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Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Aug 22, 2018
Newly confirmed water on moon has NASA chief excited about prospects for humans' return
NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine has a vision for "sustainable" human exploration of the moon, and he cites the newly confirmed ice on the lunar surface as a key to success.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jun 29, 2018
Steaming New Delhi sees anger and killings over water in summer of discontent
Through the long summer months in India's capital, tens of thousands of people have cut back on daily showers and laundry because of a shortage of water that has led to fighting in some areas in which three people have been killed.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Jun 12, 2018
Climate change expected to make water and green vegetables scarce, costly
Keeping healthy could become more costly as climate change and water scarcity cause a huge drop in the global production of vegetables and legumes, scientists said on Monday.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jun 5, 2018
About that tritiated water: Who will decide and when?
Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant's storage tanks already hold 850,000 tons of contaminated water, the amount is rising daily and space is running out.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
May 23, 2018
Where the water is
Unconventional resources must be embraced to ensure universal access to clean water and sanitation.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
May 1, 2018
Icebergs could be tugged from Antarctica to drought-hit Cape Town to ease water crisis: experts
Marine salvage experts are floating a plan to tug icebergs from Antarctica to South Africa's drought-hit Cape Town to help solve the region's worst water shortage in a century.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 18, 2018
Time to make water-smart energy choices
The energy sector's depletion of water resources is another major contributor to climate change.
ASIA PACIFIC
Mar 31, 2018
China to spend $300 million on improved irrigation in southern Xinjiang
The Chinese government will spend 1.875 billion yuan ($299 million) to improve irrigation systems in the heavily ethnic Uighur southern part of the violence-prone far western region of Xinjiang, state news agency Xinhua said on Saturday.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Mar 24, 2018
River-sharing deals mean water wars are a 'myth,' says World Water Council
Agreements between countries that share the same river have helped to avoid about 1,800 conflicts in the past 50 years, the World Water Council (WWC) said.
Japan Times
JAPAN / 3/11: Rebuilding Tohoku
Mar 9, 2018
Fukushima No. 1 cleanup continues but radioactive water, and rumors, also prove toxic
Seven years have passed since the core meltdowns occurred in March 2011 at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant, which shocked the world and fractured the local community.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / FOCUS
Mar 2, 2018
Indonesia aims to banish toxic waste from lifeline Citarum River
Indonesia's Citarum River burbles past terraced rice paddies and quiet farming villages in the highlands of West Java as it begins to wind its way hundreds of kilometers toward the sea.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Feb 17, 2018
Media reports de-romanticize the cleanup work on the Fukushima nuclear power plant
Most of the reliable reporting about the clean-up of the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant since it suffered three meltdowns in March 2011 has been from on-site workers. Even when articles appear in major media outlets about the situation at the crippled reactor, it's usually presented through the...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Feb 14, 2018
'Thicker Than Water': Family fights and a great comedic turn from Keiko Enoue
"Sibling rivalry" is a term often heard; "sibling harmony," not so much. Brothers and sisters can be like two crabs fighting in a bucket, going round and round with no end or escape — even when they heart-of-hearts love each other.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Feb 1, 2018
EPA delays 2015 Obama-era clean water rule for two years amid bid to repeal and replace it
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said on Wednesday that the 2015 Waters of the United States rule will not be applicable for two years while it works to repeal and replace the Obama-era clean water regulation.
EDITORIALS
Jan 29, 2018
Cape Town approaches 'Day Zero'
The water woes of South Africa's Cape Town should serve as a lesson for Japan.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 24, 2018
Water management is health management
Some 2.1 billion people worldwide lack access to safe, readily available water at home, severely undermining health outcomes.
Two of America’s biggest debt holders are dumping Treasurys
The U.S. Treasury building in Washington. Investors in Japan and China sold a pile of U.S. debt in the last quarter, just before the U.S. presidential election.
Tokyo Metro’s overseas efforts begin in earnest with London deal
Tokyo Metro will soon have a role in the running of London's Elizabeth Line, a major train route serving the U.K.’s capital city and environs.
Russia fired experimental ballistic missile at Ukraine, Putin says
Ukrainian firefighters work on a spot following an airstrike in Dnipro on Thursday.
Ex-yokozuna Kitanofuji dies at 82
Yokozuna Kitanofuji enters the ring during the May 1970 grand sumo tournament in Tokyo.
Man charged with murder allegedly made victim date other men for money
A car carrying suspect Ryotaro Masuda, who was indicted for allegedly beating his 25-year-old girlfriend to death, leaves the Shibuya Police Station in Tokyo on Thursday.
The slow-burn success of ‘A Samurai in Time’
A 19th-century warrior gets struck by lightning and wakes to find himself in 21st-century Kyoto in Junichi Yasuda’s surprise hit “A Samurai in Time.”
Around a quarter of Japan married couples in their 20s met through dating apps
A survey released by an organization promoting “Good Couples Day” shows that 24% of couples in their 20s met their marriage partner through a dating app.
'Tokyo Swindlers': Get deep into the minds of real estate con artists
In Ko Shinjo's "Tokyo Swindlers," a group of con artists manipulates real estate giants into falsified deals within the highly competitive, quick market.
Japan, U.K. and Italy discuss inviting more countries to joint fighter project
A new concept model of a next-generation fighter jet to be jointly developed by Japan, Britain and Italy is on display in Farnborough, Hampshire, in July.
Haruki Murakami's 'The City and Its Uncertain Walls' gives deep deja vu
For “The City and Its Uncertain Walls,” translated into English by Philip Gabriel, Haruki Murakami confronts the ghosts who won't leave him alone.

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