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Masako Tsubuku
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?
Japan Times
BUSINESS / YEN FOR LIVING
Jan 29, 2011
Kaiten-zushi chains gird for battle
You got your exclusive high-grade sushi, and you've got your bargain sushi, good for the whole family.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / YEN FOR LIVING
Jan 25, 2011
Hilton Hotels bag white elephant, turn it around
What is a luxury brand hotel like Hilton doing with a hot spring resort in the mountains of Shizuoka?
Japan Times
BUSINESS / YEN FOR LIVING
Jan 21, 2011
Future of Japanese pension system as cloudy as ever
Rather than overhaul the pension system, the welfare ministry continues to tweak a failed system.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / YEN FOR LIVING
Jan 17, 2011
Love hotel operators lose some loopholes
Laws overseeing the operation of love hotels in Japan get stricter to weed out the fakes.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / YEN FOR LIVING
Jan 15, 2011
More independent women taking out insurance
The number of women buying life insurance is on the rise. Should we be surprised?
Japan Times
BUSINESS / YEN FOR LIVING
Jan 11, 2011
Got your back: Randoseru makers enjoy a captive, if shrinking, clientele
No surprise that anonymous good Samaritans are giving out randoseru, those boxy backpacks that every Japanese schoolchild simply must have.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / YEN FOR LIVING
Jan 6, 2011
Telephone swindlers adapt; old folks don't
The 'ore-ore' scam is no longer de rigueur but that hasn't stopped swindlers from bilking money from seniors in other ways.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / YEN FOR LIVING
Jan 3, 2011
'Tis the season for shrines and temples to rake it in
Come the new year, shrines and temples really cash in on a giving tradition.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / YEN FOR LIVING
Dec 30, 2010
New rain-check refunds gamble on the weather
A 'weather insurance plan' sounds like a good deal for travelers, but read the fine print before you book.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / YEN FOR LIVING
Dec 27, 2010
Finders keeper . . . except on the job
Osaka's city government cracks down on 'embezzlement — sanitation workers who pocketed money that they'd found while cleaning public property.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / YEN FOR LIVING
Dec 24, 2010
Recycling rackets poised to make a killing at New Year's
Waste disposal hits a peak at the year's end. Just make sure you don't fall prey to the unscrupulous recycling vultures.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / YEN FOR LIVING
Dec 20, 2010
Scandal economics: Shochiku rides out Ebizo brawl all the way to the bank
Shochiku could have lost a chunk of change from the Ebizo fall-out, but renowned onnagata Bando Tamasaburo saves the day.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / YEN FOR LIVING
Dec 16, 2010
Bonenkai season a blast for some, drag for others
A recent survey says budgets for year-end bonenkai parties are up; on the other hand, more companies are opting to take their festivities in-house.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / YEN FOR LIVING
Dec 14, 2010
Rich kids set to inherit higher taxes
A new proposed inheritance law, which hasn't changed since 1958, is being aimed at the silver spooners who can afford a higher tax.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / YEN FOR LIVING
Dec 9, 2010
Caregiving not the unemployment panacea the government hoped for
Premiums for Long-term Care Insurance could be raised again in 2012. Question is, will this translate to higher salaries for low-paid caregivers.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / YEN FOR LIVING
Dec 4, 2010
Starbucks caves in to refills, sort of
While it's stopping short of a bottomless cup, Starbucks Japan is making a slightly generous offer of u00a5100 refills on the Coffee of the Day.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / YEN FOR LIVING
Dec 2, 2010
New refuse rules criminalize can-collecting
Can-collecting used to be one way for homeless people to earn a bit of cash. Recently, though, more Tokyo wards are saying, 'No, you can't.'
Japan Times
BUSINESS / YEN FOR LIVING
Nov 25, 2010
Tourist spots averse to foreign exchange
If Japan really wants to say 'Yososo' at tourist destinations, it's going to have to work on its acceptance of credit cards and foreign exchange.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / YEN FOR LIVING
Nov 22, 2010
Cost of education a drag on the economy
Trickle down effect 101: When the cost of education goes up, family spending goes down, and the economy with it.
Two of America’s biggest debt holders are dumping Treasurys
The U.S. Treasury building in Washington. Investors in Japan and China sold a pile of U.S. debt in the last quarter, just before the U.S. presidential election.
Ishiba aggravates his own political failures with diplomatic faux pas
Prime Minster Shigeru Ishiba is greeted at the APEC summit in Lima by Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Friday. The Japanese leader was criticized for remaining seated while meeting several world leaders at the event.
Japan's 3.31 million visitors in October set monthly record
Kiyomizu Temple in Kyoto in December 2023. Famous autumn leaf colors contributed to increased tourism demand last month from many markets across Asia, Europe and North America, the Japan National Tourism Organization has said.
Japan ranks last in romance satisfaction for second straight year
In a survey of 31 countries, Japan ranked last in terms of those who felt loved, with just 51% of respondents saying so.
Ruling coalition and DPP strike last-minute deal over economic policy
DPP policy chief Makoto Mahaguchi speaks at the party's policy gathering in Tokyo on Wednesday.
Japan, U.K. and Italy discuss inviting more countries to joint fighter project
A new concept model of a next-generation fighter jet to be jointly developed by Japan, Britain and Italy is on display in Farnborough, Hampshire, in July.
Haruki Murakami's 'The City and Its Uncertain Walls' gives deep deja vu
For “The City and Its Uncertain Walls,” translated into English by Philip Gabriel, Haruki Murakami confronts the ghosts who won't leave him alone.
Japanese expats in Asia find community through rugby
The Taiwan Fivewoods celebrate their victory at the 2023 Asian Japanese Rugby Cup in December of last year.
In Fukushima, a weekend of prose, poetry and translation
Aomori-based writer JJ Carter presented on tabletop gaming as creative inspiration for building characters and narratives.
For Dr. Nakamats, aging is just experience in action
Though he didn't win the recent gubernatorial election in Tokyo, the 96-year-old Dr. Nakamats' run was seen as inspirational in Japan's aging society.

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