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Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Apr 7, 2016
Exoskeleton suit mimics life's creaks, weaknesses at 85 to boost awareness
With the push of a button, a perfectly healthy 34-year-old museum-goer named Ugo Dumont was transformed into a confused 85-year-old man with cataracts, glaucoma and a ringing in his ears known as tinnitus.
WORLD / Society
Jan 21, 2016
Homeless woman on freezing night gives birth outside St. Peter's, gets Vatican offer of home
A homeless woman gave birth on a cardboard box just outside St. Peter's Square early on Wednesday in near-freezing temperatures and later received an offer of one year's hospitality in a Vatican institution.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 31, 2015
Fake Ergobaby carriers sold online in Japan: consumer watchdog
Knock-off versions of U.S. baby carrier Ergobaby have hit the Japanese online market, according to a Tokyo-based consumer watchdog dedicated to catching fake brand goods.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / THE KIDS' TABLE
Feb 17, 2015
Kiddie comfort food reigns supreme at Baby King Kitchen
Blink and you might miss it, but tucked away on a side street, off the old-school shōtengai (shopping street) in Tokyo's Koenji neighborhood, is Baby King Kitchen, an establishment where even adults eat off the kid's menu.
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 16, 2015
Twisted spending priorities of a graying nation
All Americans ought to want effective and efficient government, but government is being strangled as the rising costs of baby-boomer retirees reduce the capacity of other programs to fulfill their missions.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Society
Aug 30, 2014
Australia seeks Thai help for Aussie couples, surrogate babies
Australia urged Thailand on Friday to allow Australian couples with babies born by Thai surrogate mothers to return home with their children following a crackdown on commercial surrogacy that has left many couples in limbo.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Aug 18, 2014
Businessman at center of Thai surrogacy scandal hands over DNA samples
The lawyer of the Japanese man linked to a surrogate 'baby factory' in Thailand submits DNA samples to Thai police, saying the man wishes to clear his name.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
May 29, 2014
Pigeon's quest for the perfect nipple
In a quiet side room at Pigeon Corp.'s spacious R&D facility north of Tokyo, researchers are on a high-tech quest to perfect a baby's bottle nipple that replicates that of a breast-feeding mother.
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle
Apr 4, 2014
Baby facilities take the tantrums out of shopping
"Toddler" and "shopping" are two words that are likely to instill instant fear into the heart of all but the most unflappable of parents.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / YEN FOR LIVING
Mar 31, 2014
Call the sitter: Parents resort to online services out of economic necessity
Most Japanese parents who use babysitters do so because of work obligations.
JAPAN / ANALYSIS
Mar 18, 2014
Boy's death highlights need for baby-sitting regulations, experts say
The death of a 2-year-old boy while under the care of a baby sitter hired over the Internet demonstrates the pressing need for measures and systems to ensure that parents can leave their children with reliable parties.
Two of America’s biggest debt holders are dumping Treasurys
The U.S. Treasury building in Washington. Investors in Japan and China sold a pile of U.S. debt in the last quarter, just before the U.S. presidential election.
Russia fired experimental ballistic missile at Ukraine, Putin says
Ukrainian firefighters work on a spot following an airstrike in Dnipro on Thursday.
Ishiba aggravates his own political failures with diplomatic faux pas
Prime Minster Shigeru Ishiba is greeted at the APEC summit in Lima by Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Friday. The Japanese leader was criticized for remaining seated while meeting several world leaders at the event.
Japan's 3.31 million visitors in October set monthly record
Kiyomizu Temple in Kyoto in December 2023. Famous autumn leaf colors contributed to increased tourism demand last month from many markets across Asia, Europe and North America, the Japan National Tourism Organization has said.
Japan ranks last in romance satisfaction for second straight year
In a survey of 31 countries, Japan ranked last in terms of those who felt loved, with just 51% of respondents saying so.
The slow-burn success of ‘A Samurai in Time’
A 19th-century warrior gets struck by lightning and wakes to find himself in 21st-century Kyoto in Junichi Yasuda’s surprise hit “A Samurai in Time.”
Around a quarter of Japan married couples in their 20s met through dating apps
A survey released by an organization promoting “Good Couples Day” shows that 24% of couples in their 20s met their marriage partner through a dating app.
'Tokyo Swindlers': Get deep into the minds of real estate con artists
In Ko Shinjo's "Tokyo Swindlers," a group of con artists manipulates real estate giants into falsified deals within the highly competitive, quick market.
Japan, U.K. and Italy discuss inviting more countries to joint fighter project
A new concept model of a next-generation fighter jet to be jointly developed by Japan, Britain and Italy is on display in Farnborough, Hampshire, in July.
Haruki Murakami's 'The City and Its Uncertain Walls' gives deep deja vu
For “The City and Its Uncertain Walls,” translated into English by Philip Gabriel, Haruki Murakami confronts the ghosts who won't leave him alone.

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
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