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JAPAN
Nov 4, 2002

Society launched to study, develop computer games

OSAKA -- Japan's first academic society to conduct research on computer games held its commemorative opening on Sunday.
JAPAN
Jun 25, 2002

Critics question results of child behavior study

Children who suddenly run amok or act violently without reason are reacting against bad home environments and not their teachers, according to a report on a survey released recently by an affiliate of the Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Ministry.
Japan Times
Events
Feb 19, 2002

Gene study sheds light on Alzheimer's disease

OSAKA -- Researchers at Osaka University have announced a breakthrough in determining the cause of Alzheimer's disease, raising hopes for improvements in the treatment of the currently incurable ailment that reportedly affects 1 million Japanese aged over 65.
BUSINESS
Oct 30, 2001

Teijin, Enron begin study on electricity sales

Major textile maker Teijin Ltd. said Monday it has begun a feasibility study with the Enron group of the United States to improve the output of Teijin's private power generator and sell the excess to other corporate users.
JAPAN
Sep 15, 2001

Team to study SDF role in East Timor

The ruling coalition will send a team of lawmakers to East Timor from Wednesday to study the possible participation of the Self-Defense Forces in a U.N. peacekeeping operation there, coalition officials said Friday.
JAPAN
Jun 12, 2001

Koizumi calls for Africa ODA study

Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi on Monday stressed the need for future detailed discussion and study of official development assistance to African countries.
JAPAN
Mar 2, 2001

Researcher publishes third study on toilets

OSAKA -- A 53-year-old civil servant in Osaka Prefecture who has been researching the history of toilets in Japan for more than 30 years has published his latest findings in what he calls "The Journal of Toilet Culture."
BUSINESS
Aug 5, 2000

FSA panel resumes study of banking laws

The Financial System Council, an advisory panel to the head of the Financial Services Agency, on Friday resumed work aimed at revising the Banking Law next year to cope with an expected influx of new banks.
SOCCER / World cup
Jul 4, 2000

Japanese, Koreans study cohosting at Euro 2000

ROTTERDAM, Netherlands -- Senior officials from both the Japanese and Korean World Cup organizing committees said Saturday they expected to learn many things from the cohosted Euro 2000 Soccer Championship, but emphasized that the 2002 World Cup was a different kettle of fish with its own attendant problems....
JAPAN
May 2, 2000

Panel warns against early English study

An Education Ministry advisory panel has warned against introducing foreign language studies too early, arguing that concentrating on the study of Japanese until around age 10 is essential to master the mother tongue, it was learned Monday.
JAPAN
Jun 25, 1999

Latest dioxin study reveals large drop in '98 emissions

Total dioxin emissions in Japan in 1998 were reduced to less than half of 1997 levels, but they were still far larger than in other developed countries, the Environment Agency said Friday.
JAPAN
Apr 22, 1999

New Finance council tasked to study money flow

The Finance Ministry will launch a new advisory council today to study the changing nature of the nation's money flow from saving and investment patterns in the graying society to ongoing financial system reform, Vice Minister Koji Tanami said Thursday.
JAPAN
Apr 19, 1999

Cyberspace offers chance to study business at USC

Beginning in September, Japanese will have the opportunity to take a University of Southern California business course in their homes -- using the Internet and satellite TV.
JAPAN
Apr 15, 1999

60 coalition members set up study group

Aiming at increasing their presence within the Liberal Democratic Party-Liberal Party coalition, some 60 members of the two parties jointly established a new study group Thursday.
JAPAN
Dec 25, 1998

Japan approves theater missile defense study with U.S.

The government on Friday formally approved a plan to start joint research with the United States on Washington's theater missile defense program in fiscal 1999.
JAPAN
Oct 28, 1998

Canada study fair to held at embassy

An information fair for students interested in studying at high schools in Canada will be held Tuesday at the Canadian Embassy in Tokyo.Information on 10 public school districts in British Columbia will be available, and school representatives and former exchange students will give presentations and...
JAPAN
Sep 24, 1998

Opposition forms 'study group' aimed at Obuchi

A total of 156 Diet members from the non-Communist opposition forces met Thursday in Tokyo and formed a new study group that hopes to better unite the opposition parties against the ruling Liberal Democratic Party.
JAPAN
Jun 17, 1998

MITI body launches one-year coal study policy

The Coal Mining Council, an advisory body to the minister for international trade and industry, convened Wednesday to start a one-year study of the government's coal policy.
JAPAN
May 15, 1998

Insurers plan study of Aoba buyout by AIG

Japan's life insurance industry body gave the green light Friday to begin a preliminary study into whether Aoba Life Insurance Co. might be sold to U.S. insurance giant American International Group Inc.
JAPAN
Nov 4, 1997

Dome in the dunes ready for desert study

TOTTORI -- Scientists are now busy working in a gigantic new glass dome at the famous Tottori Sand Dunes, which silently covers a 16-km stretch of the Sea of Japan coast.
JAPAN
Sep 5, 1997

Team to study overseas tax systems

A subcommittee of the government's Tax Commission will dispatch a mission on a 12-day tour of four nations to study financial taxation systems abroad as part of efforts to prepare by year's end an interim report on revising Japan's financial taxes for fiscal 1998.
JAPAN
Aug 25, 1997

87 Diet members launch opposition study group

In a move seen by many as a stepping stone toward the formation of a new opposition party, the Reform Council was launched on August 25 by 87 Diet members from four opposition parties.
JAPAN
Aug 11, 1997

Opposition to set up study group

About 70 Diet members from the Democratic Party of Japan, Shinshinto and the Taiyo Party are expected to participate in a new study group to be formed later this month, informed sources said Aug. 11.
JAPAN
Feb 17, 1997

Reform group to study 'zaito' in full

A review of the government's fiscal investment and loan program needs to be undertaken in its entirety, and not in bits and pieces, a new panel on the issue agreed at its first meeting Feb. 17.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Jun 8, 2023

‘Dreaming in Between’: Thoughtful character study stimulates self-reflection

Acting veteran Ken Mitsuishi portrays a flawed middle-aged man facing the end of his life with depth and pathos in Ryutaro Ninomiya’s drama.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
May 23, 2023

El Ninos cause trillions in lost economic growth, study shows

With the world 1.2 C hotter than it was before industrialization, El Nino now practically guarantees record heat.
JAPAN
Apr 28, 2023

Japan should aim for 500,000 studying abroad, government panel says

The government's Council for the Creation of Future Education also called for the country to accept 400,000 international students to Japan by the same year.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Science & Health
Apr 6, 2023

Walking 8,000 steps daily on weekends enough to lower risk of death, study shows

'There is no need to feel pressured to walk every day,' said Kosuke Inoue, who was assistant professor at Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine when the research was published.

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