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ANNIVERSARY

Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 11, 2014
Public asked to help build moving giant Gundam
The life-sized Gundam figurine in Tokyo's Odaiba district is an impressive sight as it towers a full 18 meters above its visitors and has grown into a popular tourist attraction since it was erected in 2009.
Japan Times
JAPAN / EXPLAINER
Jun 16, 2014
Japan's gambit in WWI set stage for a dark future
One hundred years ago, on June 28, 1914, Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand was assassinated in Sarajevo. It was the spark that led, one month later, to the beginning of World War I, which originally was expected to be confined to Europe and end in weeks. By the time it ended on Nov. 11, 1918, an estimated...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Apr 3, 2014
No tickets available? Find a Bob Dylan-related event to get your fix
Not every Bob Dylan fan in Japan is going to nab a ticket for the musician's many shows, but don't worry — Dylan fever can be sated in other ways.
EDITORIALS
Mar 15, 2014
Disaster supplies on shaky ground
In the three years since the Great East Japan Earthquake, a survey finds that a large percentage of municipalities across the country still have not taken steps to ensure enough food or fuel to operate for more than a day if another serious earthquake strikes.
JAPAN
Mar 11, 2014
Tokyo radiation less than the level in Paris
Data from the Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Public Health show atmospheric radiation levels in the capital are at the same level as before the Fukushima nuclear disaster and are below those in Paris and London.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Mar 11, 2014
Japanese jingoism won't help Fukushima's refugees
The Abe government's inability to handle its crisis at home belies its global ambitions.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 11, 2014
Reactors still feared despite new rules
The cost of restarting Japan's nuclear power plants: ¥1.3 trillion and counting.
EDITORIALS
Mar 10, 2014
Rebuilding shattered lives
Three years on, life is still nowhere near back to normal for many of the people in the Tohoku coastal areas devastated by the massive earthquake, tsunami and the nuclear power plant disaster.
COMMUNITY / Voices
Mar 10, 2014
Three years after 3/11, how is the Tohoku recovery effort going?
In the waiting room at Tokyo Station, Liane Wakabayashi asked passengers en route to Tohoku for their opinions on recovery efforts since the Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami, which devastated the region three years ago.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 10, 2014
[Photos] Tohoku three years after the 3/11 earthquake and tsunami
A selection of photos looking at how the landscape and life in Tohoku have changed, three years after the 3/11 Tohoku earthquake and tsunami.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 10, 2014
Life indoors exacts toll on Koriyama children
Some of the smallest children in Koriyama, a short drive from the ruined Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant, barely know what it's like to play outside — fear of radiation has kept them indoors for much of their short lives.

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Construction takes place on the Takanawa Gateway Convention Center in Tokyo, slated to open in 2025.
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