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CULTURE / Japan Pulse
Nov 5, 2009

Meiji University celebrates manga heritage

A national media arts center might never see the light of day but Meiji University is doing its part to preserve classic manga.
BUSINESS
Oct 30, 2009

Japan, U.S. trail in hiking interest rates

The global monetary policy divide is widening as the U.S. Federal Reserve, Bank of Japan and major counterparts lag behind Norway and Australia in raising interest rates, a trend that is set to continue into 2010.
Japan Times
JAPAN / HOT BUTTON HENOKO
Oct 19, 2009

Opposition to Futenma move won't go away

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EDITORIALS
Oct 7, 2009

Olympics heading for Rio

The International Olympic Committee has decided to hold the 2016 Summer Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. The Brazilian city beat Madrid with a 66-32 vote in the third and final round of IOC voting in Copenhagen. Tokyo, which sought to host the Summer Olympics for the second time — the first being in...
EDITORIALS
Oct 5, 2009

Comprehensive pension reform

Japan's pension system has many problems. It is complex. The Kokumin Nenkin pension system is for self-employed people, pensioners and jobless people. The Kosei Nenkin system is for workers at larger companies, and the Kyosai Nenkin system is for public servants and teachers. There is another system...
Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 4, 2009

Lack of vision, flair sank bid: experts

As Tokyo lost the race to host the 2016 Olympic Games to Rio de Janeiro early Saturday, experts, while praising the bid's promises of secure funding and safety, criticized it as lacking vision and panache.
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 29, 2009

Why not try a trade system that optimizes each nation's interest?

Many of us thought that the World Trade Organization (WTO) was dead when the world financial and economic crisis demolished the myth of the benefits of free trade regimes, and that the poor of the world could rejoice. But suddenly, by some kind of voodoo trickery, it is back.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Sep 11, 2009

Gas giant duo to buy Chevron's Aussie LNG

Chevron Corp.'s Gorgon liquefied natural gas project completed agreements to sell stakes in the Western Australian venture and 70 billion Australian dollars ($60 billion) worth of the fuel to Japan and South Korea.
BUSINESS / THE VIEW FROM EUROPE
Aug 24, 2009

Iconic bullet train has yet to find its place in global rail industry

Without a doubt, one of Japan's most iconic technological achievements of the last century was the bullet train. Ushering in a new era of prosperity and propelling the entire nation to the forefront of modernity, the shinkansen was an unqualified success.
COMMENTARY
Aug 9, 2009

Pariahs of Asia and their nukes

LONDON — It is generally agreed that North Korea and Burma have the two most oppressive regimes in Asia. They rule over two of the poorest countries in the continent, and that is no coincidence whatever.
EDITORIALS
Aug 8, 2009

Reviewing defense policy

An advisory body on security and defense submitted a report to Prime Minister Taro Aso on Aug. 4, calling for a review of Japan's defense-only posture, the traditional stance on the right to collective self-defense, and the weapons export ban. If proposals in the report are implemented, they would undermine...

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Construction takes place on the Takanawa Gateway Convention Center in Tokyo, slated to open in 2025.
A boom for business tourism in Japan?