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Learning from a 'mama-san' about the art of providing comfort and solace
Mar 13, 2010 10:00pm
Where does the warmth of the sun disappear to at night? Not only does the chilly wind deal a harsh blow to my body, it blasts through the wide open space in my wallet....
Top secret interviews with WW2 Japanese navy brass to be published
Mar 13, 2010 8:00pm
The Koyanagi File -- an extensive collection of testimonies on the Pacific War by former navy ministers and commanding officers of the Imperial Japanese Navy -- will be released to the public for the first time in April....
Kaleidoscope of the Heart: Do today's children really need a friendship 'how to' book?
Mar 13, 2010 7:00pm
I heard from someone in the publishing industry that books that teach kids "how to be friends" are really selling....
Japanese Journeys: Hidden Buddha
Mar 13, 2010 5:00pm
We live in a predominantly visual world, and Japan is no exception....
Not so cute and cuddly: Sea otters wreak havoc on Hokkaido sea urchin fishery
Mar 13, 2010 5:00pm
NEMURO, Hokkaido -- Hungry sea otters are inflicting catastrophic damage on sea urchins bred by a local fishery union here, causing losses of at least 5 million yen....
Nurse reveals how she broke bones of 6 elderly patients
Mar 13, 2010 8:00am
SAYO, Hyogo -- A nurse suspected of breaking the ribs of six elderly patients' has revealed how she pushed down on the victims' chests to snap their bones, investigative sources said....
Imperial Household official regrets public focus on Princess Aiko's school troubles
Mar 13, 2010 2:52am
A senior Imperial Household Agency official has expressed regrets over the announcement of Princess Aiko's absence from school drawing far wider public attention than expected....
Arrest of Sea Shepherd anti-whaling activist in Japan draws mixed response
Mar 13, 2010 2:01am
The Japan Coast Guard has begun questioning a Sea Shepherd activist who was arrested Friday on suspicion of illegally boarding a Japanese whaling vessel in Antarctic waters....
Japan's massive mystery deposit in U.S. Federal Reserve proof of shoddy administration
Mar 13, 2010 12:16am
An investigation by the Ministry of Finance has confirmed that the Japanese government deposited $103 million into a zero-interest account at the U.S....
7 perish in Sapporo nursing home fire
Mar 13, 2010 12:06am
SAPPORO -- Seven residents at a nursing home for elderly people with dementia here died after a fire broke out at the facility early Saturday, razing the structure, police said....
Chiba man accused of burning 5-year-old stepson with lighter
Mar 12, 2010 11:51pm
FUNABASHI, Chiba -- A man was arrested here Friday for allegedly abusing his 5-year-old stepson, including burning the child's foot with a lighter....
Man found dead inside Prius at Toyota factory in apparent suicide
Mar 12, 2010 11:37pm
KARIYA, Aichi -- A worker at a Toyota Auto Body Co....
North Korean schools to be excluded from new free tuition system
Mar 12, 2010 11:36pm
The government decided on Friday to exclude North Korean schools in Japan from new high school tuition-free measures, but left the ultimate decision up to an assessment body to be established soon....
U.N. rights watchdog to warn Japan on exclusion of N. Korean schools from free tuition
Mar 12, 2010 11:01pm
GENEVA -- A U.N....
Love is in the air: Released crested ibises court, raise hopes of first-ever pairing
Mar 12, 2010 10:56pm
SADO, Niigata -- A pair of Japanese crested ibises here has been observed engaging in courtship behavior, raising hopes for the first-ever successful pairing among ibises released into the wild in Japan, the Ministry of the Environment announced on Thursday....
Mar. 13, 2010 - Haiku in English
Mar 12, 2010 6:00pm
loon's cryin a split secondmy moonlit biography--ed markowski (Auburn Hills, MI, USA)...
Researchers uncover deformity-causing mechanism of drug Thalidomide
Mar 12, 2010 3:19am
Japanese researchers have uncovered the process by which the controversial drug thalidomide, which has been re-approved in Japan for cancer treatment, causes birth defects -- a finding that could lead to the development of safer drugs....
Child care allowance, free high school tuition bills pass Lower House committees
Mar 12, 2010 2:53am
The child-care allowance bill, in which parents or guardians would be granted a monthly allowance of 13,000 yen per child until they reach junior high school age, was passed by a majority in the House of Representatives Health, Labor and Welfare Committee on Friday....
Mar. 12, 2010 - Haiku in English
Mar 11, 2010 6:00pm
The sly fox peeks outOf the freshly cut grass andHis eyes turn to slit--Chi Natsume (Santa Fe, NM, USA)...
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