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JAPAN U 23

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JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Oct 28, 2017
Organ donations and transplants still face obstacles in Japan
It has been 20 years since the government legalized organ transplants from brain-dead donors, and seven years since the law was revised to allow children to donate organs and families to approve organ donations of loved ones unilaterally.
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BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / NPB NOTEBOOK
Oct 28, 2017
Hawks believe quick-strike offense a big key to Japan Series success
The Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks will try to strike first, scoring runs early, so they can play their own brand of ball in the 2017 Japan Series.
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BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 28, 2017
Different styles define Hawks, BayStars
The Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks and Yokohama BayStars had two very different paths to Game 1 of the Japan Series.
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CARTOONS / DAHL'S JAPAN
Oct 28, 2017
Abe Statue Mandate
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ASIA PACIFIC
Oct 28, 2017
Even without nukes, war on the Korean Peninsula could kill up to 300,000 in days, U.S. report says
Renewed conflict on the Korean Peninsula could kill hundreds of thousands of people in the first few days alone even if no nuclear weapons are involved, according to a new report by the U.S. Congressional Research Service.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 27, 2017
Hawks' Seiichi Uchikawa, BayStars' Yoshitomo Tsutsugo determined to deliver quality Japan Series
While one team is no stranger to the biggest stage, the other squad returned there for the first time in nearly two decades.
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JAPAN / Politics
Oct 27, 2017
DP leader Seiji Maehara to resign; Atsushi Oshima emerges as candidate to run Kibo no To
Democratic Party President Seiji Maehara steps down over his failure to unite the opposition camp ahead of the general election.
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BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 27, 2017
BayStars and Hawks vie for supremacy
Yokohama BayStars manager Alex Ramirez had one message for his players on the eve of what will be the first Japan Series appearance for many of them.
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ASIA PACIFIC
Oct 27, 2017
Hundreds of thousands turn out in black in Bangkok to say final goodbye to late king
Thailand bade a final goodbye to its beloved late King Bhumibol Adulyadej on Thursday in a ceremony steeped in ancient rituals, processions and Buddhist rites that drew hundreds of thousands of mourners.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / HIT AND RUN
Oct 25, 2017
BayStars reap reward of patient approach with Japan Series berth
Yokohama BayStars manager Alex Ramirez is fond of saying that it's not how you start, but how you finish. It's one of his most well-worn axioms actually.
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COMMENTARY / World / SENTAKU MAGAZINE
Oct 24, 2017
An idea buds in the U.S. that Japan should go nuclear
Opinion is growing within certain quarters of the U.S. that Japan should be armed with nuclear weapons to reduce America's defense burden.
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JAPAN / Politics
Oct 24, 2017
U.S. to deploy powerful F-35A stealth fighters to Okinawa's Kadena Air Base as North Korean threat grows
The U.S. Air Force has announced that it will send its version of the advanced F-35 stealth fighter jet to Okinawa's Kadena Air Base next month in the first such deployment to the Asia-Pacific region.

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