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Miwa Murphy
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Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jun 27, 2006
Ministry goes offshore to diversify holders of JGBs
NEW YORK (Kyodo) The Finance Ministry is pitching Japanese government bonds to U.S. investors in an effort to diversify the country's bondholder base, partly due to concerns about Japan's rapidly aging society.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jun 8, 2006
Japan has long way to go to catch up on ethanol
NEW YORK (Kyodo) Ethanol, a renewable fuel distilled from sugar cane, corn, wheat and other types of biomass, has recently drawn attention after Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi told Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Toshihiro Nikai to redouble Japan's efforts to boost its production.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Apr 12, 2006
Mix cultures for global success: expert
NEW YORK (Kyodo) Japanese companies that want to go global must have good risk management and tap into the strengths of the cultures in which they operate, according to the former president of Komatsu America Corp.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 23, 2006
Knowledge, not speculation, key to North Korea, expert says
NEW YORK (Kyodo) North Korea does not need to be considered unpredictable or evil as long as we exercise our knowledge and avoid speculation, according to Hazel Smith, a social scientist who has traveled extensively in the country since the 1990s and witnessed the worst of the famine crisis.
Town to block view of Mount Fuji in response to overtourism
The town government of Fujikawaguchiko, Yamanashi Prefecture, decided to set up a 2.5-meter-high screen to prevent tourists from taking pictures of Mount Fuji looming behind a convenience store.
In Japan, regional revitalization fails to halt population decline
Sakiyama elementary school in Tamba, Hyogo Prefecture, in March .Over the past decade, the government has directed efforts toward policies designed to give young people incentives to base themselves in rural areas.
Number of homeless in Japan hits record low
Homeless people sleep on the street in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward in August 2021.
Ukraine is far from doomed
When comparing Ukraine’s military situation in 2024 to Europe’s in 1941, Russia’s defeat seems entirely possible.
Japan wants you to spend more with ‘luxury tourism’
Performers play a traditional drum unique to Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, in the prefectural capital of Kanazawa on March 16 to mark the extension of the Hokuriku Shinkansen line to Tsuruga Station in Fukui Prefecture.
Tokyo's Koto Ward by-election a race unlike any other
Natsumi Sakai, the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan’s candidate and one of four female candidates running in the by-election, touts her experience as a cancer survivor and midwife as having prepared her to tackle issues that women currently face.
Japan wants you to spend more with ‘luxury tourism’
Performers play a traditional drum unique to Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, in the prefectural capital of Kanazawa on March 16 to mark the extension of the Hokuriku Shinkansen line to Tsuruga Station in Fukui Prefecture.
Casa del Cibo: A thriving jewel born from Tohoku’s harsh past
When chef Ryohei Ikemi moved to Hachinohe, Aomori Prefecture, and opened Casa del Cibo in 2011, it was the first proper Italian restaurant in the city.
Town to block view of Mount Fuji in response to overtourism
The town government of Fujikawaguchiko, Yamanashi Prefecture, decided to set up a 2.5-meter-high screen to prevent tourists from taking pictures of Mount Fuji looming behind a convenience store.
Top U.S. and China diplomats talk tough amid warnings of new ‘downward spiral’
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing on Friday

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