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JAPANESE TV

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COMMENTARY / Japan
Jul 3, 2017
Why Koike matters to Abenomics
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe should take the hint delivered by the Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly election, roll up his sleeves and reclaim the mantle of economic progress.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jul 3, 2017
Can Tokyo become a truly global financial center?
Japan must do much more if Tokyo is to become a major global financial center.
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LIFE / Language / BILINGUAL
Jul 3, 2017
Tips for nailing that Japanese interview
You've found the right job, sent off your u5c65u6b74u66f8 (rirekisho, resume) and now it's time for the u9762u63a5 (mensetsu, interview).
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JAPAN / CHUBU CONNECTION
Jul 3, 2017
New service connects Japanese travelers to compatriots living abroad
A website created by a Nagoya-based venture firm offering help from Japanese living overseas is gaining popularity with travelers.
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COMMUNITY / Our Lives / WHY DID YOU LEAVE JAPAN?
Jul 1, 2017
Blogger Namiko Chen satisfies an appetite for Japanese fare
Every day for the past six years, Namiko Chen has been sending recipes from her cookbook of Japanese dishes out into the world from her home in San Francisco via her website and through a mix of social media channels.
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SPORTS
Jun 29, 2017
Plan to reform Japanese college sports greeted with mixture of hope, skepticism
Discussions over the introduction of a "Japanese version of the NCAA" to oversee this country's collegiate sports have prompted positive and negative reactions since they began last year.
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COMMENTARY / Japan
Jun 28, 2017
Toshiba deal repeats Japan Inc.'s old mistakes
With their persistent interference, the bureaucrats are hurting, not helping Japan's prospects.
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BUSINESS
Jun 28, 2017
Japan's corporate chiefs face more scrutiny over cushy retirement roles
For decades, boards allowed former executives to linger on as highly paid advisers, without offering shareholders much detail about their roles. Now, there are signs that cushy retirement gigs may no longer be a sure thing.
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COMMENTARY / Japan
Jun 27, 2017
The ongoing collapse of parliamentary politics
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's actions and behavior are more suited to a patrimonial state than a democracy.
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CULTURE / Art
Jun 27, 2017
The scope of cultural displacement
Mercedes Benz Art Scope is an exchange program that allows Japanese artists to spend time in Germany and German artists to visit Japan. The Hara Museum of Contemporary Art has been a partner in this project since 2003, and in this year's group show, Stuttgart-based artist Menja Stevenson and Tama Art...
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LIFE / Language / BILINGUAL
Jun 26, 2017
Asking questions to the Japanese internet
The website Yahoo! u77e5u6075u888b (Chiebukuro, literally 'bag of knowledge') is a great resource for language learners and for anyone interested in observing Japanese interact online.
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LIFE / Style & Design
Jun 25, 2017
Fashion veterans make new moves
They may be newcomers to Tokyo, but behind the fashion names picking up traction this summer is a wealth of experience combined with honed artisanal skills.
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JAPAN
Jun 22, 2017
Roving vans serve Japanese-Brazilian community's banking, food and other needs
Japan's nearly 200,000-strong Brazilian immigrant community lives in pockets scattered across the middle of the country, clustered around auto parts factories and warehouses where they have jobs.
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JAPAN / Society
Jun 21, 2017
New magazine offers convicts hope of escaping from a life of crime
To prevent those with criminal convictions from committing further offenses after leaving correctional facilities, a job magazine for people with a history of crime or delinquency will be distributed at prisons and juvenile training schools nationwide starting mid-July.
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COMMENTARY / Japan
Jun 21, 2017
Which members of the Abe Cabinet deserve to be fired?
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has multiple reasons to pick this moment for a Cabinet reshuffle.
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LIFE / Lifestyle
Jun 18, 2017
Japan’s 'kanban' are still hanging in there
Little information remains about the personal life of the artisan Kojiro Shimizu. His personality and interests, his passions and motivations — all are shrouded in mystery. What we know is that he worked in Kyoto in the late 19th and early 20th century and that he appeared to be on good terms with...
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JAPAN
Jun 18, 2017
Love of anime prompts young Filipinos to pursue Japanese studies in select high schools
Schoolmates Beatrize Chee and Gio Franza from Manila's financial district of Makati are both self-confessed anime fans.
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JAPAN
Jun 13, 2017
Number of foreign students at public schools who lack Japanese language skills hits record high
Support system seen lacking as education ministry survey shows that 34,335 children needed remedial lessons as of May last year.
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COMMENTARY / Japan
Jun 13, 2017
Japan-U.S. economic dialogue: risk and strategy
The fact that the current relationship between Japan and the U.S. increasingly resembles that of 30 years ago elicits a certain sense of futility.
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BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 13, 2017
Japanese ramen shops prove popular in competitive Malaysian market
Japanese ramen shops are thriving in Malaysia, where locals are embracing the noodle dish with gusto.

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'