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JAPANESE TV

COMMENTARY / Japan
Feb 9, 2016
Sharp embodies Japan's zombie problem
The electronics giant reflects an insular and uncompetitive corporate culture that drags on growth.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Feb 9, 2016
Drawing on film to highlight hyperreality
"Following the other, one replaces him, exchanges lives, passions, wills, transforms oneself in the other's stead. It is perhaps the only way man can finally fulfill himself. An ironic way, but all the more certain."
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Feb 9, 2016
'Pleasure in the History of Fashion: From the Akira Ishiyama Collection'
Feb. 13-April 10
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Feb 8, 2016
The wrong way out for Japan
Neither negative interest rates nor further expansion of the BOJ's already huge program of quantitative easing will be sufficient to offset the strong deflationary forces that Japan now faces.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Feb 7, 2016
Corporate Japan needs to do more than apologize
To stop the endless incidents of fraud and corruption, Japan should improve corporate governance, increase press freedom and reduce reliance on dynasties for leadership.
EDITORIALS
Feb 5, 2016
Widening asbestos compensation
The government should work out a scheme to provide relief to construction workers who suffered health damage from asbestos, which was widely used during Japan's construction boom.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Feb 2, 2016
Japan's picture ID before World War II
Last year, the number of tourists coming into Japan outnumbered those going out for the first time in 45 years. In absolute terms, it may be the first time that tourism has properly taken off for this country, despite numerous attempts by various ministries and semi-official agencies over the years to...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Feb 2, 2016
'Katsukawa Shunsho: Master of Hokusai'
Feb. 2-March 27
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Feb 2, 2016
'Shiseido Art Egg 10'
Feb. 3-April 22
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Feb 2, 2016
'Shimura Fukumi'
Feb. 2-March 21
EDITORIALS
Feb 2, 2016
Will Kuroda's gamble work?
The latest BOJ step appears to point to the limits of what the central bank alone can do to achieve its goal of ending deflation.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Feb 1, 2016
Time for Japan's academia and media to wake up
Japan's media and academia are failing in their duty to question government policies.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Feb 1, 2016
BOJ memo to Abe: your move
Negative rates should spur Prime Minister Abe to be bolder in the fight against slow growth and deflation.
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle
Jan 30, 2016
Bringing Japanese folk dance into focus
As with many cultures, before modernization the Japanese people relied heavily on agriculture, holding a spiritual affinity with and respecting the power of nature. Bountiful harvests were celebrated in festivities that played a significant role in community activities, and the distinctive folk rituals...
EDITORIALS
Jan 28, 2016
The lethargic opposition
To avoid another blowout defeat at the hands of the LDP-Komeito alliance, the opposition parties must increase their cooperation and present voters with an alternative vision.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jan 28, 2016
BOJ's big problem? Abenomics
History's most aggressive monetary policy experiment has backfired by dulling Japan Inc's animal spirits.

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Visitors to Kyoto walk along a street near Kiyomizu Temple in April. A popular tourist spot, Kyoto has seen what locals feel to be an overwhelming amount of tourists in 2024.
Is Japan ready for 60 million tourists?