version of telemedicine, up from 18% in 2018.
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MORE SPORTS
Apr 18, 2021

Hideki Matsuyama's Masters win a potential boost for Japan's golf industry

The 29-year-old's triumph at Augusta National, achieved with clubs produced by Japanese manufacturers, could raise sales and bring younger participants to ranges and courses.
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JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
Apr 17, 2021

Paralysis and calm: Two sides of Japan's inertia

COVID-19 hasn't (so far) affected Japan as badly as other Western countries, but sometimes extreme situations can push people to get up and try to improve their lots in life.
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COMMENTARY / World
Apr 17, 2021

Fintech uprising will define post-pandemic banking

Shifting behavior because of the pandemic and industry trends that have accelerated over the past year might leave top banks with little choice but to remain consumer friendly.
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EDITORIALS
Apr 17, 2021

In Hideki Matsuyama, Japan gets its long-sought Masters champion

His victory was the first ever for a Japanese man in a major golf championship, and with it Matsuyama claimed his place in the pantheon of Japanese sports heroes.
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BUSINESS / Companies
Apr 16, 2021

SoftBank Vision Fund profit nears $30 billion on Coupang

Coupang's $4.6 billion offering was the second biggest this year and marks SoftBank's best return since Alibaba Group Holding Ltd.'s listing in 2014.
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COMMENTARY / World
Apr 15, 2021

Microsoft’s $20 billion AI deal will shake up how we work

At first glance, it may seem like a strange candidate for what would become Microsoft's second-largest acquisition after its $26 billion deal for LinkedIn Corp.
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COMMENTARY / World
Apr 15, 2021

Smaller armies and better defenses in a new world

Concern has been raised that the United Kingdom is once again reducing the size of its armed forces. A chorus of complaints has come from retired generals, from defense experts and from politicians, all bemoaning the planned reduction in military manpower and in tanks and other equipment, as well as...
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CULTURE / Music
Apr 14, 2021

Indonesian singer Rainych Ran goes viral amid an online city pop renaissance

Rainych Ran's take in Japanese on American singer Doja Cat's chart-topping “Say So” became a hit partially because music from the 1980s is currently enjoying a YouTube-powered revival.
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JAPAN
Apr 14, 2021

UAE partners with Japan's ispace to send rover to the moon in 2022

The UAE is using its space program to develop its scientific and technological capabilities and reduce its reliance on oil.
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JAPAN / FOCUS
Apr 14, 2021

Suga-Biden summit offers chance to hash out a plan on China

Although the summit will be largely symbolic, it'll also be a chance to cement a unified stance on China — or at least clarify how far they're willing to go together.
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WORLD
Apr 14, 2021

Facebook’s new target in the misinformation war: Fake news about climate change

Climate change has emerged as a key priority in Facebook's quest to stomp out misinformation, an effort that involves policing user posts while simultaneously defending free speech.
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COMMENTARY / World
Apr 14, 2021

Myanmar’s young demand their future

In 1950, Myanmar's per capita income was higher than that of Malaysia or Thailand. Military rule turned it from one of the most promising economies in Asia into one of its worst performers.
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COMMENTARY / World
Apr 14, 2021

Yemen faces public health catastrophe from war and pandemic

The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs noted that the conflict in the country has claimed some 233,000 lives over a six year period.
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BUSINESS
Apr 14, 2021

Chinese students pay agents $12,000 for inside track to Wall Street

The practice has a growing number of detractors, who are questioning whether it's fair or good for the industry to give another leg up to the well-heeled.
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COMMENTARY / World
Apr 13, 2021

COVID-19 widens the cracks in a fragmented, contested world

Insight, however, no matter how good, is wasted when policymakers aren't paying attention — a lesson that the Global Trends report makes painfully clear.
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BUSINESS / FOCUS
Apr 13, 2021

Union loss may bring new phase of campaign against Amazon

Labor leaders said they would step up their informal efforts to highlight and resist the company's business and labor practices rather than seek elections at individual job sites.
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BASEBALL / MLB
Apr 13, 2021

Umpire Joe West wins $500,000 from ex-player in defamation suit

Umpire Joe West was awarded $500,000 plus interest on Monday after winning a defamation lawsuit against former major league player Paul Lo Duca.
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WORLD
Apr 12, 2021

‘You can’t trust anyone’: Russia’s hidden COVID-19 toll is an open secret

At least 300,000 more people died last year during the coronavirus pandemic than were reported in Russia's most widely cited official statistics.
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OLYMPICS
Apr 12, 2021

Japan names swimming team for Tokyo Olympics

While the squad features a number of fresh faces, there are also veterans who have already achieved global success, such as Daiya Seto, Kosuke Hagino and Ryosuke Irie.
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BUSINESS / Companies / Regional voices: Chubu
Apr 12, 2021

From suits to T-shirts: Menswear shops face hard times as pandemic alters trends

Apparel companies are testing new business models to attract more customers amid a downturn in sales.
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COMMENTARY / World
Apr 12, 2021

A new Syria process cuts out Iran to bring in Gulf Arabs

The goal, it would appear, is to pave the way for broader Gulf Arab re-engagement with Syria, and a concomitant marginalization of Iranian influence.

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