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Japan Times
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
Apr 1, 2011

Kageyama to drum up aid

Award-winning taiko drummer Isaku Kageyama — known for his fusion of Japanese traditional music with jazz, rock and club music — will hold a charity performance in Shinjuku Ward, Tokyo, on April 8. Proceeds from the event will be donated to the Japan Red Cross Society to help victims of the March...
Japan Times
COMMUNITY
Apr 1, 2011

Tohoku's larder still needs stocking: How you can help

Three weeks since the devastating Tohoku Earthquake, and in Tokyo it's still far too soon to say we're back to normal — least of all when it comes to dining out. In the uncertainty and gloom of the rolling blackouts, many restaurants are still closing early, and more than a few are suffering financially,...
BUSINESS
Mar 31, 2011

Nuke crisis scares foreign buyers off seafood

Exports of Japanese seafood have been canceled by foreign buyers on concern that the products may have been contaminated by radiation leaking from the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant, a government official said.
JAPAN / ANALYSIS
Mar 30, 2011

Latest find sounds scary but risk is limited

Revelations that low amounts of plutonium, a component of nuclear bombs, were detected in soil near the Fukushima No. 1 plant sent shock waves across the nation Tuesday.
JAPAN
Mar 29, 2011

Embassies ready iodide tablets

Various embassies in Japan are passing out potassium iodide tablets as a "precautionary measure" to protect their citizens from radiation exposure in case the nuclear crisis at the Fukushima No. 1 power plant goes haywire.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / HOTLINE TO NAGATACHO
Mar 29, 2011

Blackouts crippling Kanto when country needs it most

Dear Prime Minister Naoto Kan,
BASEBALL / HIT AND RUN
Mar 29, 2011

Arai plays vital role in helping baseball do right thing

Years from now, when fans look back at the 2011 NPB season, it should be noted somewhere that Hanshin Tigers third baseman Takahiro Arai's biggest hit came before the season, when the Central League finally relented and shifted its season openers to April 12.
BUSINESS
Mar 29, 2011

In wake of disaster, tax hike issue revisited

A tax increase to finance earthquake reconstruction may be unavoidable considering the nation's huge debt, two ruling party officials said, and two-thirds of the public agrees the measure may be necessary.
Reader Mail
Mar 27, 2011

Stranded volunteers were helped

Several volunteers from Save Japan Dolphins and other organizations were in northern Japan to monitor local dolphin hunts when the terrible earthquake and tsunami struck (March 11). They were fortunately on high ground when the tsunami virtually destroyed the fishing town of Otsuchi (Iwate Prefecture)....
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / HOOP SCOOP
Mar 27, 2011

Time for JBA to give up charade on merger

Under normal circumstances things move at a snail's pace within the Japan Basketball Association. So it's anyone's guess if talks between JBA officials and their bj-league counterparts will pick up anytime soon and/or if any progress will be made in the months to come for the creation of a new "top league"...
JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
Mar 27, 2011

Local media react to the events of March 11

For Japan's vernacular media, the March 11 disaster and its aftermath is the proverbial 800-pound gorilla that engulfed coverage of most other news. The items that follow give some idea of the scope of reporting over the past two weeks.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / GLOBAL HUMAN RESOURCES SYMPOSIUM
Mar 26, 2011

Mix globalization and localization: experts

Companies in advanced economies need to work out new management strategies on globalization, especially as emerging markets account for an increasing portion of worldwide demand, Japanese and German scholars and business executives told a recent symposium in Tokyo.
JAPAN / Q&A
Mar 25, 2011

It's in the water, food, soil: But what are the risks?

