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BUSINESS
Nov 1, 2013

'Perfect' winds give Brazil another option for power

Wind is emerging as a prize for energy planners in Brazil who see the howling gusts that arrive from the east as a way to offset the fresh limits imposed on hydropower.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics / FOCUS
Oct 31, 2013

Health care vow comes back to haunt Obama

It is a catchy sound bite that has turned around to bite the hand that fed it to the country: If you like the health insurance you have, you can keep it.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Stage
Oct 30, 2013

Voices of Syria's war set to haunt Tokyo stage

The war in Syria has been making headlines for more than two years now, but it's made very little impact on the theater world in Japan. Next month, though, that's set to change with the Tokyo staging of "The Fear of Breathing," a hard-hitting British documentary drama about that ongoing multi-pronged...
BUSINESS / Companies / ANALYSIS
Oct 29, 2013

Shady loans have long history; laws slow to catch up

Mizuho Bank's loans to yakuza and other shady individuals through its group credit company Orient Corp. may be just the tip of the iceberg as corporate Japan struggles to break off its long-held ties with organized crime.
Japan Times
WORLD
Oct 27, 2013

Hitler escape book's authors in plagiarism row

The notorious claim that Hitler escaped his Berlin bunker to live incognito in Argentina first gained popular currency in 1945, when Stalin spoke of it. Since then the idea has resurfaced occasionally, with alleged photographic and documentary evidence pored over by conspiracy theorists. Now the theory...
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel / BACKSTREET STORIES
Oct 26, 2013

Strolling old Fukagawa, where gardens and true glitterati mingle

I may be jumping the gun a bit on fall colors, but early October's glorious weather has got me craving some autumnal arboreality.
Japan Times
WORLD
Oct 26, 2013

U.S. health care website to be fixed by end of November: White House

The White House announced Friday it was putting a private firm in charge of fixing its faulty health insurance website and set the end of November as a target date for working out all the bugs, the first indication of how long repairs may take.
JAPAN
Oct 25, 2013

Tax hike may induce firms to use more temp workers

In what could be an unintended consequence, the sales tax hike set for next April may tempt companies to replace their regular workers with "haken" temporary workers, some tax law experts say.
BUSINESS
Oct 25, 2013

Farmers to focus on fighting fat in face of tariff cuts

From rice for controlling blood glucose levels to soybeans that reduce fatty acids, the government is seeking new ways to make money from agriculture as pressure mounts to cut the tariffs that farmers rely on to make a living.
Japan Times
JAPAN / CHUBU CONNECTION
Oct 25, 2013

WWII sword returns after 70 years

A "katana" sword confiscated by the U.S. military at the end of the war was recently returned to its owner's family in Japan.
BUSINESS
Oct 24, 2013

Federal jury finds Bank of America liable for mortgage fraud

A federal jury in Manhattan on Wednesday found Bank of America liable for fraud because of thousands of defective mortgages sold by its Countrywide Financial unit, handing the government a victory in one of the few major trials rooted in the financial crisis.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 23, 2013

Japan Exchange racks up ¥16.6 billion in profit

Japan Exchange Group Inc., operator of the Tokyo and Osaka stock markets, beat its first-half profit forecast as the biggest share rally in four decades boosted trading volumes.
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 22, 2013

Sojitz to invest in Brazil grain firm

Trading house Sojitz Corp. will invest in a Brazilian grain harvester and collector to tap food demand in Asia.
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle
Oct 21, 2013

The new look of Japanese artisans

Machi-ku014dba is the name given to small, city factories in Japan, usually operated by a family, or a handful of craftspeople. While traditional Japanese crafts slowly gather dust in museums, the baton of the 'unknown craftsman' has been passed on to these factories.
Japan Times
JAPAN / NATIONAL SPOTLIGHT
Oct 20, 2013

JAL rehab a lesson for possible Tepco failure?

Since the start of the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant crisis, debate has raged over whether the government should have Tokyo Electric Power Co. go bankrupt.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Stage
Oct 16, 2013

'Edward II': The director's take

Two years ago, Shintaro Mori made his directorial debut at the New National Theatre, Tokyo, with a minimalist production of Samuel Beckett's absurdist masterpiece "Waiting for Godot." Now, at age 37, he's back there at the helm of probably one of the West's first-ever plays with an openly gay theme —...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Stage
Oct 16, 2013

Kyoto Experiment 2013: 'Do as you like'

Language, memory and identity politics are at the core of the fourth edition of Kyoto Experiment, the annual feast of progressive and experimental theater now being served up by organizers the Kyoto International Performing Arts Festival.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 16, 2013

Firm wants your smartphone to smell

Where's that odor coming from? In the near future it could coming someone's smartphone attachment.
EDITORIALS
Oct 15, 2013

Get to the bottom of shady loans

The inability of Japan's third-largest bank to break the habit of approving car loans for yakuza reflects poor corporate governance and besmirches the reputation of the financial industry.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 15, 2013

Japanese firm's mascot name earns ridicule

Osaka-based Fukushima Industries Corp. apologizes for the uproar over Fukuppy, its latest corporate mascot, and admits it may change the name or at least the spelling in Roman characters.
JAPAN / EXPLAINER
Oct 15, 2013

Tax-free account seeks to spur investment

Starting in January, individuals who invest in stocks and investment trusts in a Nippon Individual Savings Account will be eligible for tax exemptions of up to five years on their financial gains. The new instrument is aimed at getting people used to accumulating financial assets via small-scale investments....

Longform

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