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Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Sep 13, 2013

Neuroscientists reveal the sexiest parts of the body

The mind, said Raquel Welch, is an erogenous zone. And it is the brain, and how it organizes our erogenous zones, that has intrigued scientists for decades. Why is a nuzzled neck sexy when few would be turned on by a nuzzled nose? And why do men seem to have fewer erogenous zones than women? A new study...
JAPAN
Sep 13, 2013

Studies on mouse rehab music and onion tears win Ig Nobels

A study on how opera may prolong one's life and research into the complex mechanism of how chopping onions causes tears have earned two Japanese groups an Ig Nobel prize.
Japan Times
JAPAN / CHUBU CONNECTION
Sep 13, 2013

Home of Zero fighter drawing Miyazaki fans

"Kaze Tachinu" ("The Wind Rises") was director Hayao Miyazaki's last feature-length anime before he retired this month.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Sep 13, 2013

Population of North Korea gulags has shrunk: experts

The population of North Korea's city-size political prison camps could be tens of thousands lower than the estimate used for more than a decade by aid groups and the U.S. government, according to recent reports and accounts from researchers, who put the new number at between 80,000 to 120,000.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Sep 13, 2013

Voyager I craft becomes first man-made object to enter interstellar space

The tireless Voyager 1 spacecraft, launched in the disco era and now about 19 billion km from Earth, has become the first man-made object to enter interstellar space, scientists said Thursday.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Sep 12, 2013

Aoyama looks to the 1980s without nostalgia

Shinji Aoyama is the director as cinephile. That is, while winning awards for his own films, including two prizes at Cannes for his 2000 drama "Eureka," he has long been a serious student of films by others, beginning with his days at Rikkyo University as a disciple of eminent film scholar Shigehiko...
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 12, 2013

Tanks, not leak, main problem at Fukushima

The radioactive water tainting the sea from the Fukushima No. 1 plant may be generating headlines, but an expert says its storage tanks pose a greater danger.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Sep 12, 2013

'Les Saveurs du Palais'

In France, female chefs rarely get to the top — and when they do, gender issues are rife. One way to deal with it is simply to ignore it, and in this story of chef Hortense Laborie (based on the real-life Daniele Delpeuch) it works. "Haute Cuisine" is the story of how she was hand-picked by Joel Robuchon...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Sep 12, 2013

'Minnasan, Sayonara! (See You Tomorrow, Everyone)'

Director: Yoshihiro Nakamura
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 12, 2013

Cute craving a cash cow for Hello Kitty creator

Tanya Stanich, a 43-year-old lawyer, clutched a handful of pink and black Hello Kitty notebooks at Sanrio Co.'s store in Manhattan's Times Square and touched a sequined bag adorned with the face of a cartoon cat.
BUSINESS / YEN FOR LIVING
Sep 12, 2013

Roomba rules with working moms

Don't diss working mothers. They boost the economy.
JAPAN
Sep 11, 2013

No. 1 chief pleased with Olympics bid; tritium reading doubles

The head of the leaking Fukushima No. 1 plant expresses relief at Tokyo winning the 2020 Olympics while disclosing yet another leap in groundwater radiation.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Sep 11, 2013

Balentien ties single-season home run record

Before facing the Hiroshima Carp, Wladimir Balentien and teammate Ryoji Aikawa decided they were going to go with a high-sock look, or as Balentien put it, "old-school, Sadaharu Oh-style."
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Sep 11, 2013

Real-world validations of our digital realm

"We are now living in a super, hyper-extended information society," says curator Masafumi Fukugawa, "and that idea was the starting point for our new exhibition."
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Sep 11, 2013

The tireless patience of a behavioral photographer

In Wim Wenders' 1984 film "Paris, Texas," Walt (Dean Stockwell) picks up his younger brother Travis (Harry Dean Stanton), who had disappeared in the desert four years earlier, to drive him back to Los Angeles. As Walt drives, Travis shows him a weathered picture of an empty plot of land he bought in...
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 11, 2013

A dream for the digital age: Internet access for all

Giving the five billion people who still stuck in the paper age digital access would transform their lives in a very positive way.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Entertainment news
Sep 11, 2013

Activist, filmmaker Landau dies at 77

Saul Landau, an Emmy Award-winning documentary filmmaker whose work gave an unprecedented glimpse into Fidel Castro's Cuba, and who co-wrote a riveting account of a Washington assassination linked to Chilean strongman Augusto Pinochet, died Sept. 9 at his home in Alameda, California. He was 77.
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 10, 2013

With changing of India's guard comes new ideas

Behind India's economic gloom, a new generation is taking over, bringing with it fresh ideas and visions.
SUMO / SUMO SCRIBBLINGS
Sep 10, 2013

Is sumo’s lost decade finally coming to an end?

