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Jul 17, 2010

A Cold War redux

Cold War buffs slipped into nostalgia last week as the United States and Russia swapped spies. For some, the hasty exchange of 10 Russian "sleepers" convicted in the U.S. for four men held as spies in Russian jails seemed too familiar, prompting speculation that the arrests might have been intended to...
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / VIEWS FROM THE STREET
Jun 22, 2010

How do you think the Japanese government could improve?

Charlotte Warren, 32Translator (British)The politicians all seem faceless and interchangeable. The project started by Junichiro Koizumi to reform the nation needs to go further. Politicians like Yuriko Koike need to take a more active role.
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle
May 27, 2010

The long-range vision of Monocle

For a jet-setting, award-winning media, design and branding entrepreneur, Tyler Brûlé is pretty accessible. When he called last week, a few days before the opening of his highly anticipated Monocle Shop Tokyo within the new Francfranc Village building in Aoyama, he was at the site making last-minute...
COMMENTARY / World
May 19, 2010

North Korea gambles once again

SEOUL — North Korean leader Kim Jong Il's recent visit to China has further complicated South Korea's response to the probable culprit — North Korea — in the sinking of its warship, the Cheonan, on March 26. The debate about how to respond is complicated even more by the fact that the Cheonan's...
BUSINESS / GLOBAL COMPETITIVENESS SYMPOSIUM
Apr 30, 2010

Reliance on technology may leave Japan behind

Japanese firms need to change their strategy in emerging markets and know more about the consumers in those countries that serve as the new engines of global growth, scholars and business experts told a recent symposium in Tokyo.
BUSINESS / YEN FOR LIVING
Apr 24, 2010

Commuting by bicycle benefits more than just your health

In an attempt to reduce Japan's carbon footprint, more government and corporate initiatives are encouraging commuters to cycle to work.
BUSINESS
Mar 30, 2010

Google Japan outgrows its Shibuya digs, opts for the glitz of Roppongi Hills

Google Inc. will relocate its Japan unit to the Mori Tower in Tokyo's Roppongi Hills complex where Goldman Sachs Group Inc. has its Japan headquarters.
COMMENTARY / World / SENTAKU MAGAZINE
Mar 15, 2010

Running against the wind

In the gubernatorial election of Nagasaki Prefecture on Feb. 21, the candidate backed by the ruling Democratic Party of Japan was roundly defeated by his opponent, who was supported by the No. 1 opposition Liberal Democratic Party. The winner, former Vice Gov. Hodo Nakamura, garnered 44.9 percent of...
BUSINESS
Mar 12, 2010

Developer may sell Otemachi stake

Tokyo Tatemono Co., a real estate developer, is seeking to sell a stake in a Tokyo office and hotel project that may be worth as much as $5 billion as it seeks to strengthen its finances and acquire new properties.
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 5, 2010

Japan's slow-motion crisis

If you listen to American, European or even Chinese leaders, Japan is the economic future no one wants. In selling massive stimulus packages and bank bailouts, Western leaders told their people, "We must do this or we will end up like Japan, mired in recession and deflation for a decade or more."
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / JAPAN LITE
Feb 27, 2010

The mysteries of counting islands

Today I'd like to uncover some of the mysteries of the Seto Inland Sea. The Inland Sea, or Seto Naikai, is a 450 km-long sea with 700 to 3,000 islands, or sometimes 2,000 islands, depending on who you talk to. Why such a discrepancy? Island counting is a special skill and the way you count them depends...
BUSINESS / YEN FOR LIVING
Feb 22, 2010

Government housing allowance ignores market realities

To aid laid-off workers, the government has been offering rent subsidies, but clearly the money isn't reaching the right people.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Feb 19, 2010

Eleven

On Saturday June 21, 2008, a tearful Francois K was joined behind the turntables by Laurent Garnier, Theo Parrish and Danny Krivit for a final set at Club Yellow that went on into the late hours of Sunday. The formidable lineup of DJs and sell-out crowd were there for one reason, to say goodbye to a...

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After pandemic-era border regulations eased, Indian migrants began returning to Japan. Their population now stands at more than 50,000 across the country.
How remote work is rewriting the migrant experience in Japan