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Japan Times
WORLD
Dec 5, 2017
Sierra Leone Peace Diamond nets $6.5 million in auction to raise funds for West African nation
Sierra Leone sold one of the world's largest uncut diamonds for $6.5 million at a New York auction Monday to raise funds for development projects in the West African country.
JAPAN
Sep 12, 2017
Private storage banks found to have kept cord blood from newborns after contracts ended
A health ministry survey finds cord blood stored in special blood banks after contracts had ended, raising fear such blood could be used for scientifically unproven treatments.
EDITORIALS
Sep 7, 2017
Unauthorized cord blood treatments
The recent arrests over alleged unauthorized stem cell therapies using blood collected from umbilical cords and placentas has shed light on the shady aspects of these expensive treatments.
JAPAN / Science & Health
Sep 5, 2017
Japan to boost scrutiny of online ads boasting cord blood therapies
The health ministry will enhance monitoring of online advertisements for therapies using blood taken from umbilical cords and placentas in the wake of recent arrests over unauthorized practices, sources said.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Aug 28, 2017
Medical tours linked to cord blood arrests
Foreign nationals accounted for about 30 percent of patients who received unauthorized therapies based on blood from umbilical cords and placenta sold by a dealer now under arrest.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Aug 27, 2017
Six arrested in connection with unauthorized cord blood treatments
Six people are arrested on suspicion of participating in unauthorized stem cell therapies using blood collected from umbilical cords and placentas after childbirth.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Aug 25, 2017
Cord blood sellers face arrest over unauthorized therapies
Several people involved in cord blood sales are set to be arrested for aiding cord blood therapies without notifying authorities in advance, investigative sources said Friday.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink
Apr 1, 2017
The slow but steady culinary comeback of the duck press
According to just about everybody, the future of dining in America can be summed up in two words: fast casual.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 17, 2017
Sierra Leone pastor finds 706-carat diamond, turns it over for good of the state
A Christian pastor has found one of the world's largest uncut diamonds — weighing 706 carats — in Sierra Leone's eastern Kono region.
WORLD / Science & Health
Jul 29, 2016
FDA acts to protect Florida blood supply amid Zika scare, halts donations
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has ordered blood banks in Florida's two most densely populated counties to stop collecting blood as health officials determine whether Zika has begun transmission in the continental United States.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Dec 21, 2015
Motorist killed in apparent ambush on Nagoya street
Assailants in two cars reportedly blocked another on a Nagoya street and fatally attacked the driver with what appeared to be knives and baseball bats.
WORLD / Science & Health
Feb 15, 2015
Chinese patients turn to black market for blood
China's rising demand for health care is exposing a chronic shortage of an essential commodity: blood.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Jan 13, 2015
Royal Blood reigns over British rock
The dressing room of Camden's Electric Ballroom in London is hardly the most glamorous of settings at the best of times, and for Royal Blood it is the early evening after the night before. The previous night, the blues rock duo played its biggest ever headline show at the venue and, preparing for an encore later tonight, are disgruntled at the untidy state that greets me. "I'm sorry about the mess," offers drummer Ben Thatcher (26), politely.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Books
Nov 22, 2014
Blood & Guts
"Blood & Guts" by Australian journalist Sam Vincent is a behind-the-scenes investigation into whaling and a tale of two countries. Australia is on one side, united in its love of whales and its condemnation of Japan, which has refused to stop killing whales in the Antarctic despite (or perhaps in spite of) global and legal condemnation. Add in the "divine actions" of animal rights activists and it makes for a great story. If only the story were that straightforward.
WORLD / Science & Health
Oct 14, 2014
Polish doctors test man for Ebola
A man has been hospitalised in Poland pending blood tests on whether he has the Ebola virus, but he had not travelled to Africa and the tests were being conducted as a precaution only, a health official said.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Sep 25, 2014
Doctor calls for blood donations to treat Liberian Ebola victims
The head of a treatment center in Liberia, the country worst-hit by West Africa's deadly Ebola outbreak, has urged survivors of the disease to donate their blood for use in treating infected patients.
Japan Times
Reference / SO WHAT THE HECK IS THAT
Sep 19, 2014
Blood types
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EDITORIALS
Sep 4, 2014
Novartis drug probe falls short
The Tokyo criminal probe into the manipulation of clinical data pertaining to the efficacy of a Novartis Pharma-marketed drug for blood pressure has failed to unravel the whole picture of the scandal.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Science & Health
Aug 19, 2014
Group aims to detect 13 cancers in a single test
A new five-year project involving the National Cancer Center, private companies and universities in Japan aims to devise a blood test that can detect 13 kinds of cancer.
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 26, 2014
Chinese who chicken out over duck blood
No matter how weird or disgusting the food scandal in rural China, it'll almost certainly happen again if profitable. The latest involves a 'mom and pop' duck blood counterfeiting ring.
Japan says Biden's description of nation as xenophobic is 'unfortunate'
The National Diet building in Tokyo
G7 eyes plan on U.S.-led $50 billion aid package for Ukraine
A local resident visits the Lychakiv cemetery in Lviv, Ukraine, on Thursday. The U.S. is in talks with close partners to lead a group of allies that would give as much as $50 billion in aid to Ukraine.
Japan drops to 70th in press freedom rankings
A businessman reads a newspaper outside a train station in Tokyo.
Japan’s record-low children population weighs on growth
The number of children 14 years old or younger fell for the 43rd straight year to around 14.01 million as of April 1.
Biden calls ally Japan ‘xenophobic’ along with rivals China and Russia
U.S. President Joe Biden speaks in Syracuse, New York, on April 25.
'Monster' Inoue ready to tear down Luis Nery in title defense at Tokyo Dome
Naoya Inoue (left) and Luis Nery following a pre-fight news conference in Yokohama on Saturday, two days ahead of their super bantamweight title fight.
Debate on constitutional revision at a standstill despite Kishida's pledges
With less than two months left before the conclusion of the current session of parliament, any possibility that Prime Minister Fumio Kishida can deliver constitutional reform before the end of his term as Liberal Democratic Party president in late September, as he has promised, appears remote.
Sapporo court ruling on Ainu fishing rights presents tough questions
A traditional Ainu preserved food called <i>satchep</i> (dried fish) being made at the government-run National Ainu Museum and Park, nicknamed Upopoy, in the town of Shiraoi, Hokkaido, on Dec. 25. The Sapporo District Court ruled last month that the Raporo Ainu Nation's rights as an Indigenous people did not extend to having an inherent right to fish for commercial reasons.
With eye on China, defense chiefs agree to bolster interoperability
From left: U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, Australian defense chief Richard Marles, Japanese Defense Minister Minoru Kihara and Philippine Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro hold a joint news conference in Honolulu on Thursday.
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.

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