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Miya Tanaka
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JAPAN
Aug 25, 2015
Project to connect American youths with hibakusha winding down
Setting foot in Hiroshima in early August for the first time, Robert Croonquist expected to feel sorrow for the massive number of lives lost in the U.S. atomic bombing of the city 70 years ago.
Japan Times
JAPAN / History
Jun 9, 2015
Famed Hiroshima Panels bound for U.S. in bid to spark rethink of A-bombings
While nearly 70 years have passed since the end of World War II, highlighting the horror of the atomic bombings of Japan can still be controversial in the United States, where many believe the attacks were necessary to bring a quick end to the war.
JAPAN
May 10, 2015
Offspring upholding hibakusha legacy
As aging hibakusha find it increasingly difficult to travel abroad to speak about the horrors of the nuclear attacks nearly 70 years ago, their children are stepping up efforts to follow in their footsteps.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 4, 2015
Japan, U.S. experts digitizing A-bomb archives
Japanese and American experts are exploring ways to put the data archives of a wartime study of A-bomb survivors from Hiroshima and Nagasaki online.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 26, 2015
Rwandan genocide survivor living in Fukushima bonds with evacuees
For Marie Louise Towari, who fled the genocide in Rwanda in 1994, Fukushima remains a place of hope where people helped her and her family find refuge 20 years ago.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Dec 29, 2014
Companies finally learning women make up half of all farmers
Ask a female farmer about the equipment available to her and she may well complain about the lack of attractive working clothes or machinery that is just plain difficult to handle.
Japan Times
JAPAN / FOCUS
Apr 16, 2014
Critics hit nuke power justification
The new Basic Energy Plan endorsed last week that underscores the need to continue to use nuclear power, marking an important milestone in energy policy since the 2011 Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant disaster started.
Japan Times
JAPAN / ANALYSIS
Mar 6, 2014
Tepco haunted by mismanagement
Tepco has been walking a tightrope at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant for the last three years, and many of its missteps have been glaring.
Japan Times
JAPAN / ANALYSIS
Feb 10, 2014
Nuke foes' loss lets Abe push for restarts
The defeat of two anti-nuclear candidates in the Tokyo gubernatorial election gives the central government more confidence to pursue its pro-nuclear energy policy.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics / FOCUS
Nov 19, 2013
Fukushima job feared too perilous for Tepco
Tokyo Electric Power Co. has done little to dispel doubts about its ability to manage the highly dangerous and decades-long task of decommissioning Fukushima No. 1.
Japan Times
JAPAN / FOCUS
Jul 8, 2013
World's 'toughest nuclear safety standards' take effect
Japan on Monday ushered in what regulators call the world's toughest safety standards for atomic power plants, determined to prevent another disaster like the March 2011 meltdowns at Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s Fukushima No. 1 complex.
Japan Times
JAPAN
May 25, 2013
NRA forges new trail in judging reactor risk
Regulators are in the process of deciding which reactors are sitting on active faults, but the experts involved say there is clearly room for improvement.
BUSINESS / FOCUS
May 20, 2013
U.S. shale gas alters Japan's energy plans
Japan is hoping LNG from the U.S. shale gas boom will give it the power to rework bruising long-term contracts linked to oil prices.
BUSINESS
Mar 27, 2013
Regional FTA quests playing off each other
Japan is entering a new stage in its pursuit of free-trade agreements as it begins bilateral and multilateral FTA negotiations involving its three major trade partners — the United States, the European Union and China.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Jan 3, 2013
A cautious return to nuclear power
Japan appears to be heading toward a gradual revival of nuclear power generation under a new government supportive of retaining it, but the outlook for the industry in 2013 is unclear, with antinuclear sentiment still lingering among the public amid the disaster at the Fukushima No. 1 atomic plant.
JAPAN / ELECTION 2012
Dec 6, 2012
Nuclear foes face election dilemma
Tokyo fashion designer Yasuko Maruko, 44, is an absolute beginner when it comes to becoming a politician, yet she is bidding for a seat in the Diet in the Dec. 16 general election in the hope of steering Japan toward a future without nuclear power.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 16, 2012
Hamaoka locals evasive on no-nuke future
It has been about nine months since the operator of the Hamaoka nuclear plant succumbed to a government request to suspend operations, and it now awaits the time when it will be allowed to restart, while building a huge sea wall designed to reduce the risk of tsunami damage.
BUSINESS
Aug 29, 2011
METI faces reform in energy policy revamp
As the government gears up to hammer out a new energy policy, the industry ministry, which supervises utilities, faces the daunting task of reforming itself under a new government and regaining the public's trust after the Fukushima nuclear crisis.
JAPAN
Mar 28, 2011
Nuclear policy called into question
As well as raising serious doubts about the safety of nuclear reactors, the Tohoku disaster has thrown into doubt the government's policy of promoting nuclear power.
JAPAN
Mar 11, 2011
Pitching TPP a tough nut to crack
The Kan administration is facing head winds in pushing the idea of joining negotiations for the Trans-Pacific Partnership as concerns spread among the public that participation in the free-trade pact would adversely affect not only the farm sector but other, wide-reaching areas as well.
'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.
Did Japan intervene to prop up the yen? Analysts think it did.
A man walks past an electronic board displaying the exchange rate for the yen against the U.S. dollar (right) in Tokyo on Tuesday.
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.
Number of vacant homes in Japan hits record high of 9 million
A vacant house in Tokyo is seen demolished in January 2020.
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.
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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