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LIFE / Language / WELL SAID
Oct 26, 2015

Thinking about the difference between 'omou' and 'kangaeru'

Introduce the two verbs u304au3082u3046 and u304bu3093u304cu3048u308b, which mean 'to think.'
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JAPAN / Society / EXPLAINER
Oct 26, 2015

Plan to hire more foreign housekeepers no easy chore, say industry players

The role of housekeepers has come under the spotlight as the government looks to them to provide working mothers with help at home as one way to prop up the nation's dwindling workforce.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel / BACKSTREET STORIES
Oct 24, 2015

Grave company at Zoshigaya Cemetery

When persimmon leaves and the tips of maples take on color, and chilly air rattles windows, composer Yoshinao Nakada's haunting song "Chiisai Aki Mitsuketa" ("A Bit of Autumn Found") floats through my mind. Having just learned that the song's lyricist, talented poet Hachiro Sato (1903-74), rests in Zoshigaya...
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 22, 2015

Europe may be on brink of disintegration

It is often argued that the EU progresses through crises, but the ingredients needed for such breakthroughs are now lacking.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 22, 2015

Harley-Davidson sees TPP as boon for expansion into emerging economies

Harley-Davidson Inc., which is facing steep discounts from Japanese competitors taking advantage of a weak yen, is stepping up as an unlikely supporter of the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade agreement.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Oct 21, 2015

Season of scandal hits Japan with flurry of corporate confessions

Japan, which prides itself on maintaining propriety and order, has suddenly been hit by a spate of corporate scandals.
BUSINESS / Economy
Oct 21, 2015

Aussie Labor Party clears path to landmark China trade pact

Australia's main opposition Labor Party said on Wednesday it was dropping its final objections to the passage of a landmark free trade agreement with China, clearing the last impediment to its ratification before the end of the year.
Japan Times
WORLD
Oct 20, 2015

Assad marches toward Aleppo in assault likely to stoke fresh wave of refugees to EU

With Russian warplanes in the air and Iranian special forces on the ground, an emboldened Syrian President Bashar Assad is turning back to the biggest trophy in his country's civil war, and this time Europe is also on the front line.
JAPAN
Oct 19, 2015

Online survey targets problems faced by foreign workers in Japan

A team of international students is conducting an online survey to collect input from foreign workers in Japan and urge changes in tradition-bound Japanese companies, the group said Monday.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / BLACK EYE
Oct 18, 2015

Dan teaches us how to be 'the man' in Japan

Every time I turn around, it seems, people are always asking me, "Do you know Dan Smith?" Or, they'll assume I already know him — what with his being black, working in the media and living in Japan for, like, forever and all. Sometimes I nod that I do, sometimes I even front like I know him ("Oh yeah,...
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 18, 2015

Beijing promotes low-paid college graduates to startup CEOs

Quitting her job as receptionist, joining rock bands and chancing her tattoo-sleeved arm at small business ventures would once have branded college graduate Ding Jia as a rebel in China. Now she can claim state endorsement as a "creative."
JAPAN
Oct 16, 2015

Most Japan firms back bringing in low-skilled foreign labor: poll

Three-quarters of Japanese companies support opening up the country to more foreign workers in low-skilled jobs to cope with a rapidly worsening labor shortage, a Reuters poll shows — a stark contrast to deep-seated government reluctance to do so.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Oct 16, 2015

China courts hardline Myanmar party

A powerful ethnic nationalist politician from one of Myanmar's poorest and most volatile regions said Chinese officials made him an irresistible offer during a recent visit to the country: Ask for anything, and we'll give it to you.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / VIEWS FROM THE STREET
Oct 14, 2015

Views from Tokyo: Have you felt Japan shifting to the right recently under Abe?

With the media reporting breathlessly that Japan is lurching to the right under the Shinzo Abe government, have people out and about in Tokyo sensed a rightward tilt?
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Oct 13, 2015

Japan should avoid making suicidal education mistakes

Japan's educational system will suffer greatly if political ignoramuses who know the price of everything and the value of nothing are allowed to have their way.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Oct 13, 2015

Retailers warn of dismal spending; sales tax hike seen stifling demand

Do not believe in official statistics, Japanese retailers seem to be saying, as they cut earnings forecasts and warn of lackluster consumer spending, a key growth engine for Japan at a time when exports and factory output are stalling.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / LAW OF THE LAND
Oct 11, 2015

Japan’s Constitution won’t protect revolting foreigners

It's worth bearing in mind that the most prominent case concerning the constitutional rights of foreigners involved an American who got kicked out of the country for participating in antiwar protests.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy / YEN FOR LIVING
Oct 10, 2015

Japan's rich: acutely aware of their wealth and not flashy with it

It's often said that in Japan you may live right next door to a millionaire and not know it, because his house looks just like yours.
EDITORIALS
Oct 10, 2015

Raise nursery school salaries

Increasing pay for preschool teachers would be a vital step in getting more women into the labor force, in particular by increasing capacity at nursery schools so more mothers could work.
EDITORIALS
Oct 10, 2015

Sex education or propaganda?

The government distributed inaccurate sex education material to high school teachers in a misguided attempt to raise the national birthrate.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 8, 2015

Sony's Hirai says turnaround past midway point

Sony Corp.'s struggling electronics businesses have passed the midway point on the way to financial health, President Kazuo Hirai said.
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 8, 2015

Debt and deflation deja vu

Seven years after the global financial crisis, leverage worldwide is higher than ever, and aggregate demand is still insufficient to drive robust growth.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 7, 2015

New ministerial post raises doubts, overlaps with other agencies

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's newly created ministerial post is raising questions from the public and the opposition camp over concerns its roles will overlap with other agencies.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 6, 2015

Japan offers to build subs in Australia 'from day one'

The Japanese consortium bidding for a $35 billion project to build submarines for Australia said Tuesday it is confident it can build the boats in Australia from the outset should the Australian government request it.

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