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Jun 15, 2017
Harimoto fails to qualify for Japan Open main draw
Teenager Tomokazu Harimoto failed to reach the main draw of the Japan Open after losing in the third round of men's singles qualifiers on Thursday.
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BUSINESS
Jun 15, 2017
Takata, Nissan officials face prosecution over Shizuoka air bag accident
Safety officials at Takata Corp. and Nissan Motor Co. will be referred to prosecutors on suspicion of professional negligence resulting in injury after a recalled air bag inflator in a Nissan vehicle ruptured in a collision in 2015, an investigative source said.
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BUSINESS / Markets
Jun 15, 2017
BOJ likely to maintain stimulus as two-day policy meeting kicks off
At a two-day policy meeting that kicked off Thursday, the Bank of Japan is expected to maintain its aggressive monetary stimulus in light of the economy's moderate improvement.
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COMMENTARY / Japan
Jun 14, 2017
Time for a Japanese rethink on North Korea?
If and when the U.S. does begin to join South Korea in holding a dialogue with North Korea, Japan will have to quickly ask itself whether limiting its approach to pressure is a good idea
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SOCCER / Women's World Cup
Jun 14, 2017
Nadeshiko Japan draw with Belgium in friendly
Former women's world champion Japan was held to a 1-1 draw against Belgium in an international friendly on Tuesday.
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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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JAPAN / Politics
Jun 13, 2017
Japan warns Russia not to conduct survey in EEZ without permission
Tokyo has asked Russia not to conduct marine surveys or resource exploration within Japan's exclusive economic zone without permission, Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida said Tuesday.
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JAPAN
Jun 13, 2017
Japan, rights expert trade barbs over Tokyo's record on freedom of expression
A senior Japanese diplomat and a U.N. rights expert traded barbs Monday at the U.N. Human Rights Council over a report released in May that criticized Tokyo's record on freedom of opinion and expression.
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JAPAN / Politics
Jun 12, 2017
Historical issues should not impede ties with Japan, South Korean President Moon Jae-in says
South Korean President Moon Jae-in told an envoy of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe that the “comfort women” issue shouldn't impact the development of bilateral ties.
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WORLD / Politics
Jun 12, 2017
Italy sees no chance of changing U.S. stance on climate change as Pruitt exits G-7 talks early
Differences between the United States and other leading economies over climate change remain wide and are destined to stay that way, Italy's environment minister, Gian Luca Galletti, said on Sunday, as Washington's environment chief left a Group of Seven meeting a day early.
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LIFE / Food & Drink / KANPAI CULTURE
Jun 10, 2017
Association aims to raise the profile of sparkling sake
Around the world, the sound of popping corks brings just one thing to mind — Champagne. However, a new organization of sake producers is working to tweak that image.
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JAPAN / Politics
Jun 10, 2017
Japan may try to get Xi to visit in 2018
The government might ask Chinese President Xi Jinping to visit Japan in the latter half of 2018 as a state guest, government sources said Saturday.
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Rugby
Jun 10, 2017
Japan holds off late Romania charge
Japan's pace got the better of Romania's brawn on Saturday as the Brave Blossoms downed the Oaks 33-21 at a packed Egao Kenko Stadium.
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CARTOONS / DAHL'S JAPAN
Jun 10, 2017
Old Woman Shoe
JAPAN / Politics
Jun 10, 2017
Japanese travelers told to look for maps labeled East Sea instead of Sea of Japan
The government is calling on citizens abroad to contact Japanese diplomatic missions if they find a map showing the Sea of Japan labeled as the East Sea, the name favored by South Korea.
SOCCER / Women's World Cup
Jun 10, 2017
Nadeshiko beat Dutch in friendly
Former women's world champion Japan defeated the Netherlands 1-0 away in an international friendly on Friday night.
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ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 10, 2017
North Korea warns long-range missile test 'not too far away'
North Korea warned Saturday that it was "not too far away" from testing a long-range missile capable of hitting the continental U.S. amid an unprecedented pace of weapons tests by the nuclear-armed nation.
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JAPAN
Jun 9, 2017
Nuclear workers were quarantined in plutonium-tainted room for three hours after accident: JAEA
The five workers exposed to airborne plutonium at the Oarai Research & Development Center in Ibaraki Prefecture were quarantined for about three hours in the room where the accident occurred, a Japan Atomic Energy Agency official said Friday.
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JAPAN / Politics
Jun 9, 2017
North Korea says new anti-ship cruise missile can strike enemy battle groups 'at will'
The latest missile test by North Korea was of "a new-type ground-to-sea cruise rocket," the nuclear-armed country's state media said Friday.
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JAPAN
Jun 9, 2017
Britons in Japan welcome U.K. election result
British residents of Japan with Japanese spouses breathed a sigh of relief Friday after British Prime Minister Theresa May's Conservative Party failed to win an overall majority in the general election, leaving its hard-line policy on immigration up in the air.
South Korea couple beat same-sex barriers to parenthood
South Korean lesbian couple Kim Kyu-jin (left) and her wife, Kim Sae-yeon, pose with a "pregnant woman" badge during an interview in Seoul last month.
Japan unveils new overtourism countermeasures
The majority of tourists in Japan tend to stay in Tokyo, Osaka or Kyoto, resulting in overcrowding in popular tourist spots and a strain on transportation systems.
Opportunities await the bold in the Year of the Wood Dragon
2024 marks the Year of the Dragon in the Chinese zodiac, with the year predicted to be a good time for fresh starts.
Japan pharma startup developing world-first drug to grow new teeth
A new tooth is seen in a ferret's mouth after it was administered a drug to stimulate the growth of tooth buds.
Don’t worry about global population collapse
Most projections show the world will hit peak humanity in the 21st century as people choose to have smaller families and women gain power over their own reproduction.
Biden drops out of presidential race, endorsing Kamala Harris
U.S. President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris at the White House in Washington on July 4.
Why Japanese researchers are looking to submarine cables for faster tsunami warnings
Lamposts and other signs throughout Hirogawa, Wakayama Prefecture, display warnings, evacuation routes and measurements of height above sea level. The town has been hit by eight tsunami in its recorded history.
Akatsuki Japan believes it can 'surprise the world' in Paris
Mai Yamamoto drives to the basket during an Olympic tune-up game against New Zealand in Tokyo on July 4.
How to prevent and respond to heatstroke in Japan this summer
A passerby holding a parasol wipes her face as she walks on the street amid a heatstroke alert in Tokyo and other prefectures, in Tokyo on July 9.
‘Sniper from Oita’ sets her sights on Paris Olympics target
Misaki Nobata competes at the World University Games in 2023. A hero in her hometown of Oita, Nobata is one of three Japanese shooters who will compete at the upcoming Paris Olympics.

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabuki-cho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabuki-cho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

Longform

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
By Alex K.T. Martin

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