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Japan Times
BUSINESS / GLOBAL ECONOMY SYMPOSIUM
Jun 17, 2009

Shareholders, workers and the community all profit from good management

The latest financial crisis, as well as the 2001-2002 Enron and Worldcom accounting scandals, are both linked to the narrowly focused criteria prevalent in the United States for judging the success of corporate management and governance, said Shyam Sunder, a professor of accounting, economics and finance...
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE ZEIT GIST
Jan 20, 2009

Breaking the silence on burakumin

For those who don't know — and you would be forgiven considering the lack of coverage the issue receives — a buraku is the term used to describe an area where some, but not all, of the residents have ancestral ties to the people placed at the bottom of feudal society in the Edo Period. These people...
COMMENTARY
Jul 25, 2007

The death of Iraq's Christian community

WASHINGTON — Although Islam long has been in the ascendancy in Iraq, the so-called Assyrians, who speak a neo-Aramaic language, predate the rise of Islam. Today, however, the Iraqi Christian community faces possible extermination.
EDITORIALS
Jun 10, 2006

Tragedy in a farming community

The investigation into the murder of a 7-year-old boy in a farming community in northern Honshu has taken a bizarre twist. A 33-year-old woman from the community was arrested and she initially admitted that she had abandoned the body of the boy near a river.
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 12, 2004

Reviving an idea for Asian community

CHIANG MAI, Thailand -- Thailand recently hosted an important regional meeting whose main theme was how to begin realizing the vision of an East Asian community. Academics and other opinion leaders from several Asian countries gathered in Bangkok under the framework of the Network of East Asian Think...
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 10, 2003

Bali summit moves ASEAN toward sense of community

SINGAPORE -- At the Ninth ASEAN Summit in Bali, Indonesia, this week, the 10 leaders of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations signed the Bali Concord II, an action plan aimed at realizing a more integrated ASEAN in terms of economy, culture and security.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / BLACK EYE
Feb 6, 2023

Through good times and bad, the community you create will be your lifeline

What would Tyre Nichols' life had been like if he were living in Japan? It's a sad thought to imagine at this point, but a question worth asking nonetheless.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Nov 24, 2022

Indian billionaire's mega-port hangs in the balance as a fishing community protests

The tense standoff has dragged on, with protesters saying they can congregate quickly if police move to dismantle their makeshift shelter.
JAPAN
Dec 27, 2021

Community transmission of omicron spreads beyond Japan's major cities

Community infections of omicron have been reported in Osaka, Kyoto, Tokyo, Fukuoka, Aichi and Hiroshima prefectures.
JAPAN
Dec 22, 2021

Japan reports first community transmission of omicron variant

Japan reported its first community transmission of the omicron variant of the coronavirus in Osaka Prefecture, with three people confirmed to have contracted the virus through unknown routes, the prefecture's governor said Wednesday.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 28, 2021

U.S. intelligence community says it cannot solve COVID-19 mystery without China

'China's cooperation most likely would be needed to reach a conclusive assessment of the origins of COVID-19,' U.S. officials said.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Regional voices: Chubu
Jan 24, 2020

Shaken by Kobe quake, Peruvian works to help Hyogo's Spanish speakers in times of disaster

Roxana Oshiro, a Peruvian of Japanese descent, came to Japan in 1991 and was living in a dormitory in Kobe with her husband and child when the Great Hanshin Earthquake hit the region in 1995.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Mar 20, 2019

'I am your mother now': Christchurch's tight-knit Bangladesh community starts trying to heal from mosque shootings

Husna Ahmed was 19 when she arrived in New Zealand from Bangladesh on her wedding day. Waiting to meet her was Farid, the man she would marry in a few hours, as their families had agreed on.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY
Nov 28, 2018

Second Harvest Japan: Helping those in need can make you feel like part of the community

Ahead of a fundraiser for the Tokyo-based food bank, CEO Charles McJilton explains why a 'food safety net' is a must for Japan.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society
Sep 19, 2018

Tokyo's Toshima Ward adds artistic touch to public lavatories to enhance user-friendliness

Dilemma: You are in a public park in Tokyo and you desperately need the toilet.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 16, 2018

East Asian 'railroad community' offers path to North Korea peace, says South Korean President Moon Jae-in

South Korean President Moon Jae-in has proposed setting up an "East Asian Railroad Community" that includes the U.S. and North Korea as he seeks to tamp down rising tensions between the two adversaries.
PRESS / Services
May 31, 2018

The Japan Times launches the online version of the Japan Network Updates to form and support readers community

