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Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 23, 2017
Japan Tobacco targets emerging markets with fewer health controls as rivals go high-tech
While most tobacco companies have embraced smokeless products to survive ever-tightening controls, the Japanese maker of Winston and Camel cigarettes is pressing ahead with a more low-tech strategy: Selling smokes to emerging markets.
Japan Times
LIFE / Language / MORNING ENGLISH
Aug 21, 2017
Let's discuss smoking regulations in Japan
Will the 2020 Tokyo Olympics be smoking-free?
Japan Times
JAPAN / Science & Health
Aug 14, 2017
Bill on indoor smoking ban to leave restaurant issue on back burner
A revised government-sponsored bill aimed at banning indoor smoking won't include a size threshold for restaurants, sources close to the matter have said, in an effort to avoid clashing with ruling Liberal Democratic Party lawmakers who are strongly opposed to banning indoor smoking at restaurants.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 12, 2017
Tobacco tax revenue to shrink by ¥50 billion this year: study
Japan's tobacco tax revenue is likely to drop by more than ¥50 billion ($460 million) this year as more smokers switch to heated tobaccos containing less tobacco leaves, according to an estimate compiled Friday by Kyodo News and a research institute.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Aug 7, 2017
The LDP's tobacco addiction tells a much bigger story
If Prime Minister Abe and his party were less beholden to vested interests, his efforts to defeat deflation would gain more traction.
Japan Times
JAPAN / History / JAPAN TIMES GONE BY
Aug 5, 2017
Japan Times 1967: 'Iconic Ginza streetcars are on their way out'
The streetcars that have tootled along Ginza, Tokyo's most glamorous shopping center for the past 56 years, will bow out by the end of the year.
Japan Times
JAPAN / FOCUS
Jul 30, 2017
Indoor smoking ban bill stymied by LDP resistance ahead of Olympics
Legislation planned to address passive smoking by banning lighting up in restaurants is in limbo because of strife between the health ministry and the ruling Liberal Democratic Party.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Science & Health
Jul 23, 2017
Majority of Japan's governors back stronger steps against passive smoking: survey
Over 70 percent of Japan's 47 governors think tougher measures are needed to reduce passive smoking, but less than half support the government's proposal to basically ban indoor smoking at restaurants.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jul 20, 2017
WHO blasts tobacco industry for blocking anti-smoking moves
The tobacco industry continues to subvert government attempts to prevent tobacco-related deaths, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Wednesday in a fresh call to counter corporate lobbying and litigation.
JAPAN / Science & Health
Jul 16, 2017
Health ministry gives telemedicine green light for those who wish to quit smoking
The health ministry has approved allowing doctors to treat via smartphones or personal computers patients who wish to quit smoking, ministry officials have said.
EDITORIALS
Jul 1, 2017
Bad decision on passive smoking
The government should be ashamed of knuckling under to the tobacco industry and deciding not to crack down on smoking in public places.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Science & Health
Jun 27, 2017
Smokers make up less than 20% of Japan's population for first time, survey finds
Results seen as giving boost to health ministry's proposal to ban smoking in enclosed public spaces before the 2020 Games.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jun 20, 2017
A smoke-free Tokyo as an Olympic legacy
Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike has vowed to make the capital a smoke-free metropolis in time for hte 2020 Games if her party and its allies secure a majority in the July 2 election.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Science & Health
Jun 6, 2017
Indoor smoking ban shelved as LDP and health ministry reach impasse, sources say
The ministry and the LDP still cannot agree on what kinds of establishments should be designated as exceptions to an indoor smoking ban.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Science & Health
Jun 2, 2017
Health ministry caves to LDP, shelving restaurant smoking ban vow
The health ministry on Friday decided not to include a pledge to ban smoking in restaurants in its long-term policy on cancer control, yielding to pressure from the ruling Liberal Democratic Party to leave the lax regulations intact.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Science & Health / A MATTER OF HEALTH
May 31, 2017
Pro-tobacco LDP clouds chances of indoor smoking ban in time for Tokyo Games
May 31 marks World No Tobacco Day, but the prospect of Japan banning indoor smoking in time for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics looks hazier than ever.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Science & Health / A MATTER OF HEALTH
May 31, 2017
Japan violating anti-smoking treaty by bowing to tobacco industry, expert says
The government's move to ban smoking in indoor public places ahead of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics has hit a snag due to staunch resistance from lawmakers in the ruling Liberal Democratic Party trumpeting smokers' rights and the need to protect the tobacco industry.
EDITORIALS
May 12, 2017
Gutting the effort to clamp down on passive smoking
The health ministry's efforts to tighten regulations on indoor smoking in public spaces are being undermined by the LDP.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan / SENTAKU MAGAZINE
Apr 23, 2017
The poverty of politics and tobacco policy
The government is caught in a trap of its own making — how does it stay in the business of selling tobacco while promoting public health?
JAPAN / Science & Health
Mar 30, 2017
Parents who smoke contribute to obesity in children: health ministry report
Infants cared for by parents who smoke are more likely to become obese children than those from a nonsmoking household, according to a health ministry report.
New JAL chief concerned about yen’s ‘excessive’ weakness
Mitsuko Tottori became Japan Airlines’ first female CEO on April 1, having risen through the ranks as a flight attendant and heading the flight attendant and customer experience divisions.
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.
Yen inches closer to intervention point as BOJ meeting starts
The rate of the yen against the U.S. dollar is displayed in the trading room at foreign exchange brokerage Gaitame.com in Tokyo on Thursday.
Princess Aiko makes debut at imperial garden party
Princess Aiko attends an imperial garden party in Tokyo on Tuesday.
Tokyo's Koto Ward by-election a race unlike any other
Natsumi Sakai, the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan’s candidate and one of four female candidates running in the by-election, touts her experience as a cancer survivor and midwife as having prepared her to tackle issues that women currently face.
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.
Top U.S. and China diplomats talk tough amid warnings of new ‘downward spiral’
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing on Friday
Kyotographie's strong 12th edition shines light into the margins
Yassine Alaoui Ismaili, who goes by Yoriyas, turned to photography, shooting motion while in motion himself, after an injury forced him to give up his career as a professional breakdancer.
For amateur sumo, a fresh start offers hope against time-wasting and gamesmanship
Wrestlers prepare for the start of a bout at the 2023 Sumo World Championships in Tokyo. Starting this month, placing one hand on the clay first is no longer allowed.

Podcast

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Longform

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By Alex K.T. Martin

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