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Japan Times
JAPAN
Dec 8, 2007
Broadway charity acts instill volunteer spirit in showman
Three years ago, Mayumi Kamata went to a Broadway charity event held in New York to see a friend perform.
Japan Times
JAPAN / EXPLAINER
Dec 4, 2007
Digital terrestrial TV coming but work remains
More than half a century has passed since commercial television debuted in Japan, and now TVs are a main component of the mass culture.
JAPAN
Nov 21, 2007
Prosecutor avoids prison for forged nixing of case
A former prosecutor was handed a suspended two-year prison term Tuesday for forging signatures and personal seals of a molestation victim to make it appear she had filed a request to withdraw her criminal complaint.
JAPAN
Nov 15, 2007
Suit against new education law gets short shrift
A group of 245 people suing the government and five lawmakers over the constitutionality of the 2006 revision to the Fundamental Law of Education said at the trial's first session Wednesday that teaching patriotism in school violates freedom of thought and promotes nationalism.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Nov 8, 2007
Ex-judge continues push to free death-row inmate he helped convict in '68
About four decades ago, when Norimichi Kumamoto was a Shizuoka District Court judge, he thought that Iwao Hakamada, under indictment for killing a family of four in Shizuoka Prefecture in 1966, was innocent.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 15, 2007
Sight-impaired kids show how photos can come from heart
YOKOHAMA — Skill and high-quality equipment are not essential for successful photography. In fact, you don't even need to be able to see the subject.
Weak yen fattens tourist wallets in Japan
People visit the Ameya Yokocho market in Tokyo's Ueno district during the Golden Week holiday on Tuesday.
Biden calls ally Japan ‘xenophobic’ along with rivals China and Russia
U.S. President Joe Biden speaks in Syracuse, New York, on April 25.
Number of vacant homes in Japan hits record high of 9 million
A vacant house in Tokyo is seen demolished in January 2020.
Saudi Arabia steps up Gaza-related arrests as Israel ties edge closer
The arrests for Gaza-related posts indicate Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s regime will take a hard line against citizens not toeing the line when it comes to normalizing ties with Israel.
'So hot you can't breathe': Extreme heat hits the Philippines
A pedestrian cools himself with a folding hand fan as he waits for a ride along a road in Manila on Wednesday, as extreme heat hit the Philippines.
Kishida sets sights on energy and climate in South America trip
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will use a policy speech in Sao Paulo to set out his vision for ties between Japan and South America, almost 10 years after former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe advocated for stronger ties between the two in the same city.
Yellow sand allergy: A health issue made worse by climate change
A screenshot of the Meteorological Agency's satellite image of clouds and yellow sand (in pink) on Sunday.
Climate change, chalky grains and the risks for Japan’s rice farmers
A farmer plants seedlings in Satsumasendai, Kagoshima Prefecture. Japan’s self sufficiency rate for rice is nearly 100%, compared with 38% for food overall, on a calorie basis.
Japan wants you to spend more with ‘luxury tourism’
Performers play a traditional drum unique to Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, in the prefectural capital of Kanazawa on March 16 to mark the extension of the Hokuriku Shinkansen line to Tsuruga Station in Fukui Prefecture.
Theaster Gates’ ambitious ‘Afro-Mingei’ brings Black Chicago to Tokyo
Theaster Gates' “A Heavenly Chord” lines up church pews before seven speakers and a Hammond B3 organ, a type of electric organ prevalent in Black American churches.

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