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US JAPAN

Japan Times
SOCCER
Jun 2, 2013
Cahill says Australia to play physical
Australia midfielder Tim Cahill has warned Japan to expect a bruising physical encounter in Tuesday's World Cup qualifier if the Socceroos find themselves needing a goal to keep their hopes of reaching Brazil alive.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel
Jun 2, 2013
Searching for Mount Fuji
Japan is full of good place names. Who can resist Utsukushigahara (Beautiful Field) in Nagano Prefecture, Ginza (Golden Seat) in Tokyo or the sad irony of Fukushima — Isle of Good Fortune?
JAPAN
Jun 2, 2013
Lost at sea cases to be probed for North Korea link
The government will investigate whether Japanese nationals who disappeared at sea in the 1970s and 1980s fell victim to foul play at the hands of North Korea, Keiji Furuya, state minister in charge of the abduction issue, declared.
Japan Times
CARTOONS / DAHL'S JAPAN
Jun 2, 2013
Abe Beanstock
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 1, 2013
Apple raises product prices amid weakening yen
Apple Inc. has raised the prices of its iPad tablet computers and iPod music players here after a weaker yen boosted import costs.
EDITORIALS
Jun 1, 2013
Problematic pact with India
A pact allowing Japanese firms to export nuclear power generation equipment to India would be problematic since India has not joined the nonproliferation treaty.
Japan Times
SOCCER
May 31, 2013
Japan stumbles in loss to Bulgaria
Japan lost back-to-back games for the first time under Alberto Zaccheroni as the Asian champion was beaten 2-0 by Bulgaria in a World Cup qualifying tuneup on Thursday evening.
JAPAN
May 31, 2013
Mozambique farmers seek halt to aid project
Farmers in Mozambique are calling on the governments of Japan, Brazil and Mozambique to halt a project aimed at supporting agricultural development there, saying it will result in land grabs.
CULTURE / Art / Japan Pulse
May 30, 2013
Tweet Beat: #真4, #ソクラテスの死, #キスの日
A new videogame, a fresh take on an old painting and kissing (timeless!) are among the top Twitter trends in Japan last week.
BUSINESS
May 30, 2013
Japanese companies skip Beijing trade fair amid political tensions
The number of Japanese entries in an international services trade fair that opened in Beijing on Tuesday is sharply down from last year amid lingering political tensions.
COMMENTARY / Japan
May 30, 2013
Overhaul Japan's immigration laws to boost working women
By simply relaxing laws to let in foreign domestic workers, the Abe administration could give Japanese women who want to work a new option for child-care support.
Japan Times
CARTOONS / DAHL'S JAPAN
May 30, 2013
Bull Bubble
Japan Times
JAPAN
May 29, 2013
Pyongyang offered to let Yokota's daughter go '10, but not to Japan
Pyongyang told Tokyo in May 2010 that it would allow Japanese abductee Megumi Yokota's daughter, Kim Eun Gyong, to leave North Korea as long as it wasn't to Japan, a source says.
COMMENTARY / Japan
May 29, 2013
Abenomics stumbling over sexism
No one needs a Sheryl Sandberg-esque 'lean-in' movement like Japan's women. Lack of women in the nation's workforce is impeding economic growth.
Japan Times
JAPAN
May 27, 2013
Abe's Myanmar visit may help Japan parry China's influence
Japan will likely be able to count on Myanmar for help in countering China unless the promised investment benefits flow only to the rich and powerful.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Japan Pulse
May 27, 2013
Can Etsy's crafty goodness be recycled in Japan?
Advertising titan Dentsu and NTT DoCoMo take a stab a launching a Etsy-like site of homemade goodness.
JAPAN
May 27, 2013
Nuclear exposure toll hits 30 in J-PARC lab accident
The number of scientists exposed to an exotic soup of radioactive isotopes at the Hadron Experimental Facility in Ibaraki Prefecture climbs to 30.
Japan Times
JAPAN / ANALYSIS
May 27, 2013
J-PARC leak signals poor sense of crisis
The release of radioactive material from a Japan Atomic Energy Agency facility in Tokai, Ibaraki Prefecture, last week suggests scientists still lack a sense of crisis and urgency about radiation dangers despite the 2011 Fukushima disaster.
COMMENTARY / Japan
May 27, 2013
ASEAN-China good will hunting
Clues to the character of China's new leadership have emerged from their interaction with other Asians. A greater confrontational posture with Japan looms.
CULTURE / Art / Japan Pulse
May 26, 2013
Tweet Beat: #NintendoDirectJP, #華麗なる公式 , #デザフェス
Explore the world of friendly official accounts, the latest Nintendo news and Design Festa Vol. 37 in last week's trendy hashtags.

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