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WORLD
Apr 4, 2013

Social media OK for releasing info: SEC

Companies can use social media such as Facebook and Twitter to unveil key information about their operations as long as they've told investors where to look for it, the Securities and Exchange Commission announced Tuesday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets
Apr 3, 2013

Lobbyist urges Abe to spur demand for loans

New bank lobby chief Takeshi Kunibe urged Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to follow through on his pledge to spark private investment through deregulation, a stimulus element the group says is key to boosting anemic loan demand.
BUSINESS / Companies
Apr 2, 2013

Softbank-backed China startup builds Facebook for kids

A former Nokia Oyj engineer is building a private social network in China where children share art projects online with parents or grandparents. Japan's phone and Internet giant Softbank Corp. is betting he'll succeed.
BUSINESS / Economy
Apr 2, 2013

Nomura, Daiwa pick up most graduates in four years

Nomura Holdings Inc. and Daiwa Securities Group Inc. have hired more university graduates this spring than in the past four years, leading a resurgence in recruitment by Japanese brokerages as the outlook for the economy improves.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE FOREIGN ELEMENT
Apr 2, 2013

A tale of two knives, a Kiwi legend, a gang and a girl

The story reads like a New Zealand news editor's wish list: Celebrity, dangerous weapons, bizarre behavior, death threats, Brazilian street gangs and a mysterious love interest.
EDITORIALS
Apr 1, 2013

Bolster cyber-attack defenses

Japan's public and private sectors must heighten their awareness of the danger from cyber-attacks and cyber-espionage and take protective steps.
JAPAN
Apr 1, 2013

Railways get jump on solving IC card dexterity barrier

Traditional pasteboard rail tickets may soon go the way of Betamax VCRs and telephone rotary dials with the near-nationwide standardization of prepaid IC cards such as JR East's Suica and Tokyo's Pasmo from March 23.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media
Mar 31, 2013

Men with 'yellow fever' get a taste of their own medicine

There's no need for serious digging; just scrape the surface of history and there are plenty of examples of Caucasian men who showed the symptoms of a phenomenon known as 'yellow fever.'
Japan Times
CULTURE / Books
Mar 31, 2013

Glacial change slow to heat up Japan's economy

The Japanese manager was once portrayed as a fearless samurai ready to take on the world. This was when Western companies and management scholars woke up to the presence of a potent competitor outside the Western world.
JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
Mar 31, 2013

Life is too short for an undesirable satori

The wise have always inveighed against materialism. But most people are not wise, and it remains a material world. The economy dominates the news, an indication of where our strongest interest lies. Our spirits rise or fall with the stock market, the unemployment rate, the value of the yen, the consumer...
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 30, 2013

No driver, no problem: how road travel will change

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JAPAN
Mar 29, 2013

LDP takes aim at English education, seeks to boost TOEFL levels

The ruling Liberal Democratic Party is on a quest to reform the educational system in order to foster global talent to reverse the nation’s declining competitiveness on the world stage, and English-language studies have been especially targeted for improvement.
BUSINESS / Companies
Mar 29, 2013

Panasonic chief vows revival, full forays into autos, homes

Embattled electronics giant Panasonic Corp. vowed Thursday to slash its losses in five business sectors, including televisions and semiconductors, by ¥130 billion over the next three years.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Mar 29, 2013

'Crawlspace'

Good news for sci-fi/horror geeks with big and generous hearts who have nothing to do on a spring Sunday but to check out this "Alien"-meets-"28 Days Later"-meets-"Species"-and-they-decide-to-move-in-together-to-save-on-rent kind of movie. And not so good news for the rest of us.

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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.
Japan’s bears have been on their killing spree for more than 100 years