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Yuri Kageyama
For Yuri Kageyama's latest contributions to The Japan Times, see below:
JAPAN
Sep 7, 2009
Do nation's new leaders lack economic vision?
Now that the electorate has overthrown the old guard, worries are growing that the nation's new leaders lack a long-term vision to turn around the hobbled economy.
BUSINESS
Aug 22, 2009
Director of 'Titanic' signs on for Panasonic 3-D TV ad campaign
Panasonic Corp. has signed on "Titanic" director James Cameron and his upcoming film in an advertising blitz for its televisions equipped with 3-D technology, both sides said Friday.
CULTURE / Art
Jul 24, 2009
'Last' homage to Suzushi Hanayagi
During the 1960s, Suzushi Hanayagi ventured alone to New York in an unusual act of courage for a Japanese woman of her generation and armed only with training in traditional dance to forge a new form of Western-style modern dance.
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BUSINESS
Jul 23, 2009
Angry Whopper adds spice to burger wars
The Angry Whopper is arriving in Japan, a nation where the competition over hamburgers is as sizzling hot as the new spicy offering from U.S. fast-food chain Burger King.
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JAPAN
Jun 28, 2009
Jackson enjoyed loyal following in Japan
Despite years of child molestation accusations and deep financial difficulties, Michael Jackson could always count on one nation for unquestioning fan loyalty and lucrative advertising deals — Japan.
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BUSINESS
Jun 16, 2009
Eco-points credited with sales boost
People are snatching up hybrid cars, solar panels and energy-efficient TVs, wooed by government incentives designed to battle a recession while conserving energy.
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JAPAN
Mar 27, 2009
As slump bites deeper, shoppers warm to no-name foreign gadgets
The recession is causing a massive consumer shift: No longer do Japan's famously finicky and brand-conscious shoppers assume imported and no-name electronics are as cheap in quality as they are in price.
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JAPAN
Mar 13, 2009
DS sales top 100 million in record time
Global sales of the Nintendo DS hand-held topped 100 million in four years and three months — a milestone reached at the quickest pace for any video game console — the manufacturer said Thursday.
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BUSINESS
Mar 1, 2009
Nissan rethinking designs as elderly flourish
ATSUGI, Kanagawa Pref. — To understand what it's like for a 70-year-old person to get around, Nissan designers are donning an "aging suit," complete with a 1-kg vest, uneven shoes that make walking a precarious hobble and belts that strap knees so they can't bend.
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BUSINESS
Feb 27, 2009
'Temp' protests warp face of egalitarian Japan Inc.
Fired engine plant worker Kouichirou Fukudome shouts slogans with dozens of protesters outside truck maker Isuzu's towering headquarters, all demanding they get their jobs back.
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JAPAN
Feb 25, 2009
Firms warming to work-sharing
Yasuo Igarashi spends a lot of time these days on the jungle gym with his daughter, after his employer joined the growing ranks of companies adopting work-sharing to ride out the global slump.
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JAPAN
Jan 4, 2009
Cars no longer coveted by young
To get around the city, Yutaka Makino hops on his skateboard or takes the trains. Does he dream of the day when he owns his own car? Not a chance.
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BUSINESS
Nov 19, 2008
Panasonic's takeover of Sanyo all about green technology
Panasonic Corp.'s plans to take over rival Sanyo Electric Co. would create the world's second-largest electronics maker. But Panasonic already has plenty of gadgets. Instead, the crown jewels Panasonic wants from Sanyo are green.
JAPAN
Nov 8, 2008
H&M new darling of Tokyo fashion scene
Hennes & Mauritz, which drew long lines with its first Japan store, is hoping to repeat that success by opening a second shop Saturday with collaborative designs from fashion icon Rei Kawakubo.
BUSINESS
Oct 16, 2008
Political merit seen in forex-tapped rescues
Flush with cash after crawling out of its own bad-debt crisis, Japan is offering funding to help prop up crumbling financial firms around the world — a move that some hope may bolster this nation's standing on the international stage.
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BUSINESS
Oct 4, 2008
Experts back idea of public bailout in U.S.
Painful as it may be, acting swiftly to tackle the U.S. financial crisis with a public bailout is the right move — and perhaps the chief lesson from Japan's bad debt debacle of the 1990s, economists and politicians here say.
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JAPAN
Sep 21, 2008
Koike's campaign stands for change, not just top job
Even as a long shot candidate for prime minister, Yuriko Koike is making waves in Japan, where women in high places remain rare.
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JAPAN
Sep 13, 2008
WWE's U.S.-style rassling brings pay-per-view mat dramas here
Posing proudly for a snapshot with a glittery championship belt, Seigi Nishiyama was among some 600 wrestling fans packed into a Tokyo theater who can't get enough of World Wrestling Entertainment.
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BUSINESS
Aug 23, 2008
Risk-averse telecoms stifling innovation: Natsuno
One of Japan's top cell phone innovators says that for all his country's technological prowess, it could never have produced the iPhone.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jul 18, 2008
Can iPhone infiltrate Japan's mobile tribes?
Kentaro Tohyama is proud of his new iPhone. He stood overnight in line to get it when the device became available in Japan for the first time. But the 29-year-old computer engineer isn't about to part with his made-in-Japan cell phone either.
When will Japan intervene to support the yen?
Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki has reiterated the government's readiness to take an appropriate action as the yen continues to slide against the U.S. dollar.
'So hot you can't breathe': Extreme heat hits the Philippines
A pedestrian cools himself with a folding hand fan as he waits for a ride along a road in Manila on Wednesday, as extreme heat hit the Philippines.
Raising kids in Japan as a single parent? It takes a village.
Making things work as a foreign, single mother in Japan isn't easy, but these tips and tricks can help you through the hardest parts.
Yen rebounds strongly after first slide past ¥160 since 1990
The yen dropped to ¥160.245 per dollar on Monday before heading into the other direction to ¥155.01 amid speculation of an intervention by Japanese currency authorities.
Man, 28, arrested in Okinawa over burned bodies found in Tochigi
Hikaru Sasaki enters the Metropolitan Police Department's Osaki police station in Tokyo's Shinagawa Ward on Monday after being arrested on suspicion of disposing of two bodies found in Nasu, Tochigi Prefecture, earlier this month.
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.
Casa del Cibo: A thriving jewel born from Tohoku’s harsh past
When chef Ryohei Ikemi moved to Hachinohe, Aomori Prefecture, and opened Casa del Cibo in 2011, it was the first proper Italian restaurant in the city.
Town to block view of Mount Fuji in response to overtourism
The town government of Fujikawaguchiko, Yamanashi Prefecture, decided to set up a 2.5-meter-high screen to prevent tourists from taking pictures of Mount Fuji looming behind a convenience store.

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