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What to read in 2017
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Japan high school baseball looks to save pitchers
BASEBALL/ Otani taking ‘Sho-time’ to major leagues next season
Marines ask Iguchi to manage team
Fighters land rights to prized slugger Kotaro Kiyomiya
Dec.16
Crushing Win for Japan PM's Ruling Bloc Paves Way to Militarist Constitutional Reforms   Dec.9
The shadow of the Spanish civil war hangs over Catalonia
Donald Trump hails Asia trip as 'tremendous success' and declares: 'America is back'
  Dec.2
1) Saudi Arabia Is First Country to Give Citizenship to Robot
2) Sunshine Can Improve Cancer Odds
  Nov.25 
California’s Never-Ending Foie Gras Battle, Explained   Nov.18 
The U.S. leaves UNESCO, again
IS is defeated but not vanquished
  Nov.11
1)Xi Jinping’s brave new world
2)Xi enshrined as China’s leader
  Nov.4 
Prodigy rewrites Japanese-chess records at age 14
Shogi star Fujii's future looks bright despite end to winning streak
Emerging shogi prodigy Fujii seen as threat to top champion Habu
Oct.28
What’s So “Inscrutable” About Kazuo Ishiguro? Oct.21
What machines can tell from your face    Oct.14
Heartwood by James Lee Burke R Oct.7
Seniors May Be As Hooked to Smartphones As Their Grandkids Sep.30
Diana’s Legacy: A Reshaped Monarchy, a More Emotional U.K. Sep.23
Definition of happiness in Japan remains a mystery Sep.16
Hakuho’s place in pantheon of greats continues to grow
Hakuho's record-breaking 1,048 career wins worthy of praise
  Sep.9
Health Leaders Must Focus on the Threats From Factory Farms
Finding sites to bury high-level radioactive waste
  Sep.2 
Brexit Consequences: For UK, EU, and U.S. Aug.26
Trump threatens to unleash ‘fire and fury’ on North Korea as Pyongyang takes aim at Guam
Japan’s reluctance to adopt nuclear ban treaty angers hibakusha as Nagasaki marks A-bomb anniversary
Aug.19
Perseverance pays off for a homegrown sumo star
Sumo: Kisenosato pulls out of summer meet with lingering injuries
  Aug.12
1.The ever-changing story about Trump Jr.'s meeting -- what we know
2.Donald Trump Jr emails show Russia communication
  Aug.5 
Is Japan’s Top Politician Behind a Shameful Rape Cover-Up? July.29
1)Volvo’s electrifying decision
2)Bill Clinton and Angela Merkel pay respects to 'post-war giant' Helmut Kohl
July.22
Feasibility of Koike's Tsukiji market decision
Abe says he will work to regain public trust after Tokyo assembly election result
  July.15
Watch what you do and say: Broader ramifications of the new conspiracy law cause concern July.8
The Negotiator
Japan's delivery services are reaching their limits
July.1
The Reading Habits Of Highly Successful People
Why Steve Jobs Took it Slow: The Key to Making a Perfect Product
Jun.24
Why China is wrong to be furious about THAAD
Editorial: South Korean voters face sobering global realities
Jun.17
Nuclear war could come with a flub, not a bang
Sorry, You Can’t Speed Read
Jun.10
The real reason Japan’s emperor wants to abdicate   Jun.3 
A circular tale of changing food preferences
What any US president needs to know about Asia policy
  May.27 
Japan stays 72nd on press freedom list but falls to last in G-7
The Constitution turns 70
The Japantimes May.20
The loser in South Korea’s last presidential race has another go
The vote that could wreck the European Union 
  May.13
Japan suffers grand illusion prosperity   May.6
The Daily Beast: The Religious Cult Secretly Running Japan
The New York Times: Shinzo Abe Hurt by New Disclosures Over Ties to Extreme Right-Wing Group
(参考)不思議の国ニッポンのアリス
Apr.29
Three-time world champion Mao Asada announces retirement from figure skating
Hanyu’s legend continues to grow with latest masterpiece
  Apr.22
Lady Bird Johnson Apr.15
Clean energy’s dirty secret
Going, going, Ghosn
Apr.8
What is the world's greatest skyline?
10 of the world's most beautiful fountains.
The strange photographs used to prove conspiracy theoris.
Mar.25
1 Bill Gates: Bioterrorism could kill more than nuclear war - but no one is ready to deal with it
2 Language barriers are holding back global scientific research, study finds
Mar.18
1) Oliver Stone on Snowden relevance: 'The US government lies all the time'
2) Oliver Stone on Edward Snowden: "America Is Fed Bullshit and We Buy It"
The Gurdian : September 10, 2016
The Hollywood Reporter 9/7/2016
Mar.11
The President’s wild Weekend at Mar-a-Lago
Trump Golf Game gts special press box:a basement with blacked-out windows
Donald Trump seeks a grand bargain with Vladimir Putin
The Guardian 2017 Feb.13
The Guardian 2017 Feb.11
The Economist
Mar.4
Hiking in a Forest Born Out of Mount Fuji’s Lava The New York Times Feb.25 
Highest radiation reading since 3/11 detected at Fukushima No. 1 reactor
Greenpeace reports jump in radioactive contamination in Fukushima waterways
The Japan Times
The Japan Times
Feb.18 
Mikhail Gorbachev: 'It All Looks as if the World Is Preparing for War'
ASEAN and the worsening Rohingya crisis
Time, Jan 27, 2017
Japan Times, Feb 2, 2017
Feb.11
1.Emperor’s abdication highlights the inconvenience behind the country’s Imperial naming system
2.Killing of a Young Woman Grips Iceland
  Feb.4
What Americans can learn from other food cultures Jan.28
1) Energy policy needs overhaul
2) Meryl Streep's Golden Globes Speech
The Japan Times
The New York Times
Jan.21
1) Bones found in Goyet, Belgium, prove Neanderthals were cannibal
2) Hillary Clinton's concession speech-full transcript
The Japan Times
The Guardian
Jan.14
Scientists Looking for Life on Mars
Sunshine Can Improve Cancer Odds
Many Americans Travel to Other Countries for Medical Care
Jan.7

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