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JAPAN / FOCUS
Jun 2, 2021

Japan’s much-maligned vaccine campaign quietly gathers speed

The seven-day average of doses given has quadrupled in just two weeks, with about a quarter of the nearly 14 million shots given coming in the past week alone.
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BASKETBALL / NBA
May 23, 2021

Regular contract not enough for Raptors’ Yuta Watanabe

The former two-way signing wants to increase his offensive production next season in order to keep his spot on the squad.
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JAPAN
May 8, 2021

Unused COVID-19 shots piling up in Japan amid slow rollout

Japan imported 28 million doses of Pfizer Inc.'s COVID-19 vaccine through late April, but has so far used only 15% of the stockpile, with the remaining 24 million doses sitting in freezers.
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CULTURE / Film
Apr 16, 2021

Tao Tsuchiya: Actress, singer, dancer … ninja?

The u2018Rurouni Kenshin' star follows her mother's advice of living life to the fullest.
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BASKETBALL
Apr 4, 2021

Grant Hill to succeed USA hoops boss Jerry Colangelo

Hall of Famer Grant Hill will succeed Jerry Colangelo as the managing director of the U.S. men's national team, USA Basketball's board of directors announced Saturday.
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JAPAN / Society
Mar 24, 2021

Ad saying gender equality is 'outdated' sparks outrage in Japan

The online advertisement for an evening news program featuring a woman playfully criticizing the debate over gender equality was criticized as being sexist.
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SPORTS
Mar 19, 2021

Foreign athletes and coaches will be allowed to enter Japan from Monday

Dozens of players and coaches will have missed the start of the J. League and NPB seasons due to travel restrictions that went into effect in January.
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SUMO
Mar 12, 2021

Hakuho eyes makuuchi milestone while Asanoyama seeks chance of promotion at Spring Basho

The tournament, which was relocated from Osaka to Tokyo to reduce the risk of COVID-19 infections, will be the first to feature a yokozuna since July.
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JAPAN / Remembering 3/11
Mar 6, 2021

A decade on, real challenges lie ahead for communities devastated by March 2011 disaster

With the government poised to significantly reduce the subsidies handed out to areas recovering from the catastrophe, will the city of Ishinomaki be able to stand on its own?
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CULTURE / Books
Mar 6, 2021

‘When The Waves Came’: Personal accounts from the 3/11 disaster zone

At the heart of M.W. Larson's book of March 11, 2011, and its aftermath are the stories of the individuals who lived through the disaster, bringing to light all that was lost that day.
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ASIA PACIFIC
Feb 25, 2021

Cautious Asian nations start deploying vaccine now proven elsewhere

With the virus mostly contained throughout much of Asia, governments have had the luxury to wait and see how safely and effectively the vaccines can blunt disease.
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MORE SPORTS
Oct 5, 2020

NPB and J. League to explore raising current attendance limits

Nippon Professional Baseball and the J. League will explore the possibility of raising the current caps on attendance, a process that will include consultations with an epidemiologist, among others, the two leagues announced following the latest meeting of their joint COVID-19 task force on Monday.
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COMMENTARY / Japan
Aug 29, 2020

The Japan that Shinzo Abe has left behind

Shinzo Abe’s sudden resignation (on health grounds) ends the tenure of Japan’s longest-serving prime minister. The country’s most internationally recognized statesman since 1945, Abe has been, among other things, the world leader most keen on playing golf with U.S. President Donald Trump.
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COMMENTARY / Japan
Aug 23, 2020

For Abe, latest milestone is a moment of trepidation

Shinzo Abe, already Japan's longest-serving prime minister, is set to pass another milestone on Monday, when he surpasses a half-century-old record set by his great-uncle Eisaku Sato for the longest consecutive tenure.
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CULTURE / Books
Aug 22, 2020

'The Iconoclast' tackles Shinzo Abe’s political legacy

Tobias Harris' sweeping new biography serves as a definitive work on Japan's longest-serving prime minister.

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