Search - restaurants

 
 
JAPAN
Mar 8, 1999

Labor index hits record for surplus workers

The Labor Ministry on Monday announced that its labor index for Japanese corporations in February shows the highest perceived labor surplus since November 1984, the date when the ministry began compiling such statistics.
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / JAPAN LITE
Mar 7, 1999

Nothing like goulash when you're feeling Hungary

This week I write you from Budapest, where I sit immersed in Hungarian goulash. There is more Hungarian goulash per square kilometer in Budapest than there are McDonald's hamburgers per square kilometer in the United States. You'll see restaurants full of tourists, all of them eating Hungarian goulash....
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / JAPAN LITE
Feb 28, 1999

Fairy tales come to life amid the magic of Prague

I woke up this morning and opened the curtains expecting to see the usual view from my house of the Seto Inland Sea. Imagine how surprised I was to find instead, Prague, the capital of the Czech Republic. It was like a fairy tale: Prague Castle up on the hill overlooking pastel-colored baroque buildings...
COMMUNITY / How-tos / GETTING THINGS DONE
Feb 28, 1999

Their way

Recently I visited a friend who lives in an upscale apartment building, a part of one of Tokyo's massive redevelopment projects. When I saw there was a taxi parked in one of the spaces assigned to her floor, I asked if a neighbor were now commuting by taxi instead of company car. My assumption was incorrect....
LIFE / Food & Drink / WINE WAYS
Feb 25, 1999

If you must be snowbound, try a cozy winery in Europe

As winter wanes I'm reminded of its vinous pleasures in places along my latest wine route, such as Austria, Slovenia, Belgium, Luxembourg and, just before Christmas, Germany, where I visited Adolf Schmitt, an outstanding wine maker whose estate is one of those in the wine association Saar-Mosel-Winzersekt...
JAPAN
Jan 13, 1999

Universal theme park faces developer pullout

With the recent pullout of a group of investors from plans to develop the area around Universal Studios Japan, there are growing concerns among potential investors that Osaka's hopes for a USJ-led economic revival face a serious setback.
JAPAN
Dec 7, 1998

Ailing Chubu localities won't say where cash went

OKAYAMA -- Nationally and internationally, Japan's banking mess has received a lot of press coverage and is generally considered by politicians, media pundits and business leaders to be the nation's most urgent problem.
JAPAN
Nov 23, 1998

Frozen pizza entrepreneur opens doors for female execs

22nd in a series of occasional articles about venture businesses
JAPAN
Nov 13, 1998

Ex-Finance bureaucrat found guilty of bribery; walks

The Tokyo District Court sentenced former Finance Ministry bureaucrat Takashi Sakakibara to a suspended two-year prison term Friday for accepting bribes worth 3.42 million yen from brokerages and a major bank.
JAPAN
Nov 11, 1998

JR East first-half profits down 9%

East Japan Railway Co. (JR East) reported 166.6 billion yen in unconsolidated operating profit during the first half of fiscal 1998, down 9.1 percent from the same period last year because of the stagnant economy, officials of the carrier announced Wednesday.
JAPAN
Oct 19, 1998

Atami's fortune no longer springs eternal

Staff writerATAMI, Shizuoka Pref. -- This used to be one of the most popular spa resorts in Japan, with streets packed with yukata-dressed tourists and hotel rooms fully booked for company parties.But such memories have been fading in Atami. Hard-hit by earthquakes and the recession, the city's central...
JAPAN
Oct 2, 1998

Unemployment hits record 4.3%

The number of unemployed people in Japan shot up 28.6 percent in August compared with the previous year to reach 2.97 million -- the highest recorded figure ever, the Management and Coordination Agency said Friday.The recession caused the nation's August unemployment rate, which set record lows for...
JAPAN
Sep 7, 1998

Okinawa draws more tourists as air fares, yen fall

NAHA, Okinawa Pref. -- Constant conflict over the presence of U.S. military bases and tragic old war stories keep Okinawa in the news.
JAPAN
Aug 25, 1998

