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WORLD / Science & Health
Jun 14, 2017

Study on frequent Aspirin use flags heightened risk of serious, fatal bleeding for over-75s

People aged 75 or older who take aspirin daily to ward off heart attacks face a significantly elevated risk of serious or even fatal bleeding, and should be given heartburn drugs to minimize the danger, a 10-year study has found.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Science & Health / A MATTER OF HEALTH
Jun 14, 2017

Transplants using iPS cells put Riken specialist at forefront of regenerative medicine research

When she entered medicine in the mid-1980s, Masayo Takahashi chose ophthalmology as her specialty, she said, because she wanted to have a family and thought the discipline would spare her from sudden work calls in the middle of the night, helping her best balance work and life.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 14, 2017

U.S. looks to block Chinese stakes in artificial intelligence, technology with military uses

The United States appears poised to heighten scrutiny of Chinese investment in Silicon Valley to better shield sensitive technologies seen as vital to U.S. national security, current and former U.S. officials have told Reuters.
JAPAN
Jun 13, 2017

Crown Prince Naruhito says he will devote his 'heart and soul' to job as emperor

Crown Prince Naruhito said on Tuesday he will devote himself "heart and soul" to his job as emperor, just days after a law was enacted allowing his father to abdicate, which would be the first such abdication in two centuries.
Japan Times
SPORTS / MAN ABOUT SPORTS
Jun 13, 2017

Cardinals focus on task at hand, not worrying about Cubs

These Cardinals apparently believe in letting sleeping dogs lie. Or more accurately, allowing snoozing Cubs to hibernate.
CULTURE / Music
Jun 13, 2017

The cultural legacy of erhu artist WeiWei Wuu

When erhu artist WeiWei Wuu took to the stage at Shanghai Concert Hall on April 30, she delivered a show that could be described as out of the ordinary.
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 12, 2017

Theresa May pays dearly for her hubris

The British prime minister will have her hands full trying to hold onto her job following the Conservative Party's disastrous performance in Thursday's election.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / FOCUS
Jun 12, 2017

Militant Philippine brothers highlight Southeast Asia's Islamist 'time bomb'

On his Facebook profile page Omarkhayam Romato Maute describes himself as a "Walking Time-Bomb."
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
Jun 10, 2017

Today's web of lies and disinformation: It's a lot to stomach

The advent of the internet has given new life to a lot of old wives' tales and urban legends. With so much information (and disinformation) out there, how does one separate the wheat from the chaff? When spotting errors of fact, whether stemming from simple ignorance, laziness or intentional deception,...
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink
Jun 10, 2017

When it comes to restaurants, people steal the darndest things

Since time immemorial, silverware has found a way to walk out of dining rooms. But the golden age of modern restaurant theft occurred in the early 2000s.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / COUNTERPOINT
Jun 10, 2017

Arrogant Abe disrespects U.N. and the press

What is with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's arrogant disrespect for the United Nations?
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Jun 10, 2017

Okinawa 'prisoner of conscience' to address U.N. about perceived abuses

Hiroji Yamashiro recounts six harsh months of POW-like detention he survived after being singled out for simple acts of civil disobedience recently in Okinawa.
EDITORIALS
Jun 10, 2017

Make hate speech law stronger

Lawmakers should take new steps that will contribute to building a society free from hatred and prejudice.
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 10, 2017

The sin of engineering without a license

Bureaucrats buttress their power by making the exercise of a constitutional right contingent on government approval.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jun 10, 2017

British voters wake up and ask: Who are the DUP?

British voters spent Friday frantically Googling the name of a small Northern Irish party whose 10 seats hold the balance of power in Parliament.
JAPAN
Jun 9, 2017

Britons in Japan welcome U.K. election result

British residents of Japan with Japanese spouses breathed a sigh of relief Friday after British Prime Minister Theresa May's Conservative Party failed to win an overall majority in the general election, leaving its hard-line policy on immigration up in the air.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Jun 9, 2017

Plastic to outweigh fish in the sea if waste keeps flowing

Fresh from a grueling sea journey of more than seven hours negotiating the world's busiest shipping lanes on a paddle board, Lizzie Carr is on a mission.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / B. League / B. LEAGUE NOTEBOOK
Jun 8, 2017

Takeno retires, stays with Storks as assistant coach

Injuries took their toll on Nishinomiya Storks co-captain Akitomo Takeno over the past several years.
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 8, 2017

Bodies and debris found in search for crashed Myanmar aircraft

Bodies and aircraft debris were found in the sea off the southern coast of Myanmar on Thursday by ships searching for a military plane that went missing with 122 soldiers, family members and crew on board.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 7, 2017

What if: 50 years after the 1967 Arab-Israeli War

How did a spectacular battlefield victory translate into problems that still torment Israel today?
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Jun 7, 2017

Harimoto striving to boost ranking after sensational debut

Sensational junior high school student Tomokazu Harimoto is now setting his sights on playing in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics after becoming the youngest quarterfinalist ever at the recent world table tennis championships.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / NBA / HOOP SCOOP
Jun 7, 2017

Nets star Lopez relishes chance to travel globe

Brook Lopez dunks and rebounds basketballs for a living, and — ouch! — collides with fellow 2-meter behemoths in the lane. So when the grind of the 82-game season comes to a halt, the Brooklyn Nets center is eager to take it easy.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Jun 7, 2017

Twisted Doc and Marty swap death notes in 'I Am Not a Serial Killer'

As weird as it sounds, 'I Am Not a Serial Killer' feels like a 'Back to the Future' episode gone horribly wrong, proffering a twisted, satanic version of the Doc-Marty relationship.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Jun 7, 2017

Scientists hope to show humankind originated in Mediterranean

A team of excavators in Bulgaria has resumed a search for fossils of an ape-like creature that may be the oldest-known direct ancestor of man and whose discovery has challenged the central hypothesis that humankind originated in Africa.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Science & Health / A MATTER OF HEALTH
Jun 7, 2017

Experts caution against idea that more is better in medical care

Since Japan established universal health coverage in 1961, it has ceaselessly worked to expand its health care services, in the belief that providing more extensive coverage for a wide variety of patient needs will contribute to the well-being of its citizens.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Jun 6, 2017

High infidelity: Ayumi Ito reprises her role in 'Hirugao'

A Japanese drama that instigated a nationwide debate about female infidelity and societal values, "Hirugao: Love Affairs in the Afternoon" has been made into a heart-wrenching movie that aims to have audiences reaching for the tissues.
Most Japanese teens struggling with school find end of summer ‘painful’
Some 93.1% of Japanese teenagers who struggle with school life said they felt like they “wanted to disappear from the world" at the end of summer vacation ahead of the start of a new term, according to a recent survey released by Yokohama-based nonprofit Daisan Kazoku.
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.
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.
Can anime carry the memories of World War II?
Many schools in Japan show "Grave of the Fireflies" as educational material to tell the emotionally grueling story of a boy who has no means to prevent his sister from starving to death.
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.
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.
Virtual singer Kaf's music becomes magic in 'Kamitsubaki City Under Construction'
Virtual singer Kaf got her start in 2018 by posting songs and covers to YouTube. Now, after having performed live shows at major venues including Tokyo’s Nippon Budokan, she is turning to voice acting and starring in the new anime series “Kamitsubaki City Under Construction.”
Can anime carry the memories of World War II?
Many schools in Japan show "Grave of the Fireflies" as educational material to tell the emotionally grueling story of a boy who has no means to prevent his sister from starving to death.
In pictures: Koenji Awa Odori 2025
Japan Times
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.

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
By Alex K.T. Martin

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