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Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Nov 30, 2016
Resurgent Carp veteran Arai turned back clock during MVP season
Many fans might have thought Takahiro Arai was heading to the Hiroshima Carp to retire.
LIFE / Language / COMMUNICATION CUES
Nov 14, 2016
Bob Dylan wins Nobel Prize in literature
U.S. music legend Bob Dylan is the first songwriter to win the Nobel Prize in literature in the award's 115-year history.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / LAW OF THE LAND
Nov 9, 2016
So-called egalitarian Japan is still honor-bound
Abolished and later resurrected system of awards may shape as well as reflect trends in society.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Nov 8, 2016
Kikuchi, Maru lead Golden Glove winners
Hiroshima Carp second baseman Ryosuke Kikuchi and outfielder Yoshihiro Maru each made it four Golden Gloves in four years as the recipients of Japanese baseball's top defensive honor, the Mitsui Golden Glove Award, were revealed on Tuesday.
LIFE / Language / MORNING ENGLISH
Oct 31, 2016
Let's discuss Kaori Icho's People's Honor Award
Four-time Olympic gold medal-winning wrestler Kaori Icho was recently awarded the People's Honor Award.
LIFE / Language / COMMUNICATION CUES
Oct 24, 2016
Tokyo cell scientist gets Nobel prize
Japanese scientist Yoshinori Ohsumi was awarded this year's Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine for explaining the processes whereby proteins are degraded and recycled.
LIFE / Language / MORNING ENGLISH
Oct 24, 2016
Let's discuss Ohsumi's medicine Nobel prize
Yoshinori Ohsumi was awarded the Nobel for unlocking key mysteries of autophagy, the process by which cells in animals and plants get rid of damaged proteins.
CULTURE / Entertainment news
Oct 23, 2016
Swedish Academy says it's up to Dylan if he wants to come to receive Nobel Prize
The committee that awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature to Bob Dylan said on Saturday it was up to the American singer-songwriter whether to attend the prize-giving ceremony later this year or not.
WORLD
Oct 22, 2016
Czech president accused of denying medal to Holocaust survivor who met Dalai Lama
Czech President Milos Zeman has decided against awarding a state medal to a Holocaust survivor whose nephew, a government minister, met exiled Tibetan leader the Dalai Lama against the president's wishes, the minister said on Friday.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Oct 4, 2016
Three British scientists win Nobel Prize for physics
Three British scientists behind groundbreaking research into exotic matter in the quantum world were on Tuesday jointly awarded the Nobel Prize in physics.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Science & Health
Oct 4, 2016
Nobel winner Yoshinori Ohsumi urges investment in science
When microbiologist Yoshinori Ohsumi told his wife, Mariko, that he was awarded this year's Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine Monday evening, she didn't believe him.
Japan Times
WORLD
Oct 3, 2016
Japanese microbiologist Yoshinori Ohsumi wins Nobel in medicine for autophagy research
Japanese microbiologist Yoshinori Ohsumi on Monday won the 2016 Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine for his work on cell autophagy, a process that helps the body remove unwanted proteins.
WORLD / Politics
Jun 16, 2016
Prize for 'outstanding African leadership' again finds no winner
Organizers of a $5 million prize for former African leaders that aims to shine a spotlight on democracy and outstanding leadership has again failed to find a winner after no one met the criteria.
Japan Times
JAPAN
May 14, 2016
Naturalist C.W. Nicol wins Green Culture Prize for forestry efforts
Nagano naturalist C.W. Nicol has been named co-winner of the Green Culture Prize for his outstanding work on woodlands restoration.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
May 7, 2016
Nobel laureates visit North Korea, meet with students at elite Pyongyang universities
A group of Nobel laureates visited sanctions-bound North Korea over the last week despite objections from South Korea, saying they wanted to extend an olive branch by bringing nonpolitical, academic diplomacy to the isolated nuclear-armed state.
Japan to revise consumption tax exemption for overseas tourists
Tourists walk through Nakamise shopping street near Sensoji Temple in Tokyo in April
Japan's tourism industry hit by cancellations after megaquake alert
A beach closed due to a megaquake alert in Hiratsuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, from Friday to Thursday.
Focus shifts to incoming typhoon as Tropical Storm Maria dissipates
Newly formed Tropical Storm Ampil, which is forecast to approach eastern Japan this weekend, is seen on the left side of this satellite image.
Kishida to step down in September in bid to show ‘LDP has changed’
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida speaks during a news conference Wednesday at the Prime Minister's Office in Tokyo.
Publisher finds surprise audience after translating history textbooks
Yamakawa Shuppansha president Takeshi Nozawa holds the publisher's textbook on Japanese history — used in high schools across Japan — alongside the new English version in Tokyo on May 23.
Economic security is about strengthening and sustaining growth, former minister says
Former economic security minister Takayuki Kobayashi says changes in the international balance of power, along with deepening economic interdependence, have led some countries to attempt to use their economic power to impose their will on others.
Ice bandanas, convenience store breaks: Running under Japan’s summer sun
Blistering heat is becoming a fixture of summer in Japan, but a few tweaks to your routine can make your outdoor runs bearable — if not enjoyable — until cooler temperatures return.
Japan issued its first-ever megaquake alert. What does that mean?
Naoshi Hirata (center), chairman of a committee tasked with evaluating the risk of a Nankai Trough earthquake, speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on Friday.
France brings down the curtain on its Olympic party with Tom Cruise and Leon Marchand
Fireworks are set off during the closing ceremony of the 2024 Paris Olympics at Stade de France in Saint-Denis on Sunday.
Japan fuels U.S. LNG boom even as climate targets and impacts loom
Flaring at the Cameron LNG export terminal in Hackberry, Louisiana. Flaring, a common sight at LNG plants, is a controlled burning of gas for reasons ranging from depressurizing equipment to disposing of gas that can’t be used. The practice is a "waste of money" and negatively impacts climate change and human health, says the International Energy Agency.

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