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jp0010938 | [
"national",
"politics-diplomacy"
] | 2016/01/20 | Diet OK looms on bill to rectify rules that currently would prevent some young people from voting | Ruling and opposition parties agreed Tuesday to pass a bill soon to enable people aged 18 or 19 to vote in the House of Councilors election this summer even if they change their address shortly before the election. Japan is set to lower the voting age from 20 to 18 on June 19, and the Upper House election, likely to ta... | upper house election;voters;japan;voting age;ruling bloc;addresses;voter lists |
jp0010939 | [
"world"
] | 2016/01/18 | Several U.S. contractors missing in Iraq | BAGHDAD - The U.S. Embassy said Sunday that “several” Americans have gone missing in Iraq, after local media reported that three Americans had been kidnapped in the Iraqi capital. U.S. Embassy spokesman Scott Bolz said, “We are working in full cooperation with Iraqi authorities to locate the missing Americans.” Bolz di... | u.s .;iraq;insurgencies |
jp0010940 | [
"asia-pacific",
"offbeat-asia-pacific"
] | 2016/01/18 | Hun Sen chooses Singapore for checkup but says it's no comment on Cambodian health care | PHNOM PENH - Cambodia’s leader has gone to Singapore for an annual medical checkup, but has pointed out that this doesn’t mean he doesn’t trust the Cambodian health care system. In a message on his Facebook page Monday, Prime Minister Hun Sen said he has no critical illness and sought a checkup after spending “day and ... | singapore;cambodia;hun sen |
jp0010941 | [
"reference"
] | 2016/01/18 | Rescues point to dangers of searching out backcountry powder | Backcountry skiing and snowboarding have come under scrutiny after the recent rescue of two groups of skiers stranded in mountains in Nagano and Fukushima prefectures. Japan’s powder-covered mountains are attracting skiers and snowboarders from overseas, but the risk of being stranded, injured, or killed by an avalanch... | fukushima;nagano;skiing;snow;fyi;snowboarding;rescues;backcountry |
jp0010942 | [
"world",
"politics-diplomacy-world"
] | 2016/01/27 | Syrian opposition sets new conditions, casting uncertainty on peace talks slated for Friday | BEIRUT - One of the major opposition blocs in the Syrian war said Wednesday that it was unlikely to attend imminent Geneva peace talks, specifying it would only join negotiations if sieges in the country are lifted and other conditions are met. The announcement cast further uncertainty on peace talks scheduled to begin... | syria;opposition;talks |
jp0010943 | [
"world",
"offbeat-world"
] | 2016/01/27 | Man unwittingly triggers Rome security alert with toy gun | ROME - A man who unwittingly caused a major alert at Rome’s central station by wandering through the terminus holding a toy gun handed himself into police on Tuesday after his mother recognized him from security video. Police evacuated the vast station on Monday evening after receiving panicked calls that a lone gunman... | terrorism;rome |
jp0010944 | [
"national"
] | 2016/01/27 | JR West chief gives blessing to Obama-Kyoto extension of Hokuriku Shinkansen Line | OSAKA - A plan by West Japan Railway Co. to the build an extension of the Hokuriku Shinkansen Line between Obama, Fukui Prefecture, and the city of Kyoto has emerged as the front-runner in a tightly contested race, after the railway firm’s president gave it his blessing. However, with July’s Upper House election loomin... | bullet trains;hokuriku shinkansen |
jp0010945 | [
"world",
"offbeat-world"
] | 2016/01/11 | Public transit riders in 60 countries strip to undies for No Pants Day | NEW YORK - Thousands of New Yorkers thought it was a hot thing Sunday to strip to their underwear during winter and ride on public transportation, along with pantsless crowds in about 60 countries. “I’m a no-pant virgin,” declared a grinning Miguel Ramos amid New York’s No Pants Subway Ride. It was the Mexican-born res... | transportation;stunts |
jp0010946 | [
"national",
"politics-diplomacy"
] | 2016/01/11 | Abe goes home to meet with supporters | Prime Minister Shinzo Abe went home Monday to Yamaguchi Prefecture to whip up support from his base, telling them he plans to win the Upper House election this summer and underscored the importance of the Trans-Pacific Partnership. “In order to achieve results, we need a stable basis. We have to win the Upper House ele... | shinzo abe;tpp;upper house election |
jp0010947 | [
"reference"
] | 2016/01/11 | Abe's constitutional revision hopes ride on July election, right-leaning opposition cooperation | Japan’s postwar pacifism will face a critical challenge this year that could drastically change the course of this country forever: the July Upper House election. Right-leaning parties, most notably the ruling Liberal Democratic Party led by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, will try to capture more than two-thirds of the 242... | shinzo abe;liberal democratic party;constitution;upper house election |
jp0010948 | [
"national",
"politics-diplomacy"
] | 2016/01/29 | Japan at risk if West unable to confront growing geopolitical threats, says analyst | DAVOS, SWITZERLAND - The world can expect more geopolitical conflicts that will also impact Japan if Western powers fail to tackle global issues such as the Syrian refugee crisis and the rise of terrorism, according to leading political risk analyst Ian Bremmer. “I think the real worry about the geopolitical environmen... | india;terrorism;syria;davos;refugees;wef;ian bremmer;eurasia group |
jp0010949 | [
"national",
"politics-diplomacy"
] | 2016/01/29 | Rules fixed for new voters deprived of chance to cast ballot due to changes of address | A law addressing a flaw in Japan’s voting rules was enacted in the Diet Thursday ahead of the lowering of the voting age to 18 from 20, ensuring new voters will not miss the chance to cast ballots just because they have changed their addresses before an election. The revised Public Offices Election Law is expected to g... | diet;upper house election;japan;voting age |
jp0010950 | [
"national"
