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WORLD / Politics
Dec 27, 2015

Political ads for 2016 campaign termed positive so far, with caveats

Although the Republican front-runner in the 2016 presidential election has taunted his opponents as "disgusting," "dumb," and "losers," the campaign has, by at least one measure, proven to be astonishingly positive.
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ASIA PACIFIC
Dec 25, 2015

More than money: Employees in China demand cleaner office air

Many companies in China have found that good salaries, promotions and career prospects aren't enough — they also need to offer cleaner air within their offices to lure and retain staffers.
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JAPAN
Dec 22, 2015

Design by architect Kengo Kuma picked for Tokyo's new Olympic stadium

Kengo Kuma's blueprint prevails in the contest to redesign the new National Stadium after the initial plan was scrapped amid a national uproar over cost and other factors.
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ASIA PACIFIC
Dec 14, 2015

Typhoon threatens central Philippines; 750,000 evacuated

Hundreds of thousands of people were evacuated from the central Philippines on Monday as a typhoon with winds of up to 150 kph made landfall, dumping heavy rain that could cause flooding, landslides and storm surges, authorities warned.
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WORLD
Dec 14, 2015

Fear of failure, smoothness of French diplomacy sealed Paris climate deal

It was an agreement born from a fear of failure, delivered by the smoothness of French diplomacy.
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BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 11, 2015

Jins eyewear-maker plans overseas expansion amid sluggish domestic market

Eyewear-maker Jin Co., which offers low-price glasses under the brand name Jins, aims to expand its business overseas amid a shrinking domestic market, CEO Hitoshi Tanaka said Friday.
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BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 4, 2015

Toshiba, Fujitsu, Vaio reportedly discussing massive PC merger

The three firms are reported to be in talks on consolidating their personal computer businesses to create a behemoth with a large market share.
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JAPAN
Nov 25, 2015

Public education spending in Japan lowest in OECD for sixth straight year

Japan's public spending on education as a percentage of GDP was the lowest among the OECD countries in 2012, marking the sixth consecutive year that the nation was saddled with the ignominy of being the stingiest spender, the group's latest report on education shows.
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COMMENTARY / World
Nov 24, 2015

With friends like Vladimir Putin, who needs enemies?

Avenging the City of Light, Russia and the West can turn Syria into the desert of darkness, but from that darkness nothing good will come.
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WORLD / Science & Health
Nov 19, 2015

Polar bears' numbers to fall as Arctic ice shrinks, detailed study predicts

Polar bear populations are likely to fall by more than 30 percent by around midcentury as global warming thaws Arctic sea ice, experts said on Thursday in the most detailed review of the predators to date.
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WORLD
Nov 18, 2015

Paris terrorist attacks reshape U.S. politicians' debate over refugees, security

U.S. lawmakers Tuesday called for even tighter scrutiny of Syrian refugees fleeing to the United States as last week's deadly Paris attacks recast America's debate over immigration and national security, prompting a sharp rebuke from President Barack Obama, who said attempts to block entry were "offensive...
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CULTURE / CULTURE SMASH
Nov 14, 2015

Get the goods on manga and anime

Back in the Stone Age of streaming media, the most notorious and popular of pirate anime websites suddenly went legit. In January 2009, after securing distribution agreements with Japanese studios, and a licensing deal with TV Tokyo that included episodes of the global hit series Naruto Shippuden, the...
COMMENTARY / Japan
Nov 14, 2015

Taking a closer look at the child poverty rate

Finding relationships between poverty and academic performance requires a nuanced approach.
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LIFE / Food & Drink
Nov 13, 2015

No reservations about eating in Tokyo

We arrive a little before the soba shop opens and wait in the rain. A waitress slides the door to one side and hangs up a noren, a traditional curtain used to indicate that a shop is open. She looks at us — two Americans — and says in Japanese that the restaurant is a member's only shop and that...
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WORLD
Nov 12, 2015

U.S. airports feel urgent need to up worker screening after suspected bombing of Metrojet

The suspected bombing of a Russian airliner over Egypt is raising concerns about security loopholes in the U.S., where the vast majority of the almost 1 million employees at airports aren't subject to searches like those that travelers receive.
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COMMUNITY / Issues / THE FOREIGN ELEMENT
Nov 4, 2015

Different strokes: navigating the Japanese school system with a learning difficulty

Japan's schools can be ill-prepared for dealing with bicultural children with learning problems.
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 2, 2015

Business innovation with Chinese characteristics

China is not given enough credit for how far it has come as an innovator.
LIFE / Language / MORNING ENGLISH
Nov 2, 2015

Let's discuss the tilting Yokohama condo scandal

An employee at the center of a data falsification scandal involving a tilting condo in Yokohama oversaw piling work at 41 projects in nine prefectures.
EDITORIALS
Nov 1, 2015

Tensions rising in South China Sea

Japan should launch diplomatic efforts to help China move toward peace and cooperation, rather than hegemony, in the South China Sea.

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