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JAPAN / Q&A
Mar 16, 2011

Take proper steps to avoid exposure to fallout

More residents near the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant in Fukushima Prefecture were ordered to evacuate Tuesday, raising concerns about radiation exposure.
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 18, 2010

It's wrong to backpedal on nonnuclear principles

The prime minister's advisory panel on national security has recommended a reconsideration of Japan's adherence to the so-called three nonnuclear principles. The panel specifically urged that the third principle, the prohibition on the introduction of nuclear weapons into Japan (which forbids not only...
EDITORIALS
Mar 22, 2010

Those aging overpasses

In making recommendations to the infrastructure and farm ministries concerning the maintenance of the nation's road overpasses, the internal affairs ministry has said that the number of overpasses at least 50 years old will rapidly increase and that serious damage frequently happens already.
EDITORIALS
Jul 27, 2009

F-22 gives up ground

The U.S. Senate voted July 21 to hold the line on procurement of the F-22 Raptor fighter jet. The vote was a victory for U.S. President Barack Obama, his secretary of Defense, Mr. Robert Gates, and defense budgeting sanity. The move effectively forecloses the prospect of Japan's purchasing the troublesome...
Reader Mail
Mar 8, 2009

Middle way to drug policy reform

Regarding Hiroaki Sato's March 1 article, "What 'prohibition' has wrought": There is a middle ground between drug prohibition and blanket legalization. Switzerland's heroin maintenance program has been shown to reduce disease, death and crime among chronic users. Providing addicts with standardized doses...
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 3, 2007

Foreign permanent residents on rise, filling gaps

Japan's population started declining in 2005, but in contrast, registered foreigners soared to a record high 2.01 million, a leap from 1.36 million a decade ago and accounting for 1.57 percent of the nation's total population.
JAPAN
Jun 8, 2006

Elevator firm raided over deadly lift malfunction

Police raided locations Wednesday linked to Tokyo-based elevator maker Schindler Elevator K.K. and a housing corporation, suspecting that professional negligence or poor maintenance caused the fatal crushing of a teenager on a lift last weekend.
BUSINESS
Apr 15, 2006

Skymark again hit for lax repairs

Skymark Airlines Co., already found to have flown an airplane past its maintenance deadline, flew another plane in February without fixing a lightning-damaged part in time, transport ministry officials said Friday.
JAPAN
Jan 9, 2006

JAL warned over another mishap

A Japan Airlines passenger plane flew from Osaka to Kagoshima on Saturday with its engine thrust reverser locked, the company said Sunday.
JAPAN
Dec 22, 2005

JAL jet flew half year with engines on the wrong sides

Japan Airlines flew a Boeing jumbo jet for seven months without realizing its port and starboard outer engines had been switched to the wrong sides during maintenance in Singapore in February, airline officials admitted Wednesday.
EDITORIALS
Apr 29, 2005

Learn from the train tragedy

Monday's railway accident in Amagasaki, Hyogo Prefecture, was the worst since Japanese National Railways was privatized in 1987. A packed seven-car commuter train jumped the tracks at a sharp curve and the front car slammed into the parking floor of a nearby apartment building, killing more than 100...
BUSINESS
Mar 12, 2005

Skymark begins Haneda-Kansai runs

Skymark Airlines Co. started flights Friday between Tokyo's Haneda airport and Kansai International Airport.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Mar 2, 2005

Struggling aviation startups using wrong strategy, expert says

Despite the emergence of budget airlines that pose a threat to major carriers around the globe, Japanese startup carriers are still struggling to take off, with some already in rehabilitation.
Japan Times
Features
Jun 20, 2004

Vast budget fuels huge arms industry

Deep in the heart of Aichi Prefecture is the headquarters of an engineering company founded 100 years ago to make textile looms. Having borne the name Howa Machinery, Ltd. since 1945, today its products range from window frames to road-sweepers -- but it also derives around 12 percent of its business...
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 25, 2004

Mitsubishi Fuso recalls 112,000 vehicles

Mitsubishi Fuso Truck and Bus Corp. announced Wednesday it will recall about 112,000 large vehicles due to defective wheel hubs that have caused a series of accidents.
JAPAN
Mar 20, 2004

Engineer told MMC of hub defect in '03

A Mitsubishi Fuso Truck & Bus Corp. engineer compiled a report last year suggesting that the wheel hubs on the firm's tractor trucks broke due to structural defects and not improper maintenance as it had originally claimed, government officials said Friday.
BUSINESS
Jun 12, 2002

Mitsubishi elevator firm given sabotage warning

The Fair Trade Commission on Tuesday warned Mitsubishi Electric Building Techno-Service Co. to stop sabotaging its competitors.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY
Apr 21, 2002

Climbers mixing business and pleasure

"From the walls of a building to the walls of the world."
JAPAN
Jun 28, 2001

FTC raids seven engineering firms

The Fair Trade Commission on Wednesday raided seven engineering firms affiliated with major oil distributors and refiners on suspicion of rigging bids for maintenance contracts on national oil storage bases, according to sources familiar with the case.
JAPAN
Dec 24, 2000

Woman battles unfair rental practices

SHINGU, Hyogo Pref. -- When Suzuko Miura learned in March she would be returned only 34,181 yen of the 98,000 yen deposit she had paid on her son's Kyoto apartment, she refused to go down without a fight.
Toyoko Kids: The lonely street children of Tokyo
Many young people who feel neglected at home flock to the Toyoko area to find a community where they can fit in.
Japan unveils new overtourism countermeasures
The majority of tourists in Japan tend to stay in Tokyo, Osaka or Kyoto, resulting in overcrowding in popular tourist spots and a strain on transportation systems.
South Korea couple beat same-sex barriers to parenthood
South Korean lesbian couple Kim Kyu-jin (left) and her wife, Kim Sae-yeon, pose with a "pregnant woman" badge during an interview in Seoul last month.
Rising sex tourism exposes loopholes in Japan's anti-prostitution law
While financial misfortunes during the COVID-19 pandemic may have driven some women to work the streets, others simply want more money to spend — or want to pay off their debts — at host clubs.
Opportunities await the bold in the Year of the Wood Dragon
2024 marks the Year of the Dragon in the Chinese zodiac, with the year predicted to be a good time for fresh starts.
Recent deaths of Japanese boxers underline importance of emergency action plans
The Japan Boxing Commission's safety protocols have been thrust into the spotlight following the deaths of Shigetoshi Kotari and Hiromasa Urakawa, who suffered fatal brain injuries while fighting on the same card on Aug. 2.
The indelible memory of being a part of Unit 731
Hideo Shimizu, 95, says he cannot forget seeing the prisoners' bloody wills scribbled on the walls of prison cells at Unit 731 in 1945.
Will Ishiba's critics be able to garner enough support for a leadership race?
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba's political survival likely hinges on whether a leadership race will take place within the Liberal Democratic Party following its decision to have its election committee canvass the opinions of party members and prefectural chapters on the subject.
Hidden rosters and the legacy of Japan’s germ warfare
Katsutoshi Takegami, 77, in his storehouse attic where he discovered his father's Unit 1644 documents
Osaka Expo highlights the challenge of holding events in Japan's scorching summer
People huddle near a large fan blowing icy-cold mist at the Osaka Expo on July 12. Amid Japan's relentless summer heat, organizes have put myriad measures in place in order to keep guests safe.

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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Members of the nonprofit group Japan Youth Memorial Association search for the remains of dead soldiers in a cave in Okinawa Prefecture in February.
The long search for Japan’s lost soldiers
By Tomoko Otake

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