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JAPAN
Nov 8, 2000

Court grants recognition of man's A-bomb illness

OSAKA -- The Osaka High Court on Tuesday upheld a lower court decision legitimizing a 74-year-old man's claim that radiation from the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing of Hiroshima caused his health problems.
COMMENTARY
Nov 3, 2000

Secrecy and greed behind BSE tragedy

LONDON --I am stunned at the awfulness of being British at the moment. A report written by Lord Phillips into the BSE tragedy has just been published. Though it does not roar with horror or screech with condemnation, its quiet steady tone fills me with anger and horror at Britain's farming, veterinary...
COMMUNITY
Nov 2, 2000

Healthy diet, healthy mother's milk

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JAPAN
Oct 18, 2000

HIV victim's mom rocks voters' boat

The outspoken mother of an HIV-infected man who became a symbol of citizens' fight for justice during the 1995-96 tainted blood scandal, is challenging established political parties in the Oct. 22 House of Representatives by-election in Tokyo's western suburbs.
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...
COMMENTARY / WASHINGTON UPDATE
Sep 23, 2000

The tide turns and Gore seizes the moment

In political campaigns, when things go well, they really roll. When things sour, nothing seems to work.
JAPAN
Sep 22, 2000

Continued aid for Chernobyl sought

While memories of the 1986 nuclear accident at Chernobyl have faded in the international community, continued assistance is still needed for the disaster-hit region, according to the head of the United Nations relief program still dealing with the tragedy.
EDITORIALS
Sep 18, 2000

Kinder, gentler animal farms

It's funny how McDonald's -- the much-reviled little hamburger stand that grew -- has become the world's handiest barometer of social change. It is the standard-bearer, or more often the whipping boy, for economic and cultural globalization, with progress or regress thereto measured in degrees of "McDonaldization."...
COMMUNITY
Sep 14, 2000

Part-timers reshaping Japan's work ethic

Yoshinori Ogawa, 27, is a bassist in the rock band Dusty Rose. He considers himself a professional musician, but like many other would-be musicians or thespians, he has not yet reached the point where he can support himself on his music alone.
JAPAN
Sep 8, 2000

Miyake Island evacuees found to be physically, mentally taxed

The process of evacuation from volcanic Miyake Island and the glare of the national spotlight is taking its toll on some evacuees.
JAPAN
Sep 6, 2000

Confectioners wage campaign to push merits of chocolate

Japanese are munching their way through more chocolate than ever, but local manufacturers are not satisfied and have launched a string of new products and positive health campaigns to target the country's sweet tooth.
EDITORIALS
Aug 31, 2000

More than a private matter

Not for the first time, members of the Japanese public seem to be proving the experts wrong by their behavior. It is no longer merely a provocative social phenomenon, however, when the means by which they choose to do so is suicide. According to a new report from the National Police Agency, 33,048 Japanese...
JAPAN
Aug 30, 2000

Medical importer delayed product warnings

A Tokyo-based importer of U.S.-made artificial pericardiums linked to inflammation in transplant patients waited six months before warning hospitals after it learned of health risks associated with the product, according to medical sources.
JAPAN
Aug 30, 2000

Snow Milk offices to be raided today

OSAKA -- Police will search both the head office of Snow Brand Milk Products Co. in Tokyo and its western Japan branch today on suspicion that professional negligence in connection with recent food-poisoning cases resulted in bodily injury, sources said Tuesday.
JAPAN
Aug 30, 2000

'Sick-house syndrome' to be probed in schools

The Education Ministry will inspect 50 school buildings across the nation in September to determine the level of air contamination from chemical substances used in interior construction materials, ministry sources said.
JAPAN
Aug 29, 2000

Joint team probes Snow fiasco

The Osaka Municipal Government on Monday launched a joint study group of experts with the Health and Welfare Ministry that will investigate the causes of Snow Brand Milk Products Co.'s mass food-poisoning incident and attempt to recommend countermeasures.
JAPAN
Aug 25, 2000

Psychiatrists took brains for research without consent

Two psychiatrists at a national health institution in Chiba Prefecture kept for research purposes the brains of 95 people autopsied at the Medical Examiner's Office in Tokyo without the consent of relatives of the deceased or the proper authorities, it was learned Thursday.
JAPAN
Aug 25, 2000

State institutes set to study violent kids' backgrounds

Amid a rise in youth violence in the country, two government research institutes will launch a joint study into the backgrounds of youths who commit impulsive acts of violence, government sources said Thursday.
JAPAN
Aug 20, 2000

Police to probe Snow plant toxin

SAPPORO -- Hokkaido Prefectural Police have decided to launch an investigation into the discovery of toxin that can cause food poisoning in powdered skim milk produced at a Snow Brand Milk Products Co. factory in southern Hokkaido, police sources said Saturday.
BUSINESS
Aug 18, 2000