Radioactive materials from the crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant have been spreading, contaminating milk, vegetables, water and soil in Fukushima and neighboring prefectures.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / BJ-LEAGUE NOTEBOOK
Mar 25, 2011

Sendai, Saitama players catching on with other teams

The Sendai 89ers are a symbol of Tohoku region and their fierce loyalty to the locals reflects that fighting spirit.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Mar 25, 2011

Toyota looks to idle North American factories

Toyota Motor Corp. said Thursday it expects to halt production at some of its factories in North America due to shortages of parts from Japan.
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle
Mar 25, 2011

Peace Boat rallies help for victims

A nongovernmental organization based in Tokyo is recruiting volunteers, both Japanese and non-Japanese, to travel to Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, and work to help those who are still suffering there after the March 11 earthquake and tsunami.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 25, 2011

Reveal fallout data: ex-nuke chief

A former acting head of the Atomic Energy Commission called Thursday for the government to tell the public how radioactive emissions have spread from the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant in the past and to predict future radiation exposure risks according to distance for the most critical scenarios....
BUSINESS
Mar 25, 2011

Export growth was picking up prequake

Export growth accelerated in February, before the Tohoku quake and tsunami hit earlier this month, shutting down factories and causing power shortages in a disaster likely to disrupt trade for months.
Rugby
Mar 24, 2011

Foreign rugby players stay to help

After the ravaging earthquake and tsunami, and with the ongoing radiation issues at the Fukushima nuclear plant, there seems to be no end to the exodus of top import athletes in baseball, soccer and basketball.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Mar 24, 2011

Laughs, tears at comedy film fest

The third Okinawa International Movie Festival held its opening ceremony on Tues., March 22, after going through a traumatic week in Japan and coming out of it dramatically changed.
BUSINESS
Mar 24, 2011

Moody's cuts nonlife insurer rating

Moody's Investors Service cut the ratings outlooks for units of Japan's three largest nonlife insurers to negative from stable, saying the nation's strongest earthquake on record will put pressure on their profitability.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Mar 24, 2011

Disaster agency eyed to oversee recovery

A reconstruction agency may be created to oversee disaster repairs, while data showed the central bank pumped record liquidity into lenders as the nation grappled with its worst disaster since World War II.
Japan to experience blood moon lunar eclipse on Monday
A blood moon is seen during a partial eclipse in the sky over Lake George near Canberra on March 14.
Ishiba to quit as prime minister amid LDP discontent
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba announces his decision to step down, at the Prime Minister's Office in Tokyo on Sunday.
Japan eyes two types of 'hometown resident' registration
People buy groceries from a mobile supermarket in a rural area of Nagomi, Kumamoto Prefecture. The government is considering a new "hometown resident" registration system to help strengthen regional revitalization measures.
Race to become next LDP president kicks off again
Former Liberal Democratic Party Secretary-General Toshimitsu Motegi on Monday became the first to enter the race to replace Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba.
‘Confugenics’ and East Asia's demographic crisis
East Asia’s fertility plunge is driven not just by financial costs but by perfectionist cultural expectations that burden parents with intense educational and social demands.
In rural Hokkaido, the stops and starts of tourism revival on full display
Redevelopment plans for Kawayu Onsen have hit some snags — an example of how bringing tourists back to declining rural communities is far from easy work.
London’s calling and sumo’s top division — along with Hello Kitty — are ready to answer
Yokozuna Hoshoryu and Hello Kitty, an ambassador for sumo's upcoming tour to London, at Tokyo's Kokugikan on Tuesday
Resonac creates 27-member consortium to pursue advanced chip developments
Representatives from member companies of JOINT3, a consortium working together on semiconductor-related developments announced by Resonac, pose for a photo in Tokyo on Wednesday.
Haru Nemuri’s radical new album refuses easy listening
Musician Haruna Kimishima, better known as Haru Nemuri, confronts Japan’s politics, nationalism and censorship on her recent output.
Overseas sluggers step up to bat in small-town Hokkaido
The Betsukai Pilot Spirits welcomed new players (left to right) Yuta Yamanaka, Roman Guthrie, Scott Bellina and Leo Jiminian this year, pictured here with Yassir Lachkar of the Ishikari Red Phoenix.

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
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Figure skater Akiko Suzuki was once told her ideal weight should be 47 kilograms, a number she now admits she “naively believed.” This led to her have a relationship with food that resulted in her suffering from anorexia.
The silent battle Japanese athletes fight with weight
By Mai Yoshikawa

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