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BUSINESS
Mar 28, 2008

ANA gives Mitsubishi lift with plane order

All Nippon Airways Co. said Thursday it plans to order up to 25 small passenger jets from Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd., becoming the leadoff buyer of what would be Japan's first domestically developed jetliner.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Mar 27, 2008

Music's greatest theme park

In mid-March, as spring began uncoiling anew, the world's music industry once again turned its eyes to Austin, Texas, the self-styled "live-music capital of the world," for the annual South by Southwest industry conference and festival. Planes disgorged thousands of band members, record-label bigwigs,...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Mar 27, 2008

Tokyo's tidal wave of art

L ike a tsunami moving through deep water, the boom in Japan's contemporary art world has been approaching, little detected, for several years. Now, as it readies to peak in a proliferation of events next week — many of them brand new — we can see for the first time just how big it was, and who was...
Japan Times
BASEBALL / MLB
Mar 26, 2008

Fans cherish chance to see Red Sox, Athletics in Tokyo

A salad bowl, a melting pot, whatever you call it, the stadium was mixed with all types of baseball fans from all over the world.
JAPAN
Mar 26, 2008

Last tried over Aneha fraud avoids prison

The Tokyo District Court handed a suspended three-year prison term to a bankrupt condominium developer Tuesday for knowingly selling defective condos designed by disgraced architect Hidetsugu Aneha and defrauding his clients out of about ¥415 million.
JAPAN
Mar 25, 2008

Ministry to hold special courses for handling foreign press

The Foreign Ministry will start giving senior officials special training so they can better handle foreign journalists during interviews and news conferences, the ministry said Monday.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel / NATURE TRAVEL
Mar 23, 2008

Namibia's no man's land

A trek through the vast Sperrgebiet wilderness that will soon be opened to tourism reveals an abundance of flora and fauna, mountains, meteorite craters, pristine beaches, isles with names like Roast Beef Island — and swarms of killer bees.
Japan Times
LIFE
Mar 23, 2008

What the world has to say . . .

"In Japan's short history of contact with Western fashion, we have lacked a 'bourgeois vs. high society' tension to portray in this showmanship world of fashion. Instead, most of the grandeur has come from the street." — Naoko Hasegawa, VP of Chang Co., Ltd. Apparel Company
Japan Times
LIFE
Mar 23, 2008

Oh what an extravaganza

Even the heavens were smiling on Tokyo Girls Collection. Balmy 19-degree temperatures — the year's highest up until then — provided the perfect setting last Saturday for the Spring/Summer edition of this hugely popular fashion-show-cum-showbiz extravaganza, allowing most of the 22,000 teenage and...
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 21, 2008

Deterrence fails in a prison with no key

PRINCETON, New Jersey — Every day in the Gaza Strip, strategic deterrence — the inhibition of attack by fear of punishment from superior military power — is being put to the test. The escalating spiral of violence by Israel and Gazan militants indicates not only that deterrence is failing, but...
CULTURE / Art
Mar 20, 2008

"Blood"

Dairakudakan Kochuten, Tokyo's Kichijoji
ENVIRONMENT
Mar 20, 2008

Are Japan's leaders merely readers on climate change?

Japanese people often wrongly pronounce "l" as "r," or "r" as "l." So, "leader" can be pronounced as "reader."
BUSINESS
Mar 19, 2008

Ricoh projects higher profit, sales

Ricoh Co., the nation's second-biggest office equipment maker, said Tuesday it expects operating profit and sales to rise in the next three years.
BUSINESS
Mar 18, 2008

Takefuji slashes profit forecast 69%

Takefuji Corp., the nation's third-largest consumer lender by market value, said Monday it has cut its full-year profit forecast 69 percent, citing subprime-related losses.
BUSINESS
Mar 15, 2008

Sapporo restarts talks with Steel in latest takeover twist

Sapporo Breweries, the nation's third-largest beer maker, said Friday that it will restart talks with Steel Partners over the U.S. hedge fund's latest proposal to boost its stake in Sapporo.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY
Mar 15, 2008

Clinic on the bluff reaches out

Someone who knows Hans Pauli well describes him as the archetypal Dutchman who is forever running around sticking his finger in dikes to prevent catastrophe.
JAPAN
Mar 15, 2008

Smoking ban winning over Tokyo taxi drivers

In the roughly two months since most Tokyo taxis adopted a no-smoking policy, there has been little trouble among passengers, while an increasing number of drivers are thinking of quitting the habit themselves, a recent survey found.
Japan Times
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
Mar 14, 2008

Lions from the West, dragons from the East

K een to push forward their plan to legalize casinos in Japan, the Liberal Democratic Party is now busy winning over skeptics with predictions of tourism and tax revenue bonanzas. Perhaps a ticket to "Dralion," Cirque du Soleil's current performance in Tokyo, might help win over dissenters.
Wealthy foreign nationals picking up ultimate souvenir — a condo in Tokyo
A high-end property in the fashionable Daikanyama district in Tokyo
Japan dispatches five language education 'partners' to India
Five members of the Japan Foundation's Nihongo Partners program (front) gather at the Japanese Embassy in New Delhi on Monday.
Struggling train firm in Chiba Prefecture turns to self-deprecating humor
"Laughter is important when you're in a difficult situation," said Katsunori Takemoto, president of Choshi Electric Railway, on Aug. 5 in Choshi, Chiba Prefecture.
Over 90% of low-income families in Japan struggling to feed children
Save the Children Japan domestic program chief Sonoko Kawakami speaks at a news conference in Tokyo in July. A survey conducted by the group in June has found that over 90% of low-income households with children face food insecurity.
Japan's elderly population down at around 36.2 million
The estimated number of people age 65 or older in Japan stands at 36.19 million as of Monday, accounting for record 29.4% of the country's total population, according to the internal affairs ministry.
Wealthy foreign nationals picking up ultimate souvenir — a condo in Tokyo
A high-end property in the fashionable Daikanyama district in Tokyo
Japanese athletes inspired by raucous home fans at World Athletics Championships
Fans cheer on the home favorites during the women's marathon at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo on Sunday.
Japan's major art events converge this fall
Shinji Ohmaki’s “Tokinokage” exhibited at Fuji Textile Week 2021 shows the use of fabric as art.
Tara Davis-Woodhall leaps to gold and finds redemption at world championships
Tara Davis-Woodhall celebrates after winning the women's long jump final at the World Athletics Championships at Tokyo's National Stadium on Sunday night.
An aesthetic escape to Hakone’s art-drenched hills
Between traditional examples of fine art and sleek, modern exhibitions that blend with nature, Hakone offers a unique escape from Tokyo's urban sprawl.

Podcast

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

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Sumadori Bar on Shibuya Ward's main Center Gai street targets young customers who prefer low-alcohol drinks or abstain altogether.
Rethinking that second drink: Japan’s Gen Z gets ‘sober curious’
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We are pleased to announce the winners of the 6th annual Sustainable Japan Award.
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