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jp0000266 | [
"asia-pacific",
"offbeat-asia-pacific"
] | 2014/07/14 | Plane's swastika banner spurs criticism around NYC | NEW YORK - A banner aiming to change people’s minds about what swastikas stand for has stirred outrage after it flew over beaches in New York City and on Long Island. Some beachgoers were appalled and officials fielded complaints after a plane toted the banner Saturday. The banner featured swastikas, a peace sign, a St... | airlines;history;transport;nazis |
jp0000267 | [
"national"
] | 2014/07/14 | Store sold inedible gourd seedlings as being safe to eat | OSAKA - Decorative calabash gourd seedlings sold at stores nationwide were mislabeled “for edible use,” Royal Home Center Co., run by the Daiwa House Industry Co., said. The mistake came to light after someone in Nara Prefecture was hospitalized after coming down with symptoms of food poisoning, apparently after consum... | osaka;mislabeling;gourds;royal home center |
jp0000268 | [
"business",
"corporate-business"
] | 2014/07/22 | China food scandal drags in other chains, spreads to McDonald's Japan | SHANGHAI - A toxic food scandal in China is spreading fast, dragging in U.S. coffee chain Starbucks, Burger King Worldwide Inc. and others, as well as products of McDonald’s Corp. as far away as Japan. McDonald’s and KFC’s parent Yum Brands Inc. apologized to Chinese customers Monday after it emerged that Shanghai Husi... | china;food;mcdonald 's;scandals;burger king;family mart;shanghai husi food |
jp0000269 | [
"national",
"crime-legal"
] | 2014/07/25 | Ruling hinged on assistance law revamp: summary | The following is a rough translation of the text of Supreme Court’s July 18 ruling that found permanent residents ineligible for welfare payments. [FACTS DETERMINED BY THE FUKUOKA HIGH COURT] The old Public Assistance Law (abolished in 1950) stated, in Article 1: “This law is aimed at protecting the lives of people in ... | welfare;discrimination;supreme court;public assistance law;permanent residents |
jp0000270 | [
"national",
"crime-legal"
] | 2014/07/25 | A closer look at the Supreme Court's welfare benefits ruling | Opinions are divided over how the Supreme Court ruling last week declaring permanent foreign residents of Japan ineligible for welfare payments will affect the foreign communities in Japan. In Japan, welfare benefits comprise public assistance for financially needy people, including monthly stipends for living expenses... | welfare;discrimination;foreigners;supreme court;public assistance law;nationality clause |
jp0000271 | [
"asia-pacific",
"offbeat-asia-pacific"
] | 2014/09/03 | Dethroned Myanmar beauty queen blasts pageant organizers | YANGON - A dethroned 16-year-old beauty queen from Myanmar said Tuesday she won’t return her bejeweled $100,000 crown until pageant organizers apologize for calling her a liar and a thief. May Myat Noe — the country’s first winner of an international beauty contest — lashed back at her accusers at a tightly packed news... | myanmar;women;scandals;theft;contests |
jp0000272 | [
"national"
] | 2014/09/03 | Fukushima workers sue Tepco over unpaid hazard wages, reliance on contractors | IWAKI, FUKUSHIMA PREF. - A group of Fukushima workers on Wednesday sued Tokyo Electric Power Co. for unpaid wages in a potentially precedent-setting legal challenge to the utility and its reliance on contractors to shut down a nuclear plant destroyed by the industry’s worst accident since Chernobyl. The lawsuit, filed ... | tokyo electric power co .;fukushima nuclear power plant;unpaid wages |
jp0000273 | [
"national",
"science-health"
] | 2014/09/20 | The feral felines of Cat Heaven Island | Cat heaven is a place on Earth — and it’s just 20 minutes by ferry from Fukuoka. To go there, catch a boat from Shingu Port in Fukuoka to Ainoshima Island. It is a small island, some 1¼ sq. km in size, inhabited by around 500 people, most of whom make their living by fishing. You will immediately notice the cats. There... | cats;ainoshima;cat heaven island |
jp0000274 | [
"national",
"history"
] | 2014/09/20 | Can simplicity survive contact with complexity? | “In the past this spacious Hokkaido was our ancestors’ world of freedom. Living with ease and pleasure in the manner of innocent babes in the embrace of beautiful, vast nature, they were truly beloved children of nature. Oh, what happy people they must have been!” “They have no history, their traditions are scarcely wo... | okinawa;hokkaido |
jp0000275 | [
"national"
] | 2014/09/20 | Importance of China trade not lost on Kansai leaders | Judging by the frequent overheated rhetoric coming out of parts of the Japanese media, you’d think Japan and China were heading toward war. Of course, none of those now beating the drums for war will ever be drafted to fight. They are confident that, whatever happens, they’re part of the privileged class that will stil... | china;toru hashimoto;trade;kansai;ichiro matsui |
jp0000276 | [
"national"
] | 2014/09/29 | Arab ambassadors say Japan's media covers region poorly | Members of the Council of Arab Ambassadors in Tokyo said Monday they plan to help Japanese media give a more accurate picture of the region, with a special focus on life in the Arab world and on Arab nations’ exchanges with Japan. Japanese coverage of the region tends to focus negatively on recent political turmoil wit... | ambassadors;arab |
jp0000277 | [
"national",
"politics-diplomacy"
] | 2014/09/28 | SDP's Takako Doi, first female leader of major political party in Japan, dies at 85 | Takako Doi, a former House of Representatives speaker and onetime head of the Social Democratic Party, died of pneumonia on Sept. 20, the SDP said Sunday. She was 85. Doi, who served as a Lower House member for 12 terms from 1969 to 2005, led the predecessor of the SDP from 1986 to 1991 as the first female leader of a ... | sdp;diet;obituary;takako doi |
jp0000279 | [
"world"
