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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 Times
JAPAN
Apr 19, 2012
Poverty a growing problem for women
The poverty rate rose to a record 16 percent in 2009 and the number of welfare recipients reached an all-time high of 2.09 million this January, according to the government. But what is even more shocking is the finding a recent study that about 1 in 3 women in Japan aged between 20 and 64 who live alone...
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 19, 2012
Quake assessment projects nearly 10,000 dead in Tokyo
A massive quake beneath northern Tokyo Bay would kill about 9,700 people, the Tokyo Metropolitan Government said Wednesday.
JAPAN
Apr 10, 2012
Hospitals admit scores of 'hanami' revelers
While thousands of Tokyoites safely enjoyed "hanami" (cherry blossom viewing) parties last weekend, 74 people in the metropolis ended up in the hospital over the weekend after abusing alcohol, the Tokyo Fire Department said Monday.
Japan Times
JAPAN / EXPLAINER
Apr 3, 2012
Volunteers struggle to track neediest residents
Welfare commissioners cover a broad array of tasks, including regularly checking in on elderly and disabled residents, looking for signs of child abuse, providing local residents with information about services, and even helping them dispose of garbage.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 31, 2012
Officials gird for more food testing
With much stricter regulations on radioactive cesium in food about to take effect, authorities in the Tohoku and Kanto regions said Friday they are ready to increase the number of food samplings to win the trust of consumers.
JAPAN
Mar 29, 2012
36 foreign caregivers pass qualification exam
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Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 24, 2012
Children taught radiation studies
A group of elementary school students in Koriyama, about 60 km from the crippled Fukushima No. 1 plant, may only be 10 years old, but they possibly know more about radiation than fourth-graders anywhere in the world.
BUSINESS
Mar 24, 2012
Takashimaya tells new recruits to dress, speak casually
Department store operator Takashimaya Co. will ban new recruits from wearing suits at its initiation ceremony April 1, hoping to create a relaxed environment in which the young employees feel free to voice their opinions.
JAPAN
Mar 14, 2012
New regime for food radiation tests
The health ministry has issued to municipalities unified radiation testing guidelines effectively requiring regular sample checks on any food item that has a cesium reading of 50 becquerels per kilogram in current or past random inspections.
Japan Times
JAPAN / QUEST FOR RECOVERY
Mar 8, 2012
Tohoku fears nuke crisis evacuees gone for good
Second in a series During a visit in late February to Shidamyo, less than 30 km from the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant, a few elderly residents could be seen ambling around the tranquil rural district, but there were no signs of any children.
JAPAN
Mar 7, 2012
Real-time online tsunami feed starts
Weathernews Inc. has started a new service that provides tsunami information online using radars that can detect the waves within 30 km of the coast and capture images of them as fast as 15 minutes before they reach shore.
Japan Times
JAPAN / QUEST FOR RECOVERY
Mar 7, 2012
Fukushima farmers in two-front war
Both the reality of radiation and the rumors surrounding it continue to plague farmers in Fukushima Prefecture a year into the crisis that started last March 11 when a megaquake and monster tsunami put a local nuclear plant on a path to three reactor meltdowns.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 18, 2012
Reform means the world for Todai
When Japan's leading university announced in January that it intends to shift undergraduate enrollment from spring to autumn in line with colleges worldwide, the plan created waves far beyond the academic world.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 11, 2012
Antinuke petitioners to lobby assembly
A citizens' group pushing for a referendum in Tokyo on scrapping Tepco's nuclear reactors has to persuade metropolitan assembly members to back its plan — a daunting, and potentially insurmountable, step.
Japan Times
JAPAN / EXPLAINER
Feb 7, 2012
Bubble era's aviation legacy: Too many airports, all ailing
Japan has 98 airports, and most of them are operating in the red as a result of exaggerated demand forecasts and rampant, costly and arguably pork-barrel construction projects.
JAPAN
Feb 4, 2012
Scientists say contamination of ocean fish minimal so far
The massive radioactive fallout from the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant has sparked fear in seafood lovers and commercial fishermen both at home and abroad, and some worry the contamination could pass through and even become more concentrated in the ocean food chain.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 4, 2012
Record lows recorded at 38 locations
The country experienced severe cold weather Friday and morning temperatures dropped to record lows at 38 locations nationwide, the Meteorological Agency said.
Japan Times
JAPAN / CABINET INTERVIEW
Jan 26, 2012
Hirano backs Todai plan for fall enrollment
New education minister Hirofumi Hirano said he supports the University of Tokyo's recent proposal to shift the start of its academic year from April to autumn, a move that would put the school in line with international norms.
JAPAN
Jan 21, 2012
Todai aims for fall start in five years
The president of the University of Tokyo said Friday that he wants to form consultative bodies with other universities and companies to achieve a smooth transition to an autumn start of the academic year within five years.
JAPAN
Jan 20, 2012
Foreign Ministry hires interpreters for media
Foreign Minister Koichiro Genba has begun providing simultaneous interpretation in English at his weekly press conferences to provide more information to the international community about Japan's diplomatic activities.
Japan to revise consumption tax exemption for overseas tourists
Tourists walk through Nakamise shopping street near Sensoji Temple in Tokyo in April
Japan's tourism industry hit by cancellations after megaquake alert
A beach closed due to a megaquake alert in Hiratsuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, from Friday to Thursday.
Focus shifts to incoming typhoon as Tropical Storm Maria dissipates
Newly formed Tropical Storm Ampil, which is forecast to approach eastern Japan this weekend, is seen on the left side of this satellite image.
Kishida to step down in September in bid to show ‘LDP has changed’
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida speaks during a news conference Wednesday at the Prime Minister's Office in Tokyo.
Publisher finds surprise audience after translating history textbooks
Yamakawa Shuppansha president Takeshi Nozawa holds the publisher's textbook on Japanese history — used in high schools across Japan — alongside the new English version in Tokyo on May 23.
Economic security is about strengthening and sustaining growth, former minister says
Former economic security minister Takayuki Kobayashi says changes in the international balance of power, along with deepening economic interdependence, have led some countries to attempt to use their economic power to impose their will on others.
Ice bandanas, convenience store breaks: Running under Japan’s summer sun
Blistering heat is becoming a fixture of summer in Japan, but a few tweaks to your routine can make your outdoor runs bearable — if not enjoyable — until cooler temperatures return.
Japan issued its first-ever megaquake alert. What does that mean?
Naoshi Hirata (center), chairman of a committee tasked with evaluating the risk of a Nankai Trough earthquake, speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on Friday.
France brings down the curtain on its Olympic party with Tom Cruise and Leon Marchand
Fireworks are set off during the closing ceremony of the 2024 Paris Olympics at Stade de France in Saint-Denis on Sunday.
Japan fuels U.S. LNG boom even as climate targets and impacts loom
Flaring at the Cameron LNG export terminal in Hackberry, Louisiana. Flaring, a common sight at LNG plants, is a controlled burning of gas for reasons ranging from depressurizing equipment to disposing of gas that can’t be used. The practice is a "waste of money" and negatively impacts climate change and human health, says the International Energy Agency.

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