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JAPAN
Sep 22, 2019
Japan's Nodoka Okisawa wins prestigious competition for young conductors in France
A 32-year-old Japanese woman won the top prize at a prestigious international competition for young conductors held Saturday in Besancon, eastern France.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Books
Aug 31, 2019
'Life for Sale': Yukio Mishima's comically psychedelic take on the adventure novel
'Life for Sale' — first serialized in Weekly Playboy in 1968 — was, for long years, dismissed as mere 'entertainment.' Yet the surprising bestseller is a terrific example of Mishima's fecund imagination at its most free-wheeling and unfettered best.
Japan Times
WORLD
Aug 29, 2019
North Korea may be building new ballistic missile submarine: U.S. study
Recent satellite imagery suggests North Korea has been constructing a new ballistic missile submarine and may be preparing for testing, a U.S. think tank said Wednesday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jul 29, 2019
Meghan guest edits British Vogue, featuring 'Forces for Change' women
Meghan, wife of Britain's Prince Harry, has chosen to feature 15 women she considers "Forces for change" on the cover of the September issue of British Vogue that she guest edited, Buckingham Palace said on Sunday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 5, 2019
JBIC chief Tadashi Maeda comes down with rubella after G20 summit
The head of the Japan Bank for International Cooperation has contracted rubella after attending meetings on the sidelines of last week’s Group of 20 summit in Osaka, sources said Friday.
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Jun 25, 2019
CAS to shorten Junya Koga's doping ban: sources
The Court of Arbitration for Sport is set to hand swimmer Junya Koga a less severe ban after he filed an appeal over his four-year suspension for failed drug tests last year, sources said Monday.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Jun 19, 2019
'Handling Method for Grumpy Woman': A battle of the sexes, cliches and all
To talk about the differences between men and women now is to step into a minefield. One rhetorical foot wrong and off goes the tripwire.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Stage
Jun 5, 2019
Samuel Beckett's 'Waiting for Godot' is brought into the Reiwa Era
Why are thespians the world over so drawn to "Waiting for Godot," that for many older actors playing one of its leads is as much a matter of professional pride as playing Hamlet is for younger ones?
Japan Times
JAPAN / Science & Health / NATURAL SELECTIONS
May 28, 2019
Japanese scientist puts forward theory to solve 50-year moon rock mystery (it's not cheese)
The moon was formed when it was washed out of the right eye of the god of the land while he was bathing. Tsukuyomi-no-Mikoto, the moon god of Japanese folklore, then lived forever in the heavens after climbing a giant celestial ladder from his father's bathroom.
Japan Times
JAPAN / YEN FOR LIVING
May 9, 2019
Cracks forming in Japan's premium-based universal health care system
One of the issues U.S. voters say they care the most about right now is health care. America is almost alone in the developed world in not providing its citizens with universal medical care.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Science & Health
May 8, 2019
Japan sees record number of medical accidents in 2018
The number of medical accidents reported in the nation hit a record high of 4,565 cases in 2018, up 470 from the previous year, a nonprofit organization that compiles such data said Wednesday.
Japan Times
SOCCER
Apr 9, 2019
Antlers strike twice in stoppage time to beat Gyeongnam FC in Asian Champions League
Takeshi Kanamori and Serginho struck a goal each in stoppage time as the 10-man Kashima Antlers fought back for an improbable 3-2 win away to Gyeongnam FC in the Asian Champions League on Tuesday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 24, 2019
WAW/W20 talks close with a call for men to be more involved in women's issues
Key to empowering women is changing people's mindsets and involving men in dealing more with women's issues, participants at the joint World Assembly for Women and Women 20 summit hear.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Science & Health / NATURAL SELECTIONS
Jan 25, 2019
Japan's commercial whaling may have two silver linings: freeing up the IWC and sparing the Southern Ocean
The condemnation of Japan became louder with the announcement that Tokyo would leave the International Whaling Commission, but is there a benefit to this?
Japan Times
CULTURE / Books
Dec 15, 2018
Spreading the word of the philosophers of nothingness
The Kyoto School of philosophy — which offers stimulating ideas, a distinctive critique of Western philosophy and applies a Western methodology to Japanese thought — represents Japan's greatest contribution to world philosophy in the 20th century.
WORLD / Politics
Nov 7, 2018
LGBT+ people erased from books in Russia under 'gay propaganda' law
"Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls," a bestselling children's book featuring 100 stories of prominent women, was published in Russia this year — but with one story missing.
Japan Times
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Nov 2, 2018
Junya Koga files appeal with CAS over four-year doping ban
Junya Koga has lodged an appeal with the Court of Arbitration for Sport over his four-year ban for failed drug tests, his lawyer said Friday.
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Oct 23, 2018
Agency hopes to end college sports violence
Japan Sports Agency chief Daichi Suzuki suggested Monday he hopes establishing a governing body modeled after the United States' National Collegiate Athletic Association can help eradicate violence in collegiate sports, an issue that has rocked the country in recent months.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 4, 2018
Kyoto tops rankings of major Japanese cities in think tank survey; Fukuoka second and Osaka third
Kyoto has topped a ranking of major Japanese cities as measured by criteria such as livability and economy, according to a survey by a think tank affiliated with major real estate developer Mori Building Co.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 14, 2018
WWF urges Yahoo Japan to restrict ivory trade on auction site
The Japanese arm of the World Wide Fund for Nature urged Yahoo Japan Corp. on Thursday to impose tighter restrictions on sales of ivory items on its auction site, saying it serves as a major platform for the ivory trade and encourages poaching.
Japan's population continues to fall even as foreign resident count rises
The number of residents in Tokyo as of Jan. 1 rose by 0.03% from a year before, data shows, marking a year-on-year increase for the first time in three years, while the country's other 46 prefectures saw their populations continue to decline.
Ahead of the Olympics, Japan is still talking about the gymnast who won't be there
Japan's Shoko Miyata withdrew from the gymnastics team herself over her drinking and smoking, although it had already appeared as though the association was prepared to send her home from the team’s training camp in Monaco.
Yen melt-up nudges Japanese stocks into correction territory
Japanese stocks are down 10% from their July peak as the yen strengthens.
‘Crazy’ yen rally is at risk of shattering as soon as Wednesday
Some investors are warning that a yen rally is fragile, as was on show this week when the yen rapidly retraced an advance after Thursday’s stronger-than-expected U.S. economic growth figures.
Japan's average life expectancy rises for first time in three years
A decline in COVID-19-caused deaths likely helped boost the average life expectancy for Japanese men and women to rise for the first time in three years in 2023.
The Japanese Olympians looking to shine in Paris
Rim Nakamura, who is attempting to win Japan's first Olympic gold medal in cycling, will be one of the top Japanese athletes to watch at the Paris Games.
Japan’s minimum wage set for record ¥50 hike in major boost
Demonstrators rally to demand a big hike in minimum wages in Tokyo last week.
Japan loses top spot on strongest passport list to Singapore
Japan had the strongest passport for six years running from 2018, before being dethroned by Singapore on the 2024 list.
Why Japan's mysterious stash of classified funds escapes scrutiny
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi (right) during a meeting in Tokyo on Tuesday.
Japan eyes gold — and the future — as Olympic men's soccer campaign begins
Japan midfielder Yu Hirakawa controls the ball during a match against the United States in Kansas City, Kansas, on June 11.

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