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Apr 26, 2022

Olympic champion Chloe Kim to take break for mental health

The American became the youngest woman to claim an Olympic gold in snowboarding when she won the halfpipe at the 2018 Winter Games as a 17-year-old.
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COMMENTARY / World / Geoeconomic Briefing
Apr 25, 2022

China’s 'wolf warrior' diplomacy at a crossroads amid Ukraine crisis

Confrontation between democratic states — including the U.S., Europe and Japan — and authoritarian states centered around China and Russia has become clearer in recent times.
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BASEBALL / MLB
Apr 24, 2022

To get to the Cubs, Seiya Suzuki needed a new idol

Ichiro Suzuki and Mike Trout represent wildly different body types and playing styles, but their unique abilities converged in influencing the career path of Seiya Suzuki.
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JAPAN
Apr 19, 2022

Beef bowl chain exec fired over sexist gaffe in marketing lecture

The Yoshinoya executive asked students to come up with an attractive marketing strategy that would get 'innocent young girls' hooked on the chain's signature dish as though it were drugs.
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BUSINESS / Economy
Apr 19, 2022

Japan to model digital yen tests on Sweden’s approach, not China’s

The Bank of Japan will explore the design issues of a central bank digital currency in measured steps like Sweden rather than pressing ahead with large-scale pilot tests like China.
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COMMENTARY / World
Apr 17, 2022

Sino-Russian alliance thrives only in the company of a shared enemy

The world must acknowledge that the relationship between Xi's China and Putin's Russia has transformed into one of “strategic entente.”
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SOCCER / J. League
Apr 12, 2022

J. League targets Generation Z with TikTok partnership

The league hopes to use the short-form video-sharing platform to offer an unfiltered look behind the scenes and appeal to younger fans.
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MORE SPORTS
Apr 12, 2022

Australia's Victoria to spread 2026 Commonwealth Games far and wide

Melbourne, the state capital, hosted the 2006 Games and will stage the 2026 opening ceremony at Melbourne Cricket Ground, but the sports will be spread far and wide.
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Figure Skating
Apr 10, 2022

Alysa Liu announces retirement at 16

The American won her first U.S. title in 2019 aged 13, breaking Tara Lipinski's record to become the youngest national champion, and repeated the feat in 2020.
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TENNIS
Apr 8, 2022

Serena Williams hints at Wimbledon return after year on sidelines

The former world No. 1 left last year's Wimbledon with a hamstring injury, skipped the Olympics in Tokyo and the U.S. Open in 2021 as well as the Australian Open earlier this year.
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BASEBALL / MLB
Apr 7, 2022

Mariners and Twins ready to showcase offseason additions

Seattle's rookie outfielder Julio Rodriguez and Minnesota's new star shortstop Carlos Correa will look to spark their respective teams to a hot start in 2022.
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COMMENTARY / World / Geoeconomic Briefing
Apr 5, 2022

The real reason behind China’s repression of ethnic minorities

Beijing officially recognizes 56 ethnic groups, but their treatment has been far from equal over the past decades.
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ASIA PACIFIC
Apr 2, 2022

U.S. investigators head to China to assist in 737 crash probe

The U.S. National Transportation Safety Board has been helping Chinese officials download two black-box recorders that were damaged in the mysterious March 21 crash.
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COMMENTARY / World
Apr 1, 2022

America is fueling Chinese techno-nationalism

China is pursuing its goal of bolstering its technological capabilities with an intensity unseen since Mao Zedong committed to developing nuclear weapons six decades ago.
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PODCAST / deep dive
Mar 30, 2022

How the pandemic exacerbated Japan's gender inequality

Hanako Montgomery, a reporter for Vice World News in Japan, discusses Japan's poor record on gender equality.
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COMMENTARY / Japan / Geoeconomic Briefing
Mar 28, 2022

Initiating dialogue on universal values is essential for Japan and China

Fifty years after normalizing ties, the two nations are still only halfway down the road to improving their relationship.
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WORLD
Mar 27, 2022

The making of Vladimir Putin

As China rose, as the U.S. fought and lost its forever wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, as technology networked the world, a Russian enigma took form in the Kremlin.
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COMMENTARY / World
Mar 23, 2022

Can Japan become a multicultural country?

The demographic evolution of big-scale labor immigration that many Western countries went through after World War II, pivoting to multiculturalism, is now taking place in Japan.

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