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HIROSHIMA

Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 9, 2015
Fire at Hiroshima maid cafe leaves three people dead
Three people died and a 21-year-old woman working at a maid cafe was in critical condition after a fire broke out just before 10 p.m. Thursday night in a building in Hiroshima's entertainment district, police said Friday.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 7, 2015
Carp lose to Dragons in final game to miss out on postseason berth
The Chunichi Dragons knocked the Hiroshima Carp out of the Central League playoffs with a 3-0 victory on Wednesday in Nippon Professional Baseball's belated regular-season finale.
BASKETBALL
Oct 3, 2015
Ryukyu, Niigata win openers
The 11th bj-league season tipped off on Friday night with a pair of blowout victories.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 30, 2015
Grandson of atomic bomb crewman writes of hibakusha horrors
The grandson of a U.S. serviceman who flew on both planes that dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945 has devoted himself to a project almost unimaginable 70 years ago: spreading the stories of horror experienced by the hibakusha.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 30, 2015
Survivors' memoirs gain new significance 70 years after atomic bombings
Michiko Hattori, 86, calls herself an "obscure" atomic bomb survivor with no special writing skills. But the 70th anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombings of Japan this year unexpectedly brought her a chance to publish her life story afresh.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Sep 29, 2015
Opportunistic Carp spoil Swallows' celebration plans
The Hiroshima Carp have more work to do during the regular season in order to get where they want to be. Now the Tokyo Yakult Swallows still do as well.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Sep 28, 2015
Newspaper delivery man held in connection with death of Hiroshima woman
A 52-year-old deliveryman for the daily Asahi Shimbun was arrested Monday for allegedly abandoning a woman's body in a bathtub at his home.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Sep 25, 2015
Nomi, Fukudome carry Tigers past Carp
Atsushi Nomi pitched seven shutout innings and Kosuke Fukudome hit his 20th home run of the season as the Hanshin Tigers defeated the Hiroshima Carp 3-0 to snap a four-game losing streak on Friday night.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Sep 23, 2015
Tateyama pitches CL-leading Swallows to third-straight victory
Shohei Tateyama allowed two hits over seven innings and Kazuhiro Hatakeyama drove in three runs as the Central League-leading Tokyo Yakult Swallows beat the fading Hiroshima Carp 6-0 on Wednesday afternoon.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 18, 2015
Hiroshima hibakusha helps Cambodians to heal
Keiko Kunichika, an atomic bomb survivor, has chosen to spend her later years running a free facility in Phnom Penh called Hiroshima House.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Sep 15, 2015
An Obama visit to Hiroshima would send the right message
A visit to Hiroshima by U.S. President Barack Obama could serve as a step toward realizing his vision of 'a world without nuclear weapons.'
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Sep 11, 2015
Kuroda dominates in eight shutout innings against Tigers
Veteran right-hander Hiroki Kuroda threw eight scoreless innings to pick up his ninth win of the season as the Hiroshima Carp beat the Hanshin Tigers 3-0 on Friday night.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 7, 2015
Hiroshima A-bomb museum admission fees to rise next April
The fee for adults to get into the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum will quadruple to ¥200 next April to help pay for preserving the Atomic Bomb Dome and other buildings, Mayor Kazumi Matsui said Monday.
EDITORIALS
Sep 3, 2015
Nuclear disarmament needs a push
Momentum for nuclear disarmament as been on the wane, and all nations — Japan especially — should renew their efforts to end the dire threat posed by nuclear weapons.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Aug 27, 2015
Maeda, Eldred lift Carp in shutout of Tigers
Kenta Maeda threw eight innings and Brad Eldred's second home run in two nights gave the Hiroshima Carp the early lead in a 2-0 win over the Central League-leading Hanshin Tigers on Thursday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 25, 2015
Project to connect American youths with hibakusha winding down
Setting foot in Hiroshima in early August for the first time, Robert Croonquist expected to feel sorrow for the massive number of lives lost in the U.S. atomic bombing of the city 70 years ago.
JAPAN
Aug 20, 2015
Hiroshima marks anniversary of deadly mudslides
The Hiroshima municipal and prefectural governments held a memorial service on Thursday afternoon to mark the first anniversary of mudslides that killed 75 people.
JAPAN / History
Aug 18, 2015
Japan will urge G-7 foreign ministers to visit Hiroshima A-bomb park, museum
Japan plans to call on the foreign ministers of the Group of Seven countries to visit facilities related to the atomic bombing of Hiroshima to reinvigorate efforts toward nuclear disarmament when they visit the city for a ministerial meeting next April.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Science & Health / NATURAL SELECTIONS
Aug 15, 2015
Psychology is where real radiation risks lie
Misinformation breeds discrimination. As if it wasn't enough to experience the trauma of a nuclear bomb, many hibakusha (atomic bomb survivors) also faced appalling discrimination.
EDITORIALS
Aug 15, 2015
Oral tradition and the bomb
A new program pairs volunteers with survivors of the atomic bombings to their memories, their stories and their words alive via the tradition of oral storytelling.
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The Bank of Japan headquarters in Tokyo
China’s economic growth comes in worse than expected
Pedestrians in the Wangfujing shopping area in Beijing on July 11, 2024. China's economic growth in the second quarter was lower than forecast, adding pressure on Chinese leaders to lift confidence at the Chinese Communist Party's third plenum this week.
Kansai airports to increase takeoff and landing slots ahead of Osaka Expo
Kansai International Airport in Izumisano, Osaka Prefecture. The upper limit on the number of takeoff and landing slots at the airport as well as Kobe Airport in Hyogo Prefecture will be raised in spring next year ahead of the 2025 World Exposition in Osaka.
Shooter came within inches of killing Trump, but left few clues as to why
An aerial view shows the stage where Republican presidential candidate and former U.S. President Donald Trump had been standing during an assassination attempt the day before, and the roof of a nearby building where a gunman was shot dead by law enforcement, in Butler, Pennsylvania, on Sunday.
The neurological disorder that 'kills culture'
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How to beat Japan’s summer heat in ways better for the planet
Tenugui towels hang up to dry at a dyeing company in Sakai, Osaka Prefecture, on May 8. The durable and versatile tenugui, which many people have in their homes, can be used in many ways to cool one’s body.
After Trump shooting, U.S. presidential race might take a violent turn
United States Secret Service Counter Snipers stand guard on a rooftop during a campaign rally for U.S. President Donald Trump in Avoca, Pennsylvania, in 2020.
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She’s paying ¥1 million to help behind the scenes at the Paris Olympics
Mai Tarumi, who previously volunteered at the postponed Tokyo Olympics in 2021, has a travel budget of ¥1 million for her trip to volunteer at the Paris Games.

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