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BASKETBALL / NBA
Mar 5, 2019

Rockets, Raptors set for two games in Japan

Well, it's only preseason contests this time, but Japan will host NBA games for the first time in 16 years when the Houston Rockets and Toronto Raptors face each other, the league announced at a Tokyo news conference on Tuesday.
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WORLD / Crime & Legal
Mar 5, 2019

National emergency: Two more teens killed as knife murders in Britain soar to year tally of at least 24

Two teenagers were killed in knife attacks in Britain over the weekend, bringing the number of people killed in stabbings this year to at least 24 and pushing the bloodshed to the forefront of national concern.
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MORE SPORTS
Mar 3, 2019

In pictures: The rain, the pain and the fun of Tokyo Marathon 2019

Low temperatures and persistent rain put a slight damper on the celebratory aspect of the 13th Tokyo Marathon but at least it didn't harm the runners' overall performances. The winner — Ethiopia’s Birhanu Legese — clocked the event's second-best time ever, and a record number of runners — 38,000...
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BUSINESS / Markets
Mar 2, 2019

Rakuten's Hiroshi Mikitani set to be big winner in Lyft's impending initial public offering

A Japanese retail billionaire, rather than a Silicon Valley wunderkind, is the biggest beneficiary of Lyft Inc.'s impending initial public offering.
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SOCCER / J. League
Mar 2, 2019

Vissel edge Sagan on David Villa's goal

The fireworks around the Noevir Stadium pitch lit up as the players made their entrance.
Japan Times
Feb 28, 2019

UCDI Obtains Patent on World’s First Method of Producing
Bio-Jet Fuel from CO2 Using Hydrogen Bacteria (UCDI strain)

Tokyo, Japan, February 27, 2019—The Utilization of Carbon Dioxide Institute Co., Ltd. (UCDI; Head Office: Minato, Tokyo / CEO: Dr. Hideaki Yukawa), a venture of The University of Tokyo, today announced that it obtained a patent on December 21, 2018 for its invention of the world’s first method of...
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COMMENTARY / Japan
Feb 27, 2019

A rocky way forward for Henoko base

New U.S. base faces a double blow: a referendum defeat and an uphill construction battle.
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COMMENTARY / World
Feb 26, 2019

The accidental Atlanticist

Europeans must heed Mike Pence's dark warnings to achieve Joe Biden's bright vision
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COMMENTARY / World
Feb 26, 2019

How a Trump 'victory' became a Kim win

With a single tweet, the U.S. president scuttled years of American efforts to isolate North Korea and force Kim to denuclearize.
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CULTURE / Art
Feb 26, 2019

'Art Fair Tokyo 2019'

March 8-10
Feb 26, 2019

ORIX, Toray, and China Water Affairs to Establish Drinking Water Treatment Facility Production and Sales Company in China

TOKYO, Japan – February 22, 2019 – ORIX Corporation (“ORIX”), Toray Industries, Inc. (“Toray”), and China Water Affairs Group Ltd. (“China Water Affairs”), which is engaged in water and sewage operation businesses in China, announced today that they will establish a joint venture corporation...
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MULTIMEDIA
Feb 26, 2019

[VIDEO] Media Ambition Tokyo 2019

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BUSINESS / ANALYSIS
Feb 25, 2019

Trump trade truce removes a cloud over global economy — for now

U.S. President Donald Trump's decision to extend the deadline for increasing tariffs on Chinese goods defuses one of the biggest risks hanging over global trade, investment and sentiment.
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COMMENTARY / World
Feb 25, 2019

How a film influenced Nixon's decision to invade Cambodia

Popular culture plays an underestimated role in shaping policymakers' world views and choices.
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COMMENTARY / World
Feb 25, 2019

Why a U.S.-China trade deal is not enough

The trade war is a manifestation of the strategic competition between the two powers.
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BUSINESS
Feb 25, 2019

Trump extends China tariff deadline after 'substantial' progress

U.S. President Donald Trump said he'll extend a deadline to raise tariffs on Chinese goods beyond this week, citing "substantial progress" in the latest round of trade talks that wrapped up Sunday in Washington.
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COMMUNITY / Our Lives / The Big Questions
Feb 25, 2019

Ambassador sets course to spread cultural knowledge

Iranian Ambassador Morteza Rahmani Movahed was appointed to his newest position in July, but although he's lived in Japan for over six months, his schedule hasn't given him a lot of time for sightseeing.
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MULTIMEDIA
Feb 24, 2019

February 25, 2019

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COMMENTARY / World
Feb 24, 2019

Geoengineering is a dangerous distraction

Carbon dioxide removal and solar radiation modification are risky and may actually accelerate global warming.
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JAPAN / History / Defining the Heisei Era
Feb 23, 2019

Defining the Heisei Era: Women in Japan speak out on inequality

Last April, a female reporter from TV Asahi accused Junichi Fukuda, the top bureaucrat at the Finance Ministry, of sexual harassment.
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LIFE / Food & Drink
Feb 23, 2019

Jigokudani is Osaka's hidden 'Hell Valley' for barhopping

Jigokudani (Hell Valley) is a hidden labyrinth of about two-dozen small bars and restaurants near Noda Station in Osaka's Fukushima Ward.
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WORLD / Science & Health
Feb 23, 2019

Virgin Galactic flies first test passenger to the edge of space

A Virgin Galactic rocket plane on Friday soared to the edge of space with a test passenger for the first time, nudging British billionaire Richard Branson's company closer to its goal of suborbital flights for space tourists.

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