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ENVIRONMENT / OUR PLANET EARTH
Jun 27, 2007

Is this a poisons coverup?

Mariners say the oceans reveal their secrets only grudgingly. Shelly Parulis would say the same of the U.S. Navy.
JAPAN
Aug 10, 2006

Paternity leave takers fewer

Only 0.5 percent of male private-sector company workers took paternity leave in fiscal 2004, down from 0.56 percent the year before, a health ministry survey said Wednesday.
JAPAN
Apr 14, 2002

Teen eating disorders increasing

About one in every 20 girls enrolled at high schools in the Tokyo metropolitan area suffers from anorexia nervosa, according to a government-funded survey.
JAPAN
May 29, 1997

Hospitals free to inflate charges for uninsured patients

A 54-year-old Filipino woman living in Inage, Chiba Prefecture, was taken ill in April and had to use an ambulance to go to a hospital in the city of Chiba. She was suffering from acute appendicitis and needed immediate surgery.
EDITORIALS
Jul 6, 2013

Violence against women

The finding that more than one-third of women worldwide suffer physical or sexual violence during their lifetimes must be understood as a devastating crisis.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 26, 2002

'Nursing taxis' popular but status shaky

As taxi driver Hirohisa Mitsuda washes his vehicle prior to a day's work, he tries to make sure the windows are spotless because his passengers hardly ever get to enjoy the outdoors.
Japan Times
JAPAN / BABY BUST
Sep 21, 2002

Isolation poses major danger to modern mothers

Yumi, the mother of a 17-month-old girl in Tokyo, said she started feeling the burden of raising a child even before she became a mom.
JAPAN
Nov 29, 2001

Abused women 32 times more prone to suicide

Japanese women who suffer domestic violence at the hands of their partners are more than 30 times more likely to commit suicide than those who do not, according to a survey released this week.
JAPAN
Feb 6, 2001

10% of kids suffer psychological woes

Some 10 percent of children visiting pediatric hospitals as outpatients are suffering psychological problems, mostly girls aged 15 and boys aged 14, according to the results of the first nationwide survey on children's mental health.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society / Regional Voices: Kyushu
Dec 19, 2022

Spotlight being shone on gender issues from a male perspective

While women make some progress, the number of men in traditionally women's jobs has not increased.
Japan Times
ESG CONSORTIUM
Mar 25, 2019

Employee programs on long-term wellness

The concept of health and productivity management has become an important business approach for companies in recent years to keep growing, even within Japan's already mature business communities.
EDITORIALS
Jan 31, 2019

Efforts needed to reduce doctors' working hours

Why should a different overtime standard be applied to doctors than to workers in general?
Japan Times
JAPAN / Science & Health / A MATTER OF HEALTH
May 31, 2017

Pro-tobacco LDP clouds chances of indoor smoking ban in time for Tokyo Games

May 31 marks World No Tobacco Day, but the prospect of Japan banning indoor smoking in time for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics looks hazier than ever.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Dec 21, 2013

A confused future for our baby boomers

No generation in the history of mankind is more reviled than that of the baby boomers, who grew up during the age of mass media. Raised on TV and glossy magazines, they connected to a world their parents knew almost nothing about, and with that experience turned from youthful explorers of expanded possibilities...
JAPAN
Jan 25, 2008

Ambulance fiascoes become Osaka campaign issue

OSAKA — With just a few days to go until Osaka elects a new governor, the candidates are finding themselves facing an issue that is literally a life and death situation for all prefectural residents.
BUSINESS / POPULATION SYMPOSIUM
Nov 9, 2006

Environment, not career major hurdle to big families

See the main story: Low birthrate threatens Japan's future See related story: French values and child-care policies put family before work
BUSINESS
Jul 7, 2005

Household income continued decline to 5.8 million yen in '03

The average income of a Japanese household dropped to 5.8 million yen in 2003, shrinking for the seventh consecutive year, according to a government survey released Wednesday.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY
Feb 16, 2003

When you need a hand ...

