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WORLD XV

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CULTURE / Books
Aug 8, 2015
Memories of those marked by nuclear war
August, 2015. This is a month of great testimonials: outpourings of guilt, grief, consternation, remorse, atonement and, for those whose ends are not served by an honest reckoning of the past, evasion.
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COMMUNITY / Our Lives / 20 QUESTIONS
Aug 8, 2015
Robbie Deans: 'Keep learning regardless of the outcome'
New Zealand rugby coach on the difference between a winning team and a losing team
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BASKETBALL
Aug 7, 2015
China awarded 2019 FIBA World Cup
China will host the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup, the sport's global governing body announced on Friday night in Tokyo.
CULTURE / TV & Streaming / CHANNEL SURF
Aug 7, 2015
Detective mystery in Tokyo; child soldiers of World War II; CM of the Week: Toyota
Actor Sho Aikawa used to be the king of straight-to-video movies. He's now all over the place, and stars as officer Ken Kobayashi in the occasional mystery series, "Setagaya Chuzai Keiji" ("Setagaya Police Substation Detective"; TBS, Mon., 9 p.m.).
COMMENTARY / Japan
Aug 7, 2015
Achieving true reconciliation
It takes two to tango, and to achieve reconciliation.
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MORE SPORTS
Aug 6, 2015
Spirited send-off inspires Team Japan before IAAF World Championships
The Japanese athletes showed their collective spirit at a send-off event held by the Japan Association of Athletics Federations on Thursday, heading into the IAAF World Athletics Championships, which will be held Aug. 22-30 at Beijing's National Stadium.
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CULTURE / Film
Aug 6, 2015
Bryce Dallas Howard kicks her high heels up in 'Jurassic World'
Typical: You spend $150 million on your effects-heavy summer blockbuster, and all people want to talk about is a character's choice of footwear. When "Jurassic World," the long-gestating sequel to the original "Jurassic Park" trilogy, opened internationally in June, the film's producers probably weren't...
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CULTURE / Film
Aug 6, 2015
New theme park, old problems, but 'Jurassic World' is still wild
Time hasn't been kind to Steven Spielberg's "Jurassic Park," the 1993 blockbuster that paved the way for every CGI-driven popcorn flick of the past two decades. But it isn't the movie's visual effects that betray its age: it's the setting. The film's titular theme park may have spent millions on cloning...
COMMENTARY / Japan
Aug 5, 2015
Hiroshima after 70 years
If the war had not been brought to an end in August 1945 with the atomic bombings, many Japanese who went on to see the revival of Japan would not have survived.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Aug 4, 2015
Abe losing to his demons
On the 70th anniversary of Japan's defeat and surrender, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has a wonderful opportunity to set a new path for Japan, for Asia and the world. But will he take it?
JAPAN / Society
Aug 2, 2015
Venue for 2019 Rugby World Cup final still undecided
World Rugby officials are still undecided about where the 2019 World Cup final will be played after the Japanese government scuttled their proposal to stage the match in Tokyo's new Olympic stadium.
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JAPAN / History
Aug 1, 2015
The top-secret flights that ended the war
Seventy years after the atomic bombings, time stands still on the Pacific island of Tinian.
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CULTURE / Stage
Jul 30, 2015
The triennial World Ballet Festival brings classics, rarities and international dance talent to Tokyo
While music fans are still reeling from this year's Fuji Rock Festival (and prepping for Rock in Japan and Summer Sonic ahead), classical music fans are just warming up as the World Ballet Festival is set to hit Tokyo this weekend.

Longform

Sociologist Gracia Liu-Farrer argues that even though immigration doesn't figure into Japan's autobiography, it is more of a self-perception than a reality.
In search of the ‘Japanese dream’