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Figure Skating / ICE TIME
Mar 29, 2016

Hanyu, Miyahara go for double gold at worlds

Olympic champion Yuzuru Hanyu will be looking to regain his title at the world championships this week in Boston after narrowly losing it last year to Spain's Javier Fernandez following a physically calamitous campaign.
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WORLD / Politics
Mar 29, 2016

Obama says journalists partly to blame for tone of presidential race

President Barack Obama on Monday laid some of the blame for the tone of the presidential campaign on political journalism that has been pinched by shrinking newsroom budgets and cheapened by a focus on retweets and likes on social media.
WORLD
Mar 29, 2016

Islamic State planning attacks on Jewish children in Turkey, U.K. TV reports

Britain's Sky News quoted intelligence sources Monday as saying that the Islamic State group had "advanced plans" to kill Jewish children in Turkey by attacking kindergartens, schools and youth centers.
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JAPAN / Politics
Mar 28, 2016

Abe offers ¥600 million grant to Zimbabwe in bid to counter Chinese economic offensive

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe gave Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe a ¥600 million welcome to Japan in the form of an aid pledge intended to lure more Japanese companies back to the former agricultural powerhouse and counter an aggressive foray by China. But the move could also raise eyebrows in the West....
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COMMENTARY / World
Mar 28, 2016

Happiness is serious business in the UAE

Happiness is neither a transitory moment of delight nor a constant condition. It is a state of being beyond satisfaction, a flourishing and ambient joy.
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WORLD / Politics
Mar 28, 2016

Fresh from tri-state wins, Sanders urges superdelegates to rethink Clinton backing

Fresh from Democratic presidential primary wins over the weekend in three U.S. states, Bernie Sanders said on Sunday he had political momentum that could help him win the backing of Democratic power brokers in his race against Hillary Clinton.
ASIA PACIFIC
Mar 26, 2016

Nearly 100 Chinese boats detected in Malaysian waters, officials say

About 100 Chinese fishing boats have been detected encroaching in Malaysia's waters in the disputed South China Sea, Malaysia's state news agency and a coast guard official said Friday.
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WORLD
Mar 25, 2016

Srebrenica survivors say verdict on Karadzic too lenient, too late

Survivors of the Srebrenica massacre said the 40-year prison term handed down on Thursday to Bosnian Serb wartime leader Radovan Karadzic for war crimes and genocide was not tough enough and came too late.
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SOCCER
Mar 25, 2016

Halilhodzic pleased with results from new system

National team manager Vahid Halilhodzic has challenged Japan to make it through the second round of 2018 World Cup qualifiers without conceding a goal after claiming a seventh clean sheet in seven games in Thursday's 5-0 win over Afghanistan.
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BUSINESS / Tech
Mar 25, 2016

U.S. officials confident they can crack California killer's iPhone but say encryption debate not over

U.S. officials said on Thursday that they are hopeful they will be able to unlock an iPhone used by one of the San Bernardino shooters without help from Apple Inc., but said the national debate over privacy and encryption must still be resolved.
ASIA PACIFIC
Mar 24, 2016

North Korea claims successful test of new rocket engine; South goes on high alert

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COMMUNITY / Issues / THE FOREIGN ELEMENT
Mar 23, 2016

Sincerely, Little Nigeria: A reporter signs off

After five years of covering Japan's African community, a writer reflects on progress since 3/11 and speculates about the future.
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JAPAN
Mar 23, 2016

Japan airport operators step up security, but analysts warn of vulnerabilities

After at least 34 people died in bomb attacks in Brussels, operators of major airports in Japan tighten security.
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WORLD / Politics
Mar 21, 2016

McConnell calls Obama justice pick Garland NRA foe, rules out 'lame duck' vote on nomination

U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Sunday ruled out the possibility that the Senate could confirm President Barack Obama's Supreme Court nominee in a "lame duck" congressional session after the November presidential election.
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JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Mar 19, 2016

'Drop dead, Japan!' moms try to stay on message

Shiori Yamao is a University of Tokyo graduate, former public prosecutor, current Lower House lawmaker and mother. As a force for the opposition, she has been causing Prime Minister Shinzo Abe considerable grief over the past few months.
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WORLD / Politics
Mar 18, 2016

Irking Turkey, Assad, Kurds declare north Syria federal autonomous zone

Syria's Kurdish-controlled northern regions voted to seek autonomy under a federal system on Thursday, angering both the Damascus government and neighboring power Turkey with a move that could complicate new U.N.-backed peace talks.
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JAPAN
Mar 17, 2016

Hostage video of missing Japanese journalist Jumpei Yasuda raises fears of ransom

The video has sparked speculation of behind-the-scenes contact between his kidnappers and the government.
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BUSINESS / Companies
Mar 17, 2016

Toshiba probe stretches to U.S. as Westinghouse accounting comes under scrutiny

Toshiba Corp. is under investigation by the United States over allegations that it hid $1.3 billion (¥146 billion) in losses at its nuclear power operations, according to two people familiar with the matter.
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LIFE / Language / BILINGUAL
Mar 14, 2016

Japanese go out on a limb for health (but not for love)

You could say that health has become a national obsession — one of the most obvious side-effects of Japan's super-aged society.
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BUSINESS / Markets
Mar 13, 2016

BOJ to debate exempting $90 billion in short-term funds from negative rates

The Bank of Japan's policy board is set to discuss this week whether to exempt $90 billion in short-term funds from its newly imposed negative interest rate, people familiar with the matter said, after the securities industry warned that investment money would be driven into bank deposits.
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LIFE / Lifestyle / CHILD'S PLAY
Mar 12, 2016

Learning from a neighborhood stroll

As winter makes its exit from the archipelago and the pink petals of spring begin to emerge, I feel an intense pang of nostalgia for my old neighborhood on Tokyo's east side. Sure, the city's cherry blossoms are beautiful in places like Yoyogi Park and Shinjuku Gyoen, but one of the nicest things to...
EDITORIALS
Mar 11, 2016

Upgrading anti-disaster measures

It's imperative that officials at the national and local level check regularly whether anti-disaster measures are adequate and up-to-date.
EDITORIALS
Mar 10, 2016

The 3/11 disasters, five years on

The five years since March 2011 show that massive public spending alone won't rebuild people's lives.
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 10, 2016

Abenomics proves contagious

China's Xi Jinping and India's Narendra Modi need to stop the hollow rhetoric and get on with the hard task of economic reform.
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JAPAN
Mar 9, 2016

Face of government in Fukushima aftermath blasts Abe push for nuclear power

In his trademark blue jumpsuit, the bleary-eyed Chief Cabinet Secretary Yukio Edano became the government's face of the Fukushima nuclear crisis as he faced the press every few hours. Five years later, he has stern words for Japan's atomic watchdog, the plant's operator and Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's...

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