] | 2014/09/26 | Chilean officials say man died while handling bomb | SANTIAGO - A man handling a bomb died when the device exploded in downtown Santiago on Thursday, officials said, adding to a string of blasts in Chile’s capital. Prosecutor Claudio Orellana said the unknown young man “had been manipulating a homemade explosive artefact, and in those circumstance, it blew up on him” at ... | chile;bomb;terrorist;michelle bachelet;fatality;anarchist |
jp0000280 | [
"national",
"politics-diplomacy"
] | 2014/09/21 | Mihama viewed as test case for Japan's aging nuclear reactors | In recognition of Japan’s rapidly aging nuclear plants, Kansai Electric Power Co. has begun discussing the possibility of decommissioning the Mihama No. 1 and No. 2 reactors, now more than 40 years old, in Fukui Prefecture. While Kepco officials insist no decision has been made, scrapping them instead of applying for a... | kepco;nuclear energy;mihama |
jp0000281 | [
"national",
"politics-diplomacy"
] | 2014/09/21 | Politicians discuss plan B in nuclear power push: underground reactors | For more than four decades, the Kansai region has relied on Fukui Prefecture’s nuclear power plants, including 11 operated by Kansai Electric Power Co. (Kepco), to keep the region powered up. But now that a growing number of plants are nearing or have reached the end of their 40-year life cycle, the question is: What’s... | kepco;nuclear energy;kansai electric;sanae takaichi;internal affairs ministry;underground reactor;taku yamamoto |
jp0000282 | [
"general"
] | 2014/09/01 | Three Chiba cities will store radioactive waste if state fails to build final disposal site, NHK says | Three cities in Chiba Prefecture that were heavily contaminated with radioactive materials as a result of the March 2011 nuclear meltdowns at Tokyo Electric Power Co.’s Fukushima No. 1 plant will build facilities to store incinerated radioactive waste in their own municipalities if the central government fails to find ... | fukushima no . 1;chiba;matsudo;radioactive waste;kashiwa;nagareyama |
jp0000284 | [
"national",
"history"
] | 2014/09/06 | Japan guns now bear on Kiaochou; German Army enters Poland; Olympic Village opens; agency seeks funds to compile Emperor's annals | 100 YEARS AGO Sunday, Sept. 13, 1914 Japanese guns now bear on Kiaochou The officers and men of the warships, engaged in the naval blockade of Tsingtao have suffered great hardships struggling with the heaviest of seas since Sept. 8. To make matters worse, there is no natural shelter for the ships near the zone of the ... | poland;germany;world war ii;emperor hirohito;imperial family;tokyo olympics;world war i;tsingtao |
jp0000285 | [
"general"
] | 2014/09/24 | Obama: No nation gets 'free pass' on climate change | UNITED NATIONS - In a forceful appeal for international cooperation on limiting carbon pollution, President Barack Obama warned starkly on Tuesday that the globe’s climate is changing faster than efforts to address it. “Nobody gets a pass,” he declared. “We have to raise our collective ambition.” Speaking at a United N... | pollution;climate;barack obama;u.n .;emissions;environment |
jp0000286 | [
"national",
"crime-legal"
] | 2014/09/22 | Banker nabbed looking up girl's skirt with mirror in store | TSU, MIE PREF. - A banker was arrested Sunday for allegedly looking up the skirt of a female high school student at a bookstore in Yokkaichi, Mie Prefecture, police said. Hisashi Zenke, a 47-year-old employee of Mizuho Bank, is suspected of using a hand mirror to look inside the girl’s skirt from behind while she was b... | police;mizuho bank;peeping tom |
jp0000287 | [
"national"
] | 2014/08/03 | Tokyo's storied Nihonbashi raises profile to promote historical role | The Nihonbashi district prospered as Japan’s financial and trade center after shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu moved the capital to Edo, the old name for Tokyo, in the early 17th century. Its geographical advantage contributed to fast-track development. Nihonbashi was the starting point of five major roads at the time, which lin... | tourism;foreign tourists;japanese culture;nihonbashi;coredo muromachi |
jp0000290 | [
"national",
"history"
] | 2014/08/02 | Emperor, councilors weigh war declaration; simplified Japanese created for foreigners; Russian musicians defect; foreigners' office hears thousands of problems | 100 YEARS AGO Sunday, Aug. 16 1914 Emperor, councilors weigh war declaration The Emperor of Japan, his councilors and his Ministers met yesterday in the Grand Council Chamber of the Palace to consider the most momentous question such august councils are ever called upon to decide. For the third time in the history of J... | tax;immigration;russia;japanese language;marriage;defections;divorce;world war i |
jp0000291 | [
"national",
"science-health"
] | 2014/08/29 | How much do you know about dengue fever? | The health ministry has confirmed the first domestic dengue fever case in Japan in nearly 70 years. A Saitama Prefecture teen girl was found Wednesday to have contracted the virus through a mosquito in Japan, followed by news that two more people — a man and a woman in Tokyo — have also been infected. More than 200 den... | dengue fever;world health organization;dengue virus;infectious diseases |
jp0000292 | [
"national",
"science-health"
] | 2014/08/16 | What kind of life could live in the clouds? | Do you remember seeing clouds from an airplane for the first time? Even if that first time was as an adult, you were probably struck by the appearance of solidity. Seen from above, a cloudscape looks like a landscape — it looks like a place where things might live. At school we learn that clouds aren’t solid: They are ... | weather;environment;ecosystems;cloud seeding |
jp0000294 | [
"national"
] | 2014/08/16 | Kepco: the monstrous 500-pound gorilla of Kansai | Last month, Chimori Naito, a 91-year-old former vice president at Kansai Electric Power Co., admitted what was hardly a secret but which put the utility under intense media scrutiny. Naito said in a series of interviews with the Asahi Shimbun that he supervised under-the-table cash payments to seven prime ministers and... | nuclear power;kepco;nuclear energy |
jp0000296 | [
"national"
