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WORLD / Science & Health
Jun 11, 2019

U.S. measles outbreak spreads to Idaho and Virginia, hitting 1,022 cases

The worst U.S. measles outbreak in a quarter-century spread to Idaho and Virginia last week as public health authorities on Monday reported 41 new cases of the highly contagious and sometimes deadly disease.
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LIFE / Food & Drink / THE HIGH GROUNDS
Jun 8, 2019

Great coffee makes for a better shopping experience

Though many shops still have a 'no food or drink' rule, there are a growing number in Tokyo that offer high-quality coffee alongside curated retail products, so you can keep your shopping energy up.
BUSINESS / Economy
Jun 8, 2019

Weak U.S. employment report raises red flag on economy

U.S. job growth slowed sharply in May and wages rose less than expected, raising fears that a loss of momentum in economic activity could be spreading to the labor market, which could put pressure on the Federal Reserve to cut interest rates this year.
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LIFE / Lifestyle
Jun 1, 2019

The prison inside: Japan's hikikomori lack relationships, not physical spaces

Fifty-three-year-old Kenji Yamase doesn't fit the traditional image of a hikikomori, but then perceptions of Japan's social recluses are changing.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / Cultivating Craft
Jun 1, 2019

Homebrewing in Japan: Craft beer's creative foundation

Craft beer in Japan is experiencing a second renaissance. However, many of Japan's breweries are still trying to catch up to the innovation and skill level of their overseas counterparts. Could legalizing homebrewing help boost creativity?
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Jun 1, 2019

U.S. biologists probe deaths of 70 emaciated gray whales

U.S. government biologists have launched a special investigation into the deaths of at least 70 gray whales washed ashore in recent months along the U.S. West Coast, from California to Alaska, many of them emaciated, officials said on Friday.
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LIFE / Travel / BACKSTREET STORIES
May 31, 2019

Rock gardens, ryokan and rafting in Tokyo's Mitake

From the historic Kajikaen to kimono dyeing studios and the Gyokudo Art Museum, numerous institutions of traditional art and culture line the banks of the Tama River as it runs through Mitake.
WORLD
May 31, 2019

Russia calls U.S. nuclear-test accusation 'smear'

Russia rebuffed as a baseless smear on Thursday a U.S. allegation that Moscow may be conducting low-level nuclear tests in violation of a moratorium.
WORLD
May 30, 2019

U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency believes Russia is secretly conducting low-yield nuclear tests

The United States believes Russia may be conducting low-level nuclear tests, a U.S. intelligence official on Wednesday, while the head of a body monitoring a global nuclear treaty said there was no sign of such violations by Moscow.
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JAPAN
May 29, 2019

Following Kawasaki attack, attention turns to survivors' mental trauma

Even before a knife-wielding man attacked a group of elementary school students in Kawasaki on Tuesday, Japan had already seen news of children dragged into dreadful circumstances this year.
Japan Times
ESG CONSORTIUM
May 26, 2019

Tokyo striving for carbon-free initiative

In the lead-up to the Olympic and Paralympic Games, the Tokyo Metropolitan Government (TMG) has engaged in an initiative named Tokyo Zero Carbon 4 Days in 2020, an effort to offset the amount of carbon dioxide estimated to be emitted during the opening and closing days of the events.
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COMMUNITY / Voices / FOREIGN AGENDA
May 26, 2019

An Olympics crowdsourcing project may be the answer to making Japan a more accessible country

Tokyo is up against the clock when it comes to creating a city that's accessible for everyone. Its deadline? Next year's Olympic Games, though that really shouldn't matter when it comes to transforming Japan into a nation where anyone can use any space.
EDITORIALS
May 26, 2019

Addressing the nation's food waste problem

Far too much food is wasted in Japan. This must change.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
May 26, 2019

Japan's labor shortage and low-wage puzzle

Why does wage growth remain sluggish despite Japan's growing labor shortage?
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / WHY DID YOU LEAVE JAPAN?
May 25, 2019

Avant-garde artist Yoshiko Chuma traverses disciplines, nations and causes

Avant-garde artist Yoshiko Chuma challenges the conventions of dance, traversing disciplines, nations and causes.
Japan Times
SUMO
May 24, 2019

Sumo 101: Mongolians

Sumo might be Japan's national sport, but for most of the last two decades it has been dominated by Mongolians.
Japan Times
JAPAN
May 21, 2019

New real-time flood projection system developed by joint Waseda and University of Tokyo team to be tested in Tokyo

The system predicts floods based on detailed urban infrastructure data and the test comes amid growing risks of heavy rain on an unprecedented scale due to climate change.
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COMMENTARY / Japan
May 20, 2019

The Showa Era is growing distant

University students seem less concerned about war on the Korean Peninsula than their 1970s counterparts even though the chance of conflict is greater.
Japan Times
SUMO
May 15, 2019

Sumo 101: Americans in sumo

There are two rikishi from the United States of America in sumo currently.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
May 14, 2019

Japan's growing debt divergence

The BOJ may have no choice but to end up providing permanent government support to avoid painful fiscal consolidation.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
May 14, 2019

'Aguri Uchida: Incarnated Painting as Inselberg'

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ENVIRONMENT
May 11, 2019

Reading the air: Tokyo still has work to do on air pollution

There are days when Makiko Ishikawa can barely breathe. Indeed, the 62-year-old Tokyoite has been short of breath for decades. In the early 1970s, she began feeling the effects of the miasma of vehicle exhaust along Shin-Ome Road, which ran by her home in the city of Musashimurayama in western Tokyo....

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