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JAPAN XV

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JAPAN
Dec 7, 2015
Pearl Harbor ceremony unites former U.S. and Japanese pilots
Former U.S. airman Jack DeTour, 92, and Japanese fighter pilot Shiro Wakita, 88, sworn enemies during World War II, together poured whiskey from a battered canteen into Pearl Harbor on Sunday to commemorate the 1941 attack on the U.S. naval base.
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WORLD / Science & Health
Dec 7, 2015
Weather-delayed Orbital freighter heads back to ISS with key supplies, toiletries
An unmanned Atlas 5 rocket blasted off from Florida on Sunday, sending a long-awaited Orbital ATK cargo ship on its way to the International Space Station for NASA.
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LIFE / Travel
Dec 5, 2015
Oku-Nikko: Once home from home for Japan's diplomats
‘One of the principal points to which travelers will direct their steps is the Lake of Chuzenji,” writes Ernest Mason Satow (1843-1929) in “A Guide Book To Nikko,” the first English tourist guide of the area published in 1875. Satow, a British diplomat and Japanologist, arrived in Japan in 1862...
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CULTURE / Books
Dec 5, 2015
Hanzai Japan
Hackneyed writing and plot devices grow like kabi (mold) in crime fiction, but this anthology of 16 stories by writers in and outside Japan serves up tasty surprises. "Jigoku" by Naomi Hirahara is a heartfelt, surefooted tale by a serial killer confined to a cardboard-box in hell. Carrie Vaughn's "The...
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CARTOONS / DAHL'S JAPAN
Dec 5, 2015
Seesaw Vote Inequality
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BASKETBALL
Dec 4, 2015
WJBL's Antelopes focus on positive gains
In Japan's sports culture, you are supposed to be disappointed and mourn when you lose a game.
JAPAN / Politics
Dec 4, 2015
Japan's defense budget likely to top ¥5 trillion for first time
Japan's defense budget for the next fiscal year is likely to top ¥5 trillion ($40 billion) for the first time, government sources said, as the military prepares for an expanded role under new security legislation.
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JAPAN
Dec 4, 2015
U.S. military announces return of two slivers of land in Okinawa in 2018
The United States and Japan announce the return in 2018 of two strips of land from military bases in Okinawa to widen civilian roads.
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BUSINESS
Dec 4, 2015
Abe visit unlikely to lead to nuclear deal with India's Modi
It may take a few more meetings between Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and India's Narendra Modi before the two countries seal a civil nuclear agreement.
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JAPAN / CHARITY DRIVE 2015
Dec 3, 2015
Japan-based aid group sets up fish, timber projects in rural Laos
Despite enjoying robust economic growth, Laos continues to face challenges in development, particularly in rural areas.
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CULTURE / Music
Dec 3, 2015
Review: X Japan at Yokohama Arena
X Japan kicked off its Japan tour on Tuesday night in front of a packed crowd at Yokohama Arena. And the show was a welcome return to form.

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Sociologist Gracia Liu-Farrer argues that even though immigration doesn't figure into Japan's autobiography, it is more of a self-perception than a reality.
In search of the ‘Japanese dream’