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Scott Dixon
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JAPAN
Dec 9, 2015
Role models needed for Abe's 'womenomics' to work: panel
Japanese women need more visible female role models in the workplace to reach Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's "womenomics" target of having 30 percent of leadership positions in Japan held by women by 2020, a panel of female business leaders said recently in New York.
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JAPAN
Aug 24, 2014
Japanese companies ride U.S. light rail boom
Despite America's reputation for relying solely on automobiles to get around, major metropolitan areas across the country are increasingly turning to light rail as a way to transport commuters, relieve congestion and reduce air pollution, with some agencies using Japanese rail cars.
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BUSINESS / Economy
Aug 2, 2014
Texas to get shinkansen system
A privately funded group in Texas is aiming to build a shinkansen line between Dallas and Houston by 2021 with help from JR Tokai.
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JAPAN
Sep 25, 2013
Translator channels poet Miyazawa
When author and translator Roger Pulvers first arrived in Japan in 1967, he could not read or write the language and asked a friend to recommend "the most beautiful Japanese" literature.
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JAPAN
Jan 19, 2012
Haiku a day helps you work, rest, play
In the 1920s, Tokyo high school student Hideichi Oshiro was moved by a haiku by Edo Period poet Matsuo Basho describing the subtle beauty of a wildflower he had come across during a walk in the mountains.
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JAPAN
Apr 2, 2011
Boston doctor joins volunteers
BOSTON — Within days of the March 11 catastrophe, N. Stuart Harris, a doctor at Boston's Massachusetts General Hospital, found himself in the back of an ambulance heading north overnight from Tokyo to hard-hit Kesennuma in Miyagi Prefecture on a five-day volunteer relief trip.
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JAPAN
Mar 20, 2011
Fukushima crisis recalls Three Mile Island
CAMP HILL, Pa. — For residents near Three Mile Island, a nuclear power plant along the Susquehanna River in central Pennsylvania, images of workers at the Fukushima No. 1 facility trigger reminders of their own traumatic experiences in 1979.
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BUSINESS
Dec 17, 2010
JFK-Haneda route 'great' for partner JAL, American Airlines chief says
NEW YORK — After winning an aggressive battle with Delta Air Lines Inc. over lucrative trans-Pacific routes, American Airlines Inc. President Tom Horton is enthusiastic about the opening of a new flight from New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport to Tokyo's Haneda airport on Jan. 20.
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JAPAN
Nov 5, 2010
Book delves into baseball's spirit world
NEW YORK — Koshien Stadium is home to one of Japan's most sacred traditions: the annual high school baseball tournament.
'So hot you can't breathe': Extreme heat hits the Philippines
A pedestrian cools himself with a folding hand fan as he waits for a ride along a road in Manila on Wednesday, as extreme heat hit the Philippines.
Over 40% of Japan's municipalities at risk of vanishing, study finds
Of 1,729 local municipalities nationwide, 744 have been identified as being at risk of disappearing.
Princess Aiko makes debut at imperial garden party
Princess Aiko attends an imperial garden party in Tokyo on Tuesday.
'Sugar Baby Riri' gets nine-year prison term over romance scam
Mai Watanabe, who went by the moniker “Sugar Baby Riri,” dated older men and swindled them out of money by telling them fictitious heartbreaking stories about herself to gain their sympathy.
Japan's former PM Aso meets Trump for talks on security and economy
Former U.S. President Donald Trump and Taro Aso, vice president of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party, in New York on Tuesday. The Japanese government’s top spokesman on Wednesday played down the meeting as one conducted "in the capacity of one lawmaker" and “without the government’s involvement.”
For amateur sumo, a fresh start offers hope against time-wasting and gamesmanship
Wrestlers prepare for the start of a bout at the 2023 Sumo World Championships in Tokyo. Starting this month, placing one hand on the clay first is no longer allowed.
LDP veteran Nikai's youngest son expected to succeed him in Wakayama
Toshihiro Nikai, former secretary-general of the Liberal Democratic Party, announced in March that he would not run in the next Lower House election to take responsibility for the political funds scandal that rocked his party and his own faction.
New workers name Shohei Ohtani as 'dream boss' for two years running
Shohei Ohtani has been overwhelmingly voted as the “dream boss” for people who started working in April, according to a survey.
A craft beer crawl through Tokyo’s top bars, brewpubs and dives
If all you drink is Asahi, Sapporo and Kirin, you're depriving yourself of some of the best craft beer Tokyo has to offer — and there sure is a lot of it out there.
'Sugar Baby Riri' gets nine-year prison term over romance scam
Mai Watanabe, who went by the moniker “Sugar Baby Riri,” dated older men and swindled them out of money by telling them fictitious heartbreaking stories about herself to gain their sympathy.

Podcast

From easily navigable train stations to the helpfulness of its municipal staff, Tokyo has earned high praise for its commitment to accessibility for disabled travelers.
[Rebroadcast] Japan is doing better on accessibility than you may think

Longform

Later this month, author Shogo Imamura will open Honmaru, a bookstore that allows other businesses to rent its shelves. It's part of a wave of ideas Japanese booksellers are trying to compete with online spaces.
The story isn't over for Japan's bookstores
By Alex K.T. Martin

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