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JAPAN U 23

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CARTOONS / DAHL'S JAPAN
Aug 8, 2015
Electoral Maze
COMMENTARY / Japan
Aug 7, 2015
Achieving true reconciliation
It takes two to tango, and to achieve reconciliation.
JAPAN / Politics
Aug 7, 2015
China accuses Manila, Tokyo of joining forces over South China Sea
Japan and the Philippines teamed up at a regional security forum this week to attack China over the disputed South China Sea, China's Foreign Ministry said, as details emerged of sometimes testy exchanges during the talks in Malaysia.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL
Aug 6, 2015
China, Philippines vying to host 2019 FIBA World Cup
Before the start of the three-day FIBA Central Board meeting on Friday, the Japan Basketball Association hosted a welcome party for the sport's executives at a Tokyo hotel. The dignitaries included FIBA president Horacio Muratore and FIBA secretary general Patrick Baumann on Thursday night.
JAPAN / Politics
Aug 6, 2015
Abe advisory panel cites wartime 'aggression' but fails to address recent revisionism
A key advisory panel to Shinzo Abe published its report Thursday on Japan's modern history and postwar reconciliation, strongly criticizing the wartime "aggression" against other Asian countries but touching little on recent controversies over what is widely regarded as the prime minister's revisionist...
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JAPAN / Politics
Aug 6, 2015
Japan, North Korea foreign ministers meet in Kuala Lumpur
Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida said Thursday he urged his North Korean counterpart Ri Su Yong to ensure Pyongyang abides by a 2014 bilateral accord and promptly compile a report on the outcome of an investigation into the fates of Japanese citizens abducted in the 1970s and 1980s.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Aug 6, 2015
Spirited send-off inspires Team Japan before IAAF World Championships
The Japanese athletes showed their collective spirit at a send-off event held by the Japan Association of Athletics Federations on Thursday, heading into the IAAF World Athletics Championships, which will be held Aug. 22-30 at Beijing's National Stadium.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Aug 6, 2015
Tokyo, Beijing will get torched by the Olympics
There's a good chance hosting the Olympic Games will actually do more harm than good to the trajectories of Asia's two biggest economies.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Aug 6, 2015
Kishida, Kerry discuss maritime cooperation amid South China Sea tensions
Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida and U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry agreed Thursday to cooperate on maritime issues amid growing tensions in the South China Sea, a Foreign Ministry official said.
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BUSINESS / Japan Pulse
Aug 6, 2015
Smart absolutions: Send off your sins with just one click
The two-step method to purification.
JAPAN / Science & Health
Aug 6, 2015
21st century Nobel rankings has Japan third, just behind U.K. but way back from U.S.
Japan came in third in a global league table of 21st century Nobel Prize winning nations in science released Thursday by education experts Times Higher Education.
JAPAN / Politics
Aug 5, 2015
China's foreign minister dismisses talk of Abe-Xi meeting in September
Last month, China's top diplomat told the head of Japan's National Security Council that China was preparing for “high-level political dialogue” with Japan, stoking hopes of a leaders' meeting.
Japan Times
SOCCER
Aug 4, 2015
South Korea edges Nadeshiko Japan in Women's East Asian Cup
Nadeshiko Japan's hopes of winning the Women's East Asian Cup ended with a 2-1 defeat to South Korea on Tuesday.
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LIFE / Lifestyle / Japan Pulse
Aug 4, 2015
Attack of the plant hunters, green carnivores and fleshy girls
Never promised you a rose garden, but how about a fleshy plant or a stag-horn fern?
JAPAN / Politics
Aug 4, 2015
Park urges Abe to uphold 1995 view in upcoming war statement: Okada
President Park Geun-hye says the war anniversary statement that Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will issue this month should adhere to the 1995 statement that offered an apology and described Japanese action during World War II as 'aggression.'
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 4, 2015
Abbott earmarks billions for domestic shipbuilding as overseas sub deal looms
Canberra will spend 89 billion Australian dollars ($64.9 billion) on ships and submarines for its navy over the next 20 years, Prime Minister Tony Abbott said Tuesday, A$40 billion of which has been earmarked to build surface ships domestically.
JAPAN
Aug 4, 2015
Japan to hold first working-level defense meeting with South Korea in 30 months
Japan and South Korea will hold a working-level meeting of defense officials Wednesday in Seoul, the first in nearly 2½ years, Defense Ministry officials in Tokyo said.
BUSINESS
Aug 4, 2015
BOJ likely to maintain current easing policy, attention on China
The Bank of Japan is likely to keep intact its ultra-easy monetary policy at its two-day policy meeting starting Thursday, with focus on production and consumer spending amid the slowing Chinese economy, sources said Monday.
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JAPAN / Politics
Aug 3, 2015
Abe, Renzi agree to beef up security, economic ties
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and his visiting Italian counterpart, Matteo Renzi, agreed Monday to strengthen bilateral security and economic ties, and cooperate further on a wide range of global issues.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Aug 3, 2015
A few more pennies won't perk up Japan's economy
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe needs to tap into the audacity he's displayed elsewhere if he is to enact the reforms necessary to turn Japan's economy around.
Triple whammy takes Japan bankruptcies to decade high
More Japanese firms have gone bankrupt in the first half of this year due to soaring costs, labor shortages and the end of pandemic-related support.
Yen rally shakes markets, sending dollar to weakest level since May
The yen rose to the ¥155 range against the dollar, the highest in almost two months, in Tokyo on Thursday.
With eye on China, Japan deepens ties with Pacific islands at Tokyo summit
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and the Cook Islands' Prime Minister Mark Brown shake hands during 10th Pacific Islands Leaders Meeting on Thursday in Tokyo.
U.S. forces-linked sex crimes in Kanagawa went unreported to prefectural government
The police reported two sexual crime cases to the U.S. military, but the prefectural government was not aware of the incidents.
Say cheese: Japanese scientists make robot face 'smile' with living skin
A researcher at the University of Tokyo shows a face mold covered in human skin tissue at its lab.
After Tokyo Olympic disappointment, Nadeshiko Japan look for redemption
Japan's Hikaru Kitagawa dribbles past a defender during an Olympic qualifying match against North Korea at National Stadium in Tokyo in February.
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.
She’s paying ¥1 million to help behind the scenes at the Paris Olympics
Mai Tarumi, who previously volunteered at the postponed Tokyo Olympics in 2021, has a travel budget of ¥1 million for her trip to volunteer at the Paris Games.

Podcast

You can often see generations of families enjoying performances together at Fuji Rock Festival.
Japan’s summer music festivals are feeling the heat in more ways than one

Longform

Akiko Trush says her experience with the neurological disorder dystonia left her feeling like she wanted to chop her own hand off.
The neurological disorder that 'kills culture'
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