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Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 6, 2017
Only 11 of 66 prefectures, major cities held makeup tests for high school entrance exams in 2016: survey
Eleven of the nation's 66 prefectures and major cities held makeup tests last spring for students who were unable to take their high school entrance exams due to illness, an education ministry survey showed Monday.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jan 27, 2017
'Good parent' ditched in custody case reversal
A father who won legal custody of his daughter last year based on the “good parent rule” on visitation loses custody in an appeal ruling based on “continuation.”
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Jan 20, 2017
Sprinter Fukushima decides to turn pro
Sprinter Chisato Fukushima, the women's 100- and 200-meter national record holder, is to turn professional, her Hokkaido Hi-Tech AC club said Friday.
Japan Times
SOCCER
Jan 9, 2017
Aomori Yamada hammers Maebashi Ikuei to claim first high school title
Aomori Yamada High School won its first national high school championship on Monday after demolishing Maebashi Ikuei 5-0 at Saitama Stadium.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Nov 30, 2016
Ministry slams national university-affiliated school's slow bullying response, urges quick action on cases
Well-known Tokyo high school taken to task over mishandling of incident that left one student severely injured.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Nov 30, 2016
Japanese students shine in English-language newspaper contest
A group of students from Soka Senior High School in Tokyo won the English Paper Champion Prize this week for their English-language newspaper featuring articles on world peace, human rights and nuclear disarmament.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Nov 11, 2016
Abe eyes India to cement high-speed rail dominance over China
In the strategic rivalry between Japan and China, high-speed rail contracts are one of the best ways to project power. And no Asian country offers more opportunities than India.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Nov 10, 2016
Star sprinter Sani Brown decides to attend University of Florida
Sprint phenom Abdul Hakim Sani Brown is set to enroll at the University of Florida, the Japan Association of Athletics Federations announced on Thursday.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Oct 20, 2016
Courts reject two more lawsuits seeking to void Upper House election
High courts on Thursday rejected two more lawsuits aimed at nullifying the results of the Upper House election in July over the nationwide disparities in voting values.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Oct 12, 2016
High court rejects Inada appeal over magazine defamation case
The Osaka High Court on Wednesday dismissed an appeal filed by Defense Minister Tomomi Inada in a defamation lawsuit against a magazine.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Sep 18, 2016
'High & Low Original Best Album' lives up to its name with definite highs and lows
LDH, the company behind Exile, Sandaime J Soul Brothers and E-girls, seems to be on a mission to win the J-pop crown. Its latest salvo is themultimedia project High & Low, which consists of a drama, film, album and tour.
Japan Times
BASEBALL
Aug 21, 2016
Sakushin Gakuin routs Hokkaido's Hokkai to earn high school baseball crown
Sakushin Gakuin High School romped past Hokkaido's Hokkai High School 7-1 to win Japan's prestigious National High School Baseball Tournament on Sunday afternoon.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society
Jul 30, 2016
Commuters fight back against groping
Takako Tonooka's life at high school did not start out the way she had anticipated. On the very first day she attended class, she was groped on the train — and that was only the beginning of her nightmare. For a year and a half, she was the victim of persistent groping attacks during her commute...
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jul 29, 2016
Nagoya High Court overturns rejection of Ugandan woman's refugee status
A high court in Nagoya on Thursday authorized refugee status for a 41-year-old Ugandan woman, overturning a lower court ruling that upheld the government's rejection of her claim.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jul 13, 2016
Tokyo High Court overturns man's 'right to be forgotten'
The Tokyo High Court on Tuesday rescinded a lower court judgment that recognized the "right to be forgotten" in a case filed by a man who demanded Google Inc. eliminate five-year-old articles on his crime record from its search results.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Jun 30, 2016
Retreat from the heat to the cinema this summer
The summer blockbuster is dead — or at least, it has ceased to exist as a distinct entity. Four decades after "Jaws" set the template for mass-market Hollywood spectacle, the so-called event movie has expanded its turf so dramatically that July and August, once the most fiercely contested box-office...
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jun 28, 2016
Tokyo High Court judge's semi-nude tweets rub judiciary wrong way
A Tokyo High Court judge has been reprimanded after posting a photo of a man's naked upper body on his Twitter account.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Jun 14, 2016
'The Genius of Michelangelo: Majestic Renaissance Architecture'
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Japan Times
JAPAN
May 15, 2016
Azabu High School wins award in simulated U.N. General Assembly session on poverty
A Japanese high school won the Honorable Mention Award on Saturday at a model U.N. conference drawing more than 1,000 students from about 25 countries to discuss global issues in a simulation of real U.N. sessions.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
May 2, 2016
Woman maintains innocence during retrial for daughter's death in 1995 fire
A woman who has already spent over 20 years in prison declares at her retrial that she is innocent of killing her daughter in a 1995 house fire.
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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