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Natsuko Fukue
JAPAN / MIXED MATCHES
Mar 9, 2010
For academic pair, viva art, history
Junko Kume and Isaac Ait Moreno moved to Tokyo last September for work, but they say it does not matter where they live as long as they can be together.
BUSINESS / ANALYSIS
Feb 26, 2010
Communication breakdown at the top
A lack of crucial information in the top ranks of Toyota Motor Corp. may have prevented the world's largest automaker from swiftly responding to many defect claims and accidents overseas before massive recalls.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Q&A
Feb 23, 2010
Facts and figures on Toyota's car recall
Toyota Motor Corp.'s recalls that started last September have involved millions of cars around the world. Safety concerns over Toyota cars have mounted, in the U.S. in particular, after a sudden uncontrolled acceleration killed an off-duty highway patrolman who was driving a Lexus ES350, along with three...
JAPAN
Feb 17, 2010
Tokyo job fair draws throng
About 2,400 university students who graduate next month attended a job fair put on Tuesday by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government, hoping for luck in what could be their final opportunity in the tough career market before getting their diplomas.
JAPAN
Feb 13, 2010
Girl works to empower poor kids
At age 16, Carmina Mancenon is a social entrepreneur. She is excitedly preparing to launch a project this summer in the hope of raising awareness of the poverty in Southeast Asia.
JAPAN
Feb 12, 2010
Temps again get short end?
The Hatoyama administration is working on an amendment to the job dispatch law in an effort to provide greater security to temporary workers hit by the economic slump.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / WHO'S WHO
Feb 9, 2010
'Otaku' turns passion for collecting into gold mine
Danny Choo, a Tokyo-based computer programmer and entrepreneur, calls himself a full-time "otaku."
JAPAN
Jan 20, 2010
Fliers saw bankruptcy coming, weigh options
Travelers and businesspeople reacted calmly Tuesday to Japan Airlines Corp.'s filing for bankruptcy and restructuring.
BUSINESS
Jan 20, 2010
Affiliates brace for impact from JAL's failure
Japan Airline Corp.'s Tuesday filing for bankruptcy finally starts the carrier down the government-led rehabilitation path.
JAPAN
Jan 16, 2010
Metro job fair grads' last chance?
Many prospective college graduates are facing a cold, grim winter in their job hunt.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / WHO'S WHO
Jan 12, 2010
Italian culture rep probes parallels
Umberto Donati, the 65-year-old director of the Italian Institute of Culture, is a force of nature when it comes to seizing every opportunity to introduce his country's paintings, books, art exhibitions and language courses to Japanese.
JAPAN
Jan 9, 2010
Ship collision coverage exposes media bias
This week's collision in which a Japanese whaling ship chopped off the bow of an antiwhaling boat off Antarctica not only highlights the international tussle over the contentious hunt but has also led to a clash between Japanese and Western media as well.
JAPAN / LOOMING CHALLENGES
Jan 4, 2010
Universities must look abroad to reverse Japan's brain drain
Japan appears to be suffering from brain drain. Examples include chemist Osamu Shimomura and physicist Yoichiro Nambu, both of whom won Nobel Prizes in 2008 for research conducted in U.S. universities.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Dec 30, 2009
HRW chief working to change diplomacy
Kanae Doi, a 34-year-old lawyer, has always wanted to be on the side of the weak. As a director of the Tokyo bureau of Human Rights Watch, a position she has held since 2008, she is trying to change Japanese politics to protect human rights.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Dec 22, 2009
Famed tale a perennial favorite
. The shogunate ordered Asano to commit ritual suicide over the breach in acceptable behavior. On Dec. 14, 1702, 47 samurai followers of Asano took revenge on Kira and killed him. They then subsequently dispatched themselves.
Japan Times
JAPAN / READERS' FUND
Dec 20, 2009
Group teaching Afghan women literacy, IT skills
Fourth in a series
JAPAN
Dec 19, 2009
Zoo pool too cool, so pudgy penguins hoof it
The penguins at Asahiyama Zoological Park in Asahikawa, Hokkaido, have gained weight lately, for good reason.
JAPAN
Dec 4, 2009
Farm households could get some relief
, agrees that direct payments to full-time farmers would at least give them a minimum wage. "Their income is rapidly decreasing" because of declining food prices, he said. The average annual income from farm products for full-time rice farmers was ¥3.37 million per household in 2007, according to the...
JAPAN
Dec 3, 2009
No-tuition plan fails poor students
don't even have the right to live," she said, adding she wants society to become more supportive of impoverished single-parent households. The NPO surveyed 385 single mothers and 433 high school students in single-parent households.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Nov 13, 2009
Young unemployed taste life in corporate fast lane
A group of unemployed young people participated Thursday in a one-day job-hunt support program in Tokyo organized by JPMorgan and Sodateage-Net, a Tokyo-based nonprofit organization.
Japan's biggest beef bowl chain Sukiya to shut nearly 2,000 stores after rat and bug contamination
Zensho Holdings, operator of fast-food chain Sukiya, said it will close all of its stores in Japan, except for a small number in shopping centers, between Monday and Friday following recent contamination incidents.
Alert raised for volcano in southwestern Japan
Shinmoedake, a volcano located between Miyazaki and Kagoshima prefectures, in November 2019
Japan considers all possible options as Trump threatens new auto tariffs
Subaru cars awaiting export at a port in Yokohama on Thursday.
Nankai Trough earthquake could kill 298,000 people, government says
Residents participate in an evacuation drill held with West Japan Railway in Shirahama, Wakayama Prefecture, in January 2024 to prepare for a Nankai Trough earthquake and a possible tsunami following the quake.
A Canadian made a weekend trip to Costco a Japanese pastime
Under the watchful eye of Ken Theriault, Costco representative director and Japan country manager, the American membership-model wholesaler has flourished in Japan.
A Canadian made a weekend trip to Costco a Japanese pastime
Under the watchful eye of Ken Theriault, Costco representative director and Japan country manager, the American membership-model wholesaler has flourished in Japan.
Tokyo tech failures lean into misfortune, mistakes and missteps
Tsuyoshi Domoto in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward on March 28. As an entrepreneur, Domoto experienced plenty of setbacks but maintains a positive attitude and continues to pursue his dreams.
Who among the opposition would join the ruling coalition?
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba enters his office in Tokyo on Friday.
Traveling the Three-Star Road, the tourist route made from thin air
Scenes like this snow-covered bridge leading to the village of Shirakawa-go are what make the Three-Star Road worth traveling — its name notwithstanding.
Recent spate of wildfires in Japan and South Korea linked to climate change
Smoke and flames rise from a wildfire in Andong, South Korea, on Tuesday.

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