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jp0000524 | [
"national"
] | 2015/07/19 | The cafes play jazz deep in the heart of Kyoto | Last month, it was announced the number of visitors to Kyoto in 2014 (including day trippers) topped 55 million people, a 7.8 percent increase over 2013. The total number of foreign visitors who spent at least one night was 1.83 million, a whopping 62 percent increase over 2013. In addition, Travel + Leisure magazine n... | kyoto;tourism |
jp0000526 | [
"national",
"science-health"
] | 2015/07/19 | Tokyo hospitals to add five foreign doctors for expats | The government will allow five non-Japanese doctors to practice at four hospitals in Tokyo from around December. Their patients will be limited to non-Japanese who agree to pay full costs themselves. The move, proposed by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government and approved by the central government on June 29, is part of a ... | tokyo;tokyo 2020;doctors;st. luke 's international hospital;special zone |
jp0000527 | [
"national",
"politics-diplomacy"
] | 2015/07/26 | Hashimoto's proposed Kansai-centric party no easy sell in region, where rivalries limit appeal | OSAKA - No stranger to making headlines and raising eyebrows in politics, the fiery Toru Hashimoto did it again on July 4. The Osaka mayor, leader of the Osaka Ishin no Kai (One Osaka) local lawmaker group and founder of the whole Ishin movement told nearly 100 members of Osaka Ishin at a closed meeting: “I’m always re... | toru hashimoto;osaka;japan innovation party;ishin |
jp0000528 | [
"national"
] | 2015/07/07 | Ebisu or Yebisu: Either way, it's the beer that beckons in Tokyo neighborhood | With the long rainy season almost over, real summer is just around the corner. And after a hot sunny day, it’s time for a cold beer. Whether at a festival, to celebrate an important event, or just to close the day, a glass of Yebisu beer might perfect for the occasion. Although times have changed, Ebisu, the Tokyo dist... | beer;yebisu;at a glance;ebisu |
jp0000529 | [
"reference"
] | 2015/07/06 | Signs seen of road widening for futuristic mobility | Japan is about to take a step into the future of personal mobility by easing government regulations so that Segways and similar vehicles can be driven on public thoroughfares. Once the rules ease, which is expected in a week or so, people might see more gyroscope-based devices become part of the daily traffic scene. Le... | transportation;winglet;segway;uni-cub |
jp0000530 | [
"national",
"politics-diplomacy"
] | 2015/07/24 | Japan seen seeking U.K. help to best German bid for Aussie sub deal | A Japanese government team is in talks with at least two top British firms to help a Japanese consortium land one of the world’s most lucrative defense contracts, sources in Tokyo said, a $50 billion project to build submarines for Australia. Germany’s ThyssenKrupp (TKMS), a rival bidder, is wooing anxious members of P... | france;australia;britain;germany;submarines;japan;mhi;bae;khi;babcock |
jp0000531 | [
"national"
] | 2015/07/23 | January-June visitors from abroad rise to record 9.14 million | A record 9.14 million foreigners are estimated to have visited Japan from January to June this year, a 46 percent increase from the same period in 2014, as the country continued to attract tourists from China, Taiwan and elsewhere, government data showed Wednesday. The surge in foreign passenger arrivals, which greatly... | china;taiwan;south korea;foreign visitors;jnto |
jp0000532 | [
"national"
] | 2015/07/14 | People spending more time surfing the Web, less time watching TV | The TV has long been the dominant media source in Japan, but people here, especially younger ones, are now apparently opting to spend more time online instead, according to a recent survey by NHK. The latest survey on people’s attitudes toward TV, which is conducted every five years by NHK Broadcasting Culture Research... | internet;survey;nhk;tvs |
jp0000533 | [
"business"
] | 2015/07/25 | America still rules the world of Japan's theme parks | On July 15, Universal Studios Japan celebrated the first anniversary of its Harry Potter and the Forbidden Journey attraction, which lets visitors “experience” flying with the famous boy wizard using 4K-resolution 3-D imagery. According to the Asahi Shimbun, the theme park’s management expected the new ride to increase... | tokyo;osaka;disney;usj;theme parks |
jp0000535 | [
"world",
"offbeat-world"
] | 2015/09/05 | Alaska woman steals police car with husband handcuffed on back seat | JUNEAU, ALASKA - An Alaska woman accused of stealing a police car with her husband handcuffed in the back seat faces several charges including theft and hindering prosecution, troopers said Friday. The woman slipped into the patrol car on Wednesday and drove off while a state trooper was engaged with a passing motorist... | u.s .;police;alcohol;theft;marriage;alaska |
jp0000536 | [
"national",
"media-national"
] | 2015/09/05 | Gang split may end with a whimper, not a bang | A detective who specialized in organized crime once told me a dark joke: What type of crime occurs when a member of the yakuza kills another gangster? Answer: destruction of property. The joke perhaps reflects an unwritten premise of law enforcement in Japan: as long as gangs confine their conflict to other gangs, it’s... | kobe;yamaguchi-gumi;yakuza;organized crime;nagoya;kodo-kai;yamaken-gumi;kenichi shinoda |
jp0000537 | [
"national",
"history"
] | 2015/09/05 | Accord reached with French Indo-China; Tepco reveals atomic power generation plans; Tokyo civil servants get reusable chopsticks | 100 YEARS AGO Wednesday, Sept. 22 1915 War creates dividends for shipping company The Toyo Kisen Kaisha has to be congratulated on the prosperity of its business brought about by the war. The company, which had long been in straitened financial circumstances, is now able to declare a dividend of 12 percent on new share... | nuclear power;tepco;toyo kisen kaisha |
jp0000538 | [
"national"
