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JAPAN XV

COMMENTARY / Japan
May 23, 2013
There are billions of reasons why Japan Inc. should reflect
The flood of cash the Bank of Japan has made available to Japan Inc. has not opened executives to new ways of thinking or ushered more women into the workforce.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society
May 23, 2013
Nationalism rearing ugly head with greater frequency
Angry protesters took to the streets Sunday in Tokyo's Shin-Okubo district, home to many Korean shops and restaurants, describing the Korean residents there as 'cockroaches' and calling for their immediate 'extermination.'
Japan Times
CULTURE / Entertainment news
May 21, 2013
X Japan waxes lyrical at Madame Tussauds debut
This Monday, members of the seminal metal band X Japan were in Odaiba rubbing shoulders with the likes of Brad Pitt, Lady Gaga and AKB48's Yuko Oshima. The catch? They were all made out of wax.
JAPAN / Society
May 19, 2013
Incentives needed to lure students to U.S., experts say
Incentives are needed to reverse the decline in Japanese enrollment at U.S. universities as Japanese companies compete harder and earlier to recruit new graduates, experts said at a symposium.
Japan Times
CARTOONS / DAHL'S JAPAN
May 19, 2013
Dove Hunting
CULTURE / Japan Pulse
May 17, 2013
Tweet Beat: #이노래를듣고돌 #wizard #finalburning
K-pop, Sunday morning TV, and pre wrestling topics are among last week's top Twitter hashtags in Japan.
JAPAN
May 17, 2013
Monju reactor unlikely to resume operations by next March: JAEA
Kyodo
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
May 16, 2013
Iijima's North trip ups hope for progress on abductions
Tokyo authorized and is in charge of the surprise trip to Pyongyang by special adviser Isao Iijima, a senior government official indicated Wednesday, while Cabinet members all remained tight-lipped in public amid speculation the government hopes to resume direct talks with North Korea to resolve the...
EDITORIALS
May 16, 2013
Protecting a public pension program
To protect the kosei nenkin pension program, the welfare ministry should withdraw a plan to allow troubled investment funds for the program to keep operating.
COMMENTARY / Japan
May 16, 2013
Ryukyu sovereignty question simmers in China
The aim of China's questioning Japanese sovereignty over the Ryukyu Islands probably is to weaken Japan's claim to the disputed Senkaku Islands, which China calls the Diaoyus.
EDITORIALS
May 13, 2013
Renewable energy policy
The nuclear power plant problems at Fukushima remind us that one potentially positive effect of the Tohoku disaster was a rethink of Japan's energy policy.
Japan Times
CARTOONS / DAHL'S JAPAN
May 12, 2013
Bird Flu Cuckoo
EDITORIALS
May 9, 2013
Inflation goal kills BOJ flexibility
The Bank of Japan should not stick to its 2 percent inflation goal at the expense of flexibility in its monetary policy. The goal also could cause undesirable side effects.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / YEN FOR LIVING
May 7, 2013
Anticipation: How high will mortgage interest go?
After 20 years housing loan interest rates are ready to rise.
Japan Times
CARTOONS / DAHL'S JAPAN
May 5, 2013
Cyber Attack Election
Japan to revise consumption tax exemption for overseas tourists
Tourists walk through Nakamise shopping street near Sensoji Temple in Tokyo in April
Typhoon to force railway closures as it nears Kanto on Friday
A satellite image from Wednesday afternoon shows Tropical Storm Ampil south of Japan
‘Very strong’ Typhoon Ampil set to approach eastern Japan on Friday
A satellite image shows Typhoon Ampil south of Japan on Thursday afternoon.
Kishida's out. Who will likely be Japan's next leader?
Digital minister Taro Kono (left), Liberal Democratic Party Secretary-General Toshimitsu Motegi (center) and former Defense Minister Shigeru Ishiba are among the potential candidates for the ruling party's presidential election next month.
Japan's tourism industry hit by cancellations after megaquake alert
A beach closed due to a megaquake alert in Hiratsuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, from Friday to Thursday.
Women's sumo takes big step forward with first high school championships
Yuzuki Komiya (left) competes in the first national high school sumo tournament for girls in Tachikawa, western Tokyo, on Saturday.
Kishida's out. Who will likely be Japan's next leader?
Digital minister Taro Kono (left), Liberal Democratic Party Secretary-General Toshimitsu Motegi (center) and former Defense Minister Shigeru Ishiba are among the potential candidates for the ruling party's presidential election next month.
Economic security is about strengthening and sustaining growth, former minister says
Former economic security minister Takayuki Kobayashi says changes in the international balance of power, along with deepening economic interdependence, have led some countries to attempt to use their economic power to impose their will on others.
Ice bandanas, convenience store breaks: Running under Japan’s summer sun
Blistering heat is becoming a fixture of summer in Japan, but a few tweaks to your routine can make your outdoor runs bearable — if not enjoyable — until cooler temperatures return.
Global mindset crucial for reform of Japan's health care, minister says
In the past 11 months, health minister Keizo Takemi has been charting his own path, seeking to make Japan's health care policies more global and digitalized.

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
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Sociologist Gracia Liu-Farrer argues that even though immigration doesn't figure into Japan's autobiography, it is more of a self-perception than a reality.
In search of the ‘Japanese dream’
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