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Japan Times
BUSINESS
Nov 9, 2011

Olympus admits hiding losses since 1990s

Olympus Corp. President Shuichi Takayama said Tuesday the company concealed huge losses on securities investments since the 1990s and used recent acquisitions of Gyrus Group PLC and three Japanese companies to cover the off-the-book losses.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Nov 9, 2011

Strong yen aids Aeon push abroad

Retailer Aeon Co. is opening overseas stores faster than initially planned as the yen's climb to postwar highs boosts its purchasing power.
COMMENTARY / World / 2016 NEW YEAR SPECIAL
Nov 7, 2011

New food price levels stalking poor

Catastrophic flooding and crop losses in Thailand, the world's leading rice exporter, are raising concerns that another food crisis may be in the offing.
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 7, 2011

Wrong timing by the Euro-skeptics

For Britain's Euro-skeptics, the current eurozone crisis has an air of inevitability and opportunity. The crisis validates their view of the single currency as a straitjacket forcing disparate economies into an unworkable union.
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 7, 2011

Crime in America: execution of the mentally ill

Christopher Johnson's execution by the State of Alabama creates serious doubts about the justice of a measure that is widely criticized by human rights advocates throughout the world. According to the group Equal Justice Initiative, the Alabama Supreme Court planned the execution without even engaging...
Reader Mail
Nov 6, 2011

Rural Japan under threat

The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) negotiations seem to have been hijacked by American rice growers and large grain-exporting corporations. Liberalization of the rice sector would have devastating effects on rural Japan.
CULTURE / TV & Streaming / CHANNEL SURF
Nov 6, 2011

Job rankings; dramas penned by women; CM of the week: Snickers

Some jobs are more glamorous than others until you look behind the scenes. That is the premise of the special "Naritai Shiritai Oshigoto Ranking" ("Ranking Occupations You Want to Know About and Have"; TV Tokyo, Mon., 8 p.m.).
EDITORIALS
Nov 6, 2011

Seven billion and counting

The United Nations has identified Danica May Camacho, born just before midnight Oct. 30 in a Philippine hospital, as the 7 billionth inhabitant of our planet. According to the United Nations Population Division, the Earth was to welcome its 7 billionth person on Oct. 31.
JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
Nov 6, 2011

Penny-pinching on pensions threatens to raid retirees' nest eggs

Much of the global media's attention this week was turned toward the possibility of Greece's default. Its direct effect on Japan is difficult to foresee. On the one hand, the approximately ¥1 trillion in national bonds Japan holds from the fiscally ailing countries that are referred to collectively...
Japan Times
JAPAN
Nov 4, 2011

March 11 a chance for rebirth: experts

While the March 11 disasters devastated the Tohoku region and added another challenge to a nation already troubled with social and economic malaise, the crisis can be turned into a chance for revival, lawmakers and experts said Thursday.
Japan Times
MULTIMEDIA
Nov 3, 2011

Undressing the myth behind Goya

On first appraisal, it might seem that the organizers have brought the wrong Maja to Japan for the exhibition "Goya: Lights and Shadows" at Tokyo's National Museum of Western Art.
COMMENTARY
Nov 2, 2011

U.S. military spending cuts have gone too far

We shouldn't gut defense. A central question of our budget debates is how much we allow growing social spending to crowd out the military and, in effect, force the United States into a dangerous, slow-motion disarmament.
JAPAN
Nov 2, 2011

Cesium in pollen not viewed as health risk

The Forestry Agency believes cedar pollen next spring contaminated by cesium fallout from the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant will be well below the legal safety limit.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY
Nov 1, 2011

Sister blazed a trail for international education

Sister Carmel O'Keeffe, a pioneer of international education in Japan for half a century, died of heart failure on Monday, Oct. 17, in her hometown of Cork, Ireland. She was 93 years old. Her funeral took place in Cork on Oct. 19.
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 31, 2011

All too familiar signs of state paralysis in Thai crisis

Like the Japan tsunami, flooding in Thailand will have a global impact on the supply and price of rice, cameras, computers and cars.
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 31, 2011

Saudi Arabia's old regime grows older

The contrast between the deaths, within two days of each other, of Libya's Col. Moammar Gadhafi and Saudi Crown Prince Sultan bin Abdel Aziz is one of terminal buffoonery versus decadent gerontocracy. And their demise is likely to lead to very different outcomes: liberation for the Libyans and stagnation...
Reader Mail
Oct 30, 2011

Risks attached to station closure

In response to the Oct. 28 article "Keeping Futenma in Okinawa 'impossible,' governor warns," the controversy over the air station reminds me of the Vieques Naval Gunnery range and Roosevelt Roads Navy base in Puerto Rico.
Reader Mail
Oct 30, 2011

Two wheels better for all

Perhaps your next article on cyclists could cover the economic value and eco-friendliness of riding.
EDITORIALS
Oct 30, 2011

Sleepless in Tokyo

If you ever wonder why Tokyoites are always sleeping on the train, a report at the 6th World Congress of the World Sleep Federation explains why: They're not sleeping enough at home.
BUSINESS
Oct 28, 2011

Olympus damage control: Vast adviser fees legit

Olympus Corp., whose shares plummeted about 50 percent after its ousted former president publicly criticized it for dubious money transactions, claimed Thursday there is nothing illicit about the advisory fee it paid in acquiring a British medical equipment firm.
LIFE / Food & Drink
Oct 28, 2011

Pig in Japan: the nation's most popular meat

The most popular type of meat by far in Japan is pork. Nearly as much pork is consumed as chicken and beef combined. It is particularly popular in Okinawa, Kyushu, and the Kanto area. My mother was born in Saitama Prefecture in the 1940s, and she doesn't remember eating beef except as a very special...
EDITORIALS
Oct 26, 2011

Time for more decisive action

A 51-day-long extraordinary Diet session started Oct. 20 — the second extraordinary Diet session under Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda. In the first session, Mr. Noda, who had been in power only for a short period of time, adopted the tactic of "driving safe," avoiding going deep into details in discussions...
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.
Takaichi doesn’t mince words on Taiwan, but dramatic policy shift unlikely
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi responds to questions during a House of Representatives Budget Committee session in parliament on Tuesday.
Florist Nicolai Bergmann flourishes outside the box
Florist Nicolai Bergmann shops for fresh flowers at the Ota flower market in Tokyo on Friday.
China delivers warning to U.S. and Japan with third aircraft carrier
The Fujian, China's third aircraft carrier, carries out sea trials at an unknown location in May last year.
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.

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