Style & Design | ON: DESIGN Aug 25, 2019
Enhancing the power of a flower
by Mio Yamada
From elegant bud vases to innovative color-changing vessels, ceramists in Japan prove you don't need an elaborate bouquet to highlight flowers in the home.
Commentary Nov 7, 2011
Wrong timing by the Euro-skeptics
by Timos Mastoris, Echowake, Aki, Toshi, Joshua Walker, Lucian Bebchuk, Alma Cohen, Michael J. Boskin, George Akerlof, Rachel Kranton and Tina Burrett
For Britain's Euro-skeptics, the current eurozone crisis has an air of inevitability and opportunity. The crisis validates their view of the single currency as a straitjacket forcing disparate economies into an unworkable union. "We told you so", crow Britain's anti-European politicians, goaded on by their ...
Editorials Jul 5, 2011
On July 1, the government started imposing a 15 percent power consumption cut on large-lot users serviced by Tokyo Electric Power Co. and Tohoku Electric Power Co. Small-lot users, including households, are also called on to reduce power consumption by 15 percent. Other power ...
Editorials Nov 5, 2009
Officially, the Great Recession is over, at least for the United States. That nation's economy recorded 3.5 percent annual growth for the third quarter of 2009. Japan is also showing signs of an uptick in its economic fortunes. It is too early to celebrate, ...