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COMMENTARY / World
Jan 3, 2000

Korean Peninsula's political awakening

Special to The Japan Times
EDITORIALS
Sep 17, 1999

Eyes on the ball at APEC

Ever since 1993, when U.S. President Bill Clinton turned the annual meeting of the Asian Pacific Economic Cooperation forum into a gathering for heads of state, critics have had a field day. Expectations have usually outpaced results, forcing participants to justify their attendance at what has been...
JAPAN
Aug 24, 1999

Business leaders say APEC must do more

The Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum must accelerate its efforts to liberalize trade and investment, APEC business leaders said Tuesday.
JAPAN
Aug 5, 1999

Japan readies policy advice for Vietnam

Staff writer
JAPAN
Jul 22, 1999

Airbus predicts Japan will need 660 planes by 2020

Japan needs to buy some 660 aircraft, amounting to $92 billion, during the coming 20 years to meet growing passenger demand, Airbus Industrie said Thursday.
JAPAN
Jul 19, 1999

Toyota's consolidation not telecom pullout, exec says

Staff writer
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 18, 1999

Silicone Valley clones lack the right stuff

All over Asia, governments are trying to replicate California's Silicon Valley. Each of the projects, so far, is a failure. The main reason for the failure is that Asian leaders have not yet realized that it takes more than a plot of land, an impressive budget, a graduating class of computer engineers...
COMMENTARY
Mar 19, 1999

A battle that earned a place in history

I listen to NHK radio every morning. In one program, titled "What happened on this date," the announcer introduces notable events that occurred on that day in Japanese history.
JAPAN
Aug 19, 1998

Medical schools to slash enrollment

To avoid an oversupply of doctors and dentists in the country, the Education Ministry is considering cutting the number of student admissions to medical and dental schools at Japanese universities by about 200 over the next few years, beginning next spring, it was learned Wednesday.
JAPAN
Feb 17, 1998

APEC draws up program to liberalize nine industrial sectors

Staff writer
JAPAN
Dec 31, 1997

Keep reform momentum going, Toyoda urges

BY SAYURI DAIMON
JAPAN
Oct 20, 1997

Canada plans to enliven APEC with infrastructure center

Staff writerThe Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum will agree next month to establish a center to promote private-sector investment in public infrastructure projects of the group's developing economies, according to government officials.The agreement will be made at the ninth annual talks of the...
JAPAN
Jul 24, 1997

APEC member economies present sector-liberalization plans

Most of the 18 member economies of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum have presented their respective proposals for market-liberalization talks in more than 50 specific industrial sectors, government sources said July 24.
JAPAN
Jan 3, 1997

Designer gives nursing homes new look

In the past three years, architect Sadakazu Furuya has drawn up 15 designs for small-scale nursing homes, although he has received orders for none of them.Undeterred, he has devoted all his spare time to coming up with designs for what he calls group homes for the elderly. "I believe group homes are...
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society
Jun 22, 2023

Dementia-related missing person cases doubled over past 10 years

A total of 18,709 people with dementia were reported missing in 2022, up 6.1% from the previous year.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jun 22, 2023

Why is Narendra Modi so popular? Tune in to find out.

Modi playing on-air host to the world’s most populous nation is one way he has made himself intimately omnipresent across India’s vastness.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jun 22, 2023

Modi meets Elon Musk and Ray Dalio in U.S. as India draws global investment

The nation of 1.4 billion people stands out amid a slowing global economy, with its appeal burnished by China’s tepid post-pandemic recovery and Beijng's tensions with the West.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jun 22, 2023

U.S. grants first ever approvals for sale of lab-grown chicken as food

With the move, the U.S. becomes only the second country to allow meat grown in a laboratory to be offered to consumers.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jun 22, 2023

Titanic tour leader aboard missing submersible had called safety ‘pure waste’

Ocean scientists and at least one former employee of Stockton Rush’s company, OceanGate, have been sounding alarms about its safety procedures for at least five years.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 21, 2023

The Olympics are a giant money sink. So what?

Staging the world’s greatest games is about way more than just making a profit
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jun 21, 2023

Jack Ma’s lieutenants return to oversee tough Alibaba reboot

Alibaba surprised markets by declaring Eddie Wu and Joseph Tsai will replace eight-year veteran CEO Daniel Zhang at the helm.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 20, 2023

CEOs should focus on profits, not politics

Target proves yet again that companies are better off avoiding the minefield of social activism.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 20, 2023

Japan's law firms look overseas as competition heats up at home

Tokyo’s law firms have sought to tap into markets with a high volume of Japanese businesses, but competition and image issues remain a challenge.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jun 20, 2023

TSMC's first factory in Japan has to contend with horrible traffic

While construction on the facility in Kumamoto Prefecture proceeds at breakneck speed, little has been done to improve conditions on the area’s roads.
Japan Times
SOCCER
Jun 20, 2023

Brendan Rodgers returns for second spell as Celtic boss

Scotland's reigning champion had been searching for a new manager after Ange Postecoglou left to take charge of Tottenham.
Japan Times
PRESS / Events
Jun 20, 2023

“How Chambers of Commerce influence sustainability at home and abroad” with Sally Townsend

The Japan Times Cube Inc. (representative director: Minako Suematsu) launched Roundtable by The Japan Times, a series of talk events held in Tokyo, Japan.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jun 19, 2023

Alibaba founder Jack Ma gives first seminar in Tokyo as professor

Ma addressed students as part of an event for the University of Tokyo's Tokyo College about entrepreneurship and the future, conducting a two-hour seminar.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 19, 2023

COVID-19 was a natural experiment for climate policy

When fossil-fuel demand declines only in some countries, supply does not fall because other parts of the world will absorb the unused fuel at lower prices.
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.
Woman dies after train collides with car in Tochigi
A Moka Railway train car
Japan beats Taiwan ahead of rematch in Premier12 final
Keita Sano celebrates with his teammates after scoring on Kotaro Kiyomiya's two-run triple against Taiwan during their Premier12 game at Tokyo Dome on Saturday.
Tokyo’s newest three-star chef wants ‘harmony across every detail’
British-born Daniel Calvert earned his third Michelin star last month — a stunning achievement considering his restaurant, Sezanne, has only been open for just over three years.
'Kohaku' still matters for J-pop bragging rights
Emerging Gen Z J-pop group ME:I will perform on this year's "Kohaku Uta Gassen," national broadcaster NHK’s New Year's Eve spectacle.
Tokyo’s newest three-star chef wants ‘harmony across every detail’
British-born Daniel Calvert earned his third Michelin star last month — a stunning achievement considering his restaurant, Sezanne, has only been open for just over three years.
133-year-old Kyushu railway station remains to be partially preserved
The remains of the original Moji Station in Kitakyushu
After Shohei Ohtani bump, Iwate ironware maker sees brighter future
Kaito Kikuchi's decision to send superstar Shohei Ohtani one of his company's traditional ironware tea kettles has paid off with a surge of interest from general consumers.
Shohei Ohtani wins National League MVP award
Shohei Ohtani celebrates after hitting a three-run home run against the Padres during the National League Division Series at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles last month.
The slow-burn success of ‘A Samurai in Time’
A 19th-century warrior gets struck by lightning and wakes to find himself in 21st-century Kyoto in Junichi Yasuda’s surprise hit “A Samurai in Time.”

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

Longform

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

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