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Malcolm Foster
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Apr 20, 2022
Working from home, Â鶹´«Ã½ corporate warriors rethink their priorities
The country¡¯s traditional job-for-life model is eroding, with pressure now coming from workers who want more flexibility, autonomy and control over their careers.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Sep 2, 2021
Japan needs a lot more tech workers. Can it find a place for women?
The country is pushing to digitally modernize itself, but one of the developed world¡¯s starkest gender gaps is holding it back.
JAPAN
Apr 1, 2019
Â鶹´«Ã½ Imperial era names are societal bookmarks for politics, history and culture
In modern Japan, every emperor¡¯s era has its own name ¡ª appearing in places such as coins, official paperwork and newspapers ¡ª and with a rare abdication coming at the end of April, there was much speculation about what the new geng¨­ would be.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jun 19, 2018
Â鶹´«Ã½ demand for foreign workers may soften immigration policy, albeit slowly
Shinichiro Tsukada says his small plastering company in Tokyo wouldn¡¯t survive without the 22 Chinese and Vietnamese workers who make up half his payroll.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 30, 2018
Robots making inroads in Â鶹´«Ã½ elder care facilities, but costs still high
Paro the furry seal cries softly while an elderly woman pets it. Pepper, a humanoid, waves while leading a seniors¡¯ exercise group. The upright Tree guides a disabled man taking shaky steps, saying in a gentle feminine voice, ¡°right, left, well done!¡±
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Oct 18, 2016
Japan Inc. unimpressed with BOJ¡¯s latest attempt to spur growth, poll shows
Japan Inc. has little faith in the central bank¡¯s latest shift in monetary policy, with companies saying it will not generate long-desired inflation, spur further business investment or have an impact on the economy.
JAPAN
Dec 30, 2010
2010 ¡ª not a good year for once-confident Japan
Japan has been overtaken by China as the world¡¯s No. 2 economy. Its flagship company, Toyota Motor Corp., recalled more than 10 million vehicles in an embarrassing safety crisis. Its fourth prime minister resigned in three years, and the government remains unable to jolt an economy entering its third...
JAPAN
Sep 9, 2010
Schools going back to the basics
When Mio Honzawa starts fifth grade next April, her textbooks will be thicker.
BUSINESS
Jul 8, 2010
Tax hike gambit may end up hurting DPJ
Normally, proposing a tax hike is considered a sure way to lose an election.
JAPAN
Jan 27, 2010
Bluefin ban could put Japan in bind
Seafood-loving Japan ¡ª having faced years of international pressure to stop whaling ¡ª finds itself with a potentially bigger fight over a highly prized type of tuna that conservation groups say is being fished to extinction.
JAPAN
Nov 5, 2009
Bush talks to Waseda about his life ¡ª in world of sports
Exactly a year after Barack Obama was voted in as president, his successor, George W. Bush, talked in Japan on Wednesday about his former life ¡ª in sports.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 31, 2009
A-bomb cities offer Obama invite
A speech and a Nobel prize have raised hopes in Japan that Barack Obama will become the first sitting American president to visit Hiroshima or Nagasaki, the two cities devastated by U.S. atomic bombs in World War II.
Gut bacteria may be behind many of Â鶹´«Ã½ colorectal cancer cases
A Japanese research team found that a toxin produced by certain E. coli strains, colibactin, caused genetic mutations in nearly half of colorectal cancer cases studied
¡®Total whiplash¡¯: Foreign residents react to Â鶹´«Ã½ changing permanent residency rules
The entrance to the Tokyo Immigration Bureau in Minato Ward, Tokyo, in March. For some foreign residents of Japan, tightening measures for permanent residency have become one factor in a broader calculation over whether remaining in the country makes financial sense over the long term.
She is Russia¡¯s richest woman. Her business empire is going up in flames.
Tatyana Kim, the head and co-founder of Wildberries, speaks about Ukrainian drone attacks on the company's warehouses in the course of the Russia-Ukraine conflict, at an unidentified location, in this still image from a handout video released on July 31.
Severe tropical storm Chan-hom makes landfall near Tokyo
Severe Tropical Storm Chan-hom made landfall around Ibaraki Prefecture, near Tokyo, on Tuesday night.
What Â鶹´«Ã½ language rules for permanent residency should look like
Potential health care workers hoping to find work in Japan take Japanese language instruction in Jakarta. Not all applicants for permanent residency should be expected to reach this level of proficiency.
Forty-five meters down, a diver races to record a fleeting moment of WWII history
Kingo Wakasa photographs the kamikaze plane wing section he discovered at the USS Emmons wreck site.
Ikarigata closer to emulating older brother Fujinokawa than many think
The future Fujinokawa (third from left) and Ikarigata (right) compete against each other at ages 5 and 3, respectively.
Where do foreign residents in Japan want to die?
The Yokohama Foreign General Cemetery is one of the few cemeteries in Japan that allows burials, albeit with conditions for the deceased, including foreign nationality and permanent residency in Kanagawa Prefecture.
¡®Total whiplash¡¯: Foreign residents react to Â鶹´«Ã½ changing permanent residency rules
The entrance to the Tokyo Immigration Bureau in Minato Ward, Tokyo, in March. For some foreign residents of Japan, tightening measures for permanent residency have become one factor in a broader calculation over whether remaining in the country makes financial sense over the long term.
As Â鶹´«Ã½ concrete jungles sizzle, urban forestry offers an all-natural fix
People and birds find relief from the sun in Tokyo's Nakano Ward earlier this month. While experts agree that urban greening is crucial to mitigating the impact of climate change, trees are becoming even more scarce in Japanese cities.

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo¡¯s Shinjuku Ward.
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Disaster relief workers Taichi Kato (left) and Seiji Yoshimura enter the collapsed living quarters at Kyuganji temple in Yatsushiro, Kumamoto Prefecture.
What Kumamoto revealed about Â鶹´«Ã½ earthquake readiness
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