] | 2014/08/31 | Glimpses of Ryogoku, Japan's sumo wrestling mecca | Home to the Kokugikan sumo stadium, Tokyo’s Ryogoku district in Sumida Ward has long been known as the mecca of the sport. Around the stadium, where three of the six national tournaments are held every year, are stables where rookie and veteran wrestlers alike engage in rigorous daily practice. The area’s history as a ... | tourism;edo tokyo museum;ryogoku;kokugikan;sumo |
jp0000297 | [
"asia-pacific",
"offbeat-asia-pacific"
] | 2014/08/30 | Ex-Myanmar beauty queen accused of stealing crown | YANGON - A Myanmar beauty queen who was stripped of her title for allegedly being rude and dishonest has run off with the $100,000 jeweled crown, a South Korea-based pageant said Friday. Myanmar, which only recently emerged from a half century of military rule and self-imposed isolation, started sending contestants to ... | myanmar;theft;beauty contest |
jp0000298 | [
"asia-pacific",
"offbeat-asia-pacific"
] | 2014/08/30 | In India, rice replaces ice in charity bucket challenge | NEW DELHI - The famous “ice bucket” challenge is inspiring thousands of Indians to follow suit, but with a twist- they are replacing ice with rice in a bid to help the country’s vast population of poor, hungry people. The challenge, going viral on social media, involves donating a bucket of rice to someone in need and ... | india;contests |
jp0000300 | [
"national",
"politics-diplomacy"
] | 2014/08/24 | Osaka merger drags on Hashimoto's return to Nagatacho | OSAKA - Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto may be moving forward with plans to once again become a notable player in Nagatacho by tying up with Yui no To (Unity Party). But back in Osaka, he, and his local political group Osaka Ishin no Kai (One Osaka), the largest party, find themselves unable to make headway on the very reas... | toru hashimoto;osaka ishin no kai;yui no to |
jp0000301 | [
"world",
"crime-legal-world"
] | 2014/08/15 | Police have 'leads' in search for two Amish girls | OSWEGATCHIE, NEW YORK - Police have received “numerous leads” concerning two Amish girls abducted at a roadside stand in northern New York, where searchers scoured the countryside near the Canadian border for the missing children, authorities said Thursday. Deputies, state troopers, forest rangers and U.S. Border Patro... | u.s .;kidnapping;new york;oswegatchie;border patrol;amish;police |
jp0000302 | [
"asia-pacific",
"offbeat-asia-pacific"
] | 2014/08/15 | ‘People’s Pope’ takes to streets in Kia Soul, fascinates South Koreans | SEOUL - Pope Francis’ choice of wheels during his five-day South Korean visit has surprised many in this painfully self-conscious country, where big shots rarely hit the streets in anything but expensive luxury cars. After his arrival Thursday, the pope left the airport in a compact black Kia that many South Koreans wo... | south korea;pope francis;south koreans;kia soul |
jp0000303 | [
"national"
] | 2014/08/15 | Teacher in Shizuoka reportedly urged student to commit suicide | SHIZUOKA - A teacher at an elementary school in Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Prefecture, is facing discipline for abusive treatment of one of his pupils that allegedly included urging him to commit suicide. The 41-year-old teacher allegedly told his second-grade student on July 17, “Do you have (a purpose to) live? If not, then... | violence;teachers;education;hamamatsu;child abuse;schools;shizuoka;students |
jp0000304 | [
"world"
] | 2014/08/13 | Robin Williams fondly remembered by Japan's film industry | It was an open secret among Japanese film distribution companies that Robin Williams, who died at his California home on Monday in an apparent suicide, was a “yobitai sutaa” (“a want-to-invite star”). Unlike other Hollywood celebrities, Williams was famed for two things: He never complained, and he was always appreciat... | film;celebrities;u.s .;suicide |
jp0000306 | [
"national",
"history"
] | 2014/01/04 | Kagoshima volcano erupts, warplanes fly over Tokyo, exhibit shows Okamoto's bold side, Emperor dies | 100 YEARS AGO Tuesday, Jan. 13, 1914 People flee as volcano erupts near Kagoshima A terrible eruption on Sakurajima, an island in Kagoshima Bay having an active volcano, occurred yesterday at 10 a.m. Up to that time, since the night of the 10th, more than 70 earthquakes had been experienced in Kagoshima. With thunderin... | tokyo;kagoshima;emperor hirohito;taro okamoto;showa |
jp0000308 | [
"reference"
] | 2014/01/20 | Expiry dates | Dear Alice, My teenage daughter recently turned into a food-label tyrant, apparently convinced that her doddering old parents aren’t up to the job of maintaining a safe kitchen. She patrols our refrigerator daily, fiercely checking every label. If the date on a package has passed, she tosses it in the trash. We’ve had ... | health;expiry date |
jp0000309 | [
"national",
"science-health"
] | 2014/01/18 | Cooperation vs. competition in space | Shadows of winter clouds Run over the ocean Just before sunset It’s a pretty haiku, but it becomes quite extraordinary when you learn that it was written aboard the International Space Station (ISS) by astronaut Koichi Wakata, who tweeted it to his 50,000 followers on Jan. 9. That’s the same Wakata, of course, who spok... | koichi wakata;space shuttle;chris hadfield;international space station;kirobo;hakubun shimomura;european space agency;william burns |
jp0000310 | [
"national",
"history"
] | 2014/01/18 | In Jomon and Heian, the times weren't a-changin' | “Man the change-maker.” That is one definition of Homo sapiens. Other creatures are changed — by Nature, by evolution — over vast expanses of time measured in hundreds of thousands or millions of years. Humankind consciously generates change. We innovate, build, invent, destroy, build again. Even our earliest civilizat... | jomon period;murasaki shikibu;heian period |
jp0000311 | [
"national"
] | 2014/01/18 | Ishin's Osaka wing hopes Tamogami loses in Tokyo | To the frustration — and rising panic — of nuclear village chieftain and Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Tokyo’s gubernatorial election next month is shaping up to be a contest not about “local” issues like the 2020 Tokyo Olympics or even perennial complaints such as the lack of economic reform. Barring some last-minute cha... | shintaro ishihara;toru hashimoto;yoichi masuzoe;toshio tamogami;morihiro hosokawa |
