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NAGASAKI

Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 3, 2018
Japan theme park Huis Ten Bosch to accept investment from China's Fosun Group
Theme park operator Huis Ten Bosch Co. plans to accept an investment from Chinese conglomerate Fosun Group as part of efforts to attract more Chinese visitors.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Nov 5, 2018
South Korean warships visit Japan port after row over wartime flag
Three South Korean warships made a goodwill visit Monday to a Nagasaki Prefecture port, following a bilateral spat last month over Seoul's demand that Tokyo refrain from flying its Rising Sun flag, which was used during World War II, at a naval review.
Japan Times
SOCCER / J. League
Oct 21, 2018
Jubilo escapes Nagasaki with a point to climb out of drop zone
Jubilo Iwata escaped the relegation zone with a scoreless draw at last-place V-Varen Nagasaki in the J. League first division's lone game on Sunday.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Oct 17, 2018
German national convicted in attempted murder of Japanese man in Nagasaki
The Nagasaki District Court sentenced a German man to six years in prison Wednesday for an attempted murder committed when he was traveling in the southwestern city last year.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Regional Voices: Hiroshima
Oct 16, 2018
Hopes high that Pope Francis will send message from A-bombed cities to support nuclear weapons ban treaty
With Pope Francis expressing his intention to visit Japan next year, hopes are high among Hiroshima and Nagasaki residents and A-bomb survivors' groups that he may come to their cities.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Oct 10, 2018
German tourist admits to knife attack on Japanese man in Nagasaki while drunk
A German tourist indicted for attempted murder admitted Wednesday to stabbing a Japanese man in a random attack on a street in Nagasaki last year during his first court hearing.
Japan Times
SOCCER / J. League
Aug 31, 2018
Bellmare cruise past V-Varen
Shonan Bellmare ran out comfortable 3-1 winners away to V-Varen Nagasaki in the J-League on Friday night.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 31, 2018
English-speaking storyteller to visit Portugal and relay Nagasaki hibakusha experience
Mutsuko Yoshida is eager to gather as many details and facts as possible as a storyteller. But when it comes to accounts of hibakusha, she knows a certain line has to be drawn.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Aug 14, 2018
Chinese man files lawsuit alleging harassment at Nagasaki immigration center
Man, 33, is seeking u00a51.1 million after claiming that his food and shoes were brought together in one box and that he was yelled at by staff.
EDITORIALS
Aug 10, 2018
Keep up the fight to eliminate nuclear weapons
How can we continue with a policy that we cannot explain to our next generation?
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics / FOCUS
Aug 10, 2018
As Tokyo shuns ban treaty, leading the way to a nuclear-free world falls to Japan's citizens and hibakusha
In Nagasaki, U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres underlined his solidarity with atomic bomb survivors, known as hibakusha, and called them "true messengers" of peace.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 9, 2018
Nagasaki mayor presses Japan to lead efforts toward nuclear-free world as city marks 73rd anniversary of A-bomb
Nagasaki marked the 73rd anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing of the city Thursday, with its mayor calling for security policies not reliant on nuclear deterrence and pressing Japan to fulfill its "moral obligation" to lead efforts toward a nuclear-free world.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 8, 2018
Attendance to Nagasaki A-bomb commemoration has 'special meaning,' U.N. chief Guterres tells Abe
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres told Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in Tokyo on Wednesday that his visit to Japan this time is of momentous importance for him because he is set to become the first U.N. chief to attend the annual Aug. 9 remembrance ceremony for the victims of the 1945 atomic...
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 6, 2018
Grandchildren of hibakusha and B-29 crewman unite to press for nuclear-free world
The granddaughter of a survivor of the atomic bombings in both Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and the grandson of the only U.S. serviceman who flew on both atomic bomb missions, have recognized each other's peace activities and share a determination to call for the abolition of nuclear weapons.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Aug 5, 2018
Japan's nuclear options
Signing the treaty banning nuclear weapons would put Japan on the right side of history, geography, legality, morality and humanity.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 1, 2018
In a first, U.N. chief Antonio Guterres to visit Nagasaki for 73rd anniversary of atomic bombing
Antonio Guterres's visit to Nagasaki will be the first time for a U.N. secretary-general to attend the Aug. 9 anniversary.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jul 30, 2018
Court rules Isahaya Bay floodgates must remain closed, ditches fine paid to fishermen
The Fukuoka High Court has ruled that the floodgates of a dike at Isahaya Bay in Nagasaki Prefecture should remain closed, ruling in favor of the central government in a protracted legal battle over a land reclamation project that has been opposed by local fishermen.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 28, 2018
Majority of A-bomb survivors want Japan to sign U.N. nuke ban treaty
In addition to the 81 percent who want the government to join the treaty, over 60 percent still refuse to discuss the horrific experience.
Japan Times
SOCCER / J. League
Jul 27, 2018
V-Varen earn upset victory over FC Tokyo
V-Varen Nagasaki upset FC Tokyo 1-0 with an adventurous display of attacking soccer Friday night, thwarting the second-place side's hopes of closing the gap on J. League leaders Sanfrecce Hiroshima.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 20, 2018
With digital project, Nagasaki A-bomb survivor's story reaches wider audience
For decades, Hiroyasu Tagawa had no intentions of breaking his silence about the terrible experience he had as a child, having lived through the U.S. atomic bombing of his hometown of Nagasaki.
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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