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JAPAN
Feb 3, 2009
Volcano alert system successful
The Meteorological Agency managed to issue a warning to municipalities about 13 hours before the eruption early Monday of Mount Asama, boasting its first successful alert since it started up the system in December 2007.
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JAPAN
Jan 31, 2009
Brazilians in need of vocational training, language courses
The government should provide vocational training and language support to Brazilian workers who have lost their jobs as manufacturers streamline operations, Brazilian Ambassador Luiz Augusto De Castro Neves said.
JAPAN
Jan 31, 2009
Jolie wants to meet abductees' mothers
Visiting actress Angelina Jolie, who plays a mother searching for her son in her latest movie, "Changeling," voiced sympathy Friday for the mothers of Japanese abducted by North Korean agents in the 1970s and '80s.
JAPAN
Jan 30, 2009
Four killers sent to the gallows
Four convicted murderers were hanged Thursday, the first executions this year and maintaining the fast pace that saw 15 people put to death in 2008, an unusually high number for one year.
JAPAN
Jan 27, 2009
Data on fish market toxin withheld
The Tokyo Metropolitan Government on Monday revealed it learned in June that the concentration of a toxic substance at the proposed site of a new fish market in Toyosu, Koto Ward, was 115 times higher than in a previous inspection but withheld the information for five months from a panel of soil pollution...
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JAPAN
Jan 22, 2009
Obama inspires high hopes
Japanese and foreign residents of Tokyo and Osaka voiced hope Wednesday that new U.S. President Barack Obama will abandon the unilateral approach of his predecessor, George W. Bush, while some Japanese expressed concern that bilateral relations will be overshadowed by economic and military snags.
JAPAN
Jan 21, 2009
Cabinet team formed to help foreign settlers
The Cabinet Office has formed a team to address problems facing out-of-work foreigners with permanent settler status, particularly Brazilians, including job searches and their children's education.
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BUSINESS
Jan 16, 2009
If you can't sell designer bags, rent them
Japanese consumers are renowned for their appetite for luxury brands, hence Georgio Armani and other high-end labels opened their largest outlets in the world in the glitzy Ginza district in Tokyo.
JAPAN
Jan 16, 2009
Support cracks 70% in survey on running a Tokyo-hosted Olympics in 2016
A survey shows that more than 70 percent of the public wants Tokyo to host the 2016 Olympics, the Tokyo Metropolitan Government said Thursday.
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JAPAN
Jan 9, 2009
Collagen — skin-deep in myth?
The craze over skin-smoothing collagen has spread to "nabe" hotchpotch, with restaurants serving up the protein-rich fare — usually in the form of pig's knuckles — getting prominent play on TV and in magazines.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / WHO'S WHO
Jan 6, 2009
Academic career in Japan served as vital lesson in culture, says dean
Bruce Stronach, current dean of the Japan campus of Temple University, has a career in academia that spans two countries and over three decades. Sixteen of those years were spent with schools in Japan and have taught him much about Japanese society.
Japan Times
JAPAN / THE MANY FACES OF CITIZENSHIP
Jan 1, 2009
Debate on multiple nationalities to heat up
First in a series
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JAPAN / READERS' FUND
Dec 16, 2008
Restoring forests in Laos aim of NGO
Third in a series
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JAPAN / MIXED MATCHES
Dec 13, 2008
Pair's flexibility keeps their options open
Smart couples have smart rules.
JAPAN
Dec 4, 2008
Passive smoking has restaurant diners breathing fire: survey
Despite steps taken by the government to curb passive smoking, a survey released Tuesday by drug maker Pfizer Japan Inc. found many are still bothered by other restaurant diners' lit cigarettes.
BUSINESS
Dec 4, 2008
Travel agents shrug off Thai turmoil
JTB Corp. and H.I.S. Co., the nation's two largest travel agencies, said Wednesday that losses from canceled package tours to Thailand, where antigovernment protesters took control of two airports in the capital, haven't been bad because it isn't peak season yet.
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JAPAN / EXPLAINER
Dec 2, 2008
Soka Gakkai keeps religious, political machine humming
What do movie star Orlando Bloom, who plays young pirate Will Turner in the "Pirates of the Caribbean" series, R&B diva Tina Turner and Shunsuke Nakamura, an ace midfielder for Scottish soccer team Celtic, have in common?
JAPAN
Nov 29, 2008
Fingerprint screening stops 846
The new biometric system that fingerprints and photographs all incoming foreigners at airports and seaports prevented 846 undesirables from entering the country over the past year, the Immigration Bureau said Friday.
JAPAN
Nov 20, 2008
Internet translation site takes a humorous turn on fathers
Bring up the subject of fathers with Japanese people studying the English language and you might find their locutions a little on the strange side.
JAPAN
Nov 18, 2008
Beaujolais Nouveau out soon but getting old hat
Japan may not be in the big leagues as far as being a wine-consuming country, but it makes up for it with its obsession for Beaujolais Nouveau.
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.
Nomura CEO takes pay cut after former employee charged with attempted murder
Kentaro Okuda, CEO of Nomura Holdings, speaks during a news conference in Tokyo on Tuesday.
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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