] | 2015/09/02 | Sano stands by Olympics logo, denies plagiarism, retracts design 'to protect family, staff' | Kenjiro Sano, whose logo for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics was scrapped Tuesday, stood by his design but said he decided to retract the logo because he felt his design did not have the support of the public and was marring the image of the Tokyo Olympics. “I swear my design did not involve copies or plagiarism,” Sano, 43, sa... | 2020 tokyo olympics;tokyo olympics emblem;kenjiro sano;logo |
jp0000539 | [
"national"
] | 2015/09/02 | Japan no stranger to emblem, logo controversies | Incidents related to official emblems for public institutions and events in Japan, like Tuesday’s retraction of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics logo, are nothing new. In the case of Expo ’70 held in Osaka, the selection committee chose a design from 48 applications in 1966, but the decision was retracted after objections were ... | tokorozawa;eikichi yazawa;logo;expo '70 |
jp0000541 | [
"national"
] | 2015/09/20 | Nearly 70% of Japan Inc. unready to safeguard nation's new ID numbers | Most of the nation’s companies are struggling to find a way to securely store My Number — the new 12-digit social security key that will be used to access everyone’s income tax and bank account information starting next year. The search for security is making life especially difficult for small and midsize firms, which... | security;my number;cyberattack;companies |
jp0000542 | [
"national"
] | 2015/09/27 | Will bureaucrats stymie Kyoto's bid to lure central government bodies out of Tokyo? | KYOTO - Every decade or so, it seems talk arises in Japan about relocating the functions of the central government outside the capital. The reasons given are economic (it’s cheaper outside Tokyo and hosting a government agency will improve the local economy), cultural (Japan is too Tokyo-centric and relocations will re... | kyoto;government;cultural affairs agency |
jp0000543 | [
"national",
"politics-diplomacy"
] | 2015/09/27 | For Hashimoto, much at stake in name of new national party | OSAKA - What’s in a name? If you’re Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto and trying to form a new national party that will represent the region but could also become a powerful political player on issues of interest to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, pretty much everything. On Oct. 1, Ishin no To (Japan Innovation Party) co-founders ... | shinzo abe;toru hashimoto;osaka;ldp;ichiro matsui;ishin no to |
jp0000544 | [
"world",
"offbeat-world"
] | 2015/09/29 | Dating apps fire back at billboards linking them STD spread | LOS ANGELES - An AIDS health care group is defending an ad campaign in Los Angeles that links popular dating apps with the spread of sexual transmitted diseases. The AIDS Healthcare Foundation targets Tinder, a location-based dating app, and Grindr, a similar site for gay men, in billboards and bus benches that are aim... | u.s .;internet;sexuality;diseases;offbeat |
jp0000545 | [
"national",
"politics-diplomacy"
] | 2015/09/29 | U.S.-Japan environmental agreement on U.S. bases flawed, experts say | A newly signed agreement between Tokyo and Washington allowing Japanese officials access to U.S. military bases in Japan to conduct environmental surveys has flaws, experts said, questioning its effectiveness due to vague wording in the bilateral documents. The accord, signed between Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida and ... | okinawa;fumio kishida;u.s. military bases;sofa;u.s.-japan relations |
jp0000546 | [
"national",
"politics-diplomacy"
] | 2015/09/29 | Japan, U.S. sign new environment pact allowing municipal checks at U.S. military bases | WASHINGTON - Japan and the United States on Monday signed a new pact allowing local officials to enter U.S. military bases in Japan to conduct environmental surveys. Under the accord, the U.S. can also give permission for Japan to conduct soil and other relevant surveys about seven months prior to the expected return t... | fumio kishida;u.s. bases;environment;sofa;ash carter |
jp0000547 | [
"reference"
] | 2015/09/28 | Home-sharing services on the rise in Japan as owners cash in on tourist boom | For foreign tourists to Japan, staying at traditional ryokan inns is a popular way to enjoy their trips, but home-sharing services are growing as an alternative form of accommodation. Legally speaking, some home-sharing services fall in a gray zone because existing accommodation rules were drafted before such services ... | tourism;airbnb;home-sharing;accommodation;tomarina |
jp0000548 | [
"national",
"science-health"
] | 2015/09/19 | How grandma drives human evolution | Speak to professionals from various disciplines and you will notice something funny: Even when they are off duty, they tend to view the world through the lens of their professional background. For example, a psychiatrist at a dinner party might pause to think a bit about the possible neuroses of the guests. A police of... | evolution;behavior;mating;grandmothers |
jp0000549 | [
"national",
"history"
] | 2015/09/19 | Government's affinity to the universe, religion | Supposing we think of the universe this way: there is Heaven and there is Earth; nothing else — no other worlds, no gods. “Heaven” is roughly analogous to what we moderns call “Nature.” Heaven’s laws, however, unlike Nature’s, are moral, not physical. Two substances pervade this universe: ki and ri . Ki, roughly, is ma... | religion;politics;motoori norinaga;government;arai hakuseki;ogyu sorai |
jp0000550 | [
"business",
"economy-business"
] | 2015/09/26 | Inevitable looming consumption tax hike keeps the LDP awake at night | A funny thing happened on the way to the consumption tax hike. The government, it appears, has lost its nerve. Several years ago when the Liberal Democratic Party, with the urging of the Finance Ministry, adopted the previous ruling party’s plan to increase the tax from 5 to 10 percent in two stages, it sounded like bo... | tax;liberal democratic party;finance ministry;my number;consumption tax;komeito;tax rebates;retailing |
jp0000551 | [
"reference"
] | 2015/09/26 | The ups and downs of water taps | D ear Alice, Do you take plumbing questions? I ask because there is something very quirky about the faucets in the house I rent here in Japan. They are the type that mix the hot and cold water, and are controlled by a single lever. In the kitchen, you lift the handle to start the flow of water, which I consider the nor... | water taps;faucets |
