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BUSINESS / Companies
Nov 15, 2018
Rock, investment, paper: Goldman Sachs to buy stake in startup making paper from limestone
Goldman Sachs Group Inc. is buying a stake in TBM Co., a startup that has become known for its technology that turns limestone into paper.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 30, 2018
Teachers and medical staff among professions most at risk of overwork in Japan, government white paper finds
Educators at schools nationwide work more than 11 hours per day on average while senior school staff were found to have worked even longer.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Oct 24, 2018
Tokyo researchers’ Paper Digest makes academic jargon a cinch
They come from very different worlds, yet have remarkably similar tales to tell. One hails from Takasaki, Gunma Prefecture, while the other was brought up in the shadows of the Merendon mountains in the Sula Valley of northwestern Honduras.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Aug 28, 2018
Japan's assessment of North Korea threat unchanged despite Kim-Trump summit: annual defense paper
Pyongyang has already deployed Rodong ballistic missiles and the country may have already succeeded in producing nuclear warheads small enough to fit on those missiles, the ministry warned.
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle
Jul 29, 2018
'Paper sommelier' hopes to help revive Japan's washi industry
Yoshinao Sugihara, head of a traditional paper wholesaler in Echizen, Fukui Prefecture, takes the use of washi paper to a new level in interior design.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jun 20, 2018
Japan manufacturers boosted by higher demand for toilet paper from surge in foreign tourists
Paper manufacturers were anticipating the industry would shrink due to Japan's declining population, but are instead expanding output due to an unexpected boost from tourism and the increased demand for toilet paper that has followed.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jun 5, 2018
Japan's tourism boom is spreading economic benefits to rural areas: report
More foreign tourists are visiting the countryside, bringing a positive impact across the country, with over 40 percent of stays in 2017 outside Tokyo, Osaka and Nagoya.
Japan Times
JAPAN
May 29, 2018
More Japanese eating alone amid aging society: report
A government white paper says more people are eating alone for more than half the week, mirroring a rise in the number of single-person households due to a falling birthrate, an aging society and changes in household composition.
JAPAN
Feb 19, 2018
Japan to link ODA to promotion of its 'Indo-Pacific' strategy
Japan plans to use foreign aid distributed to developing countries as part of a bid to promote its "free and open Indo-Pacific" strategy, according to the draft annual paper on its official development assistance, sources said.
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle / CHILD'S PLAY
Feb 18, 2018
Washi workshop: Good on paper, better firsthand
"Mummy, where does paper come from?" This was a question recently asked by my young daughter that was easier to answer than her usual string of whats and whys ("Do insects cry?" and "Why were we born?" among them).
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Nov 17, 2017
Reported crimes in Japan fell below 1 million mark last year
The overall number of crimes committed in Japan continued to drop in 2016, falling below the 1 million mark for the first time in the postwar era, according to the annual White Paper on Crime released Friday by the Justice Ministry.
Japan Times
JAPAN / CHUBU CONNECTION
Sep 18, 2017
Nagoya teen brings 100 paper insects to life at an art exhibit
With just a pair of scissors and plain drawing paper, Shinichiro Ishikawa, a 15-year-old high school student from Nagoya, can quickly create lifelike cutouts of insects such as a pink mantis poised to take down its prey or a yellow swallowtail butterfly with its wings spread wide.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Aug 8, 2017
Japan Defense Ministry warns of North Korean nuclear, missile advances in annual report
White paper cites deep concern over reclusive state's recent advances in ICBM technology, while also hitting China for its maritime expansion.
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle
Jul 15, 2017
Kamiko: Growing paper clothes in rural Japan
A small community in Miyagi Prefecture is struggling to continue making one of its most-famous craft exports — Shiroishi handmade paper and paper clothes
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 16, 2017
Squeezing paper from a stone: an entrepreneur's approach to ease deforestation
Stone tablets were one of the earliest writing tools used by man before paper. One entrepreneur now plans to take things full circle by making paper out of stone.
Japan Times
ENVIRONMENT
Jun 10, 2017
Plastic fantastic: How does Tokyo recycle its waste?
The next time you trek out to the Tokyo Regional Immigration Bureau, situated on the fringes of Shinagawa along Tokyo Bay, look around and you'll see a giant smokestack by the Konan Ohashi Bridge. The visa-dispensing center, essential for foreign nationals who want to live in Tokyo, stands right by a garbage factory. However, the Minato Incineration Plant plays a key role in efforts to promote sustainable living in the capital: It houses a state-of-the-art recycling plant.
COMMENTARY / World
May 23, 2017
World should think twice before abolishing cash
No one's talking about the real motivations behind demonetization.
BUSINESS
May 23, 2017
Japan's agriculture more corporate, attracting younger farmers, white paper says
Japan's agricultural sector has seen a major shift from family-owned businesses to corporate operators employing a growing number of younger farmers, according to the fiscal 2016 white paper on agriculture approved by the Cabinet on Tuesday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 26, 2017
Hiroshima A-bomb museum building reopens, with full renovation to finish in 2018
The east building of the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum reopened Wednesday following renovations that include a new multimedia display showing images of the city before and after the U.S. bombing in 1945.
Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design / ON: DESIGN
Apr 2, 2017
Design your own beginner's luck
Spring is here, a time of change and a new starts. Here are a few hobby ideas designed to make it that little bit easier for beginners.
When will Japan intervene to support the yen?
Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki has reiterated the government's readiness to take an appropriate action as the yen continues to slide against the U.S. dollar.
'So hot you can't breathe': Extreme heat hits the Philippines
A pedestrian cools himself with a folding hand fan as he waits for a ride along a road in Manila on Wednesday, as extreme heat hit the Philippines.
Raising kids in Japan as a single parent? It takes a village.
Making things work as a foreign, single mother in Japan isn't easy, but these tips and tricks can help you through the hardest parts.
Yen rebounds strongly after first slide past ¥160 since 1990
The yen dropped to ¥160.245 per dollar on Monday before heading into the other direction to ¥155.01 amid speculation of an intervention by Japanese currency authorities.
JAL cancels international flight after captain gets drunk at Dallas hotel
A Japan Airlines' flight from Dallas to Tokyo was canceled last week after its captain got drunk at a local hotel.
Climate change, chalky grains and the risks for Japan’s rice farmers
A farmer plants seedlings in Satsumasendai, Kagoshima Prefecture. Japan’s self sufficiency rate for rice is nearly 100%, compared with 38% for food overall, on a calorie basis.
Japan wants you to spend more with ‘luxury tourism’
Performers play a traditional drum unique to Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, in the prefectural capital of Kanazawa on March 16 to mark the extension of the Hokuriku Shinkansen line to Tsuruga Station in Fukui Prefecture.
Theaster Gates’ ambitious ‘Afro-Mingei’ brings Black Chicago to Tokyo
Theaster Gates' “A Heavenly Chord” lines up church pews before seven speakers and a Hammond B3 organ, a type of electric organ prevalent in Black American churches.
Casa del Cibo: A thriving jewel born from Tohoku’s harsh past
When chef Ryohei Ikemi moved to Hachinohe, Aomori Prefecture, and opened Casa del Cibo in 2011, it was the first proper Italian restaurant in the city.
Town to block view of Mount Fuji in response to overtourism
The town government of Fujikawaguchiko, Yamanashi Prefecture, decided to set up a 2.5-meter-high screen to prevent tourists from taking pictures of Mount Fuji looming behind a convenience store.

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