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COMMENTARY / Japan
Feb 21, 2019

Can Japan balance its ties with China and Taiwan?

Japan can't ignore the reality of rising China, but it will also need to keep its neighbor in check.
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JAPAN / Politics
Feb 21, 2019

American activist against the Futenma relocation plan questioned at Kansai airport for two hours upon arrival

An American activist who has collected over 210,000 signatures for a petition calling for the suspension of land reclamation work to relocate U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma within Okinawa Prefecture was questioned by authorities for almost two hours shortly after his arrival in Japan on Tuesday....
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WORLD / Science & Health
Feb 21, 2019

Why do zebras have stripes? Because they make bad landing strips for flies

Scientists are providing new evidence to answer the long-standing question about why zebras have stripes. It appears stripes make terrible landing strips, bamboozling the fierce blood-sucking flies that try to feast on zebras and carry deadly diseases.
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ASIA PACIFIC / Politics / ANALYSIS
Feb 20, 2019

Ahead of Trump-Kim summit, focus shifts from immediate denuclearization to longer-term approach

With the second North Korea-U.S. summit just a week away, the focus of that meeting has shifted from demands that Pyongyang immediately relinquish its nukes to whether the two parties have the wherewithal to lay the groundwork for such an ambitious goal in the long term, interviews with leading U.S....
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COMMUNITY / Our Lives / BLACK EYE
Feb 20, 2019

The onus is still on us to be black history

A few years back, I wrote a piece for Black History Month in which I challenged people of African descent living here in Japan to "be black history." I implored them not to necessarily dwell on the past but to: "Dwell on the now instead. Because everything you do now becomes history and herstory the...
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COMMENTARY / World
Feb 19, 2019

Summit won't shift North Korea's strategic calculus

Without a substantial agreement in Hanoi, we are likely to see Pyongyang retain its nuclear deterrent while it continues its modus operandi of extracting concessions for modest compromises.
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WORLD / Politics / ANALYSIS
Feb 19, 2019

Birth of a new party and death of a lawmaker could shift Labour's approach to Brexit

Two events in 24 hours could shape the Brexit policy of the U.K.'s main opposition Labour Party and change the course of Britain's departure from the European Union.
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WORLD / Politics
Feb 19, 2019

No need for Abe — Trump is already nominated for Nobel Peace Prize

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is not saying whether or not he nominated Donald Trump for this year's Nobel Peace Prize, but the question may be moot: the U.S. president has been put forward by others for the prestigious award.
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BASKETBALL
Feb 18, 2019

Orimo continues to speak mind about Japan

Legendary star player Takehiko Orimo has always been brutally honest and outspoken about Japanese basketball, and his stance on the Akatsuki Five is no different.
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COMMENTARY / World
Feb 18, 2019

The endgame of Brexit is approaching at last

The immediate outcome is reduced to two routes, neither very attractive but at least going forward.
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COMMENTARY / World
Feb 18, 2019

Sleazy journalism can serve the public good

Long before Bezos's battle with the National Enquirer, a fight involving a scabrous newspaper led to a U.S. Supreme Court decision expanding freedom of the press.
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WORLD / Politics
Feb 18, 2019

Trump policies unite allies against him at European security forum

In 2009, then U.S. Vice President Joe Biden came to Munich to "press the reset button" with Russia. A decade later he came again to offer the world better relations, this time with his own country.
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COMMENTARY / World
Feb 17, 2019

Why the world shouldn't expect North Korea to denuclearize

We likely need to adjust to the medium-term reality of North Korea as a nuclear weapons state.
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COMMUNITY / Voices / FOREIGN AGENDA
Feb 17, 2019

Whitewashing racial bias: The ball's in Japan's court

In what felt something like a case of deja vu from last year's Masatoshi Hamada blackface fiasco, Japan welcomed in 2019 with yet another racially insensitive controversy, this time in the form of an ad from food company Nissin.
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JAPAN / Society
Feb 16, 2019

