RSS Feed for Japan Today http://www.japantoday.com/feed Sun, 08 Nov 2009 04:30:52 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://www.japantoday.com/category/national/view/chinese-sailors-visit-a-bomb-museum-in-hiroshima About 230 cadets and crew of a Chinese naval training vessel on Saturday visited the Hiroshima A-bomb museum and the ruins of a building destroyed… Sun, 08 Nov 2009 03:28:00 +0100 http://www.japantoday.com/category/national/view/doctors-admit-leaving-metal-nut-in-heart-of-man-who-died Ashikaga Red Cross Hospital in Tochigi Prefecture said Friday that doctors accidentally left a metal nut inside the heart of a patient who underwent surgery… Sat, 07 Nov 2009 09:44:00 +0100 http://www.japantoday.com/category/national/view/filipino-family-gets-special-permission-to-stay-in-japan The government has granted special permission for residence to a Filipino family in Hiratsuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, who were ordered to leave Japan in October last… Sat, 07 Nov 2009 05:44:00 +0100 http://www.japantoday.com/category/national/view/3-ocean-weather-monitoring-ships-to-be-retired The Japan Meteorological Agency plans to retire three of its five ships monitoring weather in coastal waters next March due to technological advances for weather… Sat, 07 Nov 2009 02:44:00 +0100 http://www.japantoday.com/category/national/view/sakurajima-volcano-picking-up-activity The Sakurajima volcano in southwestern Japan has had 400 explosive eruptions so far this year, the most in 24 years, a local observatory said Friday,… Fri, 06 Nov 2009 14:42:00 +0100 http://www.japantoday.com/category/national/view/no-of-flu-patients-to-top-6-million-mark-soon-in-japan The cumulative number of people infected with influenza, mostly the new H1N1 strain of influenza A, since early July reached an estimated 5.85 million as… Fri, 06 Nov 2009 13:52:00 +0100 http://www.japantoday.com/category/national/view/osaka-rescue-authority-receives-false-report-on-train-crash Osaka firefighters said a report they received Thursday that many people were injured in a train crash at an Osaka subway station was found to… Fri, 06 Nov 2009 06:55:00 +0100 http://www.japantoday.com/category/national/view/chinese-navy-vessel-makes-port-call-in-japan A Chinese naval training vessel with some 360 crew members on board made a port call Thursday at the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force's Etajima port… Thu, 05 Nov 2009 10:07:00 +0100 http://www.japantoday.com/category/national/view/16-year-old-boy-in-grave-condition-after-being-hit-by-arrow-between-eyes A 16-year-old boy practicing archery at a public hall in Tokyo's Meguro Ward was struck between the eyebrows Wednesday by an arrow shot by a… Thu, 05 Nov 2009 07:45:00 +0100 http://www.japantoday.com/category/national/view/two-killed-in-head-on-collision-in-fukuoka-pref Two people were killed on Wednesday afternoon when the car they were traveling in crashed into a truck in Iizuka City, Fukuoka Prefecture. According to… Thu, 05 Nov 2009 06:31:00 +0100 http://www.japantoday.com/category/national/view/more-students-falling-victim-to-dodgy-vocational-course-canvassers University and college students are increasingly falling victim to language and other vocational schools that are cashing in on their employment fears amid the economic… Thu, 05 Nov 2009 06:28:00 +0100 http://www.japantoday.com/category/national/view/record-number-of-principals-seek-demotion A total of 179 public school principals, vice heads and their deputies, the largest ever, asked to be demoted in the 2008 academic year through… Thu, 05 Nov 2009 05:52:00 +0100 http://www.japantoday.com/category/national/view/121-road-bridges-closed-over-fears-of-collapse The infrastructure ministry said Wednesday that 121 road bridges nationwide have been closed as of April 2008 due to their possible collapse as a result… Thu, 05 Nov 2009 05:46:00 +0100 http://www.japantoday.com/category/national/view/mothers-hope-kids-study-more-rather-than-play-outside-online-survey Mothers expect their children to spend more time studying than playing outside, results of an online survey by a toy import and sales company showed… Thu, 05 Nov 2009 05:18:00 +0100 http://www.japantoday.com/category/national/view/artists-warning-about-fakes-goes-unheeded-at-online-auction Two pictures resembling drawings by artist Yoshitomo Nara were sold for a total of about 700,000 yen on an online auction site in late October… Thu, 05 Nov 2009 04:18:00 +0100 http://www.japantoday.com/category/national/view/shimane-police-search-woods-for-missing-university-girl About 40 police officers searched woods on Wednesday near the road along which missing university student Miyako Hiraoka, 19, used to commute from her dormitory… Thu, 05 Nov 2009 04:17:00 +0100 http://www.japantoday.com/category/national/view/japan-considers-sending-sdf-officers-to-afghan-intl-security-mission Tokyo is considering sending Japanese Self-Defense Forces personnel to the headquarters of the international security mission in Afghanistan as a way of aiding the war-torn… Wed, 04 Nov 2009 10:57:00 +0100 http://www.japantoday.com/category/national/view/proper-registration-of-national-assets-urged Five governmental entities have been urged to properly register their assets after failing to list items worth nearly 17 billion yen in the national property… Wed, 04 Nov 2009 03:06:00 +0100 http://www.japantoday.com/category/national/view/seasons-1st-snow-observed-in-tohoku-region Some cities in the Tohoku region in northeastern Japan such as Morioka, Yamagata and Niigata observed the region's first snowfall of this season Tuesday as… Tue, 03 Nov 2009 16:35:00 +0100 http://www.japantoday.com/category/national/view/19-year-old-university-student-missing-in-shimane-since-oct-26 Police announced Monday that a 19-year-old university student has been missing since Oct 26. Miyako Hiraoka from Kagawa Prefecture had been living in a student… Tue, 03 Nov 2009 07:35:00 +0100