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COMMENTARY / World
Apr 10, 2013

Five myths about the Iraq war

That the war changed Iraq into a stable and peaceful democracy is a myth. It has been left a broken and dysfunctional country. The big winner is Iran.
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CULTURE / CULTURE SMASH
Apr 10, 2013

Pop tourism gains traction

Pre-flight shopping at Narita airport a couple of weeks ago, I passed a mannequin sporting a light-blue necktie and a turquoise wig with pig tails dangling down to its mini skirt. The vision spoke volumes: It was Hatsune Miku, of course, Japan's holographic, animated virtual pop star, beloved fashion...
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COMMUNITY / Issues / THE FOREIGN ELEMENT
Apr 9, 2013

Whatever happened to the Goldman Sachs union?

In February 2012, a small band of sacked workers in Japan took on one of the world's biggest investment banks, Goldman Sachs, unionizing in a bid to keep their jobs and win a better deal from a firm they believed had treated them unfairly.
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WORLD / Politics
Apr 9, 2013

Prospects for deal on U.S. gun law improve

Prospects for a bipartisan deal to expand federal background checks for gun purchases are improving with the emergence of fresh Republican support, according to top Senate aides.
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BUSINESS
Apr 8, 2013

Stubbornly shrinking workforce dims prospects for U.S. growth

Put out an all-points bulletin: Millions of Americans have gone missing from the workforce.
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JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Apr 7, 2013

Government reveals contempt for constitution by ignoring it

Actor-emcee Kinya Aikawa has his own TV station on the Net, and because the only ads are for projects involving Aikawa and his equally famous wife, Midori Utsumi, he doesn't worry about making sponsors uncomfortable.
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COMMUNITY / Our Lives
Apr 6, 2013

Irrepressible Irishman promotes Japan culture

Humor may be the hardest genre to translate, but laughter speaks any language. Poet and literary translator Peter MacMillan's recent foray into visual art, "Thirty-Six New Views of Mount Fuji," delights with wry whimsicality, employing mixed-media print-making to reveal a multicultural drollery.
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JAPAN
Apr 3, 2013

Renovated Kabukiza reopens in Ginza district

The Kabukiza theater, spiritual home of the 410-year-old performing art, reopened Tuesday in Ginza, Tokyo, after a three-year hiatus following extensive renovation work.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Apr 3, 2013

War with China is not inevitable, so tread carefully

America's path plus China's immature ambitions threaten Japan's future. Japanese constitutional change would just add to uncertainty in the region.
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LIFE
Apr 2, 2013

Gardening offers original ideas for repurposing goods

Ruthie Mundell opens a door within the warehouse of the nonprofit thrift store known as Community Forklift and eagerly displays the donations of countless gardeners.
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LIFE / Language / BILINGUAL
Apr 1, 2013

It's all change at Shibuya Station for the Toyoko Line

On March 16, the platforms for the Tokyu Toyoko Line at Shibuya Station moved from the chiju014d nikai (u5730u4e0au4e8cu968e, second floor) to the chika gokai (u5730u4e0bu4e94u968e, fifth basement floor) to connect the Toyoko Line with the Tokyo Metro Fukutoshin Line.
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LIFE / Style & Design
Mar 31, 2013

Thousands flock to the Fashion Week Tokyo party

It is four seasons since Mercedes Benz became Fashion Week Tokyo's main sponsor, and in that time it has given the industry segment that relies on these twice-yearly events a real confidence boost.
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WORLD
Mar 30, 2013

Former French president's son runs for office from America

Louis Giscard d'Estaing, a former two-term deputy representing Puy-de-Dome in the National Assembly, mayor of Chamalieres and son of former French President Valery Giscard d'Estaing kicked off his latest campaign Tuesday afternoon — in Bethesda, Maryland.
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 30, 2013

Resource issues threaten Asia's continued rise

Asia's re-emergence on the global stage after a two-century decline is accompanied by an insatiable appetite for natural resources that it doesn't have.
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BUSINESS / YEN FOR LIVING
Mar 29, 2013

Court says railway can make patrons pay through the nose

Railway patrons can now sue over fares, for what it's worth.
CULTURE / Music / STRANGE BOUTIQUE
Mar 28, 2013

R-E-S-P-E-C-T: Find out what it means to indie's new talent

It's 6 a.m. and the tiny studio is crammed full of people and reeks of sweat. An ear-splitting punk trio do their best to blast the ceiling off and a woman wrapped in nothing but a bit of Duct tape careers around the room, shrieking into a microphone.
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ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Mar 27, 2013

India's Modi sets sights on top job

If Indians were to vote against corruption, a slowing economy and weak leadership in the 2014 national elections — all that urban middle-class population is roiled by — controversial Hindu nationalist politician Narendra Modi could win the office of prime minister hands down.
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BUSINESS / NOTEBOOK
Mar 27, 2013

Huge African Festival in Yokohama; learn business Japanese online

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BUSINESS / JAPAN-CHINA RELATIONS SYMPOSIUM
Mar 26, 2013

Private sector urged to do more to help rebuild Japan-China relations

The private sector has a key role in the efforts to rebuild mutual trust between Japan and China as political disputes begin to affect economic relations, experts from the two countries said at a recent symposium in Tokyo.
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BUSINESS / JAPAN-CHINA RELATIONS SYMPOSIUM
Mar 26, 2013

Myanmar seeks Japan FDI to aid agriculture, economic reforms

Myanmar needs Japanese investments as well as capacity-building support as the Southeast Asian nation faces the massive challenge of rapid economic reforms, leading figures in the country's business community said at a recent symposium in Tokyo.
COMMUNITY / How-tos / LIFELINES
Mar 26, 2013

Navigating Japanese divorce law and dealing with false promises

Mrs. A writes: "I'm a foreigner living in Oita city, married to a Japanese national, with two children.

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