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Masako Tsubuku
Japan Times
BUSINESS / YEN FOR LIVING
Apr 15, 2013
Deflation watch: gyudon
Will fast food price competition undermine Abenomics?
Japan Times
BUSINESS / YEN FOR LIVING
Apr 10, 2013
Employment counselors forced to sit on the other side of the window
In one area of employment public servants have it worse than private sector workers.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / YEN FOR LIVING
Apr 3, 2013
Local government attempts to make citizens rat on welfare recipients
Welfare recipients made to feel guilty for guilty pleasures.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / How-tos / HOME TRUTHS
Apr 2, 2013
When remodeling isn't quite a home improvement
A year ago we looked at a 20-year-old apartment after it had just gone on sale in the city where we live, which is about an hour from Tokyo. It was large and sunny, but the walls needed to be re-papered and the floors replaced. The realtor told us that the ¥11.6 million asking price included the cost...
Japan Times
BUSINESS / YEN FOR LIVING
Mar 29, 2013
Court says railway can make patrons pay through the nose
Railway patrons can now sue over fares, for what it's worth.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / YEN FOR LIVING
Mar 21, 2013
Auto sales driven by gas mileage
Japanese carmakers compete over fuel efficiency.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / YEN FOR LIVING
Mar 14, 2013
Convenience store companies boost employee income, engage in one-upmanship
Convenience stores a leading the way for higher employee wages, but is it enough?
Japan Times
BUSINESS / YEN FOR LIVING
Mar 7, 2013
Uniqlo not as different as its workers thought it would be
Japan's most coveted work environment isn't what it's cracked up to be.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / How-tos / HOME TRUTHS
Mar 5, 2013
Buying property in the age of Abenomics
According to most business media, now is the time to act if you are thinking about buying a home. Though the Liberal Democratic Party has yet to confirm that it will go ahead with the consumption tax increases the Democratic Party of Japan passed last year, it seems likely that the first hike to 8 percent...
Japan Times
BUSINESS / YEN FOR LIVING
Feb 27, 2013
Annals of cheap: Don Don Down on Wednesday
Used clothing retailer plays games with customers — and they love it.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / YEN FOR LIVING
Feb 21, 2013
Proposed inheritance tax exemption isn't really about inheritance taxes
Will old folks encouraged to think of their grandkids' education loosen their grip on unproductive savings?
BUSINESS / YEN FOR LIVING
Feb 14, 2013
Japan still paying for war sins through international copyrights
If you're a copyright holder, you have a special reason to be happy if your work is sold in Japan.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / YEN FOR LIVING
Feb 8, 2013
Japanese attorneys throw their nets farther out
Big city lawyers are moving to the sticks to drum up business.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / How-tos / HOME TRUTHS
Feb 4, 2013
Building your home can come at quite a cost
People in the market for new single-family houses usually don't worry as much about the land those houses occupy because they tend to work with developers, who purchase huge tracts and then subdivide them. The customer buys the land and the house as a package, though the authorities see it as two purchases...
Japan Times
BUSINESS / YEN FOR LIVING
Feb 2, 2013
Government says all single parents not created equal
A single mother finds that she doesn't qualify for a tax exemption because she was never married.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / YEN FOR LIVING
Jan 24, 2013
Deflation watch: Retort curry
What effect has deflation had on ready-to-eat curry?
Japan Times
BUSINESS / YEN FOR LIVING
Jan 16, 2013
Gas station business losing to reality
A new law is accelerating the closures of gas stations.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / YEN FOR LIVING
Jan 9, 2013
Energy conservation isn't just for summers any more
More Japanese homes are using electricity for heating purposes.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / YEN FOR LIVING
Jan 4, 2013
Cleaning 'angels' reinforce positive image of Japanese workers
Train cleaning crews are the new heroes of Japanese commerce.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / How-tos / HOME TRUTHS
Jan 1, 2013
Checking out the real estate agents
Several months ago we looked at a house that had been bought at auction by a housing company, fixed up and then put on the market. We found it among the listings on the home page of a realtor we've dealt with in the past, and he agreed to show it to us.
Japan to revise consumption tax exemption for overseas tourists
Tourists walk through Nakamise shopping street near Sensoji Temple in Tokyo in April
Japan's tourism industry hit by cancellations after megaquake alert
A beach closed due to a megaquake alert in Hiratsuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, from Friday to Thursday.
Focus shifts to incoming typhoon as Tropical Storm Maria dissipates
Newly formed Tropical Storm Ampil, which is forecast to approach eastern Japan this weekend, is seen on the left side of this satellite image.
Kishida to step down in September in bid to show ‘LDP has changed’
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida speaks during a news conference Wednesday at the Prime Minister's Office in Tokyo.
Publisher finds surprise audience after translating history textbooks
Yamakawa Shuppansha president Takeshi Nozawa holds the publisher's textbook on Japanese history — used in high schools across Japan — alongside the new English version in Tokyo on May 23.
Economic security is about strengthening and sustaining growth, former minister says
Former economic security minister Takayuki Kobayashi says changes in the international balance of power, along with deepening economic interdependence, have led some countries to attempt to use their economic power to impose their will on others.
Ice bandanas, convenience store breaks: Running under Japan’s summer sun
Blistering heat is becoming a fixture of summer in Japan, but a few tweaks to your routine can make your outdoor runs bearable — if not enjoyable — until cooler temperatures return.
Japan issued its first-ever megaquake alert. What does that mean?
Naoshi Hirata (center), chairman of a committee tasked with evaluating the risk of a Nankai Trough earthquake, speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on Friday.
France brings down the curtain on its Olympic party with Tom Cruise and Leon Marchand
Fireworks are set off during the closing ceremony of the 2024 Paris Olympics at Stade de France in Saint-Denis on Sunday.
Japan fuels U.S. LNG boom even as climate targets and impacts loom
Flaring at the Cameron LNG export terminal in Hackberry, Louisiana. Flaring, a common sight at LNG plants, is a controlled burning of gas for reasons ranging from depressurizing equipment to disposing of gas that can’t be used. The practice is a "waste of money" and negatively impacts climate change and human health, says the International Energy Agency.

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
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Sociologist Gracia Liu-Farrer argues that even though immigration doesn't figure into Japan's autobiography, it is more of a self-perception than a reality.
In search of the ‘Japanese dream’
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