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EDITORIALS
Jul 8, 2014
Safety in off-label use of drugs
The revelation that a university hospital in Tokyo habitually has administered the powerful sedative propofol to children placed on ventilators raises safety questions about doctors' discretionary off-label use of drugs on patients.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society
Jun 26, 2014
'Dappo' drugs skirt clampdown
The death of a pedestrian run over by a driver who was allegedly using 'dappo' herbs just shows the quasi-legal narcotic is on the rise, experts say.
BUSINESS
Jun 13, 2014
Drug sale violations rife in first day online
The legalization of online sales of nonprescription drugs has given rise to 306 violations in about 24 hours, the government said Friday.
CULTURE / Entertainment news
May 23, 2014
Aska admits to using illegal stimulants
Singer-songwriter Aska, half of the well-known musical duo Chage and Aska, has admitted using illegal stimulants, investigative sources said Friday, almost a week after he was arrested on suspicion of possessing the drugs.
Japan Times
JAPAN
May 17, 2014
Pop duo's Aska held on drug possession charge
Police arrest singer-songwriter Aska, half of the famous pop duo Chage and Aska, on suspicion of possessing powerful 'kakuseizai' stimulants.
EDITORIALS
May 12, 2014
Making drug studies objective
To ensure neutrality in the process of conducting clinical studies of drugs already on the market, the government needs to expand support for medical researchers so that they don't have to depend on funds from the pharmaceutical industry.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health / FOCUS
May 9, 2014
1 billion practitioners of 'open defecation' horrify U.N.
One billion people worldwide still practice "open defecation" and they need to be told that this leads to the spread of fatal diseases, U.N. experts said Thursday at the launch of a study on sanitation and drinking water.
EDITORIALS
Apr 5, 2014
Japan trails in new drug trials
Japan ranks far behind other countries in conducting clinical trials for new drugs. The problem is not the size of Japan's population.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Apr 2, 2014
New COO pledges to take Takeda to the top
Christophe Weber, the new chief operating officer of Takeda Pharmaceutical Co., said Wednesday he aims to make the company the world's leading drugmaker by drawing on his more than two decades of business experience at GlaxoSmithKline.
JAPAN
Feb 27, 2014
Stroke prevention drug found to slow mild dementia
Researchers have found that a drug used in the prevention of strokes, cilostazol, is effective in slowing the progression of mild dementia, according to a study published Thursday in the U.S. online science journal Plos One.
JAPAN / Science & Health
Feb 25, 2014
Potential cure for multiple sclerosis to be tested
The National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry has developed a drug that it says might provide a cure to multiple sclerosis.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jan 27, 2014
E-retailer sues to lift online drug sales ban
Major e-commerce firm Kenko.com Inc. sued the government Monday over legislation enacted last month to restrict online sales of certain over-the-counter drugs, calling the new rule an "unconstitutional" impingement on freedom of business.
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 14, 2014
Cannabis enters real world of taxes and regulation
Americans are just starting to see the first, hard details in the tricky balancing act of transforming recreational marijuana use into a legal business — in Washington and in Colorado. The big deal about legalization is that it may not be such a big deal, at least right away.
JAPAN
Dec 29, 2013
New drug raises hopes in hard-drinking Japan
A new drug to treat alcoholism has improved the chances of addicts breaking the habit, the director of the nation's largest treatment center says.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Dec 10, 2013
Japanese politician arrested in China for drug possession
Police in Guangdong province, China, have formally arrested a 70-year-old municipal assembly member from Aichi Prefecture for allegedly possessing illegal drugs, local officials said Monday.
JAPAN
Nov 16, 2013
Aichi politician seized with 3.3 kg of drugs at Chinese airport pleads innocence
An Aichi Prefecture politician currently detained in China for allegedly trying to smuggle over 3.3 kg of narcotics through a local airport last month has pleaded his innocence to Japanese diplomats, sources said Saturday.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Oct 23, 2013
Top court voids acquittal of British drug smuggler
The Supreme Court has quashed an appeal by a British man convicted of smuggling stimulant drugs into Japan from the west African country of Benin in June 2010, letting stand a high court's overturning of his acquittal in a lay judge trial.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 3, 2013
Novartis drug data meddling clouds Japan's clinical studies
A health ministry panel is questioning Novartis Pharma K.K.'s use of clinical research data in promoting the sale of Diovan, its drug to lower blood pressure, saying it "could constitute misleading advertisement" after revelations that some of the data were manipulated.
JAPAN
Jul 24, 2013
U.S. veteran extradited over drug smuggling
A former U.S. Navy sailor suspected of smuggling drugs into Japan through the military mail service in 2004 has been extradited from the United States, Japanese police said Wednesday.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jul 23, 2013
Former U.S. serviceman to be extradited to Japan over drug smuggling
A 31-year-old former U.S. sailor suspected of leading a group that smuggled drugs into Japan in 2004 through the military mail service will soon be extradited from the United States, police said Tuesday.
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.
Biden calls ally Japan ‘xenophobic’ along with rivals China and Russia
U.S. President Joe Biden speaks in Syracuse, New York, on April 25.
Number of vacant homes in Japan hits record high of 9 million
A vacant house in Tokyo is seen demolished in January 2020.
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.
Saudi Arabia steps up Gaza-related arrests as Israel ties edge closer
The arrests for Gaza-related posts indicate Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s regime will take a hard line against citizens not toeing the line when it comes to normalizing ties with Israel.
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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