Search - 2012

 
 
EDITORIALS
Sep 2, 2007

Credible anti-warming tieup

In their meeting in Tokyo on Wednesday, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and German Chancellor Angela Merkel agreed to cooperate in creating an effective, post-Kyoto Protocol framework to fight global warming, in which all major greenhouse gas-emitting nations participate.
JAPAN
Aug 31, 2007

Merkel, Ozawa clash on MSDF mission

German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Democratic Party of Japan President Ichiro Ozawa clashed Thursday over the Maritime Self-Defense Force's mission to provide logistic support for the NATO-led antiterrorist campaign in Afghanistan, with Merkel urging Japan to extend the operation.
JAPAN
Aug 30, 2007

Abe, Merkel pressure DPJ on MSDF mission

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Wednesday emphasized the importance of the Maritime Self-Defense Force mission in the Indian Ocean in support of the NATO-led antiterrorist campaign, putting pressure on the Democratic Party of Japan to cooperate in renewing it.
BUSINESS
Aug 25, 2007

Wynn, 'pachislo' wizard Okada await casino boom in Japan

Steve Wynn turned to Kazuo Okada when the gambling magnate needed cash to fund his namesake Las Vegas casino in 2000. Now, Okada could be the ace up Wynn's sleeve in the Japanese businessman's home market.
BUSINESS
Aug 24, 2007

Toyota, Isuzu to develop diesel engines for Europe

Toyota Motor Corp. and its Japanese partner truck maker, Isuzu Motors Ltd., will develop and produce small diesel engines together for the European market, both sides said Thursday.
BUSINESS
Aug 21, 2007

Abe to lead huge biz entourage to India

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who says relations with India may become more important than Japan's links with the U.S. or China, will lead his biggest corporate mission to the South Asian country Tuesday.
JAPAN
Jul 19, 2007

Chinese hurt by abandoned arms lose redress on appeal

The Tokyo High Court on Wednesday reversed a lower court ruling and rejected a damages lawsuit filed by 13 Chinese against the government for injuries and death caused by weapons abandoned by the Japanese military in China at the end of the war.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Jul 13, 2007

'The Fountain'

Is it possible to feel a love so great that the chains of death cannot bind it? Of course we don't know, but the feeling of love — that one, true love — can be so powerful that it's tempting to think that two souls, so united, will meet again. Whether that's in this world or the next, nobody knows,...
EDITORIALS
Jul 8, 2007

The Olympics and the Putin factor

The International Olympic Committee has awarded the right to stage the 2014 Winter Olympic Games to the Black Sea resort of Sochi. It was the Russian city's first candidacy for the right. At present, its athletic facilities are almost nonexistent. It presented an innovative plan to combine ice-related...
BUSINESS
Jul 5, 2007

MHI, Boeing may cooperate on 70- to 90-seat jetliner project

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. and Boeing Co. said Wednesday they are in talks about collaborating on Mitsubishi's project to develop a new passenger jet.
BUSINESS
Jul 4, 2007

KHI eyes commercial version of SDF cargo plane

Kawasaki Heavy Industries Ltd., Japan's second-largest maker of heavy machinery, said Tuesday it is considering developing a commercial version of a cargo plane being designed for the Self-Defense Forces.
JAPAN
Jun 30, 2007

New nursing-care plan already struggling

system is not designed for providers to earn profits," Hattori said. However, she said the way Comsn tried to expand its business was particularly despicable. Before the fraud scandal mushroomed, if Comsn got caught inflating the number of employees at a nursing-care facility, it would shut the facility...
BUSINESS
Jun 27, 2007

Aeon to invest $2 billion in China

BEIJING (Bloomberg) Aeon Co., Japan's largest supermarket operator and owner of the Jusco chain, said Tuesday it may invest 15 billion yuan ($1.97 billion) to increase its stores in China to 100 in the next five years.
EDITORIALS
Jun 13, 2007

Learning from the Comsn scandal

A scandal involving Comsn Inc., the nation's largest nursing-care services operator, shows that the government and the public must be on guard against operators that put profits before all else. It also highlights the need to improve working conditions for nursing-care employees to ensure the field attracts...
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jun 12, 2007

MHI to exhibit cabin of planned jet in Paris

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. will exhibit at this month's Paris air show a cabin mockup of a passenger jet it is developing, company officials said Monday.
JAPAN
Jun 9, 2007

Comsn president to step down over certification fraud

Staffing agency Goodwill Group Inc. apologized Friday for the certification fraud involving its nursing-care unit Comsn Inc. and announced that the firm's president, Koichi Higuchi, will resign to take the blame for the scandal.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY
Jun 9, 2007

Koshu Project sets out to redefine Japanese wine

Ernest Singer is young at heart, with six children from three different families, and an office with staff members mostly half his age. "It's the young that have the passion that Millesimes thrives upon," he explains, navigating a sea of desks and concentrated faces.

Longform

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’