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Masako Tsubuku
Japan Times
BUSINESS / YEN FOR LIVING
Dec 18, 2011
You can't get there from here: Railway tries to bust "orikaeshi" riders
Train lines would like to crack down on commuters who 'double back.'
Japan Times
BUSINESS / YEN FOR LIVING
Dec 13, 2011
Politicians' pay: Even more than you think
Each Diet member costs taxpayers more than u00a560 million a year.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / How-tos / HOME TRUTHS
Dec 6, 2011
If you can't afford the land, why not just buy the house?
The real estate agent picked us up in a company car at Takayanagi Station in Kashiwa, Chiba Prefecture, about an hour and 15 minutes commuting time north of central Tokyo. The car had long scratches on the side, probably incurred during attempts to park in unfamiliar spaces, and we drove to the property...
Japan Times
BUSINESS / YEN FOR LIVING
Dec 5, 2011
Competition taking a bite out of dentistry schools' tuition schemes
Dentistry schools in cutthroat competition for new students.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / YEN FOR LIVING
Dec 2, 2011
Annals of cheap: 5manika.com
A new website works a niche and specializes in cheap but decent apartments in Tokyo.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / YEN FOR LIVING
Nov 29, 2011
Solar soon to be heating up in Tokyo
Tokyo to reduce CO2 output through solar heating rather than solar electricity.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / YEN FOR LIVING
Nov 25, 2011
Are digital newspaper subscriptions worth it?
Japanese newspapers still have cold feet when it comes to embracing their digital editions.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / YEN FOR LIVING
Nov 20, 2011
Annals of cheap: Skymark Airlines
For a limited time Skymark Airlines is offering u00a5980 flights to several Japanese cities.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / YEN FOR LIVING
Nov 15, 2011
Fair Trade turns from a movement into a brand
Are products with the Fair Trade logo targeted at certain types of consumers?
Japan Times
BUSINESS / YEN FOR LIVING
Nov 11, 2011
Back to business as usual for condominium developers?
High-rise condominiums are set to make a comeback.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / YEN FOR LIVING
Nov 7, 2011
The more, the thriftier: guests indispensable for expensive weddings
There's an economic rationale for big weddings in Japan.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / YEN FOR LIVING
Nov 2, 2011
Car taxes could be cut next year
The government may try to spur car sales by slashing related taxes.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / How-tos / HOME TRUTHS
Nov 1, 2011
Japan's 'new towns' are finally getting too old
In September, real estate developer Tokyo Tatemono started to demolish the Suwa Ni-chome apartments in the western Tokyo region of Tama. The Suwa danchi (housing development) was an integral part of Tama New Town, which opened in 1971. Of the various "new towns" built in the late 1960s and '70s by the...
Japan Times
BUSINESS / YEN FOR LIVING
Oct 30, 2011
Doctors afraid new fee will reduce customers … er, patients
The government wants to add a u00a5100 fee to your medical bills, and doctors are furious.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / YEN FOR LIVING
Oct 20, 2011
Are consumers being short-changed by the yen's appreciation?
Why hasn't the high yen resulted in lower prices for imported goods?
Japan Times
BUSINESS / YEN FOR LIVING
Oct 16, 2011
The rich are getting out while the getting is good
Japan's wealthy folks are taking their money, and their bodies, to safer havens.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / YEN FOR LIVING
Oct 12, 2011
Politicians hope you don't notice when their pay goes back to normal
The special pay cut for national lawmakers expires this month.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / YEN FOR LIVING
Oct 6, 2011
Rice market turned upside down by radiation fears
Thanks to radiation fears, the pattern for seasonal rice sales is different this year.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / How-tos / HOME TRUTHS
Oct 4, 2011
Buying a brand new home: cookie cutter or order made?
We went for the six-pack of beer, which the manufactured-housing company was giving away to the first 10 people who came to inspect its new model homes. Competition is fierce among Japan's many manufactured home builders, and the one we were visiting is No. 10 in terms of units sold per year, though...
Japan Times
BUSINESS / YEN FOR LIVING
Oct 3, 2011
Restaurant chain retains No. 1 position in sales . . . and robberies
Why has the Sukiya beef bowl chain become such a magnet for thieves?
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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