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COMMENTARY / World
Mar 21, 2017

Why people still live, and die, on garbage dumps

In the developing world, huge open dumps loom as one of this century's most pressing health and environmental challenges.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Feb 21, 2017

Shell to build California fueling stations to remain in step with Toyota's hydrogen program

Royal Dutch Shell will build seven fueling stations for hydrogen cars in California through a partnership with Toyota Motor, as the state eyes 100 retail sites by 2024.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 29, 2016

Toyota hybrid bet pays off as emissions scandal ignites demand in Europe

For years, Toyota Motor Corp. focused on pushing its hybrid models in Europe, avoiding a diesel-for-diesel competition with market leaders including Volkswagen AG. The carmaker's strategy is finally paying off.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Nov 29, 2016

Pakistan says Japan traders among those eyeing LNG tender

Pakistan says Japan's biggest trading houses are among almost two dozen companies eyeing its liquefied natural gas purchase tender that it says is the largest on record.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Sep 1, 2016

California's eco-car campaign short on fuel as automakers use green credits to offset quotas

Toyota's zero-emission vehicle sales in California this year amount to a drop of hydrogen in an ocean of gasoline.
JAPAN / EXPLAINER
Jun 27, 2016

Nursing care workers hard to find but in demand in aging Japan

As the nation's population rapidly grays, ensuring there are enough nursing care workers to meet growing demand has become a pressing issue.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
May 13, 2016

U.S. sets rules to cut methane emissions from oil and gas wells

The Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday published the first U.S. regulations to reduce methane emissions from new or modified oil and gas facilities, one of the key remaining pieces of the Obama administration's climate change strategy.
LIFE / Language / MORNING ENGLISH
Mar 14, 2016

Let's discuss the recent ruling on dementia

The Supreme Court has dismissed the liability of the family of a 91-year-old man with dementia who was killed by a train after wandering onto railway tracks.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 15, 2015

Tokyo second-riskiest city in the world for disasters, Lloyd's of London says

Facing a host of potential catastrophes, from earthquake to typhoon to pandemic, the denizens of Japan's capital have plenty of worries to keep them up at night.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 18, 2015

Tokyo building boom causes debt fatigue as Sumitomo yields rise

Sumitomo Realty & Development Co. is forecasting a third-straight year of record operating income as "Abenomics," the name give to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's economic policies, spurs a property market boom. That doesn't mean investors have unlimited appetite for its debt.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets
Jul 6, 2015

TPP would reshape stock portfolios alongside trade flows

Buy Japan. Buy Vietnam. Buy U.S. media stocks. Buy Mexican food stocks. Sell China.
Japan Times
JAPAN / ANALYSIS
May 1, 2015

Japan's greenhouse gas proposal draws fire for base year swap

Japan's promise to cut greenhouse gas emissions 26 percent by 2030 is slammed as “almost cheating” for using smoggier 2013 as the new base year.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 6, 2015

Emerging economies' demographic challenges

As the era of 'easy' GDP growth driven by a massive army of young workers draws to a close, emerging economies must face the resulting growth challenge head-on by pursuing sweeping changes in established practices to boost productivity.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Feb 10, 2015

Cheaper robots predicted to replace more factory workers over coming decade

The falling cost of industrial robots will allow manufacturers to use them to replace more factory workers over the next decade while lowering labor costs, according to new research.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan / SENTAKU MAGAZINE
Jan 27, 2015

Japan's hydrogen energy hype

The clean image of hydrogen-based energy and its economic viability for Japan are much exaggerated.
EDITORIALS
Jan 17, 2015

Now what after coming of age?

