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Masako Tsubuku
Japan Times
BUSINESS / YEN FOR LIVING
Sep 28, 2011
Eat a potato chip and send a kid to college
Three major manufacturers have set up a fund for orphans' continuing education
Japan Times
BUSINESS / YEN FOR LIVING
Sep 26, 2011
Will K-cars save the domestic automotive industry?
In the wake of the March 11 disaster, mini-cars come into their own.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / YEN FOR LIVING
Sep 22, 2011
In Japan, you get the education you (the consumer) pay for
Why is private spending for education in Japan so much more than public spending?
Japan Times
BUSINESS / YEN FOR LIVING
Sep 15, 2011
Heal me: Spirituality businesses redefining "religion"
'Spirituality businesses' endeavoring to bring back that old-time religion, Japanese-style.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / YEN FOR LIVING
Sep 11, 2011
Local governments crack down on health insurance scofflaws
As the tax base gets poorer fewer people pay their national health insurance premiums, and local governments are doing something about it.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / YEN FOR LIVING
Sep 7, 2011
Grandma got game: More elderly patronizing arcades
Game arcades are counting on the elderly to turn around their business fortunes.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / YEN FOR LIVING
Sep 2, 2011
Annals of cheap: Kenko.com
Right now bottled water is cheaper than . . . water.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / YEN FOR LIVING
Aug 31, 2011
Discount strategies: Every dog, and man, has his day
The service industry is finally targeting guys.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / YEN FOR LIVING
Aug 26, 2011
Annals of cheap: Fukushima peaches
For a limited time only, peaches are really cheap.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / YEN FOR LIVING
Aug 23, 2011
All in the family: Keeping inheritances is a tricky business
Many people hide inheritances to avoid paying taxes, which is relatively easy to do.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / YEN FOR LIVING
Aug 18, 2011
There's gold in them there wardrobes!
More people are mining closets and wardrobes for the precious metals they might contain.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / YEN FOR LIVING
Aug 16, 2011
Which appliance is the energy hog? It's not your air conditioner
The media aren't really telling you the best way to save energy at home ...
Japan Times
BUSINESS / YEN FOR LIVING
Aug 10, 2011
Disaster housing proves cash cow for general contractors
Local construction companies in Tohoku have been squeezed out of the short-term housing boom.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / YEN FOR LIVING
Aug 4, 2011
Cool to be kind: Air conditioners for the needy
Tokyo has started to provide funds for low-income households to buy air conditioners.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / How-tos / HOME TRUTHS
Aug 2, 2011
Once settled in, chances are you'll have to pay to stay
In 1946, Japan was in ruins. The housing shortage was severe and inflation was high, so the government issued a directive to freeze rental fees. To make up for the perceived loss of income, property owners came up with supplemental fees — renewal fees, called koshinryō, and "gift money" or...
Japan Times
BUSINESS / YEN FOR LIVING
Jul 27, 2011
After the death of analog, whither Tokyo Tower?
How will Tokyo Tower remain solvent in the shadow of Tokyo Sky Tree?
Japan Times
BUSINESS / YEN FOR LIVING
Jul 25, 2011
Hidden pachinko industry workers make some noise
A labor strike draws attention to the shadowier side of the pachinko business.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / YEN FOR LIVING
Jul 20, 2011
The imperfect science of delineating poverty
How informative is the 'relative poverty' index?
BUSINESS / YEN FOR LIVING
Jul 18, 2011
Nadeshiko Japan obviously doesn't do it for the money
Will victory mean more money for women's soccer in Japan?
Japan Times
BUSINESS / YEN FOR LIVING
Jul 14, 2011
Hummer don't hurt them: Are Japanese consumers allergic to big cars?
Does GM's plan to sell small cars in Japan make sense?
Pervert or pioneer? The entrepreneur trying to get South Korea into porn
Entrepreneur Lee Hee-tae at his office in Seoul. Lee had planned South Korea's largest sex festival in April, but the two-day event was banned by authorities following a backlash by local rights groups.
EU seeks roadblocks for Chinese EVs without sparking trade war
Chinese electric vehicles bound for shipment at the Port of Taicang in China
Bear enters Gunma home and attacks elderly couple
The Gunma Prefectural Police said an elderly couple was attacked by a bear at their home in Annaka, Gunma Prefecture, on Friday.
In unusual move, North Korea fires off barrage of at least 10 ballistic missiles
A man watches a television screen showing a news broadcast with file footage of a North Korean missile test, at a train station in Seoul on Thursday.
Two cheers for the end of free money in Japan
Ever since the Bank of Japan ended its negative rate policy, calls for the government to strengthen its fiscal discipline have been growing, with the country being haunted by public debt that is about twice the size of its gross domestic product.
A new brew for Ebisu, the town that beer made
Completed in 1889, the original Yebisu brewery finally has a worthy successor in the neighborhood that still bears the beer's name.
Marcos lays out red line in South China Sea at security conference
Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. delivers a keynote address at the Shangri-La Dialogue security conference in Singapore on Friday night.
Two cheers for the end of free money in Japan
Ever since the Bank of Japan ended its negative rate policy, calls for the government to strengthen its fiscal discipline have been growing, with the country being haunted by public debt that is about twice the size of its gross domestic product.
In Japan, neighborly debates light up over secondhand smoke
As the world marks World No Tobacco Day on Friday, debate is growing over passive smoking in one crucial space that remains unregulated: private homes.
Onosato's path to sumo greatness was plain for all to see
Onosato receives the Emperor's Cup from Japan Sumo Association Chairman Hakkaku at Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo on Sunday.

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Toshihiro Kinjo (center), a research support technician at the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology, inspects an audio recording device in Ginowan, Okinawa Prefecture, on April 3 as Masako Ogasawara, a research support specialist at OIST, looks on.
What does climate change sound like in Okinawa?

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The Japanese government updated its English education guidelines in 2017 to emphasize communication over grammar and memorization. Public school teachers are incredibly busy, however, which means schools haven’t been able to implement changes uniformly. Private and alternative schools are attempting to remedy this.
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By Eric Margolis

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