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COMMENTARY
Oct 26, 2007

Limits of EU centralization

LONDON — In Lisbon, yet another European Union Treaty has been signed, this one purporting to replace all previous treaties and to give Europe the pattern of governance it needs to meet the future.
JAPAN
Oct 26, 2007

Lean harvest ups 'matsutake' price

called a 'phantom,' " he said. In addition to the poor harvest, the government's ban on North Korean imports and reduced imports from China on safety concerns have driven up the price of homegrown matsutake, which now comprise less than 10 percent of total matsutake consumption in Japan.
BUSINESS
Oct 26, 2007

Sharp tax hikes mulled to fund pension system

The 5 percent consumption tax would have to be doubled to fully finance the state pension program with levies, the private-sector members of the government's top economic panel said Thursday.
EDITORIALS
Oct 26, 2007

A ceiling on extended power

The Kanagawa Prefectural Assembly has enacted a bylaw limiting a governor to three consecutive terms in office, or 12 years. It will not take effect, though, until the central government places a limit on the number of times a person can be elected as governor or mayor, by revising the Local Autonomy...
BUSINESS
Oct 26, 2007

Osaka summit covers Asian municipal concerns

OSAKA — Government leaders from 11 Asian cities, six countries and from around the Kansai region gathered Thursday in Osaka for a two-day summit to discuss issues of mutual concern and cooperation, ranging from tourism and foreign direct investment to the environment.
BUSINESS
Oct 26, 2007

Sony profit up fourfold despite PS3 woes

Despite continuing to sustain heavy losses in its game business, Sony Corp.'s group net profit increased fourfold to ¥140.2 billion in the six months through September compared with the same period last year, thanks to vigorous sales of digital cameras and computers.
EDITORIALS
Oct 26, 2007

Deadbeat life insurers

The nation's 38 life insurance companies have failed to pay ¥91 billion of insurance money and other due payments in about 1.2 million cases over five years since the 2001 fiscal year. This backlog will surely increase public worry following the reported nonpayment problem at nonlife-insurance companies...
BUSINESS
Oct 26, 2007

Cell phone program helps women ward off gropers

"Did you just grope me? Shall we go to the police?"
CULTURE / Music
Oct 26, 2007

Vashti Bunyan "Some Things Just Stick In Your Mind"

Thirty-five years — that's how long it took for singer-songwriter Vashti Bunyan to be convinced there was an audience ready for a followup to her long-lost 1970 classic, the Joe Boyd-produced "Just Another Diamond Day." Among this swelling fan base was the likes of latter-day hip folkies such as Devendra...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Oct 26, 2007

Playing to tell her tales

Storytelling lies at the heart of Japanese pianist Yu Kosuge's art.
Japan Times
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
Oct 26, 2007

Israeli dance company finds friends in Saitama

With ever-more dance productions being staged at such mainstream Tokyo venues as Theater Cocoon in Shibuya, Setagaya Public Theater in Sangenjaya and even the New National Theater in Hatsudai, dance has clearly become an integral component of the performance-arts scene here.
JAPAN
Oct 26, 2007

Fukuda marks first month in quiet contrast to predecessor

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Japan Times
CULTURE / Music / MY PLAYLIST
Oct 26, 2007

MY PLAYLIST: Robert Wyatt

"I think there are more jokes on it than people might realize," says one of the most distinctive voices in British pop, Robert Wyatt, when asked why his latest album isn't exactly a laugh-a-minute listen despite being titled "Comicopera." "I used to joke that deep down I'm really shallow, and it does...
More Japanese universities pushing toward teaching in English
Waseda University in Tokyo
The unstoppable rise of konbini tourism
Guests typically follow Ryo Ito’s lead as he weaves through the narrow, colorful aisles of convenience stores.
A narrow Pacific waterway at heart of U.S. plans to choke China’s vast navy
Philippine and Australian troops fire an M777 howitzer during live fire exercises as part of joint military drills in Laur, Nueva Ecija, the Philippines, in August.
The second life of Japan's net cafes
Once smoky, male-dominated spaces, today's net cafes, like Kaikatsu Club, are working to make their operations more attractive to women customers.
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.
More Japanese universities pushing toward teaching in English
Waseda University in Tokyo
Young Indonesians in Japan find their political voice
Indonesian students at Hiroshima University hold posters of the 17+8 Demands, demanding transparency and action from their homeland’s government.
The unstoppable rise of konbini tourism
Guests typically follow Ryo Ito’s lead as he weaves through the narrow, colorful aisles of convenience stores.
Kenshi Yonezu, 'Chainsaw Man' and the art of pop ubiquity
Kenshi Yonezu's “Iris Out” was an instant hit when it dropped in September. Its association with smash anime "Chainsaw Man — The Movie: Reze Arc" has spread it to even more people.
How airlines are refining their in-flight food in Japan's tourism boom
All Nippon Airways' gourmet program, The Connoisseurs, showcases the Japanese concept of "shun" (peak season for ingredients), giving passengers a preview of the refined cuisine that awaits them in Japan.

Podcast

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

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Once smoky, male-dominated spaces, today's net cafes, like Kaikatsu Club, are working to make their operations more attractive to women customers.
The second life of Japan's net cafes
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