jp0000312 | [
"national"
] | 2014/01/29 | Flu menace again reaching peak | While this year’s influenza season is predicted to peak around early February, anybody of any age group, sex or nationality is at risk of infection all the way through March. While 210,000 children under age 10 accounted for almost a third of the 660,000 flu cases reported in the week of Jan. 13 to 19, another 200,000 ... | epidemic;prevention |
jp0000313 | [
"national"
] | 2014/01/29 | Number of influenza patients rising rapidly | With the influenza season approaching its peak this winter, the number of patients reached about 660,000 nationwide in the week of Jan. 13 to 19, almost doubling the 340,000 tallied the previous week. The Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry issued a warning last week that the outbreak has reached epidemic proportions an... | patients;infectious disease surveillance center |
jp0000314 | [
"business"
] | 2014/01/28 | Unions to demand robust pay rises | Unions are adopting robust demands for this spring’s annual “shunto” wage talks, with those of Toyota Motor Corp. considering an average ¥2.3 million annual bonus and the electronics industry its first basic pay hike in five years. For the talks, the 600,000-member Japanese Electrical, Electronic & Information Union, o... | toyota;unions;wages;shunto |
jp0000315 | [
"national"
] | 2014/01/19 | Shift to isle defense requires upgrade of all three branches | The Cold War ended about 20 years ago and Japan is finally trying to execute a drastic transformation of the Ground Self-Defense Force by shifting its focus from the north to the southwest — effectively relaxing its guard against Russia and bolstering it against China. Facing China’s growing military power, the new 10-... | china;self-defense force;senkakus |
jp0000317 | [
"business",
"economy-business"
] | 2014/01/26 | Tokyo, Washington agree to stay course on sealing TPP | DAVOS, SWITZERLAND - Japan and the United States have agreed to continue to work closely on speedily concluding the Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade talks, trade minister Toshimitsu Motegi said after meeting Saturday with the U.S. trade chief on the fringes of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. Motegi,... | japan;tpp;davos;wef;u.s.n free trade |
jp0000318 | [
"national"
] | 2014/01/26 | No plan best plan in Kansai nuclear disaster | Ten months after regional governments were required to submit nuclear disaster evacuation plans, a lack of central government guidance and local-level cooperation is generating concern that Kansai will be ill-prepared to respond if any of Fukui Prefecture’s 13 commercial reactors suffers a meltdown. Questions remain ab... | fukushima no . 1;kansai;fukui;fukushima nuclear power plant;evacuation plans |
jp0000319 | [
"national"
] | 2014/01/26 | Jury still out on Kansai union's worth | OSAKA - A useless talk shop that will ultimately be remembered as a massive waste of taxpayer money, or a farsighted experiment that will someday be seen as the forerunner of a fundamentally new system of central government? That’s the question that supporters and critics of the Union of Kansai Governments are asking t... | osaka;kyoto;kobe;nara;union of kansai governments |
jp0000320 | [
"national"
] | 2014/01/31 | Japan, Russia discuss territorial issue | The deputy foreign ministers of Japan and Russia met Friday in Tokyo to resume talks for settling the long-standing territorial dispute over the Russian-held islands off Hokkaido. Deputy Foreign Minister Shinsuke Sugiyama is representing Japan while the Russian delegation is led by Deputy Foreign Minister Igor Morgulov... | russia;territorial row;shinsuke sugiyama;igor morgulov |
jp0000321 | [
"business",
"economy-business"
] | 2014/01/08 | Lixil mulls another overseas takeover | Lixil Group Corp., which agreed to buy bathroom-fixture makers American Standard Brands and Grohe Group last year, is studying another overseas acquisition to boost revenue from emerging markets. The planned deal will help Tokyo-based Lixil achieve its target of increasing sales from emerging markets to more than 30 pe... | takeover;lixil |
jp0000322 | [
"asia-pacific",
"offbeat-asia-pacific"
] | 2014/01/06 | Taiwan unveils baby panda to public | TAIPEI - A 6-month old giant panda was unveiled to her adoring public in Taiwan on Monday, as long lines of children of all ages queued up at the Taipei zoo to see the cub cavorting around her cage with an understandably protective mother. Yuan Zai’s debut had long been anticipated on this island of 23 million people. ... | china;taiwan;animals;pandas |
jp0000324 | [
"business",
"corporate-business"
] | 2014/01/22 | Renesas hopes to ax 5,400 more jobs | Struggling chipmaker Renesas Electronics Corp., seeking to accelerate restructuring efforts, plans to slash another 5,400 domestic employees, or around 20 percent of its workforce, by the end of March 2016 through early retirements, according to company sources. The labor union, however, opposes the plan. The move by t... | renesas;job cuts;restructuring;chipmakers |
jp0000325 | [
"national"
] | 2014/01/22 | Sea Shepherd: Dolphin roundup biggest in four years | Fishermen in Taiji, Wakayama Prefecture, have finished killing about 40 dolphins targeted for their meat as part of a larger group trapped recently in what activists say was the biggest roundup they have witnessed in the last four annual hunts. Sea Shepherd, best known for its anti-whaling activities, said that of roug... | taiji;sea shepherd;wakayama;dolphin |
jp0000326 | [
"business"
] | 2014/01/25 | In Davos, gripping kabuki with little substance | Afriend asks via email: “Did you see the video of Abe in Davos?” I hadn’t. So I did. Many thanks to the friend for some highly toe-curling and blood-curdling entertainment. Much effort must have gone into achieving that overall effect. Gripping as the performance was, the temptation to hide behind the couch for sheer e... | shinzo abe;world economic forum;davos;noriko hama;japanese perspectives;wef |
