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Japan Times
MULTIMEDIA
Nov 19, 2015
Tokyo opens the doors to the State Guest House
As part of campaign to attract more overseas tourists to Japan, the government is planning to open the State Guest House in Tokyo’s Minato Ward to general visitors as early as April next year, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga said Thursday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Nov 19, 2015
Japan's State Guest House could soon be open to tourists
As part of campaign to attract more overseas tourists to Japan, the government is planning to open the State Guest House in Tokyo's Minato Ward to general visitors as early as April next year, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga said Thursday.
BUSINESS
Nov 19, 2015
Move to improve Japanese corporate governance devolves into compliance game
One day, Japan's biggest overhaul of rules for companies in decades will make them more efficient. Right now it's making things worse.
JAPAN / Society
Nov 17, 2015
Suspect data reports keep lid on actual hours worked
Overwork is such an issue in Japan that Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has vowed to fix it. He wants companies to reward productivity rather than long hours, and to create workplaces that allow men and women to finish on time and share the burden of responsibilities at home.
BUSINESS / Economy
Nov 17, 2015
Japan Inc.'s investment cuts cloud 'Abenomics' as firms, sensing slump, save for rainy day
Japan Inc. is looking like it’s not holding up its end of the "Abenomics" bargain.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / LAW OF THE LAND
Nov 16, 2015
And now for something completely unconstitutional
When did the Abe-verse become an alternate reality where past violations of the nation's basic law can, with a straight face, be used to justify further violations of the same type?

Longform

A sinkhole in Yashio, which emerged in January, was triggered by a ruptured, aging sewer pipe. Authorities worry that similar sections of infrastructure across the country are also at risk of corrosion.
That sinking feeling: Japan’s aging sewers are an infrastructure time bomb