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Mizuho Aoki
Mizuho Aoki is a staff writer covering local news, including the current Tokyo gubernatorial race, education and aviation-related stories. She graduated from Hitotsubashi Universty with a degree in social science.
JAPAN
Aug 10, 2012
Police asked to intervene in more bullying cases
Amid growing public criticism of the way schools and boards of education handle, or allegedly ignore, cases of bullying, more children and parents are turning to the police, filing criminal complaints or asking for reinvestigations of previously reported instances of physical abuse.
Japan Times
JAPAN / EXPLAINER
Aug 7, 2012
Curbs afoot as narcotic quasi-legal herbs slip through regulatory cracks
The use of "dappo habu" (quasi-legal herbs) that are dried and mixed with stimulants to make narcotics is spreading, and many people are ending up in hospitals for drug poisoning.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 4, 2012
Two killers hanged, in Tokyo and Osaka
Two death-row inmates were hanged Friday, in Tokyo and Osaka, in the second round of executions this year after three men went to the gallows in March.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jun 22, 2012
Skytree a mixed blessing for locals
A month after the opening of Tokyo Skytree and Tokyo Skytree Town in Sumida Ward, the world's tallest broadcasting tower and its shopping and entertainment complex continue to draw hordes of visitors, reaching 1.6 million in just the first week, according to operator Tobu Tower Skytree Co. and its parent,...
JAPAN
Jun 21, 2012
Zoo squirrels saw their chance, split
Typhoon Guchol took a heavy toll across Japan, leaving one person dead, one missing and dozens injured, but also may have brought good luck to some animals and bad luck to Tokyo zookeepers.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jun 16, 2012
Fight against Aum's mischief goes on
The final three Aum Shinrikyo fugitives are now in custody, but groups working to rescue brainwashed followers from its main successor group are continuing their fight against the cult.
Japan Times
JAPAN / CABINET INTERVIEW
Jun 9, 2012
Hata to go full throttle on Yanba Dam
New infrastructure minister Yuichiro Hata plans to pick up where his predecessor left off and to controversially proceed with the stop-start Yanba Dam project in Gunma Prefecture.
Japan Times
JAPAN / EXPLAINER
Jun 5, 2012
Medical tourism — a boat to be on
So-called medical tourism is a growing market worldwide and high-tech Japan hopes to get a piece of the action.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jun 2, 2012
Raccoon dog evades palace guards
Imperial Palace guards continued efforts Friday to shoo away a "tanuki" raccoon dog that has been hiding in a gap in a stone wall at the palace moat.
Japan Times
JAPAN
May 26, 2012
Successful comedian apologizes for leaving his mom on welfare
Junichi Komoto, a member of the popular comedian duo Jicho Kacho, apologized Friday for letting his mother continue to receive welfare benefits after his career took off.
Japan Times
JAPAN
May 18, 2012
Osaka's Hashimoto puts municipal workers' tattoos into the limelight
Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto caused another public stir recently when he asked all city workers if they have a tattoo and even suggested those who answered yes should quit the municipal government.
Japan Times
JAPAN
May 16, 2012
Satellite to monitor ice in Arctic Ocean shipping lanes
The forecasting company Weathernews Inc. unveiled a micro satellite Tuesday that it developed to monitor Arctic Ocean ice for purposes of guiding ships through the area in summer.
JAPAN
May 12, 2012
Group dumps Tokyo antinuke plebiscite petition on Ishihara
A citizens' group has submitted a petition to Tokyo Gov. Shintaro Ishihara demanding he create an ordinance to allow the capital to hold a local referendum on the abolition of nuclear power.
JAPAN
May 10, 2012
Senkakus cash tops ¥300 million
Less than two weeks after the Tokyo Metropolitan Government set up a bank account to help it buy part of the disputed, but Japan-controlled Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea, donations have exceeded ¥300 million, Tokyo Vice Gov. Naoki Inose said Wednesday.
JAPAN
May 9, 2012
Cellphone users default on payments
Cellphone users are increasingly failing to meet installment contract obligations for the devices and are thus damaging their credit ratings, a Tokyo-based credit information firm told The Japan Times Tuesday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
May 5, 2012
Groups fight to keep foreign fish at bay
Looking at black bass and bluegill caught fresh at Inokashira Park, Toshiaki Tanaka sighed with satisfaction at catching some of the nonnative species plaguing its picturesque pond. But at the same time, he said he was frustrated knowing that alien species remain firmly entrenched there despite the five...
Japan Times
JAPAN
May 1, 2012
Sky Tree holds drill against terror attack
Some 1,900 people took part Monday in a terrorism-response drill at Tokyo Sky Tree based on the assumption that a toxic liquid like sarin was released on the 350-meter-high main observation deck.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 28, 2012
Metro government raising funds in quest to purchase Senkaku Islands
The Tokyo Metropolitan Government began fundraising Friday for purchasing the Senkaku Islands, Gov. Shintaro Ishihara said.
JAPAN
Apr 26, 2012
Tsuruga plant may sit atop active fault
Reversing an earlier assessment, the Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency admitted an active and dangerous fault may be lurking directly beneath one of the two reactors of the Tsuruga nuclear plant in Fukui Prefecture.
JAPAN
Apr 20, 2012
Overseas studies to get funding push
The education ministry plans to fund about 40 universities that launch programs to encourage more Japanese to study overseas, with the aim of nurturing globally minded human resources.
Two of America’s biggest debt holders are dumping Treasurys
The U.S. Treasury building in Washington. Investors in Japan and China sold a pile of U.S. debt in the last quarter, just before the U.S. presidential election.
Russia fired experimental ballistic missile at Ukraine, Putin says
Ukrainian firefighters work on a spot following an airstrike in Dnipro on Thursday.
Ishiba aggravates his own political failures with diplomatic faux pas
Prime Minster Shigeru Ishiba is greeted at the APEC summit in Lima by Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Friday. The Japanese leader was criticized for remaining seated while meeting several world leaders at the event.
Japan's 3.31 million visitors in October set monthly record
Kiyomizu Temple in Kyoto in December 2023. Famous autumn leaf colors contributed to increased tourism demand last month from many markets across Asia, Europe and North America, the Japan National Tourism Organization has said.
Japan ranks last in romance satisfaction for second straight year
In a survey of 31 countries, Japan ranked last in terms of those who felt loved, with just 51% of respondents saying so.
The slow-burn success of ‘A Samurai in Time’
A 19th-century warrior gets struck by lightning and wakes to find himself in 21st-century Kyoto in Junichi Yasuda’s surprise hit “A Samurai in Time.”
Around a quarter of Japan married couples in their 20s met through dating apps
A survey released by an organization promoting “Good Couples Day” shows that 24% of couples in their 20s met their marriage partner through a dating app.
'Tokyo Swindlers': Get deep into the minds of real estate con artists
In Ko Shinjo's "Tokyo Swindlers," a group of con artists manipulates real estate giants into falsified deals within the highly competitive, quick market.
Japan, U.K. and Italy discuss inviting more countries to joint fighter project
A new concept model of a next-generation fighter jet to be jointly developed by Japan, Britain and Italy is on display in Farnborough, Hampshire, in July.
Haruki Murakami's 'The City and Its Uncertain Walls' gives deep deja vu
For “The City and Its Uncertain Walls,” translated into English by Philip Gabriel, Haruki Murakami confronts the ghosts who won't leave him alone.

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