Calbee plant running again after lizard scare

Calbee Foods Co. has resumed operations at a confectionery factory where work had been suspended since Saturday following the discovery of a dead lizard in a bag of potato chips produced there, the confectionery maker said.
JAPAN
Aug 6, 2000

Dioxin-ridden incinerator may be scrapped but local distrust smolders

NOSE, Osaka Pref. -- Despite the accord reached last month to settle the nation's worst dioxin pollution, which hit this rural town, deep-rooted distrust of local authorities lingers among town residents.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / PERSONALITY PROFILE
Jul 30, 2000

Nigel Mortimer

When he was a youth, Kiyomu Shimomura found his mentor in the late scholar Masahiro Yasuoka. Yasuoka wrote the draft of the statement made by the Emperor Showa at the end of World War II. That was the first time for a Japanese emperor to speak to the people, and in his radio address to the nation he...
EDITORIALS
Jul 26, 2000

The latest summer hazard

The end of the rainy season has brought the high temperatures and soaring humidity that typify Japanese summers everywhere except at mountain resorts or in Hokkaido. It also brings a risk most people seldom seem to consider: the very real danger of food poisoning.
JAPAN
Jul 20, 2000

Kadena Air Base noise stirs memories of war

NISHINOMIYA, Hyogo Pref. -- For many elderly people living near the U.S. Kadena Air Base in central Okinawa, aircraft noise is intolerable not only because it disrupts their sleep but also because it brings back unbearable memories of war, according to Kozo Hiramatsu, an expert in acoustic ecology.
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 20, 2000

Balancing act for G8 leaders in a land apart

Four years ago, in July 1996, I suggested in an opinion piece for the Sankei Shimbun that the Group of Eight summit in 2000 be held in Okinawa.
JAPAN
Jul 18, 2000

Okinawa summit ready to expand upon meeting of foreign ministers

The Group of Eight leaders meeting in Okinawa beginning Friday will explore ways to prevent regional conflicts and address other challenges in the sphere of international politics.
JAPAN
Jul 17, 2000

Long life spans attributed to Okinawa diet

NAHA, Okinawa Pref. -- Legend holds that an ancient Chinese emperor dispatched a mission of explorers to find Horai, a heavenly island believed to exist in the ocean, with orders to find the elixir of life and bring it to him.
Character-crazed Japan has little appetite for Labubu
A pop-up advertisement for the newly opened Chiikawa Park in Tokyo's Ikebukuro neighborhood demonstrates how the country is chockful of cute characters — to the detriment of trends like Labubu.
Are 'coolcations' the answer for Japan's heat-weary tourists?
Hikers on a trail in Hakuba, Nagano Prefecture. As extreme heat continues to grip Japan, a tectonic shift may be underway in the nation’s summer tourism scene as more people gravitate toward cooler destinations.
JICA to designate four Japanese cities as 'hometowns' for African nations
The Japanese flag (left) with the flag of the African Union
Man arrested in Kobe stabbing had been staying at hotel near victim’s home
Masashi Tanimoto arrested on suspicion of murder in connection with the fatal stabbing of a woman in Kobe, is sent to prosecutors on Sunday.
Japanese prefectures break with labor ministry on minimum wage
The ministry of labor has suggested a 6% minimum wage increase, but most prefectures reporting so far are opting to go slightly higher.
Japanese prefectures break with labor ministry on minimum wage
The ministry of labor has suggested a 6% minimum wage increase, but most prefectures reporting so far are opting to go slightly higher.
Philippines quietly deepening ‘unofficial’ defense ties with Taiwan
Filipino soldiers take part in a flag-raising ceremony on Mavulis Island during a visit by the Philippines' Armed Forces chief of staff, in Batanes, the Philippines, in June 2023. Batanes, a group of idyllic islands at the country’s northernmost tip, sits about 160 kilometers from Taiwan.
Are 'coolcations' the answer for Japan's heat-weary tourists?
Hikers on a trail in Hakuba, Nagano Prefecture. As extreme heat continues to grip Japan, a tectonic shift may be underway in the nation’s summer tourism scene as more people gravitate toward cooler destinations.
Germany's first sakemaker offers a bold brew of ideas
Reigen, Germany's first sake brewery, makes a diverse, nontraditional range of sake that includes fruit-flavored sips and wine barrel-aged renditions.
Alicia Keys closed Summer Sonic, but J-pop owned it
Summer Sonic’s 2025 lineup demonstrated its strength, showcasing the latest in J-pop, including “new kawaii” act Fruits Zipper.

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
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Tetsuzo Shiraishi, speaking at The Center of the Tokyo Raids and War Damage, uses a thermos to explain how he experienced the U.S. firebombing of March 1945, when he was just 7 years old.
From ashes to high-rises: A survivor’s account of Tokyo’s postwar past
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