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South African cricket legend Jacques Kallis plays a shot during the final day of a cricket test match against India in Johannesburg in December 2013.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Who is cricket¡¯s Shohei Ohtani?
By Salil Tripathi
A better question might be: Does cricket need its own Shohei?
A nuclear bomb test at Bikini Atoll and Enewetak in June 1956. Such tests are best conceptualized as environmental disasters with consequences that are still felt today, particularly in Oceania and Central Asia.
COMMENTARY / World
Nuclear tests and a legacy of harm in the Asia-Pacific
By Maxime Polleri
Understanding former nuclear experiments as ¡°tests¡± is highly misleading, as each atomic explosion has released a tremendous quantity of long-lasting radioactive pollutants.
Ramen is a versatile global dish, ranging from traditional tonkotsu broth to innovative mazemen and whole-grain noodles, enjoyed for its endless variations and worldwide appeal.
COMMENTARY / Japan
How Japanese does that bowl of ramen need to be?
By Howard Chua-Eoan
Ramen purist argue about what¡¯s orthodox and what¡¯s allowable, while cooks who love to experiment and improvise push those boundaries.

Japan

South African cricket legend Jacques Kallis plays a shot during the final day of a cricket test match against India in Johannesburg in December 2013.
Japan
Who is cricket¡¯s Shohei Ohtani?
By Salil Tripathi
A better question might be: Does cricket need its own Shohei?
Japan
How Japanese does that bowl of ramen need to be?
By Howard Chua-Eoan
Japan
A beloved Tokyo penguin¡¯s end presages Suica¡¯s shift to payments giant
By Gearoid Reidy
Japan
How Takaichi can make 'Abenomics 2.0' succeed
By Jesper Koll
Japan
How Takaichi should navigate Beijing¡¯s diplomatic threats
By Stephen R. Nagy
Japan
Takaichi and a shift in 'strategic ambiguity' over Taiwan
By Kuni Miyake
Japan
Japan should resist the temptation to go nuclear
By Henry Sokolski

World

Protesters in Makati City, Metro Manila, hold a rally over the Philippines' territorial disputes with China outside the Chinese Consulate in June 2015. ASEAN, despite five of its members claiming parts of the South China Sea, doesn¡¯t back Manila in its standoff with Beijing.
World
ASEAN hedges as the South China Sea bubbles over
By Brad Glosserman
One would think ASEAN, with five of its members claiming parts of the South China Sea, would support the Philippines¡¯ quest for a peaceful, legal resolution. You¡¯d be wrong.
World
What if the COVID-19 vaccine could save cancer patients too?
By Lisa Jarvis
World
How accurate are U.S. crime statistics?
By Justin Fox
World
How Taiwan¡¯s ¡®nonred¡¯ supply chain might work
By Akhil Ramesh
World
Can China catch up with the U.S. economically?
By Keun Lee
World
Continued purges by Xi reveal his insecurity
By Brahma Chellaney
World
Venus Williams exposed all that's wrong with U.S. health insurance
By Kathryn A. Edwards
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At Ginza¡¯s newest hotel, luxury is a private treasure
At Fufu Tokyo, each guest room comes with its own private "onsen" (hot spring) ¡ª a luxury nearly unheard of in the heart of Tokyo's capital.
China warns citizens not to visit Japan as row over Taiwan heats up
Chinese tourists wear kimonos as they visit Sensoji temple in Tokyo's Asakusa district on Saturday.
From France to Mali, a deportee's struggle far from home
Moussa Sacko, a Malian deported from France ¡ª where he had lived since he was a young child ¡ª stands on a street in Bamako, Mali, in December. Compared with his home in France, Bamako feels like a different planet, Sacko said.
Kyoto gets its own teamLab installation, the largest in Japan
Visitors wearing kimonos look at digital artwork at the newly opened teamLab Biovortex in Kyoto.
Ashfall warning issued in southern Japan as volcano erupts
View of Sakurajima from the mainland of Kagoshima Prefecture
Good fortune, wrapped in fried tofu
Golden "age-fukuburo," a culinary take on Japan's new year "lucky bags," can be served on their own.
Foreign Correspondents¡¯ Club of Japan celebrates 80 years at the forefront of press freedom
Located near the Imperial Palace, the Foreign Correspondents¡¯ Club of Japan prides itself on the accessibility of its events and the support it offers to budding and established journalists. The club is currently headed by Dan Sloan, a former reporter for Reuters.
The challenges awaiting Japan¡¯s new finance minister
Finance minister Satsuki Katayama answers questions from reporters in a group interview on Oct. 24.
At Ginza¡¯s newest hotel, luxury is a private treasure
At Fufu Tokyo, each guest room comes with its own private "onsen" (hot spring) ¡ª a luxury nearly unheard of in the heart of Tokyo's capital.
Japan fully enters sports streaming era as fans face new dilemmas
Sports fan Tadashi Yokoyama streams basketball and fencing on three screens.

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo¡¯s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo¡¯s ¡®stadium of desire¡¯

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An illustration features the Japanese signs for "ganbare" (good luck) and the Deaflympics, which will be held between Nov. 15 and 26.
A century of Deaf sport finds its moment in Tokyo
By Kathryn Wortley

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