Part of the problem lies in Japan's educational system.

A used bookstore in Fukui, Japan. Photo by Nevin Thompson.

On April 26, 1988, the first international symposium on bioceramics was held in Kyoto, Japan.

The , Macrocheira kaempferi , is a species of marine crab that lives in the waters around Japan.

That would cast at least one ray of light on the gloom that envelops Japan today.

Asia s recovery began with Japan, then moved to South Korea and on to Southeast Asia, beginning with Singapore and Malaysia.

Now it is time for the international community to step up and show the same concern for Japan.

In this respect, the total oil stored in Japan in December stood at 587.4 million barrels.

Report of the Director General for Policy Planning (Statistical Standards) of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications of Japan on industrial statistics

Funding is provided by the European Commission, the National Cancer Institute of the United States of America and the Sasakawa Memorial Health Foundation of Japan.

The , at long, is the third longest in Japan and the longest in Hokkaidō.

We will hear addresses by the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Kazakhstan, the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Slovakia, the Parliamentary Secretary for Foreign Affairs of Japan and the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Poland.

We look forward to the outcome of this week's World Conference on Disaster Reduction in Kobe, Japan.

Despite its smaller economy, South Korea seems to be better prepared than Japan to play this critical role.

A number of projects, such as the Super Kamiokande neutrino observatory, in Gifu, Japan are currently studying these neutrinos.

The Protocol was adopted on 29 October 2010 in Nagoya, Aichi Province, Japan, and entered into force on 12 October 2014.

VIENNA Nuclear power has become safer since the devastating accident one year ago at Fukushima, Japan.

The nuclear disaster in Fukushima, Japan, could give rise to another issue specific regional institution, this one focused on nuclear safety.

But, since the March 2011 triple meltdown at Japan s Fukushima Daiichi plant, the pace of the decline has accelerated significantly.

Starting with Japan, Obama needs to ensure a good working relationship with Yukio Hatoyama, the new premier.

The 1994 Asian Games also known as XII Asiad were held from October 2 to October 16, 1994 in Hiroshima, Japan.

Last year in Nagoya, Japan, governments agreed to establish such areas in 10 of the world s oceans by 2020.

Back in March 11, 2011, a 9.0 earthquake off the Pacific Coast off Tohoku struck Japan. This, the strongest ever earthquake recorded to hit Japan, and the subsequent tsunami waves of up to 40.5 meters devastated great parts of the coastal regions of the country and caused the meltdown of nuclear reactors at the Fukushima Daiichi Power Plant, irradiating the neighboring areas including the ocean waters.

The daughter of an English father, she lived as a child in Japan, Cognac, France, and Hong Kong, where she attended the Hong Kong International School.

The World Conference on Disaster Reduction, held at Kobe, Japan, from 18 to 22 January 2005,

It reminds Asians of the repulsive Japan of the 1930 s rather than the attractive Japan of today.

But Chan Giryok, who was Kim Jong suk s primary doctor and is now a doctor at Nagoya University in Japan, tells a different story.

In fact, the financial crisis and the nuclear crisis at the Fukushima nuclear power plant in Japan share at least four similarities

Western leaders forced Japan to let its currency rise in the second half of the 1980 s, and look at the disaster that followed.

The US regards a triangular Japan China US relationship as the basis of stability in East Asia, and wants good relations between all three of its legs.

The US administration, fashionably worried over China s growing regional influence, seems quite happy with a closely tied Japan that could help balance China.

The video was produced by L'Arche Japan, which runs a group home for people with intellectual disabilities in Shizuoka Prefecture, which neighbors Kanagawa Prefecture where the Sagamihara murders occurred.

The PRESIDENT It is now my very great pleasure to extend a warm welcome, on behalf of you all, to His Excellency Mr. Itsunori Onodera, the Parliamentary Secretary for Foreign Affairs of Japan, who will now address the Conference.

The nuclear power crisis at Japan s Fukushima power plant has served as a dreadful reminder that events thought unlikely can and do happen.

The main danger for Japan today is a tendency to turn inward, rather than becoming a global civilian power that realizes its great potential to produce global public goods.

China s leaders will also be interested in her thinking on Japan, particularly given the inclinations of her father, who served as an officer in the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II.

In addition to the loss of mostly civilian life, and in contrast to the low Allied casualties, the raids caused extensive damage to Japan's cities and contributed to a large decline in industrial production.

The net result is that over the past two years, China has worsened its relations with Japan, India, South Korea, Vietnam, and others quite a remarkable record that confirms the US strategic premise that only China can contain China.

And it is why bullying Japan is always a good option China s rulers do not necessarily hate Japan, but they are afraid to look weak in the eyes of their citizens, who are taught from kindergarten that foreign powers want to humiliate China.

(c) Expo 2005 (Aichi, Japan, 25 March 25 September 2005). It was agreed that the United Nations system, led by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), would collectively participate in Expo 2005.

And we had a robotic device, a humanoid robot, in Kyoto, Japan at ATR Laboratories that was dreaming its entire life to be controlled by a brain, a human brain, or a primate brain.

The Pan African, Pan Asian and Latin America and Caribbean Youth Leadership Summits were held in Dakar in June 2004 Hiroshima, Japan, in September 2004 and Belo Horizonte, Brazil, in May 2005, respectively.

Now, fully aware of Obama s claims for a presidency that will be about the future, Asians are eager to hear about his vision of the Asia Pacific region and how the US will deal with Asia s giants China and India while maintaining strong connections to Japan.

The current phase, implemented in collaboration with the WHO Centre for Health and Development, Kobe, Japan and being conducted in Bolivia, India, Kenya, Malaysia, Pakistan and Trinidad and Tobago, focuses on older people who do not use primary health care services.

Sensing a widening gulf between Japan and the US, the Chinese Navy is demonstrating its growing might in the seas around Japan and asserting its aspiration to replace the US as the Pacific s dominant naval power.