] | 2016/01/29 | Rengo to focus on monthly pay in wage-hike talks, not annual income | This year’s shunto spring wage talks should focus on raising monthly pay rather than annual pay, Rikio Kozu, president of the Japanese Trade Union Confederation (Rengo), said in an interview Thursday. Keidanren called on member companies to raise annual pay, including bonuses and allowances. Kozu said higher monthly pa... | keidanren;rengo;shunto;wage talks;rikio kozu |
jp0010951 | [
"national",
"science-health"
] | 2016/01/16 | Murakami is right about jazz and the brain | “Music brings a warm glow to my vision, thawing mind and muscle from their endless wintering.” The above line is from the English translation of Haruki Murakami’s 1985 novel, “Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World.” It offers a theory on the way in which the brain perceives the world. Famous for his wildly su... | music;creativity |
jp0010953 | [
"national"
] | 2016/01/28 | Japan unveils first homegrown stealth fighter prototype | A prototype of the first Japan-made stealth fighter was unveiled to the media Thursday at a Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. factory in central Japan. The Defense Ministry’s Acquisition, Technology and Logistics Agency displayed the prototype, which was developed by a consortium of domestic companies led by Mitsubishi ... | mitsubishi heavy industries;mhi;stealth fighter |
jp0010955 | [
"world",
"offbeat-world"
] | 2016/01/10 | Musician leaves $2.6 million violin on German train, and gets it back | BERLIN - German police say they have recovered a violin worth $2.6 million that a musician had mistakenly left on a train. A spokesman for German federal police says the woman forgot the violin when she stepped off a local train between Mannheim and Saarbruecken in the west of the country. She alerted police who were a... | music;accidents;history;germany |
jp0010956 | [
"national"
] | 2016/01/19 | Court rules pop idol has right to pursue happiness, can date | The Tokyo District Court has rejected a damages suit filed by a talent agency against a former member of an idol pop group for breach of contract because she dated a fan. The court ruled Monday that the contract restricted her freedom to pursue happiness. The same court in September ruled that a different former teen g... | courts;idols;fans;dating |
jp0010957 | [
"national"
] | 2016/01/19 | Dollar-savvy Yokosuka businesses targeting Japanese currency stashes | The city of Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, home to the U.S. 7th Fleet, has no problem extracting dollars from the hands of American sailors. What it really wants to do is prize greenbacks from the pockets of Japanese customers. A private-sector estimate puts that amount at more than ¥1 trillion, in bills and loose chan... | tourism;yokosuka;shopping;currencies |
jp0010958 | [
"business"
] | 2016/01/26 | Diamond-topped chocolate cake on sale as Japan gears up for Valentine's Day | OSAKA - It would break your teeth and your wallet. A diamond-topped chocolate cake is among the more extravagant marketing gimmicks on offer this year as Osaka department stores kicked off their Valentine’s Day confectionery sales campaigns on Tuesday. The cake is topped with 125 diamonds and has a price tag of ¥14.1 m... | valentine 's day;chocolate |
jp0010959 | [
"business",
"corporate-business"
] | 2016/01/21 | Sharp gets ¥600 billion offer from Foxconn | TAIPEI - Foxconn Technology Group has offered about ¥600 billion to buy struggling electronics maker Sharp Corp., according to a person familiar with the talks, in what could mark the largest acquisition since 2009 for the assembler of Apple Inc.’s iPhones. A decision to accept or reject the bid is expected before the ... | sharp;foxconn technology group;hon hai precision industry |
jp0010960 | [
"business"
] | 2016/01/09 | Low wages at the heart of foreign labor shortage woes | There has been a lot of discussion recently about allowing more foreign workers into Japan to make up for severe labor shortages in some fields. As of the end of 2014, the labor ministry estimated there were 790,000 foreign nationals working in Japan legally, which is more than the number of national civil servants (64... | foreign workers;day care;hospitality;housekeeping;manual labor |
jp0010961 | [
"business"
] | 2016/01/31 | Myanmar, Japan-linked consortium reach agreement on new airport plan | YANGON - The Myanmar government and a consortium that includes Japanese engineering firm JGC Corp. has reached a broad agreement over a plan to construct a new airport on the outskirts of the country’s largest city, Yangon. With the deal, the consortium, which also includes Singapore’s Changi Airport Group, came a step... | airlines;myanmar;aid;development;construction industry |
jp0010963 | [
"world",
"offbeat-world"
] | 2016/01/30 | After one butt too many, tiger tosses goat in Russian odd-couple partnership | MOSCOW - A “romance” that enchanted Russia may be over: Timur the goat and Amur the tiger have had a fight and aren’t together anymore. In November, the goat was placed in the tiger’s compound in a wildlife park near Vladivostok with the expectation that the big cat would eventually kill and eat him. But the two not on... | russia;animals;offbeat |
jp0010964 | [
"national",
"politics-diplomacy"
] | 2016/01/30 | DPJ looks to block LDP blitz | Lawmakers in Japan’s struggling main opposition party pledged Saturday to stop the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, headed by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, from winning a critical election they see as the last chance to preserve the postwar pacifist Constitution. “This summer’s Upper House election is of paramount importa... | shinzo abe;dpj;upper house election;katsuya okada |
jp0010965 | [
"world",
"politics-diplomacy-world"
] | 2016/01/08 | U.S. House may see bipartisan vote next week on North Korea sanctions bill with added financial squeeze | WASHINGTON - The House of Representatives could vote in the coming days on legislation backed by Republican and Democratic lawmakers to broaden U.S. sanctions on North Korea, House leaders said on Thursday, a day after Pyongyang announced it had tested a hydrogen nuclear device. Republican House Speaker Paul Ryan did n... | north korea;banks;republicans;assets;u.s. house;democats;sanctions bill;h-bomb test |
jp0010966 | [
"national",
