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Reiji Yoshida
Reiji Yoshida is a staff writer and deputy manager of the Domestic News Division. Since joining The Japan Times in 1993, he has intensively covered domestic politics, diplomacy and defense issues as well as the 2011 Fukushima nuclear crisis.
JAPAN
Jul 2, 1999
Telecom Realignment: Newcomers may have edge on NTT
Last in a series
JAPAN
Jun 9, 1999
Ready for 2000?: Line-by-line repairs not enough, expert says
Last in an occasional series on Japan's Y2K preparedness
JAPAN
Jun 1, 1999
Sega announces new global strategies
Can Sega make a comeback? Which company will come up with the key digital home electronic appliance of the future?
JAPAN
May 11, 1999
Electronic music sales rocking the boat
Staff writer
JAPAN
May 10, 1999
New publishers tackle demand for individual book orders
Staff writer
JAPAN
May 3, 1999
Ready for 2000?: Japan's efforts overlooked when not in English
Sixth in an occasional series on Japan's Y2K preparedness
JAPAN
Apr 26, 1999
Ready for 2000?: Expert questions official Y2K stats
Fourth in an occasional series on Japan's Y2K preparedness
JAPAN
Apr 22, 1999
Doyukai chief calls group consolidation nonsense
As the ongoing economic slump continues to plague many firms, some company leaders argue that Japan's four major business organizations, which have separately published a number of reports on similar issues, should somehow be consolidated.
JAPAN
Apr 15, 1999
Ready for 2000?: Gartner Group sees no big Y2K failures
This is the first in an occasional series on Japan's Y2K preparedness.
JAPAN
Mar 26, 1999
New war hall said to sidestep nation's guilt
An exhibition hall in Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward dedicated to victims of the wars fought by Japan in the 1930s and 1940s will not challenge visitors to think too deeply about how Japan waged those wars and its responsibility for them.
JAPAN
Mar 19, 1999
Enterprise Spirit: New camera sells on nostalgia
27th in an occasional series
JAPAN
Mar 17, 1999
Analysis: Nissan's troubles deeper than Renault's pockets
Nissan Motor Co.'s long road to reconstruction and the ongoing realignment of Japan's automobile industry is far from over -- in fact it may have only just begun, according to auto industry observers.
JAPAN
Jan 29, 1999
Cadillac lures younger buyers in new campaign
1998 was a disastrous year for most automobile importers, with overall sales plunging 25 percent.
JAPAN
Jan 18, 1999
E-mail boosts use of real thing, Pitney Bowes' CEO says
Despite the growing use of electronic mail and electronic business systems, the market for physical mail systems will continue to grow as new technologies generate new business opportunities, according to the chairman and chief executive officer of a leading mailing system company.
JAPAN
Nov 27, 1998
Dreamcast's success critical to Sega's future
Staff writer
JAPAN
Nov 11, 1998
Business groups criticize coupons, urge tax cuts
Will the proposed merchandise coupons help pull Japan out of economic crisis by boosting consumption?
JAPAN
Oct 23, 1998
Faltering Ford charts new recovery path
Struggling to gain a foothold in Japan, senior officials of Ford Motor's Japanese subsidiary next week will begin visiting affiliated auto dealers across the country.
JAPAN
Sep 1, 1998
Preventing Disaster: Preparation can save lives
It was a fateful day for Tokyo and the nation.
JAPAN
Aug 20, 1998
100 homeless face shelter eviction
Nearly 100 homeless people evicted from their cardboard shantytown near Shinjuku Station in February may have to vacate their current shelters this fall.
JAPAN
Aug 13, 1998
Kanagawa gives foreign residents stronger voice
YOKOHAMA -- To better reflect the opinions of Kanagawa Prefecture's growing foreign population, which has more than doubled over the past decade, officials have followed other localities in creating an advisory panel to the governor.
Japan’s 2024 buzzword of the year urges a reevaluation of past norms
Sadao Abe, who played the role of a time-traveling Showa Era teacher transported to present day in a popular TV drama, receives the 2024 buzzword of the year award for the word "futehodo," the nickname of the series.
Princess Aiko, only child of emperor, turns 23
Princess Aiko on Nov. 22 ahead of her 23rd birthday on Sunday at the Imperial Palace
Ishiba questioned on political reform, social issues and the economy
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba speaks in the Lower House in Tokyo on Monday.
Nearly 90% in Japan and China have negative views of other
Chinese people's sentiment toward Japan is believed to be impacted by their use of social media platforms such as Weibo and Douyin, as well as whether they have visited Japan.
Bear that attacked Akita supermarket employee captured
A brown bear in Hokkaido. In the city of Akita, a bear that attacked a supermarket employee over the weekend was captured in a box trap on Monday morning.
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. 
Don’t worry, you can still use your Japan health insurance card — for now
A My Number card reader at a pediatric clinic in Tokyo. While the government will stop issuing new health insurance cards on Monday, most people will remain unaffected by the move in the short term as existing health insurance cards can still be used for another year.
The Geisha bean is the leading lady of Tokyo's coffee scene
Discovered in the 1930s, the Geisha coffee plant came to worldwide fame in the early 2000s and now represents some of the best coffee on the planet — Tokyo's top cafes included.

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The National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation in Tokyo is a popular place to foster curiosity in the natural sciences.
Can Japan's scientific community rebound from a Nobel nosedive?
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