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Events / KANSAI: WHO & WHAT
Jul 12, 2013

Health and cucumbers ritual at Kyoto temple

A cucumber purification ceremony will be held July 21 and 22 at Gochisan Rengeji Temple in Kyoto, where participants will write their name, age and ailment on a cucumber, rub their body with it and bury it in the ground so the sickness will go away.
Reader Mail
Apr 21, 2013

Consequences of health planning

Anyone who has been around someone who is trying to quit smoking knows the common effects: increased appetite and irritability. Therefore, the headline of the April 17 AFP-JIJI article "Australians smoking, drinking less, but getting heftier, more anxious" should come as a surprise to no one.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / Japan Pulse
Jan 20, 2013

Hit the road: Japan's 2013 trend forecast

In 2012 we got cat-ear hair-dos, an increasing appetite for salty mold, and a tower with a silly name. What wonders will 2013 bring? We’ve gone through Trendy’s predictions and came up with a list of themes that look good to us. Basically it boils down to this: smart phones continue to up the convenience...
BUSINESS / YEN FOR LIVING
Dec 14, 2012

Working the system: Beware of doctors with private rooms

Doctors have ways of making money outside the insurance system.
Events / KANSAI: WHO & WHAT
Nov 10, 2012

Free health check in Kyoto for non-Japanese

Non-Japanese residents can get a health checkup and consult with health experts Nov. 17 in Kyoto.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / Japan Pulse
Jun 22, 2012

Yakuzen cuisine makes Chinese medicine easier to swallow

Yakuzen grows in popularity at fans learn you can eat your vegetables and take your medicine in one meal!
Reader Mail
Jun 7, 2012

Don't let nativism trump health

In the April 24 Kyodo article, "Some municipalities set to deny services to illegal foreign residents: poll," I was appalled to read that "33 [municipalities] said they will not vaccinate illegal foreigners against tuberculosis and other diseases" (when the revised basic resident registration law takes...
JAPAN
May 15, 2012

Cesium spikes in Tokyo Bay samples

Sludge samples taken at the mouths of two major rivers emptying into Tokyo Bay showed radioactive cesium contamination linked to the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant crisis grew by 1.5 to 13 times since August, a researcher at Kinki University said Monday.
Reader Mail
Apr 22, 2012

Fitting analogy for health debate

Yoshi Tsurumi's April 16 article, "Supreme Court is destroying U.S. democracy," shows the writer's lack of understanding of the American system. No one is saying health care isn't a mess, but the protest is against President Barack Obama's plan that, in effect, makes it a crime, punishable by a fine,...
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / Japan Pulse
Feb 29, 2012

New dishes on company cafeteria menus

Company cafeterias, not usually the realm of gourmet fare, are making a name for themselves, and their company's brand, by serving up unique dishes.
JAPAN
Sep 11, 2011

Plugging leaks will end crisis, not cold shutdown: analysts

Ever since the nuclear crisis erupted six months ago, the public has been clamoring to know when the damaged reactors at the Fu ku shi ma No. 1 power plant will be brought under control and when the nightmare will end.
Reader Mail
Aug 11, 2011

Evidence on the health effects

In his Aug. 4 letter, Scott Hards wrote that "we simply don't have any hard evidence as to the health effects of small doses of radiation over the long term. All the 'experts' claiming that cancer risk goes up by a certain percentage if you absorb so much radiation are basing their conclusions on statistical...
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE ZEIT GIST
Apr 12, 2011

Evidence for Agent Orange on Okinawa

In the late 1960s, James Spencer was a United States Navy longshoreman on Okinawa's military docks. "During this time, we handled all kinds of cargo, including these barrels with orange stripes on them. When we unloaded them, they'd leak and the Agent Orange would get all over us. It was as if it were...
Millions told to evacuate as heavy rain sparks flooding and landslides in Kyushu
Heavy rain falls in the city of Kumamoto on Monday morning.
Osaka Expo highlights the challenge of holding events in Japan's scorching summer
People huddle near a large fan blowing icy-cold mist at the Osaka Expo on July 12. Amid Japan's relentless summer heat, organizes have put myriad measures in place in order to keep guests safe.
Chinese vessels collide while pursuing Philippine boat in South China Sea
This handout video grab released and taken on August 11, 2025 by the Philippine Coast Guard shows an incident between a Chinese Navy vessel (left) and a Chinese Coast Guard ship as seen from a Philippine fisheries boat near Scarborough Shoal in the disputed South China Sea.
Weather agency warns of landslides and flooding in Kyushu as heavy rain continues
An embankment on the Amikake River that collapsed due to heavy rain in Aira, Kagoshima Prefecture, on Friday. Downpours continued in the Kyushu region over the weekend.
Tokyo’s WWII museums hold diverse views on war and peace
A carrier-based Type 52 Zero fighter marks the entrance foyer of Yasukuni Shrine's Yushukan, a museum that tells a more nuanced story of Japan's experience in World War II than the controversies around the shrine might suggest.
Osaka Expo highlights the challenge of holding events in Japan's scorching summer
People huddle near a large fan blowing icy-cold mist at the Osaka Expo on July 12. Amid Japan's relentless summer heat, organizes have put myriad measures in place in order to keep guests safe.
At Himawari Shokudo 2, Italian food with a Japanese soul
At Himawari Shokudo 2, chef Hozumi Tanaka serves Italian-inspired fare with a focus on Toyama produce, such as this appetizer of lightly blanched "hotaru ika" (firefly squid) served atop mixed wild plants and a crepe prepared from "yamato-imo" yam.
Cheer with caution: Expert advises sports fans have game plan for extreme heat
A Cardinals fan fans himself during the seventh inning of a game against the Pirates in St. Louis, Missouri, in June 2022.
Australia's warship selection signals Japanese defense industry's arrival
The Maritime Self-Defense Force's Mogami-class frigate. Australia's selection of an upgraded version of the Mogami-class warship for its next frigate class could prove to be a watershed moment for Japan’s defense industry.
Japan's inheritance tax is high, unforgiving and sometimes avoidable
The National Tax Agency at the Ministry of Finance, Kasumigaseki, Tokyo. Japanese tax authorities can bill foreign residents in Japan for assets inherited globally.

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