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Japan Times
ENVIRONMENT / WILD WATCH
Feb 17, 2013

Dancing Demoiselles of the desert

In a dry, dusty, desert landscape, the clamoring of cranes seems so surprising. I am used to the great winter assembly of more than 10,000 cranes in Kyushu at Izumi, where they congregate on winter-fallow rice fields; and I regularly frequent the winter gatherings of Red-crowned Cranes in snowy eastern...
Japan Times
JAPAN / CHUBU CONNECTION
Feb 16, 2013

Exhibition to honor '01 school massacre dead

Twelve years ago, Ami Kifushi was a sixth-grader at Ikeda Elementary School in Osaka Prefecture when a knife-wielding intruder entered the premises, killed eight students and wounded several others.
BASKETBALL
Feb 16, 2013

Lakers owner Buss hospitalized

Lakers owner Jerry Buss has been hospitalized with cancer, the Los Angeles Times reported Thursday.
JAPAN / Politics
Feb 16, 2013

Alliance-boosting Obama summit set for next Friday

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's long anticipated summit with U.S. President Barack Obama will take place Feb. 22, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga announced Friday.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Feb 16, 2013

Debate rages over effect of nursing on mother and child

Is breast-feeding far and away the best thing? Or have we done women a disservice by overstating its benefits?
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives
Feb 15, 2013

British photographer documents lives outside the lines

Uchujin, aka Adrian Storey, a British photographer and filmmaker based in Tokyo, drolly explains his rather unusual business moniker: 'I'd rather be an alien than an outsider.'
JAPAN
Feb 15, 2013

U.S. report to deny Agent Orange in Okinawa

A Pentagon probe into the presence of Agent Orange in Okinawa is set to support veterans' allegations of the clandestine burial of harmful chemicals — but deny the defoliant was among them.
Japan Times
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
Feb 15, 2013

Party picks up in Chinatown this weekend

While it seems politics is all that comes to mind when talking about China these days, the current New Year's holiday shows what a remarkable breadth of culture the country has.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics / ANALYSIS
Feb 15, 2013

Kim signals a familiar, familial policy

In power for barely more than a year, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has adhered overwhelmingly to the policies of his father, using a familiar mix of internal repression and nuclear showmanship while all but dashing hopes he would emerge as a Deng Xiaoping-style reformer.
Japan Times
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
Feb 15, 2013

Skiers, head toward the lights

Skiers and snowboarders who pass through JR Nagano Station should make the effort to take a short side trip to nearby Zenkoji Temple during the week starting Saturday. Wooden buildings that line the street approaching the popular temple will be lit up in five colors for the annual Nagano Tomyo Festival....
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
Feb 15, 2013

Osaka restaurants revisit award-winning dishes

Over the next month, Osaka restaurants will start preparing some award-winning dishes to serve up to lucky diners.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Feb 15, 2013

BOJ stands pat on monetary easing, ups assessment

The Bank of Japan on Thursday put off additional monetary easing while raising its assessment of the economy, saying it appears to have stopped weakening.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Feb 14, 2013

Colo brings tribes together in Osaka

It's December and small flocks of young, creative-looking types are making their way to a shipyard in Osaka's Namura district. Tucked among an expanse of otherwise drab warehouses there is Creative Center Osaka, and tonight is "Hot Docks 2," an art and music spectacle.
EDITORIALS
Feb 14, 2013

Tepco's investigation obstruction

Misleading information provided by Tokyo Electric Power Co. a year ago halted a Diet committee probe of one of the Fukushima plant's failed reactors.
Reader Mail
Feb 14, 2013

Loath to see return of old drills

The Feb. 3 editorial "Entrance exam change needed" reminded me of Japan's continuous failure to educate its young citizens. The problem of college entrance exams is directly tied to how the system itself is structured.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Feb 13, 2013

Detainees' talks with lawyers 'monitored'

A defense lawyer at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba said Monday that there is "overwhelming circumstantial evidence" that the U.S. government is listening to privileged communications between high-value detainees accused of orchestrating the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks and their lawyers.
Reader Mail
Feb 10, 2013

