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BUSINESS
May 17, 2008

Lifenet to offer 30% cheaper insurance online

Lifenet Insurance Co., a newly established online life insurer, said Friday it will start selling polices Sunday via the Internet at rates up to 30 percent cheaper than those offered by major life insurers.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel / FREEWHEELIN' ACROSS JAPAN
May 16, 2008

Into the Land of the Dead

Second of two parts
BUSINESS
May 16, 2008

Mizuho profit drops 50%; worst said over

Mizuho Financial Group Inc., Japan's No. 2 banking group by assets, said Thursday its group net profit dropped 49.8 percent to ¥311.2 billion in business 2007 because of losses from the U.S. subprime loan crisis.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / TOKYO FOOD FILE
May 16, 2008

Bills: Bites along the Shonan coast

Regular readers of this column will know it doesn't take much to lure us to the Shonan Coast of Kanagawa Prefecture, especially when there's good eating to be done at the end of the journey. And since the spring, there's been very good reason for making that trip: the stylish new restaurant/cafe known...
Reader Mail
May 15, 2008

Beware future memory meltdown

I'm getting over a huge letdown -- like being told by the doctor that you have Alzheimer's with only a few years of lucidity left. Fortunately, I've nothing so dire. What brought me down was an NHK television news report on CD and DVD digital storage. I (and apparently many others) had taken for granted...
BUSINESS
May 15, 2008

Sony logged record sales, net profit in '07

Sony Corp. said Wednesday its sales and net profit reached record highs in the business year that ended on March 31, suggesting the company is heading for a steady business recovery as its restructuring efforts take hold.
BUSINESS
May 14, 2008

Nissan profit to fall 30% on yen jump, U.S. slump

Nissan Motor Co. on Tuesday forecast a 30 percent decline in profit for the business year to March 2009 due to a stronger yen and weaker demand in the U.S. market.
BUSINESS
May 14, 2008

Nissan business strategy aims high and low

Outlining key pillars of its business strategy for the years to come, Nissan Motor Co. said Tuesday it aims to become an industry leader in zero-emission vehicles and to cultivate emerging markets with low-cost cars.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Science & Health / NATURAL SELECTIONS
May 14, 2008

Space defense no reason to ax gentler projects

For a country with a constitution "forever renouncing war" (Article 9), Japan spends an awful lot of money on its military. In 2005 it was the fifth largest military spender in the world. And now there is the unsettling news that Japan is expanding its powerful self-defense capability into space.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL
May 13, 2008

Brex upgrade roster in busy offseason

Just as the team name reveals, the Link Tochigi Brex are trying to do everything to make themselves successful in their first season in the JBL's top league.
Japan Times
JAPAN / EXPLAINER
May 13, 2008

Striving to mold definition of convenience

Whether searching for a lunch or quick snack, withdrawing cash or paying a utility bill, the nation's "konbini" convenience stores offer a range of services.
BUSINESS
May 13, 2008

Economic outlook warrants caution: Shirakawa

Bank of Japan Gov. Masaaki Shirakawa urged caution Monday about downside risks to the economy, including ongoing financial market turbulence and increasing energy costs.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / VIEWS FROM THE STREET
May 13, 2008

Are you prepared for the next major earthquake?

Louis Chan Nurse, 30 (Hong Kong) I would try to stay up to date with the news and special announcements — if possible, I would check the Internet — but in terms of emergency supplies, I don't have anything prepared.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL
May 11, 2008

Aoki top Japanese player in bj-league

Cohey Aoki settled into a comfortable groove as the starting point guard of the Tokyo Apache.
COMMENTARY
May 10, 2008

Japan needs a dose of Koizumi's old magic

I wish more people understood Japan better. I wish I understood Japan better.
BUSINESS
May 9, 2008

Toyota sales break record; '08 drop seen

Toyota Motor Corp. said Thursday it made record sales and profits in the business year to March 31 but warned that operating profit may fall by 29.5 percent in the 2008 business year, marking the first decline in nine years.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
May 8, 2008

Super Aguri announces its departure from Formula One

Super Aguri's brief stint in Formula One ended Tuesday when the Japanese team withdrew from the F1 World Championship due to financial difficulties.
BUSINESS
May 8, 2008

Market promising if MHI gets regional jet off ground

Backed by growing global demand for small, energy-efficient aircraft, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. officially decided last month to enter the promising market.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
May 8, 2008

No more hostile takeover bids for Yahoo in works, Gates says

Microsoft Corp. Chairman Bill Gates said Wednesday the world's biggest software company has no plan to launch a fresh bid for search engine operator Yahoo Inc. after abandoning its $47.5 billion takeover attempt.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
May 8, 2008

An aura of controversy in the chase for the new

Ever since 1917, when Marcel Duchamp submitted a urinal to the Society of Independent Artists' exhibition, arguing that it was art, anything has become acceptable. Artist Chris Burden shot himself in the arm in a Los Angeles gallery in 1971; Piero Manzoni canned what was allegedly his own feces and sold...
Tokyo ranked world’s richest city by GDP, with Osaka-Kobe also rated highly
Tokyo has a gross domestic product of $2.55 trillion, just ahead of New York’s $2.49 trillion and Greater Los Angeles’ $1.62 trillion, according to CEOWorld’s global wealth index.
Takaichi stands firm on controversial Taiwan contingency remarks
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi responds to questions during a session of the House of Representatives' Budget Committee in parliament in Tokyo on Monday.
Japan’s bears have been on their killing spree for more than 100 years
Bear attacks have dominated Japanese news headlines in recent months, with 13 people so far having been killed by the animals.
Tokyo looks to keep ‘monster parents’ at bay with new protocols
New guidelines are addressing struggles by teachers to deal with the burden of parents who make irrational complaints that go beyond what is considered socially acceptable, often referred to as "monster parents," which is overwhelming their workload.
From France to Mali, a deportee's struggle far from home
Moussa Sacko, a Malian deported from France — where he had lived since he was a young child — stands on a street in Bamako, Mali, in December. Compared with his home in France, Bamako feels like a different planet, Sacko said.
Florist Nicolai Bergmann flourishes outside the box
Florist Nicolai Bergmann shops for fresh flowers at the Ota flower market in Tokyo on Friday.
Jenson Button brings end to an illustrious racing career intertwined with Japan
Jenson Button races for Honda during the Singapore Grand Prix in September 2008.
Cleanliness gets competitive at Tokyo’s Spogomi world cup
On Oct. 29, teams from 33 qualifying countries scoured the streets of Shibuya for all manners of trash as part of the Spogomi litter-picking competition.
Jon Homewood: ‘There’s beauty in what we throw away’
After a peripatetic childhood around the world, teacher and artist Jon Homewood ended up coming to Japan in 2012 for a professional opportunity.
High-speed rail is expensive and difficult, but seen as a key to growth
Achal Khare, former managing director at India’s National High Speed Rail Corporation, gives a presentation during the IHRA Forum 2025 in Tokyo on Oct. 23.

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Bear attacks have dominated Japanese news headlines in recent months, with 13 people so far having been killed by the animals.
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