jp0000327 | [
"national"
] | 2014/06/03 | More than 1,600 overcome by heat last week | Hospitals across Japan treated 1,637 people for heatstroke last week, including four fatalities, the Fire and Disaster Management Agency said Tuesday. The preliminary tally represents a more than sevenfold increase from 230 cases during the same period a year earlier, and compares with 352 cases the previous week. The ... | temperature;heat;heatstroke |
jp0000328 | [
"national",
"history"
] | 2014/06/28 | When a physical wasteland bred a moral wasteland | He lived by fire and he died by fire. He was vile — coldblooded, amoral, ruthless. He was the man his time called for, and the man his time called forth — a vile time, by most standards. Its name is Sengoku Jidai, a period of prolonged civil war. Oda Nobunaga (1534-82) is its most representative character — a military ... | kyoto;oda nobunaga;ikkyu;kaibara ekiken |
jp0000330 | [
"asia-pacific"
] | 2014/06/24 | U.S. professors urge universities to sever ties with China's Confucius Institutes | BUFFALO, NEW YORK - University professors in the United States have joined their Canadian counterparts in urging universities to cut ties with Confucius Institutes unless the agreements that bring them to campus are reworked to guarantee academic freedom. A report by the American Association of University Professors sa... | china;u.s .;education |
jp0000332 | [
"national",
"crime-legal"
] | 2014/06/13 | Doctor admits trying to murder dialysis patient 'on impulse' | A doctor has admitted trying to kill a dialysis patient by removing a tube and causing the man to bleed out, police said Friday. Internist Kenjiro Hashizume of Machida, western Tokyo, told investigators he went to his clinic and picked a victim at random after suddenly getting an urge to kill someone, officers at Machi... | akebono;dialysis |
jp0000333 | [
"national",
"science-health"
] | 2014/06/14 | The hormone behind man's best friend | The other day I saw a picture of a dead dog on Twitter. Gross, right? Not at all, for this wasn’t just any old dog: This was Hachiko, perhaps the most famous dog in the world, and certainly the most famous in Japan. The tweet announced that it was the last photo ever taken of Hachiko. He is shown lying on a pallet, sur... | science;pets;dogs;love |
jp0000334 | [
"national"
] | 2014/06/14 | Is 'rational' Toru Hashimoto acting irrationally? | Just how little influential political or intellectual opposition in Japan is there to fundamentally conservative politics and economic theories touting the wisdom of the corporate mentality? Well consider this: Toru Hashimoto, the mayor of Osaka and co-founder of Nippon Ishin no Kai (Japan Restoration Party), may soon ... | china;nippon ishin no kai;shintaro ishihara;toru hashimoto;osaka;south korea;kansai;japan restoration party |
jp0000335 | [
"national"
] | 2014/06/22 | Gambling experts await green light | At last month’s Global Gaming Expo Asia (G2E) in Macau, casino and resort operators, game machine manufacturers, government officials and countless others gathered to review gaming laws and markets in countries ranging from Vietnam to China and the Philippines. But at this year’s G2E in the 3,000-room Venetian Macao re... | casino;macau;global gaming expo |
jp0000337 | [
"asia-pacific",
"offbeat-asia-pacific"
] | 2014/12/03 | Shark 'photo-bombs' competition for surfing mothers in Australia | CANBERRA, AUSTRALIA - A jumping shark has “photo-bombed” a surfing competition off an Australian beach. Amateur photographer Steph Bellamy captured the image of the shark with her smartphone on Sunday as she was photographing mothers and their children paddling on their surfboards off a beach in the New South Wales sta... | australia;animals |
jp0000338 | [
"national",
"politics-diplomacy"
] | 2014/12/03 | LDP campaign message diverges in urban, rural areas | The Dec. 14 Lower House election is being billed as primarily a voter referendum on economic issues, especially “Abenomics.” But regardless of what the parties’ Tokyo headquarters say is official policy on various issues, it’s what the candidates and the local party chapters say, or don’t say, out on the campaign trail... | tpp;liberal democratic party;lower house election;platform;local chapters |
jp0000339 | [
"business"
] | 2014/12/04 | #pulsepresents: gift idea grab bag | Stumped about what kind of Christmas gift to give the Japanophile in your life? Here’s a grab bag of possibilities, prepared by Japan Pulse’s elves. And you can follow us on Twitter for more #pulsepresents , tweeted daily. Commemorative Tokaido Shinkansen KitKats Trainspotters will love you forever if you can track dow... | christmas;gifts;japan pulse |
jp0000341 | [
"national"
] | 2014/12/20 | Rage against the capital's (bureaucratic) machine | As the Dec. 14 Lower House election demonstrated, media analysis of political campaigning typically focuses on personalities and parties. In recent years, official manifests serve as TV talking points as pundits — be they boorish young comedians or serious, sober-minded, gray-haired fellows — debate at length each part... | shinzo abe;toru hashimoto;osaka;ldp;liberal democratic party;bureaucracy;ishin no to;japan innovation party |
jp0000344 | [
"national",
"crime-legal"
] | 2014/12/20 | Sea Shepherd protesters found in contempt of court for anti-whaling campaign | SAN FRANCISCO - Radical environmentalists were found in contempt of court Friday for failing to heed an order to halt their relentless campaign to disrupt the annual whale hunt off the waters of Antarctica. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ordered a commissioner to determine how much Paul Watson and members of the... | u.s .;courts;sea shepherd;whaling |
jp0000346 | [
"national"