jp0000552 | [
"reference"
] | 2015/09/21 | Increase in natural disasters causes fire insurance premium hike in October | In response to a number of large-scale natural disasters in recent years, which some experts attribute to climate change, there will be a hike in fire insurance premiums from October. The move comes after the General Insurance Rating Organization of Japan (GIROJ), a nonprofit body of nonlife insurance companies, decide... | disasters;insurance |
jp0000555 | [
"asia-pacific",
"offbeat-asia-pacific"
] | 2015/09/09 | Chinese 'princess' farmer guilty of fraud | BEIJING - A farmer who pretended to be a princess descended from the Qing dynasty to swindle people out of more than 2 million yuan ($315,000) has been sentenced to 13½ years in prison for fraud, a court said. Wang Fengying and her co-accused Yang Janglin said she was called “Princess Changping” and persuaded people to... | china;courts;theft;offbeat |
jp0000556 | [
"world",
"offbeat-world"
] | 2015/09/08 | Chance photograph launches Tajik gardener into local fame | DUSHANBE - A city gardens worker in the capital of Tajikistan has become a local celebrity through a chance picture taken by a visiting Romanian photographer. Internet and local TV reports about 19-year-old Munira Mirzoyeva’s inclusion in the Atlas of Beauty — an online compendium of the diversity of feminine beauty ar... | media;women;offbeat;tajikistan |
jp0000557 | [
"world",
"offbeat-world"
] | 2015/09/01 | 3,000 Philly Naked Bike Riders photo-bomb wedding shoot | PHILADELPHIA - Here comes the bride all dressed in white. And, don’t look now, but here come thousands of bicyclists not dressed in anything. Nude and body-painted participants from this year’s Philly Naked Bike Ride cruised through the wedding day photo shoot of lovebirds Ross Cohen and Blair Delson. The couple, who g... | u.s .;marriage;offbeat;stunts |
jp0000558 | [
"national"
] | 2015/09/01 | Disappointment, anger over Olympic logo 'embarrassment' | Many people reacted with disappointment and anger after the logo for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics was scrapped amid accusations of plagiarism. “It is an embarrassment of Japan to have caused such a stir. The emblem should be remade from scratch,” said Norihiro Murakami, 47, of Sapporo, which hosted the 1972 Winter Olympics.... | tokyo 2020;2020 olympics;2020 tokyo olympics;tokyo olympics emblem;kenjiro sano |
jp0000559 | [
"national"
] | 2015/09/01 | Tateishi outwardly nondescript but grilled fare, comraderie offer inner glow | About 30 people young and old make a line in front of a small izakaya pub that offers grilled innards at 2 p.m. on a weekday in the Tateishi district of Katsushika Ward, Tokyo — an odd sight perhaps for first-timers, but a daily one for regulars. At a glance, Uchida may seem like an old izakaya in a shabby shopping arc... | izakaya;tateishi;katsushika;uchida;sushi masa |
jp0000560 | [
"national"
] | 2015/09/01 | Contested Tokyo 2020 Olympic logo scrapped amid plagiarism claim | In another humiliating reversal over preparations for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, the organizing committee on Tuesday scrapped the official logo after critics howled plagiarism. The committee said it would immediately launch a competition to design a new logo but underscored that it did not decide to pull the first emblem... | tokyo 2020;emblem;kenjiro sano;logo;olivier debie |
jp0000561 | [
"world",
"offbeat-world"
] | 2015/09/06 | Dog lost in Yellowstone National Park found 42 days later | YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, WYOMING - Yellowstone National Park is known for its wildlife, including bears and wolves. But for six weeks, one animal that roamed the park didn’t belong there. An Australian shepherd named Jade was found in the Canyon area Friday, 42 days after she went missing. “She’s skin and bones, but ... | animals;pets |
jp0000563 | [
"national"
] | 2015/09/24 | Hashimoto gets typically Trump on protests | Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto is many things to many people, but nobody doubts his skill in the art of provocation. “There are 100 million voters in Japan,” he said recently. “What percent of them are protesting in front of the Diet? The number is insignificant. I’m not denying their right to protest. But it’s wrong for t... | toru hashimoto;security;protests;sealds |
jp0000564 | [
"national",
"politics-diplomacy"
] | 2015/09/15 | Security bills won't allow for Hormuz minesweeping, Abe says | The administration does not view minesweeping operations in the Strait of Hormuz as one of the possible actions that the Self-Defense Forces would carry out if the national security bills are enacted, according to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. “Considering the current international circumstances, we are not expecting that... | shinzo abe;self defense forces;miitary;minesweeping;strait of hormuz;security bills |
jp0000565 | [
"business",
"economy-business"
] | 2015/09/12 | Japan's treasury hopes flat-rate beer tax will drive drinkers to maltier fare and pad coffers | It’s not clear if the writer of an article that appeared on the English-language website of the Asahi Shimbun recently got his own joke, but by saying that the Finance Ministry is “creating a buzz” by proposing to lower the alcohol tax on beer, he got to the heart of the matter. The government hopes that more people wi... | taxes;retailers;supermarkets;drinking |
jp0000566 | [
"national"
] | 2015/09/14 | Stores fire up their networks to quickly send aid to flood areas | Following torrential rain that triggered massive flooding in the northeast and led to the evacuation of thousands of people, major retailers and convenience store operators rushed to deliver supplies for those affected by the disaster. When news broke Thursday that the collapse of the banks of the Kinugawa River caused... | tochigi;aeon;floods;ibaraki;lawson;heavy rain;family mart;joso |
jp0000567 | [
"reference"
