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Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jun 17, 2005

Intelligent cars may make driving safer, but they aren't cheap

People driving in bad weather, at night or on slippery roads will be able to enjoy a greater sense of security, thanks to new cutting-edge technology developed by Japanese automakers.
BUSINESS
Jun 14, 2005

Sumitomo invests in Russia tieup

Trading house Sumitomo Corp. said Monday it has invested in a wireless broadband service in Russia through a capital tieup with Dutch firm Enforta B.V., which has a Russian unit licensed for such services.
Japan Times
Features
Jun 12, 2005

Retro points to a rosy retail future

When the four floors of the Nakano Broadway shotengai opened for business in October 1966, resident retailers went for a high-class image in the hopes of attracting a wealthy clientele.
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 11, 2005

Indian growth must co-opt the bypassed

MANILA -- India is a paradox. The successes of a select group of sectors -- from information technology to industr and services -- are creating an urban elite showcased as the builders of a modern and vibrant country on the cusp of joining the major economic powers of the world.
BUSINESS
Jun 11, 2005

Beer shipments up as new suds surge

Shipments of beer and beerlike alcoholic beverages made by the nation's five major breweries inched up in May for the second straight month, as their new "third-category" brews offset slumping sales of beer and other products, according to industry data released Friday.
BUSINESS
Jun 11, 2005

End of an era as TSE bell tolls for disgraced Kanebo

Kanebo Ltd., one of the oldest listed companies in Japan, traded for the last time Friday on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
BUSINESS
Jun 11, 2005

China, H.K., Taiwan yield 708,000 pirated goods: CODA

A group representing the Japanese content industry said Friday that joint antipiracy measures resulted in the seizure of 707,709 items of pirated Japanese goods in China, Hong Kong and Taiwan between January and April.
Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design / COUNTER CULTURE
Jun 10, 2005

Black monolith rises in Harajuku

Tokyo is famed for its haphazard layout, with tatty old two-story structures nestling up against ultra-modern constructions, and areas seemingly designated for one type of business that are punctuated by anomalous residential or industrial premises.
BUSINESS
Jun 8, 2005

Nintendo says its ready to fight Sony, Microsoft

Nintendo Co., creator of Super Mario and Pokemon, brushed off Tuesday the technological superiority of rivals Sony and Microsoft in an emerging three-way war in next-generation home consoles.
BUSINESS
Jun 8, 2005

Nissan launches MMC-made Otti in bid to up minicar sales

Nissan Motor Co. launched the Otti on Tuesday as its third entry in the minivehicle market.
CULTURE / TV & Streaming / CHANNEL SURF
Jun 5, 2005

"Charisma housewife" gives her secret on NHK's "Eigo de Shabera-Naito," and more

Since English is the lingua franca of the international business community, it follows that anyone who really wants to make a global impression should be able to communicate in English.
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Jun 5, 2005

Misfits stand up, look to the stars -- or for some grub

The media and the popular arts thrive on synergy: Broadcasters and publishers play footsy with movie companies, record labels and talent agencies to keep the public drooling over whatever product or personality they're all selling at this particular moment. Synergy takes work, but sometimes it just happens...
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jun 3, 2005

Lowly loincloth making a comeback

Tartan, paisley and geometric patterns in red, blue and other colors are catching the eyes of young shoppers in the men's clothing section of Mitsukoshi Ltd.'s Ginza store.
JAPAN
Jun 3, 2005

Narita offers to cut landing fees by 20% but add new charges

Narita International Airport Corp. said Thursday that it has submitted a proposal to the International Air Transport Association to cut its landing fees by an average of more than 20 percent.
JAPAN
Jun 3, 2005

Nihon Keizai hit for dodging income tax on 840 million yen

The Tokyo Regional Taxation Bureau has found that business newspaper publisher Nihon Keizai Shimbun Inc. failed to declare about 840 million yen in income for three years to December 2003, sources said Thursday.
JAPAN
Jun 1, 2005

Asahi fails to declare 1.18 billion yen

Asahi Shimbun Co. said Tuesday it failed to declare about 1.18 billion yen in taxable income during the seven years through March 2004 due to inappropriate accounting.
BUSINESS
May 31, 2005

Kobe Steel opens China copper unit

Kobe Steel Ltd. said Monday it has established a wholly owned company in China's Jiangsu Province to process copper sheet to meet expanding demand for electronic application usage.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / VIEWS FROM THE STREET
May 31, 2005

What are your nightlife picks?

Kristi Evans Dancer, 20 For me it's been Roppongi because there's so many foreigners there and it's open all night. In L.A. everything closes at 2, but here things don't start until then. It's been a lot of fun.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY
May 28, 2005

Tokyo Families, Fun House maker gets fine start

Why does it come as such a surprise to find Carin Smolinsky with an Audi TT Roadster? Certainly it suits her driving personality -- the bubbling nature of her entrepreneurial spirit. For her own part, it's perfect for nipping ("sedately," she insists) through Tokyo traffic and slides into the smallest...
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / WHEN EAST MARRIES WEST
May 28, 2005

The books I will someday write

Books play a large part in the life of any foreign resident of Japan. For no matter how pervasive online linkage to the homeland becomes, books have always been, and always will be, a main conduit to the language and culture left behind, especially when socked into riding the trains for hours on end....
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / BEST BAR NONE
May 27, 2005

A rock 'n' roll heart

Rock 'n' roll will never die. The sound may have mutated with each passing generation to create a variety of strains: alternative, progressive, metal, punk, noise, grunge. But it's the same 4:4 beat that drives them all and syncs our pulse to the rhythm.
BUSINESS
May 27, 2005

Heavy industries ink Boeing 787 deal

U.S. aircraft maker Boeing Co. signed a deal Thursday with Japanese manufacturers for work on the new 787 jetliner, marking the biggest involvement of this nation's companies in a Boeing project.
Japan Times
LIFE / Language
May 26, 2005

Parenting book gets princely praise

Parenting expert Dorothy Law Nolte enjoys a huge following worldwide; her 1998 book, "Children Learn What They Live," sold over 700,000 copies in her native U.S. and has been translated into 36 languages. The Japanese version was a steady seller -- until February this year, when the father of a certain...
BUSINESS
May 25, 2005

MMC pinning hopes on new SUV

Struggling Mitsubishi Motors Corp. said Tuesday it will launch a new sport utility vehicle in its Grandis minivan series.
COMMENTARY / World
May 22, 2005

Betting on World War III

LONDON -- U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Robert Zoellick has a way with words. On a recent trip to Europe he tried to persuade European Union politicians not to lift the arms embargo that they had imposed on China after the Tiananmen massacre in 1989. If the EU lifted the ban, he said, the Europeans...
Japan Times
Features
May 22, 2005

Retirees lead the way back to nature

Yoshishige Nagayama started farming when he retired nine years ago at age 60.
Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design / COUNTER CULTURE
May 20, 2005

Camping it up with style

Sexy, salacious and in your face, Dress Camp is an anomaly in the dour world of Tokyo fashion.
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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