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BUSINESS
Feb 29, 2012

Okada to pursue casino project in Philippines

Billionaire Kazuo Okada, accused by Wynn Resorts Ltd. of making improper payments to Philippine gambling regulators, said he will "vigorously" pursue his casino project in the country.
COMMENTARY
Feb 27, 2012

Tradeoff in nuclear power

Trade and industry minister Yukio Edano was quoted by a major vernacular paper earlier this year as saying that the government is contemplating changing the policy of promoting nuclear power generation as a national project in which operations are entrusted to private sector electric power companies....
COMMENTARY
Feb 27, 2012

Find common ground with critics to work out norm for 'responsibility to protect' operations

Ten years after the formulation of the responsibility-to-protect (R2P) principle as a guide for driving international intervention in a country, it is worth making three points:
JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
Feb 26, 2012

Media continues to despair over Japan's fall

Japan's decline has no historical parallel. It is a current fed by two streams — economic and demographic. Economically, barring an unforeseen upsurge, gross domestic product is forecast to fall 16 percent by 2025, 42 percent by 2050. Demographically, in 50 years there will be 40 million fewer Japanese...
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 25, 2012

Noda keeps pressing DPJ on tax hike

Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda said Friday he will keep pushing to hike the 5 percent consumption tax until all the naysayers in the ruling Democratic Party of Japan, including kingpin Ichiro Ozawa, are on the same page with him.
BUSINESS
Feb 25, 2012

Panasonic eyes big U.S., Europe solar, storage acquisitions

Panasonic Corp. is in talks over potentially its biggest acquisitions in the U.S. and Europe in a decade, hoping to speed its transition from manufacturing televisions to supplying solar energy and power storage services.
Japan Times
JAPAN / CHUBU CONNECTION
Feb 25, 2012

Centrair gearing up for a busy summer of travel

Starting in late March, the number of international flights at Central Japan International Airport, also known as Centrair, will return to what they were before the Lehman Brothers collapse in September 2008, reaching 294 per week when airlines switch to their summer timetables.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / YEN FOR LIVING
Feb 24, 2012

Yearly statistics put recession into slightly better focus

If it's February, it's time for the government to release its yearly economic statistics.
BUSINESS
Feb 21, 2012

Citigroup picks Bakhshi for top job

Citigroup Inc. has appointed a new head for its Japanese markets business as Chief Executive Officer Vikram Pandit seeks to rebuild there after drawing a third bout of regulatory punishment in seven years in December.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Feb 21, 2012

S&P affirms AA- rating, says downgrade likely

Standard and Poor's on Monday affirmed Japan's sovereign-debt rating at AA- while maintaining a negative outlook and warning that a downgrade is likely if medium-term growth prospects weaken.
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 17, 2012

Behind Obama's Mideast policy of capitulation

No sooner did U.S. President Barack Obama welcome home American troops from Iraq and laud that country's stability and democracy than an unprecedented wave of violence — across Baghdad and elsewhere — revealed the severity of Iraq's political crisis. Is that crisis an unfortunate exception or, rather,...
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Feb 17, 2012

Mitsubishi hints first MRJ flight could be delayed

Mitsubishi Aircraft Corp., building Japan's first passenger jet, said it will announce a new schedule for the maiden flight because the company is facing "challenges" in its development.
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 16, 2012

Use law enforcement and fees to sink Net pirates

Last year, I told a colleague that I would include Internet ethics in a course that I was teaching. She suggested that I read a recently published anthology on computer ethics — and attached the entire volume to the email.
LIFE / Digital / TECH_JAPAN
Feb 15, 2012

Cosmetics review website goes public with IPO

Tokyo-based Internet company Istyle Inc. announced on Feb. 3 its intention to list itself on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Mothers Market (Tosho Mothers). The planned date of the IPO is March 8, 2012.
EDITORIALS
Feb 15, 2012

Develop a manufacturing strategy

Toyota Motor Corp. has revised its group operating profit 35 percent upward from the previous forecast for the business year through March 31. Despite the damage to its supply chains from the March 11, disasters in Tohoku and the floods in Thailand from July to November, Toyota has managed to secure...
Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design / ON: FASHION
Feb 14, 2012

Returns, regroups and debuts: Versace, Tokyo Runway, Julius, K-fashion, Alexander Wang

The Medusa is back
BASEBALL / BASEBALL BULLET-IN
Feb 12, 2012

No starting pitcher announcement creates confusion, intrigue in Central League

Japan's Central League has said it is considering to join its Pacific League cousin in adopting the "yokoku sempatsu" policy of announcing starting pitchers in advance this season. The starters for each Pa. League contest are officially designated 24 hours prior to game time, and anyone can watch the...
BUSINESS
Feb 12, 2012

U.S. probing '07 Camrys, RAV4s over fire reports linked to driver-side door

U.S. regulators are investigating Toyota Motor Corp.'s Camry and RAV4 vehicles following reports of electrical fires in driver-side doors.
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / WHEN EAST MARRIES WEST
Feb 11, 2012

TOEIC for Caribou

"Here's an idea. . . . Why not plug my book?"
BUSINESS
Feb 4, 2012

Fujifilm braces for Olympus takeover snub

Fujifilm Holdings Corp. may get snubbed by cross-town rival Olympus Corp. in its attempt to move further away from the photographic film business that dragged down industry pioneer Eastman Kodak Co.
Bluesky is booming in Japan — mainly for reasons other than U.S. politics
According to Similarweb, average monthly user numbers for Bluesky on Android in Japan quintupled in the 12 months to October.
Taiwan stuns Samurai Japan to capture Premier12 title
Japan starter Shosei Togo reacts after allowing a three-run home run against Taiwan in the fifth inning of the Premier12 final on Sunday.
Japan’s sauna movement: Relax, refresh, repeat
Totopa in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward was picked by consultants TTNE as the best sauna of the year.
AI boom makes 139-year-old cable maker Japan’s hottest stock
Fujikura's headquarters in Tokyo's Koto Ward. The company's share price has surged by more than 400% this year.
Japan and U.S. to form missile plan in case of Taiwan emergency
A U.S. Marine Corps M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) and a Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force Type 12 Surface-to-Ship Missile (12SSM) system are put on display at a symposium at a base in Kisarazu, Japan, in June 2022.
Bluesky is booming in Japan — mainly for reasons other than U.S. politics
According to Similarweb, average monthly user numbers for Bluesky on Android in Japan quintupled in the 12 months to October.
How Japan can exit the fossil fuel subsidies it can’t seem to quit
A man walks past a gasoline station in Tokyo on Thursday.
Are you leaving your loved ones digital legacies or headaches?
The National Consumer Affairs Center reports a growing number of consultations regarding "digital legacies" — data and online services left behind when people die.
Rayssa Leal and Chloe Covell on Japan’s teen skaters: We are friends, not rivals
Brazil’s Rayssa Leal celebrates after winning the women's Street League Skateboarding competition on Saturday in Tokyo.
An iconic 32-foot doughnut might give Randy’s an edge in Japan
Randy's Donuts in Inglewood, California. Replicas of the giant doughnut sculpture will be installed, where possible, at shops in Japan.

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Totopa in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward was picked by consultants TTNE as the best sauna of the year.
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