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CULTURE / Books
Apr 25, 2015

Memoirs of Yoshiko Yamaguchi, Manchuria's 'Fragrant Orchid'

Often the conflicts between countries are best expressed through the personal story of a single citizen, and this is true with "Fragrant Orchid," the autobiography of famed actress and singer Li Xianglan. Born Yoshiko Yamaguchi — her birth name as an ethnic Japanese — the book details her upbringing...
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JAPAN / Politics / FOCUS
Apr 25, 2015

At Abe-Obama summit, all roads lead to China

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe embarks on a seven-day tour of the United States this week, the highlight of which is a summit with President Barack Obama.
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BUSINESS / Companies
Apr 25, 2015

'Star Wars' goods hit shelves in Tokyo, Kobe

With the release of the seventh "Star Wars" installation looming in December, Toys "R" Us Japan Ltd. on Saturday opened dedicated in-store displays at its Odaiba and Kobe stores in an attempt to expand the fan base.
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CULTURE / Art
Apr 23, 2015

From dusk till dawn at Roppongi Art Night

For all the criticism that can be levelled at the conventional "white cube" gallery space — its quasi-religious, sanitized hush and incongruity with large-scale interactive installations and other emergent forms of media art — as a visitor, it's at least unlikely that you'll wander into the path...
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CULTURE / Film / Wide Angle
Apr 22, 2015

The Zushi Beach Film Festival resists the ban on loud music and tattoos

Zushi Beach — a popular getaway for people seeking to escape Tokyo's stifling summer heat — may have banned "loud" music, tattoos and barbecues, but hey, at least it still has a film festival.
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MORE SPORTS / MAN ABOUT SPORTS
Apr 21, 2015

Decline of NCAA men's hoops result of poor fundamentals

"Speaking as a fan, I think (men's college basketball) is a joke."
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Apr 21, 2015

Diversity saved the Kano school

Kyoto National Museum's "Kano Painters of the Momoyama Period: Eitoku's Legacy" is the follow up exhibition to the 2007 "Kano Eitoku, Momoyama Painter Extraordinaire" and focuses on Eitoku's successors who produced work during the period 1596-1615.
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JAPAN
Apr 20, 2015

Abe breaking arms taboo with Japan's first defense trade show

Japan will host its first international defense trade show next month as Prime Minister Shinzo Abe elbows the pacifist Constitution aside to tap the lucrative arms industry.
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COMMENTARY / World
Apr 20, 2015

The poverty of American presidential politics

The time, effort and money that will be poured into the battle for the U.S. presidency are enormous, but the difference the outcome will make is limited.
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COMMENTARY / Japan / SENTAKU MAGAZINE
Apr 20, 2015

Why Japan won't join the AIIB

The AIIB will enable China to use funds contributed by other countries for projects that best suit its own strategies.
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WORLD
Apr 20, 2015

Iran nuclear weapons a U.S. 'myth': Khamenei

Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei told military commanders on Sunday the United States had created the "myth" of nuclear weapons to portray Iran as a threat, hardening his rhetoric before nuclear negotiations resume this week.
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 17, 2015

A tribute to Australian leader Malcolm Fraser

Malcom Fraser was Australia's moral compass: a forthright liberal voice for human rights on refugee policy, a compassionate voice on international aid and relief issues, and a powerful voice for an independent foreign policy.
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CULTURE / Stage
Apr 16, 2015

Shizuoka blooms with culture at theater event

With sunlight dappling fresh green leaves, flowers in bloom and birds singing, spring and early summer is when Europeans leave their homes to enjoy the arts at great annual events such as Germany's Theatertreffen and France's Avignon Festival.
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JAPAN / TELLING LIVES
Apr 16, 2015

Expat champions tastes, roots of rural Japan

American Justin Potts, 33, is more fascinated with Japan's rural countryside than most Japanese and vexed by their lack of appreciation for its natural beauty, agricultural bounty and artistic cuisine.
WORLD
Apr 15, 2015

Flag raising at Fort Sumter recalls end of Civil War, 150 years ago

Civil War re-enactors raised an American flag at the Fort Sumter National Monument during a ceremony on Tuesday commemorating the 150th anniversary of the symbolic end to the four-year conflict in the place where it began.
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Apr 14, 2015

China to strengthen surveillance, security in anti-terror push

China will establish a national population database linked to ID information and credit records, state media reported late Monday, as part of a larger push to beef up surveillance and security in response to violent unrest.
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 13, 2015

The not so spectacular BRICs?

According to one forecast, most BRIC economies will fail to meet long-range growth expectations.
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COMMENTARY / World
Apr 13, 2015

The hunt for the cause of recessions continues

While theories abound, economists still really don't know what causes recessions.
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LIFE / Food & Drink / KANPAI CULTURE
Apr 10, 2015

Jimbocho Den brings hot sake and hanami to Shizuoka

On an evening in late March, a group of well-heeled guests arrive at the Nippondaira Hotel, on a high plateau in the center of Shizuoka City, for the fifth edition of Dining Out, a series of creative pop-up dinners held at various locations around the country. The theme this time was hanami — the tradition...
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JAPAN
Apr 9, 2015

Real-time Web service aims to inform disaster victims via Twitter

A new Web-based real-time information service may help provide quick and reliable disaster-related information via tweets while alerting users to unsubstantiated rumors and fake tips.
WORLD / Politics / ANALYSIS
Apr 8, 2015

Inward-looking election campaign reflects Britain's global retreat

Britain's membership in the European Union hangs on the outcome of a knife-edge election in four weeks' time, but the issue and that of the country's wider global role have been largely absent from a campaign narrowly focused on domestic worries.
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 7, 2015

No clear victors in U.K. debate

The main TV debate of Britain's national election campaign produced no clear winner.
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JAPAN
Apr 6, 2015

Innovation helps Tohoku's tsunami-hit farmers bounce back

Even before a tsunami swamped fields east of Sendai in March 2011, Chikako Sasaki and her husband, a rice farmer, had dreamed of starting a business selling food made from their own produce.

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