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Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Nov 15, 2007

Out of exile, into a Tokyo art space

For artist Morio Matsui, life has almost turned full circle. After four decades in "exile" in France, this currently Corsica-based Japanese artist's ties with his homeland have strengthened with the opening earlier this year of an art space, Espace Morio Matsui, in Shimo-Meguro, Tokyo.
BUSINESS
Nov 15, 2007

Subprime mess dents Mizuho pretax profit

Mizuho Financial Group Inc., Japan's No. 2 banking group by assets, said Wednesday its group pretax profit fell 24.7 percent to ¥399.2 billion in the six months to September, battered by the subprime mortgage crisis in the U.S.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Nov 15, 2007

A big noise about what?

'I think the best pop is always subversive in its nature," says James Righton over the phone from London a few days after his band Klaxons beat the bookies' odds to win the Mercury Music Prize, a major award that gives $40,000 to the "best" British or Irish album of the year. "Even things like Abba —...
Reader Mail
Nov 15, 2007

Don't sweat the waiting time

Of all the arguments that have been forwarded against the impending photographing and fingerprinting of foreigners upon arrival in Japan, the one that strikes me as the most ill-thought out concerns the increase in waiting times in immigration queues. Immigration at Narita airport is lightning fast;...
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 15, 2007

Restoring the innocence of childhood

With just a few days before International Children's Day (Nov. 20), it is high time to ponder the issues in the leadup to the event. This day is marked to commemorate globally the Convention on the Rights of the Child, which was signed by the United Nations on Nov. 20, 1989, and celebrated as Children's...
BUSINESS
Nov 15, 2007

Shinko brokerage merger delayed

Mizuho Financial Group Inc. will delay the creation of Japan's third-biggest brokerage after losses related to U.S. subprime mortgages forced it to revise terms for merging Mizuho Securities Co. and Shinko Securities Co.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Nov 15, 2007

Toto ads take aim at America's great unwashed

In the summer, sanitary ware manufacturer Toto Ltd., best known for its Washlet bidet toilets, launched an aggressive advertising blitz in the United States to woo Americans who have long shied away from such a product as strange, unnecessary — and a little bit embarrassing.
BUSINESS
Nov 15, 2007

Isuzu hit for repeated bus recalls

Isuzu Motors Ltd. received a warning from the transport ministry over the company's repeated recalls of buses.
BUSINESS
Nov 15, 2007

Aozora warns of drop

Aozora Bank Ltd. said Wednesday that it expects a 23 percent decline in full-year profit after writing down the value of investments related to U.S. home loans and on lower income from bond trading.
SOCCER
Nov 14, 2007

Osieck: Win for Reds good for game in Asia

SAITAMA — Holger Osieck believes victory for Urawa Reds in the AFC Champions League final on Wednesday evening will be the seed for renewed growth throughout the Asian game.
BASKETBALL / NBA / NBA REPORT
Nov 14, 2007

Isiah shows confidence in Curry

NEW YORK — The more I'm around Eddy Curry, the more I like his honesty and off-court jesting. He smiles easily, good humoredly messes with teammates and is quick to poke fun at himself.
Japan Times
SOCCER
Nov 14, 2007

Gunners back on top

READING, England (AP) Arsenal returned to the top of the English Premier League with a 3-1 victory at Reading on Monday.
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 14, 2007

Shake up top financial clubs

HONG KONG — They trooped out for their five minute photo-op, gray men in gray suits — plus this time one woman, also in a gray suit — and then huddled again for their discussions and finally painted a rosy economic picture of a world of turbulence.
BUSINESS
Nov 14, 2007

GDP logs surprise increase of 2.6%

The economy expanded at a faster pace than expected in the July-September period, thanks to strong exports to other parts of Asia and an unexpected increase in consumer spending, the government said in a preliminary report released Tuesday.
Students in Japan struggle with Japanese language and math sections on national exam
The correct answer rate for the Japanese language section on a national test dropped to 67.0% from 67.8% the previous year among elementary school sixth-graders.
Japan team finds ancient ocean full of squids
The ancient ocean was full of squids, whose population exceeded that of fish or ammonites, a Japanese research team mainly from Hokkaido University has found through a new method using technology.
Japan researchers identify gut bacteria strain that boosts anticancer drugs
Researchers at the National Cancer Center Japan say a new type of gut bacteria named YB328 could help unlock the potential of cancer immunotherapy.
Tourists in Japan have telemedicine options before calling 119
Foreign tourists at Tsukiji Outer Market in Tokyo. More than 1 million international visitors have a medical issue in Japan every year.
How remote work is rewriting the migrant experience in Japan
After pandemic-era border regulations eased, Indian migrants began returning to Japan. Their population now stands at more than 50,000 across the country.
With China and Trump, Japan defense report says world entering ‘new era of crisis’
A senior member of a Self-Defense Forces honor guard inspects a formation before the arrival of Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba for a visit to the Defense Ministry in Tokyo on June 30.
Tokyo stocks hit by a perfect storm of tariffs, politics and budget worries
Tokyo stocks are underperforming shares in other large markets globally.
Japan researchers identify gut bacteria strain that boosts anticancer drugs
Researchers at the National Cancer Center Japan say a new type of gut bacteria named YB328 could help unlock the potential of cancer immunotherapy.
Tokyobike founder believes in taking in sights of dynamic cities slowly
Ichiro Kanai, founder and president of Tokyobike, is developing a niche but a new customer base who want to cycle as part of a lifestyle.
Music idol and anime fandom merch is big business
Businesses who cater to fandoms gathered at Tokyo Lifestyle Week for the second annual Oshikatsu — Merch Collection Expo, a trade show devoted to fandom goods.

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