] | 2015/09/25 | Detecting breast cancer is not an exact science | Former professional wrestler-turned TV personality Akira Hokuto, 48, made headlines this week when she announced on Wednesday she had been diagnosed with breast cancer. She had surgery to remove her right breast on Thursday. Hokuto revealed in her blog that the diagnosis came as a shock to her, as she had undergone mam... | cancer;akira hokuto;breats;mammography |
jp0000569 | [
"national"
] | 2015/08/04 | IOC chief Bach welcomes Sapporo as potential 2026 Winter Olympics host | KUALA LUMPUR - International Olympic Committee chief Thomas Bach on Monday welcomed Sapporo’s potential bid to host the 2026 Winter Olympics and played down Japanese concerns that the city will be at a disadvantage given that East Asia already has the 2018 and 2022 Winter Games. Asked whether the IOC thought the Games ... | sapporo;ioc;thomas bach;2026 winter olympics |
jp0000570 | [
"national"
] | 2015/08/04 | Escape Tokyo's baking heat with a cool trek up Mount Takao | Mount Takao, located in Hachioji about an hour west of central Tokyo by train, is a popular destination for day-tripping hikers. It is surprising to know about 1,600 species of plants live on the not-so-high 599-meter mountain. They account for about 30 percent of all plant species in the country, according to the moun... | tourism;mount takao |
jp0000571 | [
"world",
"offbeat-world"
] | 2015/08/02 | Texas man shoots armadillo, gets hit in face by bullet ricochet | DALLAS - An East Texas man was wounded after he fired a gun at an armadillo in his yard and the bullet ricocheted back to hit him in his face, the county sheriff said Friday. Cass County Sheriff Larry Rowe said the man, who was not identified, went outside his home in Marietta, southwest of Texarkana, at around 3 a.m. ... | guns;u.s .;accidents;animals;offbeat |
jp0000573 | [
"world",
"offbeat-world"
] | 2015/08/27 | California man bitten by rattlesnake he picked up for photo: local media | LOS ANGELES - A Southern California man who picked up a rattlesnake to pose for a photograph was badly hurt when the reptile bit him on the hand, a Los Angeles television station reported. Alex Gomez, 36, was bitten on Monday by the 4-foot (1.2-meter) rattler in a field at his family’s ranch in Lake Elsinore, a communi... | u.s .;accidents;california;animals;offbeat |
jp0000574 | [
"world",
"offbeat-world"
] | 2015/08/29 | Air guitarists strum it out for world title: Russian wins, reigning Japanese champion slips | OULU, FINLAND - In a sweaty, dark clubhouse in northern Finland, people were jerking, jumping and screaming into the early hours Friday while moving their fingers with precision through the air. To the sound of blasting rock music, they were battling it out for a spot in the final of a competition that is now in its 20... | music;finland;offbeat |
jp0000575 | [
"reference"
] | 2015/08/10 | Photochemical smog creeps back on hot, still days | As searing hot days continue this summer, heatstroke and heat exhaustion have sent record numbers of people to hospitals. Drink lots of water, stay indoors and use air-conditioning, doctors say. But if you have irritated eyes or a sore throat, or feel dizzy or nauseated after being outside on a hot, windless day, you m... | pm2.5;photochemical smog |
jp0000576 | [
"reference"
] | 2015/08/31 | No exit in sight from Futenma quagmire, where local resentment is deep | In early August, it appeared Okinawa Gov. Takeshi Onaga might use his authority to cancel permission for the central government’s landfill work on a U.S. facility in Henoko, where personnel from the U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma are supposed to be relocated. Before Onaga could make a formal announcement, Chief ... | okinawa;henoko;u.s. military base;u.s.-japan relations |
jp0000577 | [
"world",
"offbeat-world"
] | 2015/08/30 | Naked, body-painted bicyclists ride through Philadelphia | PHILADELPHIA - Thousands of bicyclists in various stages of undress pedaled their way around Philadelphia to promote fuel conservation and positive body image. The Philly Naked Bike Ride on Saturday featured people sporting masks, underwear, body paint, glitter or nothing at all. A lot of riders wore just their shoes. ... | transportation;climate;u.s .;emissions;conservation |
jp0000578 | [
"world",
"offbeat-world"
] | 2015/08/30 | Sales of unearthed Atari games total more than $100,000 | ALAMOGORDO, NEW MEXICO - A cache of Atari game cartridges dug up in a New Mexico landfill last year has generated more than $100,000 in sales over the last several months. The April 2014 dig ended speculation surrounding an urban legend that Atari had discarded hundreds of games, including “E.T. The Extraterrestrial,” ... | film;games;computers |
jp0000579 | [
"business",
"economy-business"
] | 2015/08/08 | Japan's elderly boomers squeezed to pay more as care facilities struggle | Japan suffers from a shortage of nursing care facilities for the elderly, despite the fact that demand is rising rapidly as the boomer generation enters its dotage. The shortage is particularly acute in Tokyo, where local governments are trying to ship poorer old people off to the countryside because there is no room f... | retirement;old age |
jp0000580 | [
"world"
] | 2015/08/01 | Bin Laden relatives reportedly killed in British plane crash | LONDON - A private jet crashed in southern England on Friday, killing four people on board, a spokesman for the Hampshire police service said, and Saudi and British media said the passengers were relatives of deceased al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden. A spokeswoman for the British police said: “There were no survivors, ... | u.s .;terrorism;italy;saudi arabia;osama bin laden;england;milan |
jp0000581 | [
"world",
"offbeat-world"
] | 2015/08/01 | 164 skydivers in formation smash world record above Illinois | OTTAWA, ILLINOIS - Traveling at speeds of up to 240 mph (almost 400 kph), 164 skydivers flying head-down built the largest ever vertical skydiving formation Friday over central Illinois, smashing the previous record. It took the international team 13 attempts to beat the 2012 mark set by 138 skydivers. The formation, r... | u.s .;illinois;sport;skydiver |
