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BIG IN JAPAN

JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
Oct 14, 2012
Women in their 40s have it better than men
It was a shock and a disappointment to learn, courtesy of a survey released in August by the Dai-ichi Life Research Institute, that men in their 40s are the unhappiest people in Japan. Who are the happiest? This is even more surprising: men in their 80s. That gives younger men something to look forward...
JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
Oct 7, 2012
Tabloids return fire, urge China business pullout
On Sept. 29, the 40th anniversary of the restoration of diplomatic relations between China and Japan, Sankei Shimbun editorial writer Ryutaro Kobayashi asked how it would be possible for Japan to continue discussions with a China that had "lost its national dignity."
JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
Sep 30, 2012
What nightmares may come, when we shuffle onto an immortal coil
"In 20 years human beings will neither die nor age."
JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
Sep 23, 2012
No trusting those who descend from heaven
Just for fun, try this whimsical little experiment: search the Japan Times website for "regain trust." It's an expression that recurs so often, and has such a long history, you'd almost think it meant something.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
Sep 16, 2012
Getting food on tables is increasingly difficult
The cover of Nikkei Business of Aug. 27 carried a photograph of a sirloin steak atop a sizzling platter. The meat was artfully trimmed to form the shape of the Japanese archipelago.
JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
Sep 9, 2012
Joy among the clouds and shadows
Yoko Sakata was an ordinary "office lady," not earning much and not aspiring to much, when she began suspecting her boyfriend of having an affair. She hired a private detective, who confirmed her fears and then paid her a compliment: "You have good intuition." He offered her a job. She grabbed it. That...
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
Sep 2, 2012
Will the Takeshima dispute break the Korean wave?
"There's something sad, when a political problem goes so far as to spill over to the entertainment industry," rues journalist Kaoru Kikuchi in Sunday Mainichi (Sep. 9).
JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
Aug 26, 2012
Complacency perished in the Fukushima nuclear disaster
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JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
Aug 19, 2012
Yakuza face new battles within and without
The nation's largest underworld syndicate, the Kobe-based Yamaguchi-gumi, is 97 years old.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
Aug 12, 2012
Seeking eternal youth in an aging society
Here's an idea: we all retire at 40.
JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
Aug 5, 2012
Steamy, sleepless nights grind down the nation
Sleeping-goods manufacturer Nishikawa Sangyo Co. Ltd., founded in Omi Province (modern-day Shiga Prefecture) in 1566, got its start in business selling mosquito netting. The company's Tokyo retail outlet, on the opposite side of the Nihonbashi Bridge from the Mitsukoshi department store, has been in...
JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
Jul 29, 2012
Who can we vote for to avoid the worst-case scenario?
"Japan's Worst-Case Scenarios" — that's the title of the lead feature in the July issue of the monthly Takarajima. No one writing on such a theme need fear a shortage of material. The magazine easily fills 40 pages analyzing catastrophes and catastrophes-in-waiting: Tokyo leveled by a magnitude...
JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
Jul 22, 2012
Spies and their watchers in a tense war of nerves
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JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
Jul 15, 2012
Aging Village shows the way with switch to solar
Eighty kilometers from Oi, Fukui Prefecture, is the village of Sanno, Hyogo Prefecture — 11 households, population 42, average age 60 plus.
JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
Jul 8, 2012
Attitudes hardening toward the welfare state
Last March, the number of individuals receiving seikatsu hogo (financial assistance from the government) exceeded 2.1 million people, the first time the record had been surpassed since 1951. Payouts this year are likely to exceed ¥3.7 trillion.
JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
Jul 1, 2012
The land where sex fears to tread
No love, no sex, no marriage, no kids — such, in glum outline, is Japan today. It's too bleak a picture, it can't be true! But it can't be false either. If it were, people would be marrying, making babies and having love affairs. Instead, statistics reflecting everything from marriage and childbirth...
JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
Jun 24, 2012
The doomsday cult of 9-to-5 depression
One of the enduring mysteries of the Aum Shinrikyo atrocities of the 1990s is the ease with which the cult attracted members. The arrest this month of the last two fugitives allegedly involved in Aum's fatal 1995 sarin gas assault on the Tokyo subway system recalls the whole ghastly episode, together...
JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
Jun 17, 2012
Social networking, online games in Japan media's sights
While much attention overseas has been focused on the ups and downs (mostly downs) of Facebook's recent initial public offering, the Japanese media have been subjecting online gaming and social networks to increasingly critical scrutiny. The issues raised range from complaints over lax privacy safeguards...
JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
Jun 10, 2012
It's not that easy to quit
"If you don't like it, quit."
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
Jun 3, 2012
Hashimoto: A man with a plan, or dictator with an agenda?
Thirty years ago, while a program director at NHK, Nobuo Ikeda oversaw a panel discussion on the merits of adopting a federated political system. Among the panelists were several influential politicians, including Morihiro Hosokawa, then-governor of Kumamoto Prefecture and later prime minister, and Takahiro...
Japanese stripper bids to have her porn movies taken off internet
Plaintiff Miyuki Ariga (left) speaks at a news conference along with her lawyer, Yoshitomo Morohashi, after filing a lawsuit at the Tokyo District Court on Monday.
Kishida defends planned rule to revoke foreigners' residency
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida speaks during a meeting of the Lower House Judicial Affairs Committee on Wednesday.
Human bone-like objects found at Nippon Steel plant’s molten iron pot, with one worker missing
Police believe it’s highly possible that human bones found in a molten iron pot at Nippon Steel's Oita factory belong to a missing male employee.
Was Onosato's defeat of Terunofuji an era-defining bout?
Onosato (right) defeats Terunofuji at the Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo on May 12. While nothing in sumo is guaranteed, it seems almost inevitable that Onosato is destined for the top of the sport's pyramid.
Man suspected of using smart glasses to cheat on Waseda University exams
The Waseda University campus in Tokyo. An 18-year-old male test-taker is suspected of using smart glasses to cheat during the university's entrance exam.
Japanese billionaire sues Meta over investment scams using his image
Entrepreneurs Yusaku Maezawa (second from right) and Takafumi Horie (third from right) attend a study session on fake social media ads and investment scams at the Liberal Democratic Party headquarters in Tokyo on April 10.
Japanese rap creates its mecca in Pop Yours
Tokyo-based artist Jumadiba says he forgoes the label of simply “rap” for his music because the Japanese rap scene isn’t confined to a particular sound.
Who’s toughest on China? Biden’s tariff tactic ups ante as election looms.
U.S. President Joe Biden speaks about new actions to protect American workers and businesses from China's "unfair" trade practices, in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington on Tuesday.
Was Onosato's defeat of Terunofuji an era-defining bout?
Onosato (right) defeats Terunofuji at the Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo on May 12. While nothing in sumo is guaranteed, it seems almost inevitable that Onosato is destined for the top of the sport's pyramid.
Ishin struggles to set itself apart from other parties
Nippon Ishin no Kai Secretary-General Fumitake Fujita (right) speaks beside Yui Kanazawa, the party's candidate in the Tokyo 15th district by-election on April 28. Nippon Ishin lost in this by-election as well as another in Nagasaki held on the same day.

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