For Mayumi Negishi's latest contributions to The Japan Times, see below:
Sasrutha polishes machine parts and cleans offices in western Tokyo up to 60 hours a week, more than double the limit set by his student visa. He has no problem finding willing employers, even though officially he is only allowed to work 28 hours a ...
There has been a great deal of hand-wringing in the media and government about Japan's population implosion. A breakdown in the pension system, soaring health-care costs, slower economic growth and a looming labor shortage are just a few of the dark clouds on the ...
The Supreme Court on Tuesday threw out a life sentence for a 25-year-old man convicted of the 1999 murders of a woman and her infant daughter, and ordered the Hiroshima High Court to rehear the case with an eye to sentencing the killer to ...
are for the most part correct," contradicting Horie's assertions that he did not knowingly falsify the company's financial statements. "I deeply regret having committed these crimes, and apologize for having caused so many people trouble, he said. The admission by Miyauchi, once Horie's most trusted ...
Inc., the film's distributor for Japan, is putting the film on 863 screens nationwide and hopes to make 10 billion yen at the box office, which translates into 8 million viewers. "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone," released in December 2002 in Japan, is currently ...
it just did it right there." His flippant attitude at the time and during his trial outraged Yayoi's husband, Hiroshi, and prosecutors, who appealed the life sentence, demanding the death penalty. But the appellate court upheld the Yamaguchi District Court's sentence, and the case is now ...
Former Livedoor Co. President Takafumi Horie will plead not guilty to securities law violations, his lawyers told the Tokyo District Court during pretrial proceedings Wednesday. "Horie had approval for all business operations from certified public accountants and other specialists, and was convinced he was ...
shows banker Liam Hearns which tile to discard during a mahjong lesson in Shinjuku Ward, Tokyo. Mahjong may be a game of skill, intelligence, calculation and luck, but Jenn Barr also believes in good form. "Excess movement can give you away," says Barr, who turned pro in ...
In November 2000, May Shigenobu stood speechless in front of her TV set in Beirut, staring at crackly satellite images of her mother, Fusako Shigenobu, giving the thumbs-up and smiling as she was led away by police in Osaka, half a world away. To May, ...
Mindful of the boom created by the 1964 Tokyo Olympics, the Tokyo Metropolitan Government on Friday submitted to the Japan Olympic Committee its candidacy to host the 2016 Games. Tokyo will compete with Fukuoka to become Japan's candidate to host the Summer Olympics -- both ...
