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EDITORIALS
Feb 25, 2013

China's pollution problem

Japan should provide whatever technical assistance it can to a China now facing air pollution problems that have unleashed strong public criticism.
EDITORIALS
Feb 5, 2013

Reform of rare-disease subsidies

A health ministry panel has proposed to more than double the number of hard-to-cure diseases for which patients may receive treatment subsidies.
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 4, 2012

How waxing nostalgic can boost mental health

Do you indulge in sentimental memories? Do you enjoy perusing your photo collections? Do you like listening to "oldies" songs on the radio, YouTube, or other popular venues?
JAPAN / Science & Health / NATURAL SELECTIONS
Nov 11, 2012

Japan's live organ donors enjoy better health than 'normal' citizens do

At age 56, Toshinobu Horiuchi was a desperate man. He had suffered kidney failure and needed a transplant. As a doctor, based in Tokyo, he knew better than most that he faced a long wait.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / Japan Pulse
Aug 17, 2012

Can Japan swallow a salty yogurt boom?

Savory yogurt is the biggest thing to hit Japanese kitchens since salt koji.
JAPAN
Aug 14, 2012

Tepco workers face mental health crisis after cost cuts: counselor

After toiling under hazardous conditions for 17 months to contain the crisis at Fukushima No. 1, the nuclear plant's workers are suffering from work-related stress and unable to get proper counseling due to lack of funding, a communications counselor warned Monday.
BUSINESS
Nov 10, 2011

BOJ official urges restoration of fiscal health as debt rises

The government may see borrowing costs jump unless it contains its growing debt burden, a Bank of Japan Policy Board member warned Wednesday, saying officials can't allow low bond yields to make them complacent about fiscal policy.
BUSINESS
Oct 27, 2011

Mitsubishi, DBJ eye another health care fund

Healthcare Management Partners Inc., a venture between Mitsubishi Corp. and Development Bank of Japan Inc., may plan a second fund on expectations that demand for medical services will rise in the world's most rapidly aging nation.
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 9, 2011

Beating the midlife blues

Are you feeling down about middle age? Do you find yourself thinking that time is hurtling and you'll never reach your goals — or, perhaps more distressingly, that they don't even fit who you are anymore?
BUSINESS / Japan Pulse
Aug 26, 2011

How about a hot bath ... in sawdust?

Bathing in sawdust joins a long menu of possible salon treatments available in Japan.
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
Aug 5, 2011

Dance event to promote good health

This month, those who drop by the Caretta Shiodome shopping complex will be treated to a world of dance as the venue hosts the Shiohaku 2011 Caretta Odori-21.
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 8, 2011

Key to 'East Asian' health

On May 8, 2011, leaders of the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations issued a joint statement to reaffirm their commitment toward the development of a common position on global issues.
JAPAN / Media / Japan Pulse
May 26, 2011

'Secret society' takes a national stool sample

A 'secret society' asked the Japanese public to tell them more about their poop. Yes they did.
COMMUNITY / LIFELINES
Feb 8, 2011

Mental health advice, cash card blues

Empty nest syndrome K'ko is suffering from what she calls "empty nest blues" — that is, being without husband or children.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / TOKYO FOOD FILE
Nov 5, 2010

To your health: Vinegar is the toast at Osuya

Following the refurbishment of the Ginza Mitsukoshi department store, much media attention has focused on the ninth-floor rooftop lawn terrace. But it's the bottommost floors that grab our interest. They have been totally revamped to create Tokyo's newest, classiest depachika basement food hall.
LIFE / Food & Drink / Japan Pulse
Oct 21, 2010

Enzyme cocktails for better health?

The enzyme diet is the latest in a long parade of get-slim-fast regimes.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / Japan Pulse
Jul 9, 2010

KFC goes for finger-lickin' health-conscious goodness

Fast-food chains in Japan are trying to reinvent themselves with facelifts and health-conscious menus.
Reader Mail
Oct 8, 2009

Pension and health insurance

Here is a quote from the Sept. 29 article "Brace for a possible spring shock": "There isn't much ambiguity about shakai hoken: If a company employs more than five people, and an employee is working more than 20 hours a week for a period longer than two months, the company is obligated to submit paperwork...
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 ticket sales exceed break-even point
Visitors to the Osaka Expo line up for pavilions on Friday.
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.
Britain’s Prince of Wales aircraft carrier makes Japan debut
HMS Prince of Wales arrives into the Port of Darwin, Australia, in July during Exercise Talisman Sabre 2025.
Japan's Nikkei 225 hits record high on tariff and rate optimism
Stocks in Tokyo rallied on Tuesday despite months of uncertainty and general economic concerns.
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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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
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Koichi Tagawa’s diary entry from Aug. 9, 1945, describes the day of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki.
The horrors of Nagasaki, in first person
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