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JAPAN

Jun 17, 2005

Imperial Couple's Saipan visit may inflame regional disputes

Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko will visit Saipan from June 27 to 28 to fulfill part of their long-held wish to pay homage to victims at sites where Japan fought the United States during World War II.

JAPAN

Jan 6, 2005

Efforts under way to stem abuse of elderly

While Japan's aging population is usually talked of in terms of rising welfare expenditures and the financial burden it will impose on future generations, recently a new problem has emerged: abuse of the elderly.

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JAPAN

Aug 28, 2004

NGO fostering Afghan female literacy

Studying was the last thing most women in Afghanistan spent time on until a couple years ago, after the Taliban regime was ousted. But now they have a chance to become literate, and a Japanese nongovernmental organization is helping.

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JAPAN

Aug 11, 2004

Antinuclear plea the stuff of lip service

People in Hiroshima and Nagasaki once again called for the total elimination of nuclear arms at this year's memorial services marking the 59th anniversary of the 1945 U.S. atomic bombings of their cities.

JAPAN

Aug 5, 2004

A-bomb survivors abroad get help at snail's pace

The government has come under growing pressure to be more flexible in supporting foreign survivors of the August 1945 U.S. atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The government began in 2001 to study how to treat survivors living abroad as most of them had been unable to benefit from Japanese relief measures. Authorities have mapped out programs to medically or financially support them, but in many cases not aggressively so.

JAPAN

Apr 15, 2004

Sexually abused kids suffering in silence

The girl remained silent for four years before telling her mother that she had been sexually abused by her stepfather since she was 10 years old. But her mother refused to believe what she claimed.

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JAPAN

Oct 31, 2003

Sex scandal to be Yamasaki's electoral undoing?

No one is admitting it yet, but there is a definite sense of crisis looming in Taku Yamasaki's district office that a sex scandal may cause the Liberal Democratic Party veteran to lose the seat he has held for more than three decades.

JAPAN

Jul 24, 2003

Rail staff taking passenger violence on chin

A drunken man gets up from his train seat and suddenly decks a railway employee, whose only offense was to wake him up at the end of the line.

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JAPAN

Apr 5, 2003

North Korea hiding health crisis: UNICEF doctor

About 8 percent of North Korean children are suffering from acute malnutrition, according to Danielle Deboutte, a Belgian physician and health project officer with UNICEF's office in Pyongyang.

JAPAN

Mar 20, 2003

Japan urged to train more aid workers for Asia

Japan is being encouraged to move away from its much- maligned approach of handing out cash for refugee relief and to instead deal with the shortage of trained aid workers in Asia. A three-week international training program for relief workers is being held in Fukuoka Prefecture in a bid to cope with the steadily increasing number of asylum seekers in Asia.

JAPAN

Nov 14, 2002

Health expert seeks fresh approach to refugee aid

Dr. Etsuko Kita doesn't hesitate to respond when asked what is lacking in Japan's assistance to the Third World -- understanding and confidence. Kita, 63, a pediatrician and public health specialist, has worked to help Afghan refugees as part of UNICEF.

JAPAN

Aug 30, 2001

Sea balance argument used by scientist to justify whale killing

Arguing that whales consume several times more fish than humans and that their growing population runs the risk of tilting the delicate balance of the marine ecosystem, professor and food scientist Kohmei Wani is leading a grassroots push for the relaxation of worldwide bans on whaling. The president of the Association for the Preservation of Food Custom through Sustainable Whaling in Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi Prefecture, argues the International Whaling Commission needs to recognize the benefits of Japan's research whaling and long history of harvesting and eating whales.

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

When trying to trace your lineage in Japan, the "koseki" is the most important form of document you'll encounter.

Climbing the branches of a Japanese family tree

By Alex K.T. Martin

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