Feature
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[FACES OF CHANGE]
　Examining the work that goes into the lavish costumes
　and masks worn by Iwaki-Kagura troupes




News
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[NATIONAL]
- Tokyo-Seoul row hits economies
etc.

[WORLD]
- Trump’s economic team facing test
etc.

[OPINION]
- Reviewing seniority-based pay
etc.

[WEEK IN REVIEW]
- Challenges to Xi come in key year
- British supermarkets go ‘nude’
- Abe plans big personnel changes
- China ‘targeted’ MSDF ships
- Hirohito’s WWII remorse stopped
- CDP, DPP to merge their Diet groups
- Record number of visas revoked in ’18
- China urges end to neighbors’ row




The Japan Times X Kateigaho International Japan Edition
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[Craft that connect food and the table]
Captivated by clay and awamori — Paul Lorimer




Timeout
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[WHY DID YOU LEAVE JAPAN?]
- Atsuko Kuwana: Jumping in at the deep end

[FOOD]
- A restaurant for the people, a cafeteria for Nishinari’s children
etc.

[BIG IN JAPAN]
- Double bubble, tapioca tea and garbage trouble

[MEDIA MIX]
- Scrutinizing Shinjiro Koizumi’s political prospects

[JAPAN PULSE]
- Japan’s insatiable appetite for watching strangers binge eat

[BOOKS]
- Up the distinguished nose of an olfactory detective
etc.

[20 QUESTIONS]
- Yuta Kato: Following his photo instincts

[UNIVERSAL SUNDAY CROSSWORD]

[SUDOKU]

[7 LITTLE WORDS]

[CARTOONS]

[TWEETS OF THE WEEK]




Sports
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Basketball - Japan holds off Germany
etc.