Roberto Abraham Scaruffi

Wednesday 19 August 2015

The Japan Times

TOP NEWS STORIES

Child suicides tend to occur at end spring or summer school holidays: study

Children tend to commit suicide in Japan when they’re due to go back to school after a long vacation, according to a government study, prompting ...

Japanese rocket blasts off, carrying supplies to International Space Station

A Japanese rocket blasted off Wednesday carrying emergency supplies in an unmanned cargo vessel bound for the International Space Station. The H-IIB rocket lifted off ...

LDP lawmaker Takaya Muto quits over money scandal

A Liberal Democratic Party lawmaker allegedly involved in a money scandal has quit the party after issuing an apology for “causing great trouble” to the ...

Japan to downgrade gift to centenarians as population ages

The central government is finding it costly furnishing Japan’s growing number of centenarians with a token of congratulation in the form of an expensive sake ...

Olympics stadium cost was projected at ¥346 billion in 2013

Under a now-scrapped design, the cost of building a new National Stadium was pegged at ¥346.2 billion in 2013, far above the ¥300 billion the ...

Slain Osaka girl, missing boy wandered streets after trying to stay at friend’s home

A 13-year-old girl found dead in an Osaka Prefecture parking lot bound with duct tape, and her male classmate who remains missing, wandered the streets ...

 

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TOP OPINION STORIES

Russia wants to be understood

Russia's image today remains tained by the image of Soviet days, which is why its case over Ukraine, Crimea and flight MH17 still get little ...

Economy appears far from robust

The latest GDP data for the second quarter of this year confirms the underlying weakness of consumer demand and the seemingly limited scope of the ...

Efforts for regional revitalization

The administrative ability of prefectural governors is being tested by the efforts to revitalize the areas they are serving.

Brazil’s Olympic dig unearths a royal toothbrush

As Rio de Janeiro prepares to host the 2016 Summer Olympics, archaeology is enjoying a revival, thanks in part to an unlikely convergence of bureaucracy ...

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Nihongo Drills for Intermediate Learners: VocabularyReinforce your intermediate-level Japanese!

TOP COMMUNITY STORIES

Trail of failed ventures involving American in murder probe leads from New York to Tokyo

The record of dubious projects leads from Peter Gatien-era New York clubland to Singapore and Japan

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TOP CULTURE STORIES

A militaristic turn for the Japanese film industry

Why have Japanese filmmakers recently been turning out so many films about World War II and its aftermath? The obvious answer is that they’re commemorating ...

‘At Home’ paints a terrible portrait of crime and family in Japan

So you want to make a movie about a happy family with a burglar dad, swindler mom and three smiling kids who have no problems ...

Norway’s ‘Ballet Boys’ dive deep into the world of dance

The road to becoming a professional athlete is paved with thorns, but there’s more trouble than that awaiting three aspiring male ballet dancers in the ...

Animated antidotes to Pixar-Disney eye candy

Children’s animated films, like just about everything else these days, are mostly created by a couple of mega-corporations. Some days it seems like the only ...

Tale of Tuscan beekeeping and family breakdown has a sting

Italian drama “The Wonders” opens on Aug. 22 and it’s well worth a look (or two or three). This Cannes Film Festival Grand Prix award ...

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TOP SPORTS STORIES

Giants use 12-run inning to rout first-place Tigers

Rookie right-hander Mizuki Tsuchida kept Yomiuri from sinking in the fourth inning and the Giants came back with a vengeance, overcoming a three-run deficit to ...

MLB stars’ participation in Premier 12 doubtful

This autumn’s inaugural Premier 12 international tournament will likely be without any active major leaguers, a Major League Baseball executive suggested Wednesday. Japanese fans hoping ...

Griffin defends ‘best’ comments

Frustrated that a quote about striving to be the NFL’s best quarterback was taken out of context, Robert Griffin III complained Tuesday that his name ...

Ichiro gets four hits in victory

After a rare off night, Ichiro Suzuki got back to hitting. Ichiro had his first four-hit game in over two years, and Cole Gillespie drove ...

Federer back into stride in Cincinnati

Roger Federer took a first step toward a seventh Cincinnati title on Tuesday night, beating Roberto Bautista Agut 6-4, 6-4 in his opening match. The ...

Coe beats Bubka for IAAF presidency

Sebastian Coe has won a four-year term as president of the governing body for track and field, beating Sergei Bubka in an election Wednesday and ...

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