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JAPAN U 23

Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 4, 2017
Tokyo student Shantanu Edgaonkar crowned winner of eighth Japan Times Bee
Shantanu Edgaonkar was crowned winner of the eighth Japan Times Bee on Saturday, earning the right to represent Japan at the Scripps National Spelling Bee in Washington in May.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Mar 4, 2017
Ono set to compete at open-weight national championships
Judoka Shohei Ono will compete in the open-weight national championships on April 29, sources close to him said Saturday.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Books
Mar 4, 2017
'Pachinko' author Min Jin Lee on how Japan's ethnic Koreans keep beating the odds
"I got lost all the time," says writer Min Jin Lee with a charming laugh, sitting in a hotel lobby in San Francisco's Japantown.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Books
Mar 4, 2017
'Pachinko': Min Jin Lee writes the struggle of an ethnic Korean family in Japan
Min Jin Lee's second novel, "Pachinko," charts the fortunes and misfortunes of four generations of a Korean family.
MORE SPORTS
Mar 4, 2017
Japan Mountaineering Association plans to bid to host world championships
The Japan Mountaineering Association decided Saturday to bid to host the sports climbing world championships in Tokyo, possibly in 2019.
Japan Times
SOCCER
Mar 4, 2017
Hasegawa bags brace in Nadeshiko Japan's victory over Iceland at Algarve Cup
A brace from Yui Hasegawa lifted the Japan women's soccer team to a 2-0 win over Iceland at the Algarve Cup on Friday to secure its first win under coach Asako Takakura.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / B. League
Mar 4, 2017
Kagoshima team in cash crisis
The Kagoshima Rebnise have been behind schedule on salary payments to players and team staff for the entire season, The Japan Times has learned.
Japan Times
CARTOONS / DAHL'S JAPAN
Mar 4, 2017
Secondhand Smoke Screen
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Mar 4, 2017
Tillerson plans swing through Japan, South Korea, China to address North Korean threat
U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson will visit Japan on March 17 as part of an East Asian swing planned to address North Korea's provocations.
JAPAN / Politics
Mar 4, 2017
Chinese envoy accuses Japan, U.S. of treating Beijing as an 'enemy'
Chinese Ambassador to Japan Cheng Yonghua has lashed out at Japan and the United States, criticizing the two countries' agreement to further boost their bilateral security alliance as a move to position Beijing as an "enemy."
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 3, 2017
Visitors' hotel stays in Japan climb to record 71 million
Hotel stays by visitors to Japan rose an estimated 8 percent to a record 70.88 million in 2016 as the government's tourism drive bore more fruit, the Japan Tourism Agency said in a preliminary report Friday.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Mar 3, 2017
China's shadow looms large in Japan-Thailand relations
The need to protect its interests and to compete with China explains Japan's embrace of Thailand's military regime.
JAPAN / Science & Health
Mar 3, 2017
Consumer Affairs Center warns of burn risk from beauty salon ultrasound treatments
The National Consumer Affairs Center of Japan has issued a warning after receiving reports of some 20 cases of people developing burns and swollen skin from a beauty treatment involving the use of an ultrasonic device over the past four years.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 3, 2017
ASDF scrambles jets as China sends more fighters and bombers through Miyako Strait
Japan scrambled fighters jets Thursday after China's navy carried out a large-scale drill through a strategic entryway into the Western Pacific between the islands of Miyako and Okinawa — part of Beijing's growing push to project its military clout farther into the Pacific.
SOCCER
Mar 2, 2017
Spain tops Japan at Algarve Cup
The Japan women's soccer team made a losing start to the year with a 2-1 defeat to Spain in its opening match of the Algarve Cup on Wednesday.
SUMO
Mar 2, 2017
Kotooshu to establish own stable
Former Bulgarian ozeki Kotooshu will leave the Sadogatake stable and establish his own stable in April, a Japan Sumo Association source said Wednesday.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Mar 2, 2017
Samurai Japan routs Taiwan in second game of series
Tomoyuki Sugano pitched four scoreless innings to set the tone as the Japan national team rebounded from a first-game loss and claimed a 9-1 victory over the Taiwanese All-Stars in an exhibition game on Wednesday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 1, 2017
Emperor expresses hope for deepening Japan-Vietnam ties during Hanoi visit
Emperor Akihito, who is on a state visit to Vietnam with Empress Michiko, said Wednesday in Hanoi he hopes the couple's trip will help deepen understanding and reinforce ties between Japan and the Southeast Asian nation.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Mar 1, 2017
The Trump effect and Japan
Japan has an exceptional opportunity, while maneuvering to remain close to Washington, to reduce its unhealthy security and economic dependency on the United States, and to educate the U.S. administration on the merits and benefits of the key planks of a rules-based global order and international cooperation.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics / ANALYSIS
Mar 1, 2017
In speech to Congress, Trump urges military allies to do more — a demand Abe may welcome
In U.S. President Donald Trump's first address to Congress, he used the speech to remind security allies — including Japan — they must “pay their fair share” of the alliances' costs.

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