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HEALTH 3

JAPAN / Society
Mar 18, 2017
Medical visits for GID surged to 22,435 in 2015: survey
Medical visits linked to gender identity disorder have surged 45 percent over a three-year period, a survey reveals.
JAPAN / Politics
Mar 8, 2017
LDP lawmakers draw battle lines over health ministry's anti-tobacco crusade
LDP lawmakers backing the push to crackdown on secondhand smoke held an emergency meeting on Wednesday in response to a proposal unveiled Tuesday by pro-tobacco party members.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Science & Health / FOCUS
Mar 8, 2017
New guidelines tackle misuse of antibiotics amid rise of superbugs
Public health officials have begun tackling the misuse and overuse of antibiotics, as the prevalence of superbugs, or bacteria resistant to antibiotics, reaches alarming levels worldwide.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / How-tos / LIFELINES
Mar 5, 2017
What's a visitor with a food allergy to do in Japan?
A selection of foreign nationals coping with food allergies in Japan offer tips for visitors to Japan facing the same challenges.
WORLD / Science & Health
Mar 3, 2017
Scientists create first artificial mouse 'embryo' from stem cells
Scientists in Britain have for the first time created a structure that resembles a mouse embryo using a 3D scaffold and two types of stem cells — research that deepens understanding of the earliest stages of mammalian development.
JAPAN / Science & Health
Mar 2, 2017
Health ministry dilutes plan to ban indoor smoking as restaurant industry and LDP resist
Bowing to pressure from the restaurant industry and the Liberal Democratic Party, the health ministry waters down its indoor smoking ban proposal to exempt small bars.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 2, 2017
How much urine is in a swimming pool? Canadian study finds the answer
Canadian researchers studying urine levels in swimming pools have discovered just how high the levels are, and the results are not pretty, according to an article published on Wednesday.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Feb 28, 2017
Government to boost follow-up support for discharged psychiatric patients
A bill to improve support for mental health patients after their discharge from hospital was approved by the Cabinet Tuesday.
LIFE / Language / MORNING ENGLISH
Feb 27, 2017
Let's discuss a new, cheaper breast cancer test
Researchers say they have developed a method to assess the risk of breast or ovarian cancer through genetic checking that is 10 times cheaper than the current way.
Japan Times
JAPAN / EXPLAINER
Feb 27, 2017
Tax break for OTC drugs seeks to get Japanese managing their health, not swarming clinics
Buying medicine at a drugstore can now save you taxes.
EDITORIALS
Feb 24, 2017
Efforts to stop passive smoking
The government's plan to tighten rules against smoking in public areas falls woefully short of what's needed to curb the health risks posed by secondhand smoke.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Feb 23, 2017
Alarming superbugs a risk to people, animals and food, EU warns
Superbug bacteria found in people, animals and food across the European Union pose an "alarming" threat to public and animal health having evolved to resist widely used antibiotics, disease and safety experts warned on Wednesday.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Science & Health
Feb 22, 2017
China reports more severe form of bird flu, WHO says
China has detected an evolution in the H7N9 avian flu virus that is capable of causing severe disease in poultry and requires close monitoring, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 21, 2017
Children of Nagasaki A-bomb survivors take the government to court over lack of support
Children of Nagasaki atomic bomb survivors sued the central government Monday over a lack of financial support, following a similar suit filed by second-generation hibakusha in Hiroshima last week.
LIFE / Language / MORNING ENGLISH
Feb 20, 2017
Let's discuss the flu season
The influenza season is in full force, with an estimated 2.01 million people across the nation seeking treatment during a single week recently.
Japan Times
JAPAN / EXPLAINER
Feb 20, 2017
Overworked Japan slowly adopting fixed rest hours to put an end to 'karoshi'
Amid intense pressure to reform the country's work culture, the government and businesses are looking at mandating a "rest" period between the end of one workday and the start of the next.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 19, 2017
Japan's buckling health care system at a crossroads
U.S. President Donald Trump's plan to repeal “Obamacare” has left many people here wondering: How does Japan compare?
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 19, 2017
Japan's health care system edges foreign care in expat survey
Just over half of non-Japanese residents feel Japan's health care system is generally better than that in their home countries, a trend particularly pronounced among U.S. citizens, with 3 out of 4 rating it more highly, an informal Japan Times survey has found.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 19, 2017
Japanese offer mixed views of foreign health care
Japanese people who have received medical care overseas have mixed views of other countries' health systems, according to an online straw poll conducted by The Japan Times.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Science & Health
Feb 19, 2017
Hard to detect, deadly China bird flu virus may be more widespread
Bird flu infection rates on Chinese poultry farms may be far higher than previously thought, because the strain of the deadly virus that has killed more than 100 people this winter is hard to detect in chickens and geese, animal health experts say.
Ryuju Nagayama falls in controversial ruling in Paris, later earns bronze
Ryuju Nagayama reacts after his quarterfinal bout against Spain's Francisco Garrigos at the Paris Olympics on Saturday.
Dominant Natsumi Tsunoda delivers Japan's first gold medal at Paris Olympics
Gold medalist Natsumi Tsunoda celebrates on the podium after she won the women's under 48-kg division at the Paris Olympics on Saturday.
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.
When did summer in Japan stop being fun?
Summer in Japan is now consistently brutal enough to drive you indoors and keep you there until autumn.
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.

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
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Traditional folk rituals like Mizudome-no-mai (dance to stop the rain) provide a sense of agency to a population that feels largely powerless in the face of the climate crisis.
As climate extremes intensify, Japan embraces ancient weather rituals
By Alex K.T. Martin

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