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ISLAND

Japan Times
WORLD / Society
Nov 10, 2015
U.N. rights review faults Australian asylum policies and discrimination
Australia was criticized on Monday at the United Nations for its offshore processing of asylum claims, detention of child migrants and reports it had sent back legitimate refugees.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel
Oct 3, 2015
Listening to the wind on Battleship Island
As if from a dream, the island floated over the sea like a terra-cotta dreadnought from a century ago. I'd arrived at Gunkanjima, or Battleship Island, and its profile was unmistakable from the deck of my ferry battling high waves and winds.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / JAPAN LITE
Sep 27, 2015
Can art bring people back to Japan's depopulated islands?
I've seen island revitalization projects come and go, but the idea of an NPO riding on the coattails of a successful art trend in the area strikes me as having some promise.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 11, 2015
Three family members drown in high waves off Okinawa beach
High waves and strong tides following the passage of a typhoon pulled four family members who were visiting Irabu Island in Okinawa Prefecture away from the shore and three of them drowned.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 6, 2015
MH370 likely glided, not crashed, into sea
How hard did Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 hit the water after it ran out of fuel and plummeted from cruising altitude? Not as hard as you might think, accident experts say.
Japan Times
JAPAN / History
Aug 1, 2015
The top-secret flights that ended the war
Seventy years after the atomic bombings, time stands still on the Pacific island of Tinian.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 22, 2015
Island offers free ferry trips in novel seabird rescue project
Authorities at the little-known island of Teuri in northern Japan have taken a novel approach to tackling its stray cat problem with the offer of free ferry trips to anyone who will take the felines off their hands.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / THE PERSISTENT VEGETARIAN
Jun 26, 2015
Devil's tongue jelly burgers are heaven for vegetarians in Tokyo
The gentle heat of early summer has me seizing every opportunity to dine outside on Tokyo's terraces. One recent afternoon in Tokyo's Hiroo neighborhood, I stumbled across the wonderfully rustic Hawaiian chain restaurant Aloha Table (2F 5-15-14 Minami-Azabu, Minato-ku, Tokyo; 03-6447-7360; hiroo.alohatable.com). Though it offers a number of healthful options, such as avocado eggs benedict or the Detox Bowl with a "superfood" topping, and also serves pancakes, rice plates and vegetable tapas (there's a more extensive dinner menu with some veggie options), I only had time for a juice. I ordered the first brightly colored concoction that popped out at me — carrot-ginger juice — and savored a few moments on the cool and spacious terrace.
JAPAN
Jun 19, 2015
Mount Shindake erupts for second consecutive day off Kagoshima
Mount Shindake erupted Friday for the second day in a row, the Meteorological Agency said.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society
Jun 5, 2015
Kuchinoerabu Island volcano evacuees publish newsletter to keep in touch
Evacuees from volcano-stricken Kuchinoerabu Island in Kagoshima Prefecture have launched a newsletter to keep in touch while they remain scattered in temporary accommodations around the region.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jun 3, 2015
Yakushima tells Kuchinoerabu volcano evacuees it will pay for daily necessities
The town office of Yakushima in Kagoshima Prefecture says it will allow residents of nearby Kuchinoerabu Island to acquire daily necessities free of charge, after a volcanic eruption there last week forced them to evacuate.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jun 1, 2015
Some Kuchinoerabu volcano evacuees allowed brief return to check on homes, livestock
Twenty-seven residents from Kuchinoerabu Island in Kagoshima Prefecture who evacuated when Mount Shindake erupted last week return to the island for a short time Monday morning.
Japan Times
JAPAN
May 30, 2015
Surprised Kuchinoerabu evacuees wonder how long eruptions will last
A day after the eruption of Mount Shindake caused the evacuation of a small island off Kyushu, evacuees begin bracing for a long stay away from home.
Japan Times
JAPAN
May 29, 2015
Volcano explodes off Kyushu, forcing small island to evacuate
Mount Shindake explodes without warning off Kagoshima, forcing residents of Kuchinoerabu Island to flee for safety from its pyroclastic flow.
ASIA PACIFIC
May 26, 2015
North Korea seen building military camps for shore batteries on western border island
North Korea is building military camps for shore batteries on a western border island, Yonhap News Agency reported on Tuesday.
JAPAN / History
May 20, 2015
Only Japan is challenging results of World War II, Lavrov says of islands dispute
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has criticized Japan over a bilateral territorial dispute, saying that Japan is the only country challenging the results of World War II.
Japan Times
ENVIRONMENT
May 5, 2015
U.S. nuclear dilemma: Reactors aging, decommissioning cash billions short, waste site eludes
At the edge of Humboldt Bay in Northern California lies a relic from the heyday of U.S. nuclear power.
Japan Times
JAPAN / History
May 4, 2015
Memories of the man who inspired 'Giovanni's Island'
The man whose life inspired the 2014 animated film "Giovanni's Island" has described the two years he shared with friends from the former Soviet Union and the impact of its occupation of his hometown following World War II.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / THE PERSISTENT VEGETARIAN
Mar 24, 2015
A perpetual quest for the perfect veggie burger
The "Big Three" in veggie burger making are tofu, beans and mushrooms. Japan prides itself on tofu — and by extension beans — and mushroom varieties are a mainstay of the nation's cuisine. So it shouldn't come as too much of a surprise that Japan cooks up a variety of veggie burgers.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 5, 2015
Felines rule on Ehime's Cat Island
An army of feral cats rules a remote island in southern Japan, curling up in abandoned houses or strutting about in a fishing village where they outnumber the humans 6 to 1.
Number of homeless in Japan hits record low
Homeless people sleep on the street in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward in August 2021.
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.
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.
In Japan, regional revitalization fails to halt population decline
Sakiyama elementary school in Tamba, Hyogo Prefecture, in March .Over the past decade, the government has directed efforts toward policies designed to give young people incentives to base themselves in rural areas.
Putin’s war will soon reach Russians’ tax bills
Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks during a meeting in St. Petersburg on Friday.
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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