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Japan Times
LIFE / Digital / IGADGET
Aug 6, 2008

Make a splash with your music

Pool jam:
BUSINESS
Aug 2, 2008

Merger advising good for Goldman

Goldman Sachs Group Inc., the biggest U.S. securities firm by market value, and other overseas investment banks posted record full-year revenue in Japan as they earned more from brokerage commissions and merger advisory fees.
BUSINESS
Aug 1, 2008

Downturn doesn't spell 'R' word: Mitarai

Although the economy is suffering a downturn because of the slowdown in the U.S., Japan is unlikely to experience a recession in the foreseeable future, Fujio Mitarai, chairman of the nation's biggest business lobby, said Thursday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 31, 2008

'Energy boosting' eel drink latest attempt to beat the heat

It's the hottest season of the year, and that means it's eel season. So, bottoms up!
BUSINESS
Jul 31, 2008

Nissan, Mazda lead uptick in June production

Nissan Motor Co. and Mazda Motor Corp. led a rise in June auto production as revamped, fuel-efficient models boosted exports.
Japan Times
ENVIRONMENT
Jul 30, 2008

Waribashi: Waste on a gluttonous scale

I f I were writing about one of my favorite Tokyo eateries for the JT's Food Page, this story would mostly focus on its delicious fare. However, as this is the Nature Page, my verbal meanderings here are not about the nosh at cheap and cheerful Shokudo Shogetsu in Tamachi, but about the tools used to...
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE ZEIT GIST
Jul 29, 2008

Navigating the 'keigo' minefield

You've probably heard of blunders by Japanese businessmen in English, such as translating "hitotsu yoroshiku" as "one, please" instead of "I look forward to working with you." Less known, but no less common, are the slip-ups foreigners make in Japanese, especially when using that dreaded form of honorifics...
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 26, 2008

Horie's 30-month prison term upheld

The Tokyo High Court rejected Livedoor Co. founder Takafumi Horie's appeal Friday and upheld his 2 1/2-year prison term for falsifying financial statements and violating the Securities and Exchange Law, describing the defendant as "lacking dignity."
Japan Times
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
Jul 25, 2008

Photographer finds affection in the Arctic

Love's warmth can be found in the coldest of places — and among the wildest of creatures.
BUSINESS
Jul 24, 2008

Tokio Marine to buy U.S. insurer

Tokio Marine Holdings Inc. said Wednesday it has agreed to buy U.S. insurer Philadelphia Consolidated Holding Corp. for $4.7 billion (about ¥500 billion) to expand in the world's biggest insurance market.
BUSINESS
Jul 24, 2008

Mizuho mulls overseas commodities

Mizuho Financial Group Inc. will become the first of Japan's three largest banks to launch an overseas team dedicated to commodities trading.
BUSINESS
Jul 24, 2008

Japex eyes China for foray into carbon-capture business

Japan Petroleum Exploration Co. plans to develop a carbon-capture business and wants to lead a project to trap and store pollution from coal-fired power plants in oil wells in northeastern China.
BUSINESS
Jul 23, 2008

Steel mills need alliances, cheaper ore: METI

Nippon Steel Corp. and other mills, facing a drop in profits as iron ore prices double, should boost investment in overseas resource projects and pursue mergers to secure supplies at lower cost, a government official said Tuesday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 22, 2008

Akihabara tour guides point way in English, Chinese

Visitors to "Electric Town" now have the option of getting information about the area in English and Chinese through a tourism office that opened Monday inside the Tokyo Anime Center in Akihabara, Tokyo.
Reader Mail
Jul 20, 2008

Supporting a tobacco tax hike

Regarding the July 11 article "Lawmakers seeks sweet spot in tobacco tax debate": I support the tobacco tax hike. Many countries and localities have already traveled this path and their examples show clearly that increased taxes do not eliminate revenues, while they bring about meaningful public health...
EDITORIALS
Jul 19, 2008

Ensuring accuracy in food labels

A government plan to enact a new law in or after fiscal 2009 to establish the traceability of all food products is timely and appropriate. People's trust in food labels, already undermined by previous incidents, was further shaken by a recent scandal in which Chinese eels were falsely labeled as domestic...
JAPAN
Jul 19, 2008

Entrepreneur pioneers Akihabara tours

Jane Fong was one of the lucky few awarded a full Foreign Ministry scholarship to a master's program in international business at Sophia University in Tokyo — but she gave that up to become an entrepreneur in "Electric Town."
BUSINESS
Jul 19, 2008

Sumitomo buys into U.K.'s Barclays

Barclays PLC, the U.K.'s fourth-biggest bank, said existing shareholders bought £753 million (about $1.5 billion), or 17 percent, of the shares on sale in its £4.5 billion stock offer.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jul 18, 2008

Can iPhone infiltrate Japan's mobile tribes?

Kentaro Tohyama is proud of his new iPhone. He stood overnight in line to get it when the device became available in Japan for the first time. But the 29-year-old computer engineer isn't about to part with his made-in-Japan cell phone either.
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
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 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.
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.
Japan ranked one of the most peaceful places in Asia as global tensions rise
Visitors look at paper cranes hung at Peace Park in Nagasaki on Aug. 8, a day ahead of the 80th anniversary of the World War II atomic bombing of the city.
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.
Alicia Keys closed Summer Sonic, but J-pop owned it
Summer Sonic’s 2025 lineup demonstrated its strength, showcasing the latest in J-pop, including “new kawaii” act Fruits Zipper.

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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