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COMMENTARY / World / SENTAKU MAGAZINE
May 27, 2013

South Korea's 'export' crisis

South Korea ranks at the bottom of OECD member nations in 'technology trade balance,' which doesn't say much for the design capabilities of manufacturers.
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WORLD / Politics
May 27, 2013

Record as Newark mayor weighs heavily on Booker Senate bid

Cory Booker has become one of the most famous mayors in the nation with the help of a careful political campaign that cast him as a unique talent willing to forgo better opportunities to save this crime-ridden and poverty-plagued city.
COMMENTARY / Japan / THE VIEW FROM NEW YORK
May 27, 2013

The transient rasping that captivates the poets

Do cicadas create a shrieking hell? Are they ugly? There is a striking difference between English and Japanese Wikipedia entries on these transient insects.
COMMENTARY / World
May 27, 2013

Hold the false prophets of doom accountable

Apocalyptic prophecies and the raucous festivities accompanying them are indisputably alluring. But imaginary cataclysms have real-world consequences.
COMMENTARY / World
May 27, 2013

The irresponsible part of the debt-growth row

Stanford economist calls rival economist Paul Krugman's notion that the U.S. can wait 10 to 15 years to start dealing with deficits and debt 'beyond irresponsible.'
Japan Times
CULTURE / Books
May 26, 2013

Are we close to understanding bipolar disorder?

It may seem perverse to express nostalgia for a category of mental illness, but many sufferers, as well as some psychiatrists, regret the passing of “manic depression.”
COMMENTARY / World
May 26, 2013

Inaction during 'scandal' will undo a presidency

Few, if any, similarities exist between the redactions of the Benghazi e-mails and the deletions and distortions made by Richard Nixon in his taped conversations.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Books
May 26, 2013

Infernal prose flows again from Dan Brown's brain

I used to think that Dan Brown was merely bad. Now, after reading the latest version of the apocalyptic thriller he rewrites every few years, I suspect he might be mad as well.
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CULTURE / Books
May 26, 2013

The rarely, if ever, told story of Japanese sold as slaves by Portuguese traders

The subject of this slim volume is “a series of events that are essential in understanding Japanese history” — events “totally unknown, incredible, and unpleasant to read.”
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CARTOONS / DAHL'S JAPAN
May 26, 2013

Pig Lipstick 2013

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BASKETBALL / HOOP SCOOP
May 25, 2013

Geary's vision, drive keyed Yokohama's title run

There was something refreshing, interesting and fun about the Yokohama B-Corsairs from the beginning. It wasn't always the easiest thing to explain in a few short words.
Events / KANSAI: WHO & WHAT
May 25, 2013

64th Kyoto Takigi noh performance to be held

The 64th Kyoto Takigi noh performance will take place from 5:30 p.m. on the first weekend of June in Heian Jingu Shrine in Kyoto.
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MULTIMEDIA
May 24, 2013

[VIDEO] SoftBank/DoCoMo/au 2013 summer lineups

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BASKETBALL / BJ-LEAGUE NOTEBOOK
May 24, 2013

Miyazaki's departure means 21 teams again next season

Another offseason of major change is already in full swing. As a wizened comic might blurt out, "There no end to the chaos."
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Events / Events Outside Tokyo
May 24, 2013

Record haul expected during 20-minute fireworks display

The port city of Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, located on the country's Noto Peninsula, will be filled with things to do for one week from the end of May as it kicks off its Citizens' Festival.
COMMENTARY / World
May 24, 2013

Global call to women standing on the sidelines

Hardly a day goes by without a news story on some violation of women's rights. In recent months, appalling incidents of violence against women and girls — from Delhi to Johannesburg to Cleveland — have sparked public outrage and demands to tackle these horrific abuses.
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BUSINESS / Companies
May 23, 2013

Sony to mull selling stake in show biz

Sony Corp. said Wednesday that its board of directors will consider a proposal by a U.S. hedge fund to put on the stock market a minority stake in Sony's entertainment division, retracting an earlier statement that they won't be put up for sale.
BASKETBALL
May 23, 2013

Japanese women face Griner during preparation for upcoming tourney

A 23-point loss to the WNBA's Phoenix Mercury in a Sunday exhibition game in Phoenix was the first big test for the Japan women's national basketball team as it prepares for the 25th FIBA Asia Championship for Women.
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CULTURE / Music
May 23, 2013

June: Taicoclub, Tokyo Camp kick off festival season

Students are counting down the days till school lets out, while urban commuters are starting to sweat the impending heat. Summer is coming, and a sure sign of that is that music festivals are starting to kick up around the country.
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SPORTS / SPORTS SCOPE
May 22, 2013

Flawed strategy, mistakes jeopardizing Tokyo's bid to host 2020 Olympics

Have you ever given your best effort while striving to achieve something but felt like what you were doing was futile?
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BUSINESS / Tech
May 22, 2013

Japan's cellphone lineups for summer 2013 — fit and focused

Lean and focused would be a good way to characterize the recently launched lineups from Japan's three top cellphone carriers.
COMMENTARY / World
May 22, 2013

How modern nationalism gave birth to terrorism

If we want to understand what drove the Boston Marathon bombing suspects, Tamerlan and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, to terrorism, the answer almost certainly does not lie in Dagestan, where the brothers lived before moving to the United States, or in the two wars fought in Chechnya in the last 20 years. Instead,...

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