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CANCER

Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 4, 2023
Cancer vaccine hunt finally makes progress
A small study shows promise in deploying mRNA technology against melanoma — but fighting tumors is vastly more complex than tackling COVID-19.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Dec 24, 2022
Sri Lanka's cancer patients struggle amid economic chaos
Hospitals across Sri Lanka are struggling to contend with severe drug shortages, which have worsened over the last eight months amid an economic crisis.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 21, 2022
Another Crispr first: New treatment wipes out teen's cancer
Next-generation Crispr gene-editing was used to create a therapy that attacked a 13-year-old's stubborn leukemia.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Nov 30, 2022
Japanese biotech firm uses tiny worms in test for pancreatic cancer
The creatures, a species of nematodes known scientifically as C. elegans, have olfactory senses much more powerful than dogs, the firm says, and they follow their nose toward cancer cells.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 31, 2022
Better cancer screenings are coming. Can we afford them?
Regular cancer tests are an important tool for catching tumors early, but the financial incentives of hospitals and patients aren't always aligned.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 12, 2022
Don’t cancel your colonoscopy just yet
Data from a large trial on colonoscopies appears to cast doubt over the benefits of the colon cancer screen. But it's a lot more complicated.
Japan Times
WORLD
Oct 10, 2022
Screening procedure fails to prevent colon cancer deaths in large study
While people who underwent the exam were 18% less likely to develop colon cancer, the overall death rate among screened and unscreened people were the same at about 0.3%.
Japan Times
WORLD
Sep 30, 2022
The last days of an outback town where every breath can be toxic
Once a symbol of economic prosperity, Wittenoom is now a ghost town, polluted by decades of asbestos mining.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 5, 2022
Bone marrow donor registrations in Japan hit by pandemic
The pace of increase in the number of donor registrations slowed significantly to 1,919 in 2020, before moderately recovering to 9,478 in 2021.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 12, 2022
Johnson & Johnson to end global sales of talc-based baby powder
The company faces about 38,000 lawsuits from consumers and their survivors claiming its talc products caused cancer due to contamination with asbestos, a known carcinogen.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 20, 2022
No direct health effects seen from Fukushima nuclear crisis, ex-U.N. panel chair says
The conclusion of the U.N. Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation is 'unlikely to change significantly in the foreseeable future,' Gillian Hirth said.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 15, 2022
SoftBank-backed cancer detection startup may go public as soon as 2023
AI Medical Service Inc. develops software to scan endoscopy images and identify potential cancers.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 8, 2022
The drug that could transform breast cancer treatment
The early success of Enhertu, from AstraZeneca and Daiichi Sankyo, bodes well for an entire class of medicines that may one day replace conventional chemotherapy.
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.

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

Longform

Sociologist Gracia Liu-Farrer argues that even though immigration doesn't figure into Japan's autobiography, it is more of a self-perception than a reality.
In search of the ‘Japanese dream’
By Thu-Huong Ha

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