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BUSINESS
Jun 12, 2002

Shiokawa to fill in G7 on tax-cut plans

Finance Minister Masajuro Shiokawa said Tuesday that he will tell Japan's Group of Seven partners that the nation is ready to bolster its fragile economy by cutting taxes and accelerating the disposal of bad loans held by Japanese banks.
BUSINESS
Jun 12, 2002

Panel wants 2003 budget to focus on information technology, aging society

Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's Council on Economic and Fiscal Policy will unveil a new policy blueprint later this month calling on the government to focus on information technology and the aging of society in the fiscal 2003 budget, sources said Tuesday.
BUSINESS
Jun 7, 2002

Koizumi may address steel spat at talks in Canada

Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi is likely to raise the Japan-U.S. steel trade dispute at a meeting with President George W. Bush in Canada later this month, government sources said Thursday.
BUSINESS
Jun 7, 2002

Takenaka confirms that businesses are likely to get tax break

Economic minister Heizo Takenaka told top ruling coalition policymakers Thursday that a plan to cut the effective tax rate for companies will be included in a tax reform package to be compiled by a key economic panel Friday.
BUSINESS / ON THE FRONT LINE
Jun 6, 2002

Dollar decline set to continue despite BOJ

The dollar's steep decline in interbank trading has prompted the Bank of Japan to intervene repeatedly in currency trade over recent weeks.
BUSINESS
Jun 3, 2002

U.S. energy policy pushes new course

KANSAS — The Bush administration is attempting to direct global energy policy in a new direction five years after the landmark Kyoto agreement to roll back emissions of greenhouse gases.
BUSINESS / ON THE FRONT LINE
May 22, 2002

Watch for consequences of yen's surge

The yen has suddenly begun surging on the world currency market, hitting a five-month high of just over 125 to the dollar.
COMMUNITY
Jan 6, 2002

Life in the new year: Que sera sera

What joys and sorrows will the coming year bring for Japan? Fast forward to Jan. 1, 2003, apply tongue firmly to cheek and enjoy the benefit of hindsight by reading the alternative futures contained in the 2002 diaries of long-suffering Tokyo banker Gamansuruzo Nostrodoomus, and go-getting Kansai career...
EDITORIALS
Jul 24, 2001

A turning point for the G8?

At this year's G8 summit of advanced industrialized nations in Genoa, Italy, history was made. Not because anything concrete was done, but for the worst possible reason: A demonstrator lost his life during protests against the meeting. Now the antiglobalization movement has a martyr, and the G8 must...
SPORTS / SPORTS SCOPE
Jul 19, 2001

Midsummer notes and anecdotes

It was refreshing to see Japan's Shigeki Maruyama notch his first PGA Tour victory last Sunday at the Greater Milwaukee Open. Maruyama, one of the most charismatic and likable of any of the nation's professional athletes who play overseas, put an end to a miserable streak by Japanese golfers on the U.S....
CULTURE / Art
May 30, 2001

Double-formed print visions

The first solo exhibition in Japan by print artist Sean Caulfield is currently on show at Session House Garden in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward.
MORE SPORTS
Mar 22, 2001

Japan marathon team takes shape

Japanese record-holder Atsushi Fujita and surprise package Yoko Shibui were named to the 10-member national marathon team for the athletics world championships this summer, the Japan Amateur Athletics Federation (JAAF) announced Tuesday. Fujita set the Japanese record of 2 hours, 6 minutes, 51 seconds...
MORE SPORTS
Feb 7, 2001

Wainaina, Tola head Tokyo field

Sydney Olympic medal winners Eric Wainaina of Kenya and Tesfaye Tola of Ethiopia head a field of world champion hopefuls at the Tokyo International Marathon on Feb. 18, the Japan Amateur Athletic Federation said Tuesday.
COMMUNITY
Aug 20, 2000

A decade of anecdotes to order

There are books about spending time in Japan, written in the main by Alice-in-Wonderlands who believe a short stretch makes them authoritative on all things Japanese. And there are books about Japan. Bruce McCormack's "Tokyo Notes and Anecdotes: Natsukashi" falls into this second, far more recommendable,...
COMMUNITY
May 14, 2000

Ex-garbage man bags career as pro caddie

If Jeff Mulberry has any aspirations beyond the odd hole in one, it is to lead as uncomplicated a life as possible. His needs are modest and his interests narrowing down as he focuses on pro golf. Not that he has his eye set on being a winning player, but rather on being the best caddie that friendship,...
COMMUNITY / Our Lives
Mar 1, 2000

Conversation: enough said

I heard once that the average male speaks 2,000 words a day, while the average female speaks 7,000.
COMMUNITY
Feb 20, 2000

Off to Iraq with leads for pencils

Having spent time with student nurse Erika Ito, I would very much like to meet her mother. Firstly I would shake her hand and say: "Congratulations, job well done! You have one terrific daughter." Then I'd patent the secret of her success, and make us all as fortunate.
JAPAN
Jun 11, 1999

Expanded SDF peacekeeping role urged

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JAPAN
Feb 1, 1999

Zen cowboy longs to be one with bulls

They say that in life you get 15 minutes of fame, but all Jin Shibahara needs is eight seconds — on the back of an angry, bucking bull.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jun 19, 2023

Mass immigration experiment gives Canada an edge in global race for labor

A country that has about as many people as the state of California has added more than the population of San Francisco in immigrants over the past year.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jun 3, 2023

Wildfires spread in eastern Canada, forcing evacuations in coastal Quebec

The mayor of Sept-Iles, a coastal Quebec city, declared a local state of emergency on Friday, as wildfire risk led to evacuation orders in the region.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
May 26, 2023

What Exxon won’t tell you about climate costs

Society might be willing to make sacrifices if it meant avoiding even worse damage from global warming.

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Visitors walk past Sou Fujimoto's Grand Ring, which has been recognized as the largest wooden structure in the world.
Can a World Expo still matter? Japan is about to find out.