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Koichi Tsujimura
For Koichi Tsujimura's latest contributions to The Japan Times, see below:
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 25, 2014
Programs underway to increase use of AEDs in Japan
Programs are underway throughout the country to train ordinary people to use automated external defibrillators, or AEDs, to help heart attack victims.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 15, 2014
More dads bonding with their kids
A growing number of Japanese men nowadays can be seen taking part in community events with their children, an extended trend of a recent movement in which more men are becoming actively involved in child raising.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 22, 2014
For baby boomers, return to nature emerges as alternative burial option
Toshiko Eguchi pays her respects to her late husband under a cherry tree, instead of kneeling before a gravestone.
JAPAN
Jan 7, 2014
'Neets' band together to up esteem
Some 170 "neets" have jointly established a company, hoping to defy the social view of them as underdogs.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Nov 28, 2013
Sharing working spaces and ideas, members chase new opportunities
Membership co-working spaces are increasing, creating opportunities for users to think of new ideas and expand their business activities through encounters with each other.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 16, 2013
Pick peaks within your ability, climbers urged
Now that it's summer climbing season, police and rescue teams are urging potential climbers to choose mountains and routes appropriate for their ability and strength amid an increase in mountain accidents.
Japan Times
JAPAN
May 12, 2013
'Share houses' growing on purpose
While the use of "share houses," where people with no connections with each other live together, are on the rise in Japan, dwellings occupied by people with a common purpose are also drawing attention.
JAPAN
Oct 20, 2001
Nagasaki island coal mine's closure set to leave employees high and dry
On the small island of Ikeshima in Nagasaki Prefecture, coal mining facilities dot the landscape, testimony to the area's heavy reliance on the Ikeshima Mine and a reminder of the devastating effect its closure will have on the local population. The biggest problem confronting the island is finding employment for the 600 workers who will hit the unemployment line when the mine closes at the end of November after being in operation since 1959.

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High-end tourism is becoming more about the kinds of experiences that Japan's lesser-known places can provide.
Can Japan lure the jet-set class off the beaten path?