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JAPAN
Sep 3, 2018

Legal issues and entrenched ideas about education keep talented students from skipping grades in Japan

Academic acceleration systems, which enable students who excel in school to skip grades and study at a faster rate than others, have become increasingly commonplace globally. In the United States, around 180,000 students under 18 years old skip grades and enter universities early every year. But in Japan,...
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WORLD / Science & Health / FOCUS
Sep 2, 2018

The race is on to lead medical AI revolution

Armed with a computer screen and mouse instead of a scalpel in an operating theater, cardiologist Benjamin Meder carefully places the electrodes of a pacemaker in a beating digital heart.
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COMMENTARY / Japan
Sep 2, 2018

Japan, savings superpower of the world

Japan's renaissance as the world champion surplus saver and source of financial capital is a key consequence of Abenomics and the domestic economic recovery.
EDITORIALS
Sep 2, 2018

Up in arms over Russian exercises

While it is too early to be concerned, Japan and the rest of the world should keep a close eye on growing military ties between Russia and China.
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COMMUNITY / Our Lives / WHY DID YOU LEAVE JAPAN?
Sep 1, 2018

Mari Kuraishi: A childhood on the move gave this CEO the power to 'go native' in a flash

There's an old Japanese saying that dicates the nail that sticks up should be hammered down. But what if that conspicuous nail is a 6-year-old Japanese girl newly arrived in Milan?
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COMMENTARY / World
Aug 31, 2018

NAFTA is dead — long live NAFTA

The one area where the new agreement is starkly more protectionist involves cars and trucks.
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JAPAN
Aug 31, 2018

Refugee applications plunge 35% in six months with tougher screening process

The stricter screening system was introduced in January to eliminate applicants believed to be job-seekers.
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BUSINESS
Aug 31, 2018

Melting ice in Arctic Ocean opening up new faster, cheaper energy trade route

A new trade route for energy supplies is opening up north of the Arctic Circle as some of the warmest temperatures on record shrink ice caps that used to lock ships out of the area.
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COMMENTARY / Japan
Aug 30, 2018

Pro-growth education for Japan

It is time for Japan to unleash the third 'arrow' of Abenomics: a long-term growth strategy underpinned by structural reforms.
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Rugby / ADDING THE EXTRAS
Aug 30, 2018

Intense season awaits Top League

The 2018-19 Top League season kicks off Friday with plenty of changes to the format both on and off the field as the Japan Rugby Football Union looks to do all it can to ensure the Brave Blossoms are at their peak when Japan hosts the 2019 Rugby World Cup.
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WORLD / Politics
Aug 30, 2018

Trump says 'we did a fantastic job in Puerto Rico' after being told 2017 storm killed almost 3,000

President Donald Trump lauded the U.S. response to Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico last year just a day after the commonwealth said almost 3,000 people died from the storm.
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SOCCER / World cup
Aug 29, 2018

Akira Nishino reflects on Japan's wild World Cup ride

Former national team manager Akira Nishino admits he still has regrets about Japan's exit from this summer's World Cup in Russia, but he believes the team has a bright future under successor Hajime Moriyasu.
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BASKETBALL
Aug 29, 2018

Basketball players handed one-year bans

The four men's national basketball team players who allegedly paid women for sex in Jakarta during the ongoing Asian Games have been handed a one-year ban by the Japan Basketball Association, the organization announced on Wednesday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Aug 29, 2018

To counter China, West plans bigger footprint in Pacific, sources say

The United States, Australia, France and Britain will open new embassies in the Pacific, boost staffing levels, and engage with leaders of island nations more often in a bid to counter China's rising influence in the region, sources have said.
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BUSINESS / Tech
Aug 29, 2018

Sucking carbon from air, Swiss firm wins new funds for costly climate fix

A small Swiss company won $31 million in new investment on Tuesday to suck carbon dioxide from thin air as part of a fledgling, costly technology that may gain wider acceptance from governments in 2018 as a way to slow climate change.
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MULTIMEDIA
Aug 29, 2018

[VIDEO] ‘Uchimizu,’ penguins with lights and virtual carps: scenes from summer 2018 in Tokyo

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TENNIS
Aug 28, 2018

Yoshihito Nishioka faces tough task against Roger Federer at U.S. Open in latest stage of comeback

It's been a long road back from major knee surgery for Yoshihito Nishioka.
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COMMENTARY / Japan
Aug 28, 2018

Address Japan's demographic, fiscal woes

The most important items on the agenda should be reversing Japan's population decline and rebuilding the government's fiscal health.
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COMMENTARY / World
Aug 28, 2018

An end to Australia's democratic pantomime?

In Australia's prosperous parliamentary democracy, no prime minister has served a full term since 2007. Why?
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MULTIMEDIA
Aug 28, 2018

[VIDEO] Takanawa Summer Festival 2018

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COMMENTARY / World
Aug 27, 2018

Emerging vulnerabilities in emerging economies

For many emerging economies, it is imperative to pursue a rebalancing of growth patterns, with a more active approach to managing debt and capital flows and their effects on asset prices, exchange rates, and growth. Otherwise, the dangers of unsustainable growth patterns will bring expansion to an abrupt halt.
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COMMENTARY / World
Aug 27, 2018

Still arguing over the Lehman collapse

Paulson et al. still claim they did all that could be done to save the troubled firm.

Longform

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