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EDITORIALS
Mar 5, 2015
Disaster risk reduction
The five-day U.N. conference on reducing disaster risks, to be held in Sendai from the end of next week, should serve as an opportunity for Japan to share its experiences in dealing with severe natural disasters.
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 26, 2015
Belling the nuclear wildcat
The only guarantee of zero nuclear weapons risk — five years after U.S. President Barack Obama's stirring speech outlining his dream of nuclear disarmament — is to move to zero nuclear weapons possession by a carefully managed process.
WORLD / Science & Health
Jan 2, 2015
Biological bad luck blamed in two-thirds of cancer cases
Plain old bad luck plays a major role in determining who gets cancer and who does not, according to researchers who found that two-thirds of cancer incidence of various types can be blamed on random mutations and not heredity or risky habits like smoking.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Oct 30, 2014
To err on the side of caution
It is not fair to underestimate compensation for disaster damage in the name of general interest. This is an area where ordinary cost calculations should be discarded.
JAPAN / History
Oct 17, 2014
U.S. in 1947 banned construction near Futenma, citing accident risk
Declassified documents show the U.S. military employed a double standard for residential and building safety at the Futenma air base in Okinawa in 1945.
BUSINESS
Oct 10, 2014
G-20 finance chiefs begins talks on growth, infrastructure investment
Finance chiefs from the Group of 20 major economies began a two-day meeting Thursday in Washington to exchange views on global growth, assess slowdown risks and ways to spur investment in infrastructure.
JAPAN
Oct 2, 2014
Nuclear energy industry needs 'major change' in safety: atomic think tank chief
Japan's utilities need a "major change" in their attitude toward nuclear safety in light of the Fukushima disaster, the head of Japan's new nuclear think tank said.
BUSINESS / Markets
Sep 8, 2014
Abe recasting Cabinet cuts risk to six-year low
The Cabinet overhaul has revived failing public support for Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's economic policies and invigorated markets that have shown more confidence in him than his predecessors.
BUSINESS / Economy
May 7, 2014
Ex-pension fund overseer urges cut in Japan stocks
The government pension fund should cut domestic stocks to diversify risk, said Seki Obata, who was dropped from the organization's investment committee last month.
BUSINESS / Companies
Apr 9, 2014
Pharmaceutical giant Takeda to fight $6 billion damages ruling over hidden cancer risks
Takeda Pharmaceutical Co. says it will contest $6 billion in punitive damages imposed by a jury in the United States in a case that accused Japan's largest drugmaker of concealing cancer risks associated with its Actos diabetes drug.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 21, 2013
Cost to insure Tepco's debt soars on back of bad news
The bond risk for Tokyo Electric Power Co., from whose stricken Fukushima nuclear plant highly radioactive water is flowing into the sea, surged the most since June on concern delays in getting reactors started at another atomic plant will spoil its loans.
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.
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.
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.

Podcast

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[Rebroadcast] Japan is doing better on accessibility than you may think

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