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JAPAN
Aug 8, 2017

Typhoon Noru deluge prompts evacuation orders in central regions

Typhoon Noru prompted evacuation notices in at least half a dozen prefectures over fears of landslides and rising rivers as it brought heavy rains and flooding to the Hokuriku and Kansai regions on Tuesday.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Science & Health
Aug 8, 2017

AstraZeneca seeks Japan's first approval for hereditary cancer drug in relapsed sufferers

Olaparib, already approved in the United States and the European Union, acts against cancers in people with hereditary mutations in genes associated with breast and ovarian cancer.
LIFE / Language / NEWS IN NIHONGO
Aug 7, 2017

Kagoikes arrested over alleged Moritomo Gakuen subsidy fraud

The Osaka District Public Prosecutor's Office's special investigation unit on July 31 arrested Yasunori Kagoike, 64, former chief of Moritomo Gakuen in Osaka, and his wife, Junko, 60, for allegedly defrauding the central government of public subsidies.
Japan Times
LIFE / Language / MORNING ENGLISH
Aug 7, 2017

Let's discuss Japan's life expectancy records

This week's featured article
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 6, 2017

Tokyo asks Washington to halt Osprey flights in Japan after crash off Australia

Washington is asked to halt Osprey flights in Japan after an MV-22 taking part in exercises crashed into the ocean off Australia's east coast.
BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 4, 2017

Toyota, Mazda agree on $1.6 billion tie-up, will cooperate on EVs

In a bid to accelerate joint production in the United States and develop electric vehicles in a world moving away from fossil fuels, Toyota Motor Corp. and Mazda Motor Corp. agreed Friday to form a capital alliance.
LIFE / Language / NEWS IN NIHONGO
Jul 31, 2017

Japanese treat themselves on annual eel-eating day

July 25 marked a traditional eel-eating 'Doyo no Ushi no Hi,' or the Day of the Ox.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jul 29, 2017

Early runs, dominant Sugano guide Giants past BayStars

When you've got a pitcher as good as Tomoyuki Sugano on the mound, the game plan is usually pretty simple.
LIFE / Language / NEWS IN NIHONGO
Jul 24, 2017

Shigeaki Hinohara, Japan's cetenarian doctor, dies at 105

What is the term that Shigeaki Hinohara advocated?
JAPAN / Politics
Jul 22, 2017

Low-key Kishida seen as rising prospect to replace Abe

Low-key Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida emerges as a potential prospect to replace brash Prime Minister Shinzo Abe next year.
JAPAN / Politics
Jul 21, 2017

Inada resists calls to resign over alleged SDF activity log cover-up

Defense chief Tomomi Inada denies participating in the alleged GSDF log coverup, clinging to her position ahead of a Cabinet reshuffle in which she is widely expected to exit.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jul 21, 2017

Championing TPP 2.0 could give Abe his global moment

To save his political hide, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe should do something arguably no Japanese leader has done in decades: project strength and leadership abroad.
LIFE / Lifestyle
Jul 15, 2017

Kamiko: Growing paper clothes in rural Japan

A small community in Miyagi Prefecture is struggling to continue making one of its most-famous craft exports — Shiroishi handmade paper and paper clothes
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 14, 2017

Japanese recount memories of 'noble' Liu

Acquaintances of Chinese Nobel Peace laureate Liu Xiaobo recall a noble and friendly man who dedicated his life to promoting democratic reform and human rights in China.
Why are rice prices still high in Japan?
Amid shortages, the price of a 5-kilogram bag of rice during the week of April 14 was ¥4,220.
Police arrest man after body of ex-girlfriend found under his home
Hideyuki Shirai (center) at Tokyo's Haneda Airport on Saturday
Dollar’s decline is fueling dislocations across Asian currencies
A worker counts U.S. dollar banknotes at a currency exchange office in Jakarta, Indonesia, in 2022.
Worker shortage forcing home care providers to turn away clients, survey finds
A survey by a labor union of home care business operators and care managers found that nearly 90% of facility managers had turned down service requests at least once during the past year, citing insufficient staffing.
Tariff talks with U.S. seen influencing Japan's Upper House election
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba speaks to reporters about Japan-U.S. tariff negotiations at his official residence on Saturday.
Why are rice prices still high in Japan?
Amid shortages, the price of a 5-kilogram bag of rice during the week of April 14 was ¥4,220.
Plug and Play wants to help Japanese startups go global
Phillip Vincent (right), Japan CEO of Plug and Play, and Ma Jingqian, head of ventures, at Plug and Play's Tokyo office, last month
Kotomi Li: 'I refuse to choose death'
Since 2017, Kotomi Li has won some of Japan’s top literary awards and built a formidable career in the face of persistent online harassment. “Authors are tenacious creatures to begin with,” she says.
Want to see the future at the Osaka Expo? Get in line.
“‘Future of life,’ by Ishiguro,” the World Expo pavilion by roboticist Hiroshi Ishiguro, displays humanlike androids.
Despite shifts in Japan's political landscape, constitutional revision still far off
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba has been a staunch advocate for constitutional reform.

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

Longform

Dangami House is a 180-year-old former samurai residence of the Kato clan, who ruled over Ozu, Ehime Prefecture, until the Meiji Restoration.
A house, a legacy and the quiet work of restoration in rural Japan
By Hanako Lowry

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