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ANNIVERSARY

JAPAN
Mar 8, 2016
2,561 still missing five years after Great East Japan Earthquake
Five years after the massive March 11 earthquake and tsunami devastated vast areas of northeastern Japan, 2,561 people remain missing in the three hardest-hit prefectures, the National Police Agency said.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 8, 2016
Funassyi character lends support and product license to Tohoku recovery groups
The pear-like character Funassyi may seem at first glance to be from another world, but the unofficial mascot of Funabashi, Chiba Prefecture, is starting to make a real difference in this one.
JAPAN / Society
Mar 7, 2016
Some Tohoku disaster-displaced to remain in shelters up to 10 years
Some of the people affected by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami will have to stay in temporary housing up to 10 years after the disasters.
JAPAN
Mar 7, 2016
Two-thirds of local and prefectural leaders want Japan's reliance on nuclear power reduced or ended
About two-thirds of the heads of prefectural, city, ward, town and village governments want Japan to reduce its reliance on nuclear power generation or scrap it altogether.
JAPAN
Mar 6, 2016
Schools in disaster zones regroup as students decline
Parts of the Tohoku area hit hardest by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami now have fewer school-age children, creating pressure to close or consolidate schools, school board data suggests.
JAPAN
Mar 6, 2016
Dead honored by ceremonies before fifth anniversary of 3/11 calamity
Those killed by the March 2011 earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disaster in Tohoku were remembered by residents and families Sunday in ceremonies held ahead of the fifth anniversary of the calamity.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Mar 4, 2016
Film depicts life of evacuees from Fukushima
Freelance journalist Mizue Furui is a frequent visitor to a small housing complex in northeastern Japan for evacuees from the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant disaster.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 4, 2016
Tohoku tsunami debris, some with invasive life, still turning up on North American West Coast
When debris from the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami disaster in northeast Japan first wended its over through the Pacific Ocean's currents, concerns about potential radioactive contaminants from the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant disaster briefly gripped residents of Hawaii and North America's West...
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 19, 2016
Meltdown-displaced Miyagi cheese maker gets back on track in Hokkaido
Eiji Nagao had almost given up on his career as an artisanal cheese maker after surviving the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake that struck off Miyagi Prefecture.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 16, 2016
Socially conscious youngsters helping Tohoku survivors with after-school tuition
Twenty-something Satoshi Okuno thought he had finally found the answer to his question — what can he do for society — when he saw children studying in a corner of a gymnasium being used as a shelter following the March 2011 disaster in Tohoku.
JAPAN
Feb 11, 2016
More than 50% of 3/11 evacuees say local recovery lagging: survey
More than half of evacuees from the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami feel local recovery from the disaster has been insufficient, according to results of a Kyodo News survey released Thursday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 28, 2016
Play, other events planned to honor murdered journalist Goto
A year has gone by since freelance journalist Kenji Goto was murdered by Islamic State militants, and Goto's friends, still in mourning, are planning various events to pass on his legacy.
COMMENTARY / COUNTERPOINT
Jan 9, 2016
'Comfort women' problem requires a grand gesture
Due to his unassailable nationalist credentials, Prime Minister Abe is uniquely positioned to make a powerfully symbolic gesture of contrition.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE FOREIGN ELEMENT
Nov 18, 2015
Retracing forced laborers' journey, Koreans finally bring their loved ones home from Hokkaido
A decade-long effort by civic groups in Japan and South Korea culminates in a 3,500-km journey to bring back the remains of wartime forced laborers.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE FOREIGN ELEMENT
Nov 18, 2015
On their return to Japan, former U.S. POWs recount struggles to forgive and forget
At this year's talk at Temple University Japan by former U.S. POWs, much of the discussion among the nine visitors was of forgiveness.
JAPAN
Nov 13, 2015
Reserve kamikaze pilot remembers war's waste, urges youth to learn its history
Although the death of his comrades meant little to him at the time, a former World War II reserve kamikaze pilot says a remark by a ranking officer after Japan's surrender that the country had fought the war in vain troubled him greatly.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Nov 10, 2015
Fans mourn actor Ken Takakura on first anniversary of his death
Fans of Ken Takakura mourned the renowned actor Tuesday on the first anniversary of his death, especially in Hokkaido where a number of his hit movies were filmed.
Japan Times
JAPAN / History
Nov 9, 2015
Korean woman, 96, realizes childhood dream and finally goes to school
Pak Sang Im, 96, a Korean resident of Sakurai, Nara Prefecture, is going to school, realizing a childhood dream.
Japan Times
JAPAN / History
Nov 4, 2015
Korean woman recalls WWII poverty, discrimination in Kobe
Food shortages, fears of air raids and discrimination were part of daily life for a Korean woman and her family in Kobe during World War II.
Japan Times
JAPAN / History
Oct 30, 2015
WWII soldier brought back bone of comrade to atone for his own survival
At the end of World II, Tsukasa Shimojo, a 93-year-old former soldier of the Imperial Japanese Army who fought in the Philippines, brought back a piece of bone from a fallen comrade to atone for the guilt he felt at having survived.
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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