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Kana Inagaki
For Kana Inagaki's latest contributions to The Japan Times, see below:
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 3, 2008
Nonmedical services tap flush, lonely seniors
The outlook for most businesses in Japan is getting grimmer by the day as the highest inflation in a decade and climbing fuel prices pressure households to brace for recession.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jun 1, 2008
Uganda backs UNSC bid, aid or no
Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni said Saturday that his country will back Japan's bid for a permanent seat on the U.N. Security Council regardless of whether Japan gives aid to the landlocked African country.
JAPAN
Apr 2, 2008
G8 seeks emerging donors' help on development
Development-related ministers from the Group of Eight countries will meet in Tokyo this weekend as host Japan grapples to implement pledges to boost development aid with the help of high-profile emerging donors.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 31, 2008
Japan urged to craft effective technology-sharing program
The chief of the U.N. Conference on Trade and Development wants Japan to take the lead in establishing an effective technology-sharing program at this year's Group of Eight summit that would draw cooperation from emerging economies in tackling climate change.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Sep 13, 2007
'Zero-calorie' colas hit sweet spot with consumers
Health-conscious consumers have always had a penchant for zero-calorie products, but an unlikely contender has carved out a new niche in the beverage industry — zero-calorie colas.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 13, 2006
Birth of a male has raised profile of 'second princess'
Princess Kiko can do no wrong these days.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 23, 2006
Lawyer flood looms amid litigious trend
In past years, 25-year-old law school graduate Hiroyuki Ichikawa would have been facing an almost impossible task -- a bar exam with a 97 percent failure rate.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 8, 2006
Pressure prizing open door for refugees
Last year, Japan's contribution to the United Nations refugee agency was second only to the United States.
With eye on China, defense chiefs agree to bolster interoperability
From left: U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, Australian defense chief Richard Marles, Japanese Defense Minister Minoru Kihara and Philippine Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro hold a joint news conference in Honolulu 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.
Biden calls ally Japan ‘xenophobic’ along with rivals China and Russia
U.S. President Joe Biden speaks in Syracuse, New York, on April 25.
Debate on constitutional revision at a standstill despite Kishida's pledges
With less than two months left before the conclusion of the current session of parliament, any possibility that Prime Minister Fumio Kishida can deliver constitutional reform before the end of his term as Liberal Democratic Party president in late September, as he has promised, appears remote.
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.

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