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Japan Times
JAPAN
May 14, 2011

Renewable's time is now, expert says

Prime Minister Naoto Kan's request that Chubu Electric Power Co. shut down the Hamaoka nuclear power plant was valuable, though he should have reached this decision much sooner after the Fukushima crisis, according to an expert on nuclear and renewable energy.
JAPAN
Nov 19, 2010

Jack Seward, leading expert on Japan, dies

Jack Seward, a U.S. Army veteran and Japan expert who served under Gen. Douglas MacArthur's staff command during the Allied Occupation, died Nov. 10 in Houston. He was 86.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY
Jul 10, 2010

Architect wants to end nail-hammer cycle

Miwa Mori, president of Key Architects, thinks a lot about nails, both as part of her profession and as her philosophy about life.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY
Aug 1, 2009

Baseball expert lines up new book on mobsters in Japan

Robert Whiting is best known as an expert on baseball. But he's much more than that. He's also an expert on mobsters in Japan and the sound a radar site makes when it is "spotted" by a U2 spy plane.
JAPAN
Mar 11, 2008

Japan acquittal doesn't let Miura off the hook in California: expert

Differences between the Japanese and U.S. criminal justice systems made it possible for the Los Angeles Police Department to arrest Kazuyoshi Miura for the 1981 fatal shooting of his wife in California, despite being acquitted of her slaying in Japan, an expert says.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Oct 24, 2005

Germany must be determined on reform: expert

Unless the forthcoming German government of conservative leader Angela Merkel bites the bullet and carries out painful reforms in a determined way, there will be no real domestic demand-led growth in the country, and its leadership in Europe will be limited, a German expert told a recent symposium in...
OLYMPICS
Aug 13, 2004

Marathon expert Masuda says Noguchi has shot at gold

Former Japan Olympian and top marathon media analyst Akemi Masuda is not the kind of person to mince words when it comes to forecasting on her favorite sport.
BUSINESS
Apr 3, 2003

Expert in resuscitating ailing firms to head IRC

The government has nominated Kazuhiko Toyama -- known as an expert in turning around apparently hopeless businesses -- as chief operating officer of a state-backed corporation given the task of doing just that.
BUSINESS
Aug 30, 2001

Koizumi to set up two expert panels

Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi said Wednesday he will establish two expert panels to discuss issues relating to the economy and foreign policy.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Dec 6, 2022

Japan should hold talks with North Korea to ease tensions, expert says

Korean Peninsula specialist Tadashi Kimiya says Tokyo should approach Pyongyang without demanding that the issue of abductions will be discussed.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Oct 27, 2022

As with Ukraine, a coalition should pressure Myanmar's junta, U.N. expert says

Russian weapons being used in Ukraine are also killing people in Myanmar, an independent U.N. expert said in making the appeal.
Japan Times
WORLD
Oct 7, 2022

Climate change 'kills on grand scale,' expert says

'We're talking about potential death of hundreds of millions or billions,' said Nicholas Stern, a professor at the London School of Economics.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Books
Feb 13, 2022

‘Of Arcs and Circles’: Step into the fertile imagination of a garden expert

Landscape artist Marc Peter Keane's collection of essays experiments with form and offers practical observations as well as metaphysical musings.
JAPAN / ANALYSIS
Apr 15, 2021

Tepco lapse a wake-up call for Japan's nuclear security protocols, expert says

The incident in Niigata is “of particular concern” because the potential security breaches lasted for months, a top expert in the field said.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Apr 15, 2021

Rapid tests for COVID-19 are missing early infections, expert warns

The shortcoming could undermine efforts to use these fast and cheap tests to determine if someone can safely enter a place where people are congregating.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Nov 20, 2020

This virus expert saved Japan from the worst of COVID-19. But has the magic worn off?

Those who worked with Hitoshi Oshitani say his early sense of urgency, constantly badgering government officials to do more, has been crucial to Japan's novel coronavirus response.
JAPAN / Politics
Jul 15, 2020

China expert Hideo Tarumi under consideration as envoy to Beijing

The government is considering appointing Hideo Tarumi, a senior Foreign Ministry official known to be an expert on China, as the new ambassador to Beijing, sources with knowledge of the matter said Wednesday.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / Women of Taste
Mar 7, 2020

Elizabeth Andoh: Writer, chef, world-renowned washoku expert

Elizabeth Andoh's decades-long passion for cooking and Japanese cuisine had an unlikely catalyst: A bowl of awful udon noodles.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 19, 2020

Expert stirs controversy with video on 'inadequate' virus controls on Diamond Princess

Controversy was stirred among the public and at the Diet Wednesday, after an infectious disease expert posted a now-deleted video online in which he claimed to have seen inadequate anti-virus contamination measures on the Diamond Princess cruise ship.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jan 17, 2020

MUFG taps math expert as CEO to lead digital transformation amid Japan's negative rates

Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc. named Hironori Kamezawa as chief executive officer on Friday, turning to a math expert to help Japan's biggest bank forge a path in the digital era.
Global militaries to study India-Pakistan fighter jet battle
The Indian Air Force's Rafale fighter jets. India and Pakistan aircraft engaged in a dogfight on Wednesday.
Escalation fears rise in Japan following Chinese moves near Senkakus
A Japan Coast Guard vessel sails in front of the Uotsuri islet, one of the Japanese-controlled Senkaku Islands. Concerns are growing in Tokyo after a Chinese government helicopter violated Japan's airspace around the uninhabited islets.
Ishiba vows Japan will stand its ground, demanding U.S. lift auto tariffs
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba speaks during a Lower House committee meeting on Friday.
As prices soar, Zen-Noh ships just 32% of government-stockpiled rice
A customer walks past a display of rice, with a sign apologizing to shoppers they must be limited to one bag each due to market conditions, at a branch of Japanese discount retailer Don Quijote in Tokyo's Shibuya Ward on April 21.
Emperor emeritus diagnosed with silent myocardial ischemia
Emperor Emeritus Akihito, 91, rides in a car with Empress Emerita Michiko, 90, after he was discharged from the University of Tokyo Hospital on Saturday following an examination for suspected myocardial ischemia.
Sculpted waves, sleek updos: Showa hairstyles are back in fashion
The larger-than-life hairstyles of Japan's Showa Era are unmistakable — and they're making a comeback.
In China’s ‘Michelin Guide,’ Tokyo leads overseas listings with 30 entries
China's Black Pearl Restaurant Guide held its award ceremony overseas for the first time, picking the dining capital of Singapore to promote its brand to an international audience.
Who could become Japan's next prime minister?
Clockwise from top left: Former economic security minister Sanae Takaichi, former economic security minister Takayuki Kobayashi, Finance Minister Katsunobu Kato and Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi
With a new Shibuya studio, Apple Music bets big on Japan
Apple Music personalities (from left) Ebro Darden, Kentaro Ochiai, Zane Lowe and Mino came together for a special recording in late April to discuss music and celebrate the newly opened Apple Music studio in Tokyo.
Kazuki Nagasawa's sustainable designs are rooted in tradition
For centuries, artisans have unraveled strands of the fibrous bark of "shuro" trees to create a medley of everyday objects. Designer Kazuki Nagasawa is now transforming the traditional material into ethereal contemporary pieces.

Podcast

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

Longform

Japan's growing ranks of centenarians are redefining what it means to live in a super-aging society.
What comes after 100?
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