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Tomoko Otake
Tomoko Otake is a senior writer with a strong interest in health, medical and social issues. A native of Nara Prefecture, she obtained an M.A. in journalism from The University of Montana.
JAPAN
Nov 11, 1999
Economists give stimulus plan mixed reception
Staff writer
JAPAN
Oct 29, 1999
Auto insurers to offer premium rebates
Staff writer
JAPAN
Oct 25, 1999
Nasdaq is ready to go head-to-head with Mothers
Staff writer
JAPAN
Oct 14, 1999
Sakura-Sumitomo alliance wins rave reviews
Staff writer
JAPAN
Oct 7, 1999
Cabinet Interview: FRC chief favors safe approach
Staff writer
JAPAN
Sep 30, 1999
Cut in broker commissions to bring unheralded competition
Staff writer
JAPAN
Sep 28, 1999
Analysis: LTCB sale prelude to industry reforms
Staff writer
JAPAN
Sep 9, 1999
Experts differ over forces behind positive GDP data
Staff writers
JAPAN
Aug 19, 1999
Nippon Life feeling assured of 401(k) role for small firms
Staff writer
JAPAN
Aug 13, 1999
Pile of bad, yakuza-tied debts awaits new RCC chief
Staff writer
JAPAN
Jul 30, 1999
Analysis: Credit Suisse case seen as a warning
Staff writer
JAPAN
Jun 17, 1999
Prudential to step into Japanese pension market
Staff writer
JAPAN
Jun 10, 1999
Analysis: Life insurers' credibility shaken
Major and second-tier life insurers' dismal earnings reports for fiscal 1998 have cast yet another shadow over the industry, already shaken by the recent collapse of midsize Toho Mutual Life Insurance Co.
JAPAN
May 3, 1999
Reforms mean more than a new name, banking leader says
Staff writer
JAPAN
Apr 19, 1999
In with a Bang: Allstate banks on discount edge
Last in our series on financial deregulation
JAPAN
Mar 31, 1999
HLAC, RCB merger creates powerful collection agency
Staff writer
JAPAN
Mar 26, 1999
Ex-Im economist sees dollar settling at 130 yen
Staff writer
JAPAN
Mar 12, 1999
Experts disagree on bank recapitalization impact
Staff writer
JAPAN
Feb 5, 1999
AmEx exec sees silver lining to recession
While the nation's economy is reeling from years of recession, eroding the confidence of many players in the financial industry, Ian Marsh, president of American Express International Inc., Japan, says now is the time to invest in the Japanese market.
JAPAN
Dec 3, 1998
Seeking Refuge: Arbitary policy shutters window to asylum
Last of a three-part series on Japan's refugee policy
Philippine bid to acquire used Japanese warships gains steam
Tokyo is looking to transfer Abukuma-class vessels to the Philippines as part of broader efforts to boost the defense capabilities of like-minded neighbors amid growing Chinese military assertiveness in the region.
Japan to launch broad review of immigration policies amid rise in foreign nationals
Foreign tourists at Narita Airport in June. A report released Friday stresses that Japan is at a turning point and that current ad-hoc measures on immigration are no longer sufficient.
Top Japan trade negotiator canceled U.S. trip over rice, report says
Ryosei Akazawa
Most Japanese teens struggling with school find end of summer ‘painful’
Some 93.1% of Japanese teenagers who struggle with school life said they felt like they “wanted to disappear from the world" at the end of summer vacation ahead of the start of a new term, according to a recent survey released by Yokohama-based nonprofit Daisan Kazoku.
Most Trump tariffs are not legal, U.S. appeals court rules
Workers hang a large poster of U.S. President Donald Trump on the facade of the Department of Labor headquarters building in Washington on Wednesday.
Japan to launch broad review of immigration policies amid rise in foreign nationals
Foreign tourists at Narita Airport in June. A report released Friday stresses that Japan is at a turning point and that current ad-hoc measures on immigration are no longer sufficient.
Japan is warming up to tattoos — just not permanent ones
Tattoos have a complex history in Japan, but new types of temporary ink are letting locals curious about body art experiment without the commitment.
YouTube Music Weekend is where Japan’s internet-born performers go global
Headlining the second day of YouTube Music Weekend is Vocaloid artist Kikuo, who, with 1.46 million YouTube subscribers, is one of the most popular artists in the genre.
Japan looks to build drone ‘shield’ in record defense budget request
A group of Ground Self-Defense Force service members discuss drone operations and capabilities at a joint static display during the Orient Shield 24 opening ceremony at the Yausubetsu Training Area in Hokkaido in July last year.
Can anime carry the memories of World War II?
Many schools in Japan show "Grave of the Fireflies" as educational material to tell the emotionally grueling story of a boy who has no means to prevent his sister from starving to death.

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
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Tetsuzo Shiraishi, speaking at The Center of the Tokyo Raids and War Damage, uses a thermos to explain how he experienced the U.S. firebombing of March 1945, when he was just 7 years old.
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