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JAPAN / Politics
Oct 15, 2018
Japan and China to sign agreement on maritime search and rescue
Japan and China have decided to sign an agreement facilitating cooperation in search and rescue operations when accidents take place in waters off the two countries, government sources said Monday.
BUSINESS
Aug 17, 2018
Google ranks petition for more oversight of China search engine plan, cite firm's 'don't be evil' clause
Google's plan to launch a censored search engine in China requires more "transparency, oversight and accountability," hundreds of employees at the Alphabet Inc. unit said in an internal petition seen by Reuters on Thursday.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Entertainment news
Dec 7, 2017
Comedian Blouson Chiemi wins Yahoo Japan Search Award for skits on working womanhood
Comedian Blouson Chiemi has been selected as this year's winner of the Yahoo Japan Search Award, which honors the person who achieved the steepest year-on-year rise in searches on the internet company's service, Yahoo Japan Corp. said Wednesday.
WORLD
Aug 3, 2017
China 'coordinating with U.S.' in South China Sea search for missing sailor
China said Thursday it is coordinating with the U.S. Navy in the search for a missing U.S. sailor in the South China Sea, a rare show of goodwill between the navies in the disputed waters.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 9, 2017
Search and rescue missions continue in flood-hit Kyushu as more rain looms
With about 30 people still unaccounted for in Fukuoka and Oita prefectures, the search for Kyushu's missing continues even as the Meteorological Agency forecasts more heavy rain for some areas.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Oct 28, 2016
Lower court rejects Japanese ex-convict's demand to delete criminal record from Google search results
The Tokyo District Court has dismissed a convict's demand to have Google Inc. remove records of his fraud case from over a decade ago from its internet search results.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 22, 2016
A week after initial quake, rescuers still searching; volunteers help to clean up homes
Teams resume a desperate search for people believed buried under mud in the village of Minamiaso, Kumamoto Prefecture.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Feb 27, 2016
Japanese court recognizes 'right to be forgotten' in suit against Google
A court in Saitama has recognized the "right to be forgotten" — the first ruling of its kind in Japan — in a case filed by a man demanding Google Inc. remove three-year-old news reports of his arrest in connection to child prostitution and pornography, according to newly discovered court documents.
WORLD
Dec 3, 2015
Australian hunters of MH370 say new analysis places lost plane within current search zone
Australian authorities hunting for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 said they have new analysis that reaffirms the plane's most likely resting place is within the current search zone, as they seek to solve one of the biggest mysteries in modern aviation history.
Japan Times
WORLD
Sep 2, 2015
Sierra hiker missing nine days recounts straying from group, injurious fall, whistling for rescue
A 62-year-old hiker stranded for nine days with broken bones in the Sierra National Forest in California said on Tuesday that when she blew her whistle to draw rescuers to her, she felt it was her last chance at survival.
JAPAN
Nov 7, 2014
Yahoo Japan considers new policy for removal of search results
Japan's most popular Internet portal may change how it deals with requests on the so-called “right to be forgotten,” following a court ruling against rival Google last month.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jul 31, 2014
Israeli troops, using sniffer dogs and robots, hunt for Gaza tunnels
Israeli Col. Tomer was literally tipped off to the tunnel snaking under a Palestinian village when the tank-churned earth gave way under the weight of one of his behemoth bulldozers.
JAPAN
Feb 13, 2014
Job hunters: No OT pay a key trait of 'black companies'
Not paying overtime is the biggest "sin" a potential employer can commit to get labeled as an abusive "black company" to be avoided by college students entering the job market, according to a survey of young job hunters.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 23, 2014
Shut-in's Net persona turns promotional hard sell
Job hunting can be challenging for university students. After attending a couple of employment seminars last year, Toyo University student Ryo Kikuchi knew he didn't stand a chance of outdoing his competitors if he went the usual route.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Apr 16, 2013
In slander suit, Tokyo court orders Google to delete autocomplete search terms
The Tokyo District Court on Monday ordered U.S. Internet giant Google Inc. to delete the terms from its autocomplete search functions in connection with a Japanese man who says the feature slandered his character.
Japan Times
LIFE / Digital / Japan Pulse
Feb 26, 2010
Connecting six degrees of separation
It's a small world on Hitotsunagi, a new site that mines online data and displays the relationships between famous names.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Japan Pulse
Feb 24, 2010
Pulse Rate: 社畜 (shachiku)
In our new series, Pulse Rate looks at why everyone seeking info on 'corporate cattle' and black-listed companies in Japan's search engines.
Japan says Biden's description of nation as xenophobic is 'unfortunate'
The National Diet building in Tokyo
G7 eyes plan on U.S.-led $50 billion aid package for Ukraine
A local resident visits the Lychakiv cemetery in Lviv, Ukraine, on Thursday. The U.S. is in talks with close partners to lead a group of allies that would give as much as $50 billion in aid to Ukraine.
With eye on China, defense chiefs agree to bolster interoperability
From left: U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, Australian defense chief Richard Marles, Japanese Defense Minister Minoru Kihara and Philippine Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro hold a joint news conference in Honolulu on Thursday.
The 'outsiders' creating some of Japan's greenest spaces
Rows of irises resemble a rice field at the Peter Walker-designed Toyota Municipal Museum of Art.
Japan drops to 70th in press freedom rankings
A businessman reads a newspaper outside a train station in Tokyo.
'Monster' Inoue ready to tear down Luis Nery in title defense at Tokyo Dome
Naoya Inoue (left) and Luis Nery following a pre-fight news conference in Yokohama on Saturday, two days ahead of their super bantamweight title fight.
Debate on constitutional revision at a standstill despite Kishida's pledges
With less than two months left before the conclusion of the current session of parliament, any possibility that Prime Minister Fumio Kishida can deliver constitutional reform before the end of his term as Liberal Democratic Party president in late September, as he has promised, appears remote.
Sapporo court ruling on Ainu fishing rights presents tough questions
A traditional Ainu preserved food called <i>satchep</i> (dried fish) being made at the government-run National Ainu Museum and Park, nicknamed Upopoy, in the town of Shiraoi, Hokkaido, on Dec. 25. The Sapporo District Court ruled last month that the Raporo Ainu Nation's rights as an Indigenous people did not extend to having an inherent right to fish for commercial reasons.
With eye on China, defense chiefs agree to bolster interoperability
From left: U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, Australian defense chief Richard Marles, Japanese Defense Minister Minoru Kihara and Philippine Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro hold a joint news conference in Honolulu on Thursday.
Yellow sand allergy: A health issue made worse by climate change
A screenshot of the Meteorological Agency's satellite image of clouds and yellow sand (in pink) on Sunday.

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