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Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / VIEWS FROM THE STREET
Nov 13, 2013
Tokyo: What does Japan do better than anywhere else?
Everyone here in Japan, or in Tokyo at least, is so disciplined and always punctual. The Japanese people I have met stick by their comments and the promises they make, and in my experience excuses are not accepted as much as they might be elsewhere.
WORLD / Science & Health
Nov 8, 2013
'Too fat to fly' young French patient is stranded by British Airways in Chicago
Chicago AFP-JIJI
Japan Times
JAPAN
Nov 7, 2013
Hotel Okura latest to own up to fraudulent menus
Hotel Okura is the latest in a seemingly endless string of established hotels and department stores to admit to misrepresenting items on its restaurant menus.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Nov 2, 2013
Hankyu Hanshin scandal is a by-product of the media's food fetishization
As with every food mislabeling furor, the point in the Hankyu Hanshin scandal isn't necessarily that people are eating bad-tasting or unsafe food, but that their pretensions have been exposed.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 25, 2013
Hotelier lays food scam to staff ignorant of law
Hankyu Hanshin Hotels Co. has been misrepresenting items on its menus for seven years at eateries in at least four prefectures, possibly scamming some 79,000 patrons in the process, and management is blaming the misdeeds on employees ignorant about the law.
BUSINESS
Oct 25, 2013
Farmers to focus on fighting fat in face of tariff cuts
From rice for controlling blood glucose levels to soybeans that reduce fatty acids, the government is seeking new ways to make money from agriculture as pressure mounts to cut the tariffs that farmers rely on to make a living.
Japan Times
ENVIRONMENT
Oct 20, 2013
Wildlife victory: shark fin falls from favor in China
Once a rare delicacy served to honored guests, shark fin soup had become so popular among China's fast-growing elite in recent years that it was pushing some shark species close to extinction.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / YEN FOR LIVING
Oct 7, 2013
Lower egg prices bad for producers, worse for chickens
The government aims to control egg prices by any means necessary.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Sep 20, 2013
U.N. food aid official pleads for more Syrian aid to ward off catastrophe
A U.N. World Food Program emergency coordinator for Syria urged Japan and the rest of the international community Friday to come up with more funding to supply food aid to Syrians both inside and outside the country.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / YEN FOR LIVING
Sep 19, 2013
You are where you eat: McDonald's Japan sets prices by region
McDonald's has found that it won't lose customers if it raises prices.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Sep 7, 2013
The message in recent food-garbage films doesn't go to waste
For those who still take in movies at theaters it's a great season for garbage, and I'm not talking about the usual summer blockbuster fare. Last month, Fatih Akin's documentary "Garbage in the Garden of Eden" (aka "Polluting Paradise"), about a landfill project in the beautiful Cambrunu region of Turkey,...
Two of America’s biggest debt holders are dumping Treasurys
The U.S. Treasury building in Washington. Investors in Japan and China sold a pile of U.S. debt in the last quarter, just before the U.S. presidential election.
Ishiba aggravates his own political failures with diplomatic faux pas
Prime Minster Shigeru Ishiba is greeted at the APEC summit in Lima by Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Friday. The Japanese leader was criticized for remaining seated while meeting several world leaders at the event.
Japan's 3.31 million visitors in October set monthly record
Kiyomizu Temple in Kyoto in December 2023. Famous autumn leaf colors contributed to increased tourism demand last month from many markets across Asia, Europe and North America, the Japan National Tourism Organization has said.
Japan ranks last in romance satisfaction for second straight year
In a survey of 31 countries, Japan ranked last in terms of those who felt loved, with just 51% of respondents saying so.
Ruling coalition and DPP strike last-minute deal over economic policy
DPP policy chief Makoto Mahaguchi speaks at the party's policy gathering in Tokyo on Wednesday.
Japan, U.K. and Italy discuss inviting more countries to joint fighter project
A new concept model of a next-generation fighter jet to be jointly developed by Japan, Britain and Italy is on display in Farnborough, Hampshire, in July.
Haruki Murakami's 'The City and Its Uncertain Walls' gives deep deja vu
For “The City and Its Uncertain Walls,” translated into English by Philip Gabriel, Haruki Murakami confronts the ghosts who won't leave him alone.
Japanese expats in Asia find community through rugby
The Taiwan Fivewoods celebrate their victory at the 2023 Asian Japanese Rugby Cup in December of last year.
In Fukushima, a weekend of prose, poetry and translation
Aomori-based writer JJ Carter presented on tabletop gaming as creative inspiration for building characters and narratives.
For Dr. Nakamats, aging is just experience in action
Though he didn't win the recent gubernatorial election in Tokyo, the 96-year-old Dr. Nakamats' run was seen as inspirational in Japan's aging society.

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