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INNOVATION

COMMENTARY / Japan / The Great Reset
Aug 2, 2020
It¡¯s time to reset Â鶹´«Ã½ digital infrastructure
Despite its image as a world leader, the nation is falling behind as it continues to make use of outdated technology.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 4, 2020
Innovation: The front line of the new great power competition
The race to innovate is behind the new U.S.-China cold war.
Japan Times
EDITORIALS
Jan 2, 2020
Imagine 2030¡¯s world to generate innovative ideas
Visualizing the kind of world we want to live in 10 years from now can spur creativity and innovation.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
May 28, 2019
What it takes to foster innovation in Japan
The key concepts behind innovation are diversity and excellent higher education.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Oct 5, 2018
Collaboration and cooperation among key points for innovation, business leaders tell Tokyo summit
Cross-industry collaboration, cooperation between startups and large corporations, and closely watching business trends are key to triggering innovation, business leaders and industry experts said Friday at a Tokyo event.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Sep 23, 2018
Stop talking about innovation and act
Japanese waste too much time talking about innovation instead of risking failure and blazing new trails.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Mar 23, 2018
How to unleash Â鶹´«Ã½ animal spirits
The postwar system that built Â鶹´«Ã½ formidable middle class is faltering. A two-tiered employment system is needed.
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 4, 2015
Dreams for the 21st century
The 21st century will see many fabulous innovations that we can barely imagine today.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jun 19, 2015
Grasping the key to innovation
Japan should make ¡®new combination¡¯ innovation the nucleus of its growth strategy.
CULTURE / TV & Streaming / CHANNEL SURF
Mar 19, 2015
The Miracle of Japanese Manufacturing; Wandering Tamori; CM of the week: GLS Japan
Although Â鶹´«Ã½ talent for industrial innovation has lost some of its luster in recent years, Japanese products remain the envy of the world, and a new series, ¡°Monozukuri Nihon no Kiseki¡± (¡°The Miracle of Japanese Manufacturing¡°), takes in a wide range of design to prove it ¡ª so wide, in fact, that...
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Mar 4, 2014
Firms seek to tap into Israeli startups
More Japanese companies are looking at the Israeli startup market in search of innovative technologies and investments to beef up their businesses, although they lag far behind the buyout sprees of global tech giants such as Google Inc. and Apple Inc.
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 28, 2014
At last, Yale surrenders to technology
Yale University ran up the white flag last week in its battle to keep twin seniors Peter Xu and Harry Yu from creating an easier-to-use and more informative version of its online course catalog. As the school¡¯s real battle was against technological change, defeat was inevitable.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / Japan Pulse
Jul 31, 2012
Today¡¯s J-blip: Mannan Reb¨¡ replaces beef liver sashimi
Even better than the real thing? Imitation raw liver is trying to fill the void left by the health department¡¯s ban in Japan.
CULTURE / Art / Japan Pulse
Jul 11, 2012
Today¡¯s J-blip: K-Pocke pocket
Your gadgets may be secure, but we¡¯re not sure what the K-Pocke does for your style.
BUSINESS / Japan Pulse
Nov 30, 2009
Eco batteries bring new meaning to the term ¡°juiced¡±
NoPoPo Eco batteries might not revolutionize the tech world yet, but for now, these fluid-powered batteries could end up being life-savers.
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.
Â鶹´«Ã½ inflation paradox is creating winners and losers
Chieko Sugai at her home in Murakami, Niigata Prefecture
How U.S. bombing survey in Japan shed light on civilian sentiments of WWII
Residents are seen walking beside rubble in the city of Utsunomiya, Tochigi Prefecture, in this undated photo taken soon after the end of World War II.
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.
Takaichi needs Aso on her side to solidify position in LDP
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi attends a Liberal Democratic Party meeting alongside LDP Secretary-General Shunichi Suzuki (left) and LDP Vice President Taro Aso in Tokyo earlier this month
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.

Podcast

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
By Alex K.T. Martin

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