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Japan Times
JAPAN / Science & Health
Dec 12, 2019
With a population under a dozen, Okinawa dugongs labeled 'critically endangered' by IUCN
The International Union for Conservation of Nature has updated its Red List of Threatened Species, moving the dugong that dwell in waters off Okinawa Prefecture to the critically endangered category and putting it a step away from extinction.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Sep 23, 2019
Galvanized Arab voters display their newfound influence in Israeli politics
Israel's long-marginalized Arab minority is throwing around its newfound weight.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 9, 2017
Uniqlo chief Yanai makes 2017 Asia Game Changers list, praised for 'making philanthropy fashionable'
Asia Society, a New York-based international exchange group, announced its 2017 list of Asia Game Changers on Tuesday, including Tadashi Yanai, founder of Fast Retailing Co., which runs the Uniqlo clothing store chain around the globe.
JAPAN
Mar 27, 2017
Wage hike won't fix staff shortfall at day care centers: survey
About 70 percent of municipal governments see few prospects for labor shortages improving at day care centers because teachers and other staff will remain underpaid even after a wage hike planned for April, a Kyodo News survey found Monday.
JAPAN / Society
Apr 27, 2016
Nursery staff face 4% pay rise next year; long-termers offered incentives to stay
Staff at children's day care centers may receive pay rises of around 4 percent as the government tries to tackle long waiting lists at such facilities and unhappiness in the profession. The hike, which represents an additional ¥12,000 per month, is planned for fiscal 2017.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 4, 2016
Japan to withdraw bid for World Heritage listing of Nagasaki, Kumamoto sites: sources
The government is set to retract its recommendation to UNESCO that a slew of churches and other Christian sites in southwestern Japan be listed as World Heritage sites after the international body found fault in its bid, government sources said Thursday.
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle
Nov 21, 2015
There's no time like the Christmas present
It may not be a traditional custom in Japan, but Christmas gift-giving is always played up by shopping malls here. If you're finding it all a bit overwhelming but still looking for something special, our writers are here to help with a few ideas that they think will make perfect gifts for your friends, relatives or even yourself.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Nov 19, 2015
IUCN Red List of threatened species includes ocean sunfish
The International Union for Conservation of Nature unveiled an updated Red List of species at risk of extinction on Thursday that includes the ocean sunfish, which are popular in aquariums in Japan and elsewhere.
JAPAN / History
May 6, 2015
Tokyo, Seoul to discuss Japan's contentious World Heritage listing issue: report
South Korea is expected to discuss with Japan later this month the proposed UNESCO World Heritage listing of some Japanese industrial sites that Seoul opposes, considering them a legacy of Tokyo's wartime practice of conscripting Koreans for forced labor, a media report said Tuesday.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jan 9, 2015
Cuba frees two more political prisoners, dissidents say
Cuba freed two more inmates, dissidents said on Thursday, as Havana began to release 53 people the United States considers political prisoners, as part of an agreement between the two nations aimed at ending decades of hostility.
WORLD
Dec 12, 2014
French forces in Mali kill Islamist on U.S. wanted list
French forces in northern Mali have killed a senior commander of the al Mourabitoun Islamist group who was wanted by the United States, a defencs ministry spokesman said on Thursday.
JAPAN
Oct 27, 2014
Eel researcher writes children's book about a species facing extinction
A 35-year-old researcher who fears the Japanese eel may soon be extinct has produced a picture book to get children to see them not just as food but as a threatened species.
JAPAN
Oct 24, 2014
North Korea has list of Japanese residents: sources
North Korea has compiled a list of Japanese nationals who remained there after the end of World War II, and of the Japanese wives of pro-Pyongyang Korean residents of Japan who moved to the North under a 1959-1984 repatriation project, sources say.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jul 25, 2014
Suspect believed sold stolen Benesse data to several name-list firms
A Tokyo systems engineer who was arrested last week on suspicion of stealing data from Benesse Corp. reportedly told investigators that he sold the data to several name-list traders, it was learned Friday.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jul 13, 2014
Benesse theft traced to temp worker ID at database managing firm
Customer information apparently stolen from a group company of Benesse Holdings Inc., Japan's largest provider of correspondence education for children, was taken using the ID of a contractor, company sources said.
JAPAN
Jul 10, 2014
North Korea list of Japanese abductees contains some 30 names: report
North Korea has given Japan a list of some 30 missing Japanese still living in the country, the Nikkei daily reported Thursday, citing sources — three times as many names as the paper reported a week ago.
EDITORIALS
Jun 26, 2014
Old silk mill gains new importance
Gunma Prefecture's Tomioka Silk Mill, which UNESCO has decided to add to the World Cultural Heritage List, symbolizes 19th-century Japan's efforts to become a member of the industrialized world.
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 2, 2013
China girds to open sectors to foreign investors
It appears that China's leaders are cautiously preparing to let foreign investors enter any industry other than those on a 'negative list.'
JAPAN
Jun 5, 2013
Japan decides to drop Kamakura's World Heritage bid
The government decided Tuesday to drop its effort to get the ancient city of Kamakura on the World Heritage list after UNESCO rejected the latest request.
Japan Times
ENVIRONMENT
Feb 2, 2013
Ministry officially classifies Japanese eel as species at risk of extinction
The Environment Ministry on Friday designated the Japanese eel as a species at risk of extinction on its red list of endangered freshwater and brackish water fish, although the move is not legally binding.

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