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JAPAN
Apr 26, 2005
Residents heard screech, then roar, then silence
AMAGASAKI, Hyogo Pref. -- A screech, followed by a roar, and then silence.
JAPAN
Apr 19, 2005
History not key issue: Chinese in Japan
OSAKA -- The current tensions between Japan and China have less to do with history textbooks and more to do with a long-term political and economic rivalry, according to some knowledgeable Chinese living in Japan.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 16, 2005
Day-laborers give way to budget tourists
OSAKA -- The Airin district in Nishinari Ward here is well known as a hub for day-laborers. It's a working-class neighborhood that is quite unlike Osaka's upscale Umeda district or the neon jungle of Shinsaibashi.
JAPAN
Apr 2, 2005
Nuclear foes want Rokkasho, Monju on U.N. nonproliferation agenda
KYOTO -- Japanese and international antinuclear groups plan to use an upcoming United Nations conference on nuclear nonproliferation to push for a moratorium on the Rokkasho atomic fuel reprocessing plant and the Monju prototype fast-breeder reactor.
BUSINESS
Mar 26, 2005
Welcome foreign investors, Saudi minister tells Japan
NAGAKUTE, Aichi Pref. -- The Saudi minister for commerce and industry said Friday he hopes Japan will take advantage of a new investment climate that is promoting infrastructure projects.
JAPAN
Jan 23, 2005
On disaster reduction, a missed opportunity
KOBE -- Thanks to intense international political heat, the Indian Ocean region will get a tsunami early warning within three years. But more fundamental issues related to disaster reduction remain on the back burner, resulting in a lost opportunity.
JAPAN
Jan 23, 2005
Disaster meet ends with tsunami alert, preparation pledges
KOBE -- The United Nations committed itself Saturday to a broad plan of action to reduce the number of deaths caused by natural disasters over the next decade.
JAPAN
Jan 22, 2005
Tsunami parley delegates seek specifics -- not vague pledges
KOBE -- As the United Nations World Conference on Disaster Reduction headed into its final two days Friday, NGOs and some member states warned that the five-day parley would be a failure unless it culminated in specific action on disaster reduction measures, especially in the Indian Ocean region.
JAPAN
Jan 21, 2005
U.N. eyes lead role in tsunami alert system
. Based in Hawaii, it is used by 26 nations, including the United States and Japan. The Japanese delegation said it would try to play a leading role through this system.
JAPAN
Jan 20, 2005
Proposal presented at U.N. disaster reduction meet
KOBE -- A UNESCO-backed proposal that calls for the introduction of a $13 million tsunami early warning system for the Indian Ocean within one year was presented Wednesday at the U.N.'s World Conference on Disaster Reduction in Kobe.
JAPAN
Jan 19, 2005
Quake hit foreign community at its roots
Korea," said George Gibbons, a Kobe resident from Britain who recently retired as an official at Marist Brothers International School. While exact figures were not available, a Kobe official said the number of ethnic Korean residents has seen a slight increase over the past four years.
JAPAN
Jan 18, 2005
Kobe remembers earthquake with candlelight vigil
KOBE -- This city on Monday morning marked the 10th anniversary of the January 1995 earthquake that resulted in the loss of 6,433 lives, with ceremonies paying tribute to reconstruction efforts and offering condolences and promises of further assistance to survivors of national and international disasters....
Japan Times
JAPAN / 10 YEARS AFTER
Jan 18, 2005
City's new face conceals unhealed wounds, a sense of communities lost
KOBE -- A decade after the massive Kobe earthquake, there remains little visible trace of the damage to this port city.
JAPAN
Jan 12, 2005
North Korea boycott sees some impact
. "I think our campaign has put pressure on North Korea." Has the boycott worked?
JAPAN
Dec 28, 2004
Japan as seen through Hollywood's eyes
OSAKA -- Over the past year or so, Japan has figured in several popular Hollywood films.
Dec 28, 2004
Japan as seen through Hollywood's eyes
OSAKA -- Over the past year or so, Japan has figured in several popular Hollywood films.
CULTURE / Books / THE ASIAN BOOKSHELF
Dec 26, 2004
Foreign language of Japanese politics
TALKING POLITICS IN JAPAN, by Ofer Feldman. Portland: Sussex Academic Press, 2004, 214 pp., $65 (cloth). One of the greatest frustrations of studying the Japanese language is constantly being lectured by native speakers of the language, as well as fluent foreigners, on its inherent difficulty and grammatical...
JAPAN
Dec 23, 2004
Gangland power vacuum leaves Kobe residents gasping
KOBE -- Nada Ward is one of Kobe's better neighborhoods, home to senior business executives and foreign diplomats, and known for its good schools and small, trendy shops and cafes.
JAPAN
Dec 18, 2004
Iraqi officials end seminar with plan to save their marshlands
OSAKA -- A two-week seminar for Iraqi officials on preserving the rapidly disappearing marshlands in southern Iraq concluded Friday with plans to launch a pilot program that would introduce water and sanitation technologies to the area.
Dec 18, 2004
Iraqi officials end seminar with plan to save their marshlands
OSAKA -- A two-week seminar for Iraqi officials on preserving the rapidly disappearing marshlands in southern Iraq concluded Friday with plans to launch a pilot program that would introduce water and sanitation technologies to the area.
China seizes disputed reef near key Philippine military outpost
China Coast Guard officers unfurl a national flag on Sandy Cay reef, near the Philippine-held Thitu Island, in disputed waters of the South China Sea this month in this screen shot taken from Chinese state broadcaster CCTV.
If the 'Big One' hits, this city could face a 31-meter-high tsunami
A small shrine perched atop rocks braves the waves hitting the shoreline during a storm in Shimoda, Shizuoka Prefecture. The area is under threat of a possible 31-meter-high tsunami if an earthquake strikes the nearby Nankai Trough.
California says it overtakes Japan to become world’s No. 4 economy
Vehicles travel along the 110 freeway in downtown Los Angeles. California's GDP has overtaken Japan's to become the world's fourth largest economy, according to the U.S. state.
Arunima Mazumdar: ‘Japanese literature has a niche but deeply engaged readership in India’
Arunima Mazumdar, a New Delhi-based communications professional, began sharing her love of Japanese literature online in 2022. The platform has grown into a robust community known as Dokusha Book Club.
Counting the reasons why there are so few American cars in Japan
Tesla's store in Tokyo's Shibuya district. While sales of American cars in Japan appear to be shrinking, Tesla's presence in the country is growing.
Shohei Ohtani's example could change Japan's views on paternity leave
Shohei Ohtani and Mamiko Tanaka announced the birth of their first child on April 19.
Counting the reasons why there are so few American cars in Japan
Tesla's store in Tokyo's Shibuya district. While sales of American cars in Japan appear to be shrinking, Tesla's presence in the country is growing.
Nearly half of workers in Japan engage in ‘quiet quitting’
"Quiet quitting" is most common among the younger generation, with 46.7% of respondents to a survey in their 20s identifying with the practice, reflecting a less-motivated workforce more focused on work-life balance.
U.S. secretary of the navy weighs ‘dual-use’ shipbuilding with Japan
John Phelan at a Senate confirmation hearing for U.S. secretary of the navy in Washington in February
Expo '25 gives the world a masterclass in mascots
2025 Osaka Expo mascot Myaku-Myaku dances on the stage during the event's official opening ceremony on April 12.

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