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WORLD / Crime & Legal
Jan 6, 2019

Phoenix woman in coma for a decade gives birth; police investigate

Phoenix police on Saturday were investigating reports of a sexual assault after a woman who has been hospitalized in a vegetative state for the past decade gave birth.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 2, 2019

Watch this, ignore that: A guide to U.S. politics in 2019

The impeachment of Donald Trump is possible, but actually removing him from office is unlikely.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / JAPAN LITE
Dec 30, 2018

Celebrating New Year's the island way

On the small island where I live in the middle of Japan's Seto Inland Sea, new year celebrations are stalwart traditional. Preparations start a week before when the holiday spirit wafts in on sea breezes tinted with chilling temperatures. The island holds a community rice-pounding event to make kagami...
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets
Dec 27, 2018

Traders see end to 'feverish fear-mongering' after stocks surge

The Topix index surged 4.9 percent and the Nikkei average jumped 3.88 percent Thursday, following an almost 5 percent advance in the S&P 500 Index.
Dec 20, 2018

Real-time Multi-language Translation “Kotozna Chat”, we serve Kakao Talk now!

Tokyo, Japan - Kotozna, Inc (formerly known as Jaqool, Inc) added Kakao Talk as a new chat channel for kotozna chat, a multi-lingual real-time translation service using social media platforms, for inbound travelers.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Dec 19, 2018

Toxic pesticide U.N. had urged banned found in temple food that killed 15 in India

A toxic pesticide that a U.N. agency wanted India to ban a decade ago contaminated food that killed at least 15 people at a temple last week, police said on Tuesday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Dec 18, 2018

Study finds antibiotic-resistant bacteria in Brazil pork, suggesting overuse of medicine on livestock

Pork products sold at retailers in Brazil contain antibiotic-resistant bacteria, according to a study funded by animal rights group World Animal Protection (WAP), providing potential evidence of overuse of the medicines in food livestock.
Japan Times
UAE report 2018
Dec 14, 2018

Attracting international scholars to create a vibrant and interactive learning environment

United Arab Emirates University (UAEU) was founded in 1976 by the late Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan as a higher education beacon for the UAE, providing the youth with higher education opportunities. It was the first university to be established in the country and the only university established...
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Dec 13, 2018

Deadly Ebola outbreak in Congo puts South Sudan on high alert: U.N.

The United Nations and South Sudan are taking extreme precautions to prevent any spread of Ebola from neighboring Democratic Republic of Congo, which is battling the second-biggest ever outbreak of the disease.
Japan Times
Dec 11, 2018

KOKUYO's "360° Gliding Chair ing" Wins FRAME Awards ORGATEC 2018 in Two Categories

KOKUYO starts European expansion auspiciously with the good designed and health conscious office chair.
ASIA PACIFIC / Science & Health
Dec 10, 2018

China gene-editing scientist's project rejected for WHO database

The global medical community is distancing itself further from the researcher whose controversial gene-editing work has been condemned by scientists and the Chinese government.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 10, 2018

More data exposing the U.S. income stagnation myth

Debate over wage growth must reflect solid realities, not politically convenient sound bites.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
Dec 8, 2018

Second opinion: Should you trust your doctor?

Do I really need this operation? Is this medication really good for me? Does my doctor really know what ails me?
EDITORIALS
Dec 6, 2018

Airlines must tighten alcohol rules for pilots

What has emerged in the wake of the arrest of the JAL co-pilot is that the alcohol problem is prevalent in the airline industry.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 5, 2018

Trump presidency a symptom of a deeper American problem

The real long-term problem faced by America is not the U.S. president. It's the crumbling legitimacy of the entire U.S. system of government.
EDITORIALS
Nov 29, 2018

Dangerous science in China

Gene editing may be inevitable, but this is not the way to do science.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Nov 28, 2018

Furhat, a robot with the human touch, wants to hear your woes

Furhat tilts his or her head, smiles, exudes empathy and warmth, and encourages us to open up. The robot, a 3D bust with a projection of a humanlike face, aims to build on our newfound ease talking to voice assistants like Siri and Alexa, by persuading us to interact with it as if it were a person, picking...
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / LAW OF THE LAND
Nov 25, 2018