jp0000582 | [
"national",
"media-national"
] | 2015/08/01 | Crime report suggests the yakuza are evolving | It appears the National Police Agency is serious about cracking down on organized crime. The annual White Paper on Crime, published this year on July 24, created its first separate section on organized crime since 2008 — the same year law enforcement officials acknowledged that organized crime had moved so far into the... | yamaguchi-gumi;yakuza;fraud;national police agency;extortion;white paper on crime |
jp0000583 | [
"national",
"history"
] | 2015/08/01 | Steamer races German submarine; suspected foreign spies arrested; Indoor angling curbs urged; Tokyo regrets Iraq invasion of Kuwait | 100 YEARS AGO Friday, Aug. 13, 1915 Steamer races German submarine near France On the morning of July 1, the N.Y.K.S. Kitano Maru, having passed the Straits of Gibraltar, was steaming across the Bay of Biscay toward the English Channel. The vessel was making 11.5 knots, and was about to enter the channel when a German ... | iraq;espionage;fishing;iraq war |
jp0000584 | [
"business"
] | 2015/08/06 | Smart absolutions: Send off your sins with just one click | Advances in technology have enabled us to converse with anyone, anywhere, and globally distribute information — and unlimited cat pictures! — in the blink of an eye. Now, thanks to an online service from National Depart’s Kitokami , we can be rid of our sins with a click of a button. Kitokami users have two options. Sm... | smartphones;apps;shinto;kojiki;japan pulse;ooharae |
jp0000585 | [
"business",
"tech"
] | 2015/08/06 | Line's AI program captures hearts with lifelike personality | An artificial intelligence program posing as a sweet and innocent schoolgirl has captured the hearts of young men nationwide, with some smitten users even declaring their love for their new “girlfriend.” In an echo of the 2013 movie “Her,” in which a man falls in love with his smartphone’s talking operating system, the... | smartphones;microsoft;apps;line;artificial intelligence;ai;rinna |
jp0000586 | [
"reference"
] | 2015/08/24 | Japan backs next-generation 8K technology ahead of 2020 Games | Besides its main focus on competitive sports, the Olympics also offer an opportunity to boost the host nation’s technology. Back in 1964 when Tokyo hosted its first Summer Games, color-TV sets were growing in popularity and eventually became a standard fixture in Japanese homes. Now as the nation gets ready to host the... | television;broadcasting;2020 tokyo olympics;8k |
jp0000587 | [
"business",
"economy-business"
] | 2015/08/23 | Chinese shoppers keep Japan's tills ringing | According to the English-language Japan news site RocketNews 24, a few weeks ago two families got into a fight at a large retail outlet in Kobe over disposable diapers. Both families had come to the store when it opened in order to buy as many diapers as they could, only to discover that the store had already sold out.... | china;tourism;china-japan relations;department stores;retailers;shopping |
jp0000588 | [
"national"
] | 2015/08/23 | As Hashimoto's reign nears end, a divisive legacy remains | OSAKA - Assuming he does not once again change his mind and seek re-election, the curtain on Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto’s local political career falls on Nov. 22, when voters elect a new mayor and governor. The two local races are, first and foremost, a test of whether the Hashimoto-led “Ishin” movement has the capacit... | toru hashimoto;osaka;ishin |
jp0000589 | [
"national"
] | 2015/08/23 | Top-heavy, nuke-clinging Kepco faces liberated electricity market | OSAKA - News that 7-Eleven stores in the Kansai region will trade Kansai Electric Power Co.’s electricity in favor of cheaper electricity from Tokyo Electric Power Co. has locals wondering if Kepco’s six-decade monopoly over Kansai’s electricity supply might be ending. From October, about 1,000 Seven-Eleven Japan Co. L... | tepco;kepco;kansai;electricity;seven-eleven |
jp0000590 | [
"national",
"science-health"
] | 2015/08/15 | Psychology is where real radiation risks lie | Misinformation breeds discrimination. As if it wasn’t enough to experience the trauma of a nuclear bomb, many hibakusha (atomic bomb survivors) also faced appalling discrimination. It appears their children and grandchildren still do — as do those who were caught up in the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear disaster in 2011. Prob... | wwii;nagasaki;hiroshima;discrimination;hibakusha;atomic bombings |
jp0000591 | [
"national",
"history"
] | 2015/08/15 | The fraught debate over science and divinity | Truth is a sordid business. It brings nations down to earth, cuts people down to size. Why honor it, therefore? Why esteem it above myth, which does the opposite, raising nations to the gods and turning ordinary, unremarkable people into subjects of divine rulers? Japan, the ancient chronicles tell us, is “the land of ... | religion;divinity;emporer |
jp0000593 | [
"national",
"politics-diplomacy"
] | 2015/08/13 | Five ex-prime ministers rap Abe over his push for security bills | Five former prime ministers harshly criticized current Prime Minister Shinzo Abe over his push for security bills that would greatly expand the role of the Self-Defense Forces overseas, according to their statements collected by a group of former journalists. The group of about 50 former reporters for newspaper publish... | shinzo abe;constitution;opposition;security bills;ex-prime ministers |
jp0000594 | [
"national",
"media-national"
] | 2015/01/03 | The biggest terrorism threat in Japan | Remember how the government said Japan needed a state secrets law to protect it from acts of terrorism? Which is more dangerous: a government bureaucrat, a journalist or a worker in a nuclear power plant that may be crazy or a criminal? Answer: anyone but the nuclear power plant worker. The Japan Federation of Bar Asso... | nuclear energy;state secrets law |
jp0000595 | [
"national",
"history"