Bureaucrat may face three years for bribes

Prosecutors demanded a three-year prison term and 3.38 million yen fine Tuesday for a former Finance Ministry official accused of receiving bribes from brokerages and a major bank.
JAPAN
Jul 29, 1998

FM Setagaya starts broadcasting today

Tokyo's ninth community FM radio station hits the airwaves today at noon in Setagaya Ward.
JAPAN
Jul 27, 1998

Pop superstar Jackson to open family theme park, toy shops

Pop-music superstar Michael Jackson announced Monday that he has teamed up with a Japanese venture to develop family-oriented children's attractions in Japan and around the world.
JAPAN
Jul 16, 1998

Major e-money experiment launched in Shibuya area

One of the world's largest experiments in the use of electronic money was launched in Tokyo's Shibuya district Thursday, with major credit card companies and banks preparing to distribute 133,000 electronic money cards by the end of October 1999.
JAPAN
Jul 14, 1998

Ex-airport chief makes final claim to innocence

Tsuneharu Hattori, a former president of Kansai International Airport Co. accused of accepting bribes worth 2.16 million yen from an Osaka oil dealer, claimed innocence in his final trial hearing Tuesday.
JAPAN
Jun 30, 1998

Wined and dined, but no favors given, highway exec claims

A disgraced Japan Highway Public Corp. executive accused of taking 7.2 million yen in bribes from seven financial institutions admitted Tuesday that he was wined and dined by the firms but denied giving them any favors in return.
JAPAN
Jun 1, 1998

Hotel opens on Tokyo waterfront

Le Meridien Grand Pacific Tokyo opened in Tokyo's Daiba waterfront district in Minato Ward on Monday.
JAPAN
May 28, 1998

Finance official admits taking perks, denies giving favors

A Finance Ministry official accused of receiving bribes from the nation's Big Four brokerages and a major bank admitted Thursday that he had been entertained by them, but denied returning any favors.
JAPAN
Apr 16, 1998

Automakers take another look at diesel engines

BY SAYURI DAIMON
JAPAN
Mar 12, 1998

Banks' wining, dining of BOJ officials said not uncommon

The Industrial Bank of Japan and several other major banks have repeatedly wined and dined executives and other high-ranking officials of the Bank of Japan, in addition to the BOJ official arrested March 11, sources said March 12.
JAPAN
Mar 3, 1998

Quake-hit Kaigan Building gets new look

KOBE -- The Kaigan Building, once a symbol of Kobe's former "kyoryuchi," or foreigners' district, in Chuo Ward, has been resurrected and enlarged, after the original structure was destroyed in the 1995 Great Hanshin Earthquake.
JAPAN
Mar 2, 1998

Parents cope with slaying of Japanese-Brazilian son

Staff writer
JAPAN
Feb 23, 1998

Jury still out on Nagano Olympics

NAGANO -- The pavilions are closed and the Olympic banners have disappeared. The souvenir shops are half-empty and Zenkoji Temple has regained its calm demeanor. The city's infamous traffic jams are back, and the taxis once again form long lines waiting for customers.
JAPAN
Feb 20, 1998

Osaka officials to return misused public money

OSAKA -- The Osaka Prefectural Government announced Friday that its senior officials will return 1.32 billion yen in taxpayers' money misused by prefectural employees between 1994 and 1997 over a five-year span beginning next month.
JAPAN
Feb 11, 1998

Conservationists dissatisfied with Nagano's efforts

Eighth in a series
JAPAN
Feb 6, 1998

Hosting the Olympics -- boon or bust?

Fifth in a series
JAPAN
Jan 21, 1998

Osaka projects in 668 billion yen of red ink

OSAKA -- One-quarter of Osaka's high-profile, third-sector projects are now 668 billion yen in the red, but city officials are still pumping money into them in the hopes they will eventually turn a profit.Third-sector projects, which are corporations jointly established by Osaka and private businesses,...

Longform

After pandemic-era border regulations eased, Indian migrants began returning to Japan. Their population now stands at more than 50,000 across the country.
How remote work is rewriting the migrant experience in Japan