Posts Tagged ‘Japan’

Bankers of Japan: unite!

Japanese workers working for Goldman Sachs have defied norms, and established a union.

by Jen Cutts - Wednesday, March 14, 2012
Photo gallery: Japan, one year after the tsunami

Residents fight to rebuild their lives amid ghost towns radioactive worms and disaster tourists

by macleans.ca - Thursday, March 8, 2012
Japan, one year after the tsunami

There’s life after the disaster, amid ghost towns, radioactive worms and disaster tourists

by Nicholas Köhler - Wednesday, March 7, 2012
How do you clean a Japanese mountain?

One year after the disaster at the Dai-Ichi nuclear plant, nearby villages remain empty

by Nicholas Köhler - Monday, February 20, 2012
Japan, one year later

A lot has changed but the country is still scarred by the earthquake and tsunami

by Nicholas Köhler - Monday, February 13, 2012
Japan eases ban on military exports

New rules will allow Japan to benefit from the export of military technologies

by macleans.ca - Wednesday, December 28, 2011
A hotel quiet as the grave

Japan’s Lastel Hotel is a hotel exclusively for dead people

by Emma Teitel - Thursday, December 22, 2011
‘An act of sabotage’

Japan, India and Tuvalu add their concerns.
The tiny South Pacific island nation of…

by Aaron Wherry - Tuesday, December 13, 2011
Visit Japan—for free!

The Japan Tourism Agency will offer 10,000 free round-trip airfares to foreigners to visit the country next year

by Jane Switzer - Thursday, October 27, 2011
REVIEW: Seppuku: A history of Samurai suicide

Book by Andrew Rankin

by Brian Bethune - Wednesday, October 5, 2011
Diapers from Japan’s mafia

The yakuza stepped in quickly to provide tsunami relief, and are reaping the benefits

by Erica Alini - Monday, October 3, 2011
Calling all geishas

A Japanese town is recruiting women willing to practice the traditional art

by Patricia Treble - Tuesday, September 27, 2011
When the moon hits your eye

Will Domino’s really be delivering lunar pizza?

by Jen Cutts - Thursday, September 15, 2011
You’ll absolutely love ‘minkfish’

Why don’t Canadians eat more of what turns out to be a very fine fish?

by Jacob Richler - Wednesday, September 14, 2011
Newsmakers: September 1-8, 2011

Bieber goes Hollywood, Big Buff goes off his diet, and Bibi’s wife faces new staff abuse allegations

by Ken MacQueen, Michael Friscolanti and Richard Warnica - Friday, September 9, 2011
Good news, bad news: September 1-8, 2011

A Syrian official resigns in protest, the UN warns hundreds of thousands could die because of famine in Somalia

by macleans.ca - Friday, September 9, 2011
Newsmakers: August 25-31, 2011

Gail Asper steps up, Steve Jobs steps down, and Beyoncé is with child

by Colby Cosh, Richard Warnica, and Alex Ballingall - Monday, September 5, 2011
Yoshihiko Noda to become next PM of Japan

Yoshihiko Noda faces challenges on economy, post-tsunami reconstruction

by macleans.ca - Monday, August 29, 2011
Japanese PM Naoto Kan quits

Former foreign minister most likely successor

by macleans.ca - Friday, August 26, 2011
Why China’s days as a rare earth bully are numbered

Have you ever begged your six-month-old to stop throwing the pacifier off the edge…

by Erica Alini - Friday, July 15, 2011