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Natsuko Fukue
JAPAN / Q&A
Nov 26, 2008
Import food: Do inspections allay fears?
Public concern over imported food is on the rise, especially produce from China.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Nov 21, 2008
Salaryman-turned-activist keeps island nation Tuvalu in the picture
Tanned and relaxed, 42-year-old Shuichi Endo has set himself a monumental task: Photograph 10,000 residents of the tiny Pacific nation of Tuvalu, nearly the entire population.
JAPAN
Nov 14, 2008
TV comedian turns hero with burning-building rescue
Braving smoke and explosions, Iranian entertainer Rahim Arvanaghi, 40, better known as Randy Muscle, made another name for himself Wednesday when he ran into a burning building in Shibuya Ward, Tokyo, and rescued its injured owner, Shinichi Yokoyama.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Nov 11, 2008
Exec finds room to grow in NGO
Microsoft executive John Wood has made a name for himself as the founder of nongovernmental organization Room to Read, which has built more than 5,600 libraries in developing countries. Less well known is his right-hand woman, Erin Keown Ganju, who has been flying around, working closely with local staff...
Japan Times
JAPAN / EXPLAINER
Nov 11, 2008
It's fall, when kids in kimono fete 7-5-3 rituals
From October to November, Japanese parents take their young offspring to shrines as part of the traditional "shichigosan" (7-5-3) ceremony of presenting the children to Ujigami, the Shinto guardian god of good health.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Nov 9, 2008
Parents of girl with sick heart seek public help
The parents of a 16-year-old girl suffering from a serious heart disease sought public donations Friday so she can afford a heart transplant.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Nov 8, 2008
'Freeter' marchers get leg up online
Thwarted in the real world in their attempt to glimpse Prime Minister Taro Aso's famously grand Tokyo mansion, a group of young people is finding better success at getting their message out in cyberspace.
JAPAN
Oct 20, 2008
'Parasite singles' no longer can afford to live on their own
In sharp contrast with a decade ago, when working women who lived with their family were called "parasite singles" because they wanted to enjoy an affluent lifestyle, young women now stay at home because they don't have a choice.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 17, 2008
Temps: Product of a broken labor system
Natsumi Maeda, a 26-year-old day laborer, says she worked at more than 50 companies in the last year and a half.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 7, 2008
Yes, we have no bananas, as dieters peel away stocks
Dieting appears to be a nationwide trend. Spurred on by TV shows, people have taken various approaches, including upping their intake of "natto" fermented soybeans, which later proved fruitless, to adding agar to food.
Japan Times
JAPAN / MIXED MATCHES
Oct 4, 2008
Brought together by fate — and a whim
Rajesh and Kayo Prasad have no doubt they were destined to marry.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 3, 2008
It's a cakewalk for Tokyo's newest doughnut maker
Yoshihisa Yamada, at 44 a holder of an MBA from Harvard, quit his job as president of Rakuten Travel Inc. and established Neyn, a handmade doughnut shop in Tokyo's Akasaka district last month.
JAPAN
Sep 30, 2008
Gagloev says he threw sumo bouts
Former sumo wrestler Soslan Aleksandrovich Gagloev, who was fired by the Japan Sumo Association for possessing marijuana in August, said he was forced to take bribes to throw matches during competition.
JAPAN
Sep 23, 2008
Aso's win greeted in low-key fashion
When Taro Aso was elected president of the Liberal Democratic Party on Monday, he got a low-key welcome from his supporters outside LDP headquarters in the Nagata-cho political quarter of Tokyo.
JAPAN
Sep 19, 2008
Japan must address suicide's social angle to stop it, experts say
Suicide should be recognized as a social rather than individual problem, and the government and society need to take proactive measures to prevent it, panelists at a suicide symposium in Tokyo recently said.
JAPAN
Sep 13, 2008
Osaka education board bugged by employee
An employee of the Osaka prefectural board of education planted a covert listening device in mid-June at its office in Chuo Ward, the board said Friday.
JAPAN
Sep 10, 2008
Japan's education system cost-effective: OECD
Japan's public education system is one of the most cost-effective in terms of student performance, a senior official of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development said Tuesday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 9, 2008
Foreign health officials tour facility
Thirteen foreign health care officials taking part in a training program in Japan took a tour Monday of Kaikaya, a day-care center operated by game maker Namco Ltd.in Yokohama, to experience entertainment-oriented care.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 6, 2008
Make-my-day T-shirt craze gives unsung Fukuda belated celebrity
Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda's public support was pretty weak for most of his roughly one year in office. But since announcing his resignation Monday, his popularity seems to be recovering — at least for T-shirts bearing his likeness.
JAPAN
Sep 3, 2008
Change-bent public pines for leadership
Perplexity, apathy and hopes for a strong leader.
Record 78% of people in Japan feel anxious, government survey finds
The public opinion survey on people's lives, conducted by the Cabinet Office, found that 28.1% of respondents think that their standard of living is at a lower-middle level among the general public — the highest percentage to give that response in 35 years.
Police raided suspect's home to arrest him after fatal Kitakyushu stabbing
Broken window glass is seen at Masanori Hirabaru's house in Kitakyushu's Kokuraminami Ward.
Taiwan lawmakers brawl over bills that would 'damage democracy'
Lawmakers from the Democratic Progressive Party and opposition party Kuomintang brawl in parliament in Taipei on Friday.
Ride-hailing restrictions to be eased during 2025 Osaka Expo
A venue for the 2025 Osaka Expo in the city of Osaka
Foxconn's interest in Nissan said to be on hold amid Honda merger talks
Foxconn’s pause in its pursuit of Nissan is the latest development in the unexpected emergence of two suitors for the ailing Japanese carmaker.
Japanese officials inspect Yokota Air Base over PFAS concerns
The Yokota Air Base in western Tokyo in September 2019. An inspection of the base by Japanese government officials on Friday came amid public pressure to investigate suspected links between the use of PFAS-containing firefighting foam by the U.S. base and contamination of soil and groundwater in western Tokyo.
Crime numbers rise in Japan for second straight year
A police officer stands in front of the residence of a man alleged to have stabbed two junior high school students in Kitakyushu.
A year of Oscar wins and a quiet push for diversity
Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s “Evil Does Not Exist,” released in Japanese theaters in April, sharply dramatizes the clash between rural and urban values. The film won five awards at the 2023 Venice Film Festival, including the second-place Silver Lion prize.
Curiosity didn’t kill the meme: Why cats still rule Japanese YouTube
A screen shot from YouTube user @lagelda shows the simplicity of going viral in Japan in 2024: A cat dancing to EDM in front of a green screen.
With rare Asia carrier deployment, France seeks greater interoperability
The flight deck of the French Navy's Charles de Gaulle aircraft carrier during a stop at Changi Naval Base in Singapore in May 2019

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