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Children's depression and suicide a worsening problem

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Here is an excerpt, presented by Shukan Asahi (Nov 27), from the suicide note left by an 11-year-old boy: “All I can think of is…

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Airhead female fans can't get enough of 'cool' accused killer Ichihashi

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TOKYO — "Kakkoii!" (He's really cool), one blogger posted. "When he was arrested, I thought his disheveled black hair and the line along his neck to his…

New graduates face gloomy job prospects

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TOKYO — The recession of the 1990s spawned a hiring “ice age” that froze many able young people out of the regular full-time job market. One lingering…

Veteran tour escort relates travelers' lack of decorum

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In the early 1990s, the term "Narita rikon" (Narita divorce) was added to the Japanese lexicon. It referred to couples on overseas honeymoons who, having…

Japan awash in fake medicines

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For Japan, says Shukan Jitsuwa (Nov 12), 2006 was Year One of the fake med influx that by now has risen to a flood tide.…

Self-centered zombies running rampant through Japanese society

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During the Japan Open golf tournament held in mid-October, 18-year-old pro golf prodigy Ryo Ishikawa botched his swing on a bunker shot for a double…

The age of listless, wary, anxiety-ridden and insecure young men

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Pity the young Japanese male. For him, it’s shock piled upon shock. No wonder he’s reeling. The monthly magazine Nikkei Woman (November) lists what career-oriented…

Three-day farming tryout leaves writer fatigued, aching and dejected

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You're a self-described 35-year-old "lowbrow writer" facing shrinking outlets for your articles and no assurance things will get any better. So you look around to…

New breed of employees can’t communicate and wilt under pressure

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Heard the one about the company employee who got chewed out by her boss? Next day she was absent. Around mid-morning, there came a call…

Domestic jeans makers panting for survival

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Denim trousers were sold in Japan before WW2. But it was the rough-hewn Levi's look in Hollywood films exemplified by stars like James Dean that…