Speech Materals 339 Osaka rejects city reform plan; Hashimoto to retire
The people of Osaka have voted down plans to abolish the city government and convert Osaka into five special administrat...
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Speech Materals 338 LDP panel proposes new teacher recruitment system
An Education Ministry sub-committee on education reform set up by the government has recommended changing the way teache...
Speech Materals 337 String May Work Better Than BMI In Determining Body Fat, Health Risks
For over a century, doctors have been improving on the body mass index (BMI), their go-to method for determining whether...
Speech Materals 336 Forget the ‘To-Do’ List, You Need a ‘Stop Doing’ List
It’s interesting to think about the things you want to accomplish in life and work towards those goals. This is, after a...
Speech Materals 335 Star Trek technology that we use today
Without Star Trek we may not have ever been able to make phone calls whenever and wherever we please. Cell phones are a ...
Speech Materals 334 How ISIS makes (and takes) money
The Islamic State in Iraq and Syria has crude, stomach-turning tactics when it comes to dealing with its enemy, but expe...
Speech Materals 333 Why Elite Colleges Are Targeting Baby Boomers for New Career Programs
Harvard and Stanford have launched programs for high-level execs seeking to change careers. Other universities are looki...
Speech Materals 332 The top 10 rural regions of Japan that Tokyo residents would like to move to
There’s a widespread belief in Japan that if you want to achieve educational or economic success, you come to Tokyo. As ...
Speech Materals 331 Gov’t releases guidelines for moral education
The Education Ministry has released guidelines to make moral education a special subject in schools by fiscal 2018. Educ...
Speech Materals 330 These are the top geopolitical risks of 2015
International stories rise and fall so quickly in today’s media. On Monday, it’s civil conflict in Ukraine. On Tuesday, ...
Speech Materals 329 How your desk should be organized
In the office, your desk is your command center. And experts said how well it's organized can help set the tone and prod...
Speech Materals 328 Japanese rice: the new, safe luxury food in China
First it was European infant formula, then New Zealand milk. Now Chinese consumers are adding Japanese rice to the list ...
Speech Materals 327 Bill & Melinda Gates: Our bet for 2030
Fifteen years ago, the two of us made a bet. We started our foundation in 2000 with the idea that by backing innovative ...
Speech Materals 326 Richest 1% to own more than rest of world, Oxfam says
The wealthiest 1% will soon own more than the rest of the world's population, according to a study by anti-poverty chari...
Speech Materals 325 Look-ahead 2015: Fly into the future and other predictions
One of the trends to watch out for in 2015 is that your smartphone will get smarter - possibly so smart that it's almost...
Speech Materals 324 Congestion expected after Toyota green car orders soar
Toyota has been swamped by orders for its first mass market hydrogen fuel-cell car, the company said Thursday, with dema...
Speech Materals 323 E-Books Are Damaging Your Health: Why We Should All Start Reading Paper Books Again
Reading in and of itself has plenty of benefits for our minds: Studies have shown that reading over the course of a life...
Speech Materals 322 Genetically altered rice could solve Japan’s pollen allergy problem
Good news for all those who live in Japan and suffer from pollen allergies! Scientists have genetically modified rice in...
Speech Materals 321 America’s 9 biggest health issues
After an incredibly busy 2014, during which health stories like Ebola, new food nutrition label rules, and the debate ab...
Speech Materals 320 Is an entirely English-speaking village coming to Tokyo?
In preparation for the Olympics, Tokyo announced some of the “Long Term Visions” for English in preparation for the 2020...
Speech Materals 319 Good Sleeping Posture Helps Your Back
Most everyone knows that good posture is important, but good posture doesn't apply just to sitting and standing. The mus...
Speech Materals 318 The Question Your Doctor Should Be Asking You — but Isn’t
Almost half of adults surveyed drank at least one soda a day. The last time you went to the doctor, were you asked how m...
Speech Materals 317 AI, eel production and cancer prevention drugs in the cards
Japan expects to make commercially available the mass production of Japanese eels, an endangered species in the country,...
Speech Materals 316 The Secret to Learning a Foreign Language as an Adult
CEO David Bailey describes how he taught himself French in only 17 days. I’ve learned several foreign languages as an ad...
Speech Materals 315 10 Things to Know About Knee Arthritis
If you have knee osteoarthritis, you're in good company. About 9 million Americans struggle with knee arthritis, and it'...
