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WORLD / Politics
Feb 11, 2017

The names of the deported are ... the U.S. won't say

The U.S. government just won't answer a seemingly simple question: Who was detained at U.S. immigration or deported in the wake of President Donald Trump's executive order barring entry to refugees and citizens of seven mostly Muslim countries?
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LIFE / Food & Drink
Feb 3, 2017

Matt Goulding's 'Rice, Noodle, Fish' makes Japanese-language debut

It's well past midnight on a frigid winter's evening and the back streets are emptying fast in Namba, Osaka's effervescent, neon-lit entertainment district. But behind the unprepossessing door of Teppanyaro, the party is only just getting going.
ASIA PACIFIC
Oct 30, 2016

China applies 'divide and rule' concept to Taiwan by favoring pro-Beijing towns

China is embarking on a divide-and-rule campaign on self-ruled Taiwan, offering to boost tourism to pro-Beijing towns and counties while giving the new pro-independence government the cold shoulder, government officials and politicians say.
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CULTURE / Art
Oct 18, 2016

Sci-fi and fact at the Okayama Art Summit

The city of Okayama was flattened by incendiary bombs in 1945. Many people died, more than 12,000 homes were destroyed and Okayama's centuries-old wooden castle burned to its stone foundations. In 1966, the donjon was rebuilt with modern concrete, which was likely made in Mizushima — a smoke-spewing...
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JAPAN / Society
Oct 15, 2016

Is Japan leaving the Rohingya out in the cold?

As violence flares around the world's largest group of stateless people in Myanmar, an exile is pleading with Tokyo to come to their aid.
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WORLD
Oct 15, 2016

Obama issues executive order, eases restrictions on Cuban cigars, rum

Americans traveling to Cuba will be allowed to bring home more of the communist-ruled island's coveted cigars and rum under new measures announced by the U.S. government Friday to further ease trade, travel and financial restrictions that have been in place for decades.
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JAPAN
Aug 12, 2016

Japan's highway bus operators partner to tap surge in overseas visitors

The number of foreign tourists visiting Japan, which hit a record-high 19.73 million last year, is still surging at a rapid pace. The number has already reached 11.7 million between January and June this year, a 28.2 percent jump on the same period last year.
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WORLD
Aug 1, 2016

As its territory shrinks, Islamic State group increasingly looking to global attacks

The Islamic State group, losing territory and on the retreat in Iraq and Syria, has claimed credit for a surge in global attacks this summer, most of them in France and Germany.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / BASEBALL BULLET-IN
Jul 30, 2016

Former BayStars infielder Gurriel gets opportunity to pursue dream with Astros

Good luck to the Houston Astros on acquiring Cuban star player Yulieski Gurriel. The American League club signed the 32-year-old infielder earlier this month and, after obtaining a U.S. work visa and playing some tune-up games for a team in the Astros' minor league system, he was expected to suit up...
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LIFE / Travel
Jul 23, 2016

Wandering the 'real Japan': Following the far-north footsteps of Alan Booth

Renowned travel writer Bruce Chatwin believed passionately in the importance of walking in the wild. The problems of humanity, he contended, were borne out of people being settled and static.
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WORLD
Jul 15, 2016

Abe condemns Nice attack; officials scramble to find out if Japanese are among victims

Japan's prime minister and other world leaders on Friday condemned the massacre of revelers on a seafront promenade in the French city of Nice by the driver of a speeding, swerving truck on Thursday.
LIFE / Digital
Jul 9, 2016

Hot spot: Is Tokyo finally going wireless?

Wi-Fi is exploding in the capital thanks to an influx of tourism and the 2020 Games.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / LEARNING CURVE
May 11, 2016

'Predatory conferences' stalk Japan's groves of academia

“Predatory conference” organizers now stalk Japan’s groves of academe, preying on unsuspecting researchers. These conferences are inferior events that contribute little to the field of academic knowledge but generate plenty of revenue for organizers’ bank accounts. Academics, some simply naive...
COMMENTARY / World
May 9, 2016

Turkey's last shreds of balance are disappearing

An increasingly radical Recep Tayyip Erdogan is forcing out the last of the team of smart and qualified people he brought in to run Turkey with him.
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 29, 2016

The EU-Turkey deal will fail

The deal made between the European Union and Turkey to stem the flood of refugees into the EU will soon blow up in everybody's face.
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COMMUNITY / Our Lives / 20 QUESTIONS
Mar 12, 2016

Pierre Gagnaire: 'We must accept the destiny that life imposes'

French chef on modern gastronomy, food culture and mashed potatoes.
JAPAN
Jan 20, 2016

Japan's Foreign Ministry councils caution when traveling to Bali after fresh terrorism fears

The Foreign Ministry on Wednesday issued a warning calling on Japanese to exercise caution when traveling to the resort island of Bali, Indonesia, following recent media reports of an alleged terrorist threat made against the popular holiday destination
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 4, 2016

Russia and Ukraine are finally breaking up

The ongoing political and economic separation of Russia and Ukraine will likely be completed this year.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Dec 29, 2015

Time traveling back to the major screwups of 2015

From the fizzling out of Abenomics to China's stock fiasco, here are five of Asia's policy missteps this year.
LIFE / Language / COMMUNICATION CUES
Nov 30, 2015

North Korea to offer flights over capital

North Korea will offer helicopter sightseeing tours of its capital, Pyongyang, tourist agencies have confirmed.
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WORLD
Nov 30, 2015

Declaring a 'new beginning,' EU and Turkey seal migrant deal

Turkey promised to help stem the flow of migrants to Europe in return for cash, visas and renewed talks on joining the EU in a deal struck on Sunday that the Turkish prime minister called a "new beginning" for the uneasy neighbors.
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WORLD
Nov 20, 2015

Life after Schengen: What a Europe with borders would look like

Continental Europeans have gone so long — two decades — without internal border controls that the younger generation doesn't know what life is like with them. For a glimpse of the past, and the fortress mentality setting in after the Paris terrorist attacks, look no further than France's frontier...

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Wealthier women in the prewar era had been the targets of various media-related health campaigns that mistakenly encouraged them to avoid everything from riding bicycles to reading novels when their monthly cycles came around.
Menstruation in Japan: Breaking the silence, slowly