Conductor Seiiji Ozawa Conducts in Europe
ROLLE, Switzerland — For the first time in about three years, Japanese conductor Seiji Ozawa picked up his baton to lead a group of young string players from the Seiji Ozawa International Academy in...
Book on “Sugihara Survivors” Published in English
TÖKYÖ — A former official of the Japan National Tourism Organization has released an English-language version of his research on the wartime escape of Jews from Nazi persecution via Japan.
Akira Kitade, 70, published his...
Tökyö Finds New Business Under The Tracks
TÖKYÖ — Redevelopment projects utilizing space beneath elevated railway tracks have been springing up around Tökyö in recent years, giving a fresh image to areas that had previously been used for warehouses and parking...
JAPANESE WOMEN RETAIN TOP SPOT IN LIFE EXPECTANCY
GENEVA — Japanese women retained the top spot in average life expectancy in 2012, ahead of women in Spain, Switzerland and Singapore. Japanese men, however, tied with Swedish men for eighth place, according to...
CHRONOLOGY OF EVENTS RELATED TO JAPAN’S SECURITY POLICY
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TÖKYÖ — The following is a chronology of major events related to Japan’s security policy.
August 1945: Japan surrenders unconditionally in World War II after U.S. atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
May 1947:...
JAPAN DIVIDED ON COLLECTIVE SELF-DEFENSE
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TÖKYÖ — Public opinion in Japan is divided over Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s push to reinterpret the country’s pacifist constitution to engage in collective self-defense. One side insists that reinterpretation could eventually...
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