The Japan Times On Sunday
JANUARY 28, 2018 | VOL. 58 NO. 4



Front page
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- Cryptodealer Coincheck hacked



Features
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- GAME ON!

　Live-action games offer players a fleeting escape from reality



News
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[NATIONAL]
- Kimono firm chief says sorry to clients
etc.

[WORLD]
- Trump woos Davos with shift on TPP trade deal
etc.

[SPORTS]
- Sakamoto leads Japan sweep
etc.



WEEK IN REVIEW（日本語注釈付・短めの英文）
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- Trump has hands full in second year
- Syrian Kurds isolated after attack
- Diet faces big agenda for 2018
- Hundreds injured in Tokyo snowstorm
- Gunma eruption leaves one dead
- Unstable work eyed in iPS scandal
- Sessions grilled by special council
- Tokyo temperature marks 48-year low



Opinion（日本語注釈付）
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- Monitoring use of secret funds　※QRボイス付
- Why scientists solve harder problems fi rst



Timeout
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[FOOD]
- Okinawa soba: Noodle of the island king still popular today
etc.

[BIG IN JAPAN]
- North Koreans express cynicism and enthusiasm

[MEDIA MIX]
- Is artificial intelligence killing Japan’s banks?

[JAPAN PULSE]
- Shukan Bunshun shoots itself in the foot with Komuro scandal

[WHY DID YOU LEAVE JAPAN?]
- Yumiko Oho (大穂 由美子) | Yumiko Oho teaches the ABC’s of life in Italy

[20 QUESTIONS]
- Sosuke Kitamura: A man of painted words

[BOOKS]
- A novelist’s venture into the identities of self
etc.