"politics-diplomacy"
] | 2016/01/06 | DPJ to submit bill to lower minimum age of election candidates | Democratic Party of Japan leader Katsuya Okada said Tuesday the main opposition party plans to submit to the regular Diet session a bill to lower the minimum age of people running for elections. Speaking at a news conference a day after the Diet convened the 150-day session, Okada said the DPJ will discuss specific rat... | dpj;upper house election;candidates;katsuya okada;election age |
jp0010967 | [
"national"
] | 2016/01/24 | Opposition makes plans to grill economy chief Amari | Davos, Switzerland - The opposition Democratic Party of Japan plans to urge embattled economy minister Akira Amari, who attended the World Economic Forum in Davos this weekend, to clarify graft allegations made against him in a tabloid magazine. A key architect of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s deflation-busting “Abenomic... | world economic forum;tpp;akira amari;democratic party of japan;opposition;tetsuro furukawa |
jp0010968 | [
"national",
"politics-diplomacy"
] | 2016/01/24 | Barring the unforeseen, Kyoto's dwindling voters look set to keep kimono-clad mayor | KYOTO - Given Kyoto’s prosperous domestic and international tourism industry, the mayoral election on Feb. 7 is widely expected to be an easy win for incumbent Daisaku Kadokawa, 65, who is backed by the Liberal Democratic Party, Komeito and the Democratic Party of Japan. His main challenger, Kumiko Honda, 66, is suppor... | kyoto;mayoral election;daisaku kadokawa |
jp0010971 | [
"world",
"offbeat-world"
] | 2016/01/23 | In obituary, Pittsburgh man's sons ask mourners not to vote for Trump | PITTSBURGH - A Pittsburgh chiropractor’s obituary is asking people not to vote for Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, in lieu of sending flowers. Jason Brown tells the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette he and his brother decided to include the line in their father’s obituary after recalling one published in August f... | elections;republicans;democrats;offbeat;donald trump;2016 u.s. presidential election |
jp0010972 | [
"asia-pacific",
"offbeat-asia-pacific"
] | 2016/01/23 | China punishes man who altered headline to 'two-wife' policy | BEIJING - A Chinese man was detained after he altered an image of a newspaper front page to add a headline declaring the official adoption of a “two-wife” policy, a joke on the country’s new “two-child” policy, the state-owned Yangjiang Daily said Friday. The newspaper from the southern province of Guangdong fell victi... | china;internet;social media;offbeat |
jp0010973 | [
"national",
"media-national"
] | 2016/01/23 | SMAP dodges bullet; Becky isn't so lucky | When media leaked intelligence on Jan. 10 that eternal boy band SMAP might be dissolving, the outpouring of fan emotion overwhelmed anything else that was happening in the show business world. One person who was probably grateful for the distraction was Rebecca Eri Ray Vaughan, the TV personality better known by her ni... | smap;celebrity;becky;gesu no kiwami otome |
jp0010974 | [
"national"
] | 2016/01/15 | Japan honors Hank Aaron with Order of the Rising Sun | ATLANTA - Japan has honored former home-run king Hank Aaron with one of its highest awards on Thursday, saying he is a symbol of its close relationship with the United States and their shared love of baseball. The Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Rosette was presented during a ceremony and reception at the home ... | baseball;award;sadaharu oh;hank aaron;atlanta |
jp0010975 | [
"national",
"politics-diplomacy"
] | 2016/01/12 | Mayoral candidates in Okinawa face off over U.S. base | OSAKA - Less than two weeks remain until a local election that may influence both the planned relocation of the Futenma military base and Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s effort to secure a two-thirds majority in this summer’s Upper House election. The Jan. 24 mayoral election in Ginowan, Okinawa Prefecture, pits incumbent ... | shinzo abe;okinawa;futenma;ginowan;upper house election;mayoral election |
jp0010976 | [
"national"
] | 2016/01/13 | Tilting-condo companies slapped with malpractice penalties | Contractors of a tilting condominium in Yokohama were given business suspension orders and other administrative dispositions on Wednesday for malpractices at the site, the land ministry said. As the condo’s subcontractor Hitachi High-Technologies Corp. was found to have handed the main part of the construction work to ... | housing;scandals;real estate;asahi kasei;condominium;construction industry |
jp0010977 | [
"world"
] | 2016/01/25 | Paris attackers seen committing earlier murders in Islamic State video | PARIS - New video released by the Islamic State group on Sunday shows the extremists who carried out the Nov. 13 attacks in Paris committing atrocities in territory controlled by the group, while plotting the slaughter in the French capital that left 130 people dead and hundreds injured. The group also threatened to at... | terrorism;islamic state;insurgencies |
jp0010978 | [
"asia-pacific"
] | 2016/01/25 | Malaysia warns of threat after alleged Islamic State-linked video vows attacks | KUALA LUMPUR - Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak said the Islamic State group is a “very real” threat to the country, hours after a video claiming to be from the militants’ regional wing warned of attacks in the Muslim-majority nation for arresting its supporters. Police said the video, believed to feature operative... | malaysia;terrorism;islamic state;insurgencies |
jp0010979 | [
"reference"
] | 2016/01/25 | Changes in store for TOEIC, but test still not total gauge of fluency: experts | In Japan, having high English proficiency can be a strong advantage for students wishing to get into prestigious universities and companies and for businesspeople seeking a promotion. As such, obtaining high scores in the Test of English for International Communication (TOEIC), an internationally standardized English t... | toeic;students;english proficiency |
jp0010980 | [
"national",
"politics-diplomacy"
