Economy | ANALYSIS
Households to take hit from tax hike
by Tomoko Otake
The consumption tax increase will hit every household in Japan hard, with many people’s financial future hanging on whether their wages rise enough to offset the hike's impact.
History Sep 20, 2013
Pearl Harbor to show A-bomb girl's origami
by Audrey Mcavoy
A small origami crane folded by Sadako Sasaki, who died of leukemia at age 12 after the United States A-bombed her hometown of Hiroshima, will go on display Saturday in Pearl Harbor, where Japan’s surprise attack in 1941 put the two nations at war. ...
National Sep 17, 2013
Singer brings peace message to U.N.
by Seana K. Magee
As pop star turned activist Shinji Harada performs around the world, including at a special United Nations concert this month in New York, he is reminded of the importance his hometown of Hiroshima plays as the nexus of a global peace movement 68 years ...
Lifestyle Sep 9, 2013
Renovating business and hope in Onomichi
by Tomoko Otake
The city of Onomichi in the southeastern part of Hiroshima Prefecture, which looks out to the Seto Inland Sea, has a rich and long tradition as a hub of trade. During the Edo Period (1603-1867), it prospered as a key docking point for domestic ...
Business Sep 4, 2013
Mazda develops system to halt car-streetcar collisions
Mazda Motor Corp. and its research partners have jointly developed a sensor-based “intelligent transport system” to enable cars to avoid collisions with streetcars even in poor visibility. The carmaker will start trials on public roads of the system, which employs sensors and wireless data ...
National Aug 26, 2013
Matsue drops request to curb student access to A-bomb manga
The Matsue education board decided Monday to retract its request to limit student access to the comic book “Hadashi no Gen” (“Barefoot Gen”) amid reports that sales of manga are soaring. The board in the capital of Shimane Prefecture, had urged municipal elementary and ...
National Aug 22, 2013
Don't curb 'Barefoot Gen': Matsue principals
After the Matsue board of education caused a stir last week by restricting student access to an iconic manga about the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing of Hiroshima and other wartime cruelties, it said Thursday that 44 of 49 school principals polled in the city ...
Reference | Q&A Aug 21, 2013
'Barefoot Gen' pulled as anti-war images strike too close to home?
by Jun Hongo
The decision by the board of education of Matsue, Shimane Prefecture, to limit students’ access to the manga series “Hadashi no Gen” (“Barefoot Gen”) at school libraries continues to cause a stir. While some support the move, others say it disrespects the best-selling anti-war ...
National Aug 21, 2013
Hiroshima, Nagasaki warn Obama on plutonium tests
The mayors of Hiroshima and Nagasaki separately sent letters of protest to President Barack Obama on Tuesday after the United States revealed it had conducted an experiment using plutonium to examine the capabilities of nuclear weapons between April and June. “I just can’t stop ...
Corporate Aug 19, 2013
A-bomb museum items on Google
Internet search giant Google Inc. unveiled Monday an online collection of items displayed at museums in Hiroshima and Nagasaki documenting the 1945 U.S. atomic bombings. It is the first time Japanese facilities have been featured on Google’s Cultural Institute multimedia site, which provides the ...
National Aug 13, 2013
Artist raises awareness of tragedy through video display in Bosnian town
by Yasuomi Sawa
Artist Saeri Kiritani decided to take part in an exhibition at a nuclear shelter in Bosnia-Herzegovina as she believes it is her responsibility, as a national of the only country to ever come under atomic attack, to raise global awareness of the tragedies that ...
National Aug 13, 2013
Hiroshima history, horror ingrained: ex-reporter
by Takuma Obinata
Mona Nakanishi, a TV celebrity from Onomichi, Hiroshima Prefecture, believed until she moved to Tokyo that children across Japan came to school every Aug. 6 to offer prayers for victims of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima. The 37-year-old ex-news anchorwoman, formerly known as Mona ...
National | Focus Aug 10, 2013
A-bombed cities don't buy Abe vow
by Mai Iida
Is Prime Minister Shinzo Abe truly willing to play an active role in ridding the world of nuclear arms? That was the question posed by atomic bomb survivors, mayors and peace activists at a series of events Tuesday and Friday commemorating the 68th anniversary ...