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JAPAN
Jul 24, 2009
'Anpanman' sets record for most characters
The TV program "Anpanman" has been recognized by Guinness World Records as having the most characters in an animated series, Nippon TV said.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 16, 2009
Tokyo doctor refused Jackson stimulants
Dr. Eugene Aksenoff, who treated Michael Jackson on four separate occasions in Tokyo, warned the late "King of Pop" against taking stimulants because they could be life-threatening.
Japan Times
JAPAN / ALSO OUT THERE
Jul 15, 2009
Fish-shaped 'taiyaki' is always evolving
"Taiyaki," a fish-shaped pancake of sorts made of flour and filled with "azuki" sweet bean paste, has been around for a century.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 14, 2009
DPJ's historic win in Tokyo seen as inevitable amid LDP disarray
The Democratic Party of Japan's historic victory in Sunday's Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly election was no surprise, many local voters said Monday, expressing dissatisfaction with the Liberal Democratic Party, with some already saying they will vote DPJ in the general election even though they are not...
JAPAN
Jul 11, 2009
Details released on criteria to let illegal aliens stay
The Immigration Bureau said Friday that when the justice minister decides whether to grant an illegal immigrant special permission to stay, positive factors would include that the person is living with and raising school-age children who have spent "a considerable period of time" in Japan.
JAPAN
Jul 9, 2009
Diet OKs bills to up foreigner controls
The Diet passed bills Wednesday that tighten controls on foreign residents, paving the way for them to take effect within three years, despite opposition from foreigners and human rights activists.
Japan Times
JAPAN / CONTROLS ON FOREIGNERS
Jul 2, 2009
Bills look to make refugee status more elusive
Last in a series
Japan Times
JAPAN / CONTROLS ON FOREIGNERS
Jul 1, 2009
Visa overstayers given too many breaks: rightist
Fourth in a series
Japan Times
JAPAN / CONTROLS ON FOREIGNERS
Jun 30, 2009
Activist sees holes in bills to snare illegals
Third in a series
JAPAN
Jun 30, 2009
Flight canceled over copilot's indiscretion
Japan Airlines Corp. was forced to cancel a flight from Hawaii to Narita airport last week because a copilot was detained by police for urinating in a public place, the airline said Monday.
Japan Times
JAPAN / CONTROLS ON FOREIGNERS
Jun 27, 2009
Drawing a bead on illegal residents
With bills to revise the immigration law expected to clear the current Diet session, the Immigration Bureau aims to get a clearer picture of the facts surrounding foreigners who overstay their visas, a bureau official said.
Japan Times
JAPAN / CONTROLS ON FOREIGNERS
Jun 26, 2009
With some concessions, DPJ backs crackdown
Ritsuo Hosokawa, justice minister in the Democratic Party of Japan's shadow Cabinet, says he succeeded in softening the tone of the government's immigration reform package.
Japan Times
JAPAN / CONTROLS ON FOREIGNERS
Jun 26, 2009
LDP's point man on immigration bills
First in a series
JAPAN
Jun 20, 2009
Lower House passes bill revising foreign residency rules
The Lower House passed bills Friday making it easier for the Justice Ministry's Immigration Bureau to keep tabs on foreigners who have overstayed their visas as well as others residing legally in the country.
JAPAN
Jun 19, 2009
Immigration revision set to be passed
The ruling and opposition camps have revised a contentious set of immigration bills in a way that increases government scrutiny of both legal and illegal foreign residents while extending additional conveniences, according to a draft obtained Thursday by The Japan Times.
Japan Times
JAPAN / MIXED MATCHES
Jun 13, 2009
Marriage to Aussie 'otaku' found in translation
For Junko Hirose, her Australian husband, Richard Northcott, is pretty much Japanese when viewed from two aspects.
JAPAN
Jun 12, 2009
Anything goes in virtual pornography
Should abusing a virtual teenage girl be outlawed?
Japan Times
JAPAN / YOKOHAMA AT 150
May 29, 2009
Yokohama — city on the cutting edge
Last in a series
Japan Times
JAPAN / EXPLAINER
May 26, 2009
'Manga': heart of pop culture
From "One Piece" and "Naruto" to "Doraemon" and "Sazae-san," comic books have been the heart of Japanese pop culture.
Japan Times
JAPAN
May 22, 2009
Principal apologizes for letting students go to New York
Takayoshi Maeda, principal of Senzoku Gakuen's junior and senior high schools, apologized Thursday for letting a group of students go to New York, where two of them contracted swine flu, but said he thought he lacked the authority to cancel the special trip.
South Korea's Yoon backs down after parliament rejects martial law
Soldiers try to enter the National Assembly building in Seoul, after South Korea President Yoon Suk Yeol declared martial law late Tuesday evening.
BOJ weighs case for first triple hike since Japan’s bubble burst
Bank of Japan Gov. Kazuo Ueda reiterated in an interview published Saturday that authorities will raise rates if the economy performs in line with projections.
Australian says romance scam tricked her into smuggling drugs into Japan
Donna Nelson says her life was turned upside down when she learned that the man she was falling for had tricked her into smuggling 2 kilograms of methamphetamine into Japan.
Jetstar Japan loses lawsuit over disciplinary action against cabin crew
Jetstar Japan has been ordered to pay back wages to two cabin crew members for the periods they were suspended.
U.S. Space Force launches first unit in Japan
Activated on Wednesday, U.S. Space Forces Japan — a component similar to the one established at South Korea’s Osan Air Base in 2022 — will operate out of Yokota Air Base in the city of Fussa, western Tokyo, with a staff of about 10.
Can Japan's scientific community rebound from a Nobel nosedive?
The National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation in Tokyo is a popular place to foster curiosity in the natural sciences.
Europe eyes 'boots on the ground' in Ukraine as possible peace deal option
A serviceman with the Ukrainian Army's 24th mechanized brigade fires a machine gun during an exercise, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in the country's Donetsk region on Friday.
Seven strangers and an algorithm: Can this new dinner app help you make friends?
Timeleft uses an algorithm to match its users with five or six strangers in an effort to prompt “human connection” over dinner at a restaurant. It determines the attendees with the help of a simple personality quiz available when you sign up for the service.
Don’t worry, you can still use your Japan health insurance card — for now
A My Number card reader at a pediatric clinic in Tokyo. While the government will stop issuing new health insurance cards on Monday, most people will remain unaffected by the move in the short term as existing health insurance cards can still be used for another year.

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The National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation in Tokyo is a popular place to foster curiosity in the natural sciences.
Can Japan's scientific community rebound from a Nobel nosedive?
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