Feature
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[YEAR OF THE RAT]
Horoscopes are predicting an auspicious year ahead
as the country counts down to the 2020 Games




News
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[NATIONAL]
- Dispatch a balancing act for LDP
etc.

[WORLD]
- No N. Korea Christmas ‘gift’ for U.S.
etc

[OPINION]
- Eliminate casino corruption
etc.

[WEEK IN REVIEW]
- U.K. battles loneliness epidemic
- Taiwan sees surrogacy boom
- Aussie PM backs coal despite fires
- Fukushima water plans proposed
- Tech giants to file ad sales in Japan
- Abe, Moon agree dialogue needed
- LDP lawmaker held over bribery
- FSA calls for TSE streamlining




The Japan Times X Kateigaho International Japan Edition
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[A TOAST TO MINGEI]
Living with the rustic beauty of Japanese folk crafts




Timeout
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[WHY DID YOU LEAVE JAPAN?]
Soramaru Takayama: There’s much poetry in Vegan Pudding & Co.

[FOOD]
- Why is vegan shōjin ryōricuisine so deeply compelling?
etc.

[BIG IN JAPAN]
- Childhood in Japan is certainly not getting any easier

[MEDIA MIX]
- Nakamura’s death exposes a gap of perception

[JAPAN PULSE]
- Evolving debate over cultural differences leads to greater insight

[BOOKS]
- The invisible baseball curving through Japanese literature
etc.

[20 QUESTIONS]
- So many questions: Best answers of 2019

[UNIVERSAL SUNDAY CROSSWORD]

[SUDOKU]

[7 LITTLE WORDS]

[CARTOONS]

[TWEETS OF THE WEEK]




Sports
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- Football alliance spans the Pacific
etc.