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JAPAN
Dec 8, 2010

Asahi to end English insert in IHT on Feb. 28

The Asahi Shimbun Co. will stop printing on Feb. 28 its English section that currently occupies the last four pages of the International Herald Tribune's Japan edition.
EDITORIALS
Dec 2, 2010

Cautious after impressive half

Firms listed on the first section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange have reported strong performances for the April-September period, helped by government subsidies for eco-friendly cars and electronic appliances and strong exports to emerging economies. But they are likely to have a difficult time in the...
Japan Times
LIFE / Digital
Dec 1, 2010

Japan hot for global app developers

The iPhone's popularity in Japan is cracking open an industry long thought inaccessible to outsiders.
COMMENTARY / THE VIEW FROM NEW YORK
Nov 28, 2010

Education profiteers and the public trough

NEW YORK — A college or university, especially of a private variety, may not be "an eleemosynary institution," as Sen. Sam Ervin, of the Watergate hearings, might put it were he alive, but the American insistence on free-market notions has brought the matter to the other extreme in higher education....
CULTURE / Japan Pulse
Nov 12, 2010

Japan by the numbers (11.12.10)

The figures behind the small screen and second chances.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Nov 9, 2010

Miniskirts hit Mount Fuji as 'yama girls' take on trekking

Forget the ice ax and ¥50,000 climbing boots. The "mode du jour" for today's mountain hikers is the miniskirt and leggings.
BUSINESS
Nov 5, 2010

Softbank lets 3-D steal iPhone show

Softbank Corp. unveiled a winter-spring handset collection Thursday featuring a wider lineup of non-Apple smart phones, including models that allow three-dimensional images to be viewed without special glasses.
CULTURE / Japan Pulse
Nov 3, 2010

Japan by the numbers (11.3.10)

As the temperature drops, we look at the numbers behind warm winter drinks, stay-at-home activities and fiery women.
CULTURE / Japan Pulse
Oct 23, 2010

Japan by the numbers (10.23.10)

This week's numbers tell us that the details, whether they be a man's age or a software user agreement, don't really matter.
JAPAN
Oct 15, 2010

Secret to work-life balance vital for Japan

While the phrase "work-life balance" has gained some currency in Japan recently, there is still a long way to go before people here can find the right mix between careers and personal life, due in part to cultural stereotypes about gender roles, participants at an international symposium in Tokyo said...
BUSINESS
Oct 8, 2010

Panasonic plans video game return

Panasonic Corp. is developing a hand-held video game player, returning to the market after more than a decade to challenge Sony Corp. and Nintendo Co., two company officials said.
BUSINESS
Oct 1, 2010

Yen's impact may spur more BOJ support

Evidence in the Bank of Japan's "tankan" survey that companies are growing more pessimistic may prompt the central bank to expand support as soon as next week for businesses grappling with the yen's advance.
BUSINESS
Oct 1, 2010

Nomura Asset betting on Chinese tourists

Nomura Asset Management Co. began operations Thursday of a mutual fund investing in companies that benefit from spending by Chinese tourists in Japan.
MULTIMEDIA
Sep 23, 2010

Prudential Financial eyeing AIG Japan firms

Prudential Financial Inc. is close to a deal to buy two Japanese life insurance companies for $4 billion to $5 billion from American International Group Inc., The Wall Street Journal reported.
Japan Times
LIFE / Digital
Sep 22, 2010

Tokyo Game Show exhibits signs of mobile-game trend

Major video-game makers wowed game fans at the Tokyo Game Show (TGS) on the weekend with products such as Sony's 3-D games, Microsoft's controller-free motion-sensor system Kinect and Capcom's super popular "Monster Hunter" series.
MULTIMEDIA
Sep 18, 2010

Japan lagging in business jet use

The economy may suffer unless visiting executives including Apple Inc. Chief Executive Officer Steve Jobs can more easily jet in and out of the country by private aircraft, according to a business aviation group.
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 12, 2010

Potash holds lessons for China on how to grow its economy

HONG KONG — The hostile takeover bid by Australia's BHP Billiton for Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan, Canada, is worthy of a case study by Harvard Business Review, but it is also a fascinating example of the adventures and misadventures, opportunities, and considerable failings of global capitalism at...
MULTIMEDIA
Sep 11, 2010

JPMorgan predicts loss for Nomura

Nomura Holdings Inc. is likely to post a loss for the second quarter as its overseas businesses may become unprofitable, JPMorgan Chase & Co. said.
BUSINESS
Sep 11, 2010

Tough stance on U.S. beef to remain

Japan will maintain its stance on restricting some U.S. beef when officials from the two countries hold talks next week, the agriculture ministry said Friday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Sep 11, 2010

Gaming sales drop 10% in U.S.

Nintendo Co.'s DS hand-held players and Wii consoles led a 10 percent decline in U.S. video game hardware and software sales in August, according to market researcher NPD Group Inc.
Philippine bid to acquire used Japanese warships gains steam
Tokyo is looking to transfer Abukuma-class vessels to the Philippines as part of broader efforts to boost the defense capabilities of like-minded neighbors amid growing Chinese military assertiveness in the region.
Japan Post to stop accepting some parcels for shipment to the U.S.
Japan Post's UGX will still be available for many rejected packages.
Japan aims to tighten rules for business manager visas from October
The number of foreign residents with business management residency status had reached a record 41,615 as of the end of 2024.
Tokyo releases AI-generated video of Mount Fuji erupting
A screenshot from an AI-generated video showing what could happen to Tokyo if Mount Fuji erupted
Character-crazed Japan has little appetite for Labubu
A pop-up advertisement for the newly opened Chiikawa Park in Tokyo's Ikebukuro neighborhood demonstrates how the country is chockful of cute characters — to the detriment of trends like Labubu.
Is Kishida plotting a return of the king? Or would he rather stay a kingmaker?
Former Prime Minister Fumio Kishida chairs a plenary session at the Ninth Tokyo International Conference on African Development in Yokohama on Aug. 21.
Japanese prefectures break with labor ministry on minimum wage
The ministry of labor has suggested a 6% minimum wage increase, but most prefectures reporting so far are opting to go slightly higher.
Philippines quietly deepening ‘unofficial’ defense ties with Taiwan
Filipino soldiers take part in a flag-raising ceremony on Mavulis Island during a visit by the Philippines' Armed Forces chief of staff, in Batanes, the Philippines, in June 2023. Batanes, a group of idyllic islands at the country’s northernmost tip, sits about 160 kilometers from Taiwan.
Are 'coolcations' the answer for Japan's heat-weary tourists?
Hikers on a trail in Hakuba, Nagano Prefecture. As extreme heat continues to grip Japan, a tectonic shift may be underway in the nation’s summer tourism scene as more people gravitate toward cooler destinations.
Germany's first sakemaker offers a bold brew of ideas
Reigen, Germany's first sake brewery, makes a diverse, nontraditional range of sake that includes fruit-flavored sips and wine barrel-aged renditions.

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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Tetsuzo Shiraishi, speaking at The Center of the Tokyo Raids and War Damage, uses a thermos to explain how he experienced the U.S. firebombing of March 1945, when he was just 7 years old.
From ashes to high-rises: A survivor’s account of Tokyo’s postwar past
By Alex K.T. Martin

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