author

 
Menu
Search
 
May 04, 2024
 

Today's print edition

Home Delivery
Subscribe for more access

Meta

Shinichi Terada
For Shinichi Terada's latest contributions to The Japan Times, see below:
JAPAN / G8 SUMMIT 2008
Jul 9, 2008
Leaders call for more fuel to cool global inflation
TOYAKO, Hokkaido — The leaders of the Group of Eight nations addressed "strong concern" Tuesday about multiple transborder problems, including soaring energy and food prices, and urged the world's major energy producing states to increase output and refining to tame further price hikes.
Japan Times
JAPAN / G8 SUMMIT 2008
Jul 8, 2008
Kept at arm's length, protesters slam G8 leaders
SOBETSU, Hokkaido — Marching in light rain, more than 100 antisummit protesters accused the Group of Eight industrialized nations of contributing to poverty and global warming as they made their way to Toyako from the small town of Sobetsu, Hokkaido, on Monday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jun 27, 2008
J-Power beats back TCI proposals
J-Power's shareholders rejected a proposal by British hedge fund TCI to double the annual dividend and other proposals at the utility's annual general meeting Thursday in Tokyo.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jun 19, 2008
Japan, China strike deal on gas fields
Tokyo and Beijing announced Wednesday they have agreed on a plan to jointly develop gas fields in the East China Sea, shelving a thorny dispute that has plagued relations for four years.
BUSINESS
Jun 18, 2008
As G8 summit nears, environment tax on fuels eyed
The government is set to consider a so-called environment tax on oil, coal and other greenhouse gas-producing fuels as part of an overall tax reform plan later this year, according to an economic policy draft paper released Tuesday.
BUSINESS
Jun 15, 2008
G8 finance chiefs target inflation
OSAKA — The Group of Eight finance chiefs pledged Saturday to tackle the economic risks posed by soaring oil and food prices that are threatening global growth, which is already being hampered by the U.S. subprime mortgage loan crisis.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jun 14, 2008
Japan, U.S. dance around dollar
OSAKA — Finance ministers from Japan and the United States discussed currency issues Friday as market participants raised expectations that foreign exchange will be spotlighted at the Group of Eight finance ministers' meeting, but no specifics were offered.
BUSINESS / G8 COUNTDOWN
Jun 12, 2008
Soaring prices pose challenge to G8 finance chiefs
Finance chiefs from the Group of Eight countries are expected to discuss Friday in Osaka how their economies can tame the soaring oil and food prices battering businesses and consumers around the world.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jun 11, 2008
Softbank planning July 11 debut for iPhone; prices yet to be set
Softbank Corp. said Tuesday it will start selling the new version of Apple Inc.'s iPhone in Japan on July 11.
BUSINESS
Jun 5, 2008
IPhone launch due by yearend as Softbank hooks up with Apple
Softbank Corp. said Wednesday it has reached a deal with Apple Inc. to launch iPhone sales in Japan by the end of the year, further boosting the prospects of the nation's scrappy No. 3 mobile phone company.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jun 5, 2008
Oil prices, slump will hit spending: Nukaga
Higher oil prices amid signs of a global economy slowdown could affect profits and consumer spending in Japan and other parts of the world, Finance Minister Fukushiro Nukaga warned Wednesday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / G8 COUNTDOWN
Jun 3, 2008
Food, oil woes worry Amari
Calling rising oil and food costs "intolerable," trade minister Akira Amari on Monday urged major energy-consuming nations to cut use and oil-producing countries to increase production capacity.
BUSINESS
May 30, 2008
Japan aims to double Africa trade
YOKOHAMA — Japan aims to double its trade with Africa in five years as it seeks closer ties with resource-rich countries on the continent, trade minister Akira Amari said Thursday.
Japan Times
JAPAN / AFRICA LIFELINE
May 27, 2008
Investors looking beyond raw materials to consumers
Japan and its trading houses have scrambled in recent years to court resource-rich African countries as competition has intensified with Europe and China to secure natural resources and raw materials prices have surged with the demand of rapidly growing emerging economies.
