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AGENCY

JAPAN
Jun 6, 2014
More than 250 people with dementia missing in Japan
The number of people with dementia who are vanishing is rising, with the whereabouts of 258 unknown as of April.
JAPAN
May 30, 2014
New agency to modernize Japanese arms procurement in works
Japan plans to set up an arms procurement agency to streamline Tokyo's spending on defense-related hardware for exports and take charge of advanced weapons research.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / NET NEWS WATCH
May 28, 2014
Are candid photos of the Imperial couple off limits?
A high school girl in Tochigi Prefecture uploaded to her Twitter account a photo of Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko, who visited the prefecture on a personal trip, sparking debate on whether or not she should have done it.
JAPAN
May 23, 2014
Government appeals IBM tax refund
The government has appealed a court ruling that ¥120 billion in taxes and penalties paid by the IBM Japan group should be refunded because regulators wrongfully believed the company abused tax consolidation regulations.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
May 16, 2014
Cyberthefts surge to new record
Cyberthefts in the first four months of this year have already surpassed the total for 2013, according to the National Police Agency.
JAPAN
May 8, 2014
Allergy warnings eyed at restaurants
The Consumer Affairs Agency has set up a panel on how to warn restaurant customers about ingredients that might cause allergies — a field not covered by current labeling regulations.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 11, 2014
Falsified inspections suspected at Monju fast-breeder reactor
The operator of the Monju prototype fast-breeder reactor in Fukui Prefecture is suspected of falsifying an inspection report after regulators later found new pieces of equipment there that hadn't been inspected, Nuclear Regulation Authority sources said Thursday.
EDITORIALS
Mar 29, 2014
Consumer Affairs Agency must step up anti-fraud fight
Japanese society may envied in many parts of the world, but there's a fraudulent underside that ripped off consumers in amounts totaling 1.2 percent of the nation's GDP in 2013.
JAPAN
Mar 23, 2014
JICA to give ¥100 million in ODA to vocational school in Vietnam
A vocational training school run by a Japanese firm in northern Vietnam will receive ¥100 million in official development assistance, officials of a government-backed aid agency said.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Mar 20, 2014
Stalking cases soared to all-time high in '13
The number of recorded stalking cases rises to 21,089 in 2013, hitting an all-time high for the second straight year and topping 20,000 for the first time.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society
Mar 20, 2014
Aum cultists inspire a new generation of admirers
Swayed by a mixture of dark fascination with the outlaw life and dissatisfaction with their own lot, a small but passionate group of young people are bound by their professed admiration for the criminal members of the Aum Shinrikyo doomsday cult. They call themselves Aumers.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Stage
Mar 12, 2014
Paris Opera Ballet chief hails Japan 'challenge'
Thanks to Louis XIV's love of dance, French is the language of ballet and Paris has remained the center of the art for more than 300 years since the Sun King's splendiferous 72-year reign ended with his death in 1715.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 24, 2014
U.S. nixed '72 proposal for Senkaku overflight
The United States rejected a proposal by Japan in March 1972 to have an American aircraft fly over the Senkaku Islands, declassified documents show.
EDITORIALS
Feb 23, 2014
Preparing for heavy snowfalls
Recent heavy snowfalls from the Kanto-Koshin region to Hokkaido show the vulnerability of areas in Japan that up to now have experienced little damage from snowstorms.
Japan Times
JAPAN / FOCUS
Feb 19, 2014
Frozen ideas slow snow response
Despite the record amounts of snow dumped chiefly over eastern Japan in the past several days, no emergency warnings were issued by the Meteorological Agency as it stuck rigidly to criteria it set last year.
Japan Times
ENVIRONMENT
Feb 15, 2014
Culture and nature vie over ancient hinoki
If you're looking for a fine piece of wood, you'd be hard put to improve on a slab of hinoki (Hinoki cypress, Chamaecyparis obtusa) from the Kiso Valley straddling Nagano and Gifu prefectures.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 14, 2014
Latest snowstorm in Japan claims two lives, injures over 550
The second major storm in a week dumps heavy snow along the Pacific coast of Japan on Friday, causing the deaths of two people and injuries to more than 550 and extensive disruptions to air, railway and road traffic.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 14, 2014
Widespread snow takes heavy toll on transport
Snow snarled transportation in Tokyo and many other parts of the country Friday as the Meteorological Agency projected a heavy accumulation for the second weekend in a row.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Feb 6, 2014
Swindlers made off with a record ¥48.69 billion in 2013, NPA reports
Damage from fraud cases totaled a record high ¥48.69 billion in 2013, up by about 33.6 percent from the previous record of ¥36.44 billion in 2012, provisional data released by the National Police Agency shows.
JAPAN
Jan 30, 2014
Online banking users suffer ¥1.4 billion in damage
The National Police Agency said Thursday it received reports on 1,315 illegal remittance cases targeting online banking users last year, causing around ¥1.4 billion in damage.
Japan's population continues to fall even as foreign resident count rises
The number of residents in Tokyo as of Jan. 1 rose by 0.03% from a year before, data shows, marking a year-on-year increase for the first time in three years, while the country's other 46 prefectures saw their populations continue to decline.
Ahead of the Olympics, Japan is still talking about the gymnast who won't be there
Japan's Shoko Miyata withdrew from the gymnastics team herself over her drinking and smoking, although it had already appeared as though the association was prepared to send her home from the team’s training camp in Monaco.
Yen melt-up nudges Japanese stocks into correction territory
Japanese stocks are down 10% from their July peak as the yen strengthens.
‘Crazy’ yen rally is at risk of shattering as soon as Wednesday
Some investors are warning that a yen rally is fragile, as was on show this week when the yen rapidly retraced an advance after Thursday’s stronger-than-expected U.S. economic growth figures.
Japan's average life expectancy rises for first time in three years
A decline in COVID-19-caused deaths likely helped boost the average life expectancy for Japanese men and women to rise for the first time in three years in 2023.
The Japanese Olympians looking to shine in Paris
Rim Nakamura, who is attempting to win Japan's first Olympic gold medal in cycling, will be one of the top Japanese athletes to watch at the Paris Games.
Japan’s minimum wage set for record ¥50 hike in major boost
Demonstrators rally to demand a big hike in minimum wages in Tokyo last week.
Japan loses top spot on strongest passport list to Singapore
Japan had the strongest passport for six years running from 2018, before being dethroned by Singapore on the 2024 list.
Why Japan's mysterious stash of classified funds escapes scrutiny
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi (right) during a meeting in Tokyo on Tuesday.
Japan eyes gold — and the future — as Olympic men's soccer campaign begins
Japan midfielder Yu Hirakawa controls the ball during a match against the United States in Kansas City, Kansas, on June 11.

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
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Traditional folk rituals like Mizudome-no-mai (dance to stop the rain) provide a sense of agency to a population that feels largely powerless in the face of the climate crisis.
As climate extremes intensify, Japan embraces ancient weather rituals
By Alex K.T. Martin

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