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JAPAN

EDITORIALS
Jan 26, 2014
Guarding against norovirus
Norovirus food poisoning is back this season, and the health ministry says the number of cases has been on the rise for the past 10 years. No drug or vaccine will weaken or kill norovirus. Hand-washing with soap is the best preventive.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 26, 2014
New York lawmakers unveil second 'comfort women' memorial
New York lawmakers joined Korean-American and other groups to unveil a second monument to the women forced into sexual slavery before and during World War II at Veterans Memorial in Nassau County on Long Island on Friday.
JAPAN / Politics
Jan 26, 2014
China secretly asked Japan not to snatch Senkakus hot air balloonist
Beijing asked Tokyo not to arrest a Chinese hot air balloonist who tried to land on the Senkaku Islands and had to be rescued by the Japan Coast Guard.
Japan Times
CARTOONS / DAHL'S JAPAN
Jan 26, 2014
Abe Sumo Suit
COMMENTARY / COUNTERPOINT
Jan 25, 2014
Spinmeister Abe: crisis-mongering and distractions
The news media tends to hyperventilate because this generates a buzz that attracts attention.
EDITORIALS
Jan 25, 2014
Crime rate dips again in Japan
Although Japan's relatively low crime rate has just gotten lower, the police need to take the rising problems with frauds and scams seriously.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jan 24, 2014
Playing with fire is dangerous
Any moves that Japanese leaders make at this time to start the process of amending the Constitution would arouse strong feelings in Japan and abroad, against the nation's interests.
EDITORIALS
Jan 24, 2014
Opposition needs unified agenda
There are budding moves to reorganize Japan's fragmented political opposition to create a new force that can stand up to the giant ruling coalition led by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's Liberal Democratic Party.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Jan 24, 2014
Abe's remarks on WWI parallels to be clarified
The government will make clear to other countries what Prime Minister Shinzo Abe meant earlier this week when he compared the rocky relations between Japan and China to those of Britain and Germany prior to World War I, officials say.
JAPAN
Jan 24, 2014
Virginia textbooks to use Sea of Japan, East Sea
The Virginia Senate passed a bill Thursday that will require future school textbooks to carry both names used by the Japanese and South Korean governments for the waters between Japan and the Korean Peninsula.
Japan Times
CARTOONS / DAHL'S JAPAN
Jan 23, 2014
Nuke Or Abe Power
Japan Times
CULTURE / Stage
Jan 22, 2014
The Onodera enigma
The name of the late great Pina Bausch's acclaimed Tanztheater in the German city of Wuppertal may translate as "Dancetheater," but its works often owe more to abstract emotional action and snatched dialogue than to dance. Over in London, meanwhile, Simon McBurney's Complicite company has long been at...
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Jan 22, 2014
Huddle Bowl, Make-A-Wish of Japan team up for winning cause
Touch, flag or tackle?
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Jan 22, 2014
Women's ice hockey team aiming for podium finish in Sochi
When the Japan women's ice hockey team makes its first Olympic appearance next month at the Sochi Games since gaining entrance through an automatic berth at the 1998 Nagano Olympics, it will be out to shock the world with a podium finish.
COMMENTARY / SENTAKU MAGAZINE
Jan 21, 2014
Is the Obama administration prioritizing ties with China?
The different tones of the U.S. and Japanese reactions to China's recent establishment of an air defense identificatin zone raises the question of whether the Obama administration is prioritizing ties with Beijing.
EDITORIALS
Jan 21, 2014
Japan's nuclear waste problem
The government plans to step up its efforts to select a final disposal site for high-level radioactive waste from nuclear power generation despite having searched for more than a decade, without success, to find a willing host community.
COMMENTARY
Jan 21, 2014
Japan heading for darker days
It's still baffling why the Abe administration was in such a hurry to have the state secrets bill passed when various opinion surveys showed that the bill was opposed by about 80 percnet of respondens on the very day the Upper House voted on it.
COMMENTARY
Jan 21, 2014
The real cause of Japan's renewed prosperity
Despite the apparent disconnect in recent years between the exemplary performance of Japanese students and the nation's stock and currency market fluctuations, the knowledge and skills that students bring to the workplace in the form of human capital make the companies that hire them more competitive.
EDITORIALS
Jan 20, 2014
Cheaper yen demands caution
The yen's decline under the watch of the Abe administration has contributed to the popularity of his economic policy, but a furthering weakening would have disadvantages.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Jan 20, 2014
BOJ near limit for bond buys but boost may be needed
The Bank of Japan is approaching the upper limit of its target for buying bonds, raising prospects it will need to expand the scope of its stimulus program to support the economy before a tax increase.
'Super spicy' potato chips land Japan students in hospital
High school students were taken to hospital in Tokyo on Tuesday after eating "super spicy" potato chips.
Japan finds a 'stealth' cure for zombie businesses: Let them fail
A worker at Sakai Seisakusyo prepares to transport metal rods at its factory in Kakamigahara, Gifu Prefecture, on July 8.
Japan keeps up yen warnings as two-day intervention suspected
An electronic screen displays a graph showing yen exchange rates surging against the U.S. dollar amid an alert to the possibility of intervention in Tokyo on Friday.
Hyogo governor stands firm on not resigning despite official's death
Hyogo Gov. Motohiko Saito speaks to reporters on Tuesday.
Four injured after man sets fire to Japan city hall
Police said four people were injured after a man set fire to a city hall in Aichi Prefecture, with local media reporting he had been arrested.
The neurological disorder that 'kills culture'
Akiko Trush says her experience with the neurological disorder dystonia left her feeling like she wanted to chop her own hand off.
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.
No AC this summer? No problem (for me).
Think air conditioning is a requirement for a Tokyo summer? Think again.
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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Akiko Trush says her experience with the neurological disorder dystonia left her feeling like she wanted to chop her own hand off.
The neurological disorder that 'kills culture'
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