] | 2015/01/03 | Debate over WW1 role; 21 Nazis snatched off Yokohama; new Red China policy adopted; Nagasaki mayor shot | 100 YEARS AGO Tuesday, Jan. 26, 1915 Debate over role in European conflict Amid many rumors and arguments about Japanese participation in the European war, two things are certain — namely, that Great Britain does not like it, and that Japan is ready to participate the moment its ally requests it. German diplomacy is do... | china;nagasaki;germany;communism;world war i;eisaku sato;hitoshi motoshima |
jp0000596 | [
"asia-pacific",
"offbeat-asia-pacific"
] | 2015/01/04 | Sexy China TV drama busted, returns to air more sedate | BEIJING - A Chinese television drama that was pulled off the air after the female characters appeared on screen showing cleavage has returned to the screen, though this time showing only the actresses’ heads, state news agency Xinhua said on Saturday. The drama, “The Empress of China” also known as the “Saga of Wu Zeti... | china;television;scandals |
jp0000599 | [
"world",
"politics-diplomacy-world"
] | 2015/01/05 | Obama to travel to drum up policy support as Republicans take over Congress | WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama plans to travel around the U.S. as the newly Republican-controlled Congress arrives in Washington, promoting his policies from easing immigration rules to boosting the economy through spending on infrastructure. The president will begin a three-state swing on Wednesday in Detroit, th... | barack obama;congress;immigration;health care;republicans;policies |
jp0000600 | [
"national"
] | 2015/01/18 | Stealth tech no given in Japanese sub deal | Retired Vice Admiral Masao Kobayashi commanded Japan’s submarine fleet from 2007 to 2009. In a recent interview in Tokyo with The Japan Times, when asked to explain one of the country’s most tightly guarded military secrets, he seemed reflective. Kobayashi pointed to the ceiling lights in the quiet interview room and s... | submarines;australia-japan relations |
jp0000604 | [
"national"
] | 2015/01/17 | Reflections on the Kobe quake two decades on | This year, thousands of Japanese around the country celebrated Coming-of-Age Day. In Kobe, however, the occasion was especially poignant, as those who will turn 20 this year were just days old or, most likely, born after the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake of Jan. 17, 1995. The first generation of adults who never exper... | kobe;kobe quake;great hanshin-awaji earthquake |
jp0000607 | [
"national"
] | 2015/01/26 | Entrepreneur's pet protection center takes shape in Iwate | Ayumi Tanaka is crazy about pets. Ever since she was a child, she has pondered the problem of the thousands of stray dogs and cats that get put down every year and has wondered how she might help to save them. Last spring, she purchased around 40 hectares of land in Takizawa, Iwate Prefecture, and set about building Pe... | iwate prefecture;pets;dogs;cats |
jp0000608 | [
"national",
"media-national"
] | 2015/01/31 | Crime and punishment: Abe's Mideast crisis | In general, crime prevention is a good thing — it helps stop crime. By punishing people for minor transgressions, you stop them from committing larger misdemeanors and discourage crime overall. If the principle is applied blindly, however, it can produce some awkward results. Tokyo police raided the home of journalist ... | shinzo abe;haruna yukawa;kenji goto;is hostage crisis;kosuke tsuneoka |
jp0000609 | [
"national",
"history"
] | 2015/01/31 | German prisoners 'fare better than Russians'; Emperor urges cooperation; Sato promotes peace; Gorbachev accepts multiparty system | 100 YEARS AGO Wednesday, Feb. 3, 1915 German prisoners ‘fare better than Russians’ The German prisoners of war in Japan fare far better than the Russian ones did 10 years ago, says a high officer of the Army, and that is largely due to the decisions of the Hague Conference to pay their salaries on top of other allowanc... | russia;germany;vietnam war;mikhail gorbachev;world war i;eisaku sato |
jp0000613 | [
"world"
] | 2015/01/24 | U.S. says it's not clear after Cuba talks if new reform-promotion policy will work | HAVANA - The highest-ranking U.S. official to visit Cuba in more than three decades said Friday that two days of talks on re-establishing full diplomatic relations had left her with no sense of whether the new U.S. policy of engagement would achieve its goal of generating reforms that benefit the Cuban people. The Obam... | u.s .;barack obama;rights;cuba;reforms;normalization talks;policies |
jp0000615 | [
"national",
"crime-legal"
] | 2015/01/13 | Mizuho Bank ex-employee arrested for illegally withdrawing ¥12 million in elderly depositor's cash | YOKOHAMA - A former Mizuho Bank employee was arrested Monday for allegedly drawing at least ¥12 million illegally from a customer’s deposits and spending lavishly on bars and night clubs, police said. Shinya Takagawa, 46, who was at the bank’s branch office in Sagamihara, Kanagawa Prefecture, was already fired in Decem... | fraud;banks;mizuho bank |
jp0000618 | [
"business",
"corporate-business"
] | 2015/06/04 | Sharp to trim base salaries as much as 2%, seek early retirement | OSAKA - Struggling electronics firm Sharp Corp. plans to cut base salaries by 1 to 2 percent from August through March next year in a cost-cutting effort to return to profitability, sources close to the matter say. The plan, which its labor union has been informed of, comes after Sharp fell into the red again in the bu... | electronics;job cuts;restructuring;shapr |
jp0000619 | [
"national",
"media-national"
] | 2015/06/04 | Bra-maker's Cinderella Taxis aim to deliver the perfect fit | If you’re sick of waiting for your pumpkin to turn into a carriage, hail a Cinderella Taxi to get a little extra bibbidi-bobbidi-boo in your life. Coming to Tokyo in June and Osaka in July, this special taxi offers riders bra fittings and makeover services to spread the magic of lingerie-maker Wacoal and its Cinderella... | beauty;wacoal;taxis;make-up;japan pulse |
jp0000620 | [
"business"
] | 2015/06/05 | India's blocking imports of U.S. poultry, eggs is unfair, WTO rules | WASHINGTON - The World Trade Organization has upheld a ruling that India is unfairly blocking imports of U.S. poultry and eggs. The Obama administration called the decision a major victory that should greatly expand export opportunities for American farmers. The ruling announced Thursday by the Geneva-based WTO’s appel... | barack obama;tpp;wto;imports;eggs;u.s. poultry;tom vilsack |