Tokyo, May 31, 2018 – The Japan Times, Ltd. (Head Office: Minato-ku, Tokyo; President: Takeharu Tsutsumi) launched today an online version of the Japan Network Updates at https://www.japantimes.co.jp/jnu, whose Monday paper version introduces The Japan Times readers community members.
Japan Times
May 31, 2018

The Japan Times launches the online version of the Japan Network Updates to form and support readers community

Tokyo, May 31, 2018 - The Japan Times, Ltd. (Head Office: Minato-ku, Tokyo; President: Takeharu Tsutsumi) launched today an online version of the Japan Network Updates at https://www.japantimes.co.jp/jnu , whose Monday paper version introduces The Japan Times readers community members.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices
Apr 4, 2018

Readers' views on intercultural insensitivity, Japanese schooling, English gaps and an inspirational Indian

Some readers' responses to recent stories on the Community pages:
Japan Times
JAPAN / 3/11: Rebuilding Tohoku
Mar 10, 2018

Kamaishi mounts a soft-power recovery to revive tsunami-hit community

The city of Kamaishi is quietly combating its population decline with PR, career-advancement and tourism measures designed to revive its tsunami-battered community.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Jan 8, 2018

Gunfights between residents and community police outside Acapulco claim 11

The aftermath of a gunfight on the outskirts of the Mexican seaside resort of Acapulco that pit residents of a small town against members of a local, self-appointed community police force has left 11 dead, state officials said on Sunday.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / OBITUARY
Aug 30, 2017

Hillel Wright: poet, writer and catalyst for Tokyo's literary community

Remembering Hillel Wright, who died on Aug. 1 at the age of 73.
LIFE / Lifestyle
Jul 15, 2017

Kamiko: Growing paper clothes in rural Japan

A small community in Miyagi Prefecture is struggling to continue making one of its most-famous craft exports — Shiroishi handmade paper and paper clothes
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jun 22, 2017

Roving vans serve Japanese-Brazilian community's banking, food and other needs

Japan's nearly 200,000-strong Brazilian immigrant community lives in pockets scattered across the middle of the country, clustered around auto parts factories and warehouses where they have jobs.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE FOREIGN ELEMENT
Mar 12, 2017

Seeing Ainu as they want to be seen

Portrait project on show in Tokyo is the result of months spent living as part of Hokkaido village community.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Aug 19, 2016

Record total of gay athletes at Olympics boosts Brazil's homosexual community

The record number of openly gay Olympic athletes has boosted the acceptance of Brazil's lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community amid a backlash over same-sex marriages, homosexuals said.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Nov 4, 2014

A chain reaction of empowerment

More than anything, the world needs people who will take active steps to transform their own local community when it comes to dealing with any of the bewildering array of threats confronting humanity today.
Wealthy foreign nationals picking up ultimate souvenir — a condo in Tokyo
A high-end property in the fashionable Daikanyama district in Tokyo
Japan dispatches five language education 'partners' to India
Five members of the Japan Foundation's Nihongo Partners program (front) gather at the Japanese Embassy in New Delhi on Monday.
Struggling train firm in Chiba Prefecture turns to self-deprecating humor
"Laughter is important when you're in a difficult situation," said Katsunori Takemoto, president of Choshi Electric Railway, on Aug. 5 in Choshi, Chiba Prefecture.
Over 90% of low-income families in Japan struggling to feed children
Save the Children Japan domestic program chief Sonoko Kawakami speaks at a news conference in Tokyo in July. A survey conducted by the group in June has found that over 90% of low-income households with children face food insecurity.
Japan's elderly population down at around 36.2 million
The estimated number of people age 65 or older in Japan stands at 36.19 million as of Monday, accounting for record 29.4% of the country's total population, according to the internal affairs ministry.
Wealthy foreign nationals picking up ultimate souvenir — a condo in Tokyo
A high-end property in the fashionable Daikanyama district in Tokyo
Japanese athletes inspired by raucous home fans at World Athletics Championships
Fans cheer on the home favorites during the women's marathon at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo on Sunday.
Japan's major art events converge this fall
Shinji Ohmaki’s “Tokinokage” exhibited at Fuji Textile Week 2021 shows the use of fabric as art.
Tara Davis-Woodhall leaps to gold and finds redemption at world championships
Tara Davis-Woodhall celebrates after winning the women's long jump final at the World Athletics Championships at Tokyo's National Stadium on Sunday night.
An aesthetic escape to Hakone’s art-drenched hills
Between traditional examples of fine art and sleek, modern exhibitions that blend with nature, Hakone offers a unique escape from Tokyo's urban sprawl.

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
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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’
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