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BUSINESS / YEN FOR LIVING
Sep 18, 2009

Silver Week to make up for less than lustrous summer?

The government estimates that the average Japanese household will spend u00a537,000 during Silver Week. Question is, how? On beer alone?
BUSINESS
Sep 18, 2009

Nippon Life to inject more capital into Prudential

Nippon Life Insurance Co. said Thursday it has agreed to invest $500 million into Prudential Financial Inc., the second time it has put capital into the second-largest U.S. life insurer.
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COMMUNITY / Voices / VIEWS FROM THE STREET
Sep 15, 2009

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BUSINESS / YEN FOR LIVING
Sep 14, 2009

Who pays for parking?

Why people who don't own cars have to subsidize the expensive parking lots used by weekend drivers?
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CULTURE / Music
Sep 11, 2009

Vivian Girls

Issued domestically by Tokyo record imprint Yacca at the beginning of September, "Everything Goes Wrong" is the sophomore effort from Vivian Girls.
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CULTURE / Japan Pulse
Sep 10, 2009

Electric bicycles take charge

A surge in electric bicycle sales means cleaner air, but for many, it's all about the bottom line and having a helpful push up that hill.
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LIFE / Style & Design / STYLE WISE
Sep 10, 2009

Time for openings, a night out and second-hand style

THE opening ceremony
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BUSINESS
Sep 9, 2009

Fashion company to retail 200 items for ¥990

GOV Retailing Co. announced Tuesday that one-third of its g.u. brand's fall-winter collection, or 200 of the 600 items, will retail for ¥990.
SUMO / SUMO SCRIBBLINGS
Sep 8, 2009

Not even sumo can outmaneuver swine flu

No one is immune to the current swine flu pandemic, not even professional sumo.
BUSINESS
Sep 8, 2009

Japan Steel boss says China will build more nuclear power plants

Japan Steel Works Ltd., which makes reactor parts for Areva SA, Toshiba Corp. and other companies, more than doubled its forecast for China's nuclear plant construction because of stimulus spending and environmental pressure.
BUSINESS
Sep 5, 2009

Capital spending falls ninth quarter

Businesses cut spending for a ninth quarter as the global recession squeezed profits, underscoring the challenge for the incoming government to sustain a recovery from the country's worst postwar slump.
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CULTURE / Art
Sep 4, 2009

Still photography: a new art market

Tokyo probably has more photo fans than any megalopolis on the planet, but strangely there's never been an international photography art fair here — until now. Tokyo Photo 2009, running Sept. 4-6, offers still photography artworks for sale from 12 Japan-based galleries, four from the United States...
BUSINESS
Sep 4, 2009

Hino Motors to hire 900 temps

Hino Motors Ltd., the nation's biggest maker of heavy trucks, will hire 900 temporary workers starting this month as it predicts truck demand will increase in Asia.
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Events / WHERE IT'S AT
Sep 1, 2009

Students from around Asia team up at GPAC

Students from across Asia gathered last week to promote friendship and discuss some of the world's pressing issues at the Global Partnership of Asian Colleges 2009 event.
BUSINESS
Aug 29, 2009

Cross-shareholding needs IASB revamp: expert

Japanese companies should be barred from recording income from the sale of cross-shareholdings, said Tatsumi Yamada, a member of the International Accounting Standards Board.
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
Aug 28, 2009

Children get opportunity to experience traditional Japanese arts

Anyone interested in exploring the field of traditional Japanese music need look no further than the "Introductory Traditional Japanese Music Concerts" being staged at the Tokyo Metropolitan Art Space in Ikebukuro from Aug. 28-30.
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CULTURE / Music
Aug 28, 2009

the telephones get their disco on

Saitama quartet the telephones are unabashed disco aficionados.
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CULTURE
Aug 28, 2009

Cheeky for charity

It is no surprise that an adult entertainment broadcaster would be concerned about the spread of the HIV virus and AIDS. But for one satellite channel in Japan known for silly parodies and wacky porn programming, that concern goes beyond immediate commercial interests — to trying to reverse wilting...
EDITORIALS
Aug 27, 2009

Breathing a little easier

Each year the world's central bankers head for Jackson Hole, Wyoming, to take stock. Last year's meeting was dominated by the brewing economic crisis: Participants spent much of their time in a command center set up to monitor and respond to developments. The center was up and running again at this year's...

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