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JAPAN

Japan Times
LIFE / Travel
Sep 28, 2013
Stroll through 1,000 years of history in one Nikko garden
Even before seeing the great sights of Nikko, the visitor cannot fail to be impressed by the luxuriance of the area's moss. Towering cryptomeria trees, allowing filtered light to penetrate ground cover, provide ideal incubation zones and levels of exposure and protection for the flourishing of moss in...
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 27, 2013
Japan, S. Korea fail to mend fences
Ministerial-level talks between Japan and South Korea have failed to mend acrimonious ties strained by the Takeshima territorial dispute, differing interpretations of wartime history and the safety of Japanese fishery products in view of the nuclear disaster.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 26, 2013
'Mothers of golf' tested themselves abroad
Hisako "Chako" Higuchi and the late Ku Ok-hee of South Korea are regarded as the "mothers of women's golf" in their countries and followed a similar groundbreaking path to the top by challenging themselves overseas.
Japan Times
CARTOONS / DAHL'S JAPAN
Sep 26, 2013
Great Wail
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 25, 2013
Amazon Japan begins online sales of OTC drugs, vitamins
Amazon Japan has begun online sales of over-the-counter drugs such as cold and digestive medicines, as well as vitamin supplements and other low-risk pharmaceutical products.
JAPAN
Sep 24, 2013
Japan-U.S. exercise involving Ospreys to be held in Shiga
U.S. Osprey aircraft will be used Oct. 16 during an 11-day joint exercise with the Ground Self-Defense Force at a training area in Takashima, Shiga Prefecture, Japanese officials said Tuesday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 24, 2013
TPP, Hague treaty, Senkakus to top agenda for Kennedy
At her Senate hearing last week, Caroline Kennedy, tipped to be the next U.S. ambassador to Japan, faced numerous questions about the Trans-Pacific Partnership pact, tensions over the Senkaku Islands, and what she would do about nearly 400 cases of American children allegedly abducted to Japan.
Japan Times
LIFE / Digital / ON: GAMES
Sep 23, 2013
'Rain' reveals it gameplay while 'Wind Waker' goes HD
We're playing in the rain
EDITORIALS
Sep 23, 2013
Monetary easing lifts land prices
It appears that the monetary easing pushed by the Abe administration through Bank of Japan's purchasing operations is gradually raising land prices in some urban areas.
Japan Times
SOCCER
Sep 22, 2013
Nadeshiko Japan sweeps past Nigeria in friendly
Women's world champion Nadeshiko Japan eased to a 2-0 win over Nigeria on Sunday night in the first of two home friendlies against the Africans.
Japan Times
CARTOONS / DAHL'S JAPAN
Sep 22, 2013
Ghost Tax Past
EDITORIALS
Sep 21, 2013
Questions surround sales tax raise
As the April 2014 consumption tax increase nears, the Abe has yet to come up with a convincing reform plan to reduce people's worries about their lives in the future.
EDITORIALS
Sep 21, 2013
Watching the weather
Japan's abnormal weather this summer, including tornadoes, demands that the Meteorological Agency be ready to issue more public warnings than has been customary.
BUSINESS
Sep 20, 2013
10 firms plan to cooperate on geothermal plant project
Ten companies including Idemitsu Kosan Co. and Japan Petroleum Exploration Co. will kick off a study this month on building one of Japan's largest geothermal power plants, government officials said Friday.
JAPAN
Sep 19, 2013
Government asks U.S. county not to teach South Korean sea name
The government has asked a county in Maryland not to teach public school students the South Korean name for the sea separating Japan and the Korean Peninsula, a government official said in Tokyo.
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 19, 2013
Japan Post, bank, insurer all plan IPOs in 2015
Japan Post Holdings Co. plans to go public together with its banking and insurance units in spring 2015, sources close to the matter said Wednesday.
Japan Times
CARTOONS / DAHL'S JAPAN
Sep 19, 2013
China Drone
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Japan Pulse
Sep 18, 2013
Rent a dude for ¥1,000: an interview with Takanobu Nishimoto of Ossan Rental
Would you pay u00a51,000 to kill time with a hip 46-year-old guy?
JAPAN
Sep 17, 2013
Vietnam agrees to boost ocean cooperation
Defense Minister Itsunori Onodera and his Vietnamese counterpart, Phung Quang Thanh, have agreed to boost cooperation in maritime security amid concern over China's growing naval activities, Japanese officials said.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 16, 2013
NPO offers medical services to Myanmar
A group of doctors, nurses and volunteers from Japan are providing medical services in Sagaing, Myanmar.

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