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COMMUNITY / Issues / LAW OF THE LAND
Oct 15, 2017
Duck and cover: Regulation by and for the state, through the Japanese people
Bureaucrats rustle up policies that require citizens to do their duty, however irrationally.
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BASKETBALL / HOOP SCOOP
Oct 13, 2017
Memories of war have had profound effect on Meschery
Third in a three-part series
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JAPAN / History
Oct 12, 2017
Motosada Zumoto and the origins of The Japan Times
A 10-minute walk from JR Sapporo Station brings one to a small, white clock tower in the city center. The 13-meter-high Western timepiece is an iconic image of the city and Hokkaido.
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WORLD
Sep 30, 2017
16th-century drawing may be sketch by Leonardo da Vinci for the 'Mona Lisa'
A French art expert believes a charcoal drawing kept in a collection for more than 150 years may be a preparatory sketch by Leonardo da Vinci for the "Mona Lisa."
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ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Sep 24, 2017
'Red Culture' training camps aim to rekindle Chinese faith in communism ahead of key party congress
A man in Red Army garb hits the pavement in a simulated attack during a re-staging of part of the Long March.
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CULTURE / Books
Sep 16, 2017
'Bushido and the Art of Living': Lessons from Japan's 'way of the warrior'
What we learn by the end of this urbanely written, empirically tested book is that Bushido is not merely a set of strategies for combat but a system of thinking eminently suited to preparing us for life and all its concealed hazards.
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CULTURE / Books / ESSENTIAL READING FOR JAPANOPHILES
Sep 16, 2017
'The Book of Five Rings': The text that showed many a Japanophile 'the way'
Legendary 17th-century swordsman Miyamoto Musashi authored this book in the last years of his life, expanding his 'two heavens as one' double-sword strategies into a complete life philosophy.
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JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Sep 16, 2017
Four teens arrested over vandalism at site of Okinawa wartime mass suicide
Four teens have been arrested on suspicion of vandalism at a cave in Okinawa Prefecture where civilians were forced to commit mass suicide in the closing days of World War II, police have said.
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WORLD / Politics
Sep 13, 2017
U.S. Congress unanimously adopts resolution calling on Trump to denounce hate groups
The U.S. Congress passed a resolution late on Tuesday calling on President Donald Trump to condemn hate groups after Trump was criticized for his response to the violence at a white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, a month ago.
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COMMENTARY / COUNTERPOINT
Sep 9, 2017
Abe's extremism undermines Japan's interests
Alas, Japan's extremists have still not given up trying to find honor in the nation's 1945 wartime defeat and and the ideology that led to it.
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WORLD / Politics
Sep 8, 2017
Spain blocks Catalan independence vote, threatens charges against regional lawmakers
Spain's central authorities moved Thursday to crush plans by the northeastern region of Catalonia to hold an independence referendum and took steps to prosecute regional lawmakers backing the ballot.
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COMMUNITY / Voices
Sep 6, 2017
The other eclipse: Nazism recasts its shadow in Japan and the U.S.
It seems Nazis are the new black. It took two days for U.S. President Donald Trump to belatedly denounce American neo-Nazis and other white supremacists. In Japan, Deputy Prime Minister Taro Aso, voicing admiration for German Nazis ("paleo-Nazis"?), suggested that Adolf Hitler, "who killed millions of...
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COMMENTARY / COUNTERPOINT
Sep 2, 2017
Happy history in China, the land of the politically repressed
Talk about negative nation branding! With the Cambridge University Press affair, Chinese authorities have really outdone themselves in drawing attention to their fear of history.
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JAPAN
Sep 1, 2017
Tokyo jointly marks '23 quake and '45 air raids but Koike skips tribute to murdered Koreans
To mark the 94th anniversary of the 1923 Great Kanto Earthquake and the 1945 air raids on Tokyo on Friday, family members of those who died in the two tragedies offered prayers.
JAPAN
Sep 1, 2017
New Chinese textbook lays claim to Senkakus, dates start of war with Japan to 1931
China started a new school year on Friday with a new textbook for elementary and junior high school students that describes the Senkaku Islands, under Okinawa jurisdiction, and the South China Sea as an integral part of its territory.
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WORLD
Aug 26, 2017
For czar's great-grandson, Russia needs a strong leader
A century after the October Revolution that ended his family's three-century reign of Russia, Hans Georg Yourievsky believes the country needs a tough leader.
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ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 25, 2017
Australia's Turnbull says changing statues and rewriting history is 'Stalinist'
Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull said on Friday that calls to replace or modify statues of English colonialists, including explorer Captain James Cook, were tantamount to a "Stalinist" rewrite of history.
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WORLD / Science & Health
Aug 25, 2017
Remains of 20th-century Chinese laborers found at ancient pyramid in Peruvian capital
Archaeologists exploring Peru's pre-Colombian past recently unearthed a glimpse of a less prominent chapter in the Andean country's history — the remains of 16 Chinese laborers from around the turn of the 19th century.
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COMMUNITY / Issues / JUST BE CAUSE
Aug 23, 2017
In wake of Charlottesville, U.S. should follow Japan and outlaw hate speech
Carnage in Virginia shows why America needs to limit expression that necessarily leads to violence.
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COMMUNITY / Voices / FOREIGN AGENDA
Aug 23, 2017
Trump or decency? Every American, whether in Japan or elsewhere, must choose a side
Trump made his choice. Now it is time for every American, including those of us living in Japan, to choose between hate and tolerance, ignorance and knowledge, revisionism and truth.
Who needs AI when you have Hatsune Miku?
Over the first six months of 2024, a handful of songs using Vocaloid singer Hatsune Miku’s voice have enjoyed widespread attention, underlining a global interest in the character and the technology she represents.
Bloodied Trump survives assassination attempt at political rally
Former U.S. President Donald Trump is surrounded and evacuated by Secret Service agents at a campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, on Saturday. Trump was rushed off stage at the rally after shots rang out.
Shooter came within inches of killing Trump, but left few clues as to why
An aerial view shows the stage where Republican presidential candidate and former U.S. President Donald Trump had been standing during an assassination attempt the day before, and the roof of a nearby building where a gunman was shot dead by law enforcement, in Butler, Pennsylvania, on Sunday.
Yen’s woes seem too big for even a BOJ hike this month to solve
The Bank of Japan headquarters in Tokyo
How to beat Japan’s summer heat in ways better for the planet
Tenugui towels hang up to dry at a dyeing company in Sakai, Osaka Prefecture, on May 8. The durable and versatile tenugui, which many people have in their homes, can be used in many ways to cool one’s body.
The neurological disorder that 'kills culture'
Akiko Trush says her experience with the neurological disorder dystonia left her feeling like she wanted to chop her own hand off.
How to beat Japan’s summer heat in ways better for the planet
Tenugui towels hang up to dry at a dyeing company in Sakai, Osaka Prefecture, on May 8. The durable and versatile tenugui, which many people have in their homes, can be used in many ways to cool one’s body.
After Trump shooting, U.S. presidential race might take a violent turn
United States Secret Service Counter Snipers stand guard on a rooftop during a campaign rally for U.S. President Donald Trump in Avoca, Pennsylvania, in 2020.
No AC this summer? No problem (for me).
Think air conditioning is a requirement for a Tokyo summer? Think again.

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