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MULTIMEDIA
May 27, 2010

Sanyo to build solar plant in Italy

Sanyo Electric Co. received an order to build a solar power plant in Apulia, southern Italy, from a group led by Deutsche Bank AG.
COMMENTARY / World
May 26, 2010

Thailand is on the brink

HONG KONG — Graphic pictures from Bangkok last week told the grim story of bloodshed, death and destruction, of democracy challenged and mortally wounded. But they cannot convey the smell of burning, the terror of chaos in the center of a supposedly civilized modern capital city, or the human, moral...
Japan Times
BUSINESS
May 26, 2010

Honda to up China output 28% by 2012

Honda Motor Co. will raise production capacity in China by 28 percent to 830,000 vehicles a year by the second half of 2012 and introduce two new models, Chief Executive Officer Takanobu Ito said Tuesday in Guangzhou.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Japan Pulse
May 25, 2010

Clothing retailers want you to stay cool, stay fresh

Cool biz: a great opportunity for retailers to push clothing lines with coolness built in.
JAPAN / EXPLAINER
May 25, 2010

National health insurance a basic universal safety net

All Japanese citizens are required by law to be covered by public health insurance.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL
May 25, 2010

Toyama named first coach of Shining Suns

The Miyazaki Shining Suns, one of three bj-league expansion teams for the 2010-11 season, have hired the youngest head coach in league history, it was announced on Monday.
COMMUNITY / How-tos / LIFELINES
May 25, 2010

Nova visas; seeking U.S. citizenship

Reader SB was working for Nova and his visa runs out next fall.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / WHO'S WHO
May 25, 2010

Expat dancer Hibari Misora-inspired

Chris Chavez maintains an upbeat outlook about life in Japan but leaves the rosy-tinted view for idealists or those newly arrived. This Mexican-American's snapping brown eyes differentiate clearly the good, bad and indifferent of living as a foreign woman in Tokyo.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / VIEWS FROM THE STREET
May 25, 2010

What are your thoughts on the U.K.'s new coalition government?

Gareth Pughe, 56EditorIt is either doomed to failure and there will be another election within the year, or it will break the mold for British politics, and that would be a good thing.
BUSINESS
May 22, 2010

Mitsubishi Estate plans U.S. property fund, takeovers

Mitsubishi Estate Co., Japan's biggest property developer by market value, said it will set up a real estate fund in the U.S. this year and seek takeovers overseas to counter declining demand at home.
Japan Times
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
May 21, 2010

'Obsession' eyes values through the lens of dance

Saburo Teshigawara's first-ever duet dance program, titled "Obsession" — with his regular ensemble partner Rihoko Sato — is now being staged at Theatre Cocoon in Shibuya after an ecstatically received May 2009 premiere at the Art Rock Festival in St. Brieuc in Brittany, France.
BASKETBALL / HOOP SCOOP
May 21, 2010

Time for league to adopt real playoff system

Nobody wants their business referred to as a "Mickey Mouse operation," unless, of course, they happen to work for the Walt Disney Company.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
May 21, 2010

Enjoy the company of Ryoichi Yamazaki's reluctant 'hoodies'

The typical white cube gallery is not unlike a sumo ring. Both are bare, sanctified spaces, where we can stare intently at the participants' strenous efforts to impress. While the dohyo is purified by salt, the antiseptic agents in the case of the white cube gallery are white paint, light and an attitude...
JAPAN
May 18, 2010

I-Fairy robot leads events at Tokyo wedding

Almost everyone stood when the bride walked down the aisle in her white gown, but not the wedding conductor, because she was bolted to her chair.
JAPAN / History / JAPAN TIMES GONE BY
May 16, 2010

Halley's Comet, first international radio broadcast, tsunamis lash coastline, Japan tops creditor list

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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