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MARRIAGE

Japan Times
BUSINESS
Sep 12, 2014
Women's work culture under fire
One morning in February, the government personnel department began an experiment in a nondescript building in a Tokyo residential area that could end up rewriting the rules of the nation's powerful bureaucracy.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Aug 16, 2014
Estranged wife of Oklahoma oil baron Hamm could get billions in divorce case
More than $17 billion of Oklahoma oilman Harold Hamm's fortune could be subject to division with his estranged wife, according to an economic analysis presented in their divorce trial, defining the stakes in one of the biggest battles ever over a marital estate.
WORLD / Society
Aug 14, 2014
U.S. appeals court declines to block Virginia gay marriage ruling
A U.S. appeals court on Wednesday declined to delay its ruling striking down Virginia's ban on same-sex marriage, meaning gay people in the state will be able to get married unless the U.S. Supreme Court intervenes.
Japan Times
JAPAN / History / JAPAN TIMES GONE BY
Aug 2, 2014
Emperor, councilors weigh war declaration; simplified Japanese created for foreigners; Russian musicians defect; foreigners' office hears thousands of problems
100 YEARS AGO
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Apr 8, 2014
Seiji Ozawa takes to the stage for Mozart opera
It is certainly good to see Maestro Seiji Ozawa back at the podium again.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Entertainment news
Apr 6, 2014
California gurus find success via celebrities
Even in California, where people come to convince themselves of just about anything, it is not common for a celebrity couple on the verge of divorce to declare undying love and say they are closer now than ever.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 4, 2014
Child abduction agreement too late for many parents
To some parents, Japan's official entry Tuesday into the Hague convention on cross-border child abductions doesn't represent the light at the end of the tunnel, but the arrival of more obstacles in the prolonged effort to retrieve their children, experts say.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Mar 20, 2014
Abe funds matchmaking to ease welfare bill
Over coffee and cake in a rural cafe in Kochi Prefecture, Hideyuki Tanaka, 40, plucked up the courage to speak with Eri, 14 years his junior.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
Mar 1, 2014
Why marry, or worry, when we can be alone together in ohitorisama Japan?
As people increasingly choose to live and do things alone, is Japan evolving into an 'ohitorisama' nation? Time will tell.
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle
Feb 10, 2014
Marrying an equal could be boosting inequality
Rich and poor Americans are slowly but surely staking out separate lives — moving to different communities and marrying people of similar income and backgrounds.
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 6, 2014
Hollande's split may scar the female electorate
French President Francois Hollande's glacial dismissal of the 'official' First Lady — 18 words long, including three uses of the personal pronoun 'I' — will do him no good with the French electorate.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Nov 29, 2013
Gut feelings predict wedded bliss
The harbinger of an unhappy marriage might be your gut.
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.
Russia fired experimental ballistic missile at Ukraine, Putin says
Ukrainian firefighters work on a spot following an airstrike in Dnipro on Thursday.
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.
The slow-burn success of ‘A Samurai in Time’
A 19th-century warrior gets struck by lightning and wakes to find himself in 21st-century Kyoto in Junichi Yasuda’s surprise hit “A Samurai in Time.”
Around a quarter of Japan married couples in their 20s met through dating apps
A survey released by an organization promoting “Good Couples Day” shows that 24% of couples in their 20s met their marriage partner through a dating app.
'Tokyo Swindlers': Get deep into the minds of real estate con artists
In Ko Shinjo's "Tokyo Swindlers," a group of con artists manipulates real estate giants into falsified deals within the highly competitive, quick market.
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.

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

Longform

Construction takes place on the Takanawa Gateway Convention Center in Tokyo, slated to open in 2025.
A boom for business tourism in Japan?
By Kathryn Wortley

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