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Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jul 15, 2009

Five bag top toy awards

The Japan Toy Association announced five winners Tuesday of its second annual toy awards, leading up to the nation's biggest toy exhibition, the International Tokyo Toy Show, which kicks off Thursday.
JAPAN
May 1, 2006

Liquor tax goes up on ersatz beer

Monday is the first day of a higher liquor tax on "third-category" beer products, and retailers are divided over whether to hike prices of the sparkling drinks.
Japan Times
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
Mar 17, 2006

Curtain rises on Tokyo International Anime Fair

From popular TV series and unreleased work to cutting-edge production technology, everything the domestic animation industry has to offer will be at the 5th Tokyo International Anime Fair 2006, from March 23 to 26 at the Tokyo Big Sight.
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 8, 2003

Solution in sight for Bhutanese refugees

NEW DELHI -- The complicated issue of Bhutanese refugees in Nepal seems to be heading toward a solution after some major breakthroughs were achieved during a two-day meeting of diplomats of two countries in Thimpu on Oct. 20-21.
SPORTS / SPORTS SCOPE
Oct 19, 2000

These World Sports Awards rated 'X'

LONDON -- In Felix Baumgartner's eyes, Mike Tyson probably looks like a wimp, Tiger Woods possesses no useful skills and David Beckham is merely the guy who married a Spice Girl. Baumgartner's world is worth following, if you can stomach it. All the Austrian does for a living is confront death as if...
COMMENTARY / WASHINGTON UPDATE
Aug 8, 2000

The Bush machine rolls along

WASHINGTON -- There are three defining events for a candidate in the U.S. presidential campaign, events that reveal the candidate in a unique and important way. They are the selection of the vice-presidential candidate, the candidate's appearance at the convention, and the debates.
JAPAN
Jan 22, 1999

Problem loan tally hits 73 trillion yen

Problem loans held by the nation's 142 banks totaled 73 trillion yen as of Sept. 30, edging up from 71.7 trillion yen logged six months earlier, according to a government report released Friday.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Mar 24, 2023

Transgender athletes banned from women's World Athletics events

The decision-making body will set up a working group headed by a transgender person to further monitor scientific developments.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Science & Health
Dec 29, 2022

Japan weighs lowering COVID-19 classification by spring at earliest

COVID-19 is currently classified in Category II, the second highest in the five-tier system based on severity and infectiousness.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Nov 18, 2021

In major shift, Japan looks to allow more foreign workers to stay indefinitely

Under the change, 'specified skilled workers' in 14 sectors, such as farming and construction, would be allowed to renew their visas indefinitely and bring their families with them.
Japan Times
LIFE / Language / BILINGUAL
Jul 2, 2021

‘PPAP,’ ‘golden jewels’ and other words that make the Japanese giggle

Website Omocoro conducted a survey of 365 Japanese people asking them what words in the language sound the funniest. Body parts, 'p' sounds and croutons all made the comedic cut.
Japan Times
JAPAN / SATOYAMA & ESG AWARDS
Sep 9, 2020

Conservation and environmental efforts gain recognition

Japan Times
WORLD
May 14, 2020

F-35’s image as $428 billion bundle of flaws improved by fixes

Lockheed Martin and the U.S. military have eliminated all of the deficiencies believed to endanger pilots.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Sep 2, 2019

Protests in 1969 Tokyo and today's Hong Kong

The Hong Kong authorities cannot simply continue their wack-a-mole game against the protestors.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 13, 2019

Japan says South Korea has failed to justify stripping Tokyo of fast-track trade status

Industry minister Hiroshige Seko said Seoul has not shown how Japan has fallen short of international export control measures following the latest move in the bilateral spat.
Japan Times
LIFE / Language / NEWS IN NIHONGO
Apr 29, 2019

Naomi Osaka among Time's 100 most influential people

Naomi Osaka was named by Time magazine as one of the world's most influential people. Learn how that news came across in Japanese.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Mar 18, 2019

New gun laws will make New Zealand safer after mosque massacre, PM Jacinda Ardern says

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said Monday she would announce new gun laws within days, after at least 50 people were killed in mass shootings at two mosques in the city of Christchurch.
Mar 5, 2019

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Japan Times
LIFE / Language
Feb 5, 2018

Looking at what the world likes about Japan

Google Trends has released its search data on Japan for 2017 and topping several lists was the name Mao Kobayashi (u5c0fu6797u9ebbu592e).
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 23, 2016

The spirit of Nuremberg

Seventy years after the Nuremberg trials, it's time to give teeth to efforts to bring war criminals to justice.
Japan Times
JAPAN / EXPLAINER
May 30, 2016

Japan shedding 1940s morality by relaxing rules on nightclubs

Late-night dancing is just a step away after the revision of a law that forced nightclubs to close by midnight.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 3, 2015

Tokyo's Bunkyo Ward picked as most 'Sensuous City' in Japan

Tokyo's Bunkyo Ward has been chosen as the most "Sensuous City" among 134 in Japan, according to a new city ranking report released by a Tokyo-based think tank Thursday.
Japan Times
JAPAN / UN WORLD CONFERENCE ON DISASTER RISK REDUCTION
Mar 14, 2015

Many disaster-related meetings, exhibitions to be held

While dozens of conferences will be held at the Third UN World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction, held by the UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction at the Sendai International Center, in the center of Sendai, many other side events will be held in other facilities in Sendai, other cities in Miyagi...
Japan Times
JAPAN
Dec 14, 2014

Sumo robots converge on Ryogoku for first international competition

Robot sumo wrestlers from 10 countries battled each other Sunday at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan, the Mecca of traditional sumo, in the first such event of its kind.

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