Many long-time sumo fans trace the origins of the decline of sumo in the modern era back to a decision made in January 2003 by Takanohana to call it quits and hang up his mawashi.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy / 'SUMMER DAVOS' SPECIAL 2013
Sep 10, 2013

Seeking to change men's mind-sets to spur on prosperity for all Japanese

When Upper House lawmaker Masako Mori became a state minister for measures for declining birthrate, gender equality and consumer affairs and food safety last December, one of the first things she did was to announce that she would promote male staff within her ministries if they take child-care leave....
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / JUST BE CAUSE
Sep 9, 2013

If you're jōzu and you know it, hold your ground

Communicating in Japanese is not all that difficult. What's difficult is communicating with Japanese people, writes Debito Arudou.
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle
Sep 9, 2013

Renovating business and hope in Onomichi

The city of Onomichi in the southeastern part of Hiroshima Prefecture, which looks out to the Seto Inland Sea, has a rich and long tradition as a hub of trade. During the Edo Period (1603-1867), it prospered as a key docking point for domestic ships peddling goods, and from the early 20th century it...
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 9, 2013

Syrian situation highlights 'G-Zero' world order

Syria's situation is the strongest evidence yet of a new 'G-Zero' world order, in which no single power or bloc of powers will accept the costs and risks that accompany global leadership.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 9, 2013

Post-Gates Microsoft's woes laid to Ballmer

"Do you have an iPod?"
Japan Times
JAPAN / ANALYSIS
Sep 9, 2013

Games nod pressures Tokyo to act

The 2020 Olympics and Paralympics are coming to Tokyo, so Japan can expect greater global pressure to rectify the Fukushima nuclear debacle.
ENVIRONMENT
Sep 9, 2013

Could man-made clouds help lower the planet's temperature?

With the planet warming inexorably, some experts are wondering whether the time may have come to deliberately attempt 'solar radiation management.
EDITORIALS
Sep 7, 2013

An anime icon retires

The retirement of anime director Hayao Miyazaki is well-earned, but he will be sorely missed.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel
Sep 7, 2013

Tracing the path of history in northern Nagasaki

The horn blast from the incoming ferry echoes clearly through the top-floor hall of Hirado Castle. From the donjon's vantage point, my husband and I can clearly see the large passenger ship as it enters the sheltered bay of Hirado's port, marking the end of its route between this small city on Nagasaki...
Hiker missing in Hokkaido after bear attack found dead
The Rausu mountain range at Hokkaido's Shiretoko National Park. A man in his 20s who went missing after being attacked by a bear while hiking on Mount Rausu has been found dead.
As Japan marks 80 years since WWII surrender, Ishiba expresses remorse
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba lays a flower during the memorial service at the Nippon Budokan on Friday.
Trump shifts stance on road to Ukraine peace after meeting Putin in Alaska
U.S. President Donald Trump looks on next to Russian leader Vladimir Putin during a news conference following their meeting to negotiate an end to the war in Ukraine, at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, in Anchorage, Alaska, on Friday.
The long search for Japan’s lost soldiers
Members of the nonprofit group Japan Youth Memorial Association search for the remains of dead soldiers in a cave in Okinawa Prefecture in February.
War must never be repeated, says WWII guerrilla commander
Former teacher Satoshi Ito speaks during an interview in Akashi, Hyogo Prefecture, in June. Ito underwent training for guerrilla warfare at a secret school to prepare for a possible battle in mainland Japan during World War II.
In preserving Japanese hospitality, ‘details are everything’
Beniya Mukayu, a traditional "ryokan" inn located in Ishikawa Prefecture, considers itself at "the heart of onsen towns, local residents, farmers, fishermen, sake brewers and artisans" — all of which need new, sustainable methods of serving visitors to survive into the future.
Reading the Japanese clock: Are times a-changin'?
People walk past a time board at Hakata Station in Fukuoka. Luckily for those trying to catch a train, reading a clock is universal.
Samansa bets on commuter cinema
Filmmakers interview the general manager of a Bald Men's club for an upcoming Flix Oven documentary that will be available via the streaming platform Samansa.
Recent deaths of Japanese boxers underline importance of emergency action plans
The Japan Boxing Commission's safety protocols have been thrust into the spotlight following the deaths of Shigetoshi Kotari and Hiromasa Urakawa, who suffered fatal brain injuries while fighting on the same card on Aug. 2.
The indelible memory of being a part of Unit 731
Hideo Shimizu, 95, says he cannot forget seeing the prisoners' bloody wills scribbled on the walls of prison cells at Unit 731 in 1945.

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Members of the nonprofit group Japan Youth Memorial Association search for the remains of dead soldiers in a cave in Okinawa Prefecture in February.
The long search for Japan’s lost soldiers
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