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CULTURE / TV & Streaming / CHANNEL SURF
Sep 30, 2007

Pension-system special, Japanese 'Twilight Zone', embalming drama

At the top of the list of things worrying the Japanese is the national pension system.
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Sep 30, 2007

Cancer may kill, but it can also revitalize a flagging media career

Right now there's a commercial on TV for the American insurance company AFLAC featuring veteran journalist Shuntaro Torigoe, who was diagnosed with cancer two years ago. It shows the 67-year-old reporter in what looks like home videos undergoing tests, or about to be operated on, or clowning around with...
Japan Times
CULTURE / OTAKOOL
Sep 27, 2007

Akihabara's awful truths

While the Establishment packages Electric Town as a mecca for manga and anime obsessives, and a magnet for camera- toting tourists, the reality differs: 'Akiba' is alienating the geeks who once made it great
BUSINESS
Sep 26, 2007

Tepco may boost bond sales by 50%

Tokyo Electric Power Co. is set to raise 50 percent more through bond sales than it had planned because borrowing costs remain low in Japan, according to a company official.
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle
Sep 25, 2007

Running circles round the Emperor

Some people run it, some cycle it, some simply walk it. Any way you do it, the route around the Imperial Palace has become Tokyo's best-known track.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Sep 21, 2007

Game makers in marketing joust at Chiba expo

CHIBA — Tokyo Game Show, one of the world's largest gaming events, opened Thursday with the participation of a record number of Japanese and overseas firms — an indication that the industry is ready to take advantage of a brisk market boosted by the popularity of Nintendo Co.'s Wii console and dual...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Sep 20, 2007

Faces of the screen queen

The screening of "I'm Not There" at the Toronto Film Festival earlier this month left many in the aisles whispering "Academy Award" in reference to just one member of the ensemble cast — Cate Blanchett.
BUSINESS
Sep 19, 2007

Nintendo presses S. Korea on piracy

Nintendo Co. is demanding South Korean authorities crack down on copyright violations by companies circulating illegal copies of its games, a company spokesman said Tuesday.
BUSINESS
Sep 19, 2007

Abu Dhabi to purchase 21% stake in Cosmo Oil

Abu Dhabi's International Petroleum Investment Co. will buy a 20.85 stake in Cosmo Oil Co. of Japan, expanding in Asia's second-biggest fuel market, Cosmo Oil said Tuesday.
BUSINESS
Sep 19, 2007

Talks on Goodwill Kyushu unit fail

Goodwill Group Inc., a staffing company and the parent of scandal-hit nursing care unit Comsn Inc., said Tuesday it intends to seek a new buyer for its nursing-care business in Kyushu after one prospect broke off talks.
BUSINESS
Sep 19, 2007

Projected losses at Seiyu boosted to ¥10.4 billion

Seiyu Ltd. said Tuesday it widened its forecast loss for the full year due to costs to cut jobs, its second downgrade in five weeks.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Sep 19, 2007

Japan needs global leaders: headhunter

Securing leaders with the experience to better manage local employees and their needs is becoming more urgent for Japanese companies that conduct business globally, said Paul Reilly, chairman of leading global executive search firm Korn/Ferry International.
Japan Times
LIFE / WEEK 3
Sep 16, 2007

Postmodern sports for all

One night last month, while I was lazily channel-surfing at home, I happened on shot-putters doing their thing at the IAAF's World Athletics Championships in Osaka.
BUSINESS
Sep 12, 2007

Aussie firm eyes stake in Arysta

Nufarm Ltd., Australia's largest maker of crop chemicals, may be interested in bidding for a stake in Japan's Arysta LifeScience Corp.
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
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...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Sep 7, 2007

'Sad Vacation'

Shinji Aoyama makes films about extreme emotional dysfunction and dislocation, whose central characters include victims and perpetrators of desperate acts and terrible crimes — sometimes within the same person.
Surrounded by Chinese bases, a tiny Philippine island stands firm
A Philippine Navy sailor looks at a China Coast Guard vessel just off the coast of Pag-asa Island in the disputed South China Sea last month.
Anger in Japan after Instagrammer drinks burial site offering
Foreign tourists visit a park near the Imperial Palace in Tokyo in August.
Musk voices support for anti-immigration rally in Japan
Elon Musk has voiced support for anti-immigration protest in Japan, where a "Japanese First" party saw gains in recent elections.
Suntory CEO Takeshi Niinami resigns over alleged possession of illegal drugs
Takeshi Niinami, then-chief executive officer of Suntory Holdings, in May 2024
‘Mount Fuji Lawson’ becomes a symbol of Japan’s overtourism problem
A couple poses for a wedding photo in front of a Lawson in the town of Kawaguchiko, Yamanashi Prefecture, on Aug. 25.
Xi — joined by Kim and Putin — delivers stark warning at military parade
Chinese leader Xi Jinping walks with Russian President Vladimir Putin and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un before a military parade marking the 80th anniversary of victory over Japan and the end of World War II, in Beijing on Wednesday.
Tamagotchi hatches 100 million shipments worldwide thanks to ’90s nostalgia
The latest version of Tamagotchi, called Tamagotchi Paradise, is awarded the best digital toy at Tokyo Toy Show on Aug. 28.
Why Stalin didn’t invade Hokkaido still largely unknown, 80 years after WWII
During a survey to collect the remains of victims from the Taito Maru, one of the vessels involved in the Three Ships Incident, a metal helmet was found near the stern of the vessel on Aug. 5, 1984, at Rumoi Port. No human remains were discovered.
More sweltering days forecast for September after hottest summer on record
By the end of August, 8,341 people had been transported by ambulance for heatstroke in Tokyo alone.
Surrounded by Chinese bases, a tiny Philippine island stands firm
A Philippine Navy sailor looks at a China Coast Guard vessel just off the coast of Pag-asa Island in the disputed South China Sea last month.

Podcast

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

Longform

Tetsuzo Shiraishi, speaking at The Center of the Tokyo Raids and War Damage, uses a thermos to explain how he experienced the U.S. firebombing of March 1945, when he was just 7 years old.
From ashes to high-rises: A survivor’s account of Tokyo’s postwar past
By Alex K.T. Martin

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