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EDITORIALS
May 5, 2014
Virus spells trouble for pig farmers
Porcine epidemic diarrhea — a virulent disease that infects piglets — is rapidly spreading in Japan and could bankrupt some farmers already hit hard by the sudden rise in feed prices.
JAPAN / Science & Health
Apr 14, 2014
Avian flu unlikely to sicken humans
Experts are optimistic Japan's first bird flu outbreak since 2011 won't become a public health hazard as long as people follow common sense hygiene habits.
JAPAN
Apr 14, 2014
112,000 chickens culled at Kumamoto Farms in bid to curb bird flu outbreak
Racing to contain an avian flu outbreak, about 400 workers culled 112,000 birds at two Kumamoto chicken farms from Sunday night through Monday.
JAPAN / Science & Health
Apr 13, 2014
Suspected outbreak of H5-type bird flu discovered at two Kumamoto farms
A suspected bird flu outbreak kills at least 1,100 chickens at a Kumamoto farm, prompting the local government to order the massive culling there and at a nearby farm.
JAPAN / Science & Health
May 13, 2013
China bird flu can still pose threat: expert
The new bird flu outbreak in China hasn't spread to Japan yet, but Tokyo must stay on guard, the head of the influenza countermeasures panel warns.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
Apr 28, 2013
An avian flu outbreak in Japan could kill 'Abenomics'
No one has ever fully explained why, in 2002-3, the virulent pathogen known as Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) ran rampant in mainland China (5,328 cases, 349 deaths) but only infected four people in South Korea, with no fatalities, and none in Japan.
EDITORIALS
Apr 19, 2013
A better response to bird flu
A deadly new strain of bird flu — one that was not previously known to be easily transmissible to humans — has surfaced in China and has health officials alarmed.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Apr 16, 2013
Beijing bird flu case asymptomatic
Bird flu was found in a 4-year-old Beijing boy who shows no symptoms of the infection, health authorities said, suggesting more people may be catching the H7N9 influenza virus than reported.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Japan Pulse
Jan 11, 2013
J-blip: flu report app
Can Docomo's new app help Japan outsmart an intense flu season?
JAPAN / Media / Japan Pulse
Nov 22, 2011
Sniffling and shivering into a setsuden winter
With the winter winds come the usual sniffles and sneezes, but this year's power conservation campaign could makes matters worse.
As ‘Buy Canadian’ grows, more U.S. firms say retailers turning away products
Empty shelves with "Buy Canadian Instead" signs are seen in the American Whiskey section of the BC Liquor in Vancouver, British Columbia, on March 10.
A Canadian made a weekend trip to Costco a Japanese pastime
Under the watchful eye of Ken Theriault, Costco representative director and Japan country manager, the American membership-model wholesaler has flourished in Japan.
Meiji says sayonara to bottled milk, a staple of Japan's bathhouses
Meiji bottled milk lined up in a fridge at Kosugiyu, a bathhouse in Tokyo. The sticker urges patrons to enjoy the milk one last time before it’s gone.
Japan, South Korea and China vow to strengthen trade ties amid looming U.S. tariffs
Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Yoji Muto (left), South Korean Trade Industry and Energy Minister Ahn Duk-geun (center) and Chinese Commerce Minister Wang Wentao during a trilateral meeting in Seoul on Sunday
The U.S. says Japan has a 700% tariff on American rice. Is that the case?
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt holds up a piece of paper with information about tariff rates at the White House on Tuesday.
Haruki Murakami TV adaptation revisits 30 years of watershed moments
Though Haruki Murakami's trademark whiff of offbeat existentialism is threaded throughout NHK's "After the Quake," the final episode — conceived as a sequel to the story "Super-Frog Saves Tokyo" — is the most stylized, featuring an anthropomorphic talking frog (voiced by Non) and his erstwhile associate Katagiri (Koichi Sato).
A new human trafficking trend emerges from Myanmar scam centers
Victims of scam centers who were tricked or trafficked into working in Myanmar gather at a compound inside KK Park, a fraud center on the country's border with Thailand, after a multinational crackdown in February.
Meiji says sayonara to bottled milk, a staple of Japan's bathhouses
Meiji bottled milk lined up in a fridge at Kosugiyu, a bathhouse in Tokyo. The sticker urges patrons to enjoy the milk one last time before it’s gone.
A Canadian made a weekend trip to Costco a Japanese pastime
Under the watchful eye of Ken Theriault, Costco representative director and Japan country manager, the American membership-model wholesaler has flourished in Japan.
On defense, Japan may avoid Trump's worst impulses — for now
Defense Minister Gen Nakatani and U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth chat after reviewing an honor guard during a welcome ceremony at the Defense Ministry in Tokyo on Sunday.

Podcast

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Longform

Professional cleaner Hirofumi Sakurai takes a moment to appreciate some photographs in a Gotanda apartment whose occupant died alone.
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