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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.
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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