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TAKESHI

JAPAN / Politics
Sep 12, 2014
Fukushima vice governor throws hat into gubernatorial race
Fukushima Vice Gov. Masao Uchibori said Thursday he will run in next month's gubernatorial election to fill the shoes of Gov. Yuhei Sato, who has declined to seek a third term.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 10, 2014
Naha mayor to run for Okinawa governor on anti-base relocation platform
Naha Mayor Takeshi Onaga said Wednesday he will run in the Okinawa gubernatorial election in November, on a platform of opposition to the planned relocation of a U.S. military base within the prefecture.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Sep 5, 2014
Keidanren, Suntory chiefs named to economic advisory panel
Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga said Friday confirmed that the head of the nation's most powerful business lobby and the incoming president of brewer Suntory Holdings Ltd. will join the government's key economic advisory panel.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Sep 3, 2014
A quarter century of Japanese films in review
In 25 years of reviewing Japanese films and interviewing Japanese filmmakers for this newspaper, I've written 1 million words, give or take a few. This is clearly something no normal person would do, but for me it beats working.
Japan Times
ENVIRONMENT
Aug 27, 2014
Japanese tree doctors make house call to save famous Taiwan maple
On July 25, Tokuo Yamashita and Yoshihisa Kawaguchi flew to Taitung County in southeastern Taiwan to rescue a tree.
JAPAN / Politics
Aug 18, 2014
BOJ official to run in Fukushima gubernatorial election
A Bank of Japan official has announced he will run in October's Fukushima gubernatorial election, at the request of the Liberal Democratic Party, in the first contest to pick the prefecture's governor since the 2011 nuclear disaster.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Jul 30, 2014
Lost in a dingy maze of booze, sex and crime
Golden-gai, a warren of tiny bars near Shinjuku's Kabukicho entertainment district, has long been a refuge for writers, musicians, filmmakers and other artistic types, who congregate at drinking establishments with like-minded patrons. The area also has a seedier, less reputable side, which is graphically...
BUSINESS
Jul 24, 2014
Japan should replace risk-averse managers to prosper, Abe adviser says
Japanese businesses need different managers who are more willing to take risks as the country emerges from 15 years of deflation that hampered innovation, according to Takeshi Niinami, chairman of Lawson Inc.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Books
Jul 12, 2014
Meet the Japanese author behind Tom Cruise's new sci-fi smash
You might be surprised to hear that the latest Tom Cruise science-fiction epic, "Edge of Tomorrow," which hit theaters here recently, has a Japanese pedigree. It is based on the short novel "All You Need is Kill" by award-winning author Hiroshi Sakurazaka.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 1, 2014
Lawson chairman Niinami nominated as new Suntory president
Suntory Holdings Ltd. said Tuesday it has nominated Takeshi Niinami, chairman of major convenience store operator Lawson Inc., as its new president.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies / ANALYSIS
Jun 25, 2014
With new blood, family-run Suntory gives itself a test
He would "create new value," Takeshi Niinami said, if he becomes the president of venerable family-run brewer Suntory Holdings Ltd. later this year.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 24, 2014
Suntory taps Lawson boss for president job
The century-old brewing and distilling company is set to appoint someone from outside its founding family as president for the first time.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jun 13, 2014
Top court upholds death penalty for health bureaucrat killer
The Supreme Court on Friday upheld the death sentence of a 52-year-old man who murdered a former top health ministry bureaucrat and his wife and attempted to kill the wife of another chief bureaucrat in a 2008 stabbing spree that stunned the nation.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Jun 13, 2014
Abe to cut business tax but mum on how
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe pledged Friday to reduce the 35 percent corporate tax rate to under 30 percent in the next few years in an attempt to boost foreign investment and bolster the economy.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Jun 10, 2014
Boris sums up its sonic spectrum with 'Noise'
Trying to define the sound of Tokyo-based experimental trio Boris is like asking someone their favorite kind of music. It's everything, it's nothing in particular ... it's definitely not country.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Jun 5, 2014
Naha mayor, foe of Futenma plan, to run for governor
In a move that could further complicate efforts by the central government to move the U.S. Futenma base from Ginowan to Henoko in northern Okinawa, Naha Mayor Takeshi Onaga, 63, has suggested he will run for run for governor in November.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Apr 29, 2014
Judoka Ojitani prevails against Kamikawa for national title
Unheralded youngster Takeshi Ojitani scored an ippon victory in the final against Daiki Kamikawa in the open-weight class all-Japan championship on Tuesday, denying the London Olympian of his first national title.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Apr 28, 2014
LDP candidate secures Tokuda's seat in Kagoshima
Former Kagoshima Prefectural Assembly chief Masuo Kaneko won a seat in the House of Representatives in Sunday’s by-election, defeating independent Akashi Uchikoshi, who was backed by the Democratic Party of Japan.
BUSINESS
Apr 1, 2014
Banks see economy withstanding sales tax increase
The economy will probably withstand the consumption tax increase that took effect Tuesday as Prime Minister Shinzo Abe prepares stimulus measures and companies raise wages, the new head of the bank lobby said.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Mar 18, 2014
Yamasaki to re-sign with Dragons for retirement ceremony
The Chunichi Dragons announced Tuesday that they will sign retired slugger Takeshi Yamasaki and will use Friday's preseason game against the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles as a farewell game.
Japanese stripper bids to have her porn movies taken off internet
Plaintiff Miyuki Ariga (left) speaks at a news conference along with her lawyer, Yoshitomo Morohashi, after filing a lawsuit at the Tokyo District Court on Monday.
Kishida defends planned rule to revoke foreigners' residency
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida speaks during a meeting of the Lower House Judicial Affairs Committee on Wednesday.
Human bone-like objects found at Nippon Steel plant’s molten iron pot, with one worker missing
Police believe it’s highly possible that human bones found in a molten iron pot at Nippon Steel's Oita factory belong to a missing male employee.
Was Onosato's defeat of Terunofuji an era-defining bout?
Onosato (right) defeats Terunofuji at the Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo on May 12. While nothing in sumo is guaranteed, it seems almost inevitable that Onosato is destined for the top of the sport's pyramid.
Man suspected of using smart glasses to cheat on Waseda University exams
The Waseda University campus in Tokyo. An 18-year-old male test-taker is suspected of using smart glasses to cheat during the university's entrance exam.
Japanese rap creates its mecca in Pop Yours
Tokyo-based artist Jumadiba says he forgoes the label of simply “rap” for his music because the Japanese rap scene isn’t confined to a particular sound.
Who’s toughest on China? Biden’s tariff tactic ups ante as election looms.
U.S. President Joe Biden speaks about new actions to protect American workers and businesses from China's "unfair" trade practices, in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington on Tuesday.
Was Onosato's defeat of Terunofuji an era-defining bout?
Onosato (right) defeats Terunofuji at the Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo on May 12. While nothing in sumo is guaranteed, it seems almost inevitable that Onosato is destined for the top of the sport's pyramid.
Ishin struggles to set itself apart from other parties
Nippon Ishin no Kai Secretary-General Fumitake Fujita (right) speaks beside Yui Kanazawa, the party's candidate in the Tokyo 15th district by-election on April 28. Nippon Ishin lost in this by-election as well as another in Nagasaki held on the same day.
In Japan, 68,000 people over 65 projected to die alone at home this year
As Japan grapples with its population's rapid aging, supporting people who live and age alone is looming larger on the policy agenda.

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