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PHOTO NEWS

Energy management systems steal the show at CEATEC fair

While electronics makers were already taking the environment and energy conservation into account in their products, this year's offerings at the CEATEC technology fair show that the energy shortfalls triggered by the March disasters have significantly spurred their efforts.

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Fukushima begins child thyroid checks

Fukushima starts ultrasonic thyroid exams for the prefecture's 360,000 children aged up to 18 as part of efforts to monitor the health conditions of young people amid the nuclear crisis.

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Recovery of Iwojima war dead boosted

The government plans to step up measures to recover the remains of Japanese soldiers who died on Iwojima Island, one of the bloodiest World War II battlefields, by increasing both manpower and funding for its task force.

Opposition, DPJ clash over Ozawa Diet testimony

Opposition parties reiterate their demand that Ichiro Ozawa, the ruling Democratic Party of Japan's former chief, give sworn testimony at the Diet over his political funds scandal.

【特集】キャリアアップに役立つ大学・スクールを紹介。学校担当者インタビュー掲載。

TOKYO (8 p.m.)

20°C

Partly cloudy

Humidity: 77%

Winds: SE at 9 kph

Pressure: 1024 hpa

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Special Supplements

The Professionals

What drives a person to become a true professional in his or her field? We find out in this new series.

Aomori

This fall and winter, the northernmost prefecture of Japan's main island offers sights, sounds, tastes and pleasures for all visitors.

Japanese Language Schools where students gather from all over the world

ジャパンタイムズが勧める安心して学べる日本語学校特集

Career Development Special

Today is the beginning of the rest of your career. Get advice on developing business skills to make the best use of management resources, a global mind-set to manage cultural diversity and language skills to communicate in business settings.

No.1 Travel

The latest deals on international airfares

The University Times

いま求められるのはグローバル人材。「これからの世界と仕事」を考える、きっかけフリーペーパー。

Wisdom of Entrepreneurs

Learn about innovative strategies and successful business philosophies from Japanese executives in our series, Wisdom of Entrepreneurs

通訳・翻訳キャリアガイド・オンライン

通訳・翻訳業界の総合ガイドブック2012年度版が誕生！一部コンテンツをウェブで公開中。

Celebrating the world

Learn about foreign countries with our National Day specials and see which world leaders have visited Japan.

ジャパンタイムズの転職サイト

外資・グローバル企業の求人が満載。英語を活かして転職するならジャパンタイムズジョブ！

International Reports

World Eye Reports: Bavaria

Close ties between Japan and Bavaria abound as German-Japanese relations mark 150 years.

Global Insight: Maldives

The modernizing Pacific nation of almost 1,200 islands finds ways to be a leader in sustainability.

International Reports

Ready to expand your horizons and study in Japan?

A GUIDE TO JAPANESE COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES

Here's your resource for locating the educational institutions and curriculum best suited to you and your goals.

The Japan Times Online Updates

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Morgan leads Brewers into NLCS with tenth-inning walkoff

Nyjer Morgan denounced his "haters." He suggested he might celebrate by taking a nice, relaxing bath. Then he erupted with a cackle.

BASKETBALL

Phoenix edge B-Corsairs in overtime to win opener

By ED ODEVEN

RUGBY

France tops England

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LIFE IN JAPAN

Women warriors of Japan

By MICHAEL HOFFMAN

"Ah, for some bold warrior to match with, that Kiso might see how fine a death I can die!" ...

CLOSE-UP: Satoshi Kamata

Rebel spirit writ large

By ERIKO ARITA

SUNDAY TIMEOUT

Students' skills help to forge a new Tohoku

By EDAN CORKILL

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Helping Japan with a dance

By KRIS KOSAKA

Take any teenager nearly 10,000 km (6,000 miles) from their home on an overseas trip for the first time and you are bound to reap wonder. For 16-year-old French ballerina Sylvie Guillem, who came to Tokyo with the Paris Opera ...

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'Rise of the Planet of the Apes'

Ape will rise, man will fall — a saga begins anew

By GIOVANNI FAZIO

The original "Planet of the Apes" movie of 1968, based on the science-fantasy novel by Pierre Boulle, dropped a couple of astronauts onto an unknown planet where evolution had worked out backwards: Humans were feral and hunted by the ruling ...

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International Reports

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Morgan leads Brewers into NLCS with tenth-inning walkoff

Phoenix edge B-Corsairs in overtime to win opener

France tops England

Women warriors of Japan

Rebel spirit writ large

Students' skills help to forge a new Tohoku

Helping Japan with a dance

Ape will rise, man will fall — a saga begins anew

Popping pills, winning friends and influencing people

Young couple face the wretched 'black dog' of depression

Weather the fall with an old Edo classic

The most satisfying soba in temple town

Proper pizza and pasta — and yes, it's in Tokyo

Setting a course for pirate isles in the Seto Inland Sea

Yatsugatake wanderings in the wet

Discoveries to delight on the very doorstep of The Japan Times

Festival caps off Asian month

Burger pros to expand their culinary scope

Double beats as Japan rings with jazz tunes

Bonsai showcase a must for green thumbs

Pretty in pink at The Peninsula Tokyo

Zero Gravity

Noodles

TPP talks too slow to make APEC summit

U.S. cuts Fukushima plant travel alert to 20 km

Noda may take Korean historical archives to Seoul

Southeast Asia to start emergency rice reserve

Tsunami signs at nuke plant village stoke safety fears

More oil stockpiling bases planned

KANSAI: Who & What

Power pricing system under scrutiny

National Azabu is shutting down while quake-safe building goes up

Son mourns as he announces iPhone pricing

BOJ board sticks with interest rate policy

Yamaguchi to halve stake in utility

Ghosn decries lack of yen action

Toyota to parts firms: Ax prices or else

The man who dented the universe

Rescuing America from Wall Street

Helping hand for Tepco

Communication skill, beyond language, called key necessity

He waits and measures

Where have all the heroes gone?

Unfair dismissal: the legal options

Japan needs less ganbatte, more genuine action

Mascot menagerie: from the practical to the satirical

Buying a brand new home: cookie cutter or order made?

Upgrading the ordinary

Ichifuji owners Midori and Takashi Nakao

Bringing Western-style painting back to the East

"Japan's long-selling products"

"MAM Project 15: Tsang Kin-Wah"

The patron saint of Japanese indie?

Gamarjobat: Pantomime artists who have plenty to say

Next Music From Tokyo alumni give the freshmen some advice

Seiji

Second Royal

A short history of big gaffes by Japanese politicians

Some four-kanji idioms are even officially child's play

Hymns for human potential

Pan-Asian history writ large

Meticulous ode to love and fate

Like Astro Boy, humans may be able to live with radiation

Working horses make for even happier woodlands

Why do Japanese developers keep us waiting?

A brand new touchscreen device for every pocket

Despite dire predictions, this year's TGS was huge

Interviewed like a star: Anonymous question and answer site is proving popular in Japan

Nonprofits in Japan help 'shut-ins' get out into the open

Early days of Ayako Koshino; miracle-worker maid; CM of the week: Japan Tobacco

Television's skewed version of poverty

Bikes keep the wheels of progress rolling