] | 2016/06/03 | Police to step up patrols in Okinawa after woman's murder | The government pledged Friday to bolster patrols in Okinawa Prefecture as it works to allay ongoing fears about crimes by U.S. military personnel, following the alleged rape and murder of a local woman by an ex-marine. According to the plan that was hammered out in a government meeting the same day, Okinawa police will... | okinawa;security;u.s. military;sofa |
jp0010981 | [
"national",
"media-national"
] | 2016/06/03 | Following the 'Girls' to Japan | Two episodes of the fifth season of HBO’s hit show “Girls” turned its lens to Japan. While the show focuses on four millennials trying to make it in New York, season five takes plucky Shoshanna Shapiro out of the Big Apple and sends her to Tokyo for a new marketing position. Here, she experiences both real and surreal ... | girls;hbo;lena dunham;zosia mamet;japan pulse |
jp0010982 | [
"national",
"media-national"
] | 2016/06/04 | The struggles of a local sumo hero | An oft-repeated question these days, and one not necessarily confined to sports media, is whether 29-year-old wrestler Kisenosato will make it to sumo’s highest rank. Or is he destined to remain a perennial bridesmaid? Clearly at the peak of his career, the ozeki (champion) and Ibaraki Prefecture native finished the pr... | hakuho;kisenosato;yokozuna;sumo |
jp0010983 | [
"national",
"media-national"
] | 2016/06/04 | Legal reform may start rooting out gangsters | Lawmakers in the Diet approved reform to the country’s criminal justice system last month, mandating the recording of police interrogations in certain circumstances, revamping the existing wiretap law and introducing a plea bargain system for the first time. While it’s hard to imagine the reform will prevent the miscar... | aum shinrikyo;yakuza;organized crime;wiretaps;plea bargains;itcho ito;police |
jp0010984 | [
"national",
"history"
] | 2016/06/04 | Aviator dazzles Emperor; Poets inaugurate new national association; Beatles face press; Mount Unzen erupts | 100 YEARS AGO Wednesday, June 7, 1916 Aviation ace dazzles with flight over palace Aviator Art Smith carried out another flight yesterday afternoon. He flew from Aoyama at about 3 o’clock and steered his machine in the direction of the Imperial Palace flying at an altitude of 1,000 meters. When Mr. Smith came over the ... | john lennon;nagasaki;poetry;beatles;paul mccartney;ringo starr;george harrison;mount unzen;art smith |
jp0010985 | [
"world",
"offbeat-world"
] | 2016/06/05 | Beer pipeline sought to help protect medieval Belgian city of Bruges | BRUGES, BELGIUM - The idea may have seemed mad, but after all, the beer is called the Madman of Bruges — or Brugse Zot in Dutch. With the help of crowdfunding efforts among some 400 Madman fans, the dream of building a beer pipeline through the Belgian city of Bruges is becoming real. “You have to be a bit crazy — like... | pollution;social media;belgium;beer |
jp0010987 | [
"national",
"crime-legal"
] | 2016/06/05 | U.S. sailor held on suspicion of drunk driving after collision in Okinawa | NAHA, OKINAWA PREF. - A U.S. sailor was arrested Sunday on suspicion of drunk driving in Okinawa, where a U.S. base worker’s alleged involvement in the death of a local woman last month has reignited anger among residents. The three-vehicle accident, which injured two people, prompted the Defense Ministry to lodge a pr... | u.s. military;sofa;gen nakatani |
jp0010988 | [
"national"
] | 2016/06/02 | Foreign Ministry's deputy chief Sugiyama to become new top bureaucrat | The government plans to appoint Deputy Foreign Minister Shinsuke Sugiyama as new vice foreign minister, the top bureaucrat at the Foreign Ministry, a government source said Thursday. Sugiyama, 63, who will replace Akitaka Saiki, 63, formerly served as director-general of the Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau and is kno... | shinzo abe;foreign ministry;akitaka saiki;shinsuke sugiyama |
jp0010989 | [
"national"
] | 2016/06/20 | Latest base-linked crime drags SOFA pact back into spotlight | NAHA, OKINAWA PREF. - A pact governing the legal status and conduct of U.S. military and nonmilitary personnel in Japan is back under the spotlight following last month’s arrest of an American civilian base worker in Okinawa Prefecture suspected of raping and killing a local Japanese woman. Fueled by the murder of the ... | okinawa;u.s. bases;sofa;crimes |
jp0010990 | [
"reference"
] | 2016/06/20 | Regional papers reach out to voters in fight to stay relevant, solvent | OSAKA - With the July 10 Upper House election just around the corner, politics is once again in the air as Diet members head back to their local constituencies to campaign and promote their party platforms. In the process, they have to deal with local views on local, national and even international issues. Such attitud... | media;local newspapers;2016 upper house election |
jp0010991 | [
"national",
"science-health"
] | 2016/06/18 | Autism may not be confined to the brain | Thirteen-year-old Naoki Higashida describes his own personal feelings about having autism as follows: “I feel a deep envy of people who can know what their own minds are saying, and who have the power to act accordingly. My brain is always sending me off on little missions, whether or not I want to do them. And if I do... | autism;naoki higashida;the reason i jump;nervous system |
jp0010992 | [
"national",
"history"
] | 2016/06/18 | Absolutism: an acceptable price to pay for order | His contemporaries hardly knew what to make of him. Their bewilderment is reflected in the name by which he is best known to us: the “dog shogun.” Tokugawa Tsunayoshi, born in 1646, became shogun by accident. He ruled from 1680 until his death in 1709. If global politics in his day had been what they are in ours, he wo... | tokugawa tsunayoshi;absolutism;yamamoto tsunetomo |
jp0010993 | [
"world",
"crime-legal-world"
] | 2016/06/27 | Calabrian mob boss captured in sleep after 20-year flight, faces life term | ROME/MILAN, ITALY - Italy’s second most sought-after fugitive, a convicted, ruthless ‘ndrangheta crime syndicate boss, was captured Sunday as he slept in his bed in a hideout in the rugged Calabrian mountains, police and prosecutors said. Ernesto Fazzalari “went from his sleep to the handcuffs of the Carabinieri” param... | drugs;italy;mafia;calabria |
jp0010994 | [
