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Japan Times
LIFE / Travel
Mar 19, 2016
Battle of Sekigahara: a war set in stone
The open valley basins of Gifu Prefecture at the very center of Honshu, where the town of Sekigahara lies, were easily co-opted as theaters of war. It's no coincidence, given the martial history of the region, that the town of Seki was once known as the premier sword-making spot in the country.
JAPAN
Dec 9, 2015
Ginowan mayor wants Disney facility built after Futenma base closes; Suga supportive
The mayor of the Okinawa city aims to build a Disney Resort on land to be vacated after the base is replaced, with Tokyo's expressed support.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 13, 2015
Okinawa governor revokes approval for U.S. base relocation work at Henoko
Takeshi Onaga officially revokes approval for landfill work to replace a key U.S. military base in his prefecture.
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 9, 2015
Technology key to clinching overseas projects, new infrastructure minister says
Japan should keep promoting its high technological standards when pushing for infrastructure projects overseas, despite a recent loss to China on bidding for Indonesia's first high-speed railway, the new land, infrastructure, transport and tourism minister said Friday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 3, 2015
Tokyo Disneyland operator to open fourth hotel in June in Chiba
The operator of the Disney theme parks in Japan said Wednesday it will open its fourth hotel near Tokyo next June, encouraged by the growing popularity of the existing three hotels.
BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 21, 2015
Toyota to add 1,400 workers for new Prius and Land Cruiser
Toyota Motor Corp. plans to add about 1,400 workers at factories in Japan as the automaker ramps up production of Prius hybrids and Land Cruiser SUVs, people familiar with the matter said.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Jul 7, 2015
Enjoy something new under the sun at Japan's outdoor art festivals
There's no excuse to stay indoors this summer when so many regions in Japan are offering great outdoor art festivals. Here's a few that we think are worth putting on the sun lotion for.
BUSINESS / Economy
Jul 1, 2015
Land prices rise in 10 prefectures, but overall trend is down
Land prices in Japan rose in 10 prefectures over the year to Jan. 1, the National Tax Agency said in an annual report released Wednesday. In the previous year of measurement, prices rose in eight prefectures.
JAPAN
Jun 15, 2015
Key aviation official loses computer while sleeping on train
The transport ministry says one of its senior officials lost a bag containing a work computer used and a list of emergency contact information for ministry staff, another embarrassment for the government following a recent massive leak of pension data.
Japan Times
WORLD
May 11, 2015
Nigerians returning home after surviving Boko Haram onslaught face hunger, land mines
Since Nigeria's army began clearing large areas of the country's northeast from Boko Haram, some of the 1.5 million internally displaced people have started returning home. But thousands could now face severe food shortages as reconstruction lags behind.
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 4, 2015
Impose a land tax to fight inequality in the U.S.
Henry George advocated forcefully for a land tax in his 1879 book, 'Progress and Poverty.' More than 135 years later, perhaps its time is ripe.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jan 7, 2015
Snow forecast takes Holy Land by storm
With memories still fresh of the Holy Land's worst storm in 50 years last winter, Israelis and Palestinians stocked up on supplies for a forecast heavy snowfall on Tuesday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Jan 5, 2015
'Abenomics' property boost shrinks back to Tokyo
An economic rebound and loose money policy under Prime Minister Shinzo Abe briefly halted a long slide in Japan's commercial property market, but the benefits of "Abenomics" appear increasingly limited to Tokyo, leaving a moribund hinterland.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Oct 8, 2014
Court turns down damages suit over quake-caused land liquefaction in Chiba Prefecture
The Tokyo District Court on Wednesday turned down a damages suit against the nation's biggest real estate developer and other defendants over the liquefaction of residential land in Chiba Prefecture caused by the deadly March 11, 2011, earthquake.
EDITORIALS
Sep 24, 2014
Checkered land-price spread
Reports of continued declines in land prices suggest that the benefits of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's fight against deflation have yet to reach many of Japan's rural economies.
BUSINESS / Economy
Sep 18, 2014
Land prices rebound in Tokyo, Osaka, Nagoya but continue nationwide slide
Residential land prices in the Tokyo, Osaka and Nagoya areas posted their first rise in six years in the year to July 1, while prices for commercial land in three largest metropolitan regions also rose on average, the government said Thursday.
EDITORIALS
Aug 29, 2014
Ready or not for disaster
The landslides this month that devoured houses in the hilly outskirts of the city of Hiroshima, killing at least 72 people, illustrate the risk of assuming that disaster-prepared measures introduced under central government policy are in place when it may take years for local authorities to implement them.
BUSINESS / Economy
Jul 1, 2014
Tax agency says nation's land prices fell for 6th year, but at slower pace
Land prices in Japan as of Jan. 1 declined an average 0.7 percent from a year earlier for the sixth straight yearly fall but the margin of decline narrowed from last year's 1.8 percent, the National Tax Agency said in its annual report released Tuesday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 4, 2014
Mori eyes ¥1 trillion in projects ahead of Games
Mori Building Co., Japan's largest closely held developer, is planning projects in central Tokyo worth an estimated ¥1 trillion with its partners, as the city prepares for the Olympic Games in 2020.
BUSINESS / Companies
Apr 28, 2014
Oriental Land to sink ¥500 billion into Disney parks, other businesses
Oriental Land Co., operator of the Disney theme parks in Japan, said Monday that it will invest ¥500 billion over the next 10 years into its amusement and related operations.
Biden calls ally Japan ‘xenophobic’ along with rivals China and Russia
U.S. President Joe Biden speaks in Syracuse, New York, on April 25.
Yen swings stir talk that Japan is in the FX market once again
An electronic screen in Tokyo displays the yen exchange rate against the U.S. dollar and the graph showing its recent swings, on Thursday.
Harajuku strives to reclaim its former glory — and surpass it
Laforet Harajuku, which celebrated its 45th anniversary last year, has been a witness to the district's evolution over the years.
Weak yen fattens tourist wallets in Japan
People visit the Ameya Yokocho market in Tokyo's Ueno district during the Golden Week holiday on Tuesday.
Japan's May 1 intervention may have cost ¥3.66 trillion, BOJ data suggests
An electronic screen displays a graph showing Japanese yen exchange rates surging against the dollar amid signs of intervention by authorities, in Tokyo on Thursday.
Kishida sets sights on energy and climate in South America trip
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will use a policy speech in Sao Paulo to set out his vision for ties between Japan and South America, almost 10 years after former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe advocated for stronger ties between the two in the same city.
Yellow sand allergy: A health issue made worse by climate change
A screenshot of the Meteorological Agency's satellite image of clouds and yellow sand (in pink) on Sunday.
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.

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