Town spoiling for dressing-down

Regarding the Feb. 7 AFP article "Put pants on 'David' replica, locals urge": Who would have thought that there was such a level of modesty in a culture that created such graphic works of erotica as the Shunga illustrated texts for newlywed couples or the modern "adult" manga? What gives?
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Feb 10, 2013

Hacker leaks Bush emails, photos

The Secret Service said Friday that it is investigating the theft of numerous personal emails from members of the Bush family, after an apparent hacker leaked the emails and Bush family photos to the Smoking Gun news website.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 9, 2013

Evacuee suits target Tepco, government

Fukushima residents forced out of their homes by the nuclear crisis plan to file group damages suits against the government and Tepco on the second anniversary of the Great East Japan Earthquake.
JAPAN / Politics
Feb 9, 2013

Beijing denies MSDF target-lock

A war of words flares between Japan and China over fire-control radar lock-ons by Chinese warships against a Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyer and chopper near the Senkakus.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Books
Feb 8, 2013

The Hitler home movies: how Eva Braun documented the Nazi dictator's private life

Lutz Becker was born in Berlin, he says, "during the anno diabolo, 1941. Mine was the generation that was sent into a dark pit." Meeting this survivor of the Third Reich, now in his 70s and living in Bayswater, London, it's hard to suppress the thought that Becker, a distinguished artist and film historian,...
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Feb 8, 2013

Eradicating match-fixing no easy task

Just under three years ago I received a call from a contact who knew people in a side of life that is at best described as shady. "Fancy making a few quid?" he asked, and I knew his reply was not going to be legal.
Reference / Q&A
Feb 8, 2013

Chinese smog bomb floats toward Japan

Smog in China has reached alarming levels as its rapid industrialization spews ever-more toxic particles into the air.
Japan braces for more quakes as authorities dismiss doomsday hype
Evacuees from Akuseki Island, located in the Tokara island chain in Kagoshima Prefecuture, arrive at Kagoshima Port on Friday.
Heatstroke alert issued for 19 prefectures as Japan enters 'once-in-a-decade' heat wave
Japan will experience a heat wave through mid-July on a “level only seen once in a decade,” the Meteorological Agency said on June 30.
Hidden AI prompts in academic papers spark concern about research integrity
Waseda University is one of 14 institutions in eight countries found to have used hidden prompts in research papers.
Tokyo and Kyoto feature among top ‘noctourism’ destinations
Tokyo ranked second after New York and ahead of Dubai and Singapore in a ranking of the top global cities for nighttime tourism.
Elon Musk says he has created a new U.S. political party
Elon Musk looks on during a news conference with U.S. President Donald Trump in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington on May 30.
Ghibli’s Isao Takahata exhibit shows how beloved anime is made
“The man who planted Japanese animation” exhibition includes a variety of sketches, drawings and animation cels from Isao Takahata films such as color design for characters by Michiyo Yasuda from "Grave of the Fireflies."
Flag football facing challenges and opportunities ahead
Japan’s women’s flag football team at the 2025 International Bowl in Los Angeles in June. The sport is enjoying continued growth in the country.
From Hokusai’s Great Wave, shinkansen to One Piece: a cultural treasure box for Lego Japan
Michael Ebbesen, general manager of Lego Japan, says Lego bricks based on Japanese culture have a rich global appeal and are sellable around the world.
With farmed fish, RelationFish swims against the tide in fine dining
Chef Hideaki Matsuo (middle) and the staff of Oseto Suisan Fisheries prepare to check on their sustainably farmed fish.
As Southeast Asia heats up, a Japanese cooling giant sees a major opportunity
An employee of Daikin Cambodia explains the use of different tools during an air conditioner installation training session in Phnom Penh. Daikin is one of Japan’s oldest air conditioning companies, but as Japan’s population falls, the firm is keying in on overseas growth.

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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Mount Fuji is considered one of Japan's most iconic symbols and is a major draw for tourists. It's still a mountain, though, and potential hikers need to properly prepare for any climb.
What it takes to save lives on Mount Fuji
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