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Spouse-seeking market saturated with fraud

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The pitfalls littering the road to marriage are deep, wide, many and costly. Watch your step, warns Spa (March 12). Social life is not what it used to be. For some, increasingly numerous, life is hardly social at all. Personal fulfillment that takes no account of others is an increasingly… Read

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Sumo showdown: Will this be Miyagino's last stand?

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On February 23, the Japan Sumo Association announced that Hokuseiho, a 22-year-old wrestler from Mongolia belonging to the Miyagino stable, would retire from the sport due to numerous allegations of mistreatment of lower-ranked members at his stable. Hokuseiho joined the rolls of high-ranked Mongolian grapplers forced out of sumo due… Read

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How to enjoy living alone – it's the coming thing for many of us

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She grew up in a big lively happy family and yearned for an attic. Happy and lively herself, she loved her parents and brothers and sisters, took active part in family amusements – but solitude called her, and as soon as she was old enough she answered the call. Does… Read

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'Moshi-Tora' speculates on how Trump's election might impact Japan's economy

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In Japan's print media, the possibility of former U.S. president Donald J. Trump's election this coming November has been handily encapsulated into four syllables: Moshi-Tora, literally meaning "if Trump." The expression has a built-in expiration date of November 6, 2024, being the date (Japan standard time) on which it will… Read

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Don't let it bug you - how not to worry

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(Second of two parts) Worry is nothing to worry about, really. You can use your brain to train your brain, writes neurologist Toshinori Kato in President magazine (March 1) – if not not to worry at all, at least to worry productively, generating solutions and action plans instead of the… Read

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Magazine frets over 'prestigious' university's alleged plans for a 'China School' on campus

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Use of "prestigious," when applied to educational institutions in Japan (from K-12 to university), has probably been done to death. But there's one school that few would deny warrants the term: Gakushuin. Previously referred to in English as the "Peers School," Gakushuin, located in Tokyo's Toshima Ward, may not rank… Read

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Don't let it bug you - how not to worry

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First of two parts Why worry? It’s stupid, pointless, distracting. Worry feeds on the joy of life, leaving us weary and dispirited. “Worry is 90 percent misunderstanding,” says President (March 1). Really? A glance at the state of the world shows plenty to worry about: war, warming, aging, democracy threatened,… Read

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Big-spending foreign visitors seek authenticity, experiences over shopping expeditions

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February tends to be a slow month for leisure travel in most of the northern hemisphere, with one major exception: China. From around Feb 10, the first day of the 2024 Lunar New Year, huge numbers of Chinese embarked on mass migration, both within their own borders and for travel… Read

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Middle-age homeless sleeping in cars or cafes due to soaring cost of living

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Two years ago he was a dentist. Today he’s homeless. It can happen to anyone and it happens to many, says Spa (Feb 13-20), making its point with some sad case histories. Anything can happen, and much does. There are many cracks to fall through, and it’s a long way… Read

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Crooked restaurants caught overcharging customers, serving mislabelled meat

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Identity theft of businesses is not entirely unknown, but one particularly brazen activity became known recently when police announced a bust in Kabukicho district of Shinjuku in Tokyo. As reported in Nikkan Gendai (Feb 1), Tokyo metropolitan police arrested Kenji Takahashi, age 58, a Chinese national named Zhang Peng, age… Read

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