This year's increase in the number of 20-year-olds celebrating Coming-of-Age Day was welcome. But the upswing is only temporary and there are questions about whether young people are ready to take up the adult challenges in Japan's rapidly aging society.
EDITORIALS
Jan 14, 2015

Risky nursing care cutbacks

The government should carefully monitor the nursing care industry to ensure that budgetary cutbacks do not reduce quality of their services.
EDITORIALS
Dec 5, 2014

Keep safety nets in place

Postponement of the consumption tax rate hike must not be used as an excuse to reduce funding of social security programs for low-income people, children from poor families and child-rearing households.
EDITORIALS
Nov 18, 2014

Shortage of nursing care workers

With the nation's population rapidly graying, the government must take steps to boost the number of nursing care workers.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Jul 25, 2014

Toyota's hydrogen car may come with ¥3 million rebate

Japan is raising the bar for subsidizing zero-emission cars as incentives may exceed ¥3 million a vehicle for Toyota Motor Corp.'s first hydrogen-powered sedan.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 25, 2014

Sticker price of Toyota's hydrogen car: ¥7 million

Toyota Motor Corp.'s vision of a hydrogen future will begin with a ¥7 million ($69,000) car.
COMMENTARY / World
May 4, 2014

Pacific partners should push back against TPP until U.S. shows respect for financial reforms

Despite President Barack Obama's charm offensive in the region, Pacific nations should beware of the U.S. government's position on the Trans-Pacific Partnership until American negotiators show more respect for the regulation of financial services.
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 12, 2013

HIV/AIDS cases rising in Mideast, North Africa

Although the Mideast and North Africa has just 2 percent of the world's HIV caseload, it is one of two regions with the fastest growing HIV/AIDS infection rate.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Dec 1, 2013

U.S. may scale down its global policing: experts

Political, demographic and diplomatic changes in the U.S. during the past decades suggest the country will probably continue to be polarized into Democrat and Republican extremes, and the superpower will probably continue to rely on immigrants for economic growth and will likely play the global policeman...
EDITORIALS
Sep 10, 2013

Home nursing care for the elderly

The central and local governments should begin concrete efforts to build an effective network so the transition from caring for the elderly in special nursing care facilities to caring for them in their own homes will go smoothly.
Foreign nationals' presence in Japan emerges as key issue in Upper House poll
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba delivers a campaign speech next to a Liberal Democratic Party candidate for the Upper House (top center left) in Yokohama on Sunday.
Trump announces new tariff rate on Japan — and extension of deadline to Aug. 1
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt holds a trade letter sent by the White House to Japan during a news conference at the White House in Washington on Monday.
China’s housing crisis is worse than it seems
Residential buildings under construction in Shanghai in July 2022. The Chinese government risks long-term decline by repeating Japan’s policy mistakes in handling its real estate and demographic crises.
Japan braces for more quakes as authorities dismiss doomsday hype
Evacuees from Akuseki Island, located in the Tokara island chain in Kagoshima Prefecuture, arrive at Kagoshima Port on Friday.
Japan stands its ground after Trump letter delivers 25% U.S. tariff shock
U.S. President Donald Trump (left) and Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick at Morristown Airport, New Jersey, on Sunday. Trump on Monday sent letters to 12 countries notifying them of new "reciprocal" tariff rates effective Aug. 1.
Foreign nationals' presence in Japan emerges as key issue in Upper House poll
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba delivers a campaign speech next to a Liberal Democratic Party candidate for the Upper House (top center left) in Yokohama on Sunday.
Lawson to let visitors use larger parking lots as paid car campsites
A Lawson convenience store in Yachiyo, Chiba Prefecture. A new service from the company comes amid the rise in inbound tourists, making hotels and inns harder to book and more expensive.
The future is bright inside the visionary mind of architect Sou Fujimoto
The exhibition of Fujimoto’s architecture surveys his career to date, as well as looks ahead as shown in his proposal of a future floating city designed in collaboration with data scientist Hiroaki Miyata.
A tiny mountain hamlet keeps traditional log rafting afloat
Once a way to transport lumber from the mountains to the coast, log rafting is now Kitayama's biggest attraction.

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
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Mount Fuji is considered one of Japan's most iconic symbols and is a major draw for tourists. It's still a mountain, though, and potential hikers need to properly prepare for any climb.
What it takes to save lives on Mount Fuji
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