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Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle
Apr 14, 2018
Japan's pet detectives
Myriad spiritual and high-tech options are available to help owners find their missing animals, but human trackers are still the best bet.
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle
Mar 18, 2018
A fuzzy tale of Japan's famous cats in hats
When Ryo Yamazaki picked up a chunk of one of his cat's shed fur and fashioned it on top of his Scottish fold's head in a Trump-esque quiff, he did it for a laugh.
JAPAN
Feb 15, 2018
Shogi showdown pits 'god' against 'genius'
The match of the century. The battle between a "god" and a "genius." The faceoff between the undisputed champion of shogi and his touted successor.
JAPAN / Science & Health
Jan 31, 2018
Rare 'lunar trifecta' battles cloud cover to make appearance in night skies over Japan
Many of the nation's stargazers were treated to a celestial show Wednesday night with the appearance of a "super blue blood moon," a phenomenon caused by the rare confluence of three lunar events.
JAPAN
Jan 25, 2018
Tokyo records lowest temperature in 48 years, prompting rare warning from weather agency
Cold air blanketed much of the nation Thursday morning, just days after Tokyo's heaviest snowfall in four years, prompting the Meteorological Agency to issue an advisory for the capital.
Japan Times
JAPAN / FINDING COMMON GROUND
Jan 3, 2018
Filipinos and Nepalese face challenges in Japan even as their communities grow
While Japan tends to be uneasy about immigration, it is simultaneously host to many non-Japanese people working hard to make lives for themselves, including sizable communities from the Philippines and Nepal.
JAPAN
Dec 13, 2017
Government mulls conferring national award to Japanese shogi, go champions
Japan considers conferring the People's Honor Award to two shogi and go champions after the pair won all major titles in their respective games.
JAPAN / Science & Health
Nov 22, 2017
Japanese scientists find new drug combo that may be key to treating Alzheimer's
A team of Japanese researchers has found a new drug combination that reduces amyloid beta protein, believed to play a key role in causing Alzheimer's disease, by using stem cells derived from patients, Kyoto University announced Tuesday.
JAPAN
Nov 6, 2017
'Giving December' campaign tries to foster culture of private giving in Japan
Donate more. Invest in the future of society.
JAPAN
Jan 3, 2007
History, North Korea set to test Japan-China ties
will be a crucial year for Sino-Japanese ties as the two nations will see if their relations can really be on a good track and determine if they can indeed elevate their ties into a relationship of shared strategic interest," said China expert Tomoyuki Kojima. "The situation however is volatile and depends...
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 9, 2003
Opera in Manila to showcase famed Christian daimyo's life
A celebrated daimyo stands immortal in the middle of a plaza in the busy Paco district of Manila.
JAPAN
Dec 15, 2001
Japan to cohost global conference on child sexual exploitation
Japan will cohost an international conference in Yokohama next week to reconfirm an international commitment to eliminate the sexual exploitation of children, according to the Foreign Ministry.
JAPAN
Dec 20, 2000
Jazz singer's choir beats holiday blues
Like strangers, they eye each other cautiously at first -- perhaps even with a trace of suspicion. But the music begins, and instantly the room is transformed into a hall housing a choir of angels. A thunderous applause ensues, some tears fall -- and finally the smiles materialize.
JAPAN
Oct 7, 2000
Better links to Pyongyang seen if Tokyo and Seoul get closer
One of the winners of this year's Japan Foundation Award said he hopes promoting closer ties between South Korea and Japan will also lead to stronger links between Tokyo and Pyongyang.
Freed anti-whaling campaigner Paul Watson arrives in France
U.S.-Canadian anti-whaling environmental activist Paul Watson, who was released from prison in Greenland's capital Nuuk after five months in detention, arrives with Lamya Essemlali, president of Sea Shepherd France, at Charles de Gaulle Airport in Roissy-en-France, near Paris, on Friday.
Nippon Steel alleges undue White House influence on doomed deal review
U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks on the economy at the Brookings Institution in Washington on Dec. 10.
Record 78% of people in Japan feel anxious, government survey finds
The public opinion survey on people's lives, conducted by the Cabinet Office, found that 28.1% of respondents think that their standard of living is at a lower-middle level among the general public — the highest percentage to give that response in 35 years.
Police raided suspect's home to arrest him after fatal Kitakyushu stabbing
Broken window glass is seen at Masanori Hirabaru's house in Kitakyushu's Kokuraminami Ward.
Taiwan lawmakers brawl over bills that would 'damage democracy'
Lawmakers from the Democratic Progressive Party and opposition party Kuomintang brawl in parliament in Taipei on Friday.
Casual workouts, cool living, ‘complete’ food: Japan’s health trends of 2024
In 2024, efficiency trumped effort among Japan's fitness-focused aspirants.
The mighty Mekong River's growing plastic problem
A group of elephant keepers in Chiang Saen, Thailand, remove plastic waste from the Ruak River, a tributary of the Mekong River, as a pair of Asian elephants bathe behind them.
Japanese officials inspect Yokota Air Base over PFAS concerns
The Yokota Air Base in western Tokyo in September 2019. An inspection of the base by Japanese government officials on Friday came amid public pressure to investigate suspected links between the use of PFAS-containing firefighting foam by the U.S. base and contamination of soil and groundwater in western Tokyo.
Crime numbers rise in Japan for second straight year
A police officer stands in front of the residence of a man alleged to have stabbed two junior high school students in Kitakyushu.
A year of Oscar wins and a quiet push for diversity
Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s “Evil Does Not Exist,” released in Japanese theaters in April, sharply dramatizes the clash between rural and urban values. The film won five awards at the 2023 Venice Film Festival, including the second-place Silver Lion prize.

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