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NAGASAKI

Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / FOREIGN AGENDA
Jul 30, 2014
Fukushima disaster colors A-bomb anniversaries
Over the past three years, the atomic bombing anniversaries in August have increasingly become a time to ask new questions.
JAPAN
Jul 26, 2014
WWII 'pumpkin bomb' victims remembered in Osaka ceremony
A memorial ceremony was held Saturday in Osaka to honor victims of the "pumpkin bombs" that were dropped on cities in preparation for the atomic bombing of Nagasaki, which hastened the end of World War II.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 24, 2014
Nagasaki bomb museum shows 26 new photos
The Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Museum is exhibiting 26 recently discovered photographs taken a year and four months after the bomb was dropped on Aug. 9, 1945.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 11, 2014
Riders chug on Nagasaki beer tram
Nagasaki Electric Tramway Co. is again offering passengers the chance to down a beer while enjoying the city's landscape from the safety of a specially designed electric tram.
JAPAN
Jul 10, 2014
Japan to recommend Christian sites for World Heritage list
A government panel on Thursday endorsed churches and other Christian sites in Nagasaki and Kumamoto prefectures as candidates for UNESCO World Cultural Heritage listing in 2016.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 8, 2014
Kishida fumes after Chinese newspaper suggests nuclear strikes on Japan
Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida on Tuesday condemned a Chinese weekly newspaper that declared "Japan wants a war again" and printed a map showing cartoon mushroom clouds over Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jul 8, 2014
Huis Ten Bosch theme park eyeing casino resort complex next door
The president of theme park operator Huis Ten Bosch Co. said during a recent interview that the Nagasaki Prefecture-based firm is in the hunt for a company to operate a resort complex next door that would include a casino.
JAPAN
Jul 7, 2014
Dinosaur tooth fragments 81 million years old found in Nagasaki
Three fossilized dinosaur tooth fragments have been discovered in a layer of earth 81 million years old in Nagasaki Prefecture, researchers said Monday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 10, 2014
U.S. poet's photo book aims to keep memory of A-bomb victims alive
A U.S. poet living in Japan has compiled a photo book of A-bomb victims' personal belongings, accompanied by poems, to help preserve the memory of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima in 1945.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 10, 2014
Korean buys on Tsushima rouse rightists' fears
South Korean businesses are increasingly acquiring real estate around the Maritime Self-Defense Force's base on Tsushima Island, arousing speculation that some of the purchases are related to espionage by Seoul.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 12, 2014
Study links yellow dust to more people going to emergency rooms
A study released Wednesday by a team of Japanese researchers found emergency room admissions increased when levels of yellow dust originating in China were high.
JAPAN
Feb 16, 2014
Confab calls for action to outlaw nukes before 70th anniversary of bombings
A major conference drawing representatives from more than 140 countries ended Friday with an appeal for action to outlaw nuclear weapons ahead of the 70th anniversary of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki next year.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / FOREIGN AGENDA
Feb 5, 2014
U.S. and Japanese apologies for war crimes could pave way for nuclear disarmament
Acknowledging responsibility for the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki and Japan's rampage across Asia could serve as first steps toward a world free of nuclear weapons.
Japan Times
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
Jan 30, 2014
Nagasaki lights up for the Chinese New Year
Enjoy the Chinese New Year celebration in style at the Nagasaki Lantern Festival 2014, which kicks off on Jan. 31 and runs for two weeks in the city's Chinatown and surrounding areas.
JAPAN
Jan 28, 2014
U.S. posts medical info on A-bombs
The U.S. Energy Department has made available online a report about the medical effects of the August 1945 atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, according to a Japanese scholar.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Dec 10, 2013
Kennedy says Nagasaki visit 'deeply moving'
U.S. Ambassador Caroline Kennedy on Tuesday visited Nagasaki for the first time since taking up her post last month.
COMMENTARY / COUNTERPOINT
Dec 7, 2013
Pearl Harbor: The Day of Infamy that won't go away
Dec. 8 (Japan time) is the 72nd anniversary of Pearl Harbor, the infamous attack launched by Imperial Japanese forces against the United States that continues to reverberate in the popular imagination.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Dec 4, 2013
Nagasaki boasts local wheat for 'chanpon'
Nagasaki Prefecture has developed a new type of wheat fit for production of "chanpon" noodles, a local speciality.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Nov 13, 2013
Isahaya ruling puts the state in a quandary
The fate of the contentious plan to open the floodgates of the Isahaya Bay dike protecting filled-in land in Nagasaki Prefecture has become even more uncertain now that a district court has ruled that the government must keep them closed, in direct contradiction to an earlier ruling by a high court.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Nov 12, 2013
Court bars opening of Isahaya Bay dike
In a decision favoring local farmers, the Nagasaki District Court issues an injunction barring the government from opening the floodgates of the Isahaya Bay dike.
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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