List of Japan articles
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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.
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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.
