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American writer Julie Otsuka wins French foreign novel prize
US writer Julie Otsuka won France’s Femina foreign novel prize Monday for “The Buddha in the Attic”, a novel about the thousands of Japanese women sent to California in the early 1900s for arranged marriages. The novel follows Fumiko, Hanako and Miyoshi with their kimonos, sandals and long black hair,…
Japan loses first place in human longevity after earthquake
Japan’s women lost their place as the world’s longest-lived in 2011 for the first time in more than 25 years, officials said Thursday, after the quake-tsunami cut female life expectancy by five months. The Japanese are renowned for their longevity, attributed in part to a healthy traditional diet and active…
‘Strikingly’ few women in Asia’s top jobs: report
SEOUL — Companies in Asia’s leading economies have “strikingly” few women in senior jobs, missing out on a vital pool of talent to fuel the region’s growth, consultancy firm McKinsey & Company said on Sunday. In a survey covering 744 firms of 10 major stock markets in the Asia-Pacific, McKinsey…
Seaweed linked to post-menopause cancer risk
A Japanese study Wednesday said regular seaweed consumption among post-menopausal women heightened their risk of developingthyroid cancer, linking it to iodine in the macrobiotic food. A 14-year national survey of nearly 53,000 Japanese women, aged between 40 and 69, found that the group reported 134 thyroid cancer cases, including 113 cases of papillary…
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