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COMMENTARY
Sep 14, 2011

China plays hardball with Russia on energy deals

China's President Hu Jintao has a reserved demeanor. So it is hard to imagine him as a poker player. But in energy politics with neighboring Russia, he certainly is.
MORE SPORTS / ICE TIME
Sep 14, 2011

Hino, Tanaka, Shoji begin Junior Grand Prix season with podium finishes

With the first two weeks of the Junior Grand Prix season in the books, Japanese skaters have posted encouraging results so far.
EDITORIALS
Sep 13, 2011

Quake jolts corporate practices

The psychological effects of the Tohoku disasters continue to spread far beyond the areas that were directly affected by the March 11 earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disasters. In the wake of these catastrophic events, individuals throughout Japan have been forced to reflect upon their lifestyles. Companies,...
JAPAN
Sep 12, 2011

Ex-Morning Musume member hospitalized after apparent suicide attempt

Ai Kago, a former member of the all-girl J-pop idol group "Morning Musume," was taken to hospital by ambulance on Sunday after possibly attempting suicide at her home in Tokyo's Minato Ward, police said.
Japan Times
LIFE
Sep 11, 2011

God's own country

Everywhere around Kerala in southwest India there are signs emblazoned with the state motto: "God's Own Country" — and certainly no supreme deity could have chosen a better place to call home.
BUSINESS
Sep 10, 2011

IPOs to boom on quake rebound

Initial public offerings in Japan will climb to the highest in three years as investors regain confidence sapped by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, according to Nomura Holdings Inc., the top-ranked arranger of Japanese stock sales.
SUMO / SUMO SCRIBBLINGS
Sep 8, 2011

Aki Basho: Normal sumo service resumes in the capital — almost

Sunday Sep. 11 will see the Sumo Association resume the closest thing to normal service they can hope for in the present era of post-scandal reflection. It will be he first tourney back in the Ryogoku Kokugikan after a summer of much discontent and thus "coming home" to the capital will offer the powers...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Sep 8, 2011

"Jamaica Rocks"

A group of Jamaican musicians and dancers led by explosive "singjay" Abijah, as well as Tessanne Chin and rising star I Eye, have set off on a major tour of Japan. The tour is being coordinated by the Min-On Concert Association, in collaboration with the Embassy of Jamaica in Tokyo, and Jamaica's Ministry...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Sep 8, 2011

Seifuku Kojo Iinkai ditch the idol prattle for an antinuke message

It's the kind of protest song you'd expect from hardened punks or political rappers — not seven high school girls in synchronized dance.
BUSINESS / Japan Pulse
Sep 7, 2011

This season's fashion hit or flop?

Lab coats as this season's must-have item? Book satchels for adults? Should we believe the hype?
Japan Times
JAPAN / CABINET INTERVIEW
Sep 6, 2011

China, U.S. both high on strategic agenda: Genba

While Japan's alliance with the United States benefits the stability of the Asia-Pacific region, close ties with China will also be needed if Japan wants to reap the benefits of its neighbor's booming economy, new Foreign Minister Koichiro Genba said Monday.
JAPAN / EXPLAINER
Sep 6, 2011

Utilities have monopoly on power

Tokyo Electric Power Co. wants to raise electricity rates by more than 10 percent to help offset massive compensation claims related to the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant meltdowns, according to recent media reports.
BUSINESS
Sep 6, 2011

Singapore property unit to hike rents

Global Logistic Properties Ltd., the overseas logistics unit of the Government of Singapore Investment Corp., plans to raise rents in Japan because of a shortage of newer storage and distribution facilities.
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 5, 2011

Jobs could reboot working class

In the week since he announced he was stepping down as Apple's CEO, Steve Jobs has been accorded the kind of demigod status that Americans bestow on the handful of their countrymen who invent, manufacture and market the goods that change their lives for the better.
EDITORIALS
Sep 5, 2011

World's biggest blog obsession

Internet users in Japan spend more time reading blogs than any other country in the world, according to a recent study from comScore, a research company measuring the digital world. The average Japanese user spent 62.6 minutes reading blogs during June of this year, when the survey was conducted.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / CLOSE-UP
Sep 4, 2011

Alfons Deeken: Priest-philosopher makes death his life's work

On Friday, July 22, as the stifling heat and humidity of summer relented for just a fleeting few days, hundreds of people filled a hall at Enkakuji Temple in Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture, to listen to a lecture by philosophy scholar Alfons Deeken.
JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
Sep 4, 2011

These may be interesting times, yet we yearn to return to normality

"May you live in interesting times," goes the familiar curse — or as the Chinese say in a similar vein, "It's better to be a dog in times of peace than a human in times of chaos."
BUSINESS
Sep 3, 2011

LCD business a keeper: Panasonic

Panasonic Corp. plans to keep its liquid crystal display business even after rivals Sony Corp., Toshiba Corp. and Hitachi Ltd. agreed this week to divest their LCD units amid intensifying competition from South Korean and Taiwanese producers.
EDITORIALS
Sep 2, 2011

Restructuring power distribution

Japan's 10 power companies have enjoyed regional monopolies under government protection, controlling not only electricity generation but also electricity transmission from power stations to transformer substations and distribution to individual users.
Japan ruling bloc projected to lose majority in Upper House election drubbing
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba speaks at the Liberal Democratic Party’s headquarters Sunday after exit polls showed poor results for the ruling coalition in the Upper House election.
Polls open for key Upper House election that could shake Japanese politics
People vote during Japan's Upper House election at a polling station in Tokyo on Sunday.
Sunken WWII Japanese warship Teruzuki found off Solomon Islands
The Solomon Islands. A team from the U.S. nonprofit Ocean Exploration Trust has discovered the Imperial Japanese Navy destroyer Teruzuki on the deep seabed off the Solomon Islands as the 80th anniversary of the war's end approaches.
Japan team finds ancient ocean full of squids
The ancient ocean was full of squids, whose population exceeded that of fish or ammonites, a Japanese research team mainly from Hokkaido University has found through a new method using technology.
Hitomi Obara, 2012 Olympic champion in wrestling, dies at 44
Hitomi Obara competes at the London Olympics in August 2012.
‘Noto Democracy’ and the slow work of civic change
Yukio Iokibe’s “Noto Democracy" centers on Motoyuki Takii, a former junior high school teacher who publishes a handwritten newspaper every month to encourage the residents of Anamizu, Ishikawa Prefecture, to engage in local politics.
In microbes we trust: Embracing the nature of fermented food
You don't need an oven to make Kenji Morimoto's easy and delicious Miso Sticky Toffee Crepe Cake.
Touring the Silk Road — without leaving Tokyo
One of the entrances to Pao Compound, a nine-story Silk Road-inspired complex in Tokyo's Higashinakano neighborhood
Japan's rice farmers are confounded by Shinjiro Koizumi’s policies
Kiyoshi Shibata stands in front of one of the rice paddies in Murayama, Yamagata Prefecture, where he produces the prefecture's signature rice brand Tsuyahime.
In Gaza-made obi, Palestinian embroidery meets Japanese kimono
The Palestinian Embroidery Obi Project brings together a traditional Japanese garment and age-old designs from the Middle Eastern region.

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

Longform

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
By Megha Wadhwa

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