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BUSINESS
Apr 1, 2008

Rising wages may not help slowing economy

Wages rose for a second month in February, a boost to consumers just as a recovery in the economy is pausing.
COMMENTARY / THE VIEW FROM NEW YORK
Mar 31, 2008

Oxymoronic sustenance and sustainability

NEW YORK — Earlier this month there was held, in a midtown hotel, an International Conference on Climate Change. Yet another one? you might ask. But, no, this one was to make the case that Al Gore, with his argument in "An Inconvenient Truth" is a fraud, a swindler. One of the conferees' premises was...
SOCCER
Mar 31, 2008

Becks, Galaxy routed in season opener

COMMERCE CITY, Colo. (AP) Christian Gomez scored on a penalty kick and the Colorado Rapids beat David Beckham and the Los Angeles Galaxy 4-0 on Saturday night in the season opener for both teams.
BASKETBALL
Mar 31, 2008

Osaka stakes claim to first place in win

The Takamatsu Five Arrows were co-leaders of the bj-league's Western Conference for less than 24 hours.
BUSINESS
Mar 31, 2008

Group plans to bury Tokyo's elevated 'shuto'

A group of business executives is floating the idea of burying all of Tokyo's elevated highways 60 meters underground. The megaproject also includes a sweeping greening of the space they will leave behind and large-scale redevelopment at key highway ramps.
BUSINESS / JAPANESE PERSPECTIVES
Mar 31, 2008

The vacancy at the BOJ and the merits of emptiness

Nature abhors a vacuum. So said Aristotle. Human beings also abhor a vacuum. Especially when they are LDP politicians in search of a new governor for the Bank of Japan.
JAPAN
Mar 31, 2008

Lehman Brothers to sue Marubeni over alleged fraud

The U.S. investment bank Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. plans to file a lawsuit against the trading company Marubeni Corp. to recover hundreds of billions of yen it lost to alleged investment fraud, a company official said Sunday.
EDITORIALS
Mar 31, 2008

Land prices up for a second year

Average residential land prices nationwide increased 1.3 percent for the year as of Jan. 1, up from the 0.1 percent rise a year before, according to the land ministry. Average commercial land prices also gained for the second straight year, rising 3.8 percent, up from the previous year's 2.3 percent...
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 31, 2008

Dominating the headwaters

SINGAPORE — The recent anti-Chinese protests in Tibet and several surrounding provinces in China have been watched with concern by governments in nearby South and Southeast Asia, especially India. But unlike faraway Europe and the United States, their priority in Tibet is stability, not human rights....
EDITORIALS
Mar 31, 2008

Bailout of Tokyo's bank

The Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly on Friday decided to inject an additional ¥40 billion of taxpayer money into the money-losing Shinginko Tokyo. The Liberal Democratic Party and Komeito supported the capital bailout while three groups, including the Democratic Party of Japan and the Japan Communist Party,...
BASKETBALL
Mar 30, 2008

Takamatsu moves into tie for first with Osaka

With five regular-season games remaining, the Takamatsu Five Arrows now occupy a share of first place in the bj-league's Western Conference.
SOCCER / SOCCER SCENE
Mar 30, 2008

Okada should call up Tulio to help solidify shaky backline for Oman match

Japan's disappointing 1-0 World Cup qualifying defeat to Bahrain this week came with no foreign-based players on the field, but it was the absence of one J. League stalwart that hit the hardest.
JAPAN
Mar 30, 2008

Japan Times receives Genesis Bardot award

The Japan Times was among a select band of U.S. and international media outlets announced Friday as the winners of the 22nd Genesis Awards at a star-studded ceremony in Beverly Hills, Calif.
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 30, 2008

Last stand before Russia's next chance

WASHINGTON — On Wednesday through Friday, NATO will hold its biggest summit ever in Bucharest, the capital of its new member, Romania. Incredibly, NATO has invited its fiercest critic, Russian President Vladimir Putin, to attend. For the first time since 2002, he will. His presence is an embarrassment...
JAPAN
Mar 30, 2008

Tokyo-area gets last PAC-3 battery

Japan installed the final piece of a missile defense system for Tokyo on Saturday, a day after North Korea test-fired a barrage of missiles.
Tokyo ranked world’s richest city by GDP, with Osaka-Kobe also rated highly
Tokyo has a gross domestic product of $2.55 trillion, just ahead of New York’s $2.49 trillion and Greater Los Angeles’ $1.62 trillion, according to CEOWorld’s global wealth index.
Takaichi stands firm on controversial Taiwan contingency remarks
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi responds to questions during a session of the House of Representatives' Budget Committee in parliament in Tokyo on Monday.
Japan’s bears have been on their killing spree for more than 100 years
Bear attacks have dominated Japanese news headlines in recent months, with 13 people so far having been killed by the animals.
Tokyo looks to keep ‘monster parents’ at bay with new protocols
New guidelines are addressing struggles by teachers to deal with the burden of parents who make irrational complaints that go beyond what is considered socially acceptable, often referred to as "monster parents," which is overwhelming their workload.
From France to Mali, a deportee's struggle far from home
Moussa Sacko, a Malian deported from France — where he had lived since he was a young child — stands on a street in Bamako, Mali, in December. Compared with his home in France, Bamako feels like a different planet, Sacko said.
Florist Nicolai Bergmann flourishes outside the box
Florist Nicolai Bergmann shops for fresh flowers at the Ota flower market in Tokyo on Friday.
Jenson Button brings end to an illustrious racing career intertwined with Japan
Jenson Button races for Honda during the Singapore Grand Prix in September 2008.
Cleanliness gets competitive at Tokyo’s Spogomi world cup
On Oct. 29, teams from 33 qualifying countries scoured the streets of Shibuya for all manners of trash as part of the Spogomi litter-picking competition.
Jon Homewood: ‘There’s beauty in what we throw away’
After a peripatetic childhood around the world, teacher and artist Jon Homewood ended up coming to Japan in 2012 for a professional opportunity.
High-speed rail is expensive and difficult, but seen as a key to growth
Achal Khare, former managing director at India’s National High Speed Rail Corporation, gives a presentation during the IHRA Forum 2025 in Tokyo on Oct. 23.

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Bear attacks have dominated Japanese news headlines in recent months, with 13 people so far having been killed by the animals.
Japan’s bears have been on their killing spree for more than 100 years
By Yukana Inoue

SUSTAINABLE JAPAN

We are pleased to announce the winners of the 6th annual Sustainable Japan Award.
We are pleased to announce the winners of the 6th annual Sustainable Japan Award.

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