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BUSINESS
May 8, 2010

Japan Post chief attempts to calm bankers

The president of Japan Post Holdings Co. tried Friday to allay bankers' fears about postal reforms, saying that doubling the deposit cap on postal savings accounts and the benefits paid out by Kampo insurance policies were unlikely to affect their profits.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY
May 8, 2010

Online photo/video competition under way

Tokyo.JapanTimes, an affiliated Web site of The Japan Times, has launched a photo/video competition on the themes of ''people, street and nature in Tokyo."
EDITORIALS
May 7, 2010

Long live the next Kabukiza

Kabukiza Theater in Tokyo's Ginza, the center of the traditional performing art that is on UNESCO's list of intangible cultural heritages, was closed on April 30. It will revive in the spring of 2013 with new buildings. Toward the end of the 16-month long Kabukiza Farewell Performances, which started...
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel / HOTELS & RESTAURANTS
May 7, 2010

Mexican invasion at Trader Vic's

Timed to celebrate the Mexican holiday of Cinco de Mayo, Trader Vic's at the Hotel New Otani Tokyo will feature Mexican dishes from its historic sister restaurant, Senor Pico, until May 31.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
May 7, 2010

The Bawdies: "There's No Turning Back"

In the middle of The Bawdies' "There's No Turning Back," is "Sad Song," a lament of lost love that comes dangerously close to being a Matchbox 20-styled ballad better suited for a breakup scene in some cheesy romance flick than a rock 'n' roll record. And while by no means their best material, the credit...
EDITORIALS
May 6, 2010

The long downhill road

The severe business environment for department stores has kept this segment of the retail industry on a downward sales path for two decades.
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle / Japan Pulse
May 5, 2010

Big (only) in Japan? Tape as proof of purchase

While Japan loves packaging, it makes an exception with proof-of-purchase tape.
COMMENTARY / World
May 5, 2010

Fatah, Hamas watch, wait

GAZA CITY — With dueling authorities running Gaza and the West Bank, the Palestinian people find themselves in the middle of an experiment. In Gaza, where Hamas is in charge, the high price of armed resistance to Israel has discredited any attempts to revive the conflict. In the West Bank, under Fatah...
LIFE / Language / BILINGUAL: KEYES' POINT
May 5, 2010

Rusuban: The family oni is left holding the fort

"Daddy, when I grow up I wanna be a kyabajō (キャバ嬢, nightclub hostess)!"
COMMENTARY / World
May 4, 2010

Rural Africa planting seeds for bigger payoffs

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — After decades of bad news, at least three major trends are turning Africa's way: agricultural policies, rural demography and farm productivity all promise improved opportunities for farm families across the continent.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / VIEWS FROM THE STREET
May 4, 2010

What's your opinion of the conversation school industry in Japan?

EDITORIALS
May 2, 2010

Hasty abolition of statute

The Diet on April 27 revised the Criminal Law and the Criminal Procedure Law to abolish the statute of limitations for crimes whose maximum penalty is capital punishment, such as murder and robbery murder, and to double the period of the statute to 30 years, 20 years or 10 years, respectively, for crimes...
Japan Times
ENVIRONMENT / OLD NIC'S NOTEBOOK
May 2, 2010

Sweet and sour amid the late snow of spring

Two days ago I was in the woods, generally looking around and gathering a few butterburs — the first of the spring sansai (wild mountain vegetables), which I love to serve as tempura.
EDITORIALS
May 1, 2010

China's summer showcase

Expo 2010 — a six-month event starting May 1 in Shanghai, the largest city in China — will showcase the recent economic development and internationalization of the world's most populous country, once a revolutionary nation that directly challenged the Western political and economic order. The event's...
EDITORIALS
May 1, 2010

Monju reactor set to restart

The test run of the prototype fast-breeder reactor (FBR) Monju in Tsuruga, Fukui Prefecture, is now expected to start after Golden Week, after prefecture Gov. Issei Nishikawa on April 28 gave the go-ahead for test runs to be conducted. The 280,000 kW reactor — an important part of Japan's planned nuclear...
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / JAPAN LITE
May 1, 2010

