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CULTURE / Film / Wide Angle
Feb 22, 2018
Awards season blows through Japan with a conspicuous lack of buzz
It's awards season. Many a film journalist, from those working at the trade papers to those at the major dailies, spend months speculating who'll get Oscar nods and, as we get closer to the March 4 ceremony, who'll win.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Feb 21, 2018
Japan women shatter Olympic record, conquer defending champion Netherlands in team pursuit final
Japan's women captured the team pursuit gold medal at the Pyeongchang Olympics, beating the defending champion Netherlands on Wednesday.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Feb 21, 2018
Japan faces tough German test in Nordic combined team event
Japan will take the fight to Germany once again at the Pyeongchang Olympics on Thursday in the Nordic combined team event.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Feb 21, 2018
South Korea men end Japan's hopes of reaching curling playoff stage
The Japan men's curling team lost 10-4 to South Korea in a preliminary round match on Wednesday, ending its chances of advancing to the playoff stage at the Pyeongchang Olympics.
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BUSINESS
Feb 21, 2018
TPP remains largely unchanged in attempt to lure back U.S., Japanese official says
Details released Wednesday reveal that the 11 remaining Trans-Pacific Partnership countries have managed to agree on terms close to the agreement's original form.
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ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Feb 21, 2018
North Koreans dropped out of meeting with Pence at last minute, U.S. says
U.S. Vice President Mike Pence was prepared to hold a historic meeting with top North Korean officials during his visit to the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics in South Korea earlier this month but was rebuffed by the North at the last minute, U.S. officials said Tuesday.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Feb 20, 2018
Switzerland edges Smile Japan to earn fifth-place finish
Switzerland defeated Smile Japan 1-0 in the fifth-place game at the Kwandong Hockey Centre on Tuesday night.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Feb 20, 2018
Japan men, women curling squads stumble
The Japan men's and women's curling teams struggled on Tuesday, going down to powerhouses Canada and Great Britain, respectively, at the Pyeongchang Olympics.
EDITORIALS
Feb 20, 2018
Challenges for Kuroda in his second term
In his second stint, BOJ Gov. Haruhiko Kuroda will face as many challenges as in his first term.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Feb 20, 2018
Here's who really matters at the Bank of Japan
Masayoshi Amamiya could provide Japan's central bank with much-needed room to maneuver.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Feb 20, 2018
South Korea to announce plan for joint military exercises before April
In a move that is likely to enrage nuclear-armed North Korea, the South Korean Defense Ministry said Tuesday that by the end of next month it will announce plans for postponed joint military exercises with the United States.
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JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Feb 20, 2018
Compensation awarded over 102-year-old's suicide amid Fukushima crisis
The man was found to have killed himself a day after learning the government was set to issue an evacuation order for his village.
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ASIA PACIFIC
Feb 19, 2018
North Korea 'fully ready for both dialogue and war,' state media says
North Korea is "fully ready for both dialogue and war" and prepared to respond to any U.S. "provocation by prompt counterstrike," state-run media said Monday as the Winter Olympics continued in South Korea.
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BUSINESS
Feb 19, 2018
Japan, U.S., Australia and India look to establish alternative to China's Belt and Road Initiative
Four nations discuss establishing a joint regional infrastructure project in an attempt to counter Beijing's multibillion-dollar initiative and growing influence.
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COMMENTARY / World
Feb 19, 2018
The narrow latitude of Japan's security policy
Japan's alliance with the U.S. and robust economic growth will remain key to ensuring Japan's national security for the foreseeable future.
EDITORIALS
Feb 19, 2018
A last chance for the ANC — and South Africa?
Japan should step up efforts to ensure that new South African President Cyril Ramaphosa succeeds as he tries to reorient his country and overcome the legacy of the Zuma interregnum.
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JAPAN
Feb 19, 2018
Ex-JETs a major source of Japan's soft power: U.K. study
Japan's soft power has been boosted immeasurably by its decades-long policy of recruiting foreign graduates to come and teach in the country, according to a study by a British-based researcher.
BUSINESS / Markets
Feb 19, 2018
Bank of Japan watchers see strong stimulus continuing under Gov. Haruhiko Kuroda
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's decision to stick with Bank of Japan Gov. Haruhiko Kuroda indicates that powerful stimulus will continue, and the yen's recent advance could make policy normalization even more remote.
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OLYMPICS
Feb 18, 2018
Smile Japan triumphs on Ayaka Toko's overtime goal against Sweden
Ayaka Toko's overtime goal gave Smile Japan its second straight victory with a 2-1 triumph over Sweden at the Kwandong Hockey Centre on Sunday night in a 5th-8th classification-round game.
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JAPAN
Feb 18, 2018
IOC to facilitate North Korea's participation in Tokyo 2020 Games
Sticking to its neutrality policy, the International Olympic Committee will help North Korean athletes participate in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, too, IOC President Thomas Bach says.

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Traditional folk rituals like Mizudome-no-mai (dance to stop the rain) provide a sense of agency to a population that feels largely powerless in the face of the climate crisis.
As climate extremes intensify, Japan embraces ancient weather rituals