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Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 24, 2018
Hibakusha storytellers get state funding for travel
Japan decides to fund the global travels of its A-bomb storytellers to make it easier for schools and other interested parties to host them.
Japan Times
SOCCER / J. League
Feb 22, 2018
Sagan, Vissel meet in opener as teams aim for Frontale's crown
The 2018 J. League season kicks off with just one fixture on Friday, but every club in the 18-team division will get the chance to throw down the gauntlet to defending champions Kawasaki Frontale before the weekend is over.
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JAPAN / Politics
Feb 4, 2018
LDP-backed incumbents win in Nagasaki and Yamaguchi gubernatorial elections
Incumbents pledging economic promotion are set to win gubernatorial elections in Nagasaki and Yamaguchi prefectures Sunday, beating newcomers who focused more on welfare issues.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 15, 2018
Abe snubs head of Nobel-winning no-nukes group
The leader of the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons, which won last year's Nobel Peace Prize, has been denied a meeting with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, the nongovernmental organization Peace Boat said Monday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 13, 2018
ICAN leader Beatrice Fihn makes first visit to Nagasaki
Beatrice Fihn, leader of the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN), which won the 2017 Nobel Peace Prize, laid flowers Saturday at the ground zero monument in Nagasaki Peace Park.
SOCCER / J. League
Jan 9, 2018
V-Varen Nagasaki acquire midfielder Ben Halloran from German second-division club Heidenheim
V-Varen Nagasaki have acquired midfielder Ben Halloran from German second-division club Heidenheim, the newly promoted J.League first-division team announced on Tuesday.
JAPAN
Jan 8, 2018
Younger hibakusha and offspring seen taking reins of nuclear abolition drive
With the average age of hibakusha now over 81, younger victims who were exposed to radiation in the womb or in early childhood, as well as the children and grandchildren of A-bomb survivors, are taking over the no-nukes effort.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 2, 2018
Pope issues anti-war photo featuring victims of Nagasaki atomic bombing
Pope Francis has issued a card showing a 1945 photo of victims of the U.S. atomic bombing of Nagasaki in a warning against war.
JAPAN
Dec 26, 2017
Eight North Koreans from boat that beached in Akita to be flown home via China on Tuesday
Eight North Korean men whose wooden fishing boat drifted to northern Japan last month will leave the country on Tuesday for China en route to their home country, sources said Monday.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Dec 18, 2017
Top court dismisses Nagasaki hibakusha-recognition suit
The Supreme Court rejects a lawsuit filed by hundreds of people seeking recognition as Nagasaki A-bomb survivors because they weren't in the official blast zone.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Dec 11, 2017
British novelist Kazuo Ishiguro accepts Nobel Prize, recounts its meaning in Nagasaki
Japan-born British novelist Kazuo Ishiguro, author of the 1989 Man Booker Prize-winning "The Remains of the Day," received the 2017 Nobel Prize in literature on Sunday.
Japan Times
JAPAN / History
Dec 8, 2017
Japan to publicize testimony denying that Koreans were forced to work 'under harsh conditions' at UNESCO-listed 'Battleship Island'
Japan plans to make public some testimony denying that Koreans were forced to work under harsh conditions during World War II at what is now a UNESCO World Cultural Heritage site, government sources have said.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Nov 30, 2017
Japan's top court expected to uphold rejection of suit seeking recognition for atomic bomb survivors
The Supreme Court is expected to mostly uphold in December a lower court ruling that rejected a suit filed by 388 people who were in the vicinity of Nagasaki during the 1945 atomic bombing, and have been seeking official recognition as survivors.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Nov 28, 2017
Iconic London double-decker bus finds new life as Nagasaki cafe
A roadside cafe made from an authentic British double-decker bus recently opened in Nagasaki Prefecture, becoming an Instagram-friendly hit among users of the photo-sharing app.
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COMMUNITY / Our Lives / 20 QUESTIONS
Nov 25, 2017
Designer Takeshi Nishio prefers 'cute' to 'cool'
'Kawaii' has more sense of affection than 'kakkoii,' says designer Nishio.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Nov 21, 2017
Mayors of Hiroshima and Nagasaki to attend Nobel Peace Prize ceremony
The mayors of Hiroshima and Nagasaki will attend next month's Nobel Peace Prize ceremony, at which the award will be given to a group that campaigned for a landmark treaty banning nuclear weapons, according to officials from the cities.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Nov 12, 2017
Hibakusha calls for abolition of nuclear weapons during Vatican speech
An atomic bomb survivor pressed for the abolition of nuclear weapons during an international conference Saturday in the Vatican.
Japan Times
SOCCER / J. League
Nov 11, 2017
V-Varen Nagasaki promoted to J1 for first time
V-Varen Nagasaki earned promotion to the J. League's first division for the first time on Saturday.
JAPAN
Oct 17, 2017
Japanese A-bomb survivor and activists press nations to ratify nuclear ban pact
A survivor of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki joined activists and diplomats Monday to press Japan and other countries to quickly ratify a landmark treaty banning nuclear weapons.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 13, 2017
River otter spotted on Tsushima probably not native species: researcher
The river otter found on the island of Tsushima in southwestern Japan is unlikely to be a Japanese river otter, an endemic species that has been declared extinct, a researcher said Thursday.

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