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CULTURE / Music / 2010S: DECADE IN REVIEW
Dec 29, 2019

Looking back at the most influential Japanese songs of the 2010s

Given how Japanese music takes time to receive widespread recognition, what gems would the kids of the 2040s unearth from the decade that just passed?
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics / FOCUS
Dec 29, 2019

China's Xi turns to financial experts to tame economic risks

As China struggles to deal with the slowdown of the world's second-largest economy, it has embarked on a new strategy of placing financial experts in provinces to manage risks and rebuild regional economies.
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JAPAN / Help Wanted?
Dec 29, 2019

Student's death reveals dark side of Bhutan-Japan exchange program

A year has passed since the lifeless body of a Bhutanese exchange student was discovered hanging from a tree in a public park in Fukuoka.
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COMMUNITY / Our Lives / WHY DID YOU LEAVE JAPAN?
Dec 28, 2019

Soramaru Takayama: There's much poetry in Vegan Pudding & Co.

After four years of traveling the world, poet Soramaru Takayama finds Vancouver a welcoming place for creativity and veganism.
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WORLD
Dec 28, 2019

At least 90 people killed in Mogadishu checkpoint blast after rush-hour truck bomb explodes

In one of the most deadly recent attacks, at least 90 people were killed and dozens were wounded when a bomb-laden vehicle exploded at a bustling checkpoint in the Somali capital of Mogadishu on Saturday, an international organization working in the country said.
EDITORIALS
Dec 28, 2019

Eliminate casino corruption

The arrest of a Liberal Democratic Party lawmaker this early in the creation of a casino industry in Japan shows that much more is needed to prevent gambling-related graft.
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JAPAN / Regional Voices: Kyushu
Dec 27, 2019

Critics assail secrecy over unexploded chemical weapons left by Imperial Japanese Army

At the end of World War II, the Imperial Japanese Army left a number of unexploded shells filled with poison gas used as munitions. In the 2000s, when such artillery shells were discovered and retrieved from the seabed off the coastal town of Kanda, Fukuoka Prefecture, the central government issued an...
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WORLD
Dec 27, 2019

Drones need tracking network for expanded flights, U.S. agency says

All but the smallest civilian drones would have to broadcast radio tracking data to ensure greater safety and prevent terrorism under a sweeping proposal unveiled by U.S. regulators on Thursday.
Reader Mail
Dec 27, 2019

Remembering a landmark and life-saving kidney transplant

The hospital information packet advised me to bring my own chopsticks, but I prefer a knife and fork. That was just the start of my experience as the first-ever Western woman to donate a kidney at Osaka University Hospital, in Japan.
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WORLD / Crime & Legal
Dec 27, 2019

Russian authorities use power tools to raid Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny's Moscow office

Russian authorities raided the Moscow headquarters of opposition politician Alexei Navalny on Thursday, using power tools to gain entry before dragging Navalny out by force and confiscating technical equipment such as laptops.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Dec 26, 2019

Turkey's block on Wikipedia violates rights, court rules

The Turkish Constitutional Court ruled Thursday that blocking access to online encyclopedia Wikipedia within Turkey is a violation of freedom of expression, a lawyer representing the organization and various media reports said.
BUSINESS / Tech
Dec 23, 2019

'A mini-China story': Vietnam-linked hacking group targets Toyota and others

A Vietnam-based hacking group is learning from China's playbook, using increasingly sophisticated cyberattacks to spy on competitors and help Vietnam catch up to global competitors, according to cybersecurity experts.
JAPAN / EXPLAINER
Dec 22, 2019

SDF tests public support with next mission in Middle East

The Cabinet is expected to approve a Self-Defense Forces mission to the Middle East that will comprise a destroyer, patrol planes and 250 personnel as part of an intelligence-gathering operation.
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ASIA PACIFIC
Dec 22, 2019

North Korea's Kim holds meeting of military elite as year-end deadline looms

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un presided over an enlarged meeting of the ruling party's Central Military Commission to decide on "important organizational and political measures and military steps to bolster" the country's armed forces, state-run media reported Sunday.
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COMMENTARY / World
Dec 20, 2019

Time for U.S. pivot on North Korea?

It is now time for the U.S., along with Japan and South Korea, to prepare to pivot on North Korea.
JAPAN
Dec 19, 2019

Japan government silent as Kumamoto pioneers secret-birth system

A private hospital in Kumamoto that has launched a program for women who want to give birth anonymously is calling on the government to legalize the program, but receiving little in the way of response.
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CULTURE / Art / 2019 in Review
Dec 17, 2019

Creative expression stifled by 'safety concerns' in Japan

As the taboo-busting comic Joan Rivers used to say after pressing her audience's buttons, 'Can we talk?' On the evidence of this year's Aichi Triennale, if it's about World War II atrocities, the answer seems to be 'no.'
LIFE / Lifestyle
Dec 14, 2019

A cut above the rest: A new generation of barbers is trying to overcome an image problem

A group of men sporting tattoos and smoking cigarettes chats casually on benches outside Mr. Brothers Cut Club in Tokyo's trendy Harajuku neighborhood.
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BUSINESS / Economy
Dec 14, 2019

U.S. and China reach phase one of trade deal, easing tensions

The U.S. and China said they have agreed to the details of the first phase of a broader trade agreement, a move that will see the U.S. reduce tariffs and at least temporarily calm fears of an escalating trade war between the world’s two largest economies.
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ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Dec 12, 2019

Disasters and downturn challenge New Zealand's Jacinda Ardern going into election year

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern faces tough challenges as she heads into a general election campaign next year, with economic growth slowing, divisive referendums looming and a country reeling from disasters both natural and man-made.

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Visitors walk past Sou Fujimoto's Grand Ring, which has been recognized as the largest wooden structure in the world.
Can a World Expo still matter? Japan is about to find out.