jp0000621 | [
"national"
] | 2015/06/02 | Shibamata offers a step back into a Tora-san time warp | Tokyo’s Shibamata district has preserved much of its townscape, which is reminiscent of old downtown Tokyo. The Katsushika Ward district located in the eastern-most part of Tokyo, a 20-minute train ride from Asakusa Station on the Keisei Line, is perhaps best known as the hometown of Torajiro Kuruma, the hero of the “O... | shibamata;otoko wa tsuraiyo;kiyoshi astumi;shibamata taishakuten |
jp0000622 | [
"national",
"science-health"
] | 2015/06/20 | Medaka: the fish that helps us understand gender | The diminutive medaka (Japanese rice fish) have been kept as pets since the Edo Period (1603-1868). They are hardy animals, an important quality for a pet, and they naturally occur in a variety of colors, including gold. They have distinctive, some say attractive, eyes (for a fish) — indeed, medaka in Japanese means “w... | gender;reproduction;medaka |
jp0000624 | [
"national"
] | 2015/06/20 | Abe and Hashimoto's political dance will have to avoid stepping on any toes | One month after Osaka voters said no, just barely, to his pet project of fundamentally restructuring the municipal government, Mayor Toru Hashimoto finds himself courted by an increasingly anxious Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who hopes to borrow whatever is left of Hashimoto’s influence in the Japan Innovation Party, and... | shinzo abe;toru hashimoto;komeito |
jp0000625 | [
"business"
] | 2015/06/27 | Home electronics market loses its spark | On May 25, Yamada Denki Co., the largest home electronics retailer in Japan, announced that it would be closing 46 outlets. Given that the stores had been losing money for at least a year and Yamada operates more than 1,000, the announcement wasn’t surprising, though the swiftness of its actions was. The targeted store... | yamada denki;home electronics |
jp0000626 | [
"business",
"economy-business"
] | 2015/06/29 | Value of household assets inflates to ¥1.708 quadrillion, thanks to BOJ strategy | Financial assets held by Japanese households came to a record high of ¥1.708 quadrillion at the end of March, up 5.2 percent from a year earlier, as a weak yen and rising share prices boosted their value, the Bank of Japan said Monday. The key stock index has risen to 18-year highs on robust earnings while the yen’s fa... | yen;stocks;investments;assets |
jp0000627 | [
"reference"
] | 2015/06/29 | Law gets serious about cycling safety | Bicycle use is growing along with greater public awareness of health and environmental issues, with cities around the country beginning to rent them out to visitors who are eager to tour Japan on the cheap. But this has triggered a rise in fatal accidents caused by reckless cyclists, who are often taken to court and or... | accidents;cyclists;regulations |
jp0000629 | [
"national"
] | 2015/06/10 | Higher Japanese proficiency urged for foreign nursing care interns | The Society for Teaching Japanese as a Foreign Language asked the government Monday to toughen a Japanese-language proficiency requirement for foreign nursing care interns. The request came after an advisory panel for the Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry lowered the requirement for foreigners before undergoing on-the... | nihongo;nurses;language teachers |
jp0000630 | [
"business",
"corporate-business"
] | 2015/06/19 | Sony, Panasonic cling to TVs, betting on halo effect of premium sets | Japan’s once-mighty electronics-makers have lost billions of dollars from TVs, but Sony Corp. and Panasonic Corp. won’t quit, saying retreating from the world’s living rooms would close the door to more promising businesses. Consumer electronics account for a shrinking portion of income after restructuring focused Sony... | sony;panasonic;tvs;4-k tvs;samsong electronics;lg electronics |
jp0000631 | [
"national"
] | 2015/06/21 | Suspicion tarnishes 50th anniversary of Japanese-South Korean ties | As Japan and South Korea mark 50 years since the normalization of postwar bilateral relations Monday, the anniversary is unlikely to yield much to celebrate. Relations between the two Asian powerhouses are at possibly the lowest point since the end of the war. According to a May poll by the Yomiuri Shimbun, 73 percent ... | colonial rule;park chung hee;south korea-japan relations |
jp0000632 | [
"national"
] | 2015/06/21 | Time running out for South Korean 'comfort women' as average age approaches 90 | Year after year, their numbers dwindle. Now, with the average age of former “comfort women” in South Korea approaching 90, time is running out. The Japanese government has been pressed for years to offer compensation money and extend more sincere apologies to the women, who were forced en masse into Japanese military b... | comfort women;tomiichi murayama;south korea-japan relations |
jp0000633 | [
"national",
"history"
] | 2015/06/21 | Signing of 1965 normalization treaty sparked sharp contrast in reactions | Fifty years ago, when Japan and South Korea signed a treaty to normalize diplomatic ties on June 22, 1965, their leaders toasted the signing in Tokyo as police in Seoul tear-gassed thousands of protesters and politicians who were opposing the move, according to archived reports by The Japan Times. The treaty is “an exa... | south korea;japan;treaty;archive |
jp0000634 | [
"reference"
] | 2015/06/08 | Sincere climate pledge or 'sleight of hand'? | Last week, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s Cabinet announced Japan would reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by 26 percent by 2030, based on 2013 levels. The plan will be presented to delegates at a United Nations conference on climate change in Paris this December. The goal is strongly supported by Japanese utilities and ... | emissions;climate change;environment |
jp0000635 | [
"business",
"corporate-business"