Married with two children, 46-year-old Kumiko Mashima thinks her life is just about perfect. She met her loving husband through an omiai -- a formal introduction arranged by a go-between with a view to marriage -- and they both adore their daughters. But before she found her way into her husband's arms,...
COMMUNITY
Oct 27, 2002

Putting the best face on death

People are said to look peaceful in death. But imagine if a deceased's family were to gaze fondly at their loved one only to find the face garishly caked with foundation, rouge and lipstick. Horrifying, or what?
EDITORIALS
Nov 30, 2000

Help society's youngest victims

It is a sad commentary on today's adults that the physical and psychological abuse of children is a growing and increasingly troubling phenomenon in Japan more than half a year after the Diet enacted a law prohibiting chronically abusive parents from meeting or corresponding with offspring they have...
COMMUNITY
Nov 9, 2000

Smoke gets in your eyes

A scar on her arm reminds Kyoko Saito (not her real name) of an unpleasant experience she had a month ago. The Tokyo office worker was hurrying home one night after working three hours overtime, when she overtook three men chatting as they sauntered along the crowded sidewalk to the nearby station.
EDITORIALS
Oct 11, 2000

Patient safety must come first

If the situation that is developing in many Japanese hospitals is not yet a national emergency, it soon will be. The frequency with which medication errors and other medical accidents are occurring has many people legitimately concerned about undergoing a hospital stay. Those fears can only be heightened...
BUSINESS / YEN FOR LIVING
Jul 20, 2011

The imperfect science of delineating poverty

How informative is the 'relative poverty' index?
JAPAN / BOOSTING THE BIRTHRATE
Jun 2, 2010

Parental leave still finds dads in huge minority

Masato Yamada was a typical bureaucrat. He worked late, usually missing the last train home, and sometimes put in all-nighters. Nevertheless, he enjoyed the demanding job.
Japan Times
JAPAN
May 21, 2008

EPAs clearing way for foreign caregivers

Indonesian nurses and care workers are expected to start arriving in Japan this summer under a new bilateral economic partnership agreement, and, under a similar EPA between Tokyo and Manila, such professionals from the Philippines may follow.
JAPAN
Jun 12, 2002

Only half of 35,000 child-abuse cases probed

There were an estimated 35,000 cases of child abuse nationwide in fiscal 2000, but only about 18,000 were probed by child welfare consultation centers, according to a Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry report released Tuesday.
EDITORIALS
Jul 28, 2019

Do more for women's political empowerment

The government and political parties need to step up efforts to increase gender diversity in politics.
Bear kills another person in Japan in record year for fatal attacks
Police investigate the scene of a bear attack that killed one person and injured three others on Friday in the village of Higashinaruse in Akita Prefecture.
Tokyo launches English-language international school database
A screenshot of the Tokyo Metropolitan Government's international schools portal site
Strong quake shakes Hokkaido as authorities urge vigilance
Kunashiri Island is seen across the Nemuro Strait, just before sunrise from Rausu, Hokkaido. A strong earthquake struck the area at a depth of about 40 kilometers early Saturday.
New tourism minister calls concentration of tourists in certain areas 'very serious'
Tourism minister Yasushi Kaneko holds a news conference in Tokyo on Wednesday.
Florian Wiltschko: ‘Shinto helps me understand and live within Japanese culture’
Florian Wiltschko’s interest in Shintoism began with a trip to Japan in his teens. He now serves as the supplicant priest at the 355-year-old Hisai Hachiman Shrine in Mie Prefecture.
Japan’s youth are apathetic toward the climate crisis. Could anime change that?
“Future Kid Takara,” a series of anime shorts to be aired on NHK Educational TV in November, attempts to educate children about climate change.
Loss to Wallabies doesn't dampen Japan’s optimism
Japan's Michael Leitch controls the ball during the match against Australia on Saturday.
Stars align for Kim-Trump meeting — but any talks will be on N.K. leader’s terms
A South Korean soldier stands next to a TV broadcasting a news report about a possible summit between North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and U.S. President Donald Trump, at the main railway station in Seoul on Wednesday.
New ‘immigration minister’ post signals Takaichi Cabinet’s priorities
Kimi Onoda, economic security minister and minister for harmonious coexistence with foreign nationals, arrives at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Tuesday.
Number of suicide cases among students in Japan hits record high in 2024
The health ministry's Suicide White Paper for 2024 has found that numbers for both men and women peak at age 21, with “concerns over future career paths” being identified as the most likely cause.

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
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The byzantine process for converting a foreign driver’s license into a Japanese one entails mountains of paperwork and significant stamina — unless you're a lucky license holder from a country or region where these requirements are waived.
Driving in Japan isn’t hard. Getting the license is.
By Thu-Huong Ha and Mike Fu

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