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Philip Brasor
Japan Times
BUSINESS / YEN FOR LIVING
Nov 9, 2009
Can aliens buy music more cheaply?
While many industry types are convinced the Web is bad for the music business, they're actually are people who want to PAY for their songs.
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Nov 8, 2009
Japan's roundabout road issue
One of the most contentious components of the Democratic Party of Japan's manifesto is the pledge to make all expressways free. In media survey after media survey, the portion of respondents who don't support the proposal has been consistently between 60 and 65 percent. The Liberal Democratic Party has...
Japan Times
BUSINESS / YEN FOR LIVING
Nov 5, 2009
Annals of cheap: Daigoro
For a bargain-basement drink, One Cup Ozaki will do the trick, but for the big cheap buzz, Daigoro shochu is the king.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / YEN FOR LIVING
Nov 2, 2009
Chiyoda Ward wants you to ride your bicycle
A lack of bicycle parking spaces doesn't make cycling so attractive in the city but at least Chiyoda Ward seems to be moving in the right direction.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Nov 1, 2009
Japanese food-safety label protects business foremost, and not people
It's wise to take any advertisement claim with a grain of salt, and some products invite not just skepticism but downright disbelief. Commercials for hair restoration aids may not actually state they will return your bald pate to a state of hirsute lushness, but they nevertheless get your hopes up toward...
Japan Times
BUSINESS / YEN FOR LIVING
Oct 30, 2009
Prospective homeowners logging in to customization
Once considered 'second homes,' custom-made log houses are becoming more popular as first homes.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / YEN FOR LIVING
Oct 27, 2009
Mystery train
How do you increase commuters when train fares are too high? Ask the land/transportation ministry for a break.
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Oct 25, 2009
Ishihara was ignorant of fact Olympics bid never had a hope — and we must pay price
Ever since Tokyo lost out on hosting the 2016 Summer Olympics the local media has been discussing what the Japan Olympic Committee (JOC) did wrong. In particular, they analyzed the presentations given by Tokyo Gov. Shintaro Ishihara and a group of former and future Olympians before the International...
Japan Times
BUSINESS / YEN FOR LIVING
Oct 24, 2009
Seven-burger army
In time for the Windows 7 launch, Burger King offers a 7-patty whopper for u00a5777. That's a mouthful ... if you eat them all at once.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Oct 23, 2009
Pusan fest revels in all films Asian
South Korea's biggest box-office hit of the year is the disaster movie "Haeundae," which has been seen by 11.3 million Koreans. The title refers to the beach-resort area of Pusan, where from Oct. 8-16 the 14th annual Pusan International Film Festival took place. In fact, most of the festival is held...
Japan Times
BUSINESS / YEN FOR LIVING
Oct 22, 2009
Comparative payoffs
Considering housing as an investment in Japan? You might want to compare the PER (price earnings ratio) in different areas.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / YEN FOR LIVING
Oct 18, 2009
Jeans on the cheap
Discount chain Don Quijote underbids everyone in the 'three-digit jeans price war.' How low will they go?
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Oct 18, 2009
Professor, schoolgirl share victim status in grope case
Last April, the Supreme Court reversed a Tokyo High Court decision that found Masahiro Nakura, a professor of medicine at the Self-Defense Forces University, guilty of being a chikan (groper) after he was charged with sexually assaulting a 17-year-old high school girl on the Odakyu train line in 2006....
Japan Times
BUSINESS / YEN FOR LIVING
Oct 16, 2009
This tax's for you
A new political regime threatens to flatten the frothy head of profits that brewers have been enjoying with their tax-proof 'daisan' beers.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / YEN FOR LIVING
Oct 12, 2009
Won on the wane
Never better time to spend that yen in South Korea, where despite an inflation, the duck and movie tickets are a bargain.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Oct 11, 2009
Japan's No. 1 playboy hardly a lady- killer
Talk-show host David Letterman obviously did the right thing when during a recent monologue he confessed to having had sex with some of his female staff. He made the admission to pre-empt news that he had been blackmailed for his indiscretions, but whatever the revelation said about Letterman's lack...
Japan Times
BUSINESS / YEN FOR LIVING
Oct 8, 2009
Annals of cheap: Takeya
The discount behemoth Takeya, located near Okachimachi Station, gets by on volume and an almost neurotic obsession with using space effectively.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / YEN FOR LIVING
Oct 6, 2009
Got JAL miles?
The final fate of JAL aside, frequent flyer customers need to think about what to do with all those miles today.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / YEN FOR LIVING
Oct 4, 2009
The blacklist — excuse me — the database is back
A group of rental guarantee companies move ahead with its plans to create a database of 'good' and 'bad' renters.
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Oct 4, 2009
Cheers to women drinking on their own terms
On July 31, an organization called Shufu Rengo, along with a conference of groups that address alcohol-related issues, sent a letter to liquor-industry associations containing a "request" to enforce "self-regulation" of television commercials targeting women.
Who needs AI when you have Hatsune Miku?
Over the first six months of 2024, a handful of songs using Vocaloid singer Hatsune Miku’s voice have enjoyed widespread attention, underlining a global interest in the character and the technology she represents.
Yen’s woes seem too big for even a BOJ hike this month to solve
The Bank of Japan headquarters in Tokyo
China’s economic growth comes in worse than expected
Pedestrians in the Wangfujing shopping area in Beijing on July 11, 2024. China's economic growth in the second quarter was lower than forecast, adding pressure on Chinese leaders to lift confidence at the Chinese Communist Party's third plenum this week.
Kansai airports to increase takeoff and landing slots ahead of Osaka Expo
Kansai International Airport in Izumisano, Osaka Prefecture. The upper limit on the number of takeoff and landing slots at the airport as well as Kobe Airport in Hyogo Prefecture will be raised in spring next year ahead of the 2025 World Exposition in Osaka.
Shooter came within inches of killing Trump, but left few clues as to why
An aerial view shows the stage where Republican presidential candidate and former U.S. President Donald Trump had been standing during an assassination attempt the day before, and the roof of a nearby building where a gunman was shot dead by law enforcement, in Butler, Pennsylvania, on Sunday.
The neurological disorder that 'kills culture'
Akiko Trush says her experience with the neurological disorder dystonia left her feeling like she wanted to chop her own hand off.
How to beat Japan’s summer heat in ways better for the planet
Tenugui towels hang up to dry at a dyeing company in Sakai, Osaka Prefecture, on May 8. The durable and versatile tenugui, which many people have in their homes, can be used in many ways to cool one’s body.
After Trump shooting, U.S. presidential race might take a violent turn
United States Secret Service Counter Snipers stand guard on a rooftop during a campaign rally for U.S. President Donald Trump in Avoca, Pennsylvania, in 2020.
No AC this summer? No problem (for me).
Think air conditioning is a requirement for a Tokyo summer? Think again.
She’s paying ¥1 million to help behind the scenes at the Paris Olympics
Mai Tarumi, who previously volunteered at the postponed Tokyo Olympics in 2021, has a travel budget of ¥1 million for her trip to volunteer at the Paris Games.

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