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CULTURE / Film
Aug 14, 2022

'Bullet Train' star Hiroyuki Sanada lays down his sword for Shohei Ohtani and 10,000 steps

The Japanese actor tells why sunsets, fishing and the perfect meal of oysters and wine keep him contented.
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WORLD
Aug 13, 2022

Shelling of Ukraine nuclear plant raising fears and outrage

The war in Ukraine has had no shortage of devastation, yet the repeated shelling of the sprawling Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in recent days has particularly roused widespread fears.
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BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 13, 2022

Japan's Skylark to shut 100 outlets, including Gusto family restaurants

Skylark decided to close some of its outlets as its profitability deteriorated due to higher prices and a decrease in customers due to COVID-19.
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BASEBALL / MLB
Aug 13, 2022

New-look Padres on mission to slay 'dragon' in Los Angeles

San Diego's bold moves at the trade deadline made it clear that they're all-in on the dragon chasing.
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WORLD / Crime & Legal
Aug 13, 2022

Novelist Salman Rushdie on a ventilator after stabbing in western New York

An assailant stabbed Rushdie, 75, in the abdomen and the neck, police and witnesses said, straining to continue the attack even as several people held him back.
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WORLD
Aug 12, 2022

Arctic warming is happening faster than described, analysis shows

Over the past four decades, the region has been heating up four times faster than the global average, not the two to three times that has commonly been reported.
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WORLD
Aug 12, 2022

The poisoned relationship between Trump and the keepers of U.S. secrets

The FBI search of Mar-a-Lago is a coda to the years of tumult between an erratic president and the nation's intelligence and law enforcement agencies.
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SOCCER / World cup
Aug 12, 2022

FIFA moves up start of World Cup to accommodate host Qatar

Soccer's top officials universally approved the decision, FIFA said in a statement, while Qatar said it would provide unspecified help to fans affected by the change.
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WORLD
Aug 12, 2022

Biden plots a 2024 presidential run — and a Trump rematch

Biden's resolve to mount a second White House bid is hardening even with polls showing most Democrats would prefer a candidate other than the 79-year-old president.
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BUSINESS
Aug 12, 2022

Japan looks to ensure safe flight of logistics drones over rivers

Flying such drones over rivers will reduce the risk of damage from falls of the aircraft and cargo, the transport ministry has said.
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COMMENTARY / World
Aug 10, 2022

Keeping cool as U.S.-China tensions simmer

Both Beijing and Washington need to make sure the new low in relations does not become the new normal.
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COMMENTARY / World
Aug 10, 2022

Far-right populists come out of the racist closet

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban's recent denunciation of “mixed race” countries indicates that far-right populists no longer feel they need to mask their true beliefs.
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MORE SPORTS
Aug 10, 2022

World hammer throw champion to avoid flying after twice losing gear

Poland's Pawel Fajdek recently won his fifth straight world title in Eugene, Oregon, despite his favorite equipment having gone missing on a flight earlier in July.
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MORE SPORTS
Aug 9, 2022

Mike Tyson slams 'slave master' Hulu series for 'stealing' life story

While the eight-part limited series on Hulu shows the former heavyweight boxing champion in the ring during various famous bouts, it concentrates on his turbulent private life.
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CULTURE / Music
Aug 9, 2022

Olivia Newton-John, sweet-voiced pop singer and ‘Grease’ star, dies at 73

She began her career as an innocent purveyor of middle-of-the-road pop but later adopted a bad-girl persona.
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JAPAN / Politics / Regional Voices: Okinawa
Aug 8, 2022

Political newcomer Sanseito making waves in Okinawa elections

Sanseito, which has strong conservative policies, was formed in 2020 under the slogan, “There is no party we want to vote for, so we are creating one ourselves from scratch.”
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BUSINESS / FOCUS
Aug 8, 2022

Yen shorts fall out of fashion as recessionary fears end year’s hottest forex trade

Three key pillars of the sell-the-yen trade — a widening U.S.-Japan interest-rate gap, soaring oil prices and the loss of the currency's haven status — are crumbling.
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BUSINESS / Economy
Aug 8, 2022

How this economic moment rewrites the rules

Businesses have now spent 2u00bd years in a state of constant adjustment.
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BUSINESS
Aug 8, 2022

Japan runs first current account deficit in five months

The world's third-largest economy ran a current account deficit of u00a5132.4 billion ($980 million) in June, government data showed.
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BUSINESS
Aug 8, 2022

After losing favor to electric cars, plug-in hybrids gain ground in U.S.

Plug-in hybrid sales are climbing in the United States, in part because of the recent surge in gasoline prices.
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WORLD
Aug 8, 2022

Fighting around Ukrainian nuclear plant heightens safety fears

The Russian military has been using the Zaporizhzhia plant, Europe's largest, as a base to assault the Ukrainian-controlled town of Nikopol across the river.
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ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 7, 2022

In turbulent times, Xi builds a security fortress for China, and himself

Taiwan, COVID-19, “color revolutions,” the classroom: everywhere, China's leader sees threats that foreign forces can exploit, and he has enlisted the whole nation to defend against them.
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ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 6, 2022

Fight or surrender: Taiwan’s generational divide on China’s threats

Conflicting allegiances dominate Taiwan politics, with debates over China breaking down along the lines of age, identity and geography.
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ASIA PACIFIC / Science & Health
Aug 6, 2022

South Korea is scouting out the moon, with more missions to come

South Korea's lunar spacecraft, named Danuri, was launched from Florida on Thursday, setting out on a roundabout but fuel-efficient path that will have it arriving at the moon in mid-December.
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LIFE / Digital / ON: GAMES
Aug 6, 2022

Why Nintendo’s support for same-sex marriage is a major level up

The “Big N” has officially chosen a side in the push for marriage equality within Japan.
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COMMENTARY / World
Aug 5, 2022

Ukraine’s war viewed from China

Westerners regard Russia's war as an attack on the rules-based order, but Chinese scholars see it as another harbinger of the final curtain on U.S. and Western hegemony.
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CULTURE / Music
Aug 5, 2022

Backstage at Fuji Rock with Night Tempo

Electronic artist Night Tempo boasted a busy schedule with a live performance, a Showa pop DJ set and celebrity guests as one of Japan's marquee music events returned to form.
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BASEBALL / MLB
Aug 4, 2022

With Vin Scully in the booth, baseball took root in California

On soft evenings in Chavez Ravine, the common denominator was not crowd noise or public-address announcements but the play-by-play narration of Scully and his sidekicks.

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