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JAPAN

Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 1, 2009
DVD offers foreigners ins, outs of rental market
By Kazuaki Nagata
The Japan Property Management Association announced Friday it has made a DVD designed to help foreigners learn the ins and outs of renting housing in Japan.
JAPAN
Aug 1, 2009
Aso unveils LDP policy platform
By Masami Ito
Prime Minister Taro Aso revealed the campaign platform for his ruling Liberal Democratic Party on Friday, pledging to bring about 2 percent economic growth in the second half of 2010 and boost Japan's per capita income to among the highest in the world within 10 years.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 1, 2009
Shakeup in tenant terms
By Minoru Matsutani
A shock wave hit the real estate industry when the Kyoto District Court ruled July 23 that an apartment tenant did not have to pay a fee to renew his lease, a fee landlords levy on average every two to three years.
JAPAN
Aug 1, 2009
Kagawa slams China trademark quest for 'udon'
By Reiji Yoshida
The Kagawa Prefectural Government announced Friday it will file a complaint with the Chinese trademark office over an application to trademark the kanji meaning Sanuki "udon," a specialty noodle named after a local region.
JAPAN / PARTY POWERS
Aug 1, 2009
Hatoyama disses LDP but is otherwise vague
By Alex K.T. Martin
With the pivotal Aug. 30 election looming, Democratic Party of Japan President Yukio Hatoyama said Friday the upcoming Lower House battle will offer the public an opportunity to hand down its judgment on the past four years of Liberal Democratic Party rule.

BUSINESS

BUSINESS
Aug 1, 2009
Oil imports tumbled 8.3% in June
Japan, the world's largest consumer of oil after the U.S. and China, said crude imports plunged for a ninth consecutive month in June, as Nippon Oil Corp. and other refiners continued to cut output on weak demand.
BUSINESS
Aug 1, 2009
Mizuho books fourth consecutive quarterly loss
Mizuho Financial Group Inc., the nation's third-biggest bank by market value, booked an unexpected fourth straight quarterly loss on bad-loan and credit costs.
BUSINESS
Aug 1, 2009
Nippon Life may log 10% hedge-fund gain
Nippon Life Insurance Co., the nation's biggest life insurer, may post a 10 percent return on hedge-fund investments this year as it shifts to strategies better suited to a market recovery.

Opinion

EDITORIALS
Aug 1, 2009
Court upholds crucial right
The Tokyo District Court on Tuesday ordered Prince Hotels Inc. and its 12 executives to pay some ¥290 million in compensation to Japan Teachers' Union (Nikkyoso) and 1,889 teachers for canceling a contract to let the union use rooms for an annual study meeting.
EDITORIALS
Aug 1, 2009
Responsibility to protect children
Child abuse is on the rise in Japan. Child consultation centers nationwide were contacted in a record 42,662 cases of child abuse in fiscal 2008, 2,023 more cases than in fiscal 2007, which saw the caseload top 40,000 for the first time. The number has been rising for 18 straight years — since statistics...
COMMENTARY
Aug 1, 2009
Tough times for politicians
By David Howell
Democratic governments everywhere are in trouble. In Britain, the Labour government is tottering. In Japan, defeat looms for Prime Minister Taro Aso's Liberal Democratic Party. In Italy, Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi is clinging on amid a sea of scandal. In France, hyperactive President Nicolas Sarkozy...

COMMUNITY

COMMUNITY / Our Lives / JAPAN LITE
Aug 1, 2009
Answers to some slippery fish questions
By Amy Chavez
"Do you eat the green stuff?" asked a tourist, referring to the very end of the snail-like insides of the sazae.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY
Aug 1, 2009
Baseball expert lines up new book on mobsters in Japan
By Wilson Whyte
Robert Whiting is best known as an expert on baseball. But he's much more than that. He's also an expert on mobsters in Japan and the sound a radar site makes when it is "spotted" by a U2 spy plane.
U.S. urges clarity on Japan’s role in potential war over Taiwan, report says
A Ground Self-Defense Force member conducts a military drill with an anti-ship missiles unit, at the GSDF's base on Miyako Island in Okinawa Prefecture in April 2022.
Tourists in Japan have telemedicine options before calling 119
Foreign tourists at Tsukiji Outer Market in Tokyo. More than 1 million international visitors have a medical issue in Japan every year.
Tropical Storm Nari moves northward, with possible landfall Tuesday
Tropical Storm Nari's forecast path as of Monday morning
Nissan clinches $4.5 billion bond deal after orders soar
Nissan Motor has raised $4.5 billion through a junk bond sale in U.S. dollars and euros, part of which carries a record-high coupon rate.
Students in Japan struggle with Japanese language and math sections on national exam
The correct answer rate for the Japanese language section on a national test dropped to 67.0% from 67.8% the previous year among elementary school sixth-graders.
U.S. urges clarity on Japan’s role in potential war over Taiwan, report says
A Ground Self-Defense Force member conducts a military drill with an anti-ship missiles unit, at the GSDF's base on Miyako Island in Okinawa Prefecture in April 2022.
Tourists in Japan have telemedicine options before calling 119
Foreign tourists at Tsukiji Outer Market in Tokyo. More than 1 million international visitors have a medical issue in Japan every year.
Is Japanese skin really ‘too smooth’ for Hideo Kojima’s games?
Hideo Kojima, the leading auteur in Japanese video games, has skirted controversy in the wake of the release of Death Stranding 2: On the Beach
An emoji used to say it all. Now it might say too much.
Apple’s Craig Federighi shows off a set of emoji at a conference on June 13, 2016. While the small pictures have proved helpful in conveying nuance in our texts, younger people are using them less often.
‘Our ultimate goal is to save every single Japanese video game’
After nearly shuttering earlier this year, the Tokyo-based Game Preservation Society continues its work to save the early history of Japanese gaming.

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

Longform

After pandemic-era border regulations eased, Indian migrants began returning to Japan. Their population now stands at more than 50,000 across the country.
How remote work is rewriting the migrant experience in Japan
By Megha Wadhwa

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