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Kazuaki Nagata
JAPAN
Mar 15, 2008
Absentee ballots easy to use: U.S. voting promoter
With the primaries continuing, it is important that Americans living abroad learn how to cast absentee ballots if they want to play a role in electing the next U.S. president in November, Polli Brunelli, director of the Federal Voting Assistance Program, said Friday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 11, 2008
Witness recalls day of Nagai shooting
Photojournalist Adrees Latif, who took pictures of Japanese video journalist Kenji Nagai after he was gunned down last year in Myanmar by a junta soldier during a crackdown on demonstrators, on Monday recounted events leading up to the killing.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 10, 2008
Foreign workers rally in Shibuya for equal rights
Foreign workers staged a rally in Shibuya Ward, Tokyo, on Sunday as part of their annual spring labor offensive, calling for proper and equal treatment on par with Japanese working conditions.
Japan Times
LIFE / COSPLAY CULTURE
Mar 9, 2008
School offers costume-play way to 'cool' English
Learning a foreign language is never easy, and for many it can even be a painful process.
JAPAN
Mar 8, 2008
Overseas citizens' groups prepare G8 strategy
As the Group of Eight summit approaches in July, leaders of overseas citizens' groups got together Friday in Tokyo to prepare countermeasures for the upcoming annual meeting of the major developed countries near Lake Toya, Hokkaido.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 1, 2008
Second Harvest gives YMCA school kids food for thought
If you're getting enough food to eat each day, consider yourself lucky. Many others, even in wealthy countries like Japan, routinely go hungry.
Japan Times
JAPAN / EXPLAINER
Feb 26, 2008
Japan needs imports to keep itself fed
After a spate of food mislabeling frauds and the recent scare over pesticide-laced "gyoza" dumplings imported from China, consumers are perhaps more conscious than ever of the origin of what they eat. Many routinely check the origins of the foods they buy, especially imported products, which Japan relies...
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 11, 2008
Sweets makers using more than chocolate to woo
Valentine's Day, whose star product is chocolate, is no longer a business opportunity for Western-style producers only.
JAPAN
Feb 8, 2008
Immigration-abuse suit is dismissed by court
The Tokyo District Court dismissed a lawsuit Thursday filed by three foreigners who demanded ¥31.66 million in combined compensation from the government for physical abuse, emotional suffering and medical neglect allegedly inflicted at the hands of immigration officials.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 7, 2008
Japanese slurping up U.S. chef's ramen
Tucked away in a quiet shopping district in Setagaya Ward, Tokyo, an American is fulfilling an unlikely ambition.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 1, 2008
Give a guy a mike to proclaim his love
The power of love seemed to prevail over the chilly, windy weather as dozens of men shouted out to express their love for their special ones Thursday evening at Hibiya Park in Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 1, 2008
Food-inspection system has many holes
Food inspectors and consumers on Thursday questioned the effectiveness of food importing regulations after large amounts of organophosphate in frozen "gyoza" dumplings made in China were blamed for sickening scores of people nationwide.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 26, 2008
Gaza kids key victims of the 'man-made disaster'
As the suffering of the people in the Gaza Strip worsens, it is "doing terrible damage to children who are growing up in an atmosphere of hopelessness, pure hopelessness," said Geraldine Shawa, director of Atfaluna Society for Deaf Children, a Palestinian nonprofit organization in Gaza City.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 25, 2008
Paloma fatal defect suit starts
The mother of a university student who died of carbon monoxide poisoning in 2005 accused Paloma Industries Ltd. and parent Paloma Co. of failing to stop unauthorized modifications of their gas-powered water heaters that they knew were defective, as the manufacturer's Tokyo District Court negligence suit...
Japan Times
JAPAN / ALSO OUT THERE
Jan 23, 2008
Mobage-town a rising-star site of mobile users, but filters loom
Just when mobile phone users may have thought the worldwide proliferation of video games and social networking services into the popular culture left little room for radical new tacks, the combination of the two has opened up new avenues.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 18, 2008
Interacting with locals called key role in eco-tourism
Eco-tourism can play a significant role in energizing communities, according to panelists at a recent symposium held in Tokyo by the National Ecotourism Center, which was created in August.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 13, 2008
Canine style unleashed as dogs hit catwalks in Tokyo
These days, dogs want to be in fashion, too.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 9, 2008
Day-care centers for sick kids few, strapped
It's a dilemma many working parents face when their children fall ill.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 4, 2008
A delicious mix of technology and sweets
Futuristic technology has come to sweets.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jan 3, 2008
'Fukubukuro' hunters rise early to bag their prey at nation's shops
With the new year comes the season of shopping extravaganzas.
Rising sex tourism exposes loopholes in Japan's anti-prostitution law
While financial misfortunes during the COVID-19 pandemic may have driven some women to work the streets, others simply want more money to spend — or want to pay off their debts — at host clubs.
Sure, Tokyo’s trains are amazing. But are they ruining your trip?
Walking through Tokyo's varied neighborhoods and the sub-communities within them can be the best way for a tourist, even one with limited time, to take the city in.
Ishiba says LDP will not endorse some 'slush fund' lawmakers in general election
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba speaks to reporters in Tokyo on Saturday.
Important tool or alarmism? Japan experts split on megaquake advisories.
A damaged road in Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, on Jan. 6, after a major earthquake struck the area on New Year's Day
Ishiba's U-turn on interest rates surprises market
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba and Bank of Japan Gov. Kazuo Ueda ahead of their meeting on Wednesday. Ishiba's comment after the meeting that he doesn't believe Japan needs an additional interest rate hike has surprised the financial market.
Rising sex tourism exposes loopholes in Japan's anti-prostitution law
While financial misfortunes during the COVID-19 pandemic may have driven some women to work the streets, others simply want more money to spend — or want to pay off their debts — at host clubs.
Important tool or alarmism? Japan experts split on megaquake advisories.
A damaged road in Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, on Jan. 6, after a major earthquake struck the area on New Year's Day
The Japanese tech that could one day make Southeast Asia landmine-free
Dul Saroth (left) and Soeum Samrach, deminers with the Cambodian Mine Action and Victim Assistance Authority, practice using the Advanced Landmine Imaging System in Cambodia’s Siem Reap province in August.
At Tokyo Game Show 2024, nostalgia was king
As is the trend in movies and TV, the games with the biggest budgets at Tokyo Game Show 2024 were by and large remakes and remasters.
The forgotten Japanese naturalist who created a U.S. national park
Without Japanese outdoorsman George Masa, America might not have the Great Smoky Mountains National Park — so why do so many people in Japan not know he existed?

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Dul Saroth (left) and Soeum Samrach, deminers with the Cambodian Mine Action and Victim Assistance Authority, practice using the Advanced Landmine Imaging System in Cambodia’s Siem Reap province in August.
The Japanese tech that could one day make Southeast Asia landmine-free
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