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Japan Times
JAPAN / Science & Health
Jun 27, 2017
Smokers make up less than 20% of Japan's population for first time, survey finds
Results seen as giving boost to health ministry's proposal to ban smoking in enclosed public spaces before the 2020 Games.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jun 21, 2017
Junior high students rip elementary English as 'useless': survey
Around half of junior high school students have called the English skills they acquired in elementary schools “useless,” according to recent findings by education services provider Benesse Holdings Inc.
JAPAN / Society
May 29, 2017
Nearly half of foster care facilities accept LGBT children: survey
Nearly half of the foster care facilities in Japan say they have accepted children believed to be lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender, according to a survey by a lobby for same-sex foster parents.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Science & Health
May 17, 2017
Continuing streak, Japan leads world in life expectancy, WHO report says
People in Japan continue to outlive those in other countries, marking the world's longest average life expectancy of 83.7 years, according to the latest World Health Organization report released Wednesday.
JAPAN
May 6, 2017
Court-ordered child custody suspensions jump to new record in 2016
Tally shows family courts suspended parental custody to prevent abuse in 83 cases last year.
JAPAN
May 5, 2017
Most nonregular workers ignorant of new labor rule allowing for indefinite employment: survey
Most nonregular workers are unaware of a new rule that enables them to work until mandatory retirement age after spending five years at the same company, an online survey has shown.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 30, 2017
Japanese sharply divided over revising Article 9 amid regional security threats, poll finds
A survey finds supporters slightly outnumber opponents over whether to amend Japan's war-renouncing Article 9 of the Constitution.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 20, 2017
Efforts underway to better support foreign nationals in times of disaster
Efforts are underway by local governments across the nation to support non-Japanese in times of natural disaster as the number of foreign nationals living in Japan continues to grow.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 19, 2017
Japan's 15-year-olds struggle with life satisfaction, OECD survey finds
In the Program for International Student Assessment (PISA), Japan ranked No. 42 among 47 participating countries or regions in “students' satisfaction with life.”
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 13, 2017
Aspiring Tsuruga's tourism drive hindered by nuclear image
Officials in Tsuruga, Fukui Prefecture, attempting to promote their city as a tourist destination, received a rude shock recently when a survey showed its image was less one of natural beauty and fresh seafood and more one of being a center for nuclear power.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Apr 10, 2017
Intrafamily crime a reflection of Japan's aging society
More than a third of the murders, attempted murders and fatal assaults involving members of the same family in 2014 were motivated by “fear of the future.”
LIFE / Language / NEWS IN NIHONGO
Apr 10, 2017
1 in 4 Japanese remain unmarried until age 50
Nearly 1 in 4 men and 1 in 7 women had remained unmarried, in a sign that people in Japan are increasingly hesitant to tie the knot.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 5, 2017
1 in 4 men, 1 in 7 women in Japan still unmarried at age 50: report
Nearly 1 in 4 men and 1 in 7 women in Japan were yet to be married at age 50 in 2015 in a clear sign that Japanese are increasingly shying away from tying the knot, a government report has showed.
JAPAN
Apr 2, 2017
60% of new utilities object to helping pay Fukushima compensation
A survey finds over 60 percent of the major companies entering the electric power industry object to a plan to have them shoulder some compensation costs related to the Fukushima disaster.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 31, 2017
Japan's foreign residents offer up insights in unprecedented survey on discrimination
Bigoted comments and business policies appear at the top of the list as Japan releases its first nationwide survey on discrimination.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society
Mar 1, 2017
Graying public housing population grows in quake-hit northeast
A Kyodo News survey shows a growing number of elderly people living in the areas most affected by the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake have turned to public housing since the disaster.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society
Feb 24, 2017
20% of Tokyo's children from impoverished households: survey
A fifth of the children in the capital are from households in dire financial straits struggling to survive, a survey finds.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society
Feb 23, 2017
Lack of parental consent preventing hundreds of orphans from being adopted, survey finds
Nearly 300 orphans in Japan could not be put up for adoption over the past two years because their parents' consent could not be obtained, the welfare ministry says.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 20, 2017
Redefining Japan's 'seniors' to older age may free up still agile workforce
When do you become a senior citizen?
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 19, 2017
Japanese offer mixed views of foreign health care
Japanese people who have received medical care overseas have mixed views of other countries' health systems, according to an online straw poll conducted by The Japan Times.

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Historically, kabuki was considered the entertainment of the merchant and peasant classes, a far cry from how it is regarded today.
For Japan's oldest kabuki theater, the show must go on