Speech Materals 314 Japan in Depth: School Closures
Japan's leaders are in a race against time. The proportion of elderly is increasing faster than any other country and th...
Speech Materals 313 The Top 10 Google Searches of 2014
Nobody broke the internet in 2014, but the heartbreaking death of comic genius Robin Williams may have come close, as mo...
Speech Materals 312 The potential risks of free Wi-Fi
From Dec 1, the Tokyo Metro subway lines and Tokyo metropolitan government’s Bureau of Transportation began providing fr...
Speech Materals 311 Superbugs Could Kill 10 Million By 2050, Report Warns
Could be deadlier than cancer Rising rates of drug-resistant infections could lead to the death of some 10 million peopl...
Speech Materals 310 How Sharing Your Health Data Could Change Medical Research
In the field of health research, data have long been held closely by the researchers who collected it. The knowledge is ...
Speech Materals 309 Eating the Mediterranean diet may lead to a longer life
Eating a Mediterranean diet may be your key to living longer. That's according to a new study led by Immaculata De Vivo,...
Speech Materals 308 6 things you need to know about STEM
STEM -- the acronym for science, technology, engineering and math -- has sparked a nationwide debate about education, ge...
Speech Materals 307 One Sneaky Way to Boost Your Mood
A person’s walk is a good indicator of how he or she is feeling—a slumped, sluggish gait might indicate sadness or distr...
Speech Materals 306 Clean Cookstoves Get a Global Boost
Indoor air pollution, a health problem that's bigger than HIV, tuberculosis or malaria, is getting a $413 million boost....
Speech Materals 305 Yahoo! Japan Starts Simple And Easy Genomic Analysis Service
Yahoo! Japan has announced the release of a genomic analysis service for the public from the HealthData Lab project offe...
Speech Materals 304 Is 45 the new old age in the workplace?
At what age are you washed up? Maybe earlier than you think. There's been no shortage of press about how older workers f...
Speech Materals 303 Google offers free DNA tests to employees with cancer
The tech companies of Silicon Valley have always struggled to attract and retain talented software developers, but today...
Speech Materals 302 The 12 Worst Habits for Your Mental Health
Depression is usually brought on by factors beyond our control—the death of a loved one, a job loss, or financial troubl...
Speech Materals 301 Japan cautiously considers arms deals
Japan is receiving inquiries about its weapons and other military technologies half a year after it lifted its self-impo...
Speech Materals 300 Nation’s First Soda Tax Passed in California City
Berkeley, Calif. has become the first U.S. city to pass a law taxing sugary drinks, with more than three-quarters of vot...
Speech Materals 299New At-Home Test May Detect Colon Cancer
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved an at-home colon cancer test. Called Cologuard , it is the first stoo...
Speech Materals 298 FDA Approves iGrow, A Low-Level Laser Therapy Device That Stimulates Hair Growth In Men
According to the American Academy of Dermatology, 50 million men are affected by hereditary hair loss. Thinning hair and...
Speech Materals 297 Synthetic Milk Could Be In Your Fridge By 2017, Boosting Quality Of Health, Environment
Two American bioengineers are working on creating the first no-cow-required glass of milk with genetically engineered ye...
Speech Materals 296 Nestle Japan hiring 1,000 robots to sell espresso machines
Food giant Nestle said Wednesday that its Japan unit would hire 1,000 robots as sales clerks at stores across the countr...
Speech Materals 295 3 Amazing Mind Tricks That Will Help You Remember Small Details
It’s all in your head. No, really—your capacity to remember the name of a new investment company, which products are goi...
Speech Materals 294 Get ready for robot farmers
On most lettuce farms, workers weave between rows to cull extra heads of lettuce crowding out the healthiest plants. The...
Speech Materals 293 Japan unveils first passenger jet in four decades
The first passenger aircraft to be made in Japan in nearly four decades was unveiled Saturday as its manufacturer pushed...
Speech Materals 292 6 things you need to know about STEM
STEM -- the acronym for science, technology, engineering and math -- has sparked a nationwide debate about education, ge...
Speech Materals 291 Google’s Calico to launch new facility for researching aging
Calico, the life sciences company funded by Google, on Wednesday announced a partnership with the biopharmaceutical firm...
Speech Materals 290 The best jobs for smart, but lazy people
In a world where work-related stress has rocketed could the most intelligent option be simply to find the least-taxing, ...