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Aug 15, 2017

Relay team proud of 4x100 bronze

The Japan men's 4x100-meter relay team stunned the world when it captured the silver medal at last summer's Rio Olympics.
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JAPAN / EXPLAINER
Aug 14, 2017

Some Japanese brand legacies stand to profit from geographical indication; others, not so much

In the not so distant future, Kraft Parmesan, a household name for grated cheese with its distinctive green package sold by a Japanese dairy company, may disappear from shelves in Japan or reappear bearing a different name.
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JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Aug 12, 2017

METI seeks to pass nuclear buck with release of waste disposal map

Taro Kono's appointment as the new foreign minister is raising eyebrows. Though he hasn't shown any indication that he will buck Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's agenda, Kono is considered a leftish maverick within the Liberal Democratic Party, especially with regard to its nuclear energy policy, which he...
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JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
Aug 12, 2017

The role of rules in a 'moral education'

Human beings are born amoral. Infants know no rules, and obey none. They learn a few at home, then go to school and learn more. Everyone agrees rules are necessary. On what the rules should be there is less agreement; less still on the degree of obedience rules call for. There are times and places where...
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JAPAN / 50 years of ASEAN
Aug 9, 2017

Youth encouraged to expand horizons through travel

The ASEAN-Japan Centre, which aims to promote trade, investment, tourism and other exchanges between the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and Japan, is holding various events this year to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the foundation of ASEAN.
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JAPAN / 50 years of ASEAN
Aug 9, 2017

University actively participating in exchange programs

Sophia University in Tokyo was selected by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) as one of 11 subsidy recipients for participation in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) International Mobility for Students (AIMS) Program in 2013. Since then, Sophia University...
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JAPAN / Politics
Aug 8, 2017

A year on, Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike has more plans to reform the capital

A year since becoming Tokyo governor, Yuriko Koike is riding high.
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JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
Aug 5, 2017

Speed bump won't stop Kiyomiya, Japanese baseball's teen powerhouse

So far, 2017 has been a banner year for sports prodigies in Japan, from table tennis and shogi to baseball.
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LIFE / Lifestyle
Aug 5, 2017

George Tokoro: 'An unreliable vintage car will teach you patience'

Singer-songwriter and comedian George Tokoro is no stranger to vintage cars. A self-proclaimed "car guy," he is famous not only as one of the most familiar faces on Japanese television, but also for being one of the country's most high-profile evangelists of automotive culture.
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CULTURE / Books / The critics who shaped modern Japan
Aug 5, 2017

Junichiro Tanizaki: Speaking to the light from the shadows

In 1933, when Junichiro Tanizaki (1886-1965) published his short but landmark essay "In Praise of Shadows," it could hardly be seen as anything other than a riposte to the "enlightening" agenda of the great cultural critic Fukuzawa Yukichi of the preceding Meiji Era (1868-1912).
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Figure Skating / ICE TIME
Aug 1, 2017

Sakamoto, Shiraiwa start season in Hong Kong

Fasten your seat belt.
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JAPAN
Jul 29, 2017

Ability to strike more of U.S. feared as North Korean ICBM test splashes down off Hokkaido

North Korea's latest missile test confirms the hermit state now has the capability to strike most of the United States with a nuclear missile of some sort.
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JAPAN / Society
Jul 28, 2017

Tokyo forum for women empowerment takes stock of progress, challenges still to come

Looking back at her university years in the early 1980s when Japanese companies could openly discriminate against women in recruitment, Keiko Honda now feels gender equality in Japan has come a long way.
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BUSINESS
Jul 27, 2017

Takatoshi Ito, who sold Kuroda on inflation targets, now contender for top job

During countless shared lunches and impromptu meetings, Takatoshi Ito made a detailed and persuasive case that sold Haruhiko Kuroda on the inflation targeting regime he's pursued relentlessly as governor of the central bank. That was back in 1999, when Kuroda ran Japan's currency policy at the Finance...
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BUSINESS
Jul 26, 2017

Sake makers tout locally sourced rice to entice terroir-obsessed wine enthusiasts

Brewery executive Kosuke Kuji brought his best sake to a New York booze showcase 16 years ago hoping to promote high-end sake to a new generation of sophisticated foreign drinkers. They were a little disappointed.
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JAPAN / EXPLAINER
Jul 24, 2017

Abe's push for more veterinary schools seen as quantity over quality of education

The way the government tells it, Japan is in dire need of veterinarians.
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JAPAN / KANSAI PERSPECTIVE
Jul 23, 2017

Toyama embarks on compact redesign to foil natural disasters, depopulation at same time

Since early July, floods and landslides caused by heavy rain have forced tens of thousands of people from Kyushu to Tohoku to evacuate, with nearly three dozen deaths confirmed in western Japan. The financial damage to Oita Prefecture alone now stands at over ¥20 billion, prefectural officials announced...
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COMMENTARY / COUNTERPOINT
Jul 22, 2017

A reset for Abe's constitutional revision agenda?

The sudden implosion in Abe's popularity has significant consequences for his agenda of constitutional revision.
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COMMENTARY / Japan
Jul 21, 2017

Championing TPP 2.0 could give Abe his global moment

To save his political hide, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe should do something arguably no Japanese leader has done in decades: project strength and leadership abroad.
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COMMUNITY / Voices / VIEWS FROM THE STREET
Jul 19, 2017

Views from Osaka: How worried are you about the possibility of attack by North Korea?

People in Kansai's commercial capital were asked if they feel concerned about the prospect of missile attacks by North Korea on Japan — and whether there are more important worries in their lives right now.
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Jul 18, 2017

UFC plots growing presence in Asia, beyond

The Ultimate Fighting Championship is returning to Japan after a two-year absence on Sept. 23, when it will host UFC Fight Night Japan at Saitama Super Arena.
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JAPAN
Jul 18, 2017

Family blames prolonged use of restraints at Kanagawa hospital for English teacher's death

JET instructor died after being restrained on his hospital bed for 10 days, his family says, highlighting a widespread practice at nation's psychiatric hospitals
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BUSINESS
Jul 13, 2017

FSA turns to bloggers to shame dodgy, nonperforming funds

Japan's financial regulator is trying a new tack in its fight with asset managers by bringing in bloggers to shame an industry it says provides retail investors with poor service.
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BASKETBALL / B. League / B. LEAGUE NOTEBOOK
Jul 13, 2017

Title-winning Brex decline to offer a new contract to veteran coach Wisman

After leading the Tochigi Brex to their first B. League title — and a second league championship under his watchful eye — Tom Wisman was not offered a contract for the 2017-18 campaign.
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JAPAN / Science & Health / A MATTER OF HEALTH
Jul 12, 2017

Straw poll of American expats finds over half feel repeal of Obamacare would discourage them from returning to U.S.

The bill before the U.S. Congress to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act, popularly known as "Obamacare," has American residents in Japan worried, with some saying the nullification would prevent them from returning home.
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COMMENTARY / Japan
Jul 11, 2017

Anti-conspiracy legislation fights terrorism and organized crime

The scope of Japan's anti-conspiracy law is much more restricted than similar legal steps taken in other countries.
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COMMENTARY / Japan
Jul 9, 2017

It's time to protect the liberal international order

Japan can treat the new American absence as a historic opportunity to pursue a proactive Asian foreign policy.
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COMMUNITY / Our Lives / WHY DID YOU LEAVE JAPAN?
Jul 8, 2017

Leading cancer researcher Yusuke Nakamura pursues answers

Yusuke Nakamura could easily have had a long, successful career as a surgeon in Japan, but he isn't the kind of person who is satisfied with unanswered questions.

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