Japan
First group of Filipinas arrive in Japan under new foreign housekeeper rules
A group of Filipino women set to work as housekeepers in Japanese homes arrived in Japan on March 9, the first batch to arrive after restrictions on housekeeping services provided by foreign workers w… Full article
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Baby dies after being bitten on head by dog
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Tokyo commemorates 72nd anniv. of U.S. air raids during WWII
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TEPCO to use 'fishing gear-like' robot to hunt for melted fuel at Fukushima nuke plant
(2017/3/10)
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Hundreds protest Moritomo Gakuen scandal in front of PM's office
(2017/3/10)
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School operator denies submitting dodgy documents to authorities
(2017/3/10)
Tokyo Olympics
- 2020 Olympic food suppliers lack necessary food safety certification
- Smoke-free Olympics, Paralympics in 2020 looks increasingly unlikely
- Tokyo may help pay to build Olympic venues outside capital
- Work on facilities outside Tokyo for Olympics estimated to cost 43.8 billion yen
- Digital device recycling drive for Tokyo 2020 medals begins
Okinawa
- Gov't accused of unjustified lengthy detention of Okinawa anti-U.S. base activist
- Kadena air base neighbors awarded compensation for noise but the fight goes on
- Japan gov't ordered to pay record damages in U.S. base noise suit
- Photo Special: Protesters oppose start of offshore work for U.S. base relocation in Okinawa
- Protesters oppose start of offshore work for U.S. base relocation in Okinawa
Japan's Constitution
- Editorial: Expanding free education cannot be made soft underbelly of Constitution revision
- Abe suggested free education as part of constitutional revision
- Draft of Emperor Akihito's abdication speech shown to PM's office in fall 2015
- Photo Journal: People for peace
- As I See It: Nippon Kaigi and the debate over constitutional revision
Fukushima & Nuclear Power
- Editorial: Hearing the voices of victims, 6 years from the Great East Japan Earthquake
- 40% of local leaders doubt 3.11 disaster area recovery by 2020 due to Fukushima crisis
- TEPCO to use 'fishing gear-like' robot to hunt for melted fuel at Fukushima nuke plant
- Fukushima laden with piles of radioactive soil that can't be moved into storage
- Editorial: Reasons for Japan to dump nuclear power more obvious now than ever