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INNOVATION 2

Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Nov 30, 2014
Opposition party leaders assail Abe over economic policies, collective self-defense in online debate
Leaders from eight of the nation's leading political parties crossed swords in an online debate Saturday over the merits of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's economic policies and the new security framework he is pursuing.
JAPAN / Science & Health
Oct 23, 2014
Nobel laureate Amano asks Abe to boost support for young researchers
Hiroshi Amano, one of the three Japan-born scientists to win this year's Nobel Prize in Physics, has asked Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to boost support for fledgling researchers in the country.
Japan Times
Events / Events In Tokyo
Jul 9, 2014
The Miraikan is going down the pan — in a good way
Using the toilet is an everyday part of our lives, yet it's something we rarely talk about in public. But it is of such importance, involving health, sanitation and human dignity, that perhaps it should become a topic of general discussion.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 24, 2014
Obama urges science students to bolster U.S.-Japan ties
Visiting U.S. President Barack Obama expressed hope Thursday that Japanese students will work closely with their U.S. peers to continue their tradition of cooperation over scientific and technological breakthroughs.
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 17, 2014
Financial innovation for protection of wildlife
Innovative development finance can play a role in helping the 180 parties to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species realize its full potential, by adapting widely available cutting-edge technologies and tools to the business of trade permits.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Mar 4, 2014
Firms seek to tap into Israeli startups
More Japanese companies are looking at the Israeli startup market in search of innovative technologies and investments to beef up their businesses, although they lag far behind the buyout sprees of global tech giants such as Google Inc. and Apple Inc.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 27, 2014
Suntory researcher aims to create deep blue rose
Would a deep blue rose smell just as sweet? That is what a researcher at the Suntory Global Innovation Center is aiming to find out.
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 28, 2014
At last, Yale surrenders to technology
Yale University ran up the white flag last week in its battle to keep twin seniors Peter Xu and Harry Yu from creating an easier-to-use and more informative version of its online course catalog. As the school's real battle was against technological change, defeat was inevitable.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / Japan Pulse
Jul 31, 2012
Today's J-blip: Mannan Rebā replaces beef liver sashimi
Even better than the real thing? Imitation raw liver is trying to fill the void left by the health department's ban in Japan.
CULTURE / Art / Japan Pulse
Jul 11, 2012
Today's J-blip: K-Pocke pocket
Your gadgets may be secure, but we're not sure what the K-Pocke does for your style.
BUSINESS / Japan Pulse
Nov 30, 2009
Eco batteries bring new meaning to the term "juiced"
NoPoPo Eco batteries might not revolutionize the tech world yet, but for now, these fluid-powered batteries could end up being life-savers.
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.
Man, 28, arrested in Okinawa over burned bodies found in Tochigi
Hikaru Sasaki enters the Metropolitan Police Department's Osaki police station in Tokyo's Shinagawa Ward on Monday after being arrested on suspicion of disposing of two bodies found in Nasu, Tochigi Prefecture, earlier this month.
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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