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JAPAN

Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 26, 2013
Giants hold off brilliant rookie Norimoto in Game 1
Takahiro Norimoto gave his best Masahiro Tanaka impression with a forkball that was working all night and a variety of other pitches that looked just as sharp.
EDITORIALS
Oct 26, 2013
Is job hunting a suicide risk?
The stress of job hunting has become so extreme in recent years that one in five college students contemplates suicide during the job-hunting process, according to a poll taken last summer.
EDITORIALS
Oct 26, 2013
Teachers add up days of overtime
Teachers at Japanese elementary and secondary schools log an average of 95 hours of overtime per month. It's no wonder some might be falling asleep along with their pupils.
COMMENTARY / COUNTERPOINT
Oct 26, 2013
Branding Japan: Not always onward and upward
Branding is not an exact science. Take for example the recent campaign by Fukushima Industries to launch a new consumer-friendly corporate mascot.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Japan Pulse
Oct 26, 2013
Flip a skirt a month in 2014
Kaori Kato's Skirt Flipping Calendar enters its second year, while sticky notes debut.
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 25, 2013
Bill to bolster NRA moves forward
The administration approved a bill Friday to bolster the fledgling Nuclear Regulation Authority by having the NRA absorb a technical support organization.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 25, 2013
Eagles upbeat before Japan Series opener against Giants
Rain kept the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles indoors on Friday, but hasn't dampened the enthusiasm ahead of their first Japan Series appearance, which comes against the storied Yomiuri Giants.
EDITORIALS
Oct 24, 2013
Mr. Abe's undemocratic secrecy bill
An Abe administration-sponsored bill to protect national security 'secrets' will undermine freedom of the press and people's right to know. Diet members should oppose it.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 24, 2013
In Chile, Japan tests method to make depleted copper mines viable again
A Japanese government-backed body has begun to test a new copper extraction technology using sulfuric acid mixed with multiple species of bacteria at a mine on the outskirts of Copiapo, Chile, officials of the organization said Wednesday.
JAPAN
Oct 24, 2013
Foreign tourists break record for September
The number of foreign tourists in September surged 31.7 percent over the previous year to 867,000, breaking the record for the month, according to the Japan National Tourism Organization.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art / Japan Pulse
Oct 24, 2013
Isetan Mitsukoshi Design Week
Isetan showcase lifestyle brands with its Designers Week product fair 'Hand Made By For Me.'
Japan Times
CARTOONS / DAHL'S JAPAN
Oct 24, 2013
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EDITORIALS
Oct 23, 2013
Territorial talks with Russia
Japan needs to develop a long-term strategy for maximizing its leverage with Russia as negotiations on resolving the Northern Territories sovereignty issue appear set to resume.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 23, 2013
Japan Exchange racks up ¥16.6 billion in profit
Japan Exchange Group Inc., operator of the Tokyo and Osaka stock markets, beat its first-half profit forecast as the biggest share rally in four decades boosted trading volumes.
JAPAN
Oct 22, 2013
Japan, China hold private event to mark friendship pact
Japanese and Chinese experts hold a low-key event to mark the 35th anniversary of a bilateral treaty of peace and friendship, more than two months after the actual date because of the dispute over the Senkaku Islands.
EDITORIALS
Oct 22, 2013
Turn Japanese-Korean ties around
The chilly state of diplomatic relations between Japan and South Korea threatens to harm security cooperation among the two countries and the United States.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Japan Pulse
Oct 22, 2013
J-blip: Pipo-kun's new song and dance
Is Hatsune Miku moonlighting as Pipo-kun?
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 21, 2013
Eagles reach first Japan Series
Sendai celebrated on Monday as the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles advanced to their first Japan Series by clinching the Pacific League Climax Series Final Stage with an 8-5 win in Game 4 over the Chiba Lotte Marines.
Japan Times
CARTOONS / DAHL'S JAPAN
Oct 20, 2013
TPP wedding
EDITORIALS
Oct 19, 2013
Remedies for rigged research
It still isn't clear who manipulated clinical research data in favor of Novartis Pharma's blood-pressure drug Diovan, casting a cloud on the credibility of Japan's medical universities.

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