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HOKKAIDO

JAPAN
Aug 29, 2014
First nationwide survey on Ainu discrimination to be carried out
The government plans to conduct its first full-fledged survey to grasp the reality of discrimination of the indigenous Ainu people in Japan, officials said Thursday.
EDITORIALS
Aug 24, 2014
Don't bank on nuclear restarts
Power companies are moving again to raise their electricity rates to get out of dire financial straits caused by the increased cost of importing fuel to run more thermal power plants while their nuclear power reactors remain idled.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Aug 21, 2014
Fighters cut infielder Abreu
The Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters announced on Thursday that they have terminated the contract of Michel Abreu, who led the Pacific League in home runs last season.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 19, 2014
Hokkaido governor tours Singapore resort to learn about hosting casino
Hokkaido Gov. Harumi Takahashi toured the casino and hotels on Singapore's Sentosa Island on Monday to learn how such resort complexes are operated.
JAPAN
Aug 18, 2014
Sapporo assemblyman says indigenous Ainu 'no longer exist' as group
A Sapporo assemblyman draws fire for stating online that the indigenous Ainu 'no longer exist' and suggests that any who do are motivated by government handouts.
JAPAN
Aug 11, 2014
Typhoon departs but heavy downpours linger; slide warning issued
Typhoon Halong is heading north in the Sea of Japan on Monday morning after it traveled northward over western Japan, bringing heavy rain and strong winds to Hokkaido and the Tohoku region.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Aug 10, 2014
Matsunaka gives Hawks a spark in team's eighth straight triumph
Former Triple Crown winner Nobuhiko Matsunaka delivered a tie-breaking, pinch-hit double on Sunday as the Pacific League-leading Fukuoka Softbank Hawks reeled off their eighth straight win by beating the Nippon Ham Fighters 6-4.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 31, 2014
Hokkaido Electric applies for additional 17% rate hike
Hokkaido Electric Power Co. on Thursday became the first utility to seek its second rate hike since March 2011, applying for permission to charge households around 17 percent more starting this fall.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jul 23, 2014
Rookie Yoshida leads Buffs past Fighters
On a day when the Pacific League-leading Buffaloes needed a boost, rookie right-hander Kazumasa Yoshida provided it as Orix completed a three-game sweep of the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters with a 1-0 victory on Wednesday.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jul 21, 2014
Buffaloes resume season with win over Fighters
Tomotaka Sakaguchi had a game-tying RBI single in the fifth inning and Wily Mo Pena delivered a two-run single with two outs the same frame as the Orix Buffaloes came from behind to beat the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters 5-3 to resume the regular season on Monday.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / TELLING LIVES
Jul 20, 2014
NPO chief builds a barrier-free world for the disabled and disadvantaged
The founder of two nonprofit organizations in Japan working across Asia, Michiyo Yoshida has become an expert on international philanthropy, teaching courses on NPOs at universities in Sapporo and traveling all over the nation to counsel others.
JAPAN
Jul 19, 2014
Foreign visitor stays in Japan spiked 27% in 2013
The number of nights spent by foreign visitors at hotels or other lodgings across the nation jumped 27 percent to 33.5 million in 2013, the Japan Tourism Agency says.
BUSINESS
Jul 16, 2014
Hokkaido looking to sale operating rights for busy New Chitose Airport
The Hokkaido Prefectural Government is pondering a sale of the rights to operate the nation's fourth-busiest publicly run airport, sources said.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jul 14, 2014
Man held in suspected drunken hit-and-run after three killed at Hokkaido beach
Hokkaido police arrested a 31-year-old man Monday for allegedly hitting four women while driving a recreational vehicle near a beach in Otaru, Hokkaido, killing three of them before he fled the scene.
JAPAN
Jul 11, 2014
Hokkaido braces for rain as typhoon exits Tokyo area
The powerful typhoon rolling across Japan crossed the Boso Peninsula in Chiba Prefecture Friday morning and is expected to head to the Pacific Ocean and turn into an extratropical cyclone off the Sanriku coast in northeast Honshu by the evening.
JAPAN
Jul 8, 2014
Quake shakes Hokkaido; no tsunami warning
An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.8 struck Hokkaido on Tuesday evening, but no tsunami alert was issued, the Meteorological Agency said.
JAPAN
Jul 4, 2014
Hokkaido politician upbraided for tweets about protester who set himself on fire
Hokkaido Prefectural Assemblyman Masaru Onodera was reprimanded Thursday for making offensive comments about a man who set himself on fire to protest Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's drive to loosen constraints on the Self-Defense Forces earlier this week.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jun 26, 2014
BayStars finish with winning record in interleague play
Yokohama's Yasutomo Kubo limited the damage to one run in seven innings and the bullpen held their opponent hitless the rest of the way as the BayStars defeated the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters 2-1 to wrap up interleague play on Thursday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jun 22, 2014
Freighter train derails in Hokkaido; no injuries reported
A freighter train derailed early Sunday on the JR Esashi Line in southern Hokkaido, the operator said. No one was injured.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jun 19, 2014
Otani downplays leg cramps, says he's ready to swing bat again
A day after leg cramps prevented Shohei Otani from throwing a complete game, the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters youngster said Thursday he was eager to swing the bat despite his skipper's reservations.
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.
Kishida defends planned rule to revoke foreigners' residency
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida speaks during a meeting of the Lower House Judicial Affairs Committee on Wednesday.
Human bone-like objects found at Nippon Steel plant’s molten iron pot, with one worker missing
Police believe it’s highly possible that human bones found in a molten iron pot at Nippon Steel's Oita factory belong to a missing male employee.
Was Onosato's defeat of Terunofuji an era-defining bout?
Onosato (right) defeats Terunofuji at the Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo on May 12. While nothing in sumo is guaranteed, it seems almost inevitable that Onosato is destined for the top of the sport's pyramid.
Man suspected of using smart glasses to cheat on Waseda University exams
The Waseda University campus in Tokyo. An 18-year-old male test-taker is suspected of using smart glasses to cheat during the university's entrance exam.
Japanese rap creates its mecca in Pop Yours
Tokyo-based artist Jumadiba says he forgoes the label of simply “rap” for his music because the Japanese rap scene isn’t confined to a particular sound.
Who’s toughest on China? Biden’s tariff tactic ups ante as election looms.
U.S. President Joe Biden speaks about new actions to protect American workers and businesses from China's "unfair" trade practices, in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington on Tuesday.
Was Onosato's defeat of Terunofuji an era-defining bout?
Onosato (right) defeats Terunofuji at the Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo on May 12. While nothing in sumo is guaranteed, it seems almost inevitable that Onosato is destined for the top of the sport's pyramid.
Ishin struggles to set itself apart from other parties
Nippon Ishin no Kai Secretary-General Fumitake Fujita (right) speaks beside Yui Kanazawa, the party's candidate in the Tokyo 15th district by-election on April 28. Nippon Ishin lost in this by-election as well as another in Nagasaki held on the same day.
In Japan, 68,000 people over 65 projected to die alone at home this year
As Japan grapples with its population's rapid aging, supporting people who live and age alone is looming larger on the policy agenda.

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