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JAPAN
Jan 18, 2005

Kobe remembers earthquake with candlelight vigil

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JAPAN
Jan 18, 2005

Obituary: Yoshito Matsushige

Yoshito Matsushige, a photojournalist and peace activist famous for his photos of Hiroshima taken shortly after the U.S. atomic bombing, died Sunday of acute kidney failure at a hospital in the city, his family said Monday. He was 92.
JAPAN
Jan 18, 2005

Publicizing sex offenders' details 'difficult problem'

might disturb privacy and the adaptation to society" of former sex offenders, Noono told a news conference, responding to calls that both the public and police should have such information. The ministry agreed Thursday to provide the National Police Agency with such information after former sex criminals...
JAPAN
Jan 18, 2005

Visa ban lifted to boost Aichi expo crowds

The government may temporarily lift regional restrictions for issuing visas to Chinese tour groups, allowing visitors from any part of China to enter Japan during the 2005 World Expo in Aichi Prefecture, which will run from March 25 through Sept. 25, transport minister Kazuo Kitagawa said Monday.
JAPAN
Jan 18, 2005

Tsunami orphans face dangers: UNICEF

Tsunami orphans in the Indonesian province of Aceh now face dangers of human-trafficking and infectious diseases, the director of the UNICEF Office for Japan said Monday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 18, 2005

Recognize pair as abductees: kin

Relatives of two people who disappeared in the 1960s and '70s urged the government Monday to officially recognize them as having been abducted to North Korea.
JAPAN / History
Jan 18, 2005

List details deaths of 3,500 POWs held by Japan

A Japanese citizens' group recently released a list of about 3,500 Allied prisoners of war who died after being captured by the Japanese military during World War II, disclosing their names, nationality and cause of death.
EDITORIALS
Jan 18, 2005

Robbing N. Ireland of its confidence

No one thought that making peace in Northern Ireland would be easy. It is unlikely, however, that anyone put "bank robbery" at the top of the list of obstacles to an enduring settlement. Yet a daring -- although ultimately futile -- bank heist is the latest blow to the stalled Northern Ireland peace...
Japan Times
JAPAN / 10 YEARS AFTER
Jan 18, 2005

City's new face conceals unhealed wounds, a sense of communities lost

KOBE -- A decade after the massive Kobe earthquake, there remains little visible trace of the damage to this port city.
COMMENTARY
Jan 18, 2005

Same old contrived hysteria

Japan seems headed for yet another bout of emotional confrontation with North Korea and China.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / VIEWS FROM THE STREET
Jan 18, 2005

What can be done to better support the homeless people of Japan?

Bruce Whitehead Teacher, 31 Soup kitchens really work. A simple thing like a little bit of warmth and a little bit of food makes a huge difference to someone who's got nothing.
JAPAN
Jan 18, 2005

Don't expect end to isles tiff during Putin's visit: Koizumi

issue, but it's not that easy," Koizumi told reporters. The dispute is "not an issue that can be resolved immediately if Japan becomes hasty in trying to settle it," he said.
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE ZEIT GIST
Jan 18, 2005

Hurting Japan's hungry

'We got kicked out of Sumida park three times for delivering food. I went to talk to the people in Taito-ku ward office and basically (it) came down to, 'well, you just can't deliver food here anymore,' " says Charles McJilton, executive director of Second Harvest Japan.
COMMUNITY / How-tos / LIFELINES
Jan 18, 2005

Repairs, old CDs and disaster information

Apartment problems My wife and I have lived in our small apartment for 7 years. In that time, we have had virtually no contact with our landlord or real estate agent.
SUMO
Jan 17, 2005

Asashoryu remains perfect

Grand champion Asashoryu brushed aside Kotomitsuki on Sunday to open up a two-win lead at the New Year Grand Sumo Tournament.
EDITORIALS
Jan 17, 2005

Research to ameliorate disaster

Jan. 17 marks the 10th anniversary of the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake, which took the lives of more than 6,400 people. In the past decade, Japan's earthquake countermeasures have changed enormously. Its earthquake observation system has become more sophisticated. Together with general observation...
JAPAN
Jan 17, 2005

