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Japan Times
BUSINESS / YEN FOR LIVING
Oct 24, 2015

Water, water everywhere in Japan, but fewer people to pay for it

Water is relatively abundant in Japan, but there are less people around to pay for the infrastructure that processes it and delivers it to homes.
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle
Oct 10, 2015

Home sweet home: Preserving the traditional Kanazawa townhouse

Traditional wooden townhouses called machiya could once be found throughout Japan and were especially common in cities such as Kyoto and Nara in Kansai, as well as Kanazawa in Ishikawa Prefecture.
EDITORIALS
Jun 12, 2006

If you can't trust the elevators

It is taken for granted by most people that an elevator moves only after its doors are securely closed and not while the doors are open. But events on the evening of June 3 at a 23-story condominium building in Tokyo's Minato Ward have betrayed this trust.
JAPAN
Jul 16, 2005

Three firms tied to vehicle weight scam

The transport ministry filed criminal accusations with police Friday against three companies and their officials for allegedly underreporting the weight of rail track maintenance vehicles in an attempt to circumvent government regulations, ministry sources said.
BUSINESS
Apr 25, 2001

FTC raids elevator firm over charges of obstruction

Investigators from the Fair Trade Commission raided the offices of Mitsubishi Electric Corp.'s elevator maintenance unit and other locations Tuesday, following allegations that the company obstructed its rivals' bids to repair Mitsubishi elevators.
JAPAN
Mar 24, 2001

Book, CD prices to stay fixed

The Fair Trade Commission concluded Friday that the current fixed-price system for copyrighted items such as books, newspapers and CDs should continue.
EDITORIALS
Mar 23, 2000

Scrutinize the 'sympathy budget'

Washington's request that Japan maintain its "sympathy budget," or special host-nation financial support for the U.S. forces stationed here, has drawn a cool reception from the Japanese government and the media. During his visit here last week, U.S. Defense Secretary William Cohen repeated that request...
JAPAN
Apr 20, 1998

Traffic signal repair orders move to bid system

The National Police Agency has ordered prefectural police departments to award all traffic control signal maintenance orders by competitive bid.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Feb 1, 2023

U.S. Navy struggling to counter China's rise as warship repairs limit time at sea

The problems included increased delays in depot maintenance and 'growing numbers of cannibalizations,” according to a congressional assessment.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jan 28, 2023

Cracking under pressure: Inside the race to fix France’s nuclear plants

Complicated procedures, replicated across sites this winter, have hampered the ability of Electricite de France to get the country's nuclear reactors back online after lengthy shutdowns.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Mar 8, 2022

Hot on the heels of COVID, global aviation takes another battering as Russia sanctions bite

Manufacturers, lessors, insurers and maintenance providers for Russian carriers are among those hit directly by sanctions, while foreign airlines face high fuel costs and diverted routes.
Japan Times
WORLD
May 5, 2021

Years of unheeded warnings. Then the subway crash Mexico City had feared.

Ever since it opened nearly a decade ago, the newest Mexico City subway line had been plagued with structural weaknesses that led engineers to warn of potential accidents.
Japan Times
WORLD / FOCUS
Jan 11, 2021

U.S. Navy’s priciest carrier ever struggles to get jets on and off deck

The USS Gerald R. Ford's new systems are crucial to justifying the expense of what's now a four-vessel program intended to replace the current Nimitz class of aircraft carriers.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies / Regional voices: Chubu
Sep 25, 2020

Forced to halt output in pandemic, a Toyota plant in Aichi evolved

Workers use virus-related downtime to introduce new innovations at the facility.
Japan Times
ESG CONSORTIUM
Sep 30, 2018

Green-centric expansion at home and abroad

Since its launch in 1964 as a leasing company, Orix Corp. has expanded its business scope to address the changing needs of society while refusing to categorize itself.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jun 29, 2018

Officials discuss water quality hopes at home, abroad

Water is a basic need for humans, the environment and the Earth. Governments, engineers and researchers have worked together toward securing water supplies and managing water quality around the world. The International Water Association is one of the biggest international organizations working to achieve...
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / How-tos / HOME TRUTHS
Feb 11, 2018

Condo management is in need of repairs

On Dec. 18, the Supreme Court's petit bench ruled against a man from Fukuoka Prefecture who was suing the management association (kanri kumiai) of his condominium for firing him as its president of the board (rijicho) because the regulations of the association contained no stipulations for dismissal....
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle
Aug 5, 2017

Is this the end of the road for vintage cars in Japan?

