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JAPAN / OBAMA VISITS HIROSHIMA
May 24, 2016
Hiroshima A-bomb museum chief hopes Obama will visit displays 'as a father'
Should U.S. President Barack Obama opt to visit the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum later this week, Kenji Shiga, its director, is adamant that he wouldn't ask too much.
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May 1, 2016
Woods could return for Memorial: sources
Tiger Woods has made accommodation plans for the Memorial tournament in Ohio, sources have told Reuters, suggesting the Jack Nicklaus-hosted event could mark the former world No. 1's PGA Tour return from back surgery.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Mar 29, 2016
'Utagawa Kunisada: Japanese Lifestyle and Fashion'
April 1-24
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JAPAN / 5-YEAR MEMORIAL OF GREAT EAST JAPAN EARTHQUAKE
Mar 11, 2016
Securing post-disaster communication network
Many people had trouble connecting on mobile phones in the immediate aftermath of the Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami on March 11, 2011. Destruction of communication infrastructure silenced some mobile phones, while massive numbers of calls and texts checking the safety of loved ones overwhelmed intact infrastructure, slowing and, in some cases, stopping cellular traffic.
Japan Times
JAPAN / 5-YEAR MEMORIAL OF GREAT EAST JAPAN EARTHQUAKE
Mar 11, 2016
Municipalities bundle IT services to ensure security
The Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami destroyed nearly every piece of social infrastructure and lifeline in the Tohoku region on March 11, 2011. Power, water and gas supplies were all interrupted in Miyagi, Iwate and Fukushima prefectures, while communication lines in and out of the prefectures were cut.
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JAPAN / 5-YEAR MEMORIAL OF GREAT EAST JAPAN EARTHQUAKE
Mar 11, 2016
Volunteers working to rebuild lives
Giving back to society is very important to Philip Morris Japan (PMJ). Besides its ongoing initiatives against domestic violence and child abuse, PMJ was quick to respond to the immediate needs of the affected areas following the Great East Japan Earthquake in 2011. Although five years have since passed, PMJ continues to contribute to the region through programs that address the changing needs of the affected areas.
Japan Times
JAPAN / 5-YEAR MEMORIAL OF GREAT EAST JAPAN EARTHQUAKE
Mar 11, 2016
Maintaining remnants of disaster for future
Sept. 1, known as Disaster Prevention Day, was designated as such by the government in 1960. On this day every year, cities and towns nationwide, as well as schools, companies and even small community groups, run evacuation drills to prepare for natural disasters such as typhoons, landslides and earthquakes.
Japan Times
JAPAN / 5-YEAR MEMORIAL OF GREAT EAST JAPAN EARTHQUAKE
Mar 11, 2016
Seismic isolation systems help mitigate earthquake damage
Seismic isolation is an excellent technology to help make structures more resistant to earthquakes by installing equipment to isolate a building from the ground and keep tremors from reaching the building. Seismic isolation systems reduce shaking by placing rubber, lead or other substances between structures and the ground, using them as a cushion to absorb tremors.
Japan Times
JAPAN / 5-YEAR MEMORIAL OF GREAT EAST JAPAN EARTHQUAKE
Mar 11, 2016
Taking power of sport to Tohoku
Like most people in Japan, I remember vividly where I was on March 11, 2011. I was training in Phoenix, Arizona, for the 2011 World Athletics Championships. I watched in disbelief as the tragedy unfolded in the Tohoku region on TV, feeling utterly helpless. I was frustrated that there was nothing I could do to help except keep trying to reach my family and friends on the phone.
Japan Times
JAPAN / 5-YEAR MEMORIAL OF GREAT EAST JAPAN EARTHQUAKE
Mar 11, 2016
Reconstruction moving forward
Five years have passed since the Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami. On behalf of the people of Fukushima, I would like to express my sincere gratitude to those people at home and abroad for their overwhelming support during this period.
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Jan 22, 2016
Takeuchi falls short of medal finish
Ski jumper Taku Takeuchi missed out on a place on the medals podium Friday, tying for fourth with Germany's Markus Eisenbichler at the Sapporo Olympic Memorial.
JAPAN / Politics
Nov 26, 2015
U.S., U.K., French foreign ministers to visit Hiroshima's A-bomb park during G-7 meeting
The foreign ministers of three nuclear powers — the United States, Britain and France — plan to visit Hiroshima's peace park for the first time when they gather in the city in April for a Group of Seven meeting, a diplomatic source said.
Japan Times
WORLD
Nov 16, 2015
Apparent false alarm sends hundreds scattering scared from famed Paris square
Hundreds of people who had been gathered at Place de la Republique in central Paris dispersed suddenly on Sunday evening in what police later said seemed to be a false alarm.
CULTURE / Art
Nov 10, 2015
'Generations of Mitsui Family Treasures'
Nov. 14-Jan. 23
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JAPAN
Oct 14, 2015
Tokyo ranked fourth — again — in Global Power City Index
Despite a surge in foreign tourists, Tokyo stayed fourth out of 40 major global cities in the annual Global Power City Index (GPCI) ranking unveiled Wednesday, trailing London, New York and Paris.
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CULTURE / Art
Oct 13, 2015
'Matsutani Currents'
Oct. 10-Dec. 6
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JAPAN / Politics
Sep 23, 2015
San Francisco unanimously adopts measure to build 'comfort women' memorial
San Francisco decided to build a memorial to commemorate the “comfort women,” despite protests from Toru Hashimoto, mayor of its sister city of Osaka.
Japan Times
JAPAN / History
Aug 1, 2015
Tributes to WWII POWs paid during service at Yokohama cemetery
More than 100 people attended an event in Yokohama on Saturday to pay tribute to soldiers from the British Commonwealth and other Allied nations who were taken prisoner during World War II and who later died here.
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CULTURE / Art
Jul 28, 2015
'Excellent Techniques of Carving and Printing: 250th Birth Anniversary of Multi-Colored Print'
Aug. 1-Sept. 27
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Jun 9, 2015
Exhibition on the 250th Anniversary of the Birth of Nishiki-e
June 20-Aug. 18
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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