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DEVELOPMENT

COMMENTARY / World
Dec 16, 2014
What economics can learn from human beings
Legend has it that it's hard even to get bank staff to read the 'World Development Report' published annually by the World Bank. The report for 2015 should prove to be an exception, though, as it appears to help policymakers understand deeply ingrained habits or cultural settings.
BASKETBALL
Dec 6, 2014
Togashi scores season-high five points
Texas Legends guard Yuki Togashi sank a 3-pointer and a pair of free throws to finish with a season-best five points in his fifth NBA Development League game on Friday in a 119-113 loss to the visiting Oklahoma City Blue. The Niigata Prefecture native added one offensive rebound and an assist.
BASKETBALL
Nov 22, 2014
Togashi makes D-League debut
Texas Legends guard Yuki Togashi made his NBA Development League debut on Friday in a 114-106 home loss to the Santa Cruz Warriors.
EDITORIALS
Nov 16, 2014
Questionable ODA policy shift
The Abe administration plans to introduce new ODA guidelines that will pave the way for aid to armed forces of other nations.
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 14, 2014
China banks on a new world order
China's approach to influencing global governance is only beginning to emerge. One hopes that it starts off on the right foot.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Nov 4, 2014
A chain reaction of empowerment
More than anything, the world needs people who will take active steps to transform their own local community when it comes to dealing with any of the bewildering array of threats confronting humanity today.
BASKETBALL / NBA
Oct 16, 2014
Mavericks sign Togashi to contract; D-League assignment expected
The Dallas Mavericks have signed free agent guard Yuki Togashi to a contact, the NBA team announced on Wednesday.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / NBA
Oct 7, 2014
Togashi invited to Dallas Mavericks training camp
The Dallas Mavericks have invited point guard Yuki Togashi to their preseason training camp, according to Cloud9, his management company.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Sep 10, 2014
U.S. bird species dying out amid development: report
Bird populations across the United States are shrinking largely due to development, with the steepest declines in Western states, according to a scientific report released on Tuesday.
BUSINESS
Aug 28, 2014
Ebola causing huge damage to West Africa economies: development bank
The worst-ever Ebola outbreak is causing enormous damage to West African economies as foreign businessmen quit the region, the African Development Bank said, while a leading medical charity branded the international response "entirely inadequate."
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 26, 2014
A transformative global agenda for development
Following a year and a half of twists and turns, U.N. member states have completed a proposal for sustainable development goals to steer the international agenda once the Millennium Development Goals expire at the end of 2015.
EDITORIALS
Aug 25, 2014
The municipal survival cluster
Japanese ministries are floating the idea of creating regional clusters of financially strapped municipalities to support each other so that they can keep delivering a full range of services to residents and businesses.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Aug 11, 2014
Building global support for a new economic balance
The proposed BRICS-led development bank sounds promising for developing countries in Asia and Africa, as it may exercise indirect influence on the activities of those development banks that reflect the intentions of their national governments.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Aug 4, 2014
Obama seeks bigger Africa role for U.S.
Ask Maj.-Gen. Wayne W. Grigsby Jr., the top U.S. military officer in Africa, how he thinks U.S. and European-backed African troops are faring in their war on Islamist militants in Somalia, and his answer comes back smartly: "Pretty darn good!"
Japan Times
WORLD / Society
Aug 4, 2014
Africa summit in U.S. expected to yield billions of dollars in deals, funding
The United States will announce nearly $1 billion in business deals, increase funding for peacekeeping and commit billions of dollars to expanding food and power programs in Africa during a summit this week, U.S. and development officials say.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Aug 2, 2014
Abe touts growth as Japan, Brazil bolster economic ties
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe talks up Japan's economic prospects in Brazil as the two countries sign a raft of energy and food deals.
Japan's biggest beef bowl chain Sukiya to shut nearly 2,000 stores after rat and bug contamination
Zensho Holdings, operator of fast-food chain Sukiya, said it will close all of its stores in Japan, except for a small number in shopping centers, between Monday and Friday following recent contamination incidents.
Alert raised for volcano in southwestern Japan
Shinmoedake, a volcano located between Miyazaki and Kagoshima prefectures, in November 2019
Japan considers all possible options as Trump threatens new auto tariffs
Subaru cars awaiting export at a port in Yokohama on Thursday.
Nankai Trough earthquake could kill 298,000 people, government says
Residents participate in an evacuation drill held with West Japan Railway in Shirahama, Wakayama Prefecture, in January 2024 to prepare for a Nankai Trough earthquake and a possible tsunami following the quake.
A Canadian made a weekend trip to Costco a Japanese pastime
Under the watchful eye of Ken Theriault, Costco representative director and Japan country manager, the American membership-model wholesaler has flourished in Japan.
A Canadian made a weekend trip to Costco a Japanese pastime
Under the watchful eye of Ken Theriault, Costco representative director and Japan country manager, the American membership-model wholesaler has flourished in Japan.
Tokyo tech failures lean into misfortune, mistakes and missteps
Tsuyoshi Domoto in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward on March 28. As an entrepreneur, Domoto experienced plenty of setbacks but maintains a positive attitude and continues to pursue his dreams.
Who among the opposition would join the ruling coalition?
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba enters his office in Tokyo on Friday.
Traveling the Three-Star Road, the tourist route made from thin air
Scenes like this snow-covered bridge leading to the village of Shirakawa-go are what make the Three-Star Road worth traveling — its name notwithstanding.
Recent spate of wildfires in Japan and South Korea linked to climate change
Smoke and flames rise from a wildfire in Andong, South Korea, on Tuesday.

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