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Can Shrinking Be Good for Japan? A Marxist Best Seller Makes the Case.

Kohei Saito says the country should seize this moment of demographic and economic challenge to reinvent itself through “degrowth communism.”

By Ben Dooley and Hisako Ueno

Japan Soccer Sweden Women's World Cup (Soccer)

Sweden Beats Japan to Reach Women’s World Cup Semifinals

Sweden, a perennial bridesmaid, followed up its elimination of the United States by holding off Japan, the last former winner in the field.

By Jere Longman

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Is Japan the Best Team Left in the World Cup?

Champions in 2011, the team returned to the final in the next tournament and then fell behind the world’s best teams. It’s back, and playing like a champion.

By Jere Longman

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Japan’s High School Baseball Tournament is the Sound of Summer

Created 75 years ago for the country’s prestigious high school baseball tournament, Yuji Koseki’s “The Crown Will Shine on You” stirs memories as it inspires new ones.

By Brad Lefton