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FAIR

Japan Times
JAPAN / GENERATIONAL CHANGE
May 4, 2014
Jewelry innovator Shiraki puts ethics at the heart of beauty
Natsuko Shiraki, a jewelry designer and CEO of Tokyo-based jeweler Hasuna Co., vividly remembers the shocking experience in southern India that changed her life.
JAPAN
Mar 31, 2014
Fair-trade advocates look forward
Promoters of fair-trade towns say their inclusive approach to developing and spreading ethical consumption will help solve wealth inequalities at the global, national and local levels.
JAPAN
Mar 28, 2014
Kumamoto hosting conference to push fair trade movement
An international conference of "fair-trade towns" opened with preliminary events Friday in the city of Kumamoto — the first time the gathering has been held outside Europe — as campaigners look to nurture the ethical consumption movement in Asia.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Mar 13, 2014
31 companies join Tokyo job fair for Saudi students
Saudi students received briefings from around 30 companies Thursday at a job fair organized by the Saudi Arabian Embassy in Tokyo.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Mar 8, 2014
Scenes from Art Fair Tokyo 2014
Scenes from Art Fair Tokyo 2014 (March 7-9), Japan's largest gallery art event (photos by Mio Yamada).
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Mar 6, 2014
All-genre focus is the key to Art Fair Tokyo's success
It is difficult to criticize Art Fair Tokyo, the commercial art fair that celebrates its ninth edition at Tokyo International Forum in Yurakucho this weekend. Truth be told, it's a wonder that the event has reached nine editions at all, what with the inherent fickleness of the art market and Japan's interminably sluggish economy — not to mention the financial crisis of 2007 and the Great East Japan Earthquake and nuclear disaster of 2011.
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JAPAN
Mar 4, 2014
Railway agency officials face bid rigging charges
Prosecutors plan to build a case against senior officials of a government-backed railway construction agency over alleged bid rigging in connection with projects for the Hokuriku bullet train line, sources said Tuesday.
EDITORIALS
Mar 3, 2014
Taxing adjustments ahead
With the consumption tax hike set to rise in less than a month, the government must make sure the hike doesn't lead to unfair transaction practices between large firms and their subcontractors and suppliers.
JAPAN
Feb 19, 2014
Forum offers chance to learn about working for NPO
People who want to work for a nonprofit organization will have a chance Saturday to learn firsthand what the job entails at the NPO Shigoto Forum 2014 in Tokyo, a job fair focusing on nonprofits and nongovernmental organizations.
JAPAN / BULLETIN BOARD
Jan 6, 2014
Tokyo job fair to help students from Southeast Asia
A job fair for students from Southeast Asian countries seeking employment in Japan will be held Sunday in Tokyo. Recruiters from various industries, such as manufacturing, travel, transportation and retail, will be in attendance.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 12, 2013
Japan pavilion promotes firms at Baghdad fair
A Japan pavilion opened Friday at an ongoing international trade fair in Baghdad, becoming the biggest in terms of the number of companies featured.
Japan Times
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
Sep 5, 2013
Manga fans to gather in Kyoto for annual fair
Kyoto is well-known for temples, geisha and other pieces of Japan's past. This weekend, though, the city will be abuzz with the country's present treasured artifacts.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 4, 2013
Peng Liyuan, Chinese leader Xi's wife, callled best-dressed first lady
In the love-hate U.S.-China relationship, there has been no shortage of competition: cyberwars, currency wars, intellectual property wars and, most recently, the tug-of-war over a certain asylum-seeking leaker of secrets.
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 14, 2013
It takes a global village to ensure fair, safe trade
It takes a global village to ensure health, safety and fair wages for the factory workers who make the goods in most demand by the developed world.
BUSINESS
May 30, 2013
Japanese companies skip Beijing trade fair amid political tensions
The number of Japanese entries in an international services trade fair that opened in Beijing on Tuesday is sharply down from last year amid lingering political tensions.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / YEN FOR LIVING
Mar 30, 2012
How much money do rice farmers need to make from farming?
Since most Japanese farmers are part-timers, TPP may have little effect on their real income.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / YEN FOR LIVING
Nov 15, 2011
Fair Trade turns from a movement into a brand
Are products with the Fair Trade logo targeted at certain types of consumers?
Japan Times
BUSINESS / YEN FOR LIVING
Oct 1, 2009
Motherhouse: beyond Fair Trade
By cutting out the middlemen, Tokyo-based Motherhouse has found a way to make the Fair Trade system work like it's supposed to.

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