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David H. Slater is professor of cultural anthropology at Sophia University and director of the Voices from Japan Oral Narrative Project. Ikebe Sara was a student in the Voices from Japan Homeless Project and is now a Ph.D. [1]

TOKYO -- Seeking to bolster its drug development business, Fujifilm Holdings is set to make an offer for a laboratory chemicals unit of Takeda Pharmaceutical. [2]

Masaaki Shirakawa is a former governor of the Bank of Japan. G-7 finance ministers and central bank chiefs at Petersberg near Bonn, Germany, on May 19: All advanced economies were faced with the zero lower bound interest rates after the global financ... [3]

Nancy Snow is Pax Mundi Distinguished Professor of Public Diplomacy at Kyoto University of Foreign Studies and author of "The Mystery of Japan's Information Power." OpinionFumio Kishida is the global communicator Japan should emulate New leader a se... [4]

I had decided to take Keio University's entrance exam, but still feeling a lingering attachment to the arts, I also wanted to apply to Tokyo University of the Arts, also known as Geidai. (confirmed by 2 sources) [5]

TOKYO -- Hideki Matsuyama made golf history on April 11, becoming the first Japanese to win a men's major and unleashing a frenzy by the country's golf industry eager to cash in on his success. [6]

The eighth Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD 8) was held in Tunisia for two days through Sunday to discuss economic cooperation between Japan and African nations. [7]

TOKYO -- Fujitsu expects robust performance in the coming fiscal year as corporate Japan flocks to its information systems and services in pursuit of workplace reform and productivity growth. [8]

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[1] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2020-04-15 · 46% match

Open Olympic facilities to protect Tokyo's homeless from COVID-19

David H. Slater is professor of cultural anthropology at Sophia University and director of the Voices from Japan Oral Narrative Project. Ikebe Sara was a student in the Voices from Japan Homeless Project and is now a Ph.D.

[2] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2016-07-22 · 43% match

Fujifilm to bid for Takeda's research reagents unit

TOKYO -- Seeking to bolster its drug development business, Fujifilm Holdings is set to make an offer for a laboratory chemicals unit of Takeda Pharmaceutical.

[3] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2022-07-07 · 43% match

My wish list for monetary policymakers to reflect on

Masaaki Shirakawa is a former governor of the Bank of Japan. G-7 finance ministers and central bank chiefs at Petersberg near Bonn, Germany, on May 19: All advanced economies were faced with the zero lower bound interest rates after the global financ

[4] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2021-11-12 · 43% match

Fumio Kishida is the global communicator Japan should emulate

Nancy Snow is Pax Mundi Distinguished Professor of Public Diplomacy at Kyoto University of Foreign Studies and author of "The Mystery of Japan's Information Power." OpinionFumio Kishida is the global communicator Japan should emulate New leader a se

[5] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2022-04-07 · 43% match

Having the time of my life: Yohji Yamamoto (7)

I had decided to take Keio University's entrance exam, but still feeling a lingering attachment to the arts, I also wanted to apply to Tokyo University of the Arts, also known as Geidai.

[6] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2021-04-15 · 42% match

Japan golf industry looks to cash in on Matsuyama's Masters win

TOKYO -- Hideki Matsuyama made golf history on April 11, becoming the first Japanese to win a men's major and unleashing a frenzy by the country's golf industry eager to cash in on his success.

[7] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2022-08-31 · 42% match

Japan must build sustainable relationship with Africa

The eighth Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD 8) was held in Tunisia for two days through Sunday to discuss economic cooperation between Japan and African nations.

[8] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2017-11-28 · 41% match

Fujitsu sees highest profit in over a decade in fiscal 2018

TOKYO -- Fujitsu expects robust performance in the coming fiscal year as corporate Japan flocks to its information systems and services in pursuit of workplace reform and productivity growth.

[9] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2022-04-26 · 41% match

Japan should be open to China joining the CPTPP

Professor Wang Huiyao is founder and president of the Center for China & Globalization and dean of the Institute of Development Studies at Southwestern University of Finance and Economics in Chengdu.

[10] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2020-10-09 · 41% match

University of Tokyo's maiden bond sale sells out by factor of six

TOKYO -- The University of Tokyo has become the first Japanese national university to issue its own bonds, and the offer promptly sold out to a broad range of investors.

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