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EDITORIALS
Mar 24, 2009
Pay-hike demands shot down
Bad business conditions because of the global recession triggered by the financial crisis that originated in the United States took a toll on Japanese labor in this year's spring wage negotiations. Major carmakers and electronics companies told labor that they will not increase base pay and that bonuses...
EDITORIALS
Mar 24, 2009
For the sake of consumers
The Diet has started deliberating bills to create a government organization to promote consumers' rights. It was Mr. Yasuo Fukuda, as prime minister, who first proposed establishing a Consumer Agency. Related bills submitted to the Diet have languished for 5 1/2 months. Clearly they were pushed aside...
EDITORIALS
Mar 23, 2009
Stay out of the classroom
The Tokyo District Court earlier this month ruled that three metropolitan assembly members in 2003 unduly interfered with sex education at a school for students with special needs. It also ruled that the punishment the Tokyo Metropolitan Board of Education meted out to teachers at the school for conducting...
EDITORIALS
Mar 23, 2009
Getting the record straight
The resignation March 16 of Mr. Shintaro Kubo as president of Nippon Television Network Corp., who took responsibility for an erroneous news report, underlines the importance of mass media people following the basics of journalism — obtaining evidence to support remarks made by news sources. The report...
EDITORIALS
Mar 22, 2009
Economic crisis deepens
The economic news continues to worsen. A new World Bank report forecasts a crisis that will spare no country and threatens to roll back decades of progress in the war against poverty. In one of the more sickening ironies of the moment, developing nations may be hurt the worst, even though they are bystanders...
EDITORIALS
Mar 21, 2009
Boost reactors' quake resistance
The Kanazawa District Court in March 2006 ordered Hokuriku Electric Power Co. to shut down the No. 2 reactor at its Shika nuclear power station in Ishikawa Prefecture — the nation's second largest power reactor. The unprecedented ruling said the reactor lacked sufficient earthquake resistance and could...
EDITORIALS
Mar 21, 2009
Act responsibly, Pyongyang
North Korea has notified two United Nations agencies — the International Maritime Organization and the International Civil Aviation Organization — of its plan to launch a communications satellite between April 4 and 8. The first stage of the rocket is expected to fall in the Sea of Japan only about...
EDITORIALS
Mar 20, 2009
A new Iron Curtain in Europe?
The global economic crisis threatens to divide Europe anew. While all of Europe is being battered by the slowdown, Eastern Europe is even more vulnerable and exposed than its Western neighbors. Yet, the two sets of economies are deeply connected. A plunge in the east will wash — not ripple — across...
EDITORIALS
Mar 19, 2009
Getting ready to take action
Finance ministers and central bankers from the Group of 20 nations met last week to prepare for the coming G20 summit and agreed to "take whatever action is necessary until growth is restored." Although a division surfaced among the participating nations, the commitment to efforts to attain recovery...
EDITORIALS
Mar 19, 2009
Money's worth in space
The U.S. space shuttle Discovery carrying its crew of seven docked with the International Space Station on Wednesday morning, Japan time. Among the crew is Japanese astronaut Mr. Koichi Wakata. While the Discovery is docked at the ISS, he will set up the ISS' fourth and last solar power panel by using...
EDITORIALS
Mar 18, 2009
A test for Northern Ireland
Terrorists murdered three people in Northern Ireland last week. A decade ago that news would have been commonplace. Today, however, it is a stunning development for a people who have grown accustomed to peace and reconciliation. The remaining elements of a terror movement are trying to fan the flames...
EDITORIALS
Mar 17, 2009
A maritime police action
Two Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyers, each carrying two patrol helicopters and two speed boats, are steaming to the Gulf of Aden on an antipiracy mission off Somalia. The government has evoked Article 82 of the Self-Defense Forces Law, which allows the SDF to take "maritime police actions" in situations...
Japan begins feeling the pain of BOJ rate hikes more concretely
People were more concerned about the direct and specific impact of the Bank of Japan's latest rate hike on their personal lives, according to an artificial intelligence-driven analysis of various platforms, including social media.
Sumo’s newest yokozuna is all smiles — but major challenges await
Hoshoryu (front, second from left) celebrates after being promoted to yokozuna on Wednesday in Tokyo.
Japanese man ends his 6,000 kilometer Africa rickshaw trek in Cape Town
Yuji "Gump" Suzuki, the Japanese runner and social media sensation, runs with supporters while pushing his rickshaw as he nears his goal in Cape Town, South Africa, on Sunday.
No clear reason yet for Washington air disaster that killed 67, officials say
Search and rescue teams work in the aftermath of the collision of American Eagle flight 5342 and a Black Hawk helicopter that crashed into the Potomac River, as seen from Virginia, on Thursday.
Cherry blossom season predicted to begin in Tokyo on March 21
Tokyo is expected to lead the season with its first cherry blossoms on March 21, followed by Fukuoka, Kochi and Hiroshima prefectures as well as the city of Yokohama on March 22.
For two weeks only, cold-water yellowtail can give you chills
Yellowtail caught during the coldest period of the year is delicious enough — but paired with a classic method of marinade and pan-searing, it's divine.
In meat- and fish-loving Japan, veganism is making a comeback
Though vegan restaurants have been on the upswing since 2017, Japanese vegans still lack a wide variety of options.
Who are the key figures involved in the growing Fuji TV scandal?
Fuji TV adviser Hisashi Hieda in 2005
What we learned at Fuji TV's marathon Nakai scandal news conference
Members of the media raise their hands for questions as outgoing Fuji TV President Koichi Minato attends a news conference in Tokyo on Monday.
Kanoa Igarashi dreams big as surfing championship tour gets underway
Kanoa Igarashi surfs in the Hurley Pro Sunset Beach competition in Oahu, Hawaii, on Feb. 18.

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