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Some 43% of Gen Z and 41% of millennials say they suffer from a flawed perception of their finances.
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 24, 2024
¡®Money dysmorphia¡¯ traps the younger generations
Some 43% of Gen Z and 41% of millennials say they suffer from a flawed perception of their finances.
JAPAN
May 23, 2022
Yamaguchi town gets back most of mistakenly transferred ?46 million
One of the payment service companies to which the recipient transferred the money has reportedly returned more than u00a535 million to Abu¡¯s account.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
May 15, 2022
Should people combine their money after marriage?
Modern couples have lots of options for handling their finances. What matters most is getting the communication started.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 19, 2021
Cash is dying, but we aren¡¯t ready to bury it
As cash vanishes ¡ª without a central bank digital currency replacing it ¡ª the public¡¯s trust in the convertibility of deposits into official money may become an issue.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 15, 2021
How to give away a million dollars
It is surprisingly easy for most people in affluent countries to make a huge difference to those living in extreme poverty in low-income countries.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 8, 2021
The Taliban have their economic work cut out for them
There is much speculation that China could become Afghanistan¡¯s primary economic supporter and help it stay part of the global system. But that analysis is unrealistic.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
May 13, 2021
Unseen digital cash will stretch your money
These invisible blockchain tokens could still turbocharge our everyday money: by making it move faster and stretching its worth.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / How-tos
Feb 1, 2021
Living in Japan doesn¡¯t have to break the bank
Japan is often touted as an expensive place to live. With a high quality of living, national health system, vibrant cultural scene, admirable levels of education and safety ¡ª it¡¯s not hard to understand some of the reasons why people want to call it home. These desirable factors come at a cost, though....
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Nov 26, 2019
Specter of funding crunch looms over runs at China¡¯s small banks
Bundles of yuan notes were stacked high behind the counters of branches of Yingkou Coastal Bank earlier this month, as the northeast China lender fought off a run on deposits while on-site government officials battled rumors of a funding crunch.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 20, 2019
China¡¯s digital currency could threaten dollar¡¯s dominance
China¡¯s central bank digital currency may boost the internationalization of the yuan.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Oct 2, 2019
Kenya finds $71 million in suspect cash as it retires old notes
A Kenyan anti-corruption drive uncovered the equivalent of tens of millions of dollars in unexplained wealth when it retired old banknotes, the central bank said on Wednesday, adding much of the cash appeared to have been gained in ¡°the criminal area.¡±
BUSINESS / YEN FOR LIVING
Dec 7, 2018
Abuse is the norm for Â鶹´«Ã½ hometown tax donation system
On Sept. 11, then-Internal Affairs and Communications Minister Seiko Noda gave a news conference at which she stated the government¡¯s intention to revise laws for local taxes.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Nov 28, 2018
Â鶹´«Ã½ rich have the most cash in Asia, but China is closing in
Â鶹´«Ã½ richest have the largest accumulation of wealth in the Asia-Pacific region, at $7.7 trillion, but legions of Chinese millionaires are rushing to catch up.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jun 10, 2018
Swiss ¡®real money¡¯ initiative fails after lack of support from cantons
A radical plan to upend Switzerland¡¯s financial landscape by barring commercial banks from creating money has been defeated after failing to win a majority of support from the Swiss cantons, Swiss broadcaster SRF said Sunday.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Apr 25, 2018
World¡¯s richest are buying their way to a longer life
Money might not buy love, but it can buy better health. And, to live as long as possible, the world¡¯s wealthy are willing to pay up.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Feb 23, 2018
How an Indian bank¡¯s $1.8 billion fraud went unnoticed
The Punjab National Bank branch in south Mumbai sits just down the road from both the Bombay Stock Exchange and the Reserve Bank of India, at a physical center of one of the world¡¯s fastest-growing major economies.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Feb 22, 2018
India¡¯s state-run bank adopts strict SWIFT controls after $1.77 billion fraud case
India¡¯s state-run Punjab National Bank has stepped up its controls on the use of SWIFT, a global payments network, following an alleged $1.77 billion fraud, according to memos issued this month and seen by Reuters.
Japan Times
LIFE / Language / BILINGUAL
Jan 8, 2018
Put your money where your mouth is
The Japanese money vocabulary is quite expansive, amazingly complex and certainly deserving of closer inspection.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Oct 25, 2017
Bitcoin retreats as another offshoot of cryptocurrency appears
First there was bitcoin, then bitcoin cash ¡ª and now there¡¯s bitcoin gold.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Sep 3, 2017
Cryptocurrencies threaten central banks¡¯ control over money supply ¡ª and officials study using their technology
The boom in cryptocurrencies and their underlying technology is becoming too big for central banks, long the guardian of official money, to ignore.
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.
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
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
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.
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
By Alex K.T. Martin

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