Few are aware that Japan is a Mecca for classic car enthusiasts worldwide. Boasting a world-class national road network of blacktop roads, bridges and tunnels, the country is the perfect place to cruise around in a 1950s Rolls-Royce limousine or a 1970s Nissan Skyline GT-R, which fans dubbed "Hakosuka"...
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 20, 2017

Why tower blocks are unfit for public housing

Countries that still house many of their poor in tower blocks need to work on moving them out into human-scale housing that can be maintained more efficiently.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Dec 12, 2015

Why infrastructure repairs are being ignored

Several days after a storm caused the Kinugawa River to overflow its banks and destroy communities in Ibaraki Prefecture in September, the infrastructure ministry held on-site meetings to look into what went wrong.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan / SENTAKU MAGAZINE
Sep 24, 2015

JR Group's vaunted safety reputation is falling apart

Confidence in Japan Rail is rapidly collapsing as serious accidents and other troubles have been occurring in rapid succession.
Japan Times
WORLD / ANALYSIS
Aug 18, 2014

Europe struggles with cost of caring for its elderly nuclear plants

Europe's aging nuclear plants will undergo more prolonged outages over the next few years, reducing the reliability of power supply and costing operators many billions of dollars.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel / BACKSTREET STORIES
Feb 22, 2014

Arisugawa-no-Miya's no mere people's park

Tokyo's weather in February is unpredictable, so when the day I have set aside for exploring features a record-breaking blizzard, I'm not surprised. So, bundled up like Everest conqueror Edmund Hillary, I exit Hiroo Station in Minato Ward to find the air feathered with swirling flakes and the streets...
COMMENTARY / Japan / SENTAKU MAGAZINE
Feb 26, 2013

Who'll repair Japan's roads?

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's grandiose plan to reinforce the nation's infrastructure could end up being a pie in the sky unless more attention is paid to details.
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 22, 2013

The limits of military growth

The unipolar moment of global military supremacy for the U.S. after the Cold War ended with the Soviet Union collapse appears to have been fleeting.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Dec 23, 2012

Public works funds best spent fixing aging infrastructure

Last week's Lower House election was all about what people didn't want — the Democratic Party of Japan — but the issue foremost in voters' minds was the state of the economy, and new prime minister Shinzo Abe has made that his first priority by pledging to boost inflation through monetary easing...
U.S. aircraft carrier returns to Japan carrying navy’s ‘most capable fighter’
U.S. 7th Fleet Commander Vice Adm. Fred Kacher speaks to reporters shortly after the arrival of aircraft carrier USS George Washington at Yokosuka naval base in Kanagawa Prefecture on Friday.
Tokyo police care for lost umbrellas, keys and flying squirrels
An employee at the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department Lost and Found Center in the Iidabashi area of central Tokyo bags, tags and organizes thousands of items.
After Shohei Ohtani bump, Iwate ironware maker sees brighter future
Kaito Kikuchi's decision to send superstar Shohei Ohtani one of his company's traditional ironware tea kettles has paid off with a surge of interest from general consumers.
Japan approves ¥21.9 trillion stimulus plan
The policy chiefs of the Democratic Party for the People, Liberal Democratic Party and Komeito — Makoto Hamaguchi (left), Itsunori Onodera (center) and Mitsunari Okamoto — shake hands after reaching an agreement on an economic stimulus package on Wednesday.
Woman dies after train collides with car in Tochigi
A Moka Railway train car
Tokyo’s newest three-star chef wants ‘harmony across every detail’
British-born Daniel Calvert earned his third Michelin star last month — a stunning achievement considering his restaurant, Sezanne, has only been open for just over three years.
133-year-old Kyushu railway station remains to be partially preserved
The remains of the original Moji Station in Kitakyushu
After Shohei Ohtani bump, Iwate ironware maker sees brighter future
Kaito Kikuchi's decision to send superstar Shohei Ohtani one of his company's traditional ironware tea kettles has paid off with a surge of interest from general consumers.
Shohei Ohtani wins National League MVP award
Shohei Ohtani celebrates after hitting a three-run home run against the Padres during the National League Division Series at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles last month.
The slow-burn success of ‘A Samurai in Time’
A 19th-century warrior gets struck by lightning and wakes to find himself in 21st-century Kyoto in Junichi Yasuda’s surprise hit “A Samurai in Time.”

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

Longform

Construction takes place on the Takanawa Gateway Convention Center in Tokyo, slated to open in 2025.
A boom for business tourism in Japan?
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