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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...
BUSINESS
Jul 4, 2009

SriLankan Air chief beats tourism drum

The end of a 30-year-old civil war will be an uplifting factor in attracting foreign tourists to Sri Lanka, the visiting chairman of the island nation's flagship airline said Friday in Tokyo.
JAPAN
Jul 3, 2009

Agency moves on 'manga cafe'

Amid continuing objections from the Democratic Party of Japan and others, preparations for the proposed National Center for Media Arts, or "state-run 'manga' cafe" as it is known by its detractors, have begun in earnest.
BUSINESS
Jul 3, 2009

GM hybrids to use Hitachi lithium-ion batteries from '10

Electronics maker Hitachi Ltd. said Thursday it will supply lithium-ion batteries for hybrid vehicles to General Motors Corp. in 2010 and sharply raise production capacity to meet surging demand for gas-electric cars.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Jul 3, 2009

ART iT transforms into digital forum

When Tokyo-based quarterly magazine ART iT announced the discontinuation of its print edition and that all content would move online following the publishing of its June 2009 issue, it seemed like yet another example of how the popularity of the Internet had combined with a global economic recession...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Jul 3, 2009

A freedom that fostered richness

Two exhibitions now showing at the Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography offer a fascinating contrast in photojournalism.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jul 3, 2009

'Mrs. Watanabes' slam plan for margin-trading cap

A plan to increase restrictions on Japan's margin-trading market may drive individual investors away, paving the way for more volatile currency movements, according to JPMorgan Chase & Co.
JAPAN
Jul 2, 2009

Man held after buying guns over Net

A company employee in the city of Miyazaki has been arrested for allegedly purchasing guns and swords through Internet auctions, including three Type-38 rifles used by the Imperial Japanese Army.
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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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
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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
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