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Japan Times
COMMUNITY
Feb 13, 2010

Computer whiz turns 'strangeness' into asset

From his early days in Japan as a destitute student sleeping in train station stairwells to living in a 3-mat room that cost him ¥10,000 a month, Richard Northcott went on to head a mobile software company that now enjoys sales of $2 million a year.
JAPAN
Feb 12, 2010

Skyliner to get quicker but pricier Narita link

Keisei Electric Railway Co. will offer faster, more direct Skyliner rail service between Tokyo's Nippori Station, next to Ueno, and Narita International Airport in Chiba Prefecture beginning in July.
JAPAN
Feb 2, 2010

Ozawa undergoes second round of questioning

Democratic Party of Japan kingpin Ichiro Ozawa said Monday he has undergone a second round of questioning by prosecutors over accounting irregularities involving his fund management body.
BASEBALL
Jan 31, 2010

Resentment of Valentine's power factored in downfall

Third in a four-part series
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Jan 29, 2010

Creativity flourishes in 'No Man's Land'

Known for its quaint cafes and high-end high rises, the upscale neighborhood of Hiroo is home to many of Tokyo's local and ex-pat illuminati, as well as to several foreign embassies. The area is pristine, even by Tokyo standards, and it is this refined backdrop that makes arriving at the French embassy...
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel
Jan 24, 2010

Adachi still lifes are sure to grow on you

Just 20 km east of Matsue, the impressive collection of paintings and ceramics at the Adachi Museum of Art in Yasugi City, Shimane Prefecture, is at risk of being upstaged by its six superlative landscaped gardens.
BUSINESS
Jan 22, 2010

Desperate wives tap 'secret savings'

Housewives' "secret savings" fell about 20 percent last year as households were forced to tap these reserves to cover living costs amid falling family income, according to a survey by Sompo Japan Insurance Inc.
LIFE / Digital / IGADGET
Jan 13, 2010

Kindle upgrades, but DX e-reader is just the start of a boom

E-inking a deal: Ghosts of U.S. TV makers past would find it amusing. Sony produced the world's first e-ink device for reading books, some six years ago. While Sony is still in the e-ink reader game, U.S. giant Amazon now leads the global market. Amazon is set to land a second blow against Sony in the...
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jan 7, 2010

Investors get intimate with love hotels

Stocks, bonds and real estate are among the assets found in diversified investment portfolios.
BUSINESS / YEN FOR LIVING
Dec 21, 2009

You too can be Hatoyama!

Why bequeath tomorrow when you can help out your kids today? To help the housing market out of the doldrums, the DPJ might even sweeten the exemption.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Dec 18, 2009

Demographic crisis leaves universities in financial bind

The first day of the semester should be one of the year's busiest, but it is immediately clear at St. Thomas University that something is badly wrong.
JAPAN
Dec 15, 2009

Proposal followed fight over feline

. I had been involved in triathlon for two or three years. Kentaro: It was my first or second time to join the triathlon training group when we met. She and I both lived in Oizumi Gakuen (in Nerima Ward, Tokyo). She taught me how to swim.
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 27, 2009

Tokyo's urban design role

The Hatoyama government's ambitious carbon reduction goals position Japan for leadership in the postindustrial global economy. Less discussed is Tokyo's remarkable energy efficiency, urban ecology innovations, and its potential for playing a leading role in the next decade's biggest environmental challenge:...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Nov 20, 2009

'Loft'

It's probably easy to make a complete hash out of something like "Loft" — five men share a loft purely for the purpose of enjoying their mistresses until one evening the bloodied, nude body of a young woman is left on the bed, her wrist handcuffed to a bedpost.
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 18, 2009

Ghost in the recovery machine

NEW HAVEN, Conn. — The International Monetary Fund's October World Economic Outlook proclaimed that "Strong public policies have fostered a rebound of industrial production, world trade, and retail sales." The IMF, along with many national leaders, seem ready to give full credit to these policies for...
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / BY THE GLASS
Oct 9, 2009

Introducing the Californian dream

Swilling an elegant Pinot around your glass, the landscape before you, verdant with vines, undulates in the soft evening light. The little wine you've imbibed sets your senses aglow as you contemplate the cinematic beauty of California's wine country.
BUSINESS
Oct 9, 2009

Takefuji looks to scrape up ¥42 billion

Consumer lender Takefuji Corp. plans to raise ¥42 billion through bank loans and sales of stocks, two sources said Thursday.
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 24, 2009

German voters shun financial crisis debate

BERLIN — Germany's parliamentary election campaign looks like a front-running contender for the title of the most boring in the history of the Federal Republic.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY
Sep 19, 2009

Tokyo rabbi gives unconditionally

"Whatever we have, we give 100 percent," says Binyomin Edery, the 33-year-old chief rabbi at Chabad House in Tokyo. "Our bank account is at zero! If we have one, we give two; if we have two, we give four. That's what we do."
Japan Times
Reference / SO WHAT THE HECK IS THAT
Sep 17, 2009

Statue outside Shinjuku Sumitomo Building

Dear Alice,On the premises of the Shinjuku Sumitomo Building in Tokyo there is a statue of St. Francis of Assisi. It's quite big — larger than lifesize. I've known about it for years, since the building was first constructed, but no one has ever been able to tell me what the heck a prominent saint...

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