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JAPAN
Dec 19, 2007

Speedier nuke damage info planned

Central government involvement in disclosing information about accidents or damage at nuclear power plants is to be increased by the Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency, agency officials said Tuesday.
EDITORIALS
Dec 19, 2007

Stemming a worsening debacle

The debacle of 50.95 million hard-to-identify pension premium payment records has worsened. The Social Insurance Agency is expected to be able to somehow identify about 11 million records. But it has now been disclosed that it will be extremely difficult to identify some 19.75 million records — about...
Japan Times
LIFE / Digital
Dec 19, 2007

Five crackers for your seasonal techno-stocking

With Christmas just around the corner, most Japan Times readers will doubtless have their shopping lists all but completed, with bountiful stockings prepared for all their kith and kin.
BUSINESS
Dec 19, 2007

FSA to scrap barriers to make Tokyo global force

Plans to lower barriers between equity and commodity trading in an effort to win a larger share of global investments for Japan have been disclosed by the Financial Services Agency.
JAPAN
Dec 19, 2007

UFOs 'definitely exist,' Machimura asserts

definitely exist," Machimura stressed. "How else do you explain those various unexplainable things like Nazca," he said, referring to the series of mysterious giant drawings of animals and other figures on an arid plateau in southern Peru. Earlier Tuesday, the government made an official statement that...
Japan Times
LIFE / Digital / IGADGET
Dec 19, 2007

The Nintendo DS levels up, and phones make kids safer

Double vision: Nintendo's two-screened DS is set to become even more of a must-have product thanks to the DSVision, which will allow users to watch videos and read e-books and manga on the portable console. Users simply download the media to their computer, transfer the content to a microSD card, and...
Japan Times
SOCCER
Dec 18, 2007

Milanese hail Kaka as 'best in the world'

YOKOHAMA — AC Milan coach Carlo Ancelotti and captain Paolo Maldini were united in their praise of Kaka after the Brazilian's virtuoso display in the Club World Cup final.
Reader Mail
Dec 18, 2007

Skaters should highlight Japan

I watched the figure skating competition on TV recently, and it was very exciting. I was impressed by the earnestness of the skaters. But one thing came to mind while watching: Japanese people are unpatriotic. Such an exhibition is a showcase for skaters free to use gadgets and wear costumes, anything...
Japan Times
JAPAN / EXPLAINER
Dec 18, 2007

Japan has its Christmas cake and eats it, too

'Tis the jolly holiday season and the streets are filled with bright illumination, sparkling decorations and cheerful Christmas songs to mark the big day next week.
Reader Mail
Dec 18, 2007

Graduate degrees due greater credit

As a doctorate degree-holder, I agree with Takamitsu Sawa's Dec. 11 article, "The graduate school fiasco." For more than three years now I have been applying to graduate schools to teach even on a voluntary basis. There are no vacancies.
JAPAN
Dec 18, 2007

Death penalty foes await U.N. moratorium vote

Human rights activists renewed on Monday their call to abolish capital punishment as the United Nations gets ready to vote on a resolution calling on member states to declare a moratorium on executions.
JAPAN
Dec 18, 2007

Prison eased for killer of parents

The Tokyo High Court on Monday trimmed two years off the prison sentence of an 18-year-old youth convicted of stabbing his parents to death and causing an explosion at the family's Tokyo residence in 2005, acknowledging the boy suffered at the hands of an abusive father.
Living conditions index hits lowest level in 15 years in Japan
The share of respondents to a Bank of Japan quarterly survey in June who said they have become worse off came to 61.0%, up 5.1 percentage points from the previous survey.
Tokyo emerges as a top market for global tech talent
Tokyo ranks among the world's top tech talent hubs alongside Beijing, the San Francisco Bay Area, Bengaluru, Paris, New York and Dublin, according to Colliers' newly released global tech markets report.
From stalking to death threats, female candidates still face harassment
Mayu Ushida, a former NHK newscaster running for election in the Tokyo electoral district on the Democratic Party for the People ticket, signs an autograph for a voter after a public rally at Shinjuku Station in Tokyo on Tuesday.
CDP leader criticizes ‘Japanese First’ policy and calls for inclusive society
Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan leader Yoshihiko Noda said it is obvious that Japanese society could not function without the help of foreign workers in manufacturing, health care, construction and public transportation.
JSA’s 100th anniversary event is a once-in-a-lifetime chance for sumo fans
Egyptian wrestler Osunaarashi has some fun with children during a special Japan Sumo Association event in 2017.
Japan's rice farmers are confounded by Shinjiro Koizumi’s policies
Kiyoshi Shibata stands in front of one of the rice paddies in Murayama, Yamagata Prefecture, where he produces the prefecture's signature rice brand Tsuyahime.
From stalking to death threats, female candidates still face harassment
Mayu Ushida, a former NHK newscaster running for election in the Tokyo electoral district on the Democratic Party for the People ticket, signs an autograph for a voter after a public rally at Shinjuku Station in Tokyo on Tuesday.
Kawaii Lab redefines idol pop for the TikTok generation
Misa Kimura is the main producer for Kawaii Lab, a project by entertainment agency Asobisystem whose groups have found success by pairing a social media-first strategy with a fresh perspective on traditional idol-pop tropes.
Craig Mod's life in motion in a disappearing Japan
Mod's memoir “Things Become Other Things” chronicles his walking trips across the Kii Peninsula, surveying “a graceful end to a certain life cycle.”

Podcast

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

Longform

After pandemic-era border regulations eased, Indian migrants began returning to Japan. Their population now stands at more than 50,000 across the country.
How remote work is rewriting the migrant experience in Japan
By Megha Wadhwa

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