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Masako Tsubuku
Japan Times
BUSINESS / YEN FOR LIVING
Dec 27, 2012
In Japan it's never too late to get in on the ground floor with stocks
Will the Japanese public, in particular women, finally start investing in the stock market?
Japan Times
BUSINESS / YEN FOR LIVING
Dec 20, 2012
Old technology a threat to publishers' bottom lines
People who like reading books are increasingly getting over the need to own them.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / YEN FOR LIVING
Dec 14, 2012
Working the system: Beware of doctors with private rooms
Doctors have ways of making money outside the insurance system.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / YEN FOR LIVING
Dec 5, 2012
You can't take it with you: Horse gambler's system stymied by tax law
Bad bet: Osaka man busted by tax authorities over gambling winnings.
COMMUNITY / How-tos / HOME TRUTHS
Dec 4, 2012
Japan's part-time landlords are overestimating single-tenant needs
In an effort to cut costs, electronics maker Sharp has announced that it is transferring its struggling liquid crystal display business from factories in Kameyama, Mie Prefecture, to factories in Sakai, Osaka Prefecture. In 2004, the Kameyama facility started making large LCD screens for TVs and more...
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / How-tos / HOME TRUTHS
Dec 4, 2012
Japan's part-time landowners are overestimating single-tenant needs
In an effort to cut costs, electronics maker Sharp has announced that it is transferring its struggling liquid crystal display business from factories in Kameyama, Mie Prefecture, to factories in Sakai, Osaka Prefecture. In 2004, the Kameyama facility started making large LCD screens for TVs and more...
Japan Times
BUSINESS / YEN FOR LIVING
Nov 30, 2012
For teachers, the business of education has become even more of a business
Private high schools are relying more and more on part-time teachers.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / YEN FOR LIVING
Nov 22, 2012
Ishihara's resignation doesn't come cheap
Tokyo taxpayers are going to have to pay a lot for their former governor's capriciousness.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / YEN FOR LIVING
Nov 14, 2012
Theme parks make a comeback thanks to grandma and grandpa
Theme parks and amusement parks are suddenly benefiting from a demographic perfect storm.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / YEN FOR LIVING
Nov 8, 2012
Annals of cheap: bananas
Bananas haven't been this cheap in Japan since 1979.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / How-tos / HOME TRUTHS
Nov 6, 2012
Danchi housing lets you think outside the usual box
Japanese housing experts have a list of casual terms to describe the layouts of apartments and condominiums: kamaboko (fish paste), yokan-giri (sliced bean jelly), ta no ji (rice paddy ideograph) and chocolate bars. What these terms have in common is geometrical utility. All are rectangles that can be...
Japan Times
BUSINESS / YEN FOR LIVING
Nov 2, 2012
Want more daycare? Pay workers more
One reason for the lack of daycare centers in Japan is that no one wants the job.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / YEN FOR LIVING
Oct 26, 2012
Candidate deposit requirement guarantees same faces on the ballot
It costs a lot to run for office in Japan, and a lot to lose.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / YEN FOR LIVING
Oct 17, 2012
Clarifying the economic damage of the Senkakus row
Japan's overseas tourist industry can just write off all of 2012 thanks to the two territorial disputes.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / YEN FOR LIVING
Oct 12, 2012
Tax auditors running out of cheaters, ponder purpose in life
The economy is so bad, even tax investigators have nothing to do.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / YEN FOR LIVING
Oct 4, 2012
Money for education ends up in the toilet
Officials finally realize that public school lavatories have been neglected too long.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / How-tos / HOME TRUTHS
Oct 2, 2012
Second homes may be cheap, but they are often in disrepair
Atami The ad said the property was 2 km from Ajiro Station on the Ito Line, but it was difficult to tell how far we were traveling in the agent's car. Most of the trip was up a steep, winding road into the hills above Atami on the Izu Peninsula, an area developed in the 1970s by the Tokyu Corporation...
Japan Times
BUSINESS / YEN FOR LIVING
Sep 27, 2012
NHK uses carrot and stick approach to get your money
NHK finds new way to get paid, but there's also a new way to avoid paying.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / YEN FOR LIVING
Sep 25, 2012
Backsliding Japan Post broadens its horizons on all fronts
Is Japan Post proceeding with privatization or backtracking to its old model?
Japan Times
BUSINESS / YEN FOR LIVING
Sep 19, 2012
New stats about old folks
Some new numbers about elderly household income and spending.
Who needs AI when you have Hatsune Miku?
Over the first six months of 2024, a handful of songs using Vocaloid singer Hatsune Miku’s voice have enjoyed widespread attention, underlining a global interest in the character and the technology she represents.
Bloodied Trump survives assassination attempt at political rally
Former U.S. President Donald Trump is surrounded and evacuated by Secret Service agents at a campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, on Saturday. Trump was rushed off stage at the rally after shots rang out.
Shooter came within inches of killing Trump, but left few clues as to why
An aerial view shows the stage where Republican presidential candidate and former U.S. President Donald Trump had been standing during an assassination attempt the day before, and the roof of a nearby building where a gunman was shot dead by law enforcement, in Butler, Pennsylvania, on Sunday.
Yen’s woes seem too big for even a BOJ hike this month to solve
The Bank of Japan headquarters in Tokyo
How to beat Japan’s summer heat in ways better for the planet
Tenugui towels hang up to dry at a dyeing company in Sakai, Osaka Prefecture, on May 8. The durable and versatile tenugui, which many people have in their homes, can be used in many ways to cool one’s body.
The neurological disorder that 'kills culture'
Akiko Trush says her experience with the neurological disorder dystonia left her feeling like she wanted to chop her own hand off.
How to beat Japan’s summer heat in ways better for the planet
Tenugui towels hang up to dry at a dyeing company in Sakai, Osaka Prefecture, on May 8. The durable and versatile tenugui, which many people have in their homes, can be used in many ways to cool one’s body.
After Trump shooting, U.S. presidential race might take a violent turn
United States Secret Service Counter Snipers stand guard on a rooftop during a campaign rally for U.S. President Donald Trump in Avoca, Pennsylvania, in 2020.
No AC this summer? No problem (for me).
Think air conditioning is a requirement for a Tokyo summer? Think again.
She’s paying ¥1 million to help behind the scenes at the Paris Olympics
Mai Tarumi, who previously volunteered at the postponed Tokyo Olympics in 2021, has a travel budget of ¥1 million for her trip to volunteer at the Paris Games.

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Akiko Trush says her experience with the neurological disorder dystonia left her feeling like she wanted to chop her own hand off.
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