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Takuya Karube
For Takuya Karube's latest contributions to The Japan Times, see below:
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jan 25, 2007
Windows XP Home support to be longer
Microsoft Corp. said Wednesday it will extend its free support period for the Windows XP Home Edition computer operating system until sometime after 2010 from late January 2009, mainly at the demand of Japanese consumers.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Dec 27, 2006
Boss optimistic on Livedoor's future
Livedoor Co.'s business is recovering after undergoing upheavals for about a year since the arrests of its founder, Takafumi Horie, and other former executives, current President Kozo Hiramatsu said.
JAPAN
Dec 26, 2006
Nordic walking making strides in battle of bulge
, a former Olympic Nordic-combined skier who became a lawmaker, partakes in Nordic walking with other participants during an event at Tokyo's Yoyogi Park in mid-November. KYODO PHOTO
BUSINESS
Oct 13, 2006
Nissan-Renault, Ghosn back to square one after GM talks fail
The unsuccessful talks on an alliance involving Nissan Motor Co., its partner, Renault SA, and U.S. auto giant General Motors Corp. has left Carlos Ghosn, head of the Japanese-French carmaker, looking for a way to deal with slumping sales.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 16, 2006
Okinawa sisters beat drums to evoke past, peace
For two Okinawan women, drumming is the ultimate form of expression and a symbol of the dialogue they believe is essential to achieve world peace.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
May 17, 2006
Indian drugmaker Dr. Reddy's targeting Japan
HYDERABAD, India (Kyodo) Dr. Reddy's Laboratories Ltd., India's second-largest pharmaceutical company, is considering setting up an office in Tokyo or Osaka next year in an effort to break into the Japanese generic drug market, CEO G.V. Prasad said in a recent interview.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 5, 2006
Fuji muralist running out of sento
Morio Nakajima, a 60-year-old muralist, may not be on the list of Japan's most famous artists, but he is still probably one of the most experienced when it comes to painting Mount Fuji.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 8, 2005
Resurgent interest in noodles starts fad
Japanese men who have slaved away for decades at their companies during the postwar era, and who have had quite a few chances to wine and dine after work, are rediscovering their love for "soba," the simple buckwheat noodle mainstay that's been around for more than 400 years.
BUSINESS
Jun 21, 2005
TSE's public listing in limbo as regulatory row continues
Almost five years ago, when Tokyo Stock Exchange officials first decided to turn the privately held TSE into a stock company, they probably never thought it would be this hard to take their own market public.
BUSINESS
Mar 12, 2005
Injunction a landmark decision for capital market
The Tokyo District Court's decision Friday to stop Fuji Television Network Inc. from issuing share warrants as a method to take control of Nippon Broadcasting System Inc. is being seen as propelling Japan's capital market into the future.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Feb 25, 2005
Young gun under fire for takeover bid
Feb. 8, 2005, may be remembered as a significant day in Japanese business. It was the day one of the market's young Turks launched a controversial and "un-Japanese" takeover bid.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 6, 2004
Sumo ranks' crime patrols also good PR
The night echoes with the heavy footsteps of sumo wrestlers, moving slowly and casting sharp glances, but their opponents this time will not stand before them under the bright lights of the elevated clay "dohyo" ring.
JAPAN
Nov 1, 2003
Populist LDP poster boy Abe a purebred
He once mentioned his favorite brand of ice cream on a television program and sales in Tokyo went crazy. Not bad for a man who is neither film star, pop idol nor David Beckham. When Shinzo Abe, secretary general of the Liberal Democratic Party, recently returned to his hometown of Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi Prefecture, hundreds of locals, young and old, excitedly turned out to greet him.
JAPAN
Jul 31, 2003
Victim of U.S. bomb test breaks silence
After years of silence, a Japanese former fisherman exposed to radiation during the 1954 U.S. hydrogen bomb test on Bikini Atoll in the Pacific has written a book that tells his own story of that almost forgotten incident.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 2, 2003
Photographer shows images of Iraqis
A Japanese photographer who recently returned from a peace rally in Baghdad has captured on film the lives of Iraqis before the outbreak of the U.S.-led war on their country.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 7, 2003
Bacteria spreads across nation to create slimy, healthy treat
Across the country, from Hokkaido to Okinawa, bacteria brought back by a Japanese scholar from a remote village in the former Soviet Union have been multiplying like crazy.
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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