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SUMO / INSIDE SUMO
Apr 10, 2019

As basho sellouts continue, regional tour offers peek behind curtain

Within 90 minutes of going on sale, tickets for the upcoming Summer Grand Sumo Tournament were all snapped up.
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COMMENTARY / Japan
Apr 9, 2019

Dangers of a strategically expendable South Korea

It is terrifying to think of the continued risk of a deal between Trump and Kim that could leave North Korea's denuclearization incomplete.
EDITORIALS
Apr 9, 2019

WTO takes on 'national security'

Japan, as chair of the Group of 20 this year, has an opportunity and a duty to put WTO reform at the top of the group's agenda.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics / ANALYSIS
Apr 8, 2019

Osaka Ishin now firmly in control across prefecture, piling pressure on Komeito to back merger

Osaka Ishin has long championed the reform plan while Komeito, along with the LDP, have opposed it.
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JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
Apr 6, 2019

New era offers Japan an opportunity to reassess the future

What's in a name? What's in an era? What is an "era"? What's a "new era"? Are we entering one?
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / DARK SIDE OF THE RISING SUN
Apr 6, 2019

Solving the world's largest bitcoin heist

"Imagine someone stole everything in your store and you reported the crime to the police," says Nobuyasu Ogata, defense lawyer for Mark Karpeles. Karpeles, 33, is the former CEO of Mt. Gox, once the largest bitcoin exchange in the world.
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WORLD / Politics / FOCUS
Apr 6, 2019

Increasing influential U.S. national security adviser John Bolton tests boundaries — and Trump's patience

White House national security adviser John Bolton is expanding his influence in increasingly visible ways, pursuing his own long-standing foreign policy priorities at the risk of tensions with top administration officials — and even Donald Trump himself.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Apr 6, 2019

May's Brexit talks with Labour stall as delay request fails to convince EU

Britain's opposition Labour Party said Friday that talks with the government on a last-ditch Brexit deal had made no progress, as EU leaders said Prime Minister Theresa May had not convinced them that they should let Britain delay its departure next week.
JAPAN / Science & Health
Apr 5, 2019

Japan medical panel starts talks on uterus transplants

The Japanese Association of Medical Sciences (JAMS) has established a committee to discuss whether uterus transplants should be allowed in Japan, sources with knowledge of the matter have said.
Reader Mail
Apr 5, 2019

Not too late to choose a new era name

Like many others, I awaited with excitement the unveiling of Japan's new era name on April 1. Sadly, upon learning the new name (Reiwa), I was shocked and deeply disappointed. While kanji can have diverse meanings, to me the first character is strongly associated with the meaning "rule; command," which...
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BUSINESS
Apr 5, 2019

European utilities contemplating a future in which oil has gone the way of the dinosaurs

European oil companies have started to address what they worry may one day be an existential threat to their business — the end of a century of oil demand growth in a low carbon world.
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ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Apr 5, 2019

There's an app for that, a TV channel and rallies galore: How brand Modi plays in Indian election

If Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi wins this spring's general election, as is widely expected, it will also be another massive victory for the marketing machine created to amplify his brand into every Indian living room.
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ASIA PACIFIC / Science & Health / FOCUS
Apr 5, 2019

Genetically modified mice at $17,000 a pair in high demand as China bids to be biomedical powerhouse

Sacks of pungent animal feed cram the corridors of a Cyagen Biosciences Inc. center for laboratory mice in southern China, maximizing space for rodents that sell for as much as $17,000 a pair.
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COMMENTARY / World
Apr 4, 2019

Options for Britain amid the Brexit mess

Britain's history was woven through its close connection with the continent, and it cannot prosper without it.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 3, 2019

No silver bullet for China's plastics problem

The country could make biodegradable products mainstream, but that won't stop its trash from choking the oceans.
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WORLD
Apr 3, 2019

Ecuador leader says WikiLeaks' Julian Assange breached terms of London embassy asylum

President Lenin Moreno of Ecuador told radio stations Tuesday that WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has "repeatedly violated" the terms of his asylum in the nation's London embassy, where he has lived for nearly seven years.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Apr 2, 2019

Taking a closer look at the frenetic pace of U.S. Democratic candidates' campaign events

How many ways can you measure the first quarter of the year? For American Democratic presidential candidates, it's 300-plus events, 24 states and hundreds of voter questions.
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COMMENTARY / World
Apr 2, 2019

The next clash between India and Pakistan

The question is when, not if.
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WORLD / Society
Apr 2, 2019

Trump team heightens effort to return asylum seekers to Mexico

The Trump administration is intensifying measures to curb the flow of Central American asylum seekers crossing into the United States from Mexico, officials said on Monday, including sending more people back to Mexico to wait for their asylum claims to be heard by U.S. courts.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 1, 2019

What if zero interest rates are the new normal?

Excessive monetary finance is hugely harmful, and it is dangerous to view it as a costless way to solve long-term challenges.
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WORLD / Society
Apr 1, 2019

Pope hits leaders who build walls to keep migrants out, saying they ultimately imprison themselves

Pope Francis said on Sunday that political leaders who want walls and other barriers to keep migrants out "will end up becoming prisoners of the walls they build.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Mar 30, 2019

Mueller report on Trump and Russia to be made public by mid-April, U.S. attorney general says

U.S. Attorney General William Barr plans to make public a redacted copy of special counsel Robert Mueller's nearly 400-page investigative report into Russian interference in the 2016 election by mid-April, "if not sooner," he said in a letter to lawmakers on Friday.
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COMMENTARY / Japan
Mar 27, 2019

Japan shouldn't act like China in Cambodia

Tokyo is fighting a losing battle for Hun Sen's support and selling out its own legacy in the democratization of Cambodia.
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COMMENTARY / Japan
Mar 27, 2019

Struggling to achieve 2% inflation? Then try for 3%

There's been talk of weakening support for Japan's price-increase target. Far from abandoning it, the BOJ should double down to change psychology.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL
Mar 27, 2019

Louisville-bound Konno mixes 3x3 duties with desire to improve conventional skills

The material and size of the ball, the shot clock and many other regulations are different.
BUSINESS
Mar 27, 2019

Tea label giants vow probe after Sri Lanka labor abuse expose

Plantations in Sri Lanka that supply "slavery-free" tea to top global companies are under investigation by ethical label groups after an expose found illegal wage deductions that have left some workers ill and unable to afford health care.
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BUSINESS
Mar 27, 2019

Miyakoshi, the first Japanese firm into postwar China, hopes for a real estate-driven comeback

When it comes to China, Kunimasa Miyakoshi has at least two claims to fame.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Mar 26, 2019

Michiyo Yagi pushes the boundaries of traditional music with her koto playing

I'm sitting in Koen-Dori Classics, a darkened club in the basement of a church on Koen-dori, in Tokyo's Shibuya district. The audience is small, seated in a few rows facing the performers at the front. Silence, then the performance begins. Textured sounds emanate from the guitar, keyboard, laptop. Then...

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