] | 2015/06/01 | Auto sales slide 7.6% in May on minicar tax | Auto sales in May fell 7.6 percent to 335,644 units from a year ago as the April tax hike on minivehicles weighed on demand, industry bodies said Monday. Minicar sales sank 19.6 percent to 125,755 units, down for the fifth consecutive month, the Japan Light Motor Vehicle and Motorcycle Association said. Minivehicles, w... | car sales;autos;minicars |
jp0000636 | [
"reference"
] | 2015/06/01 | E-textbooks to open digital can of worms | As the world goes digital, many schools are trying to introduce digital materials into the classroom to encourage studying and meet the needs of students’ increasingly diverse needs. In May, the education ministry formed a panel to discuss the use of digital textbooks and whether to replace the physical ones. It is als... | education;computers;information technology;digital textbooks |
jp0000637 | [
"national",
"media-national"
] | 2015/06/06 | Law still a long way behind fertility boom | As the population declines, the number of domestic businesses involved in fertility is growing, giving birth to a slew of additional problems. Government statistics show the country’s population dropped by 215,000 last year, as people are waiting longer to get married and have children. The situation is causing so much... | birthrate;fertility;ivf;fertility treatment |
jp0000638 | [
"national",
"history"
] | 2015/06/06 | Japan goods popular in India; Nazis roll into Paris; mine death toll passes 160; Japan passes U.S. as top donor | 100 YEARS AGO Tuesday, June 15, 1915 Japanese goods find a new market in India A new market for Japanese goods is now found in India, as can be seen from the story of Mr. Shoda, an expert in the department of Agriculture and Commerce, who has just returned from a visit there. Mr. Shoda went to India last December with ... | india;accidents;mining;paris;world war ii;fukuoka;germany wwii;yamano colliery;overseas aid |
jp0000639 | [
"asia-pacific",
"offbeat-asia-pacific"
] | 2015/06/23 | China's dog meat festival draws rare criticism | YULIN, CHINA - For many residents of the town of Yulin in southern China, the peak of summer is the perfect time to get together with family and friends — and consume copious amounts of dog meat. Thousands of dogs are expected to end up on the chopping block during the city’s annual dog meat festival, which has become ... | china;food;animals |
jp0000640 | [
"national"
] | 2015/06/15 | Hate speech may lack clear definition but Kansai trying to squelch it | OSAKA - More than two years after the anti-Korean group Zaitokukai made international headlines with racial slurs and threats of violence, local governments around Japan are making it far more difficult for any group attacking minorities to operate. As of last month, over 100 prefectural, city, town and village assembl... | kansai;hate speech |
jp0000641 | [
"national"
] | 2015/06/15 | Key aviation official loses computer while sleeping on train | The transport ministry says one of its senior officials lost a bag containing a work computer used and a list of emergency contact information for ministry staff, another embarrassment for the government following a recent massive leak of pension data. Police are investigating the incident as a case of possible theft, ... | land;tablets;theft;infrastructure;mlit |
jp0000642 | [
"national"
] | 2015/06/15 | Osaka's assault on ethnic invective stalls | OSAKA - With last week’s decision by the Osaka Municipal Assembly to delay a decision on what would have been Japan’s first city ordinance to combat hate speech and to issue a nonbinding statement instead, local legal efforts to crack down on racist rhetoric have slowed. Although the assembly may take up the issue agai... | toru hashimoto;osaka;hate speech |
jp0000643 | [
"business",
"economy-business"
] | 2015/06/13 | Suntory gains ground in battle of the machines | At the end of May, Suntory Beverage & Food Ltd. announced it would buy Japan Tobacco Inc.’s drinks vending machine subsidiary in July. At a news conference to explain the deal, Suntory President Nobuhiro Torii said the purchase would help his company achieve its goal of becoming the biggest-selling beverage maker in Ja... | japan tobacco;suntory;soft drinks;coca-cola |
jp0000644 | [
"reference"
] | 2015/06/22 | Shima has high hopes for long-term windfall from G-7 meet | Just before departing for this year’s Group of Seven summit in Germany earlier this month, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announced that Shima, situated at the end of a peninsula in Mie Prefecture, will be the main venue for next year’s annual gathering. The announcement elated local residents, because the short but lucrati... | ise shrine;mie;g7 summit;ise-shima summit |
jp0000645 | [
"world",
"crime-legal-world"
] | 2015/12/03 | Prince Harry sees carcasses of poached rhino, calf in 'major killing field' South African park | JOHANNESBURG - Britain’s Prince Harry saw the carcasses of a slaughtered rhino and her calf during a visit Wednesday to South Africa’s Kruger National Park, which has been hard hit by poachers. Harry also stepped into a conservation debate in South Africa, saying he believes legalization of the rhino horn trade will “a... | prince harry;south africa;poaching;rhinos;ivory trade |
jp0000646 | [
"national"
] | 2015/12/04 | Probe launched over abrupt change in MSDF's next chopper pick | A special unit under the defense minister is investigating whistleblower information that the Maritime Self-Defense Force’s preferred choice for its next-generation utility helicopters, Defense Minister Gen Nakatani admitted Friday. Although the minister declined to elaborate, ministry sources said Thursday that the MS... | investigation;msdf;helicopter;japan;whistle-blower;mhi;khi |
jp0000647 | [
"national",
"media-national"
] | 2015/12/05 | A quick lesson on sexual harassment in schools | When you find criticism of your country disturbing, the best way to dismiss it is to find a flaw in the critique and use it to justify dismissing the rest of the evidence as well. Sometimes it works, but only if people don’t really do their homework. Take, for example, sukūru sekuhara, which means “school sexual harass... | sexual harassment;mitaka;sex education;maud de boer-buquicchio |
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