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Feb 5, 2017

Uchimura shrugs off injuries with eye on Tokyo 2020

In gymnastics, the more years you compete, the more damage your body sustains.
EDITORIALS
Feb 3, 2017

Trump's irrational currency remarks

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe should correct U.S. President Donald Trump's misguided views on Japan's currency policy.
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BUSINESS / Companies
Feb 3, 2017

Nintendo treading on shaky ground as new mobile game takes 'gacha' global

Nintendo Co. found out with its first smartphone game it's tough to get people to pay $10 even if the draw is Super Mario. With its second mobile title, the Japanese powerhouse is taking a different approach that is potentially more lucrative — and much more controversial.
LIFE / Language / MORNING ENGLISH
Jan 30, 2017

Let's discuss the recent heavy snow

A wide swath of the Sea of Japan coast was hit by heavy snow recently as a strong wintry air mass gripped much of the Japanese archipelago.
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BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / NPB NOTEBOOK
Jan 29, 2017

WBC duty means quick turnaround for foreign stars

Now that spring camps are only a few days away for NPB teams — some players are already working out "independently" together — the foreign contingent has begun trickling into the country. It was mostly the first-year foreign players the past couple of weeks, but now the veterans have started showing...
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JAPAN
Jan 29, 2017

Nearly two years after Goto beheading, journalist Tsuneoka asks: Did Tokyo do enough?

Early on the morning of Feb. 1, 2015, Japan woke to the news that Japanese freelance journalist Kenji Goto, held hostage by Islamic State militants, had been beheaded.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jan 24, 2017

Childhood poverty rates need redefinition

A better education for children from poor families is key to breaking the chain of poverty.
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JAPAN / Politics
Jan 24, 2017

Tokyo turns down Australian proposal for TPP without U.S., vows to keep pushing Trump

Tokyo turns down — for now — an Australian proposal to revise the Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade agreement, saying any TPP deal without the U.S. is “meaningless.”
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JAPAN / Politics / GAUGING TRUMP
Jan 22, 2017

Tokyo all smiles as it takes stock of Trump's nascent team with a wary eye

After Prime Minister Shinzo Abe met with President-elect Donald Trump following his November election win, Tokyo cautiously assesses the new U.S. leader's policies.
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LIFE / Lifestyle
Jan 21, 2017

When pollen attacks! Experts reveal new approaches to combating hay fever

With the allergy season just around the corner, we examine the latest attempts to stem one of the country's most irritating problems.
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JAPAN / Politics
Jan 20, 2017

Abe kicks off Diet session with vow to strengthen U.S. military alliance

Abe pledges to “further strengthen” the alliance with the U.S. in a speech at the outset of a six-month ordinary Diet session.
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BUSINESS
Jan 18, 2017

Apa takes flak from China over books in its inns denying Nanking Massacre

Major hotel chain operator Apa Group is facing fierce criticism after two students who stayed at one of its hotels in Tokyo posted a video about a book written by its CEO, which claims the 1937 Nanking Massacre committed by the Imperial Japanese Army was "fabricated by the Chinese side."
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COMMUNITY / Voices / FOREIGN AGENDA
Jan 18, 2017

Re-entry to U.S. can be tough for a Tokyo Man drunk on white privilege

There is a price this former Tokyoite pays for being home. Because in America, being white can be less than a privilege — it is part of a complicated history.
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BUSINESS / DAVOS SPECIAL 2017
Jan 17, 2017

Sport provides path to economic prosperity, world peace

Recently, "Team Japan" scored quite a few points in leading the world in the promotion of sports and culture to achieve economic prosperity and world peace.
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BUSINESS / DAVOS SPECIAL 2017
Jan 17, 2017

A future of promise and pitfalls as AI technology advances

On a Sunday afternoon in 2035, a man in Tokyo is consulting a robot as to what he should eat for dinner.
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BUSINESS / DAVOS SPECIAL 2017
Jan 17, 2017

Global cooperation needed in uncertain times

The world in 2016 saw many events signaling the rise of protectionism and populism, ranging from Brexit to Donald Trump's victory in the U.S. presidential election and people's fear of job loss due to immigrants and artificial intelligence (AI) development.
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JAPAN / EXPLAINER
Jan 16, 2017

Japanese law for endangered wildlife set for what critics call toothless revamp

The Law on Conservation of Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora is set to be revised once again to further improve government measures to prevent vulnerable animal and plant species from becoming extinct.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jan 13, 2017

Why the bulls are wrong about the yen's rise

The yen has started 2017 strongly, but the Bank of Japan is likely to stick with its super-loose money program rather than dismantle it.
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JAPAN / EXPLAINER
Jan 9, 2017

Nonfatal Osprey crash in Okinawa brings safety fears to fore

The MV-22 Osprey accident last month in Okinawa rekindled concerns about the tilt-rotor aircraft, which was once known as the "widow maker" for those killed during its development.
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COMMUNITY / Our Lives / 20 QUESTIONS
Jan 7, 2017

Entrepreneur Elio Orsara: 'Tokyo is the dining out capital of the world'

Restaurant owner on the magic of being involved in the hospitality industry.
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JAPAN / Media
Jan 6, 2017

Film director on a mission to convey Okinawa protests over U.S. forces

In late December, work to relocate U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma was resumed at its Okinawa replacement site in Nago to the fury of locals who fear the project will destroy their lives and the environment.
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JAPAN / GEARING UP FOR THE GAMES
Jan 5, 2017

Advanced tech used by Paralympic athletes could throw perception of disabilities into question

On Dec. 10, some 40 elementary school children showed up for a running workshop at Shin-Toyosu Brillia Running Stadium, a brand new indoor track facility opened the day before in Tokyo's waterfront Toyosu district.
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CULTURE / Film
Jan 4, 2017

From Japanese horror to American intrigue

As a second-generation Japanese-American working in Hollywood, Shintaro Shimosawa stands out. Take his name for example, he prefers Shintaro over his given "American name," Edward.
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BUSINESS / Economy
Jan 4, 2017

Economists see growth on horizon for 2017

Economists say growth is expected on the back of the weak yen and due to government steps to stimulate sluggish consumption.
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Figure Skating / ICE TIME
Jan 3, 2017

Release and renewal: Ando's life full of joy, challenges

Freed from the constraints of competition, retired athletes often change directions. Some go into business, a few into TV, others into coaching or various endeavors.
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JAPAN / GEARING UP FOR THE GAMES
Jan 3, 2017

Tokyo Olympics fueling expectations of an economic boom — and fear of a bubble

Third of six parts
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JAPAN / GEARING UP FOR THE GAMES
Jan 2, 2017

Tokyo 2020 Olympics will come and quickly go, but the legacy is all-important

The eyes of the world will be on Tokyo for more than just the 16 days that it hosts the 2020 Olympics.

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