Good Health is Your Greatest Wealth……Virgil
| Members of Japan's Ground Self Defense Force 1st Airborne Brigade take part in a military exercise in Narashino, suburban Tokyo, Japan, Jan. 13, 2013. A total of 300 personnel, 20 aircraft and 33 vehicles took part in the open exercise at the defense … See all stories on this topic » |
 Global Times |
| japan-seniors-exercise-health.JPG View full sizeBloombergPeople exercise to the morning radio calisthenics broadcast at a park in Tokyo, Japan, on Sept. 6. Within four decades, almost half the people in the world's third-largest economy will be 65 … See all stories on this topic » |
 Plain Dealer |
| YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan — U.S. military personnel have participated for the first time in an annual Japanese exercise designed to prepare for a major earthquake in Tokyo. The Japanese capital, home to some of America's largest overseas bases, has a 70 … See all stories on this topic » |
 Stars and Stripes |
The Tokyo Metropolitan Government said Monday 78 patients and staff at an elderly care center had contracted tuberculosis (TB), including three people who died, a report said.
TOKYO (Reuters) – In the concrete jungle of Tokyo, some 600 retirees have gathered to fight for supremacy – with blow darts. The ancient Borneo rain forest tradition of blow darting is picking up new fans thousands of kilometers away in Japan, where it is a rapidly growing sport among the nation’s elderly. In just five years, nationwide membership in a blow dart club has tripled, on target to hit 30,000 members this year. The average age of enthusiasts is 70. …
| PTI New Delhi: India and Japan will hold their first-ever maritime exercise commencing on Saturday off the coast of Tokyo there. "Two destroyers, one maritime patrol aircraft and a helicopter of the Japanese Maritime Self Defence Force (JMSDF) will … See all stories on this topic » |
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TOKYO (Reuters) – The United States’ first reported mad cow disease case in six years will not affect negotiations about Japan’s possible membership in a U.S.-led Pacific trade pact, the government said on Wednesday. For Washington, Japan’s curbs on beef imports from countries hit by the disease are one the sticking points and U.S. exporters have been counting on Tokyo to relax the curbs following a review initiated in December. The curbs, which in 2005 replaced a total ban put in place after the first mad cow case in 2003, have capped U.S. …