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HEALTH INSURANCE

BUSINESS / YEN FOR LIVING
Jan 15, 2011
More independent women taking out insurance
The number of women buying life insurance is on the rise. Should we be surprised?
BUSINESS / YEN FOR LIVING
Nov 5, 2010
Price of mercy can be dear when it comes to transplants
Government policies regarding health insurance coverage of organ transplants aren't exactly making the procedure any easier.
BUSINESS / YEN FOR LIVING
Oct 29, 2010
What's the real cost of quitting?
Smokers who kick the habit are healthy for the economy ... or are they?
BUSINESS / YEN FOR LIVING
Sep 24, 2010
No need to feel sorry for the Incubator babies
Will the fail of the Incubator Bank have a chilling effect on 'high risk-high return' investments? Care to make a wager?
BUSINESS / YEN FOR LIVING
Mar 27, 2010
Before Obamacare: Japan's national healthcare system saves some for private insurers
Even though Japan enjoys the benefits of national health care, private insurers are doing a booming business.
Indian-born CEO of Japanese company says nation needs immigration to thrive
Lekh Juneja, chairman and CEO of Kameda Seika, at the company's headquarters in the city of Niigata in August
Schoolgirl stabbed to death in Kitakyushu
A McDonald's in Kitakyushu where a junior high school student was stabbed to death on Saturday
Fatal knife attack in Kitakyushu McDonald’s took less than 30 seconds
Flowers and offerings are placed outside a McDonald's restaurant in Kitakyushu, Fukuoka Prefecture, where two junior high school students were stabbed by a man on Saturday, one fatally.
Taiwan’s bullet train a testament to shinkansen’s export potential
A Taiwan High Speed Rail bullet train arrives at Nangang Station in the city of Taipei.
Akie Abe, widow of slain prime minister, meets with Trump
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump (left) and his wife, Melania (right), pose for a photo with Akie Abe, the widow of assassinated former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Florida, on Sunday in this image posted on Melania Trump's X social media account.
Women are writing a new chapter in Japanese literature in the 2020s
"Butter," Asako Yuzuki’s thrilling novel inspired by a real-life femme fatale, was named the Waterstones Book of the Year in 2024.
The year that Shohei Ohtani achieved 'yokozuna' status … in the market
Shohei Ohtani's prowress on the diamond translated into an outsized influence on Japan's consumer trends this year.
Big franchises and bold voices dominated anime in 2024
In a year of anime hits, Kiyotaka Oshiyama’s “Look Back” stood out from the bunch.
Glass half full: Japan’s sake industry celebrates a brighter 2024
Despite ongoing struggles, 2024 had plenty of bright spots for Japan's sake industry.
'Kin' selected as the kanji of 2024 after strong year for Japanese athletes
The head priest of Kiyomizu Temple writes the kanji "kin," which was chosen by the public as the character that best represents 2024, on Thursday in Kyoto.

Podcast

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

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Yasuyuki Yoshida stirs a brew in a fermentation tank at his brewery in Hakusan.
The quake that shook Noto's sake brewing tradition
By Alex K.T. Martin

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