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Japan Times
SUMO / INSIDE SUMO
Aug 14, 2019
Sumo wrestlers beat heat and make new fans at summer camps
For many, the words "training camp" and "summer" are synonymous with American football and particularly the NFL.
Japan Times
SUMO
Jul 17, 2019
Sumo 101: Regional tours
An oft-heard refrain from fans new to sumo is that wrestlers get paid huge sums for just a few seconds work each day.
EDITORIALS
Jun 25, 2019
Regional revitalization agenda revisited
The government needs to reconsider its efforts to achieve regional revitalization.
EDITORIALS
May 11, 2019
Regional banks in trouble
The worsening performance of regional banks bodes ill for the companies and other borrowers that sustain regional economies.
JAPAN
Dec 18, 2018
Japan to boost aid to major cities except Tokyo as it looks to revitalize other regions
The government presented a proposal on Tuesday to revise its regional revitalization strategy, including strengthened support for major cities outside the Tokyo metropolitan area.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Nov 19, 2018
Regional banks' profit woes could damage financial system, Japan's central banker warns
Bank of Japan Gov. Haruhiko Kuroda warned Monday that declining profits at regional banks could hurt the economy by potentially destabilizing the financial system.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Nov 12, 2018
Despite depopulation, only 14.6% in Japan feel local communities should accept foreign workers: survey
While more than half of Japanese feel that their communities are shrinking, only about 14 percent believe it is necessary for society to actively accept foreign workers and those wishing to settle in order to keep their regions going, a survey has found.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Nov 6, 2018
Osaka immigration facility locked 17 detainees in room for six 'to keep order'
The Osaka Regional Immigration Bureau locked 17 foreign detainees in a room for six people for about 24 hours after they acted aggressively, officials said Monday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 23, 2018
'Don't blame BOJ,' FSA chief Toshihide Endo tells struggling regional banks
The nation's top financial regulator said regional banks "should not blame the Bank of Japan" for their woes, urging them to explore ways to survive ultralow interest rates.
BUSINESS / Economy
Aug 9, 2018
BOJ's higher JGB yield said too low for regional lenders to switch strategies
The yields on Japan's benchmark bond are still too low to lead to any change in investment strategies for regional lenders, even after the central bank permitted a higher trading range, according to managers and traders at the companies.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 11, 2018
Banking veteran slams Japanese banks' fixation on archaic trading methods
Regional banks need to stop their fixation with the old-fashioned buy-and-hold strategy and be more nimble to make the most of their investments, a three-decade industry veteran says.
BUSINESS
Jun 6, 2018
Japan's financial regulators mull inspections of regional banks' money laundering measures
Japan's financial regulators are considering on-site inspections of regional banks that do not have sufficient steps in place against money laundering, sources with knowledge of the plan said Wednesday.
BUSINESS
Jan 29, 2018
Japan's rural regions turn to 'sharing economy' to offer residents valuable services
Business practices collectively known as the "sharing economy" are offering new ways for local and prefectural governments to address problems such as aging populations and scarce job opportunities.
BUSINESS / Economy
Jan 15, 2018
Japan's regional economies improve amid strong exports and domestic spending: BOJ
Japan's regional economies are on firmer ground amid robust overseas demand for electronics and increased domestic consumer spending, the Bank of Japan said Monday.
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JAPAN
Feb 7, 2017
Trainee program, small firms drive rise in Japan's foreign worker numbers
The official number of foreign workers in Japan has surpassed 1 million for the first time, thanks in part to aggressive employment by regional companies and small businesses to cope with the labor shortage.
Japan Times
JAPAN / EXPLAINER
Jan 30, 2017
Japan breathes new life into regional, non-U.S. trade pact
With U.S. President Donald Trump's formal decision to withdraw from the long controversial American-led Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement, attention in the Asia-Pacific region is turning toward making renewed efforts to complete a separate multilateral trade agreement that excludes the U.S. — the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics / FOCUS
Nov 6, 2016
Anxious Abe eager to strike while TPP iron is hot
While several Trans-Pacific Partnership countries have taken a cautious approach ahead of Tuesday's U.S. presidential election, which could alter the fate of the free trade pact, Japan has instead been stepping up its efforts toward ratifying the deal.
EDITORIALS
Nov 5, 2016
FSA policy on regional banks
The Financial Services Agency will have to thread a narrow line as it urges regional banks to boost their lending to small and medium-size firms.
EDITORIALS
Sep 8, 2016
Encouraging banks to lend more
A new FSA policy is aimed at encouraging regional banks to fund promising business projects and turn struggling local economies around.
EDITORIALS
Sep 7, 2016
Relocating government functions
The Abe administration must take a stronger lead in pushing forward the decentralization of some national government functions if it is really serious about pursuing the project.
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.

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