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K. International spelling whiz wins ninth Japan Times Bee (sam., 03 mars 2018)
Hanna Yoshida of K. International School Tokyo managed to outlast her final opponent Saturday over the course of nine tense rounds by spelling insubordinate to ...
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Japan’s media out of step with mental health issues (Sat, 03 Mar 2018)
In January, a couple in Neyagawa, Osaka Prefecture, were arrested for allegedly confining their daughter for at least 15 years before she froze to death ...
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Anniversaries loom for gum producer Lotte and the Yoshiwara red-light district (Sat, 03 Mar 2018)
In 1941, a 19-year-old Korean chemistry student named Shin Kyuk-ho traveled to Tokyo to study at a technical college. He remained in Japan following the ...
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NHK puppet show offers a rare glimpse into unconventional lives (Sat, 03 Mar 2018)
Arguably the best interview show on terrestrial TV at present stars a bunch of puppets exploring the often unexamined corners of Japanese society.“Nehorin Pahorin” airs ...
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Putting the express in espresso (Sat, 03 Mar 2018)
Three interesting figures we stumbled across online last week.
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Private Tokyo girls’ school in deep ferment (Sat, 03 Mar 2018)
Many of the dozens of black professionals interviewed last week said they are still struggling to change the racist perceptions of blacks that shadow them ...
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Criminals in Japan are profiting from the public’s fear of prosecutors (Sat, 03 Mar 2018)
A new type of transfer fraud in which perpetrators take advantage of their victims’ fear of prosecution has sparked concern among law enforcement officials in ...
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Arrested former Taisei exec denies maglev bid-rigging allegations (Sat, 03 Mar 2018)
The former director says he was not in a position to engage in price-fixing even though he spent more than 10 years dealing with the ...
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Immigrant labor contradictions (Sat, 03 Mar 2018)
Despite the nation's tightening manpower shortage, the issue of immigrant labor continues to be shunned in policy discussions.
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Gun laws may finally change, thanks to kids (Sat, 03 Mar 2018)
If even a child sees the need to speak out, we all should be listening; they of course have the greatest stake in America's future.
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Setting out Brexit vision, May asks EU to show flexibility (Sat, 03 Mar 2018)
Prime Minister Theresa May urged the European Union on Friday to show more flexibility in talks on its future relationship with the U.K. after Brexit, ...
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Dozens dead in attacks on Burkina military HQ, French Embassy (Sat, 03 Mar 2018)
Dozens of people were killed Friday in twin attacks on the French Embassy in Burkina Faso and the country’s military headquarters, an assault that coincided ...
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LDP action plan to call for strong push to revise Constitution: draft (Sat, 03 Mar 2018)
The Liberal Democratic Party’s 2018 action plan calls for holding Japan’s first referendum on revising the Constitution and raising public debate on the issue.
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As Trump touts trade restrictions, the world prepares to push back (Sat, 03 Mar 2018)
After President Donald Trump said the U.S. plans to impose 25 percent tariffs on steel imports and 10 percent on aluminum, the shock waves are ...
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Japan to invite Chinese Premier Li Keqiang for three-day visit in May (Sat, 03 Mar 2018)
The visit will coincide with a trilateral summit involving South Korean President Moon Jae-in, who is likely to be snubbed over the “comfort women” issue.
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Slain Filipina in freezer shows risks to overseas workers (Sat, 03 Mar 2018)
When Joanna Demafelis’ indebted family needed money to fix their typhoon-battered home, she followed in the footsteps of millions of other Filipinos and left to ...
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Japanese department store cancels photo exhibition on women’s thighs amid kiddie porn concerns (Sat, 03 Mar 2018)
Department store Marui has canceled a photo exhibition featuring women’s thighs amid criticism some of the images appear to portray underage girls.Amid online outrage, Marui ...
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Dam executive arrested over death of Honduran activist (Sat, 03 Mar 2018)
Honduran authorities arrested an executive with a dam development company Friday over the 2016 killing of indigenous and environmental activist Berta Caceres, calling him an ...
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Trump sours NAFTA talks with steel trade war threats (Sat, 03 Mar 2018)
U.S. President Donald Trump’s threats to unleash a trade war over steel crushed hopes of substantial progress in the latest talks to rework NAFTA, pitching ...
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History belies Trump’s trade war confidence (Sat, 03 Mar 2018)
History suggests that trade wars are not as easy as U.S. President Donald Trump says.Trump’s argument, in essence, is that high tariffs will force other ...
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Fukushima looks to ease blanket radiation checks on rice starting in 2020 (Sat, 03 Mar 2018)
The lack of tainted rice in recent years is raising hopes the labor-intensive procedure can be reduced to random inspections, at least outside the 12 ...
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Nor’easter hits East Coast, grounds flights and halts trains (Sat, 03 Mar 2018)
A nor’easter pounded the U.S. Atlantic coast with hurricane-force winds and sideways rain and snow Friday, flooding streets, grounding flights, stopping trains and leaving 1.6 ...
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Shivering Europe hopes for weekend respite as deep freeze persists (Sat, 03 Mar 2018)
Europe’s deep freeze, which has cost more than 60 lives over the past week, continued to wreak havoc early Saturday as the shivering continent awaited ...
