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JAPAN
Feb 2, 2008

Condemned trio sent to the gallows

Three condemned convicts were hanged Friday and the government released their names and other details in line with the disclosure policy introduced by Justice Minister Kunio Hatoyama with his Dec. 7 approval of three other executions.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel / HOTELS & RESTAURANTS
Feb 1, 2008

Bruno Oger at the Royal Park, a cocoa curriculum at the Nikko Tokyo and a gourmet chocolate dinner in Osaka

Royal Park anniversary courses
EDITORIALS
Jan 26, 2008

Guidelines to prevent news bias

The Japan Newspaper Publishers and Editors Association has publicized guidelines aimed at stamping out bias in newspaper reports on criminal trials to be presided over by lay judges together with professional judges. The lay judge system will be introduced by May 2009. As the guidelines declare, it is...
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel / HOTELS & RESTAURANTS
Jan 25, 2008

Cherry blossom lunch, wagyu burgers, yuzu spas and a kangaroo for dinner

Spring comes early to the 130-year-old Chinzan-so garden of the Four Seasons Hotel in Tokyo this year, with the expected blossoming around the end of the month of a special variety of cherry trees (kanhizakura and kawazuzakura) that the hotel planted in the venerable garden early in the new year.
Japan Times
LIFE / Digital
Jan 16, 2008

Japan toughens up on Internet regulation

In a country with one of the world's most vibrant Internet cultures, rumblings of change in the way that online information is managed, controlled and regulated is causing concern for many.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel / HOTELS & RESTAURANTS
Jan 11, 2008

Oriental therapy, Glenlivet dinners and Michelin-starred lunches

Treat yourself in Kyoto The Hyatt Regency Kyoto is offering an accommodation and Oriental therapy package to help you relax and unwind.
JAPAN
Dec 19, 2007

Speedier nuke damage info planned

Central government involvement in disclosing information about accidents or damage at nuclear power plants is to be increased by the Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency, agency officials said Tuesday.
JAPAN
Dec 19, 2007

UFOs 'definitely exist,' Machimura asserts

definitely exist," Machimura stressed. "How else do you explain those various unexplainable things like Nazca," he said, referring to the series of mysterious giant drawings of animals and other figures on an arid plateau in southern Peru. Earlier Tuesday, the government made an official statement that...
BUSINESS / THE VIEW FROM EUROPE
Dec 17, 2007

'Green IT' trend set to heat up, but will it cool the world down?

There are few pieces of office equipment as ubiquitous or as necessary as the personal computer. While the number of PCs in use worldwide is nearly impossible to estimate, their prevalence as a basic tool may be obscuring their role as energy consuming devices.
JAPAN
Dec 8, 2007

Three hanged and named in ministry first

The Justice Ministry executed three death-row inmates Friday and, in a break with its secrecy policy, released their names and details directly to the public.
Japan Times
JAPAN / EXPLAINER
Dec 4, 2007

Digital terrestrial TV coming but work remains

More than half a century has passed since commercial television debuted in Japan, and now TVs are a main component of the mass culture.
Japan Times
LIFE / Digital / JAPAN TIMES BLOGROLL
Nov 28, 2007

Observing Japan

Writing under the "nom de blog" Japan Observer, Chicago-born Tobias Harris dissects Japan's ever-eventful political scene on his Web site www.observingjapan.com. The 25-year-old Harris recently completed an internship year as a foreign-policy adviser to Democratic Party of Japan Diet member Keiichiro...
JAPAN
Oct 27, 2007

Employees' quest to recover wages, get jobs begins

, Nova said that unpaid salaries would be paid and that students would receive refunds by the end of the month. Now, they file for bankruptcy protection. We can't trust what Nova officials say," said Katsuji Yamahara, a union representative. Toshiaki Higashibata, a lawyer representing Nova, told a separate...
JAPAN
Oct 23, 2007

Ministry finds IDs of hep C patients

and Vice President Takeshi Komine (right) face reporters at the health ministry Monday. KYODO PHOTO
EDITORIALS
Oct 19, 2007

Confidentiality of a murderous motive

Public prosecutors have arrested a Kyoto psychiatrist on suspicion of leaking secret investigative materials to a journalist on a 17-year-old boy who was tried in family court in connection with a fire that killed his stepmother and two siblings. The freelance journalist later published a book using...
EDITORIALS
Oct 10, 2007

Crimes and the Internet

While the Internet has revolutionized communication and information transmission, Net anonymity has made it easier to engage in illegal activities. Numerous Web sites carry information on child pornography, sales of stimulant drugs and other illicit activities. Some Web sites even appear to be recruiting...

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A small shrine perched atop rocks braves the waves hitting the shoreline during a storm in Shimoda, Shizuoka Prefecture. The area is under threat of a possible 31-meter-high tsunami if an earthquake strikes the nearby Nankai Trough.
If the 'Big One' hits, this city could face a 31-meter-high tsunami