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STAGING A COMEBACK

JAPAN / STAGING A COMEBACK
Dec 27, 2001
Top schools eye uneasy alliance with private sector
The agenda of top-flight domestic schools such as the University of Tokyo is changing along with the turbulent economic climate.
Japan Times
JAPAN / STAGING A COMEBACK
Dec 26, 2001
Reforms shake higher education's foundations
Scholars at Japan's universities have long been criticized for enjoying "splendid isolation" within their ivory towers.
JAPAN / STAGING A COMEBACK
Nov 9, 2001
Successful firms have learned importance of patents
It was a big challenge for Canon Inc., one of Japan's top camera makers, to embark on the copy machine business in the late 1960s, as the market was dominated by the U.S. giant Xerox Corp.
JAPAN / STAGING A COMEBACK
Nov 8, 2001
Japanese firms urged to better protect patents
Having lost its edge as a mass-production base, Japan's future economic prosperity depends on its innovativeness in offering high value-added products and services.
JAPAN / STAGING A COMEBACK
Oct 18, 2001
Japan moves to compete on greener side of the street
Gone are the days when Japanese businesses felt a healthy environment was a concept that could only be achieved at the expense of economic growth.
JAPAN / STAGING A COMEBACK
Sep 6, 2001
Japan's high-tech history sets scene for the future
Although the high cost of doing business in Japan has eroded the competitiveness of many manufacturers, some high-tech firms have managed to retain their edge.
JAPAN / STAGING A COMEBACK
Aug 8, 2001
Nanotechnology is seen having a massive future
AKO, Hyogo Pref. -- In many ways a typical science lab, it is difficult for an outsider to see what goes on at Himeji Institute of Technology's Laboratory of Advanced Science and Technology for Industry -- at least with the naked eye.
JAPAN / STAGING A COMEBACK
Aug 7, 2001
Businesses bustle to board biotech bandwagon
With the mapping of the human genome opening the door to new possibilities for curing diseases and developing medicine, many Japanese companies are running to catch the bandwagon for the emerging biotech business.
JAPAN / STAGING A COMEBACK
May 16, 2001
Can 'e-Japan' make leap from paper to reality?
The economic slump over the past decade has crushed Japan's confidence and raised fundamental questions about the government's ability to turn things around.
JAPAN / STAGING A COMEBACK
Mar 9, 2001
Lifetime employment myth fades amid jobless realities
At the age of 40, Yoshiro Kamimura worked in sales at a chemical company, with a wife and two preschool children to support.
JAPAN / STAGING A COMEBACK
Mar 8, 2001
Business law changes just scratch surface
Satoshi "Sonny" Koike believes Japan's commercial laws are rigid and inhibitive. Instead of accepting the status quo, however, the 41-year-old entrepreneur has used loopholes in vaguely worded legal terms to stake a claim in the fast-changing world of the Internet.
JAPAN / STAGING A COMEBACK
Feb 7, 2001
LDP still kowtows to vested interests at the economy's expense
Pop into a convenience store and you may still find inconvenience: They don't sell medicine and you may not find cigarettes or alcohol at some shops.
JAPAN / STAGING A COMEBACK
Jan 4, 2001
Information disclosure could give power to citizens if they get involved
Satoru Ienishi felt overwhelming anger as he watched a newscast at his Tokyo office on June 13, 1998.
JAPAN / STAGING A COMEBACK
Jan 1, 2001
Carrying out reform is only the beginning for politicians
The final 10 years of the 20th century have been called a "lost decade" for Japan, which continues to suffer woes from the burst of the late-1980s bubble-economy. Japan's comeback as a globally competitive economic powerhouse will require fundamental reforms not only in the industrial and financial sectors but also in government administration, politics and social systems, including education, the judiciary and immigration. The Japan Times will run a yearlong series of articles examining the prospects of such initiatives. By HIROSHI YAMAGIWA Staff writer Some breathed a sigh of relief when Ryutaro Hashimoto, an aggressive reformer during his stint as prime minister several years ago, recently joined the current Cabinet of Yoshiro Mori.
'Sugar Baby Riri' gets nine-year prison term over romance scam
Mai Watanabe, who went by the moniker “Sugar Baby Riri,” dated older men and swindled them out of money by telling them fictitious heartbreaking stories about herself to gain their sympathy.
Tokyo issues strong warning on yen intervention as currency dips further
Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki speaks during a meeting with U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and South Korean Finance Minister Choi Sang-mok on the sidelines of IMF and G20 meetings in Washington last week.
Japan’s cannabis market growing rapidly amid regulatory shift
The legality of products that contain cannabinoids, a group of substances derived from the cannabis plant, has been somewhat murky in Japan.
North Korean animators may be involved in Japan anime production, report says
North Korean animators may be involved in the production of some Japanese and U.S. animated shows, according to a report by a website providing analysis on North Korea.
BOJ to hold rates with focus on hawkish signals to buoy yen
Bank of Japan Gov. Kazuo Ueda hasn’t ruled out responding to exchange rates with a policy move if the impact on prices is seen to be "non-negligible.”
New workers name Shohei Ohtani as 'dream boss' for two years running
Shohei Ohtani has been overwhelmingly voted as the “dream boss” for people who started working in April, according to a survey.
A craft beer crawl through Tokyo’s top bars, brewpubs and dives
If all you drink is Asahi, Sapporo and Kirin, you're depriving yourself of some of the best craft beer Tokyo has to offer — and there sure is a lot of it out there.
'Sugar Baby Riri' gets nine-year prison term over romance scam
Mai Watanabe, who went by the moniker “Sugar Baby Riri,” dated older men and swindled them out of money by telling them fictitious heartbreaking stories about herself to gain their sympathy.
Tsukiji 2030s: A stadium, culinary center and transportation hub
A computer-generated image shows redevelopment plans for the former site of the Tsukiji fish market in Tokyo.
Hearing the impact of climate change in Okinawa, one bird call at a time
Toshihiro Kinjo (center), a research support technician at the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology, inspects an audio recording device in Ginowan, Okinawa Prefecture, on April 3 as Masako Ogasawara, a research support specialist at OIST, looks on.

Podcast

From easily navigable train stations to the helpfulness of its municipal staff, Tokyo has earned high praise for its commitment to accessibility for disabled travelers.
[Rebroadcast] Japan is doing better on accessibility than you may think

Longform

Later this month, author Shogo Imamura will open Honmaru, a bookstore that allows other businesses to rent its shelves. It's part of a wave of ideas Japanese booksellers are trying to compete with online spaces.
The story isn't over for Japan's bookstores
By Alex K.T. Martin

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