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Spanish women decry macho culture and domestic violence with first national strike (Sat, 03 Mar 2018)
Women in Spain are poised to stage their first nationwide strike on International Women’s Day on March 8 as they demand an end to unfair ...
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Family of each person slain in Vegas shooting to get $275,000 from victims’ fund (Sat, 03 Mar 2018)
A $31.5 million victims’ fund that started as a GoFundMe effort announced plans Friday to pay $275,000 to the families of each of the 58 ...
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San Diego-area governments sue over Mexican sewage (Sat, 03 Mar 2018)
Local governments sued a U.S. agency Friday to demand a fix to a decades-old problem of sewage flowing downhill from Mexico and spilling onto U.S. ...
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Trump picks Dow Chemical lawyer for key role on toxic sites (Sat, 03 Mar 2018)
President Donald Trump on Friday tapped a chemical industry insider to run the Environmental Protection Agency office that oversees emergency response to hazardous spills and ...
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911 tape details skeleton found in walls of Houston home (Sat, 03 Mar 2018)
Emergency personnel in Houston have released audio from a 911 call in which the new resident of an old house describes finding human remains between ...
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Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Kono to visit U.S. this month to discuss North Korea (Sat, 03 Mar 2018)
Foreign Minister Taro Kono is planning to visit the United States later in the month for talks on dealing with North Korea once the Pyeongchang ...
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Trump: ‘Trade wars are good, and easy to win’ (Fri, 02 Mar 2018)
President Donald Trump on Friday insisted “trade wars are good, and easy to win,” a bold claim that prompted pushback from a Nebraska Republican who ...
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Trail of Coincheck’s stolen cryptocurrency leads to Canada: researcher (Fri, 02 Mar 2018)
Some of the funds stolen from Coincheck Inc. in the $500 million heist have been traced to a cryptocurrency exchange in Canada, according researcher BIG ...
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Finance Ministry unit says it will probe Moritomo document-tampering allegation (Fri, 02 Mar 2018)
After initially responding with silence, a Finance Ministry official agrees to look into the newspaper's allegations of government meddling in a scandal that refuses to ...
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Speculating on the future of initial coin offerings (Fri, 02 Mar 2018)
Governments are only now waking up to the need to regulate ICOs and their related tokens.
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Is the Quad the new Trump card? (Fri, 02 Mar 2018)
A secure and stable Asia needs to have a good counterbalance to China, which is just what the Quad could deliver.
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Relief for victims of eugenics law (Fri, 02 Mar 2018)
The government should follow Germany and Sweden's lead and provide official compensation to people who were sterilized under the nation's Eugenic Protection Law.
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LDP electoral plan reasonable (Fri, 02 Mar 2018)
The editorial “LDP’s proposed electoral system amendment” in the Feb. 22 edition was critical of a proposed constitutional amendment guaranteeing each prefecture at least one ...
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No rule of law for Abe and the LDP (Fri, 02 Mar 2018)
Regarding “Opposition lawmakers find at least 117 errors in botched labor survey” in the Feb. 23 edition, in recent years stem cell research was disgraced ...
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The artificial intelligence race heats up (Thu, 01 Mar 2018)
Japan must step up its efforts in the field of artificial intelligence, which is almost certain to become the most critical feature of the digital ...
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Journalist murders are a major EU problem (Thu, 01 Mar 2018)
Clearly not all European Union members are enforcing the bloc's stated values.
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Why Japan is rethinking its energy diplomacy (Thu, 01 Mar 2018)
The foreign minister's advisory panel on climate change is a wake-up call for the nation.
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CCP once again embraces the strongman model (Wed, 28 Feb 2018)
Japan and other governments must prepare to deal with a Chinese leader full of self-confidence heading a system of centralized power.
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China faces the downsides of dictatorship (Wed, 28 Feb 2018)
The period of term-limited presidents corresponded with unprecedented growth. Now Xi Jinping is changing the rules
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The yen finds its sweet spot after 50 years of trying (Wed, 28 Feb 2018)
Japan's currency is finally close to fair value, offering perhaps the healthiest configuration for businesses and investors in decades
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Push to expand legitimate private lodging services (Tue, 27 Feb 2018)
Minpaku (private lodging) services — in which accommodations in private residences are rented out to travelers — are being counted on as a solution to ...
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Japan asks wrong question about Olympic Games (Tue, 27 Feb 2018)
Only bold reforms, not sporting events, will ensure the big wins that Abenomics promises
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The future of fish farming (Tue, 27 Feb 2018)
Aquaculture has conservation issues that must be resolved, but it remains the only option to meet future demand for seafood.
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Why ‘Emperor Xi’ should worry (Tue, 27 Feb 2018)
China will learn that totalitarian states have short-term advantages but they don't end well.
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Can lab meat feed — and save — the world? (Tue, 27 Feb 2018)
"Clean meat" — produced without raising and slaughtering animals — could be the next food revolution.
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The end of America’s leaderless foreign policy (Tue, 27 Feb 2018)
Attempts to steer the U.S. through global affairs by ignoring President Donald Trump have failed.
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Still more ‘maximum pressure’ (Mon, 26 Feb 2018)
The strategy of "maximum pressure" on North Korea continues unabated — as it should — but the risk of a conflict is also rising.
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