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JAPAN

Aug 9, 2006

Japan-made English math texts intriguing overseas educators

Mathematics textbooks for elementary school children in English released by two major publishers in Tokyo have drawn attention from overseas academics impressed by the way Japanese kids are taught the subject.

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JAPAN

Jun 20, 2006

Plastic recyclers can't compete with China

Many Japanese companies that produce materials recycled from used plastic bottles are on the verge of bankruptcy as more and more of their raw material ends up in China and may soon be finding their way to India as well.

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JAPAN

Feb 25, 2006

Hit Iraq war play gets only lukewarm response here

A Japanese-language version of a hit London play about the Iraq war received a tepid response from audiences when it played here recently.

JAPAN

Jan 7, 2006

Condo scandal shakes engineering industry

As people begin to feel that they can no longer trust their streets to be safe, they have discovered that even the roofs over their heads may also not be secure.

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JAPAN

Jan 13, 2004

War jitters jar Japan's airline pilots

Veteran airline pilots in Japan have a concern they never had before -- that the planes they fly may come under terrorist or war-related attack due to new responsibilities the government might place on them.

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JAPAN

Jan 13, 2003

North Korea steals show at Japan-Russia summit

In its latest summit with Russia, Japan tried to show the world that Tokyo and Moscow are forging closer ties.

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JAPAN

Jan 4, 2003

Stuttering reform drive prompts election whispers

Speculation is mounting that Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi will call a general election this year, as old guard politicians continue to hamper his reform drive and leave him appearing increasingly forlorn.

JAPAN

Apr 14, 2002

Koizumi 'saves face' for China, but receives little in return

Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi may have saved face for China, but maybe not for Japan, when he sang the host's praises during his keynote address at the Boao Forum for Asia on Friday. Koizumi hailed China's economic expansion, brushing off concerns at home that the Chinese economy is a threat, including...

JAPAN

Jan 15, 2002

Omron adds cat to robot pet population

A lifelike robot cat closes its eyes and meows after a young boy rubs the acrylic fur on its chin at a department store in Tokyo.

JAPAN

Jan 11, 2001

Adults, kids split on merits of baseball

Shunzo Nagashima recalls his wonder at seeing the New York Yankees in newsreels at a Tokyo cinema soon after World War II.

JAPAN

Dec 7, 2000

Yokohama faces new tax on betting

Yokohama is in the throes of enforcing a controversial measure in this gift-giving season -- a tax on horse race betting aimed at whittling down the city's budget deficit. The plan has been greeted with dismay by the Japan Racing Association and many die-hard gamblers.

JAPAN

Nov 28, 2000

Railways brace for onslaught of holiday-season drunks

For most people, the end of the year is a time for making merry. For the nation's railroad employees, who have to deal with those merrymakers, it is a nightmare.

JAPAN

Oct 13, 2000

Accounting practices blamed for slump in Japanese films

The chief executive of a Tokyo financial management company launched in late September hopes her new business saves Japanese films from a long slump.

JAPAN

Aug 9, 2000

Nagasaki caught between pacifism and defense industry

A Dutch consul to Japan was puzzled to be asked by Nagasaki reporters to comment on a Dutch defense firm's event promoting the production of military equipment in the second city to be the target of an atomic bomb. Looking at the huge cranes of a Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. shipyard in Nagasaki...

CULTURE / Art

Aug 5, 2000

Photos capture nuclear tests' toll

The single eye of a cyclops baby preserved in a jar of formalin gazes out, unblinking. Beside it, the eyeless face of a severely disfigured boy seems to melt from his head, the swollen eyebrows and cheeks blinding him permanently.

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.

Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

Traditional folk rituals like Mizudome-no-mai (dance to stop the rain) provide a sense of agency to a population that feels largely powerless in the face of the climate crisis.

As climate extremes intensify, Japan embraces ancient weather rituals

By Alex K.T. Martin

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