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Japan Times
WORLD
Apr 1, 2023
Japan's imperial agency launches public relations office
The Imperial Household Agency on Saturday established a formal press relations office to revamp its public outreach.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 25, 2023
Imperial Palace street opened for cherry blossom viewing
The general public is allowed to visit the street until April 2, with no advance reservation required. It is open between 9 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. each day.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Dec 9, 2022
Empress Masako reflects on half a lifetime as imperial family member as she turns 59
Reflecting on the past year's events, the empress said the outbreak of international conflicts and natural disasters 'weighed heavily on my heart.'
Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 30, 2021
Husband of Japanese former princess fails New York bar exam, source says
Kei Komuro, the husband of former princess Mako, failed the New York bar exam, a source close to the matter said Saturday.
Japan Times
JAPAN / FOCUS
Oct 25, 2021
Imperial Household Agency criticized for media strategy — or lack thereof
In the era of social media, the agency's stiff and out-of-date approach to media strategy may have poured gasoline on a fire.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 16, 2021
Princess Mako's partner Kei Komuro plans return from U.S. ahead of wedding
The government had stated that the pair are looking to register their marriage in October.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Sep 7, 2021
Japan household spending rose 0.7% in July, but capped by virus surge
In June the ministry revised up its figure for that month by 0.8% after changing the method it uses to calculate the consumer price index.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 1, 2021
Princess Mako to marry boyfriend Kei Komuro by the end of the year
The marriage between the couple, who are both 29, has been postponed for more than two years following reports of trouble between Komuro's mother and her former fiance over money.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Nov 6, 2020
September household spending down 10.2%, affected by 2019 tax hike
The monthly drop was the sharpest since the 16.2% plunge logged in May, the largest decrease since comparable data became available in January 2001.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Oct 9, 2020
Japan August household spending down 6.9% on year amid pandemic
Average spending in real terms by households with two or more people stood at u00a5276,360 ($2,600), according to the Internal Affairs and Communications Ministry.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 7, 2020
Japan's Imperial Household Agency on full alert against coronavirus outbreak
The Imperial Household Agency is taking precautions against the new coronavirus to protect the emperor and other members of the imperial family from infection as concern grows over the outbreak.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Dec 17, 2019
Ex-police bureaucrat Yasuhiko Nishimura promoted to imperial household chief
Yasuhiko Nishimura, a former top police bureaucrat, was promoted to head of the Imperial Household Agency on Tuesday after serving in the No. 2 post.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Dec 6, 2019
Household spending takes 5.1% dive as Japanese tighten purse strings after tax hike
October's larger than expected spending dip was the first in almost a year as disasters and the emergence of a 10 percent consumption tax prompted consumers to cut back.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Oct 8, 2019
Japan's household spending rises for ninth month but wages fall
Household spending rose for the ninth straight month in August, offering some relief for Japan's export-dependent economy amid weak global demand and the protracted U.S.-China trade war.
BUSINESS
Sep 20, 2019
Falling share prices pushed Japanese household assets down 0.1% in June
Financial assets held by Japanese households stood at ¥1.86 quadrillion ($17.2 trillion) at the end of June, down 0.1 percent from a year earlier, due largely to a drop in stock prices, the Bank of Japan said Friday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Mar 8, 2019
Japan's household spending rises 2.0% in January, up for second month
Spending by households rose 2.0 percent from a year earlier in January, up for the second straight month on more expenditure on home renovations, government data showed Friday.
Japan Times
JAPAN / History / FOCUS
Feb 21, 2019
Crown Prince Naruhito likely to stay close to the people upon becoming Japan's first emperor born after the war
In June 2011, three months after savage tsunami devastated Japan's northeast coastline, Crown Prince Naruhito and Crown Princess Masako were visiting Miyagi — one of the three hardest-hit prefectures — to get a firsthand look at the gut-wrenching aftermath of the disaster and commiserate with evacuees caught in the throes of shock, despair and grief.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Feb 8, 2019
Household spending in Japan inched up 0.1% in December, rising for first time in four months
Households increased their spending for the first time in four months in December, with more expenditure on electric appliances. An extra national holiday in the reporting month compared with a year earlier also played a role.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Jan 11, 2019
Japan household spending falls for third straight month in November
Japanese households cut spending for the third straight month in November as unseasonably warm weather reduced the need for heating and winter clothing.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Nov 23, 2018
Stone pavement find at Daisen Kofun, Japan's largest ancient tomb, makes it 'overwhelmingly unique'
Excavation work at Emperor Nintoku's grave in Osaka Prefecture reveals one of its surrounding greenbelts, not just the tomb itself, was paved with stones.
'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.
Over 40% of Japan's municipalities at risk of vanishing, study finds
Of 1,729 local municipalities nationwide, 744 have been identified as being at risk of disappearing.
Princess Aiko makes debut at imperial garden party
Princess Aiko attends an imperial garden party in Tokyo on Tuesday.
Yen inches closer to intervention point as BOJ meeting starts
The rate of the yen against the U.S. dollar is displayed in the trading room at foreign exchange brokerage Gaitame.com in Tokyo on Thursday.
'Sugar Baby Riri' gets nine-year prison term over romance scam
Mai Watanabe, who went by the moniker “Sugar Baby Riri,” dated older men and swindled them out of money by telling them fictitious heartbreaking stories about herself to gain their sympathy.
For amateur sumo, a fresh start offers hope against time-wasting and gamesmanship
Wrestlers prepare for the start of a bout at the 2023 Sumo World Championships in Tokyo. Starting this month, placing one hand on the clay first is no longer allowed.
LDP veteran Nikai's youngest son expected to succeed him in Wakayama
Toshihiro Nikai, former secretary-general of the Liberal Democratic Party, announced in March that he would not run in the next Lower House election to take responsibility for the political funds scandal that rocked his party and his own faction.
New workers name Shohei Ohtani as 'dream boss' for two years running
Shohei Ohtani has been overwhelmingly voted as the “dream boss” for people who started working in April, according to a survey.
A craft beer crawl through Tokyo’s top bars, brewpubs and dives
If all you drink is Asahi, Sapporo and Kirin, you're depriving yourself of some of the best craft beer Tokyo has to offer — and there sure is a lot of it out there.
'Sugar Baby Riri' gets nine-year prison term over romance scam
Mai Watanabe, who went by the moniker “Sugar Baby Riri,” dated older men and swindled them out of money by telling them fictitious heartbreaking stories about herself to gain their sympathy.

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