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class="title"><a href="/web/20160505035637/http://asia.nikkei.com/Life-Arts/Arts/The-ever-evolving-career-of-fashion-designer-Issey-Miyake">The ever-evolving career of fashion designer Issey Miyake</a></h2> <p>TOKYO -- Fashion designer Issey Miyake has made a career out of combining traditional craftsmanship with new technology, with innovative and often surprising results. 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Director Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy became the first ...</p> </li> <li> <h3 class="title"><a href="/web/20160505035637/http://asia.nikkei.com/Life-Arts/Arts/In-China-coffee-is-a-brewing-success">In China, coffee is a brewing success</a></h3> <p>SHANGHAI -- In the end, Tinker Bell won over a butterfly, a rabbit, a sheep and a monkey. 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