THE number of elderly criminals being caught by Japanese police has rocketed, the justice ministry said Friday, with pensioners committing almost 50 times more assaults than two decades ago. (Herald Sun)
Crime on the rise among Japanese elderly
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Five people found dead in Japan family suicide
A family of five -- including three young children -- found dead in a van in central Japan are believed to have been a suicide, a police official said Friday. (AFP)
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New universities are big business, needed or not
People who use the Tokyu Toyoko Line, which connects Tokyo and Yokohama, may wonder why there are stations called Toritsu-Daigaku and Gakugei-Daigaku when there are no daigaku (universities) near them. (Japan Times)
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Hakuho improves to 7-0
Hakuho manhandled Georgian Tochinoshin to stay unbeaten on the seventh day while dark horse Goeido remained neck and neck with the grand champion with another convincing win at the Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament on Saturday. (Japan Times)
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Yoshiwara busts send message: 'Keep it clean'
On May 24, 1956, the Diet voted Japan's anti-prostitution statute into law, effective from April 1, 1957; but enforcement was postponed a year to give sex workers time to seek new livelihoods. (Japan Times)
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Students staying in Japan
Japanese college students are studying abroad in fewer numbers than ever before. A new report from the nonprofit Institute of International Education in New York announced that a mere 19,900 Japanese students were enrolled in American colleges and universities in 2011-12. That is down 60 percent from the peak in 1997-98 when a total of 47,000 Japanese students studied in U.S. colleges and universities. (Japan Times)
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Imperial Couple arrive in Okinawa
Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko began a four-day visit to Okinawa on Saturday for a series of engagements, their first trip to the prefecture in eight years, the Imperial Household Agency said. (Japan Times)
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Mura wins figure skating gold
US figure skating champion Ashley Wagner and Japan's Takahito Mura lit up the Paris-Bercy arena on their way to gold in the Trophee Bompard here on Saturday. (AFP)
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Jetstar Japan reprimanded for lax safety checks
Budget airline Jetstar Japan has been reprimanded by Japan's Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism for safety failings. (Japan Today)
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Tokyo ex-governor joins new conservative party
Outspoken leaders from Japan's two biggest cities formed a national political party Saturday, seeking to become "a third force" to lure undecided voters and challenge the country's two biggest parties. (AFP)
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Japan to give $615 mln in loans to Myanmar
Japan is to provide Myanmar with $615 million in government loans, a report said on Sunday, just days after the United States scrapped a ban on most imports from the long-isolated Southeast Asian nation. (AFP)
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Can the next Sony and Nintendo consoles break free of Japan's stifling cultural baggage?
Japan has long been a dominant driving force in the video game industry. Decades ago, western brands like Atari and Coleco did well. After the video game crash in the 1980s, Japan really stepped up. Nintendo, Sega, and Sony were really the only companies with successful video game consoles from the late 80s until Microsoft launched the original Xbox in 2001. (itproportal.com)
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Discrimination of working mothers persists in Japan
To resume work after the birth of her first child, Terue Suzuki moved back to her family home on weekdays to get help with baby-care, leaving her husband in the house they shared.
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Learning the art of giving, Japanese-style
What matters at Christmas time is the spirit, right? For those yet to be convinced, a tiny Japanese pavilion in Paris offers to initiate Westerners to a 700-year-old gift-giving ritual known as Origata. (AFP)
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Make Japanese universities more or less like sumo world
One of the reasons why Japanese universities are weak in their international competitiveness is found in the uniquely Japanese way in which educational and research projects are undertaken at the postgraduate level. (Japan Times)
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Following delays and tight supplies, Nintendo launches new Wii U home console in U.S. market
Nintendo Co. began selling its Wii U home console in the United States on Sunday amid tight supplies and delays in implementing a new TV-viewing service, aiming to prove it can still succeed by marrying its hardware to exclusive software. (Japan Times)
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Nearly half of Japan's doctors in poor health or worried about physical, mental state: survey
Nearly half of the doctors working at hospitals nationwide are either in poor health or worried about their physical and mental condition due to long hours and stressful working conditions, a survey revealed Sunday. (Japan Times)
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Sumo: Hakuho, Goeido still locked for lead
Yokozuna Hakuho kicked off the second week of the Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament on Sunday like he did the first - dominantly, and at the top of the food chain. (Japan Times)
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Quake survivors' blood pressure rising in Iwate
The number of people suffering from high blood pressure has increased in the coastal areas of Iwate Prefecture since the Great East Japan Earthquake, according to Iwate Medical University researchers. (Yomiuri)
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Merger forces Japan Restoration Party to drop major policy stances
In the rush to form a stronger political party with a Lower House election less than a month away, Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto's Japan Restoration Party considerably weakened its anti-nuclear power stance. (Asahi)
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