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BUSINESS
Jul 13, 2007

BOJ keeps interest rate same, but with one dissenting vote

The Bank of Japan's Policy Board decided Thursday to maintain its benchmark interest rate at 0.5 percent despite a dissenting vote by one member to raise the rate to 0.75 percent.
EDITORIALS
Jul 5, 2007

European fudge

When is a constitution not a constitution? When it is the European Union's "reform treaty." EU leaders agreed last month on a new document to guide the EU and — hopefully — end the paralysis that has blocked progress toward a genuine community among the 27 member states. While the leaders applauded...
COMMENTARY
Jun 27, 2007

Battle for the European Union's identity

LONDON -- The latest battle of Brussels is over and news of the outcome is circulating through the capitals of the European Union. But unlike the ferocious battles of past centuries on European soil, this appears to be an engagement that everyone has won.
COMMENTARY / World
May 15, 2007

Helping the free-trade losers

PARIS — On both sides of the Atlantic, many view economic globalization as a threat to below-average earners.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY
Mar 31, 2007

Helping to give back the power that is theirs

The two small rooms and kitchen occupied by Kalakasan have been bulging at the seams since early morning. First there was a regular staff meeting. In the afternoon, a group of Filipino women providing support to one of their members, came with a distressed mother and teenager. The youngster was raped...
COMMUNITY
Mar 13, 2007

Coaching helps women avail of new opportunities

Ritsuko Hatano, an energetic sales manager, has steadily climbed the career ladder after she graduated from university a decade ago.
Japan Times
LIFE / WEEK 3
Feb 18, 2007

Close your eyes, count to 10 . . . and play to your heart's content

It seems only natural that everyone should have a wild time, at least once in their life, because for the most part our mortal span is occupied with studying, making a living or raising a family. All that, of course, can be fun -- but it tends to be rather serious stuff as well.
JAPAN / EXPLAINER
Feb 14, 2007

From rackets to real estate, yakuza multifaceted

The yakuza have long played a powerful, if often unseen, role in society. Romanticized in literature and film as noble outcasts replete with punch-perms, extensive tattoos and severed pinkies, the underworld is one of archaic language and secretive rituals and customs as well as extreme violence and...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Feb 9, 2007

Pottering around with pop music

When Tori Kudo was a 13-year-old growing up in Matsuyama, Shikoku, he didn't spend his evenings at cram school like classmates, but instead played cheesy piano in nightclubs as a member of a professional big band.
JAPAN
Feb 2, 2007

DPJ, allies boycott over Yanagisawa

Opposition parties boycotted the Thursday opening session of the House of Representative's powerful Budget Committee, saying they will not participate in Diet deliberations until health minister Hakuo Yanagisawa steps down for calling women "child-bearing machines."
JAPAN
Jan 22, 2007

TV entertainer voted Miyazaki governor

," said Higashi, 49, an apprentice of comedian Beat Takeshi, after learning he had won. "We must change Miyazaki together." Higashi, 49, whose real name is Hideo Higashikokubaru, apparently attracted voters by shedding his image as a comedian and receiving no backing by any political party.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 19, 2007

Ishihara defiant, teflon to scandal

Tokyo Gov. Shintaro Ishihara, an ex-transport minister, award-winning writer, Yasukuni Shrine pilgrim known for firing racist and sexist remarks from the lips, has recently drawn flak for taking pricey trips on taxpayer money and nepotism for choosing his son to work on an event he sponsored in Switzerland....
JAPAN
Dec 14, 2006

Government jiggered town meetings to push policies

The government padded expenses and had "plants," some of them paid, offer comments and opinions in the state's favor at so-called town meetings over the past five years, an investigating committee said in a final report released Wednesday.
JAPAN
Dec 14, 2006

Government jiggered town meetings to push policies

The government padded expenses and had "plants," some of them paid, offer comments and opinions in the state's favor at so-called town meetings over the past five years, an investigating committee said in a final report released Wednesday.
JAPAN
Dec 7, 2006

Chief justice of ICC lauds Japan pledge to join tribunal

The chief justice of the International Criminal Court said Wednesday in Tokyo that Japan's expected participation in the international tribunal in The Hague, Netherlands, will benefit both Japan and the international community.
EDITORIALS
Nov 16, 2006

Russia moves closer to the WTO

Last week, Russia passed a key hurdle in its effort to join the World Trade Organization (WTO). Moscow reached agreement with Washington, the lone major trading power with which it had not concluded a deal, on the terms of Russia's entry into the global trade body. The deal does not mean that Russia...
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Nov 16, 2006

Tieups expanding point card perks, also complexity

In the hopes of saving a little money, people's wallets are bulging with point cards covering the whole gamut of consumer purchases.
BASKETBALL / NBA / NBA REPORT
Nov 1, 2006

NBA moving to crack down on Cuban

NEW YORK -- Behind closed doors at last week's NBA Board of Governors meeting, a special session was convened to chastise Mark Cuban for behavior unbecoming that escalated to an everyday low during the NBA Finals last June.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / PERSONALITY PROFILE
Oct 28, 2006

Fumiko Tottori

The International Ladies' Benevolent Society is scheduling its 2006 Christmas Charity Fair on Nov. 11, from 10 to 2 at the Tokyo American Club. Entrance tickets cost 500 yen and can be purchased from any ILBS member beforehand or at the door.

Longform

Growing families are being priced out of Tokyo’s condo market, forced to choose between downtown convenience and suburban space.
Is living in central Tokyo still affordable?