BUSINESS
May 21, 2008
International Haneda flights to double by '10
The government aims to double the number of international flights to and from Tokyo's Haneda airport to 60,000 by as early as 2010, when the airport's fourth runway will become operational.
BUSINESS
May 20, 2008
Experts hit curbs on foreign investment
Japan needs to review foreign investment restrictions and reduce corporate tax rates to attract more foreign direct investment and takeovers, a government advisory panel proposed Monday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
May 17, 2008
Annual GDP pace hits 3.3% in quarter
Despite growing signs of a global economic slowdown, Japan's gross domestic product expanded at a better-than-expected 3.3 percent annualized rate in the January-March quarter as exporters continued to increase shipments to emerging countries, the Cabinet Office said Friday.
BUSINESS
May 15, 2008
Internet businesses try luck in overseas markets
While Japanese products from cars to TVs are known throughout the world, the country's Internet services have so far been conspicuously absent abroad.
BUSINESS
May 15, 2008
Sony logged record sales, net profit in '07
Sony Corp. said Wednesday its sales and net profit reached record highs in the business year that ended on March 31, suggesting the company is heading for a steady business recovery as its restructuring efforts take hold.
BUSINESS
May 14, 2008
Japan orders TCI to drop J-Power stake bid
Citing energy security risks, the government on Tuesday ordered The Children's Investment Fund, a British hedge fund, to drop a bid to raise its 9.9 percent stake in Electric Power Development Co. to 20 percent.
Biden calls ally Japan ‘xenophobic’ along with rivals China and Russia
U.S. President Joe Biden speaks in Syracuse, New York, on April 25.
Yen swings stir talk that Japan is in the FX market once again
An electronic screen in Tokyo displays the yen exchange rate against the U.S. dollar and the graph showing its recent swings, on Thursday.
Harajuku strives to reclaim its former glory — and surpass it
Laforet Harajuku, which celebrated its 45th anniversary last year, has been a witness to the district's evolution over the years.
Weak yen fattens tourist wallets in Japan
People visit the Ameya Yokocho market in Tokyo's Ueno district during the Golden Week holiday on Tuesday.
Japan's May 1 intervention may have cost ¥3.66 trillion, BOJ data suggests
An electronic screen displays a graph showing Japanese yen exchange rates surging against the dollar amid signs of intervention by authorities, in Tokyo on Thursday.
Kishida sets sights on energy and climate in South America trip
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will use a policy speech in Sao Paulo to set out his vision for ties between Japan and South America, almost 10 years after former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe advocated for stronger ties between the two in the same city.
Yellow sand allergy: A health issue made worse by climate change
A screenshot of the Meteorological Agency's satellite image of clouds and yellow sand (in pink) on Sunday.
Climate change, chalky grains and the risks for Japan’s rice farmers
A farmer plants seedlings in Satsumasendai, Kagoshima Prefecture. Japan’s self sufficiency rate for rice is nearly 100%, compared with 38% for food overall, on a calorie basis.
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.
Theaster Gates’ ambitious ‘Afro-Mingei’ brings Black Chicago to Tokyo
Theaster Gates' “A Heavenly Chord” lines up church pews before seven speakers and a Hammond B3 organ, a type of electric organ prevalent in Black American churches.

Podcast

From easily navigable train stations to the helpfulness of its municipal staff, Tokyo has earned high praise for its commitment to accessibility for disabled travelers.
[Rebroadcast] Japan is doing better on accessibility than you may think

Longform

Rows of irises resemble a rice field at the Peter Walker-designed Toyota Municipal Museum of Art.
The 'outsiders' creating some of Japan's greenest spaces
By Stephen Mansfield

SUSTAINABLE JAPAN

Vol. 35: Travel in time — and stay there
Vol. 35: Travel in time — and stay there

SPECIAL SUPPLEMENTS note

Read more

SUPPLEMENTS BINDER