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JAPAN U 23

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BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Mar 1, 2017
Taiwan all-stars sink Samurai Japan in WBC tune-up
Lin Chih-ping went 4-for-5 to lead a 17-hit attack as a Taiwanese all-star team beat Japan 8-5 in an exhibition game on Tuesday.
JAPAN
Mar 1, 2017
Fisherman finds body floating off Fukui Prefecture
A dead man found floating Tuesday off Fukui Prefecture in the Sea of Japan had badges on his clothes bearing the images of late North Korean leaders Kim Il Sung and his son, Kim Jong Il, the Japan Coast Guard said.
Figure Skating
Feb 28, 2017
Miyahara set to return to ice in preparation for world championships
Three-time defending women's national champion Satoko Miyahara, who missed this month's Four Continents and Asian Winter Games with a hip injury, will resume full training sometime in March, Japan Skating Federation director Yoshiko Kobayashi said Tuesday.
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Feb 28, 2017
Challenger Carlson, champion Yamanaka express confidence ahead of WBC bantamweight title bout
Mexican challenger Carlos Carlson declared that he would take Shinsuke Yamanaka's WBC bantamweight title belt when they square off at Ryogoku Kokugikan on Thursday evening.
WORLD / Politics
Feb 28, 2017
U.S. tells Japan, South Korea it may return North Korea to list of state sponsors of terrorism
Washington informed Tokyo and Seoul on Monday it has started a review of whether to put North Korea back on a list of state sponsors of terrorism, Yonhap news agency said.
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Figure Skating / ICE TIME
Feb 28, 2017
JSF erred in sending Uno to Asian Winter Games
What a difference a week makes.
Japan Times
BASEBALL
Feb 28, 2017
Aoki excited to join teammates ahead of WBC
Norichika Aoki, the sole major leaguer on the Japan national team roster for the upcoming World Baseball Classic, said Monday he is mentally ready for action but may need time to reset his sleep cycle.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Feb 27, 2017
Japan's Senkaku challenge
No group of islands poses a bigger challenge for Japan's security than the Senkakus.
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COMMENTARY / Japan
Feb 27, 2017
Quest for Japan-EU leadership
Today, the EU and Japan are in the best position to transform what has been coined as 'the crisis of the West' into an opportunity to innovate and to deliver stability and prosperity.
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SUMO
Feb 27, 2017
Kisenosato in west slot for debut at yokozuna
Kisenosato will start life as sumo's 72nd yokozuna on the west side as the Japan Sumo Association on Monday released the rankings for the Spring Grand Sumo Tournament.
ASIA PACIFIC
Feb 27, 2017
China working on hypersonic weapon targeting East Asia missile shields
China is developing hypersonic weapons with an eye to piercing the missile defense shields of Japan and East Asian neighbors, according to a magazine specializing in Chinese military affairs.
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Feb 25, 2017
Smile Japan routs China for first Asian Games women's hockey title
Japan made the most of a fast start to defeat China 6-1 and win its first Asian Winter Games women's ice hockey gold medal on Saturday, ending a run of five straight runner-up finishes at the games.
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COMMENTARY / COUNTERPOINT
Feb 25, 2017
Does the nuclear option make sense for Japan?
Becoming a nuclear weapons power won't make Japan safer and won't lighten the U.S. security burden.
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CULTURE / Books
Feb 25, 2017
'Radicalism in the Wilderness: International Contemporaneity and 1960s Art in Japan': Reiko Tomii brings Japanese art in from the cold
Reiko Tomii's profound and accessible study of 1960s avant-garde art from Japan offers an answer to a perennial problem in the appreciation of Japanese culture.
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CULTURE / Books
Feb 25, 2017
'The Gentleman from Japan': Impersonation and intrigue in China and Europe
"You don't know anything, you like noodles, and you aren't Japanese. Can we put that on your gravestone?"
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BASEBALL
Feb 25, 2017
Hawks silence Japan's bats
Right-hander Nao Higashihama combined with five pitchers for a four-hit shutout as the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks blanked the Japan national team 2-0 in a practice game on Saturday.
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CARTOONS / DAHL'S JAPAN
Feb 25, 2017
Cuckoo Clock Kim
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Feb 24, 2017
China outshines Japan in men's curling final
China claimed an 11-4 victory over Japan to win the Asian Winter Games men's curling gold medal on Friday.
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JAPAN / Politics
Feb 24, 2017
Japan protests Russian defense chief's plan to deploy on disputed isles
Tokyo has lodged a protest with Moscow over a potential plan to deploy a military division later this year on Russian-controlled islets claimed by Japan off Hokkaido, the government's top spokesman said Thursday, a move that could exacerbate the decades-old territorial row.
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JAPAN / Politics
Feb 24, 2017
Trump backs missile shield against North Korea, pushes upgrades to nuclear arsenal
A “very angry” U.S. President Donald Trump advocates better missile defense systems for Japan and South Korea as a way to counter provocations from North Korea.

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Traditional folk rituals like Mizudome-no-mai (dance to stop the rain) provide a sense of agency to a population that feels largely powerless in the face of the climate crisis.
As climate extremes intensify, Japan embraces ancient weather rituals