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BUSINESS
Sep 29, 2007

Stricter law forces companies to tighten funds pitch

Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc. and Nomura Holdings Inc. are among Japanese financial companies being forced to tighten marketing of mutual funds as a law to protect individual investors comes into effect next week.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 29, 2007

Scholars split over sanctions

Despite their long-standing good relations, the violence recently used to quell demonstrations in Myanmar that caused the death of Japanese video journalist Kenji Nagai has upped the pressure on Tokyo to impose sanctions on the military junta, experts say.
JAPAN
Sep 28, 2007

Tokai tasked with continuing education reforms

Fukuda to rebuild the education system," the 59-year-old Lower House member from Hyogo Prefecture said Wednesday. "As education is a pillar supporting a nation, I support this direction." The ministerial post, which Tokai assumed on Tuesday, is the lawmaker's first in a 21-year career. Begun under Abe,...
JAPAN
Sep 28, 2007

Wrestler's father seeks truth behind son's death

talks about the death of his 17-year-old son Takashi, a sumo wrestler who died in June, during a news conference in Tokyo on Thursday. At right, Takashi, whose ring name was Tokitaizan, poses in ceremonial attire in an undated photo. KYODO PHOTOS
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle
Sep 28, 2007

What's in a name . . .

It's 20 minutes before her fashion show is due to start at the Italian Cultural Institute in Tokyo and Francesca Versace is giving a very slight, nervous bite to her lower lip.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film / SHORT TAKES
Sep 28, 2007

Perfect Stranger

Director: James Foley Language: English
COMMENTARY
Sep 28, 2007

Bank crisis exposes limits of confidence

LONDON — Mortgage lending is inevitably long term. To cover such lending, banks depend on deposits by savers that may well be short term. If banks don't have enough deposits to cover their loans, they have to borrow on the interbank market. Banks are required to carry enough cash to cover up to five...
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel / HOTELS & RESTAURANTS
Sep 28, 2007

Indian white tea, anniversary lunches, Shanghai specialties and Halloween grub

Experience India's white tea From Sept. 27, the last Thursday of each month will be "White Tea Experience" day at the 45th-floor lobby lounge of the Ritz-Carlton Tokyo in the Midtown complex in Tokyo.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film / SHORT TAKES
Sep 28, 2007

No Reservations

Director: Scott Hicks Language: English
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Sep 28, 2007

Filming a Champs Elysee moment

At first glance Olivier Dahan doesn't come off as a filmmaker who would choose to make a biopic about Edith Piaf. He carved out a successful career in music videos, and is an avid aficionado of French hip-hop. Piaf's music and what he listens to don't quite gel. But perhaps this explains the particular...
EDITORIALS
Sep 28, 2007

Death during 'training'

The death of a young sumo wrestler is shaking Japan's sumo world, which is still reeling from the yokozuna Asashoryu scandal. Tokitaizan, a 17-year-old wrestler, died shortly after a practice session, apparently because of exhaustion and a beating he received from his stable mates.
Japan Times
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
Sep 28, 2007

Torture chamber

Self-styled "hardcore chamber music group" Koch-Schutz-Studer come to Japan to take up a weeklong "residency" at Super-Deluxe in Roppongi, Tokyo on Oct. 1-7.
EDITORIALS
Sep 28, 2007

Prioritizing the budget

Moving toward the goal of compiling the government's fiscal 2008 budget by the end of December, government agencies and ministries will be busy with their negotiations with the Finance Ministry. But the work to compile the budget will face difficulty because of the opaque political situation.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Sep 28, 2007

Ozomatli

Ever since turntablist Cut Chemist and MC Chali 2na left Ozomatli in 2003, the salsa-inspired, jazz-capable Los Angeles collective's strong hip-hop component has been eclipsed by a tendency to try out every other international style as a means of advancing their inclusive global view.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Sep 28, 2007

"The Smiths — The Early Years" By Paul Slattery

It's easy to forget that The Smiths were as seminal a band as they really were. For better or worse, they pretty much invented modern indie music as we know it, recording four studio albums and countless timeless singles in five years, before imploding in the animosity that endures to this day (last...
CULTURE / Music
Sep 28, 2007

PJ Harvey "White Chalk"

From blues punk to Brechtian chanteuse, FM-friendly femme- rocker to feral screecher: Polly Jean Harvey has been many things during her career. All the same, "White Chalk" is a real curveball.
JAPAN
Sep 28, 2007

Web site documents wartime sex slaves

have lived for more than half a century after the war, suffering practically as much as they did during the several years they spent in military comfort stations," it says. The museum also preserves the testimony of several former comfort women.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Sep 28, 2007

'La vie en rose'

Even if you've never listened to a single song by Edith Piaf, it's impossible to be unmoved by this biopic — in all probability the film will have you rushing to buy a CD as soon as the lights come on.
SDF spots China’s biggest aircraft carrier for first time
The Fujian aircraft carrier is seen in Shanghai in May 2024 as it leaves for its first sea trial.
Why more hotels in Japan are offering room-only service
Nipponia Hotel Ise Kawasaki Merchant Town in Ise, Mie Prefecture
Is America ready for Japanese-style 7-Elevens?
Convenience stores are a fixture of Japanese life and 7-Eleven, a chain that began in the U.S. in 1927, opened its first store in Japan in 1974 — and then became wholly Japanese-owned in 2005 through parent company Seven & I Holdings.
Final weeks of World Expo in Osaka likely to see large crowds
With one month left to go, crowds are expected to swell at the World Expo in Osaka during its final weeks.
Japan's elderly population down at around 36.2 million
The estimated number of people age 65 or older in Japan stands at 36.19 million as of Monday, accounting for record 29.4% of the country's total population, according to the internal affairs ministry.
Japan's major art events converge this fall
Shinji Ohmaki’s “Tokinokage” exhibited at Fuji Textile Week 2021 shows the use of fabric as art.
An aesthetic escape to Hakone’s art-drenched hills
Between traditional examples of fine art and sleek, modern exhibitions that blend with nature, Hakone offers a unique escape from Tokyo's urban sprawl.
Niinami’s ouster quick but not unusual as corporations protect reputation
Takeshi Niinami resigns as chairman and CEO of Suntory Holdings.
As Manila modernizes its military, new opportunities emerge for Tokyo
A Brahmos missile system is displayed during a rehearsal for a military parade in New Delhi in January. The Philippines will soon receive its second batch of the supersonic cruise missiles from India.
Shizuoka farmers fight to preserve sustainable tea method that’s steeped in tradition
As of August 2024, the number of confirmed chagusaba farmers had fallen to 302, just over half the 582 reported in 2015, according to the Shizuoka Chagusaba Farming Method Promotion Council.

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

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Sumadori Bar on Shibuya Ward's main Center Gai street targets young customers who prefer low-alcohol drinks or abstain altogether.
Rethinking that second drink: Japan’s Gen Z gets ‘sober curious’
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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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