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COMMUNITY
Sep 20, 2008

Putting women on paths of potential at work and at play

Australian-born Sara-Shivani is learning hard and fast the nature of her bliss — what she was born to be and do. Her mantra — As I am now, recognize/ As I was born to be, remember/ As I wish to be, visualize/ As nature intended, live — is the motto of the program of holistic heath she is offering...
BUSINESS
Sep 20, 2008

Industrial power demand falls 0.1%

Industry consumed less electricity for the first time in three years last month as slower export growth and high energy costs sapped demand.
BUSINESS
Sep 20, 2008

Fujitsu may focus on chip design

Fujitsu Ltd. said it may focus on semiconductor design and reduce spending on machinery because the company is predicted to miss its full-year projections amid falling demand.
JAPAN
Sep 20, 2008

Lehman workers face a tough job market

Employees of bankrupt Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. across the globe are suddenly out on the street and looking for new jobs — and the 1,300 at the Japanese unit of the U.S. securities house in Tokyo are no exception.
BUSINESS
Sep 20, 2008

'No quick fix' for turmoil: Sakakibara

The yen may strengthen past 100 to the dollar this year because there is "no quick fix" for the credit-market turmoil in the United States, former currency official Eisuke Sakakibara said on Friday.
BUSINESS
Sep 20, 2008

Lehman in talks to sell off Japan equity, assets

Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. is in talks to sell some Japan assets to Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc. in an effort to save its 1,300-employee operation, three people familiar with the matter said.
BASKETBALL
Sep 20, 2008

Optimistic JBL awaits start of new season

Despite all the fuss over this country's governing body in the past year and a half, the Japan Basketball League believes it sees a bright future entering the 2008-09 season, which tips off next Friday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Sep 20, 2008

Geothermal power projects run aground

One of Japan's opportunities to tap cleaner, cheaper energy and reduce its dependence on imported oil has run into a problem: millions of naked bathers.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Sep 20, 2008

Nissan launches EX35 luxury SUV in China

Nissan Motor Co. has introduced the Infiniti EX35 luxury sport utility vehicle in China to lure customers in the world's fastest growing auto market.
EDITORIALS
Sep 19, 2008

Turning point for Zimbabwe

In what could be a historic moment for Zimbabwe, President Robert Mugabe and Mr. Morgan Tsvangirai, head of the opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC), have signed a power-sharing agreement.
COMMENTARY / World / SENTAKU MAGAZINE
Sep 19, 2008

Ozawa bets on a takeover

Ichiro Ozawa, leader of the No. 1 opposition Democratic Party of Japan, has long been known as a gambler, both at the casino and in the political arena. When he was his 40s, he often went to London to study British parliamentary politics, which he regarded as a model of political reform. While there,...
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 19, 2008

What goes around comes around for Russia

Russia invades an eastern European republic, sends its navy to Latin America for military exercises in America's backyard, and threatens to cut off energy supplies to western Europe. This reads like a chapter out of Cold War history.
JAPAN
Sep 19, 2008

Japan must address suicide's social angle to stop it, experts say

Suicide should be recognized as a social rather than individual problem, and the government and society need to take proactive measures to prevent it, panelists at a suicide symposium in Tokyo recently said.
JAPAN
Sep 19, 2008

Ministry received Mikasa tip in 2007, Ota admits

The farm ministry was first tipped off about Mikasa Foods' distribution of inedible tainted rice in January 2007 but was unable to uncover any wrongdoing, Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Seiichi Ota told the Diet on Thursday.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel / HOTELS & RESTAURANTS
Sep 19, 2008

Moon viewing, local delicacies and craft beers

The Cerulean Tower Tokyu Hotel in Shibuya, Tokyo, has put together a tsukimi (moon-viewing) accommodation package.
Japan Times
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
Sep 19, 2008

Asia Orchestra Week

The annual Asia Orchestra Week, this year featuring Chinese, Vietnamese and South Korean orchestras, will take place in early October in Tokyo and Osaka — with low ticket prices as an added incentive.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film / SHORT TAKES
Sep 19, 2008

Gou-Gou Datte Neko de Aru

Director: Isshin Inudo
CULTURE / Film
Sep 19, 2008

'Iron Man'

Hollywood likes big, loud comic-book movies and the critics mostly don't, and that's just the way life is, like cats and dogs, or cows and McDonalds. But lately the studio execs who package these "branded media products" are getting downright devious. They've always wanted these movies to be all things...
Japan Times
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
Sep 19, 2008

Travel back to the silent '30s

A special screening of vintage Japanese films in Tokyo on Sept. 27 will showcase six silent movies from the 1920s and '30s.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Sep 19, 2008

Tokyo Conflux

Like natto (foul-smelling fermented soybeans), men's handbags and John McCain, free jazz — and its European corollary, free improvisation — doesn't inspire moderate reactions. But love it or loathe it, there's no denying that this noxious subgenre is still in a rude state of health more than four...
U.S. backtracks on Japan tariff calculation, taking effective rate lower
Ryosei Akazawa, Japan's chief tariff negotiator, said the U.S. made a clerical error in not including a “reciprocal” tariff rate ceiling for Japan in the trade deal.
Japan's inheritance tax is high, unforgiving and sometimes avoidable
The National Tax Agency at the Ministry of Finance, Kasumigaseki, Tokyo. Japanese tax authorities can bill foreign residents in Japan for assets inherited globally.
Japan starts survey on foreign nationals' unpaid resident taxes
In the most recent regular session of parliament, problems were highlighted regarding some foreign workers leaving Japan without paying outstanding taxes.
How Pakistan shot down India's cutting-edge fighter using Chinese gear
An Indian Air Force pilot gets out of a Rafale fighter jet during its induction ceremony at an air force station in Ambala, India, September 2020.
The horrors of Nagasaki, in first person
Koichi Tagawa’s diary entry from Aug. 9, 1945, describes the day of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki.
Cheer with caution: Expert advises sports fans have game plan for extreme heat
A Cardinals fan fans himself during the seventh inning of a game against the Pirates in St. Louis, Missouri, in June 2022.
Australia's warship selection signals Japanese defense industry's arrival
The Maritime Self-Defense Force's Mogami-class frigate. Australia's selection of an upgraded version of the Mogami-class warship for its next frigate class could prove to be a watershed moment for Japan’s defense industry.
Japan's inheritance tax is high, unforgiving and sometimes avoidable
The National Tax Agency at the Ministry of Finance, Kasumigaseki, Tokyo. Japanese tax authorities can bill foreign residents in Japan for assets inherited globally.
Will the movement seeking Ishiba’s resignation succeed?
Liberal Democratic Party youth division head Yasutaka Nakasone (center) and other members speak to reporters in Tokyo on July 25.
Photographer Bleg Bayraktar is winning social media with politeness
A video on Bayraktar's Instagram account of the Belgian photographer approaching an elderly worker in Tokyo's Shibuya has gone viral, garnering almost 9 million views.

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Koichi Tagawa’s diary entry from Aug. 9, 1945, describes the day of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki.
The horrors of Nagasaki, in first person
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