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COMMENTARY / World
Jan 16, 2018

Facebook's new mission may be impossible

Mark Zuckerberg's company is imitating Snap in trying to focus on interactions with 'friends and family.' But can the media genie be bottled up again?
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Figure Skating / ICE TIME
Jan 16, 2018

Time for a Japan Figure Skating Hall of Fame

I was hit by a thunderbolt last week.
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ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jan 16, 2018

Duterte denies involvement in SEC ruling to shut down news site Rappler

The office of Philippine leader Rodrigo Duterte sought to distance itself on Tuesday from a regulator's decision to revoke the license of a prominent news site, rebuffing allegations the administration had initiated a crackdown on the media.
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ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Jan 16, 2018

China rights lawyer says legal license revoked after criticizing President Xi Jinping

A prominent Chinese rights lawyer who wrote an open letter criticizing President Xi Jinping said Monday that authorities had revoked his license to practice law.
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BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jan 15, 2018

Hideki Matsui elected to Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame

Hideki Matsui already has three Central League MVPs, a World Series MVP and a People's Honor Award, and he has played for the most storied teams in both Japan and the United States.
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JAPAN / EXPLAINER
Jan 15, 2018

Japan's parcel firms test drop-off lockers, as social change increases the costs and reduces the appeal of face-to-face deliveries

The timely and secure delivery of packages through face-to-face services has long been a source of pride for Japanese couriers.
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BUSINESS
Jan 15, 2018

High-speed rail now gives flight routes in Asia and Europe a run for their money

Across Asia and Europe, high-speed rail is providing a competitive alternative to air travel on the same routes, in terms of price and the all-important barometer of time.
EDITORIALS
Jan 14, 2018

A failing grade for universities' entrance exams

Serious errors involving university entrance exams are growing far too common.
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COMMUNITY / How-tos / LIFELINES
Jan 14, 2018

Beware the patter about purchasing property to rent out around Tokyo

At seminars targeting expat investors, don't expect to hear the whole story about Japan's rental market.
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COMMUNITY / Voices / FOREIGN AGENDA
Jan 14, 2018

Japan still has much to learn from Martin Luther King's nonviolent struggle

Could Dr. King's nonviolent methods work in Japan, a country with a completely different relationship between government and citizen than in America?
JAPAN / FUKUSHIMA FILE
Jan 14, 2018

Fukushima dairy farmers look to large-scale 'reconstruction farms' to revive battered industry

Dairy farmers in Fukushima Prefecture plan to build what they call "reconstruction farms" by fiscal 2020 as part of efforts to boost the industry in the areas tainted by the 2011 nuclear disaster.
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JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Jan 13, 2018

Press failing to question the legal process

To ring in the new year, TBS Radio’s “Session 22” asked several notable people on Jan. 4 about their predictions for 2018. Michiko Kameishi, a human rights lawyer, commented that she is looking forward to three criminal trials that turn on confessions extracted from suspects. Two of the cases are...
JAPAN
Jan 13, 2018

Imperial Couple's visit to Okinawa in March likely last before abdication

Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko will visit Okinawa Prefecture in late March, sources said.
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MORE SPORTS
Jan 12, 2018

Sprinter Chisato Fukushima upbeat about training in new environment

Chisato Fukushima holds the national records in the 100 and 200 meters and has won numerous national titles. She has made three trips to the Summer Olympics, starting with the 2008 Beijing Games.
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JAPAN / OKINAWA BEAT
Jan 12, 2018

Okinawa zoo's lion cubs proving too cute to pass up

Tokyo's Ueno Zoological Gardens may have the giant panda cub Xiang Xiang to adore, but a zoo in Okinawa has its own critters to be crazy about: lions.
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WORLD / Science & Health
Jan 12, 2018

Warming set to breach Paris accord's toughest limit by middle of century, draft report says

Global warming is on track to breach the toughest limit set in the Paris climate agreement by the middle of this century unless governments make unprecedented economic shifts from fossil fuels, a draft U.N. report said.
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BUSINESS
Jan 12, 2018

Swiss mountain town Davos relishing in anti-globalist Trump spotlight

The Swiss Alpine town of Davos is used to celebrities and high-rollers, but even it is relishing new attention being heaped on it with U.S. President Donald Trump's decision to attend the World Economic Forum this month.
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WORLD / Society
Jan 12, 2018

Nigeria holds mass burial for 73 killed in clashes between farmers and herdsmen seeking fertile land

Seventy-three people killed since the start of the year in communal violence between semi-nomadic herdsmen and farmers were buried in Nigeria on Thursday highlighting a bloody conflict over fertile land that is taking on political significance.
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WORLD
Jan 11, 2018

Warming will put millions more at flood risk in next 20 years, scientists say

Unless countries urgently boost their flood defenses, millions more people will be at risk from river flooding in the next 20 years as global warming increases the likelihood of severe rainfall, scientists said on Wednesday.
WORLD
Jan 11, 2018

Saudi-led coalition says it foiled Houthi attack on oil tanker near key port

The Saudi-led coalition fighting in Yemen said on Wednesday it had thwarted an attack on a Saudi oil tanker over the weekend by Houthi fighters near the Red Sea port of Hodeida.
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Rugby
Jan 10, 2018

Rugby World Cup organizing committee lays out plan for ticket sales

With ticket sales for the 2019 Rugby World Cup set to kick off later this month, the organizing committee for the event revealed the types of tickets that will be available as well as the periods for the priority lottery sales for the tournament on Wednesday.
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ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Jan 10, 2018

Myanmar police charge Reuters reporters under Official Secrets Act

Japan wants to raise the matter of two Reuters reporters detained in Myanmar with the country's government at appropriate opportunities, including a visit by Foreign Minister Taro Kono to that country this week, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga said Wednesday.
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ASIA PACIFIC
Jan 10, 2018

U.S. accuses Beijing of 'provocative militarization' in South China Sea

The Trump administration has issued some of its strongest words yet on China's moves in the disputed South China Sea, accusing Beijing of "provocative militarization" of the strategic waterway, according to a top State Department official.

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