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Japan Times
LIFE / Travel
Oct 9, 2022
From Kyoto to Hokkaido, it¡¯s the last call for tourist-free travel
The borders reopen from Oct. 11, but the floodgates will stay relatively closed until countries like China allow tourists to return en masse.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Sep 10, 2022
Â鶹´«Ã½ record percentage of working mothers masks low-paying jobs
Some 76% of mothers with children under age 18 were in the workforce in 2021, but the data also indicated many of those jobs were in relatively unstable positions.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 18, 2022
Japan tax agency¡¯s pro-drinking campaign sparks backlash
The tax agency¡¯s ¡®Sake Viva!¡± idea competition, which is seeking business plans to help ¡®revitalize¡± the liquor industry, was launched in July and gained traction on Twitter this week.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 22, 2022
Â鶹´«Ã½ top potato-chip maker Calbee to raise prices by up to 20%
While paying more for food is a worldwide phenomenon, it¡¯s an especially sensitive topic in Japan, where stagnant wages make it hard for households to swallow a rush of price hikes.
JAPAN
May 11, 2022
Japan hints masks no longer needed outside ahead of border easing
When able to keep a distance from others, one doesn¡¯t necessarily need to wear masks, especially considering the risks of heat stroke as temperatures rise, the top government spokesman said.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Apr 15, 2022
Lawson to raise Kara-age Kun prices for first time in 36 years
The price of the nuggets, sold in a paper envelope with a toothpick and a chicken illustration that¡¯s instantly recognizable to anyone in the country, will increase to u00a5238 from May 31.
JAPAN
Apr 1, 2022
Japan, in need of more babies, is helping pay for costly IVF
As part of a new policy, public health insurance will reimburse 70% of the costs of advanced fertility treatments.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jan 12, 2022
Yahoo tells Japan employees they can work anywhere and commute by plane when necessary
According to President Kentaro Kawabe, 90% of the company¡¯s employees are now working remotely, and their performance has held steady or improved at home.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Dec 21, 2021
McDonald¡¯s forced to ration customers¡¯ fries as supply shortage hits Japan
McDonald¡¯s hopes that supply issues affecting its 2,900 outlets in Japan will be resolved by New Year¡¯s eve.
BUSINESS
Dec 14, 2021
Kishida floats buyback regulations, spooking Japanese stocks
Share buybacks surged in Japan under the Abe administration, who implemented a corporate governance code for companies to make them more responsive to shareholders.
JAPAN / Society
Mar 15, 2016
Blogger¡¯s viral tirade on day care puts Abe on back foot
An anonymous Japanese blogger¡¯s tirade about failing to secure a day care place for her child has spurred Prime Minister Shinzo Abe into action.
BUSINESS
Aug 13, 2011
Fewer orders seen as warning sign
A four-month slump in foreign orders for Japanese machinery may be the latest sign that waning demand is threatening to derail the global economic recovery.
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.
New ¡®Katsu Curry Index¡¯ aims to show how weak the yen really is
A CoCo Ichibanya curry house in Tokyo.
Putin visits disputed Etorofu island off Hokkaido, sparking protest from Tokyo
Russian President Vladimir Putin visits the Yasny fish processing factory on Etorofu island, one of four islands in the contested chain known as the Kuril Islands in Russia and the Northern Territories in Japan, on Thursday.
Mexican man arrested over attempt to smuggle some 200 lizards into Japan
Mexican alligator lizards seized by Tokyo Customs from a Mexican man who attempted to smuggle them into Japan on Saturday through Haneda Airport
Authorities urge continued caution after heavy rain in Chiba leaves eight dead
A local resident walks past a 7-Eleven convenience store in a flooded area after heavy rain in the city of Oamishirasato, Chiba Prefecture, on Friday.
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.
Kabukicho: Tokyo¡¯s ¡®stadium of desire¡¯

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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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