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COMMENTARY
Dec 28, 2007

World leader for president

HONG KONG — The 187 countries meeting to discuss climate change in Bali, Indonesia, this month narrowly averted a total breakdown by agreeing to set 2009 as the deadline for a new treaty to limit greenhouse-gas emissions. For that deadline to be met, China and the United States will both need to agree...
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Dec 28, 2007

LDP 'forced' to propose sales tax hike: Yosano

Ballooning social security costs will force the Liberal Democratic Party to propose a consumption tax hike in the coming year so the new rate can take effect in 2009, according to LDP heavyweight Kaoru Yosano, who is versed in financial matters and a strong advocate of raising the levy.
Reader Mail
Dec 27, 2007

Belief in UFOs proves unshakable

An AFP article last week quoted the "science minister" as saying he hopes aliens exist. In the delightful decades I've spent in Japan, of the wonderfully wacky beliefs that people discuss -- from blood-type personalities to unlucky calendar days to ghosts haunting mansions -- the most unbelievable is...
BUSINESS
Dec 27, 2007

Growth slowing: BOJ's Kamezaki

YOKOHAMA (Kyodo) Economic growth has recently been slowing on sharp falls in domestic housing investment at a time when uncertainties surrounding the global economy are increasing, Bank of Japan Policy Board member Hidetoshi Kamezaki said Wednesday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Dec 27, 2007

Honda touts Clarity as latest, greatest fuel-cell car

LOS ANGELES — The red car humming quietly along this four-lane suburban road looks pretty much like your average four-door sedan.
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 27, 2007

The 'browning' of African technology

PRAGUE — Forget MIT. Hello, Tsing Hua University. For Clothilde Tingiri, a hot young programmer at Rwanda's top software company, dreams of Beijing, not Cambridge, animate her ambitions. Desperate for more education, this fall she plans to attend graduate school for computer science — in China, not...
Japan Times
JAPAN
Dec 26, 2007

Fukuda meets, apologizes to hepatitis C victims

Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda on Tuesday met with — and apologized to — representatives of people who contracted hepatitis C through tainted blood products and are now suing the government and drug makers.
COMMENTARY
Dec 26, 2007

China puts muscle to policy

NEW DELHI — Rising economic and military power is emboldening Beijing to pursue a more muscular foreign policy. Having earlier preached the gospel of its "peaceful rise," China is now beginning to take the gloves off, confident of the muscle it has acquired.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Dec 26, 2007

Lightning-fast arms named robot of the year

A mechanical arm that picks 120 items a minute from a conveyor belt won Japan's Robot of the Year award last week, defeating a dozen other flashier finalists, including a walking humanoid, a firefighter robot and a transparent torso for simulating surgery.
JAPAN
Dec 26, 2007

Firm reneges on promised jobs for Nova teachers

whether they would be able to be re-employed or not," she said. "We had to believe the company as much as possible because we wanted to regain a sense of security as soon as possible." National Union of General Workers Tokyo Nambu, a Tokyo-based labor union whose ranks include many ex-Nova teachers,...
EDITORIALS
Dec 26, 2007

Bloc development in the works

The planning section of the National Land Development Council has penned a 10-year national land formation plan that the Cabinet will approve by the end of March after receiving it from the council. The plan is expected to gain public support. The central and local governments must work out ways to implement...
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 25, 2007

Nuclear facilities as targets

LOS ANGELES — The drumbeat appears to be growing louder: Western leaders repeatedly declare that no option is off the table to stem Iran's nuclear ambitions. And, in mid-November, London's Sunday Times reported that Israel put defenses around its Dimona nuclear reactor on "red alert" 30 times, as worries...
Reader Mail
Dec 25, 2007

Japanese aren't the only victims

This is in response to two Dec. 16 letters, "Okinawans know their own history" by Ayako Hosoi and "Undue public influence on text" by Yoichiro Tamanyu. I largely agree with Hosoi and believe a great many Japanese do, too. Now change the word "Okinawa" in Hosoi's letter to "China," and then ask yourself...
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE ZEIT GIST
Dec 25, 2007

Who? Me? Otaku?

"Otaku" culture is spreading over the globe. Perhaps we are all otaku now? My wife tells me I'm an otaku — should I be worried? If you haven't encountered the word, here is Wikipedia's definition: "a derisive Japanese term used to refer to people with obsessive interests, particularly 'anime' and...
Reader Mail
Dec 25, 2007

Americans seem just as gullible

In his Dec. 9 letter, "Japanese seem easy to brainwash," Grant Piper appears a little un-evenhanded in claiming that Japanese have cornered the market on susceptibility to brainwashing. I'm sorry to say Americans are just as easily brainwashed.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / VIEWS FROM THE STREET
Dec 25, 2007

What are you hoping Santa Claus will bring you for Christmas?

JAPAN
Dec 25, 2007

Japan's first ICC judge takes aim at 'culture of impunity'

governed by the rule of law," she said in a recent interview. Saiga, a career diplomat, has served as ambassador in charge of human rights and a member of the U.N. Committee for the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women.
EDITORIALS
Dec 24, 2007

Draft budget bypasses priorities

The government's draft budget for fiscal 2008, the first one compiled under the administration of Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda, points to the difficulties faced during its compilation amid a slowdown in the growth of tax revenues. Furthermore, the compilation is under heavy pressure from lawmakers of...
BUSINESS / JAPANESE PERSPECTIVES
Dec 24, 2007

Tax transfers from rich areas to rural poses problems

On the surface, the ruling coalition's tax reform package for fiscal 2008 contains a number of promising proposals, including the transfer of local corporate tax revenue from better-off prefectures to fiscally distressed rural areas, a new system to let people combine stock investment returns with dividends...
Residents near Japan sinkhole urged to evacuate
Rescuers on Thursday continue to try and free a truck driver after his vehicle plunged into a sinkhole in Yashio, Saitama Prefecture, earlier in the week.
Crashed U.S. Army Black Hawk unit was responsible for doomsday readiness
A U.S. Coast Guard vessel attempts to retrieve the remains of a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter on Friday after it crashed into the Potomac River near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport earlier in the week.
LDP conservatives frustrated by Ishiba's diplomacy with China
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba attends a Lower House plenary session last week.
Japan’s ‘children’s cafeterias’ are booming — but is that a good thing?
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.
Fifth H-3 rocket with Michibiki No. 6 satellite successfully launched
An H-3 rocket, built by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries for the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, is launched from the Tanegashima Space Center in Kagoshima on Feb. 17, 2024.
Job-hopping Japanese workers push salaries higher
Japanese workers are increasingly job-hopping from one full-time position to another.
At the new Ginza Sony Park, listening is an art form
In addition to the commercial benefits from Ginza Sony Park's music-centered exhibition — such as promoting Sony's artists and products — there is a real effort to put music in focus.
Home away from home: My first time at a Tet festival in Japan
Billed as a “cultural bridge that connects Japan and Vietnam,” Tet Viet Saitama drew tens of thousands of attendees from across the Kanto region.
First official survey set to change backcountry Hokkaido skiing
The first official government survey of Hokkaido backcountry skiing could spell changes for trails in the northern prefecture.
Fuji TV’s go-big PR strategy wins grudging praise globally
Fuji TV executives take questions during a news conference on Monday in Tokyo in which some participants became unruly.

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
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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?
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