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JAPAN
Sep 14, 2013
Industrial sites tabbed for Heritage
The government has decided to seek World Heritage status in 2015 for old industrial facilities in eight prefectures, officials said Saturday.
JAPAN
Sep 13, 2013
Centenarians set to hit record high of 54,397
The number of people in Japan 100 or older is set to hit a record high of 54,397 on Sunday, up 3,021 from a year earlier, the health ministry said Friday.
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Sep 13, 2013
England sweating on World Cup slot
England is top of its group with two home matches to play as qualification for Brazil 2014 approaches what Sir Alex Ferguson would call "squeaky bum time."
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JAPAN
Sep 12, 2013
Kin of 9/11 victim calls for rethink on violence
Family members of Japanese killed in the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks marked the 12th anniversary Wednesday at a ceremony in New York, with one expressing concern about the implications of a possible U.S. attack on Syria and calling for ending the cycle of hatred and retribution.
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Sep 5, 2013
Uneasy feelings persist about England
If England beats Moldova at home Friday night and then defeats Ukraine (a) and Montenegro (h), it will top Group H and qualify automatically for the World Cup finals next year. Its fate is in its own hands. The bad news is — so is Ukraine's.
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Sep 1, 2013
Japan finishes fourth at World Grand Prix despite defeat to U.S.
The United States defeated Japan 3-2 (17-25, 25-19, 18-25, 25-17, 15-12) in the last match of the FIVB World Grand Prix Finals on Sunday at Hokkaido Prefectural Sports Center.
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 1, 2013
Voices from the scarlet calamity of World War II
World War II's reverberations will roll down the centuries in its geopolitical consequences, and in the literature it elicited in letters and in histories like Rick Atkinson's trilogy on the liberation of Western Europe.
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Aug 31, 2013
China outlasts Japan in hard-fought FIVB World Grand Prix match
The China volleyball team had to fight hard to maintain its unbeaten record in the FIVB Women's World Grand Prix Finals on Saturday as Japan fought it all the way.
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Aug 30, 2013
WBA orders Kameda to fight super champ Moreno
WBA bantamweight super champion Anselmo Moreno of Panama and Japan's regular bantamweight world champion Koki Kameda have been summoned to negotiate a mandatory fight for the outright championship of the division, the World Boxing Association said on its official Website.
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Aug 30, 2013
Serbia spikers' size proves problematic for Japan at net
The Serbia volleyball squad defeated Japan 3-0 (25-22, 25-17, 25-19) on the third day of the FIVB Women's World Grand Prix Finals at Hokkaido Prefectural Sports Center on Friday
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Aug 29, 2013
Strong blocking carries Brazil past Japan in FIVB Women's World Grand Prix finals
Japan failed to capitalize on its opportunities, falling in three sets to 2012 Olympic volleyball champion Brazil on Thursday at the FIVB Women's World Grand Prix finals.
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Aug 28, 2013
Japan cruises past Italy in World Grand Prix finals opener
Japan defeated Italy in straight sets on Wednesday in their opening match at the World Grand Prix finals.
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JAPAN
Aug 28, 2013
Renovated castle gate reopens
The renovated Karamon gate at Nijo Castle, a World Heritage site in the city of Kyoto, was opened to the public Wednesday after 1½ years of repair work.
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JAPAN
Aug 27, 2013
Nagasaki shipyard among old industrial sites named for World Heritage list
A government panel Tuesday picked old industrial facilities in eight prefectures for inclusion on the UNESCO World Heritage list in 2015, following the recommendation last week by another panel of Christian properties in Kyushu, government officials said.
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CULTURE / Books
Aug 24, 2013
China's contribution to Japan's defeat
An estimated 14 million to 20 million Chinese died during this epic struggle of resistance against Japanese aggression in a war that produced a staggering 80 million to 100 million refugees. Despite the prolonged onslaught of Japan's modern military machine for eight long years, a divided China, mostly...
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Aug 17, 2013
U.S. women's volleyball squad tops Japan in FIVB World Grand Prix showdown
The Japan women's volleyball team was handed its second straight defeat at the FIVB World Grand Prix on Saturday when it was beaten in four sets by the United States.
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Aug 17, 2013
Bulgaria spikers sweep Japan in FIVB World Grand Prix
Bulgaria handed Japan its first defeat of the 2013 FIVB World Grand Prix, edging the hosts 25-23, 25-23, 31-29 at Sendai City Gymnasium on Friday.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Aug 16, 2013
The shadow from Yasukuni
Just as Japanese conservatives are taken to task for refusing to acknowledge their country's colonial horrors, so China would do well to expand discussion of its own history.
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Aug 15, 2013
Murakami, Fukushima fail to advance at worlds
Yukifumi Murakami failed to reach the final in the men's javelin throw at the IAAF World Athletics Championships on Thursday.
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WORLD
Aug 9, 2013
World War I: We are as blind to our times as a lovelorn boy was in 1913
The inscription carved into the huge beech tree, which stands on a hill path in Gloucestershire, England, reads "PM 10/9/13 MKN."

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