"reference"
] | 2016/06/27 | Nursing care workers hard to find but in demand in aging Japan | As the nation’s population rapidly grays, ensuring there are enough nursing care workers to meet growing demand has become a pressing issue. In 2025, 1 in 5 people will be aged over 75, and 1 in 5 seniors aged over 65 will have dementia, according to Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry estimates. Given the urgency of th... | elderly;nursing care;social welfare |
jp0010996 | [
"world",
"offbeat-world"
] | 2016/06/11 | Seagull masala? Bird falls in vat of curry, turns orange | LONDON - Officials at a wildlife hospital say a seagull turned bright orange after falling into a vat of chicken tikka masala in Wales. The gull was likely scavenging for food when it became stuck in the thick sauce on Monday. The bird was rescued and taken to Vale Wildlife Hospital near Tewkesbury, a town in the count... | animals;u.k .;offbeat |
jp0010997 | [
"world",
"offbeat-world"
] | 2016/06/11 | Rancher on horseback lassos bike thief in Oregon | EAGLE POINT, OREGON - A rancher jumped on his horse Friday morning and lassoed a man who was trying to steal a bicycle in the parking lot of an Oregon Wal-Mart, police said. Robert Borba was at the Eagle Point store loading dog food and a camping tent into his truck when he heard a woman screaming that someone was tryi... | u.s .;theft;offbeat |
jp0010998 | [
"national",
"science-health"
] | 2016/06/10 | Chiba municipality to offer young women subsidies to freeze their eggs | CHIBA - A city in Chiba Prefecture plans to help young women freeze their eggs in the largest publicly funded project of its kind and one of the first aimed at healthy women rather than those facing sterility from chemotherapy. The Urayasu Municipal Government will cooperate with Juntendo University Urayasu Hospital to... | birthrate;chiba;urayasu;juntendo university;ova |
jp0010999 | [
"national",
"media-national"
] | 2016/06/10 | G-strings on the menu at Amrita’s naked dining pop-up | Following in the shoeless footsteps of restaurants in London and Melbourne , the pop-up Amrita has a simple premise: diners must be naked before they are seated. Well, almost naked. Unlike other such pop-ups, guests in Tokyo will be provided with “paper underwear.” Whether this fig leaf is to satisfy patrons’ modesty o... | restaurants;japan pulse;pop-up;amrita |
jp0011000 | [
"national",
"media-national"
] | 2016/06/10 | AKB48 spends summer vacation at USJ | Osaka’s Universal Studios Japan is getting a new attraction this summer. It’s not a new roller coaster — instead it’s the members of everyone’s favorite J-pop cluster, AKB48. During a special show on June 2 at USJ, the band announced that certain members will be performing not for one day, not for two days, but for ove... | akb48;nmb48;usj;hkt48;mayu watanabe;theme parks;japan pulse;ngt48;haruna kojima |
jp0011001 | [
"national"
] | 2016/06/19 | Shigaraki potters' hand-made ceramic tubs brimming with interest | OTSU, SHIGA PREFECTURE - Owners of lodging facilities aiming to attract more visitors amid the tourist boom and preparations for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics have been attracting people from Japan and overseas with a new cultural draw — ceramic bathtubs made with traditional Shigaraki pottery. The tubs, which have become no... | tourism;bathtub;shigaraki |
jp0011002 | [
"national",
"politics-diplomacy"
] | 2016/06/26 | Atomic safety, shinkansen issues complicate Upper House equation for Kansai voters | OSAKA - Nuclear safety, route plans for new shinkansen and maglev lines, and the ruling coalition’s economic policies are some of the top local issues on the minds of Kansai voters as they head into the pivotal Upper House election next month. With last week’s announcement that the Nuclear Regulation Authority approved... | nuclear power;kansai;nuclear energy;shinkansen;takahama;maglev;2016 upper house election |
jp0011003 | [
"national",
"politics-diplomacy"
] | 2016/06/26 | Cities take cutesy tack to get youths to go to the polls | OSAKA - For town, city and prefectural government offices around Japan, the key issue in next month’s Upper House election is not constitutional revision or the economy. It’s persuading 18-year-olds to go to the polls. While political pundits pointedly pontificate about the 2.4 million new youth votes, local election c... | voters;2016 upper house election |
jp0011004 | [
"national",
"social-issues"
] | 2016/06/21 | Hokkaido eatery encourages diners to treat the needy | A small restaurant in the city of Obihiro, Hokkaido, boasts an eye-catching sign out front that says “Eat here for free.” It’s not that the restaurant pays for the meal. The other customers do. Inspired by an Italian movement known as “suspended coffee,” which offers pre-paid drinks for those in need, soba restaurant Y... | restaurant;hokkaido;obihiro |
jp0011005 | [
"national",
"politics-diplomacy"
] | 2016/06/21 | Abe to 'take responsibility' if ruling bloc fails to win 61 seats in Upper House election | Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said Tuesday he will take responsibility should his ruling Liberal Democratic Party and junior coalition partner Komeito fail to achieve his self-imposed goal of securing more than a majority in July’s Upper House election. In a public debate with other party leaders at the Japan National Pres... | ldp;sdp;komeito;jcp;2016 upper house election;dp |
jp0011006 | [
"world",
"offbeat-world"
] | 2016/06/30 | U.S. swimmers using therapy dogs to relax before races | OMAHA, NEBRASKA - Kacey Oberlander is missing her dogs back home, and she’s more than a little stressed competing in the high-pressure environment at the U.S. Olympic swimming trials. That’s where Holly comes in. The adorable, 4-year-old Havanese is available for petting and furry hugs. “It just calms me down a lot,” s... | u.s .;olympics;swimming;dogs;therapy |
jp0011007 | [
"reference"
] | 2016/06/01 | Calls to revise SOFA in wake of Okinawa murder unlikely to bear fruit | OSAKA - As a result of the recent murder of a 20-year-old woman in Okinawa, allegedly at the hands of a U.S. base worker and former marine, calls are once again growing for a revision to the U.S.-Japan Status of Forces Agreement, or SOFA. On Tuesday, Aiko Shimajiri, the minister in charge of Okinawa’s affairs, and othe... | okinawa;status of forces agreement;kenneth franklin shinzato;military bases |
