Japan's latest strategy review names the growing threats it faces

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A new Japanese strategic review focuses more on the growing regional threats it faces, bolstering the need for heightened military spending.
A new Japanese strategic review focuses more on the growing regional threats it faces, bolstering the need for heightened military spending.

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I went on a go-kart tour in Tokyo for $125. Driving around famous streets in tiny cars was an incredible way to see the city.

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Author José R. Mendoza smiling in a bear costume
Exploring Tokyo by go-kart was thrilling and incredible.

José R. Mendoza

The deadliest V-22 crash in Air Force history caused by 'catastrophic' gearbox failure and crew's 'lack of urgency,' a probe found

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The V-22 Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft flies near near an airbase in Kanagawa.
The V-22 Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft flies near near an airbase in Kanagawa.

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Two luxury companies are selling big to Japanese buyers, not just to tourists taking advantage of the cheaper yen

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Prada Group saw a jump in Japan's sales from local customers, amid a spike in Chinese tourist luxury sales.

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Forget Mount Fuji. Here are 5 underrated day trips to take from Tokyo, according to a Japanese local.

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A man poses with Mount Fuji in the background.
Mount Fuji is a popular day trip to make from Tokyo, but tourists can also consider taking alternatives.

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The best Japanese cities to visit, according to someone who's traveled there 11 times — and Tokyo's not one of them

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Travel blogger Grace Cheng, wearing a black dress and facing a Japanese city, stands on a balcony looking toward buildings.
Grace Cheng says there are different destinations outside Tokyo that offer authentic experiences of Japan.

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Asia's governments think people not having sex or dating may be tanking their birth rates. That's not the full picture.

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Hospital staff attending to new born babies in the nursery ward of the Hospital in Misato city, Saitama prefecture on February 1, 2014.
Cities like Tokyo and Seoul have turned to radical ideas like launching a dating app and giving people money to reverse their vasectomies in order to bolster their declining birth rates.

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Japan has figured out how to build a better dating app

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Illustration of Cupid with Mayoral sash.
Could the US government bring some much-needed innovation to dating?

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Japan is fast becoming the hottest market for luxury brands

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people queuing outside the Dior store in Tokyo
Tourists are flocking to Japan to take advantage of its currency downturn, buying luxury goods for less.

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In a Taiwan war, the US could find itself fighting China without its top allies

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The US may be forced to confront a Chinese invasion of Taiwan without the forces of top allies like Japan.
The US may be forced to confront a Chinese invasion of Taiwan without the forces of top allies like Japan.

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