Mandatory inmate rehab eyed

The man who reportedly has admitted kidnapping and killing a 7-year-old Nara girl was taken by police Saturday to the scene of the alleged abduction. Police had Kaoru Kobayashi, 36, a former newspaper delivery man for the Mainichi Shimbun, describe how he had persuaded Kaede Ariyama to get into his car...
JAPAN
Jan 17, 2005

Underground flooding a big risk here: U.N. expert

in the world," said the Sri Lankan, an expert on hydrology and a former University of Tokyo professor. "If you think that a bank of a big river in the city broken (by heavy rains) and whole underground spaces like subways are flooded, it is very scary and (such a situation) can cause much panic." Herath...
JAPAN
Jan 17, 2005

Photos show Kobe's rise from the ashes

from mid-February 1995. Most of the buildings, as well as the arcade roof, have since been rebuilt, and the city's largest arcade now bustles with shoppers. REIJI YOSHIDA PHOTOS
COMMENTARY / THE VIEW FROM MOSCOW
Jan 17, 2005

Unprecedented migration has EU on edge

MOSCOW -- Barbarian invasions from the east are old news for old Europe. Over the centuries, restless nomads kept rolling through the area -- sometimes to kill, sometimes to plunder, and sometimes to plunder and stay.
JAPAN
Jan 17, 2005

Abe won't testify on NHK censorship

should explain before the Diet, and it is not true," Abe said. "(The opposition) would use (my) summoning as a witness to defer (Diet deliberations on) the budget." The Asahi Shimbun reported Wednesday that Abe and trade minister Shoichi Nakagawa learned of the contents of the NHK program before it was...
MORE SPORTS
Jan 17, 2005

Yoshida, Hirano take singles titles

Chinese-born Kaii Yoshida and defending champion Sayaka Hirano won the singles titles at the table tennis national championships on Sunday.
COMMENTARY
Jan 17, 2005

Japan seizes the moment

HONOLULU -- Japan has put itself at the forefront of international relief efforts in the wake of the devastating Dec. 26 earthquake and tsunami. Tokyo is acting both out of concern for the victims and to forward its own political-diplomatic strategy. Japan's reaction has demonstrated the role that Tokyo...
Typhoon Shanshan batters Kyushu ahead of likely landfall
A satellite image shows Typhoon Shanshan south of Kyushu on Wednesday afternoon
Why Typhoon Shanshan's movements are so difficult to predict
Typhoon Shanshan as it moves closer to the Kyushu region in this satellite photo on Wednesday
Heavy rain batters Japan after Typhoon Shanshan makes landfall in Kyushu
Vehicles are stranded on flooded road on Thursday following heavy rains from Typhoon Shanshan in the city of Tamana, Kumamoto Prefecture.
This English schoolboy has big dreams of becoming yokozuna — and more
Nicholas Tarasenko trains at Minato stable in Kawaguchi, Saitama Prefecture, on Tuesday. Tarasenko’s potential in sumo was made obvious when he won U18 gold in the 90-kg weight class at the 2023 Baruto Cup in Estonia despite being four years under the age limit and having only had a total of one hour of sumo training before the meet.
Over 100 people fall sick in Kumamoto with river eyed as potential source
The Todoroki Falls in Amakusa, Kumamoto Prefecture, on Saturday. Seven high school students who had played in a river nearby experienced vomiting and diarrhea.
Can Japan handle a heat wave and natural disaster at the same time?
A member of the Self-Defense Forces wipes away sweat as he conducts a search and rescue operation at a landslide site caused by heavy rain in Kumano, Hiroshima Prefecture, on July 11, 2018.
Kitakyushu clashes with academics over Meiji Era remains
Remnants of the first Moji station complex are located near the current Mojiko Station in the city of Kitakyushu, Fukuoka Prefecture.
Hokkaido more plugged in to renewable energy than rest of Japan
A Rapidus factory construction site in Chitose, Hokkaido, on July 24. The plan to ramp up renewable energy usage in the region to 60% by 2030 is part of a larger concept known as “Hokkaido Valley.”
Masterful and stirring, ‘Pachinko’ returns with more depth
Apple TV+ series “Pachinko” follows four generations of a Korean immigrant family as they move through the 20th century.
How Japan's health care system is gearing up for more heatstroke cases
An ambulance is parked at the entrance of the emergency room of Saitama Hospital in Wako, Saitama Prefecture, on July 24.

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