Cat's guide to attaining enlightenment

After so many years in Japan, I have come to realize that it is not so hard to achieve enlightenment. As long as you're a cat.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY
May 1, 2010

An artist's love affair with ceramics

Ceramic artist Swanica Ligtenberg returned from her native Holland in early January with a new sense of purpose. She no longer felt an outsider in a family of goldsmiths and silversmiths, because in speaking with her uncle — still creatively active at age 91 — she realized that the roots of his and...
BASKETBALL / HOOP SCOOP
May 1, 2010

Hirose still seeking right formula for Albirex

Blessed with talent and depth, this season's Niigata Albirex BB squad has failed to live up to its potential.
Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design / Japan Pulse
Apr 30, 2010

Small is beautiful, for a change

Traditionally, Japanese bra-makers have done their best to boost small chests, but Wacoal recently scored a hit with their minimizing brassieres.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink
Apr 30, 2010

Kyoto's temples of gastronomy

You need a strategy when you're visiting a city the size of Kyoto. Ours was simple: No tourist spots, no taxis and no traipsing around. We were there to eat.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Apr 30, 2010

Rising from the ashes of Pompeii

In the Christian era that succeeded the pagan one, the destruction of the Roman cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD was always thought of in apocalyptic terms, much like the Biblical destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah by "fire and brimstone." It was felt that the...
Truck cabin found in sewer pipe in Saitama sinkhole rescue operation
The sinkhole in Yashio, Saitama Prefecture, on Wednesday. It has expanded since the initial collapse on Jan 28.
Ohtani's ex-interpreter Mizuhara sentenced to nearly five years in prison
Ippei Mizuhara, former interpreter for Shohei Ohtani, leaves the courthouse in Santa Ana, California, on Thursday.
Concern over crime grows in Japan as cases rise for third straight year
Investigators pursue a criminal case in the town of Oshima in Tokyo in January.
Two ex-Japan Airlines pilots grounded after lying about drinking
A passenger plane for Japan Airlines sits on the tarmac at Tokyo International Airport at Haneda in Tokyo on Tuesday.
Japanese rice fish detect UV rays with pituitary gland
Japanese rice fish detect ultraviolet rays from sunlight directly with the pituitary gland and turn their bodies black for protection, a team has found.
Making sense of Nintendo’s tight-lipped Switch 2 reveal
The bestselling Switch has a confirmed successor, but what little we know about the Switch 2 console so far raises some concerns about its longterm viability in a crowded gaming market.
Naomi Osaka on tennis, motherhood and being Japanese
Naomi Osaka celebrates winning her second round match at the Australian Open over the Czech Republic's Karolina Muchova on Jan. 15.
Philippines all in to get its own midrange missile system
Philippine Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro says Manila's moves to beef up deterrence — including continuing to have a powerful U.S. missile system deployed on its territory — “are for the protection of our territorial integrity and sovereignty."
No Paris Syndrome for Japan’s national sport
Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi (left) describes a detail of a mawashi presented as a gift to French President Jacques Chirac at the Elysee Palace in 1999.
Excitement for the Osaka Expo is low. Can organizers build hype?
The Osaka Expo site on Yumeshima island in December. A survey of 3,000 people from across Japan conducted in October by the Mitsubishi Research Institute showed that just 24% of respondents expressed an interest in attending the Osaka Expo.

Podcast

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

Longform

Eme-Ima Kitchen is one of over 10,000 kodomo shokudō in Japan. A term first used in 2012 to describe makeshift eateries offering free or cheap meals to disadvantaged kids, it now refers to a diverse range of individuals, groups and organizations working to provide not only food but a sense of belonging to both children and adults.
Japan’s ‘children’s cafeterias’ are booming — but is that a good thing?
By Alex K.T. Martin

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