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Biden expected to block Japanese bid for US Steel
Speed Read The president is blocking the $14 billion acquisition of U.S. Steel by Japan's Nippon Steel, citing national security concerns
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Amanemu: an ultra-luxury onsen retreat in Japan's Ise-Shima National Park
The Week Recommends Soak in blissful private solitude among pine-cloaked hills and steamy hot springs
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How to celebrate New Year's Eve globally without having to leave home
The Week Recommends Stock up on grapes and (safely) set a scarecrow on fire
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Honda and Nissan in merger talks
Speed Read The companies are currently Japan's second and third-biggest automakers, respectively
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Stay sharp with the country's best knife shops
The Week Recommends A dull knife is a kitchen's worst nightmare
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Japan's ruling LDP loses majority in snap election
Speed Read Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba's ruling party lost in Sunday's parliamentary election
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How the Nobel Peace Prize is chosen
The Explainer This year's prize has gone to survivors of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings
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The Japanese villages where time stood still
The Week Recommends Up to 200 villagers cooperate to thatch a roof in a single day, preserving this beautiful tradition
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Can Japan's new prime minister govern effectively?
In the Spotlight A 'popular gadfly' gets the top job
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Japan's ruling party picks next prime minister
Speed Read Former Defense Minister Shigeru Ishiba is on track to succeed outgoing Prime Minister Fumio Kishida
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8 bars to hunker down in during the fall season
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The rise of Japanese whisky
The Week Recommends Japanese distillers are giving Scotch a run for its money
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The Week Unwrapped: Are we in the Mattel Cinematic Universe?
Podcast Plus can Japan crack its demographic crisis, and what does national debt actually mean?
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'Farmland has declined under both parties'
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