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Japan Times
BUSINESS / YEN FOR LIVING
Oct 1, 2010

Japan's toilet business flush with success

Asia loves the Washlet. In fact, some people can't leave home without it.
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 21, 2010

Megalomania is airborne, business sense grounded

HONG KONG — What is it about aircraft that can induce a serious bout of megalomania?
Japan Times
CULTURE / Stage
Jul 30, 2010

Bringing samurai spirit and business acumen to kabuki

On July 1, 2009, Kenzaburo Mogi, 72, a former vice chairman of the soy sauce manufacturing giant Kikkoman Corporation, was appointed to direct the Japan Arts Council, which covers all traditional performing arts of Japan, including noh, kabuki and bunraku (puppet theater).
JAPAN
Jun 16, 2010

Envoys to Greece, China tapped from business

A former top executive of Nomura Securities Co. will become ambassador to Greece, the government announced Tuesday, on the heels of its appointment of an adviser to trading house Itochu Corp. as the next envoy to China.
JAPAN
Jun 9, 2010

First order of business: Remedy nation's debts

New Prime Minister Naoto Kan on Tuesday reiterated his intention to work toward restoring Japan's fiscal balance, stressing in his inaugural remarks that the economy's plunge in recent years was the result of steering clear of tax hikes and relying too much on government bonds.
Japan Times
LIFE
Feb 28, 2010

The business of pets

Japan's pet boom over the last decade has brought considerable benefits to the nation's economy. At the same time, however, it has led to problems involving both unscrupulous breeders and traders.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Nov 1, 2009

Japanese food-safety label protects business foremost, and not people

It's wise to take any advertisement claim with a grain of salt, and some products invite not just skepticism but downright disbelief. Commercials for hair restoration aids may not actually state they will return your bald pate to a state of hirsute lushness, but they nevertheless get your hopes up toward...
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 9, 2009

Target CO2 cut draws business ire

OSAKA — Yukio Hatoyama's reaffirmation Monday that his incoming government will stick to the Democratic Party of Japan's campaign pledge to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 25 percent from 1990 levels has drawn fire from local businesses but also praise from the international community.
Reader Mail
May 14, 2009

Business of keeping us safe

Professor Yoshi Tsurumi's criticism of President Barack Obama and Prime Minister Taro Aso for not prosecuting or apologizing for "war crimes" (May 3 article, "U.S. imitating Japan's denial of responsibility") strikes me as one of the the more convoluted and, frankly, ludicrous opinion pieces I have encountered. ...
Reader Mail
Mar 15, 2009

'Anime' needs new business model

The March 4 article "Future of 'anime' industry in doubt" highlighted many of my own growing frustrations. I moved to Japan from the United States as an English teacher a little more than two years ago. I was a casual anime fan who had just completed a degree in literature and film studies, including...
Reader Mail
Jan 29, 2009

Right to protect one's business

I don't agree with Gregory Clark's Jan. 15 article, "Antiforeigner discrimination is a right for Japanese people," but I think it was the Otaru, Hokkaido, bathhouse owner's right to use all means to protect his business — even by putting up a sign that excluded all foreigners from the bathhouse. A...
BUSINESS
Sep 19, 2008

Toshiba gunning for ¥750 billion in LCD TV sales for business 2010

Toshiba Corp. said Thursday it is aiming for ¥750 billion in TV sales in the fiscal year ending March 2011.
BUSINESS / JAPANESE PERSPECTIVES
Aug 4, 2008

Keeping the global circus in business a matter of balance

Does the presence of a safety net make people too reckless, lazy and dependent? Or does it allow people to experiment, develop skills in a secure environment and prevent the penalization of healthy high spirits.
CULTURE / TV & Streaming / CHANNEL SURF
May 18, 2008

Period-piece thriller, historical marriage drama, family-business soap opera

"Nihonshi Suspense Gekijo" (Japanese History Suspense Theater; Nihon TV, Wed., 7:58 p.m.) offers something to both lovers of historical dramas and fans of those two-hour mysteries used to fill holes in network schedules. Basically, the producers take a real incident from Japanese history and turn it...

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