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Tepco to seek Niigata reactor restarts 2 Jul 2013 | 08:10 pm

Tokyo Electric Power says it will file a request with the Nuclear Regulation Authority to restart two idled reactors in Niigata Prefecture after new safety ...

Bubbles, music and paint as babies learn to create 2 Jul 2013 | 08:05 pm

For a moment, I wonder if I've accidentally strayed onto the set of a children's TV programme. Center stage are three grown men in matching ...

DPJ ruins chance at power reform 2 Jul 2013 | 08:05 pm

The multipartisan anti-bullying law enacted by the Diet is no panacea for the nation's schools as it fails to take into account all aspects of ...

Geary done with Yokohama, poised to take over in Chiba 2 Jul 2013 | 08:05 pm

In a major announcement that was expected for weeks, Reggie Geary told The Japan Times on Monday evening that he won't return to coach the ...

Doc returns Vietnam vet’s arm 47 years on 2 Jul 2013 | 08:04 pm

An American doctor arrived in Vietnam carrying an unlikely piece of luggage: the bones of an arm he amputated in 1966. Dr. Sam Axelrad brought the ...

Mandela family battles over ailing icon’s legacy 2 Jul 2013 | 08:04 pm

A convoy of cars and buses decked with balloons streamed into Qunu on Saturday as the childhood home of Nelson Mandela hosted a wedding and ...

Serena latest big name ousted 2 Jul 2013 | 08:04 pm

For 34 matches over 4½ months, on hard, clay or grass courts, Serena Williams was unbeaten — and, in the minds of many, unbeatable. So it ...

Taking a stand against bullying 2 Jul 2013 | 08:04 pm

It is deplorable that the opposition DPJ blew a chance to pass a power industry reform bill because it was too busy playing politics against ...

Portugal’s baby bust feeding vicious cycle 2 Jul 2013 | 08:04 pm

For an enterprise in the business of welcoming life, the birthing ward inside Portugal's largest maternity hospital is eerily quiet. On a recent morning, not ...

Work-life balance? Not in politics 2 Jul 2013 | 08:04 pm

Tamayo Marukawa, 42, seems to have it all. A University of Tokyo graduate, she scored one of the most coveted jobs in Japan as an ...

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