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Junko Horiuchi
For Junko Horiuchi's latest contributions to The Japan Times, see below:
JAPAN
Jul 21, 2011
Film on double A-bomb survivor Yamaguchi set for British debut
A documentary film on double atomic-bomb survivor Tsutomu Yamaguchi, who was joked about on a BBC quiz show, will make its British debut this summer, with his eldest daughter hoping the screening will make people in the country and around the world more aware of the risks of nuclear power.
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JAPAN
Jul 9, 2011
Moms rally around antinuke cause
Japanese mothers, many with no history of political activism, have started taking to the streets to urge the government to protect their children from radiation leaking from the crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant.
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COMMUNITY
Apr 8, 2011
Evacuees comforted by flutist's soothing melodies
ISHINOMAKI — Cathartic flute melodies have been soothing the nerves of evacuees in the earthquake-hit cities of Sendai and Ishinomaki and the town of Onagawa in Miyagi Prefecture this week, during a series of charity concerts given by a popular South Korean musician at evacuation centers.
JAPAN
Mar 31, 2011
U.S. military mops up tsunami-hit school
ISHINOMAKI, Miyagi Pref. — In a high school gymnasium carpeted with mud, a Japanese boy slipped and was helped to his feet by a U.S. Navy sailor, while close by a group of U.S. soldiers and local teachers mopped together in neat lines.
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JAPAN
Mar 29, 2011
Evacuees persevere, eye future
MINAMISANRIKU, Miyagi Pref. — A woman occupies herself by arranging boxes of supplies for evacuees at a sports arena in Minamisanriku on the coast of Miyagi Prefecture, one of the communities hit hardest by the magnitude 9.0 quake and massive tsunami on March 11.
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JAPAN
Feb 28, 2011
Mayor of Bikini asks all to warn of nukes
The mayor of Bikini Atoll, the site of a U.S. hydrogen bomb test in 1954, called on people throughout Japan, including in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, to work together in keeping alive the memory of the horrors of nuclear weapons.
JAPAN
Dec 31, 2010
Speed reading aids-users adapt to modern info overload
What's the secret behind a group of 70- to 80-year-olds with no prior baseball experience suddenly hitting fastballs clocking 150 kph at a batting center?
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JAPAN
Nov 4, 2010
Studying in U.S. 'key' for entrepreneurs: Roos
Studying and pursuing careers in the United States will improve ability to communicate across borders and help Japanese entrepreneurs collaborate with talent around the world, U.S. Ambassador John Roos said Monday.
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BUSINESS
Sep 23, 2010
AirAsia X looks to add two more Japan cities
The chief executive officer of AirAsia X, long-haul low-cost carrier based in a Malaysia, said he hopes to add two Japanese airports to its international service by 2012 after starting flights to Tokyo's Haneda airport in December.
JAPAN / DECISION 2010
Jul 4, 2010
Judo's Tani juggles election, Olympic gold
HAMAMATSU, Shizuoka Pref. — When two-time Olympic judo gold medalist Ryoko Tani said in May she would run in the upcoming Upper House election — without giving up her goal of winning gold at the 2012 London Olympics — many wondered: Can she pull it off?
JAPAN
Dec 26, 2009
Pianist to tickle techno-classical ivories
. The fact that I want to do both and continue doing both is my savior in a way," he said. Although he has a varied classical repertoire, Schlime has a special attachment to Bach because of his influence on electronic music.
Town to block view of Mount Fuji in response to overtourism
The town government of Fujikawaguchiko, Yamanashi Prefecture, decided to set up a 2.5-meter-high screen to prevent tourists from taking pictures of Mount Fuji looming behind a convenience store.
In Japan, regional revitalization fails to halt population decline
Sakiyama elementary school in Tamba, Hyogo Prefecture, in March .Over the past decade, the government has directed efforts toward policies designed to give young people incentives to base themselves in rural areas.
Number of homeless in Japan hits record low
Homeless people sleep on the street in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward in August 2021.
Ukraine is far from doomed
When comparing Ukraine’s military situation in 2024 to Europe’s in 1941, Russia’s defeat seems entirely possible.
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.
Tokyo's Koto Ward by-election a race unlike any other
Natsumi Sakai, the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan’s candidate and one of four female candidates running in the by-election, touts her experience as a cancer survivor and midwife as having prepared her to tackle issues that women currently face.
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.
Casa del Cibo: A thriving jewel born from Tohoku’s harsh past
When chef Ryohei Ikemi moved to Hachinohe, Aomori Prefecture, and opened Casa del Cibo in 2011, it was the first proper Italian restaurant in the city.
Town to block view of Mount Fuji in response to overtourism
The town government of Fujikawaguchiko, Yamanashi Prefecture, decided to set up a 2.5-meter-high screen to prevent tourists from taking pictures of Mount Fuji looming behind a convenience store.
Top U.S. and China diplomats talk tough amid warnings of new ‘downward spiral’
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing on Friday

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