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TOKYO

Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Apr 26, 2017
High court rejects appeal by teachers refused work for not standing and singing national anthem
A Tokyo court rejected an appeal by former school teachers who claimed it was unreasonable they were banned from working part time after retirement because they did not sing the national anthem.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL
Apr 26, 2017
Fujioka building big reputation
She is big, strong, tough, smart, and can do everything.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Science & Health / A MATTER OF HEALTH
Apr 26, 2017
Todai-linked venture developing technology for speedy home flu test
Every winter, people running a fever and complaining of muscle pain swarm the nation's clinics, suspecting one thing: the flu.
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle
Apr 22, 2017
Uncharted waters: exploring the untapped potential of Tokyo's waterways
If the color of the taxi I have boarded is anything to go by, I could be in New York or Chicago, maybe even Kolkata. Instead, this particular yellow cab is ferrying me around Tokyo and rather than vying for lane space with trucks, buses and passenger vehicles, it's chugging along some of the little-traversed...
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / HIT AND RUN
Apr 21, 2017
Baseball community, friends reflect on Graczyk's life
Whenever the Yomiuri Giants were scheduled to play at home, I knew my phone would ring.
JAPAN
Apr 21, 2017
Rainforest wood breaches Tokyo green Olympic vow, activists say
Activist groups called for an independent investigation into the use of wood possibly originating from Malaysian forests for the construction of Tokyo's Olympic stadium, saying it is a "significant breach" of the city's commitment to a sustainable 2020 Games.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Apr 20, 2017
Longtime JT baseball columnist Graczyk dies at 68
Wayne Graczyk, a longtime columnist for The Japan Times, passed away on Tuesday night or overnight in Kumamoto. He was 68.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Apr 20, 2017
The amateur members of Tokyo Symphony Chorus perform like true professionals
The Tokyo Symphony Orchestra (TSO) opens its 2017/18 season on April 22 at Muza Kawasaki Symphony Hall, but the performance will be lacking one crucial element during the opening piece: the orchestra.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Apr 18, 2017
45 new skyscrapers to dot Tokyo's skyline by 2020 Olympics
Tokyo's skyline is set to welcome 45 new skyscrapers by the time the city hosts the Olympics in 2020, as a surge of buildings planned in the early years of Abenomics near completion.

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A small shrine perched atop rocks braves the waves hitting the shoreline during a storm in Shimoda, Shizuoka Prefecture. The area is under threat of a possible 31-meter-high tsunami if an earthquake strikes the nearby Nankai Trough.
If the 'Big One' hits, this city could face a 31-meter-high tsunami