jp0011008 | [
"national",
"politics-diplomacy"
] | 2016/06/06 | Okinawa anti-base faction boosts its majority in prefectural assembly election | NAHA, OKINAWA PREF. - Okinawa’s anti-base faction retained and slightly increased its majority in the prefectural assembly following Sunday’s election, representing a victory for Gov. Takeshi Onaga and a setback for Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and the ruling Liberal Democratic Party. Candidates who supported Onaga and ra... | okinawa;u.s. military;elections;sofa |
jp0011009 | [
"reference"
] | 2016/06/06 | Ransomware making costly inroads into online Japan | Advances in technology always come at a price. Once just a hacker’s toy, the computer virus has evolved into something more sinister. Malware called ransomware, which can hold computer files hostage in exchange for a ransom, is increasing as a menace in Japan. According to IT security firm Trend Micro, Japanese compani... | cybersecurity;cyberattacks;computer viruses;ransomware |
jp0011010 | [
"asia-pacific"
] | 2016/06/24 | Seven Indonesian sailors kidnapped in Philippines: Jakarta | JAKARTA - Seven Indonesian sailors have been taken hostage in the Sulu Sea in the southern Philippines, Indonesia’s foreign minister said on Friday, the latest in a string of abductions in the waters between the two Southeast Asian neighbors. “We got confirmation of an incident of kidnapping involving Indonesian crew o... | philippines;indonesia;kidnappings;insurgencies |
jp0011011 | [
"national",
"crime-legal"
] | 2016/06/23 | Family's pain over 2006 Yokosuka murder reflects desire for SOFA rethink | Justice has been a long time coming for Masanori Yamazaki, whose common-law wife was murdered by a drunk U.S. sailor in Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, 10 years ago, in an unprovoked assault. Yamazaki, 68, is refusing a U.S. government offer to settle over the death of Yoshie Sato, taking a stand at what he perceives as... | u.s. military;compensation;yokosuka;sofa;masanori yamazaki |
jp0011012 | [
"national",
"politics-diplomacy"
] | 2016/06/15 | LDP and Komeito to boycott massive anti-U.S. rally Sunday in Okinawa | OSAKA - Despite protesting the murder of a local woman and calling for revisions in the U.S. Status of Forces Agreement, local Liberal Democratic Party and Komeito officials will not take part in what may be the biggest Okinawan anti-base rally in nearly two decades. Organizers hope the rally Sunday will draw at least ... | okinawa;u.s. military;ldp;rally;henoko;sofa |
jp0011013 | [
"asia-pacific"
] | 2016/06/13 | Minnesota memorial honors Hmong soldiers of 1961-1975 'secret war' in Laos | ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA - A new memorial on the Minnesota Capitol grounds honors soldiers of the “secret war” in Laos. Hundreds gathered Saturday for the dedication of the memorial to the U.S. and Alliance Special Forces in Laos, Minnesota Public Radio News ( bit.ly/1PUzN2M ) reported. The 10-foot-tall bronze monument comm... | vietnam war;laos;minnesota;hmong;vang pao |
jp0011014 | [
"national",
"politics-diplomacy"
] | 2016/06/13 | Masuzoe clings to office as pressure mounts over funds scandal | Japanese Communist Party representatives in the Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly announced Monday the party’s decision to submit a no-confidence motion against Tokyo Gov. Yoichi Masuzoe, which could force the embattled governor from office. Since late March, Masuzoe has faced strong criticism for inappropriate, personal use... | scandals;yoichi masuzoe;political funds |
jp0011015 | [
"national",
"politics-diplomacy"
] | 2016/06/14 | Sugiyama appointed top bureaucrat in Foreign Ministry | The Cabinet on Tuesday endorsed a set of key personnel changes at the Foreign Ministry, including the appointment of Shinsuke Sugiyama, deputy foreign minister in charge of political affairs, as the ministry’s top bureaucrat. The 63-year-old Sugiyama, former director-general of the Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau, re... | foreign ministry;shinsuke sugiyama |
jp0011016 | [
"business"
] | 2016/06/25 | Restaurants slash prices and frills as living standard in Japan drops | According to statistician Ernst Engel (1821-96), the proportion of a person’s income that is spent on food tends to decline as that person’s income itself rises, even if the amount of money being spent on food increases. Engel’s law is usually used to illustrate the relative living standard of a country. If the portion... | shopping;cost of living;budgeting |
jp0011017 | [
"national",
"media-national"
] | 2016/06/25 | Can foreign media pressure force changes in Japan? | Former Tokyo Gov. Shintaro Ishihara’s first-person “biography” of late Prime Minister Kakuei Tanaka, “Tensai” (“Genius”) , remains atop best-seller lists. It is interesting to note that when Tanaka was alive Ishihara berated him as a crude opportunist. The years have obviously tempered his view, or perhaps Ishihara’s o... | shinzo abe;japanese constitution;constitutional revision;nippon kaigi |
jp0011018 | [
"national",
"media-national"
] | 2016/12/03 | Working harder to end death by overwork | “When you’re in the office 20 hours a day, you don’t understand what life you’re living for anymore. (It’s so pathetic) you come to laugh.” — Twitter post by Matsuri Takahashi, as reported in the Mainichi Shimbun A week after the above message, Matsuri Takahashi, a 24-year-old first-year worker at Japan’s largest adver... | black companies;overwork;dentsu;matsuri takahashi |
jp0011019 | [
"national",
"media-national"
] | 2016/12/03 | How Japanese media have failed endangered species | In October, a new documentary produced by Leonardo DiCaprio premiered on Netflix. “ The Ivory Game ” is a dramatic study of the illegal trade in elephant tusks that includes conservationists battling poachers, investigative journalists following the money trail and black market merchants in China. Experts say if the ki... | wildlife;endangered species;ivory;cites;poaching |
jp0011021 | [
"national",
"history"
