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COMMUNITY / Voices / VIEWS FROM THE STREET
Feb 10, 2009

What should be done about Japan's ticking demographic time bomb?

COMMENTARY
Feb 10, 2009

Consumption amid constraints

During the period of Japan's rapid economic growth — from 1958 to 1973 — the three items that households yearned for most were a black-and-white TV set, washing machine and refrigerator. By 1965, when more than 80 percent of households had these items, the next targets for purchase were a color TV,...
Japan Times
Events / WHERE IT'S AT
Feb 10, 2009

Talking around and about art

Trying to understand contemporary art is difficult in the best of times. It is sometimes abstract, obscure or just plain odd. The question of how to enjoy an exhibit is made all the harder to answer if you're in Tokyo and your artistic attachments aren't matched by your Japanese language skills. Japan...
COMMUNITY / Voices / HOTLINE TO NAGATACHO
Feb 10, 2009

Invest in 'human capital'

Dear Prime Minister Aso,
JAPAN
Feb 10, 2009

The uphill battle against 'descent from heaven'

"Amakudari," the custom of setting up retired senior bureaucrats in cushy jobs in industries they previously oversaw, has no shortage of critics, who lambaste the practice as an abuse of power and a source of corruption.
EDITORIALS
Feb 10, 2009

Deeper Diet discussions

Heated discussions are going on in the Lower House Budget Committee. The committee's main task is to deliberate on the fiscal 2009 budget, which will play an important role in pulling the Japanese economy out of the current recession. But traditionally the Budget Committee also deals with diplomatic...
JAPAN
Feb 10, 2009

Somalis free Japanese skipper, Chinese crew

A Chinese fishing boat and its Japanese captain were released Sunday by Somali pirates after being held captive for nearly three months, the Foreign Ministry said.
JAPAN
Feb 10, 2009

Watanabe expects poll will be held before fall

Prime Minister Taro Aso will probably not be able to delay a general election until September, when the current term of Lower House members expires, former administrative reform minister Yoshimi Watanabe said Monday in Tokyo.
BUSINESS
Feb 10, 2009

Machinery orders off a third month

Orders for machinery fell for a third month in December as businesses scrapped investment plans amid a collapse in exports and deteriorating earnings.
COMMENTARY
Feb 10, 2009

James Brady struck warlike pose for peace

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. — If not in memory of the awful Korean War (1950-1953), then in memory of the brilliant author James Brady (1928-2009) — you might want to read, or perhaps re-read, his novel about that war.
BUSINESS
Feb 10, 2009

Corporate bankruptcies up 15.8% as funds grow scarce

Corporate bankruptcies rose for an eighth month in January as the deepening recession weakened sales and made it harder for businesses to get funds.
BUSINESS
Feb 10, 2009

Nissan vying with U.S. firms for green loans

Nissan Motor Co. is the only Japanese carmaker seeking a federal loan under a U.S. program for fuel-efficient autos, competing for funds with General Motors Corp., Ford Motor Co. and electric-car startup Tesla Motors Inc.
Japan Times
Rugby
Feb 9, 2009

Scandal clouds Toshiba's victory in Microsoft Cup

The Toshiba Brave Lupus are back on top of Japanese rugby, even as scandal looms on the horizon.
Reader Mail
Feb 8, 2009

Bridging the English learning gap

What's most problematic about Gregory Clark's Feb. 5 article, "What's wrong with the way English is taught in Japan?," is that we've heard it all before: overcrowded classrooms, high school teachers with poor English ability, and the relentless comparisons of Japanese people's English ability with that...
Reader Mail
Feb 8, 2009

A destiny to defend the oceans

Regarding the Feb. 3 article "Protesters, whalers fight over use of illegal weapons": The only way this will ever stop is if Japan itself stops killing whales. We citizens of the world will not stand idly by to watch our beloved whales and dolphins slaughtered for Japanese appetites.
BASKETBALL
Feb 8, 2009

Energetic 89ers end Phoenix's win streak

The streak is over.

Longform

An illustration features the Japanese signs for "ganbare" (good luck) and the Deaflympics, which will be held between Nov. 15 and 26.
A century of Deaf sport finds its moment in Tokyo