List of Japan articles
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Trump Is Ready to Say ‘You’re Fired’ to NATO
From Tokyo to Tallinn, Trump has alarmed allies by saying the United States will leave them to defend themselves unless the governments “reimburse” Washington for defense costs.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 What Pokémon, Japanese Schoolgirl Punks, and Cocaine Have in Common
There wouldn’t be Pikachu without kawaii, Japan’s highly addictive cult of cuteness.
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Booklist_image1 Around the World in 40 Books
Headed to Rio, Paris, or Cape Town this summer? We asked distinguished writers and thinkers to pick their favorite books about 20 of the world’s great cities.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Asian Millionaires: The Richest Millionaires
For the first time, millionaires in Asia are now richer and more plentiful than the ones in North America.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 How Clinton Can Fall in Love With Free Trade All Over Again
Politics motivated Hillary Clinton’s flip-flop on Obama’s massive Pacific trade deal. Here’s how she can find her way back to supporting it.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Report: Norway Now Kills More Whales Than Japan and Iceland Combined
While anti-whaling activists have focused on Japan and Iceland, Norway has outstripped both countries in whale hunting, according to a new report.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Watch What May Be The Strangest First Pitch in Japanese Baseball History
The demonic women from horror classics "The Ring" and "The Grudge" play a little baseball ahead of a crossover film.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 A Court You’ve Never Heard of Is About to Raise the Stakes in the South China Sea
An international tribunal’s decision will reorder the tense chess game over the South China Sea — and test Washington’s commitment to the Philippines.
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TOKYO, JAPAN - AUGUST 14: A man watches a big screen showing a live broadcast of Japanese Prime Minister, Shinzo Abe as he delivers his WWII Anniversary Statement on August 14, 2015 in Tokyo, Japan. Japanese Prime Minister Abe delivered a war anniversary statement ahead of the anniversary of Japan's defeat in the second world war. The statement included such keywords as "apology from the heart," "colonial rule," and "aggression." (Photo by ) The Silencing of Japan’s Free Press
Under the heavy hand of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Japan’s media is being forced to toe the government line. Or else.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 The U.S. President Who Finally Went to Hiroshima
Why visiting where we dropped an atomic bomb in 1945 is the only way to grasp the depths of human cruelty that transpired there.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 The G-7 Must Rescue the Liberal World Order
As the G-7 leaders gather this week in the Japanese city of Ise-Shima, the enlightened order their predecessors built is fraying badly.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 In the East China Sea, Beijing’s Big Ships Push the Envelope
With Obama headed to Asia, China’s suspiciously large Coast Guard vessels sure look a lot like a navy.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Tokyo’s Governor Spent a Crazy Amount of Government Money on Overseas Trips
Tokyo Governor Yoichi Masuzoe held a press conference Friday to defend spending government money on lavish trips, resort hotels, and expensive art.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 What Obama Really Needs to Say in Hiroshima
When the first sitting U.S. president visits the memorial, Obama needs to remember the man he was back in 2009.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Vagina Kayak Not Obscene, But a Digital Scan of Vulva Is, Japanese Court Rules
A Japanese artist who has been challenging Japan's obscenity laws was fined on Monday.
