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Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / VIEWS FROM THE STREET
Sep 11, 2007

What should people volunteer their time for?

BUSINESS
Sep 11, 2007

Sony 'rolls' out new music player

Sony Corp.'s new rolling egg-shaped digital music player swivels, flaps its ends and flashes colorful lights in time to music.
COMMENTARY
Sep 11, 2007

Scaremongering about China, as usual

LOS ANGELES — It might almost seem like a game of geopolitical chicken: How far can we go in creating monstrous new fears about China?
BUSINESS
Sep 11, 2007

Siemens, Mochida join in venture

Siemens AG, Europe's biggest engineering company, will buy a 16 percent stake in a medical equipment venture with drugmaker Mochida Pharmaceutical Co., giving it a majority holding, Mochida announced Monday.
BUSINESS
Sep 11, 2007

Canon to build printer ink plant

Canon Inc. will invest about ¥80 billion to build a factory in Aomori Prefecture to make ink cartridges for printers and photocopiers.
LIFE / Language / BILINGUAL
Sep 11, 2007

Boot-camp bukatsu no place for the fainthearted

Coming out of the Japanese education system, one is thankful for one thing: No more bukatsu (after-school activities)! No more running 50 laps around the school grounds until your lungs are almost bursting out from your throat, no more kowtowing to the senpai (seniors) or having to spend most of one's...
EDITORIALS
Sep 11, 2007

Battle begins in the Diet

An extraordinary session of the Diet, which started Monday, is to provide a theater for a critical political battle between the Liberal Democratic Party and the opposition Democratic Party of Japan. With the DPJ as the No. 1 party in the Upper House and the opposition camp in the majority in the second...
BUSINESS
Sep 11, 2007

Merchant confidence falls again

Sentiment among barbers, shopkeepers and other merchants on the front lines of the economy dropped in August as consumer spending slowed and financial markets slumped, the Cabinet Office said Monday.
COMMENTARY
Sep 11, 2007

Stopping sexual abuse of Russian kids

NEW YORK — One of the regrettable consequences of the uneven economic expansion that Russia has experienced in recent times has been the increase in child abuse, particularly child prostitution.
BUSINESS
Sep 11, 2007

Kepco restarts leaky Fukui reactor

Kansai Electric Power Co. restarted the No. 1 Ohi nuclear reactor in Fukui Prefecture after shutting the facility because of a radiation leak.
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle
Sep 11, 2007

Staying casual in Minami-Aoyama

Renzo Rosso is a floppy-haired fiftysomething who would blend in perfectly on a porn set, but instead runs Diesel S.p.A., the casual clothing megabrand.
BUSINESS
Sep 11, 2007

Lending accelerates first time this year

Growth in bank lending accelerated for the first time in eight months in August as property-related financing expanded, the Bank of Japan said Monday.
JAPAN / EXPLAINER
Sep 11, 2007

Funds law no match for wily politicians

Almost every day it seems another politician is making headlines over a money scandal. Four members of embattled Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's Cabinet — administrative reform minister Genichiro Sata, and farm ministers Toshikatsu Matsuoka, Norihiko Akagi and Takehiko Endo — have been forced from their...
EDITORIALS
Sep 11, 2007

Perseverance in talks

Japan and North Korea held a second round of normalization talks under the framework of the six-party talks last week in Ulan Bator. Compared with the first round held in March, in which the North Korean delegation left the table halfway through the first day, the latest round was a much quieter affair....
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE ZEIT GIST
Sep 11, 2007

Volunteering: How to start making a difference this fall

First in a two-part series
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / WORDS TO LIVE BY
Sep 11, 2007

Toru Otsuka

Toru Otsuka, 67, is the president of Live Coffee, a coffee importer and roaster known for selling the best beans for the least dough. Otsuka is a treasure hunter: he handpicks only the highest quality from small growers around the globe, and considers his best finds the people who work with him. His...
COMMUNITY
Sep 11, 2007

Have your say

The scapegoating of Asa Two thumbs up for James Eriksson and Debito Arudou on their article (Zeit Gist, Sept. 4), the first and only in Japan that actually looks at the facts of the whole (Asashoryu) situation and doesn't just follow the bandwagon of "Asa-bashing."
JAPAN
Sep 10, 2007

Abe's pledge to Afghan mission raises opposition's ire

duties," she said, "It feels odd to hear it now when he did not say anything about it right after the defeat in the House of Councillors election" for Abe's Liberal Democratic Party. A Kyodo News survey released on Aug. 28 showed 48.2 percent of people polled were against an extension compared with 38.6...
Tokyo hit by torrential rainfall at rush hour
People line up at Shibuya Station in Tokyo as they try to avoid the heavy rain on Thursday.
Foreign drivers in Japan to face tougher license conversion rules from October
According to the National Police Agency, there were 75,905 people who converted their foreign driver’s license to a Japanese one in 2024, up from 48,885 in 2019.
Nissan clinches $4.5 billion bond deal after orders soar
Nissan Motor has raised $4.5 billion through a junk bond sale in U.S. dollars and euros, part of which carries a record-high coupon rate.
Chinese fighters came within 30 meters of Japanese spy aircraft, Tokyo says
A Chinese JH-7 fighter jet makes an near an Air Self-Defense Force YS-11EB surveillance aircraft over the East China Sea this week in this image released Thursday.
What Japanese politics could look like after Upper House election
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, who heads the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (center) waves to attendees as he departs after delivering a campaign speech in Yokohama on Sunday.
‘Our ultimate goal is to save every single Japanese video game’
After nearly shuttering earlier this year, the Tokyo-based Game Preservation Society continues its work to save the early history of Japanese gaming.
New IG Arena set to dial down temperature at Nagoya Basho, in a good way
With IG Arena getting glowing early reviews as the Nagoya Basho’s replacement venue, it may be a while before fans wax nostalgic about the Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium.
Once a niche, anime is now mainstream content for Netflix and other streaming services
Though Netflix remains the dominant choice globally for anime viewers, Amazon Prime Video has also invested heavily in anime, steadily adding titles to their catalogue.
NGOs condemn rise in anti-immigrant rhetoric ahead of Upper House vote
Sanseito head Sohei Kamiya holds a board that reads "Japanese First" in Tokyo on July 2. In a joint statement on Tuesday, eight human rights nongovernmental organizations described the far-right party's stance as "hate speech."
Japanese dancers find a home abroad at Houston Ballet
“Giselle” lead Yuriko Kajiya (center), performing with Connor Walsh as Albrecht, is one of six Japanese dancers at Houston Ballet.

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

Longform

Mount Fuji is considered one of Japan's most iconic symbols and is a major draw for tourists. It's still a mountain, though, and potential hikers need to properly prepare for any climb.
What it takes to save lives on Mount Fuji
By Alex K.T. Martin

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