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AICHI PREFECTURE

Japan Times
JAPAN / CHUBU CONNECTION
Sep 12, 2016
Aichi firm mining used gadgets to make Tokyo Olympic medals
Renet Japan Group Inc., a major dealer in second-hand goods based in Obu, Aichi Prefecture, is stepping up efforts to collect and recycle mobile phones and computers so it can forge Olympic medals out of recycled goods.
Japan Times
JAPAN / CHUBU CONNECTION
Jun 27, 2016
Aichi university, Toyota in joint project for robot-aided seniors complex
Fujita Health University in Toyoake, Aichi Prefecture, is partnering with Toyota Motor Corp. to open a Robotic Smart Home — a base for nursing robots at the Toyoake apartment complex — next spring.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jun 8, 2016
Aichi woman, 69, arrested for allegedly placing packages of expired food on store shelves
A 69-year-old woman in Kiyosu, Aichi Prefecture, was arrested Tuesday for allegedly placing on store shelves margarine whose use-by dates had expired three years ago.
Japan Times
JAPAN / CHUBU CONNECTION
May 30, 2016
Dental clinic for patients with disabilities opens at Aichi health center
A dental clinic for people with mental and physical disabilities opened inside a health care center in Toyohashi, Aichi Prefecture, in April. It aims to serve patients who find it difficult to visit regular dentists.
Japan Times
JAPAN / CHUBU CONNECTION
Jan 11, 2016
Aichi Prefecture city rolls out new pay phones in disaster-prevention move
The city of Tahara in Aichi Prefecture is bringing back public pay phones in response to widespread mobile phone disruptions following the 2011 earthquake and tsunami.
JAPAN
Jan 4, 2016
Aichi governor announces bid for 2026 Asian Games
Aichi Prefecture will bid to host the 2026 Asian Games, with Nagoya expected to be the main venue, Gov. Hideaki Omura said Monday.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jan 1, 2016
Brazilian woman found strangled in Aichi apartment set ablaze
Police said Thursday two women — one a Brazilian national — were found strangled in an apartment in Aichi Prefecture that was set on fire.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Dec 18, 2015
Aichi man arrested after putting collar on, confining ex-girlfriend
A 47-year-man in Aichi Prefecture has been arrested for allegedly putting a dog collar around the neck of a former girlfriend and confining her for 38 hours before she managed to flee, police said.
Japan Times
JAPAN / CHUBU CONNECTION
Dec 14, 2015
Boy who pushed for hospital high school education passes away
An 18-year-old boy from Kasugai, Aichi Prefecture, who had called for hospital schooling for sick high school students and helped establish a teacher dispatch system, passed away last month.
Japan Times
JAPAN / CHUBU CONNECTION
Nov 9, 2015
Aichi NPO goes extra mile with language support for non-Japanese kids
Aichi Prefecture, where manufacturing businesses are heavily concentrated, currently has the largest number of young non-Japanese students in the country. There are 6,300 such students in the prefecture and the number of students requiring Japanese language support is increasing every year.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Sep 30, 2015
Police recapture Aichi man in parents' garden in connection with theft, murder at ramen shop
Police arrested a 27-year-old man from Kasugai, Aichi Prefecture, on suspicion of robbing a ramen shop and killing an employee.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Aug 31, 2015
Hostage standoff in Aichi convenience store ends with police raid; man arrested
A man is arrested after holding a worker at knife point inside a convenience store in Aichi Prefecture for hours.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Aug 12, 2015
Newspaper deliveryman in Aichi shot with crossbow, stabbed
A 31-year-old newspaper deliveryman was found severely injured in Aichi Prefecture early Wednesday after apparently being shot with a crossbow and stabbed, police said.
JAPAN
Oct 21, 2014
Market's 'bento' leave 33 sick in Aichi
Thirty-three people showed symptoms of food poisoning after eating boxed lunches made at a supermarket in Seto, Aichi Prefecture, the prefectural government said.
Japan Times
JAPAN / CHUBU CONNECTION
Oct 3, 2014
Immigrant puts truancy in past with part-time classes
A young Japanese-Brazilian is carving out a new life for herself in Toyota, Aichi Prefecture, by aiding foreign students at a public junior high school.
Japan Times
JAPAN / CHUBU CONNECTION
Jul 4, 2014
Aichi researchers track doe in bid to reduce crop damage
The Aichi Prefectural Government is using GPS to track wild deer and research new ways to keep them from damaging crops in mountainous areas.
Japan Times
JAPAN / CHUBU CONNECTION
Nov 29, 2013
Future teachers get prepped for foreign pupils
A lot of teachers have a tough time teaching children of foreign nationalities due to the language barrier and cultural differences.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 27, 2013
Daughters of Gin-san to make traffic safety ad
Three daughters of the late Gin-san, one of Japan's famous centenarian twins, will appear in a TV commercial to be aired from September as a part of the Aichi Prefectural Government's traffic safety campaign.
COMMUNITY / Voices / HOTLINE TO NAGATACHO
Jul 15, 2013
Bumps in the road that we can afford
Dear Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Akihiro Ota,
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel
Oct 29, 2004
Nagoya takes on Osaka
Psst! Heard about the hottest "new" place in Japan? The city that's rapidly gaining a national reputation for being at the cutting edge of women's fashion and is, perhaps, the country's most vibrant economic center?
Biden calls ally Japan ‘xenophobic’ along with rivals China and Russia
U.S. President Joe Biden speaks in Syracuse, New York, on April 25.
Yen swings stir talk that Japan is in the FX market once again
An electronic screen in Tokyo displays the yen exchange rate against the U.S. dollar and the graph showing its recent swings, on Thursday.
Harajuku strives to reclaim its former glory — and surpass it
Laforet Harajuku, which celebrated its 45th anniversary last year, has been a witness to the district's evolution over the years.
Weak yen fattens tourist wallets in Japan
People visit the Ameya Yokocho market in Tokyo's Ueno district during the Golden Week holiday on Tuesday.
Japan's May 1 intervention may have cost ¥3.66 trillion, BOJ data suggests
An electronic screen displays a graph showing Japanese yen exchange rates surging against the dollar amid signs of intervention by authorities, in Tokyo on Thursday.
Kishida sets sights on energy and climate in South America trip
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will use a policy speech in Sao Paulo to set out his vision for ties between Japan and South America, almost 10 years after former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe advocated for stronger ties between the two in the same city.
Yellow sand allergy: A health issue made worse by climate change
A screenshot of the Meteorological Agency's satellite image of clouds and yellow sand (in pink) on Sunday.
Climate change, chalky grains and the risks for Japan’s rice farmers
A farmer plants seedlings in Satsumasendai, Kagoshima Prefecture. Japan’s self sufficiency rate for rice is nearly 100%, compared with 38% for food overall, on a calorie basis.
Japan wants you to spend more with ‘luxury tourism’
Performers play a traditional drum unique to Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, in the prefectural capital of Kanazawa on March 16 to mark the extension of the Hokuriku Shinkansen line to Tsuruga Station in Fukui Prefecture.
Theaster Gates’ ambitious ‘Afro-Mingei’ brings Black Chicago to Tokyo
Theaster Gates' “A Heavenly Chord” lines up church pews before seven speakers and a Hammond B3 organ, a type of electric organ prevalent in Black American churches.

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