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JAPAN
Apr 11, 2016

Government to use donation system to help young people settle in rural Japan

The internal affairs ministry plans to collect donations for people willing to move from cities to rural areas through the existing furusato nozei system, which provides tax breaks for donations to hometowns and other municipalities.
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WORLD / Science & Health
Mar 7, 2016

Emotive humanoids may one day care for people with dementia

With her brown hair, soft skin and expressive face, Nadine is a new brand of human-like robot that could one day, scientists hope, be used as a personal assistant or care provider for the elderly.
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ASIA PACIFIC
Jan 8, 2016

Three people missing, 100 homes destroyed by Western Australia bush fire

A major bush fire in western Australia destroyed nearly 100 homes and left three people unaccounted for as it tore through a small rural town south of Perth, emergency officials said on Friday.
BUSINESS / Tech
Dec 11, 2015

Scientists coax computers to think more like people

For artificial intelligence and smart machines to really take off, computers are going to have to be able to think more like people, according to experts in the field who are making important progress toward that goal.
Japan Times
LIFE / Language / BILINGUAL
Dec 7, 2015

From 'faboru' to 'sanoru,' words define what people said, read and bought in 2015

A closer look at the Japanese words that have made headlines and become part of the lexicon over the past year.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Nov 23, 2015

Sixteen people hospitalized following shooting incident in New Orleans park

Up to 16 people were hospitalized Sunday after a shooting in a New Orleans park where hundreds of people had gathered for the making of a music video, local media reported, citing police.
Japan Times
WORLD / Society
Nov 10, 2015

U.N. rights review faults Australian asylum policies and discrimination

Australia was criticized on Monday at the United Nations for its offshore processing of asylum claims, detention of child migrants and reports it had sent back legitimate refugees.
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ASIA PACIFIC
Oct 7, 2015

Rare Chinese street artist plasters abandoned buildings with photos of ordinary people

A 25-year-old artist in Beijing who calls himself ROBBBB has found a unique canvas for his work, one he hopes helps capture the fast-paced changes in China's capital: the walls of abandoned and half-demolished buildings.
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JAPAN / Politics
Sep 24, 2015

Okinawa governor says people's human rights neglected in U.S. base saga

Okinawa Gov. Takeshi Onaga doubled down Thursday on his pledge to halt construction of a new U.S. military base in his prefecture, claiming people's human rights were being neglected by Tokyo and Washington.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Sep 23, 2015

Some fly high and some stay hidden in 'Bird People'

'Bird People' recalls all that's delightful about French cinema: it's well-crafted without heaviness, poignant without being sentimental.
WORLD
Sep 21, 2015

Internet growth slows and most people are still offline, U.N. says

Growth in the number of people with access to the Internet is slowing, and more than half the world's population is still offline, the United Nations Broadband Commission said Monday.
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WORLD
Sep 16, 2015

Northern California wildfire partially under control after gutting 585 homes, displacing 13,000 people

The toll of property losses from a deadly Northern California wildfire, the most destructive this year in the western United States, climbed on Tuesday to at least 585 homes and hundreds of other structures that have gone up in flames.
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BUSINESS / 'SUMMER DAVOS' SPECIAL 2015
Sep 9, 2015

'B-class' cuisine: Food that reflects the soul of the people

From the impressive number of stars garnered by restaurants in Tokyo to heads of state visiting the establishments of famed sushi masters, the high end of the Japanese culinary scene gets plenty of attention worldwide. But eating out in Japan doesn't mean you have to break the bank all the time, and...
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JAPAN / Society
Aug 14, 2015

Almost 30% of young people don't want to work for a company, survey finds

A survey revealed Thursday that some young people in Japan maintain an unenthusiastic and rather cool attitude toward employment.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / HOTLINE TO NAGATACHO
Aug 12, 2015

Requesting a WWII apology for the long forgotten: the Japanese people

The Japanese people have waited 70 years for their political leadership to apologize for having led them into a disastrous war.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jul 22, 2015

Abe conjures himself up as the people's champion

The cancellation of Zaha Hadid's stadium smacks of cheap politicking by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 22, 2015

China claims protest group paid 'regular' people to demonstrate

Police in the eastern Chinese province of Shandong have busted a group it said organized mass protests in an attempt to sway court cases and influence sentences, the state-run Xinhua News Agency reported.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / 20 QUESTIONS
Jun 13, 2015

David Bickle: 'Never be afraid to ask (people) questions'

BCCJ president on the challenges of doing business in Japan and playing for the national rugby team.
WORLD
May 12, 2015

Nepal Army rescues 117 people still stranded in cut-off trekking villages

The Nepal Army has rescued 117 people from three remote mountain villages north of the capital, Kathmandu, including two U.S. citizens who had been searching for a missing relative, a military official said Tuesday.

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Visitors to Kyoto walk along a street near Kiyomizu Temple in April. A popular tourist spot, Kyoto has seen what locals feel to be an overwhelming amount of tourists in 2024.
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