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CULTURE / Books / RECENTLY PUBLISHED BOOKS ABOUT JAPAN
Feb 8, 2020

'The Chronicles of Lord Asunaro': Period drama, modern satire

One of the newest novellas out from Red Circle Minis, "The Chronicles of Lord Asunaro" by Kanji Hanawa, covers far more ground than its size might suggest.
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JAPAN / Science & Health
Feb 6, 2020

Japan decides to refuse entry to noncitizen cruise ship passengers bound for Okinawa due to virus concerns

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said Thursday that Japan has decided to refuse entry to noncitizen passengers on board a luxury cruise ship that is set to arrive in the country later this week as some are suspected to be infected with the new coronavirus.
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ASIA PACIFIC / Science & Health
Feb 6, 2020

Drugmakers see long road ahead in coronavirus vaccine race

Drugmakers racing to find a vaccine or effective treatment for the deadly new coronavirus cautioned that they have a long way to go.
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 4, 2020

The president of Turkey versus the world

Recep Tayip Erdogan used to be a fairly competent strategist, but he has been in power too long and he has lost the plot.
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COMMENTARY / World
Feb 2, 2020

North Korea's 2020 vision: A nuclear shield, not a sword

The longer Kim keeps nuclear weapons, the more credible the claim will become that his primary interest is in nuclear deterrence.
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COMMENTARY / Japan
Feb 2, 2020

Japan should boost neighbors' manufacturing industries

The problems both Japan and its neighbors face are mutually complementary.
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JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Feb 2, 2020

Japanese justice: Innocent until proven guilty or innocent until detained?

It's been a month since ex-Nissan chief Carlos Ghosn's dramatic escape pushed the Japanese justice system back into the global spotlight. Critics have long called Japan's extended detentions and other legal practices "hostage justice" and an affront to international standards.
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JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Feb 1, 2020

Shinjiro Koizumi's paternity leave raises a few eyebrows

Shortly before Shinjiro Koizumi’s wife, Christel Takigawa, gave birth to a baby boy last month, the environment minister told reporters during a regular news conference he would be taking time off for paternity leave. It was a revelation that surprised some because after the pair had revealed she was...
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Rugby / ADDING THE EXTRAS
Jan 31, 2020

Last dance for Sunwolves complicates matters in 2020 Super Rugby campaign

Lance Conrad wrote in "The Price of Nobility" that "only a fool would underestimate a man with nothing to lose."
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WORLD / Crime & Legal
Jan 30, 2020

Trump could be acquitted in impeachment trial as early as Friday: U.S. senator

A Democratic push to force Republicans to accept witnesses at Donald Trump's impeachment trial in the U.S. Senate appeared to be flagging on Wednesday, raising the possibility the president could be acquitted as early as Friday.
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COMMENTARY / World
Jan 29, 2020

In the next war, soldiers will leave their smartphones at home

The U.S. and its allies have become used to being able to use whatever devices and communications they wished since the Berlin Wall fell. Those days are ending fast.
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SUMO / INSIDE SUMO
Jan 29, 2020

Tokushoryu's unlikely run among sumo's best surprises

January 2020 served up one of the best sumo tournaments of recent times.
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JAPAN / Politics
Jan 29, 2020

Meet the fiery negotiator behind South Korea's biggest disputes with Japan

With the clock ticking on South Korea's withdrawal from a security pact with Japan in November, President Moon Jae-in sent a blunt-speaking aide on a secret mission to Washington.
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COMMENTARY / Japan
Jan 27, 2020

Closing Japan's gender gap: The role of women in media

Women in media are discriminated against first by being women, and then in the way they work once they have children.
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COMMENTARY / World
Jan 27, 2020

America is safer when Trump alone can't start a war

No matter who is president, Congress needs to re-establish its role in the use of force.
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WORLD / Politics
Jan 27, 2020

Ex-U.S. national security chief John Bolton says Trump tied Ukraine funds to Biden probe: report

U.S. President Donald Trump told a then-top aide in August he wanted to freeze security aid to Ukraine until officials there helped with investigations into Democrats, including former Vice President Joe Biden, the New York Times reported on Sunday.
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COMMENTARY / World
Jan 26, 2020

Building cooperation in an unsettled world

There is still an opportunity to steer the world toward cooperation and away from potentially damaging competition.
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CULTURE / Books
Jan 25, 2020

Is Japan enjoying a new literary golden age?

The case for Yes
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 25, 2020

Close the glaring SDG gap

Quickly reducing global inequities is crucial to fulfilling the U.N.'s 2030 agenda.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Jan 24, 2020

Remembering Satoshi Kon, one of anime's best-loved creators

The Annie Awards bestows a posthumous honor on anime director Satoshi Kon, who died in 2010 at the age of 46.
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ASIA PACIFIC
Jan 23, 2020

China failed to meet U.N. deadline for repatriating North Koreans, U.S. says

China failed to send home North Korean workers by a December deadline in violation of United Nations sanctions, a senior U.S. official said Wednesday, adding that this was why Washington had blacklisted two entities involved in Pyongyang's labor exports.
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COMMENTARY / Japan
Jan 23, 2020

With rising emissions, intense storms and floods could double in 13 years

There is a strong case for investing substantially and urgently in decarbonizing the Japanese economy.
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WORLD / Politics
Jan 23, 2020

Democrats present arguments for convicting Trump at impeachment trial

Democrats accused President Donald Trump at his impeachment trial on Wednesday of a corrupt scheme to pressure Ukraine to help him get re-elected and warned that America's global prestige would suffer if the U.S. Senate acquits him.

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