] | 2014/12/10 | State secrecy law takes effect amid protests, concerns over press freedom | Japan’s controversial state secrets law came into effect Wednesday as hundreds of demonstrators took to the streets, saying the measure undermines the public’s right to know and demanding that it be scrapped. More than 300 protesters, including roughly 100 journalists, gathered in front of the prime minister’s office i... | shinzo abe;secrecy law;whistle-blowers |
jp0000347 | [
"business",
"tech"
] | 2014/12/26 | Digital tack taken to revive interest in New Year's cards | The tradition of sending “nengajo,” or New Year’s postcards, has been in decline as people turn to the Internet, social networking and digital gadgets like smartphones instead of putting pen to paper. Japan Post Co., the postal arm of government-owned Japan Post Holdings Co., is thus hoping to get younger generations i... | new year;technology;japan post;augmented reality;ar;nengajo |
jp0000348 | [
"national",
"politics-diplomacy"
] | 2014/12/21 | Ishin-DPJ tieup, Kepco's greed to play key roles in April polls | The Dec. 14 Lower House election was many things. But in terms of domestic politics, it was merely a prelude to something far more important: the nationwide local elections next April. Even as debate continues about whether the election weakened Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, strengthened coalition partner Komeito, showed ... | ldp;elections;ishin no to;snap election 2014 |
jp0000349 | [
"national"
] | 2014/12/21 | In no-surprise poll, parties' main players re-elected in Kinki | In an election that produced no surprises, it’s little wonder the biggest political names in the six prefectures that make up the Kinki region (Shiga, Kyoto, Osaka, Hyogo, Nara and Wakayama) were all returned to the Diet, though one or two had a close call. No doubt Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was especially happy with t... | elections;snap election 2014 |
jp0000350 | [
"national",
"crime-legal"
] | 2014/12/09 | 'Right to be forgotten' on the Internet gains traction in Japan | The Internet has made fact-checking easy and people routinely use it for this end, for example, to Google client names and personal backgrounds before their first business meeting, or to take a quick glance at a potential new hire’s reputation. But such information may become harder to acquire and background searches m... | google;privacy;yahoo japan;right to be forgotten |
jp0000353 | [
"national",
"media-national"
] | 2014/12/06 | Obscenity arrest may be hiding dirty politics | What constitutes obscenity in Japan? The term, both legally and morally, has different meanings in Japanese, just as it does in English. In a strictly legal sense, the Japanese word for obscenity, waisetsu , refers to something that maliciously stimulates sexual desire in an inappropriate and immoral manner. There are ... | shinzo abe;censorship;rokudenashi-ko;megumi igarashi;minori watanabe;obscenity laws |
jp0000354 | [
"national",
"history"
] | 2014/12/06 | Opening WWI naval operations ended; U.S. architect plans Manchuria housing; Tokyo smog more poisonous; Ebola monkeys spur warning | 100 YEARS AGO Saturday, Dec. 5 1914 First part of WWI naval operations successful The Navy Department yesterday published a survey of the operations of the different squadrons and divisions of the Imperial Navy since the outbreak of the world war, and announced that the first part of the operations has come to an end. ... | pollution;manchuria;world war i;ebola |
jp0000356 | [
"world"
] | 2015/03/02 | Migrants flock to EU door at Hungary's border | ALONG, THE SERBIA-HUNGARY BORDER - Exhausted, hungry and cold, they have been walking for miles. What little they have is carried in plastic bags. They camp in abandoned homes, followed by stray dogs hoping to snag a morsel. Tens of thousands of migrants from the Middle East, Africa and Kosovo have been flooding in a t... | africa;middle east;hungary;eu;germany;serbia;kosovo;migrants;border patrol |
jp0000357 | [
"national",
"media-national"
] | 2015/03/20 | Is Burger King's 'Flame Grilled' fragrance a hoax in a bottle? | Burger King Japan has developed quite the reputation for its imaginative gastronomic creations, including the black Kuro Burger released last year. However, the result of the fast food chain’s latest experiment isn’t exactly edible. Starting in April, the company will launch a fragrance that will allow fast-food lovers... | burger king;hamburgers;promotion;japan pulse;fragrance |
jp0000358 | [
"reference"
] | 2015/03/20 | Police who stand with big sticks | Dear Alice, I have noticed whenever I pass a police station in Japan, that there is almost always a policeman standing out front holding a pole. Is this some form of punishment? If not, what the heck is the rationale for using manpower in this way? It would seem a better use of taxpayer funds to have the officer doing ... | police;koban |
jp0000359 | [
"asia-pacific",
"offbeat-asia-pacific"
] | 2015/03/26 | North Korea's well-to-do feast on French baguettes | SEOUL - French-trained chefs are cooking up a storm in Pyongyang, where North Korea’s privileged classes are devouring their baguettes, a pro-North newspaper reported on Wednesday, even as much of the population outside the capital struggles to feed itself. The Kumkop General Foodstuff Factory for Sportspersons, which ... | north korea;kim jong un;japan;wealthy;chefs;french food;baguettes |
jp0000360 | [
"business"
] | 2015/03/09 | Will Line put the brakes on Uber with its taxi app? | In the not-so-distant future, it might be considered quaint to hail a taxi with your hand instead of using a smartphone app. Line Corporation, after expanding its mobile business with game apps and online purchases, is expanding its smartphone messaging platform with a new service called Line Taxi for users to book cab... | line;uber;japan pulse |
jp0000361 | [
"world"
] | 2015/03/31 | India asks Saudi to help evacuate citizens from grave situation in Yemen | THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, INDIA - India asked Saudi Arabia on Monday to help evacuate its citizens from Yemen, where more than 4,000 Indians, over half of them nurses, are caught up in fighting. Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s office said he had spoken by telephone with King Salman of Saudi Arabia and requested Riyadh’s “supp... | india;yemen;evacuation;nurses;narendra modi;sanaa;houthis;king salman;aden;saudi airstrikes |
