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News from the Japan Times
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‘Kyoto Hippocrates’: A genial look at medicine’s early days in JapanAkira Ogata's warmhearted drama mixes medical history, culture clash and gentle humor into an enlightening look at modern medicine's beginnings.
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‘Cry Out’: Misery without meaningTakahisa Zeze's adaptation of a Kanae Minato novel revels a little too eagerly in the suffering it depicts.
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Japanese stocks steady near historic highs as tech and war weigh on sentimentThe Nikkei 225 stock average retreated from the record hit Thursday, clawing back some of the loss late in the day as companies started to release earnings reports.
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At the Venice Biennale, the anger isn’t about the artThe mass resignation of the Biennale jury over Israel's and Russia's participation was followed by protests. The art is getting drowned out in the controversy.
