Travel Dec 15, 2017
Leave ordinary life behind at a Japanese garden in Oregon
by Kajsa Skarsgard
Visitors to the Portland Japanese Garden are invited to engage their senses in the subtleties of nature.
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National / Science & Health Sep 29, 2017
Nearly 300 species of fish, mussels and other sea critters hitchhiked across the Pacific Ocean on debris from the 2011 Japanese tsunami, washing ashore alive in the United States, researchers reported Thursday. It is the largest and longest marine migration ever documented, outside experts and ...
World Sep 15, 2017
U.S. Forest Service wildfire tab tops record $2 billion and blazes continue to rage
The Forest Service has spent more than $2 billion battling forest fires around the country — a record as wildfires blacken the American West in one of the nation's worst fire seasons. Wildfires have ravaged the West this summer with 64 large fires burning across ...
National / History | JAPAN TIMES GONE BY Sep 2, 2017
Japan Times 1992: 'Students get a taste of five-day school weeks'
by Elliott Samuels
Schoolchildren had no classes on Saturday for the first time in 120 years as a limited five-day week system started at public schools nationwide.
World Sep 1, 2017
A ruling by an Oregon appeals court upholding an order that a couple muffle their continuously barking dogs through "debarking" surgery stirred outrage among animal rights groups on Thursday, which called the procedure cruel and unnecessary. The case stems from a long-standing feud between neighbors ...
World Aug 3, 2017
Residents of the U.S. Pacific Northwest were enduring sweltering heat on Wednesday as temperatures smashed records and hit triple digits in a region better known for rain and mild weather. Portland had a high of 103 degrees Fahrenheit (39 Celsius) on Wednesday, meteorologists said, well ...
World / Social Issues Jun 16, 2017
Oregon offers third option to driver's licenses: Male, female or X
Oregon became on Thursday the first U.S. state to allow residents to identify as other than male or female on state driver's licenses, a decision that transgender advocates called a victory. Under a policy unanimously adopted by the Oregon Transportation Commission, residents can choose to ...
Our Lives | TELLING LIVES May 10, 2017
Skills forged in Kyushu, blades forged in Oregon
by Kajsa Skarsgard
After failing to win respect for his craft in Japan, 17th-generation bladesmith Murray Carter brought the Yoshimoto name to Portland.
World / Politics Nov 10, 2016
Protesters set fires, vandalize businesses as anger over Trump win explodes in several U.S. cities
Demonstrators angry about the election of Donald Trump smashed windows and set garbage bins on fire early Wednesday in downtown Oakland, California, joining protesters elsewhere in the country who swarmed streets in response to the election. Other protests were generally peaceful. In Oregon, dozens of ...
World / Crime & Legal Jun 20, 2016
Oregon DA wants 1,500 drug convictions reviewed in wake of lab tech's evidence tampering
At first, authorities in Oregon believed the lab tech had been stealing drugs from just one batch of evidence. Then they saw drugs were missing from other cases she had worked. And then they finally concluded she had also stolen evidence from ones she ...
World Jun 17, 2016
Oregon officials want oil trains barred from Columbia Gorge after fiery derailment
The fiery derailment of an oil train in Oregon's Columbia River Gorge has state transportation officials asking for a halt to the massive trains because of concerns their heavier weight could be putting extra strain on a certain type of bolt that fastens the ...
Business Jun 6, 2016
Oregon livestock firm wins injunction against Chinese who allegedly stole its trade secrets
An Oregon livestock company has won an injunction against a former employee accused of stealing trade secrets to start his own company in China. OmniGen Research of Corvallis, Oregon, has filed a lawsuit saying that scientist Yongqiang Wang is trying to sell knockoffs of its ...