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BUSINESS
Dec 2, 2022

BOJ board member calls for policy review at the right time

Naoki Tamura has said it's hard to define the 'right time' mechanically, or decide what would make it necessary because it depends on inflation, wages and the economy.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Nov 10, 2021

Shinsei board member says the bank needs to improve performance

Shinsei has moved to defend itself from an SBI takeover bid, saying it would introduce a strategy designed to dilute the suitor's stake.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
May 9, 2019

Ex-member of alleged New York sex cult tells jury of forced encounter and 'shame'

A former member of an alleged New York sex cult testified on Wednesday that the secretive group's leader forced her into an unwanted sexual encounter and took nude photos of her after he announced that he was her "grand master."
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jul 16, 2017

Former Chongqing party chief and Chinese Politburo member under probe, report says

Sun Zhengcai, the former Communist Party chief of the Chinese city of Chongqing, is under investigation by authorities, the Wall Street Journal has reported, citing people it didn't identify.
CULTURE / Film / Wide Angle
Jul 22, 2015

In search of male 'members' great and small

Iceland has everything that matters. There's Bjork, of course. There's Skyr yogurt, widely acknowledged to be the best on the planet. And they've got a place called The Icelandic Phallological Museum, the world's only museum dedicated to the penis, run by Sigurour Hjartarson. For more than 40 years this...
BUSINESS / Economy
Jul 2, 2015

BOJ must achieve 2% inflation target, new board member Funo says

The Bank of Japan's newest board member Yukitoshi Funo said the central bank must achieve its price target, indicating his support for Gov. Haruhiko Kuroda.
JAPAN / Media
Jun 12, 2015

Times advisory board meets, offers recommendations

JAPAN / Politics
Jun 19, 2014

Female Your Party member interrupted by sexist heckles

The sexist nature of the Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly is revealed after a member is verbally harassed by her male colleagues while addressing the national birthrate problem.
COMMUNITY
Jul 22, 2008

Diet member Fujita responds to reader's criticisms on 9/11

L ast week the Community Page published a selection of readers' responses to to John Spiri's June 17 Zeit Gist article on Democratic Party of Japan lawmaker Yukihisa Fujita. Following is Mr. Fujita's response to one reader's criticisms of the Diet member's stance on the Sept. 11 attacks.
BUSINESS
Jun 20, 2006

Trust banks should handle assets, new BOJ member says

Newly appointed Bank of Japan Policy Board member Tadao Noda said Monday that entrusting stockholdings with trust banks is one way to boost the transparency of senior BOJ officials' financial assets.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jun 9, 2006

BOJ member Suda wants public to know finance

Miyako Suda doesn't think of her job on the Bank of Japan's Policy Board as only talking to economists and crunching numbers.

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Visitors walk past Sou Fujimoto's Grand Ring, which has been recognized as the largest wooden structure in the world.
Can a World Expo still matter? Japan is about to find out.