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Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 2, 2014
Amid dengue outbreak, eviction also a threat to Yoyogi Park's homeless
The greatest danger the outbreak of dengue fever traced to Tokyo's Yoyogi Park poses to the homeless there may be the threat of eviction, not infection, advocates said Tuesday.
JAPAN / Science & Health
Sep 2, 2014
Dengue fever probe points to Yoyogi Park mosquitoes; 22 people affected so far
The government suspects mosquitoes living in a few separate locations in Tokyo's Yoyogi Park may have been responsible for the recent mysterious dengue fever outbreak, NHK reported Tuesday.
JAPAN / Science & Health
Sep 1, 2014
More than 10 people may have contracted dengue fever around Yoyogi Park: Fuji TV
More than 10 people who visited Tokyo's Yoyogi Park or its vicinity might have contracted dengue fever, Fuji TV reported Monday.
JAPAN / Science & Health
Aug 31, 2014
Niigata child, Kanagawa residents may have contracted dengue fever
Three more people — a child from Niigata Prefecture and a female teenager and a man in his 20s from Kanagawa Prefecture — are believed to have contracted dengue fever. All of them recently spent time in central Tokyo's Yoyogi Park.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Science & Health / Q&A
Aug 29, 2014
How much do you know about dengue fever?
The health ministry has confirmed the first domestic dengue fever case in Japan in nearly 70 years. A Saitama Prefecture teen girl was found Wednesday to have contracted the virus through a mosquito in Japan, followed by news that two more people — a man and a woman in Tokyo — have also been infected.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Science & Health
Aug 28, 2014
Two more contract dengue; Tokyo park suspected
Two more students from the same school are diagnosed with dengue fever, bringing the total to three and linking the outbreak to mosquitoes in Tokyo's Yoyogi Park.
JAPAN
Mar 27, 2014
Japan keeps guard on outbreak of dengue fever
As rising temperatures expand the habitat of the dengue-carrying tiger mosquito across northern Japan, one expert is urging authorities to take steps to curb the viral disease, which may have returned to the country after a 60-year absence.
JAPAN
Jan 10, 2014
German tourist may have caught first case of dengue fever in Japan in August
A German tourist may have contracted Japan's first case of dengue fever in more than 60 years, the health ministry said Friday.
JAPAN / Science & Health
Dec 28, 2013
Flu season in full swing; western areas hardest hit
The influenza season officially begins, with the average number of patients per clinic topping the infectious disease center's weekly threshold.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media
Mar 31, 2013
Men with 'yellow fever' get a taste of their own medicine
There's no need for serious digging; just scrape the surface of history and there are plenty of examples of Caucasian men who showed the symptoms of a phenomenon known as 'yellow fever.'
JAPAN / Media
Mar 31, 2013
Online documentary series explores why 'They're All So Beautiful'
"They're All So Beautiful" is a six-part Web series/forum focused specifically on the attraction that Asian women hold for Caucasian men, and director Debbie Lum interviews men in the throes of "yellow fever" — whether they like to admit to the term or not.
When will Japan intervene to support the yen?
Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki has reiterated the government's readiness to take an appropriate action as the yen continues to slide against the U.S. dollar.
'So hot you can't breathe': Extreme heat hits the Philippines
A pedestrian cools himself with a folding hand fan as he waits for a ride along a road in Manila on Wednesday, as extreme heat hit the Philippines.
Raising kids in Japan as a single parent? It takes a village.
Making things work as a foreign, single mother in Japan isn't easy, but these tips and tricks can help you through the hardest parts.
Yen rebounds strongly after first slide past ¥160 since 1990
The yen dropped to ¥160.245 per dollar on Monday before heading into the other direction to ¥155.01 amid speculation of an intervention by Japanese currency authorities.
JAL cancels international flight after captain gets drunk at Dallas hotel
A Japan Airlines' flight from Dallas to Tokyo was canceled last week after its captain got drunk at a local hotel.
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.
Casa del Cibo: A thriving jewel born from Tohoku’s harsh past
When chef Ryohei Ikemi moved to Hachinohe, Aomori Prefecture, and opened Casa del Cibo in 2011, it was the first proper Italian restaurant in the city.
Town to block view of Mount Fuji in response to overtourism
The town government of Fujikawaguchiko, Yamanashi Prefecture, decided to set up a 2.5-meter-high screen to prevent tourists from taking pictures of Mount Fuji looming behind a convenience store.

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