jp0000363 | [
"business"
] | 2015/03/30 | R2-D2 toy keeps fans company and food fresh | R2-D2, the eccentric cylindrical droid from “Star Wars,” has helped save the galaxy time and time again, but now he will help you save electricity. Mobile gadget company Hamee will be releasing a 10 x 7 cm version of the robot to keep in your refrigerator. He will greet you when you open the door, and panic, if you lea... | star wars;r2-d2;japan pulse |
jp0000365 | [
"national",
"politics-diplomacy"
] | 2015/03/01 | DPJ vows at convention to hold firm against Abe's security legislation | The Democratic Party of Japan pledged to stand firm against the government’s security legislation in the Diet as it held its party convention in Tokyo on Sunday. In adopting an action plan, the main opposition party also lashed out at “Abenomics,” Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s economic program, claiming it is widening ec... | democratic party of japan;opposition;security legislation |
jp0000366 | [
"asia-pacific",
"offbeat-asia-pacific"
] | 2015/03/06 | Foreign tourists posing nude at temples infuriate Cambodians | SIEM, REAP CAMBODIA - Cambodia’s most popular tourist attraction — the complex of ancient temples that includes Angkor Wat — is suffering from a form of overexposure: At least five foreign visitors have been arrested and deported this year for taking nude photos at the sacred sites. Authorities have no tolerance for pe... | scandal;tourism;cambodia;angkor wat;machu picchu |
jp0000367 | [
"national",
"science-health"
] | 2015/03/14 | When nature evolves to be awesome | A few years ago, an anthropologist told me an amazing story about a wild chimpanzee she had observed in Senegal. A bushfire had ignited in the summer heat, and she saw a chimp stand upright on its hind legs, face the fire and perform “a really exaggerated slow-motion display.” The chimpanzee then started barking, appar... | biology;yosemite national park;giant sequoias |
jp0000368 | [
"national"
] | 2015/03/14 | Of birds and bugs: journalism in Tokyo and Osaka | One of the first things Tokyoites who relocate to Osaka notice is that, while their favorite mainstream media news source is available in both cities, the tone and often substance of the reporting is different. It’s a cliche among Japan watchers that “Japanese newspapers and TV news are all the same.” Yes, one sees the... | tokyo;toru hashimoto;osaka;akira ikegami |
jp0000369 | [
"national",
"history"
] | 2015/03/14 | Nation stiffens defenses to counter invasion | Doom was closing in. It was greeted with anxiety but without surprise. Its coming had been foreseen. Two centuries earlier — in the seventh year of the Eisho Era, 1052 by the Western calendar — humanity had entered the degenerate age of Mappo, the Latter Days of the Law. So taught the Buddhist sages. What did this mean... | religion;genghis khan |
jp0000370 | [
"national",
"politics-diplomacy"
] | 2015/03/22 | First wave of April elections litmus test for Osaka merger plan | For most prefectures, cities and towns, April’s quadrennial unified elections will be the last opportunity for the next few years to vote on local matters. But in the city of Osaka, the April 12 assembly poll is but a barometer — albeit a crucial one — for the May 17 referendum that will decide whether the city will be... | osaka;elections;kansai perspective |
jp0000372 | [
"national",
"media-national"
] | 2015/04/04 | Koga's parting shot may not hit its target | In February, Reporters Without Borders published its annual list of countries ranked in terms of press freedom. Japan came in at No. 61, down two places from the previous year and lower than Taiwan (51) and South Korea (60). The reason for the decline was the state secrets act , which came into force last December and ... | censorship;press freedom;tv asahi;shigeaki koga |
jp0000373 | [
"national",
"media-national"
] | 2015/04/04 | Learning valuable lessons from the yakuza? | “He had connections and interactions with individuals related to the yakuza. Why on earth would he be appointed a (Cabinet) minister? The responsibility of the prime minister for appointing him to this position is tremendously weighty.” These angry words were said by a New Komeito Diet member in 2012. The Cabinet minis... | yakuza;hakubun shimomura |
jp0000374 | [
"national",
"history"
] | 2015/04/04 | Women's participation in elections questioned; sake labels mandatory; Tokyo bathhouses call for one-day lockout; automatic ticket gates employed | 100 YEARS AGO Thursday, April 8, 1915 Women’s participation in elections questioned Women’s participation in election campaigns, which has hitherto been considered a matter of taste, is now reported to become a legal question as well. Those who disfavor the idea of any political action by the gentle sex claim that, whi... | tokyo;sake;suffrage |
jp0000376 | [
"national",
"politics-diplomacy"
] | 2015/04/20 | Naturalized Kabukicho denizen hopes to teach China lesson in democracy | Second in an occasional series on the quadrennial unified local elections. The second round will be held on April 26. Komaki Lee gained fame as a pioneering “Kabukicho guide” who showed foreign visitors the ins and outs of the capital’s seedy nightlife entertainment district in Shinjuku Ward. Now he’s going into politi... | china;elections;komaki lee |
jp0000377 | [
"national",
"science-health"
] | 2015/04/18 | On the pleasing violence of fairy tales | Traditional fairy tales are so steeped in blood it’s astonishing that children didn’t all grow up to become deranged in days gone by. Take, for example, the popular Japanese fable “Shita-kiri Suzume” (literally, “Tongue-Cut Sparrow”), which tells the tale of a kind old man, his avaricious wife and an injured sparrow. S... | violence;fairy tales;fear |
jp0000378 | [
"national"