School rules in Japan offer harsh lessons in mindless assimilation

"You may not put more than three pencils in your pencil box/ If you wish to speak in class, raise your hand forward at a 70-degree angle/ No going to the toilet in groups/ You must finish using the toilet within seven minutes/ Use no more than 30 cm of toilet paper each time/ Even if parents or siblings,...
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Nov 23, 2018

Pig out? Asia gets a taste of climate-friendly vegan 'pork'

It's Friday afternoon at the Venetian Macao hotel's Portofino restaurant, and on the terrace a handful of chefs in white uniforms are preparing the casino hub's famous pork chop bun for waiting guests.
Japan Times
WORLD / Society
Nov 22, 2018

Over 80,000 Yemeni children may have died from hunger, aid group says

An estimated 85,000 children under five may have died from extreme hunger in Yemen since a Saudi-led coalition intervened in the civil war in 2015, an aid agency said on Wednesday, as the U.N. special envoy arrived in Yemen to pursue peace talks.
BUSINESS
Nov 20, 2018

Firm's 600% opioid antidote price hike cost taxpayers millions: U.S. senators

Kaleo Inc.'s more than 600 percent price increase on its opioid-overdose antidote has cost the Medicare and Medicaid health program $142 million since 2014, according to a report by two U.S. senators.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Nov 14, 2018

Every breath you take: Indian capital's smog leaves children gasping for air

Deepa Tampi worries a lot about the air her two children breathe. The garment exporter says she believes her 14-year-old daughter Mahika and 12-year-old son Vihaan both became asthmatic because of high levels of pollution in the New Delhi area.
EDITORIALS
Nov 13, 2018

Step up battle against rubella

Prompt action must be taken to contain the latest outbreak of the rubella virus, which poses a serious threat to pregnant women.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / INSIDER REPORT
Nov 12, 2018

Tracing Japan's business giants from the late '80s to the 2000s

In the mid-1980s Japan was considered the most dynamic economy in the world and its manufacturers the most dominant. Japan's GDP growth had averaged around 7 percent per annum for the previous 30 years even with a slight downturn following the first oil shock in the 1970s, and was growing at around 4...
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Nov 7, 2018

Democrats capture U.S. House as Republicans hold Senate in fiercely fought midterm elections

Democrats laid claim to the U.S. House by riding a surge of voter anger and discontent with President Donald Trump in suburban enclaves, even as the leader's loyal supporters reaffirmed Republican control of the Senate.
Philippine bid to acquire used Japanese warships gains steam
Tokyo is looking to transfer Abukuma-class vessels to the Philippines as part of broader efforts to boost the defense capabilities of like-minded neighbors amid growing Chinese military assertiveness in the region.
Koshien’s dark summer forces reckoning for high school baseball
Koryo High School players greet their cheering section after beating Hokkaido’s Asahikawa Shiho in the first round of Summer Koshien on Aug. 7. The school withdrew three days later as a bullying scandal enveloped the team.
Akazawa's trip to Washington for tariff talks abruptly canceled
Ryosei Akazawa, Japan's chief tariff negotiator, had been set to fly to Washington on Thursday.
Confusion over Japan’s ‘hometown’ plan overshadows African development event
First Lady Yoshiko Ishiba (center, in white and blue dress) hosts an event on Japanese culture with the first ladies of African leaders on the sidelines of the Tokyo International Conference on African Development in Yokohama on Aug. 21.
Mitsubishi’s wind-power retreat a blow to Japan's alternative-energy goals
Wind turbines in the town of Happo in Akita prefecture. Wind power is a key part of Japan's alternative energy drive.
Koshien’s dark summer forces reckoning for high school baseball
Koryo High School players greet their cheering section after beating Hokkaido’s Asahikawa Shiho in the first round of Summer Koshien on Aug. 7. The school withdrew three days later as a bullying scandal enveloped the team.
Is Kishida plotting a return of the king? Or would he rather stay a kingmaker?
Former Prime Minister Fumio Kishida chairs a plenary session at the Ninth Tokyo International Conference on African Development in Yokohama on Aug. 21.
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.

Podcast

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

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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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