List of Japan articles
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Shoving Matches Break Out as Japan Ratifies TPP
Fights break out as Japan ratifies the Asian trade deal President Obama wants, but both Trump and Clinton oppose.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Japanese Hospital Inquiry Finds That Lasers and Farts Don’t Mix
A Japanese hospital conducted a formal review of an incident where a patient caught fire after passing gas in surgery
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Japan’s Summer of Women
Three women have recently risen to high political positions in Japan’s famously closed society, but is the country really ready to embrace openness and inclusion?
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 IMF Officially Gives China A Seat at the Adult Table of World Economies
But don't expect the IMF decision to pick up China's lagging economic growth.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 This Japanese Commercial for Eel Is Being Compared to a Sexist Horror Movie
Japanese officials only wanted to promote their high-quality, sustainable eels. Instead they sparked outrage over a creepy depiction of a girl who turns into an eel.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Colin Kaepernick Is Lucky He’s Not Japanese
National anthems have always inspired dissenters — but some countries treat their refuseniks better than others.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 The Weird New Normal of Negative Interest Rates
The United States, Germany, and other economic powerhouses haven't learned the dire lessons of Japan's lost decades.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 The Unfinished Legacy of Obama’s Pivot to Asia
The gridlocked TPP trade deal. Reclaimed islands in the South China Sea. North Korean nukes. How will history judge President Obama’s rebalance to Asia?
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 China Is Fueling a Submarine Arms Race in the Asia-Pacific
A damaging leak of data on India’s new submarine highlights how undersea warfare is at the heart of a regional contest for naval supremacy.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Empire of the Setting Sun
Shinzo Abe is trying to roll back nearly 70 years of Japanese pacifism, but is the country ready to be "normal" again?
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 China’s Gone Ballistic Since the Hague Ruling
Beijing has lashed out at neighbors and the U.S. after losing in a landmark international tribunal.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Japan’s Reluctant Feminist
For the hawkish new governor of Asia’s biggest city, fighting for female empowerment was a necessity, not a calling.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Obama Is America’s Last Lonely Free Trader
The president is making a final push for a massive Asian trade deal that has been rejected by both Trump and Clinton — and by plenty of the powerful Republicans who once supported it.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Want to Avoid Fraud Charges? Get Plastic Surgery and Move to Thailand.
A Japanese lawyer was caught in Thailand after years on the run -- and a fair amount of plastic surgery.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Like Pokémon Go, But Not as Fun Because It’s for Russian Historical Figures
Moscow is launching its own version of Pokémon Go. It doesn't sound as fun.
