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JAPAN
Dec 21, 2017
Cultural showcase store opens at new Japan House Los Angeles facility in Hollywood
At 10 a.m. on the second floor of a shopping mall in central Hollywood on Wednesday, a brightly lit store selling about 1,200 Japanese products opened its doors for the first time to a small crowd of journalists and onlookers.
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JAPAN
Dec 21, 2017
Japan welcomes 26 million foreign visitors from January to November, up 19% from 2016
The number of visitors to Japan from January to November this year has been estimated at 26,169,400, up 19.0 percent from a year earlier, the Japan National Tourism Organization said Wednesday.
BUSINESS
Dec 21, 2017
Japan Airlines falls victim to email fraud, paying out ¥384 million to Hong Kong accounts
Japan Airlines Co. said it has been defrauded out of ¥384 million ($3.4 million) after receiving emails earlier this year that called for the payments of lease fees and commissions into bank accounts in Hong Kong.
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BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Dec 20, 2017
Champion Hawks honored with Japan's top pro sports award
The Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks fittingly received the nation's top pro sports accolade for their dominant season in 2017.
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JAPAN
Dec 20, 2017
Japan and Taiwan sign memorandum of understanding for search and rescue, but fishing dispute remains unresolved
Japan and Taiwan signed a memorandum of understanding Wednesday to enhance cooperation over search and rescue at sea but failed to settle a dispute concerning fishing around Okinotori Island, regarded by Japan as its southernmost territory.
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COMMENTARY / Japan
Dec 20, 2017
Making Japanese small business thrive
It's time for Japan's small and medium-size enterprises to embrace technological solutions to find global customers.
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COMMENTARY / Japan
Dec 20, 2017
What the world can learn from Japan's factories
Countries hoping to revive their manufacturing sectors should look east for answers.
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BUSINESS / ANALYSIS
Dec 20, 2017
U.K. may struggle to top Japan-EU trade terms after Brexit
Despite hopes for a good free trade deal with Japan, the United Kingdom is unlikely to improve on the recent agreement between Tokyo and Brussels, and could end up worse off, experts say.
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BUSINESS / Tech
Dec 20, 2017
Facebook and Microsoft disabled North Korean cyberthreats besides WannaCry: White House
Facebook Inc. and Microsoft Corp. disabled a number of North Korean cyberthreats last week, a White House official said on Tuesday, as the United States publicly blamed Pyongyang for a May cyberattack that crippled hospitals, banks and other companies.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Dec 19, 2017
Taiwan and Japan begin fresh round of maritime cooperation talks in Taipei
Taiwan and Japan began their second round of maritime talks in Taipei on Tuesday to discuss setting up a cooperation mechanism that covers fishing near Okinotori, an islet that Japan regards as its southernmost territory.
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MORE SPORTS
Dec 19, 2017
JAAF recognizes top athletes at annual awards banquet
Post-Olympic years are usually considered down years. But it wasn't necessarily the case for Japan's track and field scene, which was highlighted by some notable feats and accomplishments in 2017.
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JAPAN / Politics
Dec 19, 2017
Foreign Minister Taro Kono discusses 'comfort women' and North Korea with South Korea counterpart
Threat from Pyongyang and sensitive bilateral issues dominate talks in Tokyo.
SOCCER
Dec 19, 2017
JFA moves up final of next season's Emperor's Cup to Dec. 24
The final of next season's Emperor's Cup will be moved from Jan. 1, 2019, to Dec. 24, 2018, to accommodate the start of the 2019 Asian Cup, the Japan Football Association announced Tuesday.
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COMMENTARY / Japan
Dec 19, 2017
Japan-Thailand ties in a new era of uncertainty
Thailand's changing political landscape raises several important questions for bilateral relations.
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COMMENTARY / Japan
Dec 19, 2017
Why Bannon showing Abe love is cringeworthy
Former Trump chief strategist may have inadvertently diagnosed why Abe isn't making Japan's economy great again.
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JAPAN / Politics
Dec 19, 2017
Shinzo Abe calls for Japan's 'rebirth' in 2020 along with constitutional revision
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Tuesday reiterated calls for rebooting long-stalled parliamentary debate on the revision of Japan's post-war Constitution, saying he wants to see a "significant rebirth" of the nation in 2020.
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BUSINESS
Dec 19, 2017
Tiny stem cell firms close in on major heart disease goals
The early hope that stem cell therapy would make the paralyzed walk, the blind see and cure diabetes have given way to a long list of failures, highlighted by early stem cell champion Geron Corp. abandoning the field in 2011.
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MORE SPORTS
Dec 18, 2017
Frontiers set new points record in Japan X Bowl rout of BigBlue
No team would have been able to match the Fujitsu Frontiers on this day.
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COMMENTARY / Japan
Dec 18, 2017
Sino-Japanese ties bound to remain stalled
Trump's 'America first' diplomacy will likely intensify the Japan-China rivalry.
BUSINESS / Markets
Dec 18, 2017
Central banks quietly trim stimulus while hoping to maintain global growth
Central bankers are gingerly trying to take away the punch bowl without interrupting the party.

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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