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YEN FOR LIVING

BUSINESS / YEN FOR LIVING
Apr 8, 2011
Disaster area quickly becomes huge automobile market
Automakers will find the silver lining in the tsunami disaster: All those destroyed cars will have to be replaced.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / YEN FOR LIVING
Apr 5, 2011
Earthquake insurance put to the test
How will Japanese insurance companies deal with the Great Eastern Japan Earthquake, the biggest natural disaster in almost a century?
Japan Times
BUSINESS / YEN FOR LIVING
Apr 2, 2011
Small businesses ask for restraint with the self-restraint
People are being asked to restrain themselves for the sake of the victims of the earthquake/tsunami, but some are questioning if it's a good idea.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / YEN FOR LIVING
Mar 28, 2011
Tales of reconstruction: How do you assess damage of this magnitude?
Before Japan's devastated northeast areas can receive relief compensation, private property has to be assessed; a process that could take months.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / YEN FOR LIVING
Mar 26, 2011
Tepco blackouts roll only so far
Everybody is being asked to conserve electricity but when it comes to rolling blackouts, Arakawa and Adachi Ward have been forced to bear the burden.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / YEN FOR LIVING
Mar 22, 2011
Yen surge not as strange as it sounds
What the yen surge really points to that the world has confidence in the Japanese economy based on its underlying strength.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / YEN FOR LIVING
Mar 18, 2011
Power to the people: TEPCO at economic cross-purposes with blackout strategy
If the current energy crisis is not a more convincing argument for the development of the so-called smart-grid system, we don't know what is.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / YEN FOR LIVING
Mar 15, 2011
Are Japanese people hard-wired to hoard?
In the wake of the Tohoku-Kango earthquake, consumers can't help but help themselves to everything in sight.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / YEN FOR LIVING
Mar 11, 2011
Annals of cheap: Tsume-hodai
Food retailers looking to get more consumers through the door by inviting them to stuff it all they like.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / YEN FOR LIVING
Mar 8, 2011
Childless Japanese couples look for bargains in Asia
More couples are turning to surrogacy in Japan, but the legal gray zone and exploitation of overseas surrogates is giving birth to a host of issues.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / YEN FOR LIVING
Mar 4, 2011
Is the pension waiver for full-time housewives unfair?
Are full-time housewives entitled to full pensions? That's up to a Diet debate.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / YEN FOR LIVING
Feb 28, 2011
University entrance fee system profits from unstable job market
Students are being held hostage by the convoluted nyugakkin (entrance fee) system. Parents either pay up now, or the kid doesn't get in later.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / YEN FOR LIVING
Feb 25, 2011
Western Union charges into the money transfer breach
After a new law governing foreign currency exchange takes effect in Japan, Western Union is first through the door.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / YEN FOR LIVING
Feb 22, 2011
Consumers have last word on fate of rice farming
When it comes to the Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade agreement, what's bad for rice farmers could be good for consumers.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / YEN FOR LIVING
Feb 19, 2011
Annals of cheap: Only Free Paper
Print publishers find success in the formula of 'make it free, and they will come.'
Japan Times
BUSINESS / YEN FOR LIVING
Feb 14, 2011
More reasons to spend money on chocolate, as well as reasons not to
Expressing your true feelings, and obligations, with chocolate is a tricky affair.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / YEN FOR LIVING
Feb 10, 2011
Driving is believing: Don't trust manufacturers' mileage claims
What kind of mileage do you get in that hybrid? Depends on who you ask.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / YEN FOR LIVING
Feb 8, 2011
Seniors reconnecting to retail
Creative retailers and caregivers are finding ways to empower the growing legions of elderly shoppers.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / YEN FOR LIVING
Feb 4, 2011
Strawberries: The gift that keeps on growing
In Japan, there are the kind of the strawberries that you buy for yourself, and there are the GIANT strawberries that you give as gifts.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / YEN FOR LIVING
Feb 2, 2011
For movie freaks some good news and some bad news
Will the last picture show in Japan be in 3-D and only seen on multiplex screens?
America wasn’t made for walking, and it’s killing them
A 2010 study found that U.S. adults averaged 5,117 steps daily and that this was lower than the averages found in similar studies in Switzerland, western Australia and Japan.
Rare sequel to 'My Neighbor Totoro' to play at Cannes
A screening of "Mei and the Baby Cat Bus," which is being billed as a "mini-sequel" to the Studio Ghibli classic "My Neighbor Totoro," is set to take place at the Cannes Film Festival on Monday.
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.
Saudi crown prince seeks soft power in game hub Japan
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman welcomes Prime Minister Fumio Kishida in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, last July.
Japan survey finds 30% of student interns experience sexual harassment
The proportion of recent graduates in Japan who have worked as interns have experienced sexual harassment during their internship was 30.1%, according to a labor ministry survey, up 4.6 percentage points from the previous survey in fiscal 2020.
Fuchu Prison adapting to foreign prisoners
From the outside, the light-brown complex that is Fuchu Prison in western Tokyo could easily be mistaken for a city hall.
The politicians moving Japan forward on climate
While not the most outspoken politician on the issue, digital minister Taro Kono has a track record of being serious in his commitment to addressing the climate crisis.
Seoul's eclectic Art OnO shines light on Japan's artists and galleries
Art OnO, which took place from April 19 to 21 in Seoul, featured a modest number of 36 participating galleries from 15 countries.
Want to be a voice actor? Stay 'true to the character'
SungWon Cho is a veteran with more than 10 years of experience portraying characters in anime, cartoons and video games.
Local theater in Japan is more than a hobby — it’s a community
Japan Times contributor Laura Pollacco (front right) was offered the role of one of her all-time favorite heroines, Elizabeth “Lizzie” Bennet, in the Tokyo International Players’ production of “Pride and Prejudice.”

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