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JAPAN: Law Banning Teen Prostitution May Have Little Impact
The Tokyo government has passed Japan's first law against teenage prostitution, but the real cure lies in addressing an environment that encourages youngsters to indulge in sex for pay, and allows some adults to take advantage of it.JAPAN: Cruel Human Experiments Emerge from Wartime Past
More than five decades after Japan's defeat in the Pacific War, ugly secrets continue to slowly emerge from deep inside the country's wartime past.JAPAN: Cruel Human Experiments Emerge from Wartime Past
More than five decades after Japan's defeat in the Pacific War, ugly secrets continue to slowly emerge from deep inside the country's wartime past.JAPAN-ENVIRONMENT: Greenhouse Gas Target a Joke, say Critics
Environmentalists see Japan's announcement Monday a conservative target for curbing greenhouse gas emissions as proof of how diplomacy and pressure from industry have sidetracked environmental issues ahead of a December conference on climate change.JAPAN: For Ethnic Koreans, A Small Step Forward in Equality
When Chae Don Ja recently passed a test and qualified for a job in a municipal government, she became one among the first three Korean residents in Japan to do so.JAPAN: Foreign Students Keep An Eye On Books And Making Money
Rohan, not his real name, begins his day at 3 a.m. with a trip to the local newspaper distribution centre to collect papers to be sent out during the day.JAPAN-WOMEN: Slowly, Rape Victims Find a Voice
Mari, 27, was raped by a co-worker in a hotel room during an office mission the two of them had been sent on. "I was devastated," she said.JAPAN: Turning Overseas Aid into Profits
Japan is moving to require developing nations that get environment-related aid funds to buy goods and services from it, prompting protests from activists who say this is tantamount to profiting from aid programmes.JAPAN-DEVELOPMENT: Turning Overseas Aid into Profits
Japan is moving to require developing nations that get environment-related aid funds to buy goods and services from prompting protests from activists who say this is tantamount to profiting from aid programmes.JAPAN: Nuclear Industry Battered by Mishaps, Public Distrust
Enjoying a wave of optimism only a few years ago, Japan's nuclear industry finds itself hobbled by a string of accidents and growing public awareness about the dangers inherent in nuclear energy.JAPAN: Tokyo Airs New Greenhouse Gas Formula
Under pressure to take a leadership role in upcoming talks on climate change, Japan is firming up a proposal for targets to be followed by industrialised countries in the reduction of harmful greenhouse gases.JAPAN-ENVIRONMENT: Tokyo Airs New Greenhouse Gas Formula
Under pressure to take a leadership role in upcoming talks on climate change, Japan is firming up a proposal for targets to be followed by industrialised countries in the reduction of harmful greenhouse gases.CULTURE: In Japan, Asian is “In”
It's hard to find a seat during lunch hour at 'Chengmai', a tiny Thai restaurant in downtown Tokyo. The mouth-tingling Thai curries and stir-fried dishes, costing around 10 dollars each, are a big hit with the office crowd that pack the place everyday and dinner is a reservations-only affair.JAPAN: Court Ruling Revives Row Over History Textbooks
In 1964, historian Saburo Ienaga sued Japan's education ministry after it censored a high school textbook he had written on the nation's wartime history, including the imperial army's medical experiments on Chinese prisoners in the 1930s.JAPAN-ENVIRONMENT: Green-friendly Living Begins at Home
Keiko Tanaka takes a large cotton-knit bag with her whenever she goes shopping, so she does not accumulate a mountain of useless plastic bags at home.JAPAN: For Youth, the Easy Life Leads to Social Ills
Kei Miwa, 16, thinks nothing of spending an average of 400 dollars a month on clothes, make-up and just having fun.JAPAN: Residents Step Up Battle for Cleaner Air
Yuki Natsume, 44, never had asthma until she started living in Tokyo more than a decade ago.JAPAN-ENVIRONMENT: Residents Step Up Battle for Cleaner Air
Yuki Natsume, 44, never had asthma until she started living in Tokyo more than a decade ago.JAPAN: As Domestic Needs Grow, Overseas Aid Takes Back Seat
Japan's shrinking foreign aid budget reflects the economic woes nagging the world's largest aid donor, but it also signals a gradual shift in its foreign policy which is anchored on official development assistance (ODA).JAPAN: For Atom Bomb Survivors, the Past Never Fades Away
The approach of Aug 6th is always hard for 63- year-old Reiko Yamada, an atomic bomb survivor who is now active in a battle to gain better support for victims of the world's first atomic blast 52 years ago.JAPAN-MEDIA: No Longer Funny, Cartoons Are Serious and Dangerous
On Saturday evenings, millions of Japanese children are glued to the television screen watching the top-rated series 'Sailor Moon R'.« Previous Page — Next Page »
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