] | 2016/12/03 | Steamer missing; Japan declares war on U.S., British Empire; woman wins court case for equality of sexes; anger grows over bullet train noise | 100 YEARS AGO Wednesday, Dec. 13, 1916 Steamer goes missing en route to Calcutta It is feared that the steamer Kaiho Maru, which left Kobe on Nov. 3 for Calcutta with a cargo of 3,500 tons consisting mainly of matches and cotton goods, has met with disaster, as while she was expected to reach Calcutta on Nov. 29, no ne... | transport;pearl harbor;shinkansen;bullet trains;sexism |
jp0011025 | [
"national",
"social-issues"
] | 2016/12/20 | Abe administration presents draft guideline for 'equal pay for equal work' | The government has unveiled a draft guideline for a system of “equal pay for equal work” regardless of employment status. The draft, presented Tuesday at a government meeting for promoting employment reforms, stipulates that companies should provide equal payment to nonregular employees who engage in work equal to that... | employment;workforce;equal pay for equal work |
jp0011027 | [
"world",
"politics-diplomacy-world"
] | 2016/12/29 | Native Americans hail, Republicans rail at Obama's monument picks in Utah, Nevada | SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH - President Barack Obama designated two national monuments Wednesday at sites in Utah and Nevada that have become key flashpoints over use of public land in the U.S. West, marking the administration’s latest move to protect environmentally sensitive areas in its final days. The Bears Ears National ... | barack obama;republicans;native americans;utah;nevada;donald trump;u.s. monuments |
jp0011028 | [
"world",
"offbeat-world"
] | 2016/12/29 | Canadian man punches cougar attacking a dog near fast food chain | CALGARY, ALBERTA - A Canadian man punched a cougar in the face to stop it from attacking his dog in a wooded area near a fast food chain in Whitecourt, central Alberta, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) said on Wednesday. William Gibb, 31, from Red Deer, Alberta, had stopped at a Tim Hortons outlet, a popular Ca... | nature;animals;canada |
jp0011029 | [
"national",
"crime-legal"
] | 2016/12/28 | Shiga man faces attempted murder charge for shoving woman on crowded Kobe train platform | KOBE - A 53-year-old man was arrested Tuesday on suspicion of trying to kill a woman by pushing against her on a crowded train platform at JR Sannomiya Station in Kobe, causing her to lose her balance and brush against a train, police said. The police said Koichi Kubo, an unemployed man from Higashiomi, Shiga Prefectur... | kobe;station;platform;sannomiya |
jp0011030 | [
"national",
"science-health"
] | 2016/12/17 | Scientific discoveries inspire amid a turbulent 2016 | A number of the notable science stories of the past year are, quite literally, out of this world. For me, the story of the year has to be the August discovery of an Earth-like planet orbiting the closest star to our own. The star, Proxima Centauri, is just 4.2 light-years from Earth. The planet circling that star has b... | religion;genetics;astronomy;gravity;best of 2016 |
jp0011031 | [
"national",
"media-national"
] | 2016/12/17 | Undercover journalist infiltrates Uniqlo | In her Dec. 14 Tokyo Shimbun column, media critic Minako Saito mentioned how the press is excited about the buzzword of the year and the kanji of the year. They are much less interested in another annual prize, the Black Company Award for the firm that most egregiously exploits workers. The nominations were announced a... | uniqlo;tadashi yanai |
jp0011033 | [
"national"
] | 2016/12/17 | Kansai towns gear up for the 'Pork Barrel-ympics' | Aware that voters outside of the capital may lack the degree of anticipation for the 2020 Olympics that can be felt among Tokyo politicians and corporations who will directly profit from the games, and sensitive to rumors that taxpayers elsewhere will get stuck with a post-Olympics tax bill, the government has realized... | tourism;tokyo 2020;tokyo olympics |
jp0011035 | [
"national",
"media-national"
] | 2016/12/10 | Could easier adoptions stem child abuse in Japan? | The national news has recently reported a number of stories about young children dying at the hands of their parents or guardians , either from neglect or direct physical violence. It’s hard to say if these tragedies constitute a trend since detailed child abuse statistics weren’t really available until 2005, when the ... | adoption;child abuse |
jp0011036 | [
"national",
"media-national"
] | 2016/12/10 | Editors thrive on controversy — but it can bite back | In the early hours of Jan. 17, 1995, the Great Hanshin Earthquake struck southern Hyogo Prefecture and the surrounding areas, causing more than 6,000 deaths and seriously damaging infrastructure. For the next several days, most Japanese stayed glued to their TV sets. Few noticed that a monthly magazine named Marco Polo... | manabu shintani;kazuyoshi hanada |
jp0011039 | [
"national",
"history"
] | 2016/12/26 | Prime Minister Shigeru Yoshida's low-key Pearl Harbor visit in 1951 recounted | Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who will visit Pearl Harbor with U.S. President Barack Obama on Tuesday, wasn’t even born when then-Prime Minister Shigeru Yoshida went there just six years after Japan’s surrender, by himself and feeling awkward. Yoshida is best remembered for signing the San Francisco peace treaty with the ... | wwii;u.s. military;shigeru yoshida;pearl harbor;arthur radford |
jp0011040 | [
"reference"
] | 2016/12/26 | Abdication panel leans toward one-off deal after Emperor Akihito's rare video | A government panel appears ready to propose that a special temporary law be enacted to allow Emperor Akihito, 83, to abdicate, given his advanced age. But the Emperor reportedly believes a permanent reform law, not a temporary one just for himself, should be enacted so future monarchs can abdicate if they so chose. Why... | emperor akihito;imperial family;abdication |
jp0011041 | [
"national"
] | 2016/12/07 | Russia long represented in Tokyo by cathedral, eateries | With Russian President Vladimir Putin set to visit Japan next week, expectations are growing as to whether progress will be made on a territorial row that has been a thorn in bilateral ties. But strolling through the streets of Tokyo, a few Russia-linked buildings and restaurants, both old and new, suggest there is his... | vladimir putin;russia;tokyo holy resurrection cathedral;itacafe |
