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BUSINESS
Sep 27, 2011

Delays over, Boeing has high hopes for slick 787

Boeing Co. was to hand over the first 787 Dreamliner on Monday to end more than three years of delays for a plane the company says will become a benchmark for decades in terms of technology and passenger amenities.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / YEN FOR LIVING
Sep 26, 2011

Will K-cars save the domestic automotive industry?

In the wake of the March 11 disaster, mini-cars come into their own.
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 26, 2011

Is Obama worried about work yet?

Beleaguered President Barack Obama has come out fighting with two recent speeches focused on America's high unemployment rate. First, he gave an address to both houses of Congress, which is now being nicknamed the "jobs-jobs-jobs" speech, because Obama mentioned the word 37 times in 32 minutes. Then,...
JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
Sep 25, 2011

Japan's noisy neighbors keep-a knocking

Sanshoku, the word for "encroachment" in Japanese, is written with characters meaning "silkworm" and "to eat." Imagine a mulberry leaf, being slowly consumed from the outer edges, nibble by nibble, by writhing white worms. Then overlay this leaf on a map of the Japanese archipelago, and look at the spots...
CULTURE / TV & Streaming / CHANNEL SURF
Sep 25, 2011

Single mothers konkatsu; origin of toy poodles; CM of the week: Sekisui Heim

Once upon a time, single mothers rarely talked about their situations. Obviously, that's changed, if the TBS special "Unmei no Konkatsu Tabi" ("The Journey to a Fateful Union"; Mon., 7 p.m.) is any indication.
Japan Times
ENVIRONMENT / BACKSTREET STORIES
Sep 25, 2011

Discoveries to delight on the very doorstep of The Japan Times

There's an expression in Japanese — Todai moto kurashi (The base of the lighthouse is dark) — which occurs to me as I leave the headquarters of The Japan Times in Shibaura. Though I regularly dock here, I realize I'm in the dark about the surrounding area, Minato Ward's manmade flatlands in Tokyo's...
CULTURE / Books
Sep 25, 2011

The helping hand of travel

Travel Guide To Aid Japan. WAttention, 2011, 159 pp. ¥1,000 (paper) Tourism is the world's foremost industry, one that Japan, until very recently, has been rather slow to take advantage of. Sophisticated travel writing has never been a significant component of Japanese literature, the country failing...
Japan Times
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
Sep 23, 2011

Fireworks contest reaches peak

In Nagasaki, the fireworks season is not quite over. This Saturday night, autumn will be kept at bay a little longer with the finale to a series of spectacular displays that constituted a summer-long contest.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 22, 2011

Tohoku students share tales of disasters on global stage

Global leaders who gathered last week in Dalian, China, for the Annual Meeting of the New Champions, Asia's premier global business forum, had a rare chance to hear Japanese high school and university students' firsthand experiences of the March disasters.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Sep 22, 2011

Generation gap nonexistent on album of minyō tunes

Seventy-five-year-old Misako Oshiro is widely regarded as Okinawa's greatest living singer of minyō (traditional folk song). In the 1970s her recordings with the late great Rinsho Kadekaru produced some of the finest moments of Okinawan music, and she continues to sing and record — and runs her own...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Sep 22, 2011

Red Hot Chili Peppers

After a triumphant appearance at this year's Summer Sonic music festival, the Red Hot Chili Peppers are coming back to Japan via cinemas.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 21, 2011

Fukushima evacuees weigh risks of return

Kimie Furuuchi recently received a letter encouraging her to come home. Signed by the mayor, it began, "Dear Minamisoma Evacuee. . . ."
JAPAN
Sep 21, 2011

Cabinet approves 10% cap on budget requests for '12

The Cabinet on Tuesday approved a plan to cap budget requests for fiscal 2012 and keep total general account spending — excluding debt-servicing costs — to less than ¥71 trillion, while allocating about ¥700 billion for special policy measures to boost economic growth.
Japan Times
JAPAN / EXPLAINER
Sep 20, 2011

You name it: Rights for more municipal sites go on sale

C.C. Lemon isn't just the name of a soft drink — it's also the name of a famous concert hall in Tokyo more popularly known as Shibuko — a mecca for aspiring rock stars throughout Japan.
Japan Times
Reference / SO WHAT THE HECK IS THAT
Sep 20, 2011

Anzan kigan

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COMMENTARY
Sep 19, 2011

A Vatican option for the Palestinian U.N. quest

"We will go to the United Nations (to request the recognition of Palestine as a state) and then we will return to talks," said Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas early this month.
EDITORIALS
Sep 19, 2011

Advancing to preschool care

As part of its policy to support children and child-rearing families, the Democratic Party of Japan government is pushing the idea of integrating yochi-en (kindergartens), which are for the education of preschoolers, and hoiku-jo (day-care facilities for children).
CULTURE / TV & Streaming / CHANNEL SURF
Sep 18, 2011

