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JAPAN / ALSO OUT THERE
Jul 15, 2009

Fish-shaped 'taiyaki' is always evolving

"Taiyaki," a fish-shaped pancake of sorts made of flour and filled with "azuki" sweet bean paste, has been around for a century.
JAPAN
Jul 15, 2009

Nishimatsu boss tells court he paid Nikai

Nishimatsu Construction Co.'s former president, Mikio Kunisawa, pleaded guilty Tuesday to purchasing fundraising party tickets for a Liberal Democratic Party faction led by Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Toshihiro Nikai.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jul 15, 2009

Five bag top toy awards

The Japan Toy Association announced five winners Tuesday of its second annual toy awards, leading up to the nation's biggest toy exhibition, the International Tokyo Toy Show, which kicks off Thursday.
JAPAN
Jul 14, 2009

DPJ's historic win in Tokyo seen as inevitable amid LDP disarray

The Democratic Party of Japan's historic victory in Sunday's Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly election was no surprise, many local voters said Monday, expressing dissatisfaction with the Liberal Democratic Party, with some already saying they will vote DPJ in the general election even though they are not...
BUSINESS / THE VIEW FROM EUROPE
Jul 13, 2009

Japanese choices in aviation market reveal overreliance on U.S.

For decades, Japan's military partner of choice has been the United States. The reasons are well known: The influence of the Occupation after World War II and the adoption of an American-style Constitution that put strong restrictions on Japan's ability to maintain any kind of martial force.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jul 11, 2009

Will the latest 'Dragon Quest' pass the test?

Hitting store shelves Saturday, the long-awaited new installment in the "Dragon Quest" series, one of Japan's most successful video games, has industry watchers on the edge of their seats to see if the latest title can live up to its reputation.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Jul 10, 2009

Measuring influence in Funky Meters

Funky Meters is a good name for any band. However, the band that actually calls itself Funky Meters contains two original members of the legendary New Orleans R&B quartet The Meters and basically plays the same repertoire. In that regard, affixing "funky" to Meters is like calling snow "cold."
Japan Times
CULTURE / Stage
Jul 10, 2009

The monster that was made of fear

What's a nue? A sobbing thrush? A splendid monster? Or the shattered souls of those excluded from society?
BUSINESS
Jul 10, 2009

DoCoMo eyes million smart phones

NTT DoCoMo Inc. aims to ship as many as 1 million smart phones in Japan, helped by the release of a model running Google Inc.'s Android operating system.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jul 10, 2009

Sony CEO rebuffs Activision calls for PS3 price cuts

Sony Corp. Chief Executive Officer Howard Stringer spurned calls by Activision Blizzard Inc., the world's largest video-game publisher, to cut prices of the PlayStation 3 because the $400 (¥37,000) console is unprofitable.
JAPAN
Jul 9, 2009

New Minamata relief law enacted

The Diet enacted a new law Wednesday that expands relief to victims of Minamata disease by loosening the redress requirements for one of the worst industrial pollution cases in Japanese history.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / GLOBAL ECONOMY AND LABOR SYMPOSIUM
Jul 9, 2009

Training key as Japan leans more heavily on its nonregular workers

The role of education and training in the labor market will become even more important as the number of nonregular workers not covered by on-the-job training increases, experts told the June 17 symposium.
BUSINESS / GLOBAL ECONOMY AND LABOR SYMPOSIUM
Jul 9, 2009

Outmoded labor practices blunt competitiveness

Japan needs a more flexible and diverse labor market as its population ages rapidly and starts to decline, experts told a recent symposium in Tokyo.
EDITORIALS
Jul 8, 2009

Police's security camera plan

The National Police Agency has announced a plan to set up security camera networks in 15 residential areas in 14 prefectures, with 25 cameras installed in each area. The police already have 363 security cameras in operation at busy shopping and entertainment districts across the nation.
JAPAN
Jul 7, 2009

Balanced news key for Yahoo Japan

While Yahoo Japan's news service has grown bigger and more powerful with the rise of the Internet, it has become tougher for the media to broadcast news with important value to its audience, said Michihiro Okumura, who leads a team that selects Yahoo Japan's news topics for its front page.
COMMUNITY / How-tos / LIFELINES
Jul 7, 2009

Accommodation advice and visas

It's good to be able to report some positive experiences regarding finding accommodation in Japan. Here are a couple of letters we received.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / VIEWS FROM THE STREET
Jul 7, 2009

How do you feel about the death of Michael Jackson?

COMMENTARY / World
Jul 5, 2009

Putin's 'siloviki' move to resume command

STOCKHOLM — Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin recently announced that Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan have abandoned their separate talks to join the World Trade Organization. Instead, they would seek to enter the world trade body as a single customs union. In effect, this means that Russia seems...
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Jul 5, 2009

Flashing the cash while the majority suffer

There haven't been many silver linings to the dark cloud of the recession that descended more than a year ago. One is the media's general loss of interest in ostentatious displays of stuff that most of us could never afford anyway. Nowadays, it's easier to boost TV ratings with features about places...

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