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Mitsuko Nashima
BUSINESS
Mar 11, 2001
'Perverse' individualist embraces opportunity where others see gloom
Makoto Naruke describes himself as a "perverse man" who avoids following the crowd and does things that others dare not. Many people questioned his actions when he quit as Microsoft Co. president last April, but Naruke simply pointed out he became sick of the post after nearly nine years of service....
JAPAN
Dec 17, 2000
Yanaka's 'forest of stone sculptures'
Just a minute's walk from JR Nippori Station spreads a vast cemetery in Tokyo's Taito Ward that covers much of the eastern half of the area known as Yanaka and a strip of the neighboring Ueno Sakuragi area.
JAPAN
Sep 12, 2000
Smiling seen as key to economy
Make people laugh -- that should make the economy better and lead to a bright future for Japan, according to Masao Kimura, board director of the Osaka-based major entertainment firm Yoshimoto Kogyo Co.
JAPAN
Mar 26, 2000
Development reaches the east
Today, it's free and takes only five minutes. But getting to the other side of JR Shinagawa Station was once no easy matter.
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 17, 2000
ADB sharpens focus on the poor
MANILA -- Economic growth is a must but not the end-all in eliminating poverty and the Asian Development Bank is now determined to get to the very heart of the problem, ADB President Tadao Chino says.
JAPAN
Oct 14, 1999
Stores attempt to invent new holiday
Staff writer
COMMUNITY
May 2, 1999
Seed money no problem at Flower Bank
MIYASHIRO, Saitama Pref. -- While many Japanese banks are struggling to overcome their tainted image, at least one is enjoying an increasingly favorable reputation.
JAPAN
Aug 28, 1998
Government must act faster on economic data: SEC chief
Staff writer
JAPAN
Jun 30, 1998
Election Equation: Direct talk, bold action by Hashimoto urged
11th in a series
JAPAN
Jun 29, 1998
Election Equation: Change may require 'gaiatsu,' ACCJ says
10th in a series
JAPAN
Jun 22, 1998
Election Equation: Lack of clear options blamed for voter apathy
Fifth in a series
JAPAN
Jun 18, 1998
Election Equation: Head housewife promotes war on apathy
Despite the public's reasonable disgust with the state of Japanese politics, voters must not lose hope that they can enact change, said Hatoko Shimizu, president of the Japan Housewives' Association.
JAPAN
May 21, 1998
Businesses unsure about Indonesia's new future
and SAYURI DAIMON
JAPAN
Apr 15, 1998
Hashimoto-Yeltsin plan stimulates bilateral economic ties
Second of two parts
JAPAN
Mar 26, 1998
Ceramics-maker turns bottles into bucks
Sixteenth in a series of occasional articles on venture businesses
JAPAN
Feb 11, 1998
Investor says timing's right for playing Tokyo property game
Fifteenth in a series of occasional articles on venture businesses
JAPAN
Jan 27, 1998
Competition, investment needed in Japan, EU envoy says
Staff writerGreater competition stimulated by more foreign investments is what Japan needs to revive its sagging economy, according to Jorn Keck, departing ambassador of the European Union."Japan, now more than ever, needs foreign investment in order to improve the efficiency of many areas of industry,"...
JAPAN
Dec 19, 1997
Entrepreneur says a business can be ecological, profitable
Staff writer
JAPAN
Nov 28, 1997
COP3: Agreement on emissions is relatively easy
First in a series
JAPAN
Nov 11, 1997
Tanabe urges highest achievable emissions targets
Staff writer
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.
Russia fired experimental ballistic missile at Ukraine, Putin says
Ukrainian firefighters work on a spot following an airstrike in Dnipro on Thursday.
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.
The slow-burn success of ‘A Samurai in Time’
A 19th-century warrior gets struck by lightning and wakes to find himself in 21st-century Kyoto in Junichi Yasuda’s surprise hit “A Samurai in Time.”
Around a quarter of Japan married couples in their 20s met through dating apps
A survey released by an organization promoting “Good Couples Day” shows that 24% of couples in their 20s met their marriage partner through a dating app.
'Tokyo Swindlers': Get deep into the minds of real estate con artists
In Ko Shinjo's "Tokyo Swindlers," a group of con artists manipulates real estate giants into falsified deals within the highly competitive, quick market.
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.

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