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Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 10, 2003

Homeless shelters' presence, profits irk neighbors

After learning that about 20 homeless people had moved into a dormlike shelter in their neighborhood, a large group of residents in the Higashi-Nippori district of Tokyo's Arakawa Ward demanded that the local assembly close the facility and relocate its occupants.
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Jul 6, 2003

The rich visit the poor to teach us a lesson

The fate of the Japanese economy may still be up in the air, but one thing is certain: We are living in an age of reduced expectations. Regardless of what happens to the GDP and unemployment rates, the public does not believe that things can only get better.
COMMENTARY
Jun 23, 2003

Asia-watcher likes what he sees

LOS ANGELES -- Like the American stock market, the Asian political scene suffers ups and downs. Today, Asia might seem more like a hibernating bear in a China shop than anything else. SARS-hit Hong Kong is experiencing its highest jobless rate in years, China is toying with the idea of a currency devaluation,...
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jun 18, 2003

Entrepreneur coaches coeds

Being confident and able to gauge one's potential are key for a successful entrepreneur, traits Musashino University lecturer Atsuko Mayumi seems able to bring out in her female students as she coaches them on how to go into business for themselves.
JAPAN
Jun 18, 2003

Entrepreneur coaches coeds

Being confident and able to gauge one's potential are key for a successful entrepreneur, traits Musashino University lecturer Atsuko Mayumi seems able to bring out in her female students as she coaches them on how to go into business for themselves.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jun 18, 2003

Entrepreneur coaches coeds

Being confident and able to gauge one's potential are key for a successful entrepreneur, traits Musashino University lecturer Atsuko Mayumi seems able to bring out in her female students as she coaches them on how to go into business for themselves.
JAPAN
Jun 17, 2003

Universities boost aid to financially strapped students

Private universities have expanded financial-assistance options for students, many of whom have seen their parents suffer pay- and job-cuts amid the economic downturn.
JAPAN
Jun 14, 2003

Dropout rise laid to economic woes

The average rate of students dropping out of private high schools due to their parents being made redundant or other economic problems reached a record-high 1.56 per school in the academic year that ended in March, a teachers' group said.
JAPAN
Jun 14, 2003

Dropout rise laid to economic woes

The average rate of students dropping out of private high schools due to their parents being made redundant or other economic problems reached a record-high 1.56 per school in the academic year that ended in March, a teachers' group said.
JAPAN
Jun 14, 2003

Dropout rise laid to economic woes

The average rate of students dropping out of private high schools due to their parents being made redundant or other economic problems reached a record-high 1.56 per school in the academic year that ended in March, a teachers' group said.
BUSINESS
Apr 29, 2003

Little light seen at end of job search

Job prospects for those leaving universities next spring appear nearly unchanged from this year, according to a Kyodo News poll.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 24, 2003

Getting serious about tourism -- finally

Japan is finally getting serious about attracting some foreign visitors to its shores.
JAPAN
Apr 23, 2003

Defense Agency collated secret data on recruits for its ranks from 1966

The Defense Agency admitted Tuesday it has collected personal information -- including data normally not available to the public -- on teenagers eligible for recruitment into the Self-Defense Forces.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 18, 2003

Journalist offers renewable energy as solution to wars fought over oil

OSAKA -- Humans may someday cease to fight over oil when the sun becomes our main source of energy, according to 64-year-old German journalist Franz Alt.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Apr 15, 2003

IRC officials try to play down hardline image

It has a nickname that would turn most customers off.
BUSINESS
Apr 2, 2003

946,000 high school, college graduates enter workforce

Around 946,000 graduates entered the workforce Tuesday, joining company welcoming ceremonies on the first day of the 2003 business year amid lingering concerns over the economy and the Iraq war, the labor ministry said.
JAPAN
Mar 27, 2003

25,296 without homes: survey

The number of homeless people in Japan stood at 25,296 earlier this year, according to a survey released Wednesday by the Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry.
BUSINESS
Mar 26, 2003

Fourth Haneda runway seen as potential boon

The transport ministry estimates that a planned fourth runway at Tokyo's Haneda airport will add 1.2 trillion yen to the economy of the metropolitan area the year it is completed, ministry officials said Tuesday.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY
Mar 16, 2003

Style police

The advertising executive for a multinational soft-drinks company gasps in horror as the gorgeous celebrity he has hired as the face of his multimillion ad campaign turns up for the photo shoot in a ketchup-stained T-shirt and jeans. No panic, though, because he's hired someone who earns a living making...
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / PERSONALITY PROFILE
Mar 15, 2003

Renato Brandao

"Theater is and has always been the most important force in my life," said Renato Brandao. "It has a life-transforming, mystical power. It says that you can improve yourself, you can enlarge your horizons, you don't have to be bound by today's limits. I felt victimized when I was young, and it gave me...
JAPAN
Feb 18, 2003

Aid for workers of Japanese ancestry

The labor ministry plans to strengthen support for foreign workers of Japanese ancestry to help them find jobs and better settle in the country, ministry officials said Monday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 7, 2003

Five prefectures call for end to casino ban

Tokyo and four prefectural governments delivered a petition to the national government Thursday calling for a ban on casinos to be lifted, saying it would generate income and create jobs amid the nationwide economic slump.
BUSINESS
Jan 24, 2003

Ministry panel looks to raise unemployment premiums

A subcommittee of an advisory council to the labor minister urged Thursday that the monthly sum of unemployment insurance premiums be raised to an amount equal to 1.6 percent of an employee's wages beginning April 1, 2005.
JAPAN
Jan 21, 2003

High school students face record low job promises

At the end of November, an all-time low of 60.3 percent of high school students had been promised jobs after graduation, surpassing the previous record low of 63.4 percent registered a year earlier.
BUSINESS
Jan 12, 2003

Daiei to scrap tie-up with electronics discounter

Daiei Inc. said Saturday it will scrap a sales tieup with Yamada Denki Co., a move that will force the troubled retail giant to review its strategy for increasing slumping sales of household appliances.
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE ZEIT GIST
Jan 7, 2003

Japan considers a flutter on casinos

It was a rare taste of Las Vegas in Tokyo, and for two days the casino crowds -- hosted by Tokyo Gov. Shintaro Ishihara -- pumped the handles of slot machines and betted feverishly on the roulette wheel.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 1, 2003

New university to join bioscience race

KYOTO -- Although the government is aware that bio-related businesses are important for revitalizing the economy, this field has yet to develop in Japan at the level seen in other countries.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jan 1, 2003

Okuda offers economic solution: substantially raise sales tax

Hiroshi Okuda, chairman of the Japan Business Federation (Nippon Keidanren), thinks he has a cure for the sick economy, but consumers aren't likely to enjoy his bitter medicine.
Japan Times
JAPAN / THROUGH THE DOOR
Nov 26, 2002

Japan tries to reform refugee system

Japan has often been criticized for closing its doors to asylum seekers. Following the high-profile incident in May at the Japanese Consulate General in Shenyang, China, in which Japanese officials let Chinese police take a family of North Korean asylum seekers out of the compound, the government has...

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