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BASKETBALL / BJ-LEAGUE NOTEBOOK
Oct 1, 2015

Defending champion Hamamatsu aims for another title in league's final season

The 11th and final bj-league season gets underway on Friday night, signaling an end to several months of massive changes within the league.
EDITORIALS
Oct 1, 2015

Valid concerns over My Number

Public worry is high over the coming My Number system, and with good reason.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 1, 2015

Catalonia's breakaway vote

Artur Mas, president of the regional government of Catalonia, is creating a crisis for Spain as he strives for independence.
WORLD
Oct 1, 2015

Venom experts say global snake bite death tolls are grossly underestimated

Venom specialists said Wednesday that disease and disability caused by snake bites is far higher than official global health estimates suggest, and that anti-venom stocks are running dangerously low.
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CULTURE / Books
Oct 1, 2015

Photographer aims to explain Okinawa's tensions in pictures

It is not easy to regard oneself as an oppressor.
JAPAN
Sep 30, 2015

Overseas online purchases to be taxed in bid to protect domestic industries

Consumers in Japan will pay sales tax on overseas online purchases from Thursday in a policy change to eliminate the price advantage of foreign firms over domestic rivals.
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COMMENTARY / World
Sep 30, 2015

Xi's visit to the U.S. — the devil is in the details

Following Xi Jinping's visit to the U.S., China touted progress in their 'Major-Country Relationship,' a topic on which Washington was curiously silent.
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CULTURE / Film
Sep 30, 2015

Down and out with Tokyo's manga artists

That Japanese movies are often adapted from Japanese manga is no secret. Less well known is the subgenre of films about the lives of some Japanese mangaka (manga artists), which is informally known as mangakamono. Many of these fictional biopics have gone on to become local blockbusters, but we'll get...
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CULTURE / Film
Sep 30, 2015

In 'Fathers and Daughters' it doesn't take a village to raise a child, only Russell Crowe

Dads and their female offspring are a whole different pot of stew from mothers and their girls — both in the movies and in real life. Director Gabriele Muccino ("The Pursuit of Happyness") takes on the theme in "Fathers and Daughters," but doesn't bring anything new to the party. In fact, his movie...
BUSINESS / Tech
Sep 30, 2015

Twitter may expand 140-character limit with new product

Twitter is finally waking up to the idea that some things just cannot be summed up in 140 characters.
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 29, 2015

A Helsinki-type process could work for Koreas

The recent military tension between Seoul and Pyongyang shows that an institutional framework for permanent inter-Korean peace is more urgent than ever.
BASKETBALL / NBA
Sep 29, 2015

Bulls sign ex-B-Corsairs guard Simmons

With their first preseason game just days away, the Chicago Bulls have made final additions to their training camp roster. On Monday, they signed former Yokohama B-Corsairs guard Marcus Simmons.
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JAPAN / Politics / ANALYSIS
Sep 29, 2015

U.S.-Japan environmental agreement on U.S. bases flawed, experts say

The new accord allows Japanese officials access to U.S. military bases in Japan to conduct environmental surveys, but experts question its effectiveness.
WORLD / Science & Health
Sep 29, 2015

New Zealand to create giant South Pacific sanctuary, banning fishing and mining

Waters north of New Zealand are set to become one of the world's largest ocean sanctuaries, covering an area roughly the size of France, with a full ban on fishing and mining, New Zealand's Prime Minister John Key said at the United Nations on Monday.
BUSINESS
Sep 29, 2015

Japan's cheap debt, aging population prompt ex-banker to shift focus

Saburo Nishiura is using Japan's record-low borrowing costs to turn the nation's shrinking population to his advantage.
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JAPAN / EXPLAINER
Sep 28, 2015

Home-sharing services on the rise in Japan as owners cash in on tourist boom

For foreign tourists to Japan, staying at traditional ryokan inns is a popular way to enjoy their trips, but home-sharing services are growing as an alternative form of accommodation.
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JAPAN
Sep 28, 2015

Several groups urge Abe to pledge to accept Syrian refugees

Private organizations supporting refugees on Monday urged Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to express during his upcoming speech at the annual U.N. General Assembly session Japan's pledge to accept Syrian asylum seekers.
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JAPAN / Politics
Sep 28, 2015

With eye on succeeding Abe, Ishiba launches own LDP faction

Liberal Democratic Party heavyweight and current minister for regional revitalization Shigeru Ishiba launched his own faction within the ruling party Monday, with an eye toward succeeding Prime Minister Shinzo Abe as the party's next president.
BUSINESS / Markets
Sep 28, 2015

Abe's military push proves to be losing trade as defense stocks sink

Equity investors looking to profit from Japan's move away from pacifism might find that easier said than done.
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 28, 2015

China had better avoid global debt-deflation trap

China now faces the same debt-deflation challenge that much of the rest of the world must address. The question, of course, is how.
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 28, 2015

Emissions bombshell stretches far beyond VW

The revelation that Volkswagen cheated for years on emissions tests raises a mammoth question: Who else did the same?
Rugby
Sep 28, 2015

Japan's new franchise on Super Rugby slate

Japan will get its first taste of Super Rugby action at Prince Chichibu Memorial Ground in Tokyo on Feb. 27 when the new Japanese franchise hosts the Lions of Johannesburg, tournament organizers said on Monday.

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