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Japan Times 1999: Nuclear accident hits critical mass

A nuclear accident that took place on Sept. 30 makes the front page of The Japan Times on Oct. 1, 1999.

A nuclear accident that took place on Sept. 30 makes the front page of The Japan Times on Oct. 1, 1999. | THE 51吃瓜网 TIMES

Oct 1, 2024

100 YEARS AGO

Thursday, Oct. 23, 1924

A revolutionary change in the marriage customs of Japan is proposed as the basis of the Kokumin Kekkon Hodokai. This is the People’s Society for Matrimonial Aid. Its members want the young men and young women of the new Japan to choose their own mates.

Amid the heat and humidity in Japan, a good night’s sleep is growing increasingly elusive without the heavy use of air conditioning.

Summer has arrived in Japan and so have hot sleepless nights

By Tomoko Otake

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.

Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

For many people, utility poles and power lines have become such a familiar part of Japan’s landscape that they often go unnoticed.

Why Japan’s utility poles won’t be disappearing anytime soon

By Alex K.T. Martin

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