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JAPAN
Aug 21, 2017

Kumamoto railway struggles to rebuild after devastating 2016 quake

A railway in Kumamoto Prefecture is working hard to win back passengers 16 months after a series of powerful earthquakes rocked the area.
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WORLD / Politics
Aug 21, 2017

Trump eyes Afghanistan's elusive mineral riches to fund ongoing 16-year war

U.S. President Donald Trump is eyeing Afghanistan's mineral wealth to help pay for a 16-year war and reconstruction efforts that have already cost $117 billion. But investors who have studied the country, one of the world's most dangerous, say the idea is a pipe dream.
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LIFE / Lifestyle / CHILD'S PLAY
Aug 20, 2017

Learning to become snap happy with an instant camera in Japan

My 5-year-old daughter has something precious in her hands. It's perfectly square, with a bright orange body, a black lens, a neck strap, a distinct red dot logo — and it's making me nervous.
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COMMENTARY / Japan
Aug 20, 2017

Koike versus Abe in the populist politics stakes

Even if Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike creates a new political party, it's inconceivable that it will become a major player in national politics.
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LIFE / Lifestyle
Aug 19, 2017

Gachapon: Tracing the evolution of Japan's colorful toy capsules

Where else but Japan could you buy a miniature version of Edvard Munch's "The Scream" figure crouching over a squat toilet, horror-struck? It's one of thousands of ingeniously designed trinkets you can buy for a pittance from toy machines across the nation. They're subversive, beautifully crafted and...
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JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
Aug 19, 2017

Japan grapples with its new arrivals

Given its current popularity in certain U.S. political circles, it was inevitable that the word "fake" would eventually find traction in Japan. The September issue of the monthly magazine Bungei Shunju applies it to the headline of an article by journalist Miyu Suzuki titled "'Fake refugees' being forced...
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Aug 17, 2017

Ebinuma nominated for key post with International Judo Federation

Masashi Ebinuma, a two-time Olympic bronze medalist in the men's 66-kg division, is among 17 judoka nominated for the nine available places on the International Judo Federation's Athletes' Commission, the organization said Wednesday.
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LIFE / Travel / HOTELS & RESTAURANTS
Aug 17, 2017

French cuisine with a Japanese twist

The Motif Restaurant and Bar at the Four Seasons Hotel Tokyo at Marunouchi is offering dinner created in collaboration with Sapporo's Moliere French restaurant from Aug. 21 to 27.
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COMMENTARY / World
Aug 16, 2017

Weathering the violence caused by climate change

As world leaders grapple with the environmental effects of climate change, they also need to confront the direct threat that it poses to global security.
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COMMUNITY / Voices / FOREIGN AGENDA
Aug 16, 2017

Re-imagining Japan? Focus on the youth

It must have been in 2007 or 2008, during my graduate studies at a business school in Helsinki, Finland. I was sitting in a classroom with 30 fellow students when one of them asked us to raise our hands if we were considering a career as an entrepreneur after graduation. I looked around and saw a solitary...
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CULTURE / Film
Aug 16, 2017

'Baby Driver': Things go fast with Baby on board

Banzai to fossil fuels! Lots of love to gas-guzzlers! That's the basic sentiment behind "Baby Driver," which is all screeching tires and revving engines, unfolding to what has got to be the coolest movie soundtrack of 2017.
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COMMENTARY / World
Aug 15, 2017

After Charlottesville: If you fire a fascist, you are a fascist

It's time to overthrow the millions of little Hitlers who think that issuing a paycheck turns their employees into slaves subject to thought control.
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COMMENTARY / World
Aug 15, 2017

Will the U.S. strike North Korea?

Alienating China will only serve to hinder U.S. efforts to peacefully resolve the North Korean crisis.
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COMMENTARY / World
Aug 15, 2017

China's 'double-freeze' con

By raising the double-freeze solution, China put the ball in America's court, and placed the onus for resolving the crisis squarely on Trump's shoulders.
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Aug 15, 2017

Relay team proud of 4x100 bronze

The Japan men's 4x100-meter relay team stunned the world when it captured the silver medal at last summer's Rio Olympics.
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CULTURE / Art
Aug 15, 2017

Dealing with connectivity and isolation at the Yokohama Triennale

As Akiko Miki, one of the three curators of this year's Yokohama Triennale, tries to wrap up a roundtable discussion titled "The Connecting World and the Isolating World" at the Yokohama Museum of Art, a question is shouted out from the back of the room.
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CULTURE / Art
Aug 15, 2017

Culture City of East Asia 2017 Kyoto: Asia Corridor Contemporary Art Exhibition

Aug. 19-Oct. 15
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COMMENTARY / World
Aug 14, 2017

The curse of middle-aged capitalism

Young, innovative corporations dazzle while their older peers tread water; the disconnect does not bode well for the U.S. economy.
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JAPAN / GENERATIONAL CHANGE
Aug 13, 2017

Astroscale exec to boldly clean where no one has cleaned before

Entrepreneur Nobu Okada has set off on a mission never before undertaken in the annals of human history — cleaning up Earth's space junk.
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COMMENTARY / World
Aug 13, 2017

Surviving in a post-truth world

Despite the falsehoods that some politicians peddle, facts still matter.
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COMMENTARY / World
Aug 13, 2017

Calling the Chinese bully's bluff in the Himalayas

The more power China has accumulated, the more it has attempted to achieve its foreign policy objectives with bluff, bluster and bullying.
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COMMUNITY / Our Lives / WHY DID YOU LEAVE JAPAN?
Aug 12, 2017

Soprano Misaki Morino follows the music to Vienna

For Misaki Morino, Vienna lives up to both its names: The City of Music and The City of Dreams.
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MULTIMEDIA
Aug 12, 2017

August 12, 2017

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Construction takes place on the Takanawa Gateway Convention Center in Tokyo, slated to open in 2025.
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