The Japan Times On Sunday
APRIL 1, 2018 | VOL. 58 NO. 13



Front page
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- Beer makers get license to change



Special supplement
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THE BEST OF JAPAN
　Find out how to enjoy spring in Japan , must-see events and useful travel tips.



Features
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- JOINING THE GREAT
　With imported festivities such as Valentine’s Day and Halloween
　proving commercially successful in recent years, there appears to be
　a renewed push to commoditize the Christian festival in Japan



News
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[WEEK IN REVIEW]　（日本語注釈付・短めの英文）
- With secretive trip, Kim gains leverage
- Scandals shake U.S. first family
- Huge U.S. crowds protest guns
- Mobile TV users must pay NHK fee
- No Abe influence in tampering: Sagawa
- Russia expulsions put Tokyo in bind
- Mitsubishi Materials cover-up revealed
- Galaxy void of dark matter discovered

[NATIONAL]
- Storm surge could soak Tokyo
etc.

[DARK SIDE OF THE RISING SUN]
- ‘The Outsider’ scores a few hits among misses

[WORLD]
- Kim wants North in next Olympics
etc.

[SPORTS]
- Tanaka fans eight in fi rst start
etc.



Opinion（日本語注釈）
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- Diversify forms of local assemblies　※QRボイス付
- What did Cambridge Analytica really do?



Timeout
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[FOOD]
- Vegan eating in Kyoto means much more than shōjin ryōri
etc.

[BIG IN JAPAN]
- Too much of an education could be bad for your future

[MEDIA MIX]
- Takeshi Kitano to abandon his ‘army’ of talent

[JAPAN PULSE]
- Companies beginning to rethink their paternity leave policies

[BOOKS]
- A timely translation that sheds light on the marginalized
etc.

[WHY DID YOU LEAVE JAPAN?]
- Midori Sato and her ‘only in America’ dream



[JAPAN TIMES GONE BY]
- 100 years ago | Japan now has female street-car conductors (Sunday, April 21, 1918)
- 75 years ago | Eye-witness report on bombing of Merauke (Wednesday, April 14, 1943)
- 50 years ago | Historic architecture disappearing in Tokyo (Tuesday, April 23, 1968)
- 25 years ago | Local offices still restrict foreigners (Thursday, April 15, 1993)



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