] | 2015/04/18 | Mind the gap: Nara election reveals voter values | In the wake of last Sunday’s local elections, big city political reporters were quick to see the results as (1) a mandate for Prime Minister Shinzo Abe; and (2) a disaster for the Democratic Party of Japan. The conclusions reached by those far removed from the rest of Japan — the place they sometimes visit during holid... | elections;politics;nara;shogo arai;makoto yamashita |
jp0000380 | [
"world"
] | 2015/04/27 | Route to base camp blocked, scores stranded on Everest above 20,000 feet | MUMBAI - Ankur Bahl, a New Delhi shipping industry specialist, was ascending Mount Everest as part of a quest to climb the world’s tallest peaks when a devastating earthquake in Nepal stranded him about 21,000 feet above sea level. Now Bahl, 54, is stuck at Camp 2, about halfway up the mountain, after the path down was... | mount everest;earthquakes;nepal;avalanches;base camp |
jp0000381 | [
"world"
] | 2015/04/29 | Iran fires warning shots, boards, seizes freighter in Strait of Hormuz | DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES - Iranian forces fired warning shots across the bridge of a Marshall Islands-flagged cargo vessel as it was traversing the Strait of Hormuz in Iranian territorial waters, boarded the ship and directed it toward the Iranian mainland, a Pentagon official said Tuesday. The incident, which promp... | iran;marshall islands;u.s. navy;freighter;strait of hormuz |
jp0000382 | [
"asia-pacific",
"offbeat-asia-pacific"
] | 2015/04/10 | In China, knock-off Apple Watches have their own fans | SHENZHEN, / HONG KONG - Lining the glass display cases of Shenzhen’s giant tech malls, knockoff versions of Apple Inc’s smartwatch were on sale at many stalls, with some Chinese consumers eager to snap them up for a fraction of the cost of the original. “It came on sale in mid-March and has been constantly out of stock... | china;smartphones;apple;apple watch;smartwatches |
jp0000384 | [
"national"
] | 2015/04/19 | For foreign caregivers, role remains ambiguous | Does Japan really want to accept foreign caregivers? This question, which has dogged the rapidly graying nation for years, continues to loom over a government program to bring in caregivers under bilateral economic partnership agreements. Japan opened its doors to foreign care workers in 2008, when, via an EPA with Ind... | foreigners;nursing care;epa;caregivers |
jp0000386 | [
"national",
"politics-diplomacy"
] | 2015/04/26 | Unlike elections, referendums are a PR free-for-all | With less than three weeks until the May 17 referendum on whether to consolidate the city of Osaka into five semi-autonomous wards, supporters and opponents of the plan are engaged in an intense and unprecedented media and public relations campaign to win over voters. Unlike elections, where campaigning methods are str... | toru hashimoto;referendum;osaka ishin no kai |
jp0000387 | [
"national"
] | 2015/04/26 | Cycling the Kyoto maze could get easier | Kyoto’s historical and cultural treasures have always attracted large numbers of tourists. But getting around the city by car or bus has never been easy, even when traffic is light. Train and subway stations are somewhat limited and not always near the most visited historical sites. Narrow one-way streets abound, and e... | kyoto;tourism;bicycle;kansai perspective |
jp0000388 | [
"business",
"corporate-business"
] | 2015/04/21 | Taco Bell returns to Japan with launch of Shibuya outlet | What’s the same: that iconic bell sign, friendly and casual staff, and a range of crunchy and soft tacos and burritos. What’s different: a real live yuru-kyara mascot greeting customers, a couple of localized dishes, and prices double or triple those in the United States. U.S. fast food chain Taco Bell Corp. made a muc... | restaurants;fast food;shibuya;taco bell |
jp0000389 | [
"business",
"economy-business"
] | 2015/04/07 | Under 'Abenomics,' rich thrive but middle class on precipice | This is the third story of a four-part series on evaluating Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s namesake economic program, backed by the aggressive monetary-easing by the Bank of Japan. The recent debate over wealth inequality has highlighted an unpleasant fact for policymakers — that the income gap between rich and poor is no... | poverty;abenomics;wealth;assets |
jp0000390 | [
"national"
] | 2015/04/07 | Tokyo's Ueno Park blossoms as tourist site | Ueno Park, one of Tokyo’s best-known landmarks, is Japan’s first government-designated park, with its origins dating back to the Meiji Era. It was Dutch military Dr. Anthonius Franciscus Bauduin (1820-1885) who first proposed the idea of giving the area special status. At this time of year, hundreds of cherry trees in ... | cherry blossoms;ueno park |
jp0000392 | [
"national"
] | 2015/04/23 | Foreign visitors top 1.5 million to break March record | Tourist arrivals to Japan topped 1.5 million to break a March record this year as Chinese travelers flocked to the country for cherry blossom season, new figures released Wednesday show. The rise in arrivals to 1.526 million, up 45.3 percent from a year earlier, was also attributed to the weaker yen and expansion of co... | holidays;tourism;foreigners;jtb;jnto |
jp0000394 | [
"general"
] | 2015/04/22 | Social media wrap-up: The day Taco Bell returned to Japan | After Taco Bell’s brief presence in Japan in the 1980s, the U.S.-based chain exited the market (with the exception of outlets on U.S. military bases). To the delight of fans of fast-food Tex Mex, it was announced in February 2015 that Taco Bell would come back to Japan in April and be operated by Asrapport Dining Co. [... | restaurants;fast food;shibuya;taco bell |
jp0000395 | [
"business",
"economy-business"
] | 2015/04/25 | Cash shortfall among the elderly could push Japan over the edge | Last summer the welfare ministry reported that a record number of households were receiving government assistance, and 47.1 percent of these households were made up of either elderly people only or the elderly and unmarried family members under 18. The media has been reporting for years that an increasing number of sen... | retirement;poverty;pension funds;old age |
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