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COMMUNITY / Issues / LABOR PAINS
Oct 29, 2017

TV drama glorifies the Japanese scourge of working illegally for nothing

In the TBS drama 'Rikuo,' female factory workers work all hours — some of them unpaid — to make a new type of running shoe.
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COMMUNITY / Our Lives / 20 QUESTIONS
Oct 28, 2017

Amazon Fashion Week Tokyo: A war zone for photographer Cynthia Anderson

'For photographers fashion week means mock military manoeuvres with us lugging our heavy gear around.'
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JAPAN / Media / Japan Pulse
Oct 28, 2017

Twitter Japan confronts hate speech with mixed results

Following countless claims that Twitter has become a breeding ground for hate speech, the social networking service has started to take measures against hate speech on their platform over the past two years. After several events in September, however, it's clear that Twitter Japan is still struggling...
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LIFE / Food & Drink
Oct 28, 2017

Top Philippines chef Margarita Fores chows down like a local in Tokyo

Margarita Fores was recently in Japan to give Tokyoites a taste of her Italian-inflected Philippine cuisine.
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JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Oct 28, 2017

Organ donations and transplants still face obstacles in Japan

It has been 20 years since the government legalized organ transplants from brain-dead donors, and seven years since the law was revised to allow children to donate organs and families to approve organ donations of loved ones unilaterally.
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BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 27, 2017

Hawks' Seiichi Uchikawa, BayStars' Yoshitomo Tsutsugo determined to deliver quality Japan Series

While one team is no stranger to the biggest stage, the other squad returned there for the first time in nearly two decades.
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COMMENTARY / World
Oct 27, 2017

Xi aims for a 'new era' of international influence and power

Many analysts have written about the arrival of Xi's 'New Era.' Few have explored the foreign policy implications.
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JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Oct 27, 2017

MUFG brokerage manager claims paternity harassment led to unpaid leave

Glen Wood, an equity sales manager at Mitsubishi UFJ Morgan Stanley Securities Co., filed a harassment claim against the brokerage and asked a Tokyo court to order the firm to withdraw its decision to put him on unpaid leave.
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BUSINESS
Oct 27, 2017

Small Japanese credit union outperforms mega-banks by lending to geisha and local startups

Kikuno Kashima, a Tokyo geisha, couldn't get a bank loan to open a club for her patrons and select guests until a tiny credit union agreed to lend her the money. Now she's part of a lending model that's doling out cash to startup companies and yielding surprisingly high profits in the process.
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BUSINESS / Tech
Oct 26, 2017

Twitter could turn first-ever profit in 4Q as it slashes expenses

Twitter Inc. said on Thursday it could turn its first ever profit in the fourth quarter, after making sweeping cuts in expenses the past few months and finding sources of revenue beyond the advertising that dominates social media.
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JAPAN / Science & Health
Oct 26, 2017

Finance Ministry proposes cuts in medical fees and reductions in cost of new drugs

The Finance Ministry on Wednesday proposed reducing the fees charged by medical institutions, to curb social security costs which have ballooned due to the country's rapidly aging population.
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WORLD / Politics
Oct 26, 2017

Brazil's Congress rejects corruption case against President Temer

Brazilian lawmakers rejected corruption charges against President Michel Temer on Wednesday evening, shelving a case that had threatened to oust a center-right leader who investors hope will bring Brazil's budget deficit under control.
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JAPAN / History
Oct 26, 2017

On reconciliation tour, American ex-POW, 95, revisits Miyagi mine, scene of horrific memories

At the entrance of the defunct lead and zinc mine in Kurihara, Miyagi Prefecture, earlier in October, American Henry Chamberlain, 95, had to lean on his cane to ease the fatigue linked to the beatings he received from Japanese soldiers during World War II.
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COMMUNITY / Issues / LEARNING CURVE
Oct 25, 2017

Bicultural families in Japan take the educational road less traveled

Parents of international children share their diverse stories from inside and outside Japan's state school system.
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COMMUNITY / How-tos / LIFELINES
Oct 25, 2017

PanCAN Japan makes strides against pancreatic cancer

PanCAn Japan supports research projects and advocates for new medical techniques to improve both treatment for pancreatic cancer patients and early detection of the disease.
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JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Oct 25, 2017

Yokohama District Court finds government and two firms liable in asbestos case

The government and two manufacturers of construction materials were found liable for ¥306 million in damages over asbestos-related health problems, according to a ruling by the Yokohama District Court on Tuesday.
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COMMENTARY / World / SENTAKU MAGAZINE
Oct 24, 2017

An idea buds in the U.S. that Japan should go nuclear

Opinion is growing within certain quarters of the U.S. that Japan should be armed with nuclear weapons to reduce America's defense burden.
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COMMENTARY / World
Oct 24, 2017

The false narrative of Realpolitik

U.S. President Donald Trump's emphasis on national sovereignty could stimulate global cooperation elsewhere.
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CULTURE / Entertainment news
Oct 24, 2017

Megyn Kelly fires back at O'Reilly's claim that no one accused him of sexual harassment during 20 years at Fox

Bill O'Reilly, forced out at Fox News over allegations of sexual harassment, has said no one ever filed a complaint about his behavior with human resources or the legal department in the 20 years he was at the network.
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JAPAN / Politics / ANALYSIS
Oct 23, 2017

Much of LDP's success rests in electoral system itself

The campaign is over, and now judgment time has come: Who were the winners and losers in Sunday's Lower House election?
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JAPAN / Politics
Oct 23, 2017

North Korea blasts Japan for using election to 'pave groundwork' for invasion

North Korea on Monday blasted "Japanese reactionaries" for working to "pave the groundwork for a reinvasion of the Korean peninsula" after Sunday's Lower House election that saw Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's ruling bloc secure a sweeping victory.
ASIA PACIFIC
Oct 23, 2017

Australia to spend up to $195 million housing refugees after PNG detention center closes

Australia will spend up to 250 million Australia dollars ($195 million) housing nearly 800 refugees and asylum seekers in Papua New Guinea for the next 12 months after its controversial detention center closes this month.

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