RSS Feed for Japan Today http://www.japantoday.com/feed Fri, 22 Aug 2008 11:56:58 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://www.japantoday.com/category/quote-of-the-day/view/you-look-at-the-city-and-you-realize-that-tokyo-has-been-created-from-an-economic-point-of-view-the-aesthetic-point-of-view-has-been-completely-lost-areas-like-roppongi-hills-and-shiodome-are-so-bor Tokyo-based Dutch architect Martin van der Linden. Fri, 22 Aug 2008 04:13:00 +0100 http://www.japantoday.com/category/quote-of-the-day/view/its-glitzy-to-think-young-but-in-japan-it-might-be-more-profitable-to-look-to-the-silver-set Michael Zielenziger, a visiting scholar at the University of California, Berkeley. He says Japanese older than 55 possess the vast majority of the wealth in… Thu, 21 Aug 2008 04:45:00 +0100 http://www.japantoday.com/category/quote-of-the-day/view/at-present-the-most-certain-method-is-for-people-to-patrol-and-drive-away-birds Kazuo Kobayashi, an official at the Tokyo airport office of the transport ministry's Tokyo Regional Civil Aviation Bureau. Airports around the nation are increasingly under… Wed, 20 Aug 2008 06:14:00 +0100 http://www.japantoday.com/category/quote-of-the-day/view/the-current-generation-isnt-as-adept-at-dealing-with-workplace-conflict-and-stress-as-those-in-their-40s-and-50s-and-its-difficult-for-them-to-cope-with-overbearing-superiors-who-demand-long-hour Takashi Watanabe, president of Life Balance Management, and a specialist in workplace mental health. (Japan Inc) Tue, 19 Aug 2008 04:52:00 +0100 http://www.japantoday.com/category/quote-of-the-day/view/japan-has-too-many-major-electronics-firms-the-market-is-over-serviced Yutaka Harada, chief economist with the Daiwa Institute of Research in Tokyo. A series of alliances have taken shape in recent months, as part of… Mon, 18 Aug 2008 06:38:00 +0100 http://www.japantoday.com/category/quote-of-the-day/view/i-can-play-the-violin-and-i-can-run-its-no-big-deal-that-i-cant-see Takaaki Shirai, a blind violinist from Tokorozawa, commenting on his so-called disability. Shirai's seven-track record of original violin numbers will be released Oct1. (Daily Yomiuri) Sun, 17 Aug 2008 05:27:00 +0100 http://www.japantoday.com/category/quote-of-the-day/view/our-approach-to-reducing-crime-should-not-be-killing-those-who-harm-us-on-the-contrary-in-the-interest-of-learning-what-makes-them-tick-we-should-keep-violent-criminals-alive-and-conduct-thorough-r Hosei University historian Yuko Tanaka, opposing the death penalty. She says crime is not only the individual's problem — it's society's problem as well. (Shukan… Sat, 16 Aug 2008 04:59:00 +0100 http://www.japantoday.com/category/quote-of-the-day/view/with-wage-inflation-locked-at-zero-this-jump-in-inflation-is-basically-going-to-mean-a-real-income-loss-for-japanese-households-having-lived-for-so-long-in-deflation-people-are-getting-worried-and Hiroshi Shiraishi, an economist for Lehman Brothers. Inflation in Japan is rising at its fastest pace in 15 years, pushing the world’s second-largest economy closer… Fri, 15 Aug 2008 05:21:00 +0100 http://www.japantoday.com/category/quote-of-the-day/view/japan-always-had-this-huge-unnatural-imbalance-of-sending-out-far-more-tourists-than-it-took-in-the-situation-is-finally-becoming-more-normal Daisuke Tonai, a senior assistant manager at the Japan National Tourist Organization. He called the surge in Asian visitors an unexpected result of their Visit… Thu, 14 Aug 2008 05:25:00 +0100 http://www.japantoday.com/category/quote-of-the-day/view/we-would-like-japan-to-stop-its-efforts-to-turn-public-opinion-in-a-artificial-and-unfriendly-way-against-russia-by-using-the-so-called-northern-territories-problem Junior Russian Foreign Minister Alexei Borodavkin, in an interview with the Russian daily Vremya Novosti. (AFP) Wed, 13 Aug 2008 05:14:00 +0100 http://www.japantoday.com/category/quote-of-the-day/view/if-you-explain-keigo-as-a-form-of-respect-you-might-be-countered-with-well-i-dont-respect-that-person Hiroko Yamamoto, the principal of KAI International School in Shinjuku. She says teachers sometimes find it difficult to explain to Japanese students the situations in… Tue, 12 Aug 2008 05:26:00 +0100 http://www.japantoday.com/category/quote-of-the-day/view/in-japan-when-a-company-apologizes-it-is-not-necessarily-an-acceptance-of-guilt-or-blame Tohru Sakuwa, a former business journalist and author of several books on public relations. (Japan Inc) Mon, 11 Aug 2008 04:48:00 +0100 http://www.japantoday.com/category/quote-of-the-day/view/japanese-by-nature-dont-want-to-publicize-their-problems-and-coming-to-see-a-lawyer-is-to-admit-that-there-are-problems-inside-your-home-or-workplace Lawyer Katsumune Hirai, commenting on the low numbers of the legal profession in Japan (International Herald Tribune) Sun, 10 Aug 2008 05:26:00 +0100 http://www.japantoday.com/category/quote-of-the-day/view/i-think-the-system-will-turn-out-to-be-an-embarrassment-almost-nobody-will-pass-and-they-will-be-told-to-go-home Hidenori Sakanaka, a former immigration bureau chief in the capital of Tokyo who now heads a think tank, saying that the Indonesian nursing program will… Sat, 09 Aug 2008 04:27:00 +0100 http://www.japantoday.com/category/quote-of-the-day/view/hot-weather-tends-to-make-people-unwind-and-females-tend-to-let-down-their-guard-whereas-men-feel-more-emboldened-some-men-feeling-less-restrained-might-say-to-themselves-%e2%80%98it%e2%80%99s-o Akio Kuroki, a journalist and former policeman, suggesting one reason why sex crimes rise with the thermometer. (Nikkan Gendai) Fri, 08 Aug 2008 03:39:00 +0100 http://www.japantoday.com/category/quote-of-the-day/view/there-still-exists-to-some-extent-an-old-image-of-american-cars-as-being-big-not-getting-good-mileage-and-quality-not-up-to-par-with-japanese-cars-we-have-to-change-this-and-bring-it-closer-to-reali Chrysler Japan President Christopher Ellis Thu, 07 Aug 2008 05:13:00 +0100 http://www.japantoday.com/category/quote-of-the-day/view/i-think-many-japanese-women-feel-that-they-can-never-live-up-to-the-refined-beauty-that-they-feel-western-women-strive-for-so-instead-they-shoot-for-a-cute-look-one-that-doesn%e2%80%99t-require-ta Designer Naoto Hirooka, whose brand h. Naoto is one of the main creative forces behind Gothic Lolita. He says the whole Lolita look — like… Wed, 06 Aug 2008 06:54:00 +0100 http://www.japantoday.com/category/quote-of-the-day/view/hiroshima-and-nagasaki-happened-63-years-ago-and-its-starting-to-feel-like-ancient-