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HEALTH

BUSINESS
Jul 24, 2013
U.S. health-care law tied to pay cut for part-timers
For Kevin Pace, the president's health care law could have meant better health insurance. Instead, it produced a pay cut.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jul 23, 2013
Obama's toughest campaign yet: selling health care reform
Deep inside the White House, in a bare room that the chief of staff uses for meetings, David Simas is still thinking about turnout.
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 16, 2013
Inconvenient truths about Obama's health law
The White House's recent decision to delay part of its health care overhaul illustrates six truths about the law that its supporters can't easily acknowledge.
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle
Jul 15, 2013
Walk away from dessert or literally walk it off
If you knew that a 340-gram chocolate-chip frappe (530 calories) would cost you up to two hours of brisk walking, would you still order it?
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 14, 2013
Brain drain worsens health care crisis in Africa
The yearly exodus from Africa of up to 20,000 physicians and nurses to industrialized countries is exacerbating health problems on the continent.
WORLD / Politics
Jul 3, 2013
White House delays health care rule that businesses insure workers
The mandate requiring U.S. employers to provide insurance for workers will not take effect until 2015.
JAPAN
Jul 1, 2013
Vegetable-rich diet, exercise ease asthma woes: report
Getting regular exercise and eating fresh vegetables can ease the symptoms of asthma, the National Center for Global Health and Medicine has reported.
EDITORIALS
Jun 23, 2013
Epidemic of dementia
Japan needs to address its dementia crisis. A recent survey found that 4.62 million people suffer from it, nearly 1.6 million more than last year's estimate.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / HOTLINE TO NAGATACHO
Jun 18, 2013
Mr. Mayor, tear down this smoking area and make Toshima a true 'safe community'
To Yukio Takano, Mayor of Toshima Ward, Tokyo:
WORLD / Science & Health
Jun 17, 2013
Open-source software aids NPOs
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JAPAN
Jun 15, 2013
Japan's second female vice minister selected
A welfare ministry bureaucrat who was at the center of a scandal that saw senior Osaka prosecutors take the fall for evidence-tampering against her has been named as the nation's second-ever female vice minister.
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 14, 2013
Work: secret to good health
The next time you think your job is killing you, consider recent evidence that suggests the opposite — by sticking with it your job may be saving your life.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / YEN FOR LIVING
Jun 13, 2013
Insurance companies main beneficiaries of scheme to protect obstetricians from malpractice suits
Some mothers claim they are overpaying for insurance to protect obstetricians from malpractice suits.
BUSINESS
Jun 8, 2013
Abe gives no details but vows to mend fiscal health
The government has pledged to simultaneously achieve fiscal rehabilitation and economic growth in a draft of its longer-term economic and fiscal policy blueprint, but gave no details on how to pave the way for sound public finance.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Science & Health
Jun 2, 2013
Survey finds many Indian smokers unfazed by health risks
Over three-quarters of smokers surveyed in India believe that cigarette smoking does not have health consequences, according to the results of a survey by an insurance company released Friday.
WORLD / Science & Health
May 14, 2013
Cover of iPad2 'poses heart risk'
Gianna Chien was somewhat different from all the other researchers reporting on their work to more than 8,000 doctors at last week's Heart Rhythm Society meeting.
JAPAN
May 9, 2013
Rubella cases in Japan already exceed 5,000 this year
The number of rubella cases reported so far this year has surpassed 5,000, more than twice the number for all of 2012, the National Institute of Infectious Diseases reports.
COMMENTARY / World
May 6, 2013
Better simulation of complex events raises bar for predicting individual needs/preferences
With today's computers, we can look at massive amounts of information and make pretty good predictions about individuals — from health care to furniture preferences.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
May 1, 2013
Obama renews vow to close Guantanamo
U.S. President Barack Obama vows to revive his push to close the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / YEN FOR LIVING
Apr 27, 2013
Should healthy people pay less for health insurance?
Should healthy people pay less for national health insurance than unhealthy people?
America wasn’t made for walking, and it’s killing them
A 2010 study found that U.S. adults averaged 5,117 steps daily and that this was lower than the averages found in similar studies in Switzerland, western Australia and Japan.
Rare sequel to 'My Neighbor Totoro' to play at Cannes
A screening of "Mei and the Baby Cat Bus," which is being billed as a "mini-sequel" to the Studio Ghibli classic "My Neighbor Totoro," is set to take place at the Cannes Film Festival on Monday.
Japanese stripper bids to have her porn movies taken off internet
Plaintiff Miyuki Ariga (left) speaks at a news conference along with her lawyer, Yoshitomo Morohashi, after filing a lawsuit at the Tokyo District Court on Monday.
Saudi crown prince seeks soft power in game hub Japan
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman welcomes Prime Minister Fumio Kishida in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, last July.
Japan survey finds 30% of student interns experience sexual harassment
The proportion of recent graduates in Japan who have worked as interns have experienced sexual harassment during their internship was 30.1%, according to a labor ministry survey, up 4.6 percentage points from the previous survey in fiscal 2020.
Fuchu Prison adapting to foreign prisoners
From the outside, the light-brown complex that is Fuchu Prison in western Tokyo could easily be mistaken for a city hall.
Seoul's eclectic Art OnO shines light on Japan's artists and galleries
Art OnO, which took place from April 19 to 21 in Seoul, featured a modest number of 36 participating galleries from 15 countries.
Want to be a voice actor? Stay 'true to the character'
SungWon Cho is a veteran with more than 10 years of experience portraying characters in anime, cartoons and video games.
Local theater in Japan is more than a hobby — it’s a community
Japan Times contributor Laura Pollacco (front right) was offered the role of one of her all-time favorite heroines, Elizabeth “Lizzie” Bennet, in the Tokyo International Players’ production of “Pride and Prejudice.”
Can AI-generated inventions be patented? A Tokyo court says no.
The Tokyo court's ruling comes amid ongoing debates on how to regulate generative AI and is part of a transnational class action lawsuit.

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