Sakana-kun in Tohoku; Sanma x Okamura; CM of the week: Sukiya

Although he's now teaching and consulting for aquariums, the TV personality and fish expert Sakana-kun has not lost any of his bubbly, childlike demeanor. A marine otaku (obsessive) since he was a boy, Sakana-kun is basically self-taught, and much of his learning was acquired by talking with fishermen...
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / ONE-ON-ONE WITH ...
Sep 18, 2011

Energetic leader Nakamura looks to build special team in Akita

The Japan Times features periodic interviews with personalities in the bj-league. Coach Kazuo Nakamura of the Akita Northern Happinets is the subject of this week's profile.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / JAPAN LITE
Sep 17, 2011

Why you shouldn't worry about receiving a pension

Worried about all those years you have, or haven't, contributed to the Japanese pension system? Worry no more! The good news is that you won't need a pension from the Japanese government anyway. In honor of Respect for the Aged Day, I'll explain why.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Sep 16, 2011

"Masterpieces of the Kabuki-za Theater Collection"

This year celebrates the 60th anniversary since Tokyo's Kabuki-za, Japan's principal kabuki theater, was rebuilt after being severely damaged during World War II. The theater is now going through a 21st-century architectural makeover and set to reopen in 2013.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Sep 16, 2011

The gun proves mightier than the pen

I have one name for you: Nicholas Sparks. Depending on who you are and whether you have immediate access to a restroom, you may, like my brother, wish to throw up immediately. Nicholas Sparks ... Some names can kill.
LIFE / Digital
Sep 16, 2011

The 10 video games you must see at this year's exhibition

Whenever huge games or new kinds of hardware go on sale, fans line up to be the first to make their purchase, sometimes even waiting overnight. Lining up has become a time-honored tradition in gaming culture. However, at Tokyo Game Show, time is precious. Here are 10 games that are sure to be worth the...
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / TOKYO FOOD FILE
Sep 16, 2011

Pizzeria e Trattoria da Isa: Proper pizza and pasta — and yes, it's in Tokyo

"You can't get proper Italian food in Japan." "It's all too pretty-pretty and refined." "There's no soul in it." These are the plaints of people pining for the taste of home. People who have never been to Pizzeria e Trattoria da Isa.
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 15, 2011

March 11 disasters a turning point for Japanese civil society

When the earthquake and tsunami hit the coast of Japan on March 11, it was clear the scale of this disaster, compounded by the nuclear crisis in Fukushima, was unprecedented — even for natural disaster-prone Japan, where some 20 percent of the world's earthquakes occur.
EDITORIALS
Sep 15, 2011

Tasks set for Mr. Noda

Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda in his first policy speech before the Diet on Sept. 13 refrained from talking about eye-catching slogans. Instead he concentrated on listing issues his Cabinet will tackle in earnest — reconstruction from the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, putting the Fukushima nuclear...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Sep 15, 2011

The Bawdies get ready for their Beatles moment

Dropping their fifth full-length album, "Live the Life I Love," at the beginning of June made The Bawdies prime candidates for Japan's continually expanding summer festival circuit. The Tokyo four-piece have spent the last two months showcasing their infectious brand of throwback 1950s- and '60s-styled...
Japan researchers develop a simple way to spot signs of Alzheimer's disease
In 2022, the number of elderly people with dementia in Japan reached 4.43 million, according to data from the health ministry.
Real estate worth ¥25 trillion puts Japan companies in spotlight
Elliott Investment Management's stake in Tokyo Gas is centered around getting the utility to sell off its real estate holdings, including Shinjuku Park Tower, which houses the Park Hyatt Hotel Tokyo.
Two dead after fire at Upper House lawmaker Kuniko Inoguchi’s apartment
A fire broke out on the sixth floor of an apartment building where Upper House lawmaker Kuniko Inoguchi resides on Wednesday in Tokyo's Bunkyo Ward.
Japan investigating Amazon for allegedly bullying other businesses
Packages move along a conveyor belt at an Amazon warehouse
Tokyo’s take on that viral chocolate from Dubai
Cafe N°_5's take on the Dubai chocolate craze that has been circulating on social media over the past few months is a mix of bitter and sweet.
Japan researchers develop a simple way to spot signs of Alzheimer's disease
In 2022, the number of elderly people with dementia in Japan reached 4.43 million, according to data from the health ministry.
‘What Divides Us’ producer honors grandfather’s Hiroshima reportage
“What Divides Us" producer Cannon Hersey says his grandfather, who wrote about the aftermath of nuclear destruction in Hiroshima, never spoke about what he had seen while working with Japanese minister Kiyoshi Tanimoto to preserve the stories of survivors.
DPP’s Tamaki leverages new position with energy proposal
DPP leader Yuichiro Tamaki in Tokyo on Tuesday
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.
China defense minister being investigated for corruption, report says
Chinese Defense Minister Dong Jun attends the opening ceremony of the Xiangshan Forum at the Beijing International Convention Center on Sept. 13. Dong is the third consecutive incumbent or former defense chief to be probed over alleged corruption.

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