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Minoru Matsutani
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 26, 2011
Worse rare earth shortages 'yet to come'
Trade statistics have revealed the country's import of rare earth minerals from China surged by more than 50 percent in the January-November period last year from the same period in 2009 — even though it plunged by two-thirds in the October-November period due to export restrictions by Beijing.
Japan Times
JAPAN / EXPLAINER
Jan 25, 2011
Family restaurants falling from flavor
Family-style restaurants are feeling the squeeze as diners increasingly opt for meals more on the cheap, such as under-¥300 "gyudon" bowls of beef on rice and "bento" boxed lunches below ¥500.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 19, 2011
Renovated American Club reopens
After three years of renovation work, the Tokyo American Club reopened Tuesday at its permanent site in Azabudai, Minato Ward, boasting more floor space, ballroom capacity and parking.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 16, 2011
Of Taiji, activists know nil: curator
A curator of the Taiji Whale Museum on Friday criticized opponents of the town's dolphin slaughter for their lack of knowledge about Taiji, which was featured in the Oscar-winning documentary "The Cove."
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 8, 2011
Subculture inspires young male cross-dressing trend
He's a 52-year-old medical doctor who goes by the name Ayaka Ogawa when living out his cross-dressing fantasies of being a woman in her mid-40s.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jan 5, 2011
20-year slump spawns anticonsumption generation
Buying a car is idiotic. It's better instead to have ¥10 million in the bank.
JAPAN
Dec 29, 2010
Prosecutors get case of deportee's death
Chiba police have turned over to prosecutors their case against 10 immigration officers suspected of being involved in the death of a Ghanaian deportee they had restrained and physically placed aboard a jetliner last March at Narita International Airport.
Japan Times
JAPAN / READERS' FUND
Dec 25, 2010
JIVC lending hand in exploited Laos
The fourth in a series
Japan Times
JAPAN / READERS' FUND
Dec 22, 2010
Poor kids near Manila get gift of education
First in a series
JAPAN
Dec 18, 2010
Visas for medical stays set to double
The Justice Ministry said Friday it will allow foreigners who come to Japan for medical treatment to stay up to six months, double the current maximum, to meet growing demand for quality services here.
BUSINESS
Dec 15, 2010
McDonald's to test delivery service
McDonald's will launch trial deliveries next Monday from an outlet in Setagaya Ward, Tokyo, and expand the service if the test succeeds, a company spokesman said Tuesday.
JAPAN
Dec 8, 2010
Asahi to end English insert in IHT on Feb. 28
The Asahi Shimbun Co. will stop printing on Feb. 28 its English section that currently occupies the last four pages of the International Herald Tribune's Japan edition.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Dec 4, 2010
Wakayama hotel carves wedding niche with bluefin-carving service
A hotel in the city of Wakayama will provide a chef for every wedding reception who will carve up a huge tuna in front of the guests, a hotel spokesman said.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Dec 2, 2010
Performers reach out to Iraq kids
A "rakugo" comic storyteller, a magician and a manga illustrator are visiting elementary schools and refugee camps in Iraq on a humanitarian mission, the philanthropist who arranged the trip said.
JAPAN
Dec 2, 2010
Mail over 453 grams OK: Japan Post
Japan Post Co. resumed Wednesday accepting airmail packages weighing 453 grams (1 pound) or heavier bound for the U.S. because the carrier now has secured transportation means for such packages.
JAPAN
Nov 26, 2010
Whaling fleet yet to depart
The whaling fleet has not yet left for the Antarctic Ocean, making this year's departure unusually late.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Nov 24, 2010
Japanese open about being part of Sea Shepherd crew
For Kuniko Oyakawa, that cetaceans may be more intelligent than, say, cows, pigs or chickens is not why she opposes whaling — she is against eating any wild creature.
JAPAN
Nov 20, 2010
Niigata halts plan to sell plot for consulate amid outcry
The Niigata Municipal Government has frozen a plan to sell city land to China for a consulate after receiving about 1,000 calls and e-mails opposing the sale, a city official said Friday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Nov 18, 2010
Chiba port festival fetes bygone era by serving up whale wieners
In a former whaling port in southern Chiba Prefecture, a merchants' association is attempting to raise spirits by selling the unconventional: whale meat hot dogs.
JAPAN
Nov 17, 2010
453-gram limit on U.S.-bound mail
Japan Post Services Co. said it will stop accepting airmail packages bound for the United States weighing 453 grams (1 pound) or more starting Wednesday because airlines will stop such delivery at the request of U.S. aviation authorities as part of antiterrorism measures.
South Korea's Yoon backs down after parliament rejects martial law
Soldiers try to enter the National Assembly building in Seoul, after South Korea President Yoon Suk Yeol declared martial law late Tuesday evening.
BOJ weighs case for first triple hike since Japan’s bubble burst
Bank of Japan Gov. Kazuo Ueda reiterated in an interview published Saturday that authorities will raise rates if the economy performs in line with projections.
Australian says romance scam tricked her into smuggling drugs into Japan
Donna Nelson says her life was turned upside down when she learned that the man she was falling for had tricked her into smuggling 2 kilograms of methamphetamine into Japan.
Jetstar Japan loses lawsuit over disciplinary action against cabin crew
Jetstar Japan has been ordered to pay back wages to two cabin crew members for the periods they were suspended.
Nomura CEO takes pay cut after former employee charged with attempted murder
Kentaro Okuda, CEO of Nomura Holdings, speaks during a news conference in Tokyo on Tuesday.
Yoon’s gambit a tempest in a teapot for financial markets
A screen displays market data at Hana Bank in Seoul on Wednesday.
U.S. Space Force launches first unit in Japan
Activated on Wednesday, U.S. Space Forces Japan — a component similar to the one established at South Korea’s Osan Air Base in 2022 — will operate out of Yokota Air Base in the city of Fussa, western Tokyo, with a staff of about 10.
Can Japan's scientific community rebound from a Nobel nosedive?
The National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation in Tokyo is a popular place to foster curiosity in the natural sciences.
Europe eyes 'boots on the ground' in Ukraine as possible peace deal option
A serviceman with the Ukrainian Army's 24th mechanized brigade fires a machine gun during an exercise, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in the country's Donetsk region on Friday.
Seven strangers and an algorithm: Can this new dinner app help you make friends?
Timeleft uses an algorithm to match its users with five or six strangers in an effort to prompt “human connection” over dinner at a restaurant. It determines the attendees with the help of a simple personality quiz available when you sign up for the service.

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