jp0011044 | [
"national",
"history"
] | 2016/12/31 | Japan Times 1992: 'George Bush collapses during official dinner' | 100 YEARS AGO SATURDAY, JAN. 6 1917 Aborigines of north are now dying out An account of the customs and manners of the Ainos, the aborigines of the Hokkaido may be of interest to the reader who is still not familiar with them. The number of the Ainos scattered over Hokkaido has remarkably decreased and is less than 20,... | tokyo;wwii;manila;housing;ainu;george bush |
jp0011045 | [
"world",
"offbeat-world"
] | 2016/12/06 | Space oddity as Dr. David Bowie treats 'starman' Buzz Aldrin in New Zealand hospital | WELLINGTON - In what can only be described as a space oddity, former astronaut Buzz Aldrin is being cared for in a New Zealand hospital by Dr. David Bowie after being evacuated from the South Pole. In a truly remarkable coincidence, Aldrin’s doctor shares the name of the late British singer whose greatest hits included... | nasa;space;astronomy;offbeat |
jp0011046 | [
"business"
] | 2016/12/24 | Industry divided on government's casino gamble | In its zeal to ramrod some bills into law before the New Years holiday, the ruling Liberal Democratic Party finally legalized casino gambling, a matter that has been in legislative limbo for a number of years. However, the problems that always prevented the bills from advancing in the past have not gone away, the bigge... | gambling;casinos |
jp0011047 | [
"national",
"media-national"
] | 2016/12/24 | A realistic view of Japan's island dispute | In the past month, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has snuggled up to two of the world’s most distrusted national leaders in an attempt to prove his diplomatic mettle and boost support rates ahead of a rumored snap election next year. Abe was the first country head to gain an audience with President-elect Donald Trump in a m... | shinzo abe;vladimir putin;northern territories |
jp0011048 | [
"national",
"media-national"
] | 2016/12/24 | Japan reconsiders and reinterprets the Pearl Harbor attack | In May, U.S. President Barack Obama became the first sitting U.S. president to make a historic visit to Hiroshima, the city that became the birthplace of the age of nuclear warfare. It should come as no surprise that Japan’s prime minister, Shinzo Abe, is scheduled to make a reciprocal gesture of reconciliation this we... | shinzo abe;world war ii;pearl harbor |
jp0011049 | [
"business",
"economy-business"
] | 2016/12/23 | Trump pick Carl Icahn denies conflict of interest, says EPA, bank regulations hurting U.S. economy | WASHINGTON - Billionaire investor Carl Icahn targeted environmental and banking regulations on Thursday as big drags on U.S. corporate investment and said revamping them would be a priority in his role as adviser to President-elect Donald Trump. Icahn, tapped by Trump on Wednesday as a special adviser for regulatory re... | banks;epa;carl icahn;donald trump;cnbc |
jp0011050 | [
"world",
"offbeat-world"
] | 2016/12/23 | After passing written exam, health check, Santa gets pilot's license renewed in the nick of time | OTTAWA - Santa Claus has successfully renewed his commercial pilot’s license, passing a written exam as well as a health check — despite high sugar levels — and is good to fly for Christmas, Canada’s transportation department said Thursday. Santa was given his pilot’s license renewal by Transport Minister Marc Garneau,... | christmas;holidays;canada;festivals;tradition |
jp0011051 | [
"national",
"social-issues"
] | 2016/12/23 | Ad giant Dentsu declared Most Evil Corporation of the Year | It’s another prize . . . but maybe not one that the management at Dentsu Inc. will be proud of. The major ad agency has been awarded this year’s Most Evil Corporation of the Year Award, also known as the Black Company Award, a corporate raspberry prize given to companies with a culture of overwork, discrimination and h... | labor;discrimination;japan post;black companies;overwork;dentsu;karoshi |
jp0011052 | [
"national",
"social-issues"
] | 2016/12/23 | Overwork deaths put spotlight on Japan's 'black companies' | The Japanese have no clear term to describe the concept of work-life balance, but they do have one to describe the notion of dying for your company: karoshi . Karoshi made headlines around the world this year after the suicide of a Dentsu Inc. employee was recognized in October as related to her excessive working hours... | suicide;labor laws;black companies;karoshi |
jp0011053 | [
"asia-pacific",
"crime-legal-asia-pacific"
] | 2016/12/14 | Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim loses final appeal against sodomy conviction | KUALA LUMPUR - Jailed Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim lost his final bid for freedom on Wednesday when the federal court rejected his appeal to set aside his sodomy conviction and five-year prison term. A five-member panel of judges ruled unanimously that there was no merit in Anwar’s application for a review... | anwar ibrahim;malaysia;courts;rights;prison;elections |
jp0011054 | [
"business"
] | 2016/12/22 | Major Japanese firms' winter bonuses up for fourth straight year | Winter bonuses at Japanese companies employing more than 500 people averaged ¥880,736 ($7,500), up 0.02 percent from the previous year and rising for the fourth straight year, the country’s major business lobby said Wednesday. Winter bonuses at Japanese manufacturers averaged ¥900,490, up 0.47 percent and topping the ¥... | employment;bonus;japanese companies;workforce |
jp0011055 | [
"national"
] | 2016/12/25 | Route pick just tip of the iceberg for Hokuriku bullet train project | KYOTO - The decision by the ruling parties to support a Hokuriku Shinkansen Line route from Tsuruga, Fukui Prefecture, to Kyoto via the town of Obama has sparked relief, hope and disappointment in the Kansai region and western Japan. While supporters of the so-called Obama route hailed the decision, opponents were obvi... | osaka;kyoto;fukui;hokuriku shinkansen |
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