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Japan Times
BUSINESS
Oct 22, 2009

Tokyo Motor Show greener, but also leaner

Automakers showcased their eco-friendly hybrids, electric vehicles and other green technologies as the Tokyo Motor Show got under way Wednesday in the city of Chiba, but what with the global economic slump, many manufacturers were conspicuous no-shows.
BUSINESS
Oct 22, 2009

Prolonging BOJ credit line poses risk: Nishimura

Financial markets are improving and keeping the Bank of Japan's emergency credit program in place for too long may cause distortions, BOJ Deputy Gov. Kiyohiko Nishimura said Wednesday.
JAPAN
Oct 21, 2009

First ever poverty rate released by ministry stands at relatively high 15.7%

The national poverty rate stood at 15.7 percent in 2006, according to first-ever figures released Tuesday by the Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry, a fairly high rate for a developed country.
LIFE / Language / KANJI CLINIC
Oct 21, 2009

Get set for next year's overhaul of official kanji

Kanji aficionados and educators are buzzing over the biggest kanji news in nearly three decades: Next fall, for the first time since 1981, Japan’s government is expected to announce a revision of the joyo (general-use) kanji list. Currently numbering 1,945, these kanji comprise the official list allowed...
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Oct 21, 2009

Public funds mulled to keep JAL afloat

The government may need to inject public funds into Japan Airlines Corp. to keep the ailing carrier aloft, transport minister Seiji Maehara and Finance Minister Hirohisa Fujii indicated Tuesday.
JAPAN / EXPLAINER
Oct 20, 2009

Abortion still key birth control

People may be surprised to know abortion has been legal in Japan since 1949, more than a decade earlier than in other industrialized countries.
COMMUNITY
Oct 20, 2009

Foreign parents face travel curbs?

I think it is safe to say that the countdown has begun — the countdown to it becoming more difficult for you to leave Japan with your children. Difficult, that is, if you are non-Japanese and traveling without their other parent (or his or her written consent).
BUSINESS
Oct 20, 2009

Carmaker quandary: shrink but also grow

Japanese carmakers are facing a dilemma. They have to trim their global output capacity amid a stagnant world economy that has weakened their financial health while trying at the same time to gain stronger footholds in emerging markets, experts say.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / Japan Pulse
Oct 19, 2009

Twitter swoops into the Japanese market again

Twitter stepping up its operations in Japan with a new mobile site and video capability. Will this be enough to make Japanese users start tweeting?
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Oct 19, 2009

China too reliant on exports, fixed-asset investments: expert

China can probably achieve its goal of 8 percent growth this year, but it won't be sustainable in the long term if the economy's overreliance on exports and fixed-asset investments doesn't end, a prominent Chinese economist recently said at a seminar in Tokyo.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / ANALYSIS
Oct 17, 2009

DPJ takes aim at public works

Friday's budgetary requests from ministries for the next fiscal year and the ¥2.9 trillion the government recovered from this year's extra budget reflect the Democratic Party of Japan's strong resolve to redistribute funds from public works projects to the pockets of citizens to boost domestic demand,...
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / BJ-LEAGUE NOTEBOOK
Oct 16, 2009

NBA lockout gives Greene a shot at big time

Considered a top official during the bj-league's first four seasons, Tim Greene is now in uncharted territory.
JAPAN
Oct 16, 2009

Tourism budget to soar: Maehara

Tourism minister Seiji Maehara requested Thursday a budget of ¥25.7 billion for the 2010 fiscal year, a fourfold increase on the previous year, to increase foreign tourists to Japan and promote regional economies.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Oct 16, 2009

Dizzee Rascal "Tongue N' Cheek"

Rascal is back with a new album that sees him move into the mainstream with an effortlessness that nobody would have predicted back in 2003. What we have instead of the old gritty rapper persona is a little, well, surreal. "See me on the telly with Jeremy Paxman on the news" boasts Rascal on "Money Money."...
EDITORIALS
Oct 15, 2009

Full military disclosure

The Air Self-Defense Force was engaged in a transportation mission in Iraq from March 2004 to December 2008 under a special law to provide humanitarian assistance for the reconstruction of Iraq. Details of the mission were unknown.
BUSINESS
Oct 15, 2009

BOJ keeps key interest rate at 0.1%

The Bank of Japan on Wednesday kept its key interest rate at 0.1 percent as expected but refrained from ending corporate support measures because of the high downside risks to the economy.
COMMENTARY
Oct 15, 2009

An angel among the evil energy resources

Environmental activists have an aboveground and a below-ground view of the world. Energy sources harnessed on or very close to the surface, like wind, wave, tidal, solar and hydro power, are good. They are renewable and do not emit carbon dioxide, the main greenhouse gas that is widely thought to be...
EDITORIALS
Oct 15, 2009

Police interrogations on video

The Democratic Party of Japan's election manifesto calls for all interrogations of criminal suspects by investigators to be recorded on video, to (1) prevent prolonging a trial because of differences in opinion between public prosecutors and defense counsel members over the reliability of the record...
BUSINESS
Oct 15, 2009

September producer prices off 7.9% as oil, materials fall

Producer prices fell for a ninth month as oil traded lower than last year's levels and demand for materials waned, the Bank of Japan said Wednesday.
Japan researchers develop a simple way to spot signs of Alzheimer's disease
In 2022, the number of elderly people with dementia in Japan reached 4.43 million, according to data from the health ministry.
Japan to overhaul tax exemption system for foreign visitors
The Ginza shopping district in Tokyo in August
Two dead after fire at Upper House lawmaker Kuniko Inoguchi’s apartment
A fire broke out on the sixth floor of an apartment building where Upper House lawmaker Kuniko Inoguchi resides on Wednesday in Tokyo's Bunkyo Ward.
Real-life ‘Tokyo Swindlers’ ordered to pay ¥1 billion in damages
High-rise buildings in Tokyo. Through faking documents and passports a criminal group conspired to pose as the owner of a real-estate plot and buildings in Tokyo's Shinagawa Ward in 2017, defrauding Sekisui House of ¥5.5 billion.
Real estate worth ¥25 trillion puts Japan companies in spotlight
Elliott Investment Management's stake in Tokyo Gas is centered around getting the utility to sell off its real estate holdings, including Shinjuku Park Tower, which houses the Park Hyatt Hotel Tokyo.
Hiroshi Kurosaki looks beyond Japan for heart-wrenching drama
Hiroshi Kurosaki’s Netflix series “Beyond Goodbye” centers on a woman (Kasumi Arimura, left) who discovers her dead lover’s heart saved the life of a quiet pianist (Kentaro Sakaguchi).
Japan researchers develop a simple way to spot signs of Alzheimer's disease
In 2022, the number of elderly people with dementia in Japan reached 4.43 million, according to data from the health ministry.
‘What Divides Us’ producer honors grandfather’s Hiroshima reportage
“What Divides Us" producer Cannon Hersey says his grandfather, who wrote about the aftermath of nuclear destruction in Hiroshima, never spoke about what he had seen while working with Japanese minister Kiyoshi Tanimoto to preserve the stories of survivors.
DPP’s Tamaki leverages new position with energy proposal
DPP leader Yuichiro Tamaki in Tokyo on Tuesday
Bluesky is booming in Japan — mainly for reasons other than U.S. politics
According to Similarweb, average monthly user numbers for Bluesky on Android in Japan quintupled in the 12 months to October.

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