Embracing a buraku heritage: Examining changing attitudes toward a social minority

When Chie Takaiwa struck up the courage to reveal a family secret to her colleague some years ago, she was met by an unexpected response.
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LIFE / Food & Drink / TOKYO FOOD FILE
Feb 16, 2019

Aldebaran: The burger debate isn't over yet, but it could be

Quick: What's Tokyo's best burger joint? Cue heated discussion ad nauseam. Ultimately, the question is so subjective it's not worth the argument. But if you want a premium burger with lashings of atmosphere and setting, then look no further than Aldebaran.
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JAPAN / History / THE LIVING PAST
Feb 16, 2019

There are many sides to a great warrior

Almost nothing is known of Toyotomi Hideyoshi's early years with warlord Oda Nobunaga, but by 1570 we see him commanding a detachment, 3,000 strong, in battle against a Nobunaga rival. The peasant boy has come a long way.
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BUSINESS
Feb 15, 2019

Goldman sees a bargain in resilient Japanese cram school with focus on private tuition

Noriko Mori, 47, paid about ¥700,000 ($6,300) to a cram school to help her daughter prepare for a school entrance exam in Tokyo. Her daughter was six, and the entrance exam was for an elementary school.
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WORLD / Politics
Feb 15, 2019

Bellwether for stumbling African democracy: Nigeria goes to the polls

When Nigerians go to the polls on Saturday, there'll be much more at stake than the presidency and seats in the parliament of Africa's most populous nation.
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JAPAN
Feb 14, 2019

Gender-neutral Canadian activist shows solidarity with Japan's LGBT communities

Gemma Hickey entered Japan this week with something no Japanese national can obtain — a gender-neutral passport in which the gender category shows neither female nor male, but an "X."
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WORLD / Society
Feb 14, 2019

Data ownership after death is 'a complete legal mess'

From photos to personal posts and private messages, social media users leave a long digital trail behind them. Who owns that data when they die?
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JAPAN / Politics
Feb 13, 2019

Government slammed for singling out 'problematic' Tokyo Shimbun reporter in warning to press club

The government's handling of a Tokyo Shimbun reporter known for her assertive questioning style has come under heavy scrutiny, after it emerged that authorities issued a statement last year singling her out for criticism and urging the Japanese press to keep their questions "accurate" and "fact-based."...
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COMMENTARY / Japan
Feb 13, 2019

Japan's women need more than office jobs

If the country wants to slow its population decline, it must abolish its two-track labor system.
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CULTURE / Music
Feb 13, 2019

Twenty years after frontman Shinji Sato's death, Fishmans is still walking in the rhythm

In the eternal present of modern listening, when the entire history of recorded sound is just a few clicks away, some music reverberates for longer. That's been the case with Fishmans, a cult Japanese act from the 1990s whose blend of dub rhythms and dream-pop reverie continues to lure new fans 20 years...
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JAPAN / Society
Feb 13, 2019

LGBT couples to file lawsuit on Valentine's Day in push for equal marriage rights in Japan

Last fall, Ai Nakajima, 40, tied the knot in Germany with her long-time partner, Kristina Baumann, a 32-year-old from Berlin. But in Japan, where they live, Nakajima and Baumann share the fate of all same-sex couples in committed relationships — the denial of the right to formally marry their partners....
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BUSINESS / Companies
Feb 11, 2019

The Ghosn effect? Nissan and Renault set to unveil first post-crisis results

What kind of financial blow has the widening scandal surrounding Carlos Ghosn delivered to Nissan Motor Co. and Renault SA? Investors are about to get a glimpse when closely watched earnings releases come out this week.
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WORLD / Politics
Feb 10, 2019

Armed with new power, Democrats push for stricter U.S. gun laws

Democratic lawmakers are pushing stricter gun laws in statehouses across the country, emboldened by sweeping electoral victories in 2018 and confident that public opinion is on their side a year after the school shooting in Parkland, Florida.

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