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May 12, 2015

NFL suspends Brady for four games, fines Patriots $1 million over 'Deflategate'

The National Football League on Monday fined the New England Patriots $1 million for its role in "Deflategate" and will suspend star quarterback Tom Brady for the first four games of next season.
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WORLD / Politics
May 11, 2015

Full picture of Clinton charities' foreign government funding remains elusive

The Clinton Foundation has acknowledged that the government funding totals omitted from their tax returns cannot be found on their website either, despite the foundation's acting chief executive officer earlier suggesting they were available there.
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BUSINESS
May 11, 2015

Drop base money goal to regain market's trust, ex-BOJ economist says

The Bank of Japan risks losing the confidence of investors by sticking to a bond-buying plan that is failing to drive inflation to its goal, says a former chief economist at the central bank.
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May 10, 2015

Fujimitsu outsprints field for 200-meter triumph

One week after helping the Japan men's 4x100 meter relay team punch its ticket to the 2016 Rio Olympics with a third-place finish in Nassau May 3, sprinter Kenji Fujimitsu shouldered the load all by himself and raced to a little more success on Sunday.
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BUSINESS / Companies / FOCUS
May 8, 2015

Toyota courts mom-and-pop investors with long view

Billionaire investors like Dan Loeb may be heroes on Wall Street, but Toyota Motor Corp. would prefer more people like Hisashi Nakanishi.
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WORLD / Politics
May 8, 2015

U.S. Senate passes bill to allow review of Iran nuclear deal; House up next

The U.S. Senate voted overwhelmingly on Thursday to pass a bill giving Congress the right to review, and potentially reject, an international nuclear agreement with Iran.
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BASKETBALL / NBL NOTEBOOK
May 7, 2015

NBL playoffs set to tip off

With the regular season wrapping up last weekend, the NBL is set for more heated battles when the playoffs begin on Friday.
WORLD / Politics
May 5, 2015

Lawyer says Clinton is willing to testify once before Benghazi panel

Hillary Rodham Clinton's lawyer said she will agree to appear once before a U.S. House committee investigating the 2012 attack in Benghazi, Libya, instead of twice as the panel has requested.
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WORLD / Politics
May 4, 2015

Retired surgeon Carson says he'll seek Republican presidential nod; Florina, Huckabee set to follow suit

Retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson told a Florida television station on Sunday that he is running for the 2016 Republican presidential nomination.
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OLYMPICS / OLYMPIC NOTEBOOK
May 2, 2015

Vizer's attack may be costly

Playing political hardball with the IOC is not a winning proposition.
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LIFE / Food & Drink / TOKYO FOOD FILE
May 1, 2015

Wages of sin might be death, but Greed is worth the risk

Notice: Greed closed its doors in January 2016.
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COMMENTARY / World
May 1, 2015

Obama's absurd response to Baltimore's riots

U.S. President Barack Obama's comments on the riots in Baltimore are not only partisan — they're absurd.
WORLD / ANALYSIS
Apr 29, 2015

Baltimore: a U.S. city of haves and have-nots

In the 1950s Baltimore was the sixth-largest city in the United States with a peak population of nearly 950,000. Now the riot-hit metropolis ranks 26th on that measure and scores as one of the less equal American cities when measured by income and educational achievement.
JAPAN / Politics
Apr 28, 2015

LDP aims to revise Constitution by 2017

A key member of the Liberal Democratic Party said Tuesday he wants the party to achieve its long-held goal of revising the Constitution within the next two years, arguing the 68-year-old charter should be updated to adapt to a changing domestic and international environment.
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 28, 2015

Japan's economy needs a dose of shock therapy

A little more monetary shock-and-awe by the Bank of Japan could stem Japan's 'deflationary mindset.'
BUSINESS / Companies
Apr 28, 2015

Honda profit forecast trails estimates on recalls, U.S. sales

Honda Motor Co. forecast profit that fell short of analyst estimates as the carmaker recovers from its worst vehicle recalls in decades.
BUSINESS
Apr 28, 2015

Democrat, Republican factions against globalization threaten growth: Obama

President Barack Obama said the rising anti-globalization sentiment in factions of both political parties risks a withdrawal by the U.S. from global economic competition and stymied growth.
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COMMENTARY / World
Apr 27, 2015

TPP trade deal is a lose-lose choice for Hillary

Hillary Clinton should come out against the TPP trade agreement to protect herself politically, and then hope it passes.
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BUSINESS / Markets
Apr 27, 2015

Japanese companies using the weak yen to beat profit targets

If you're searching for Japanese companies likely to beat earnings forecasts this quarter, one good place to start is the currency assumptions.
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JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Apr 25, 2015

Fighting to recover from the ocean's wrath

On April 11, Wataru Takeshita, the minister for reconstruction of the areas most seriously affected by the Great East Japan Earthquake, met in Kamaishi with local government representatives to discuss the budget for Iwate Prefecture. After the meeting, the mayor of Kamaishi spoke to the press and said...
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CULTURE / Art
Apr 25, 2015

History that's been brilliantly objectified

When "A History of the World in 100 Objects" aired its final episode on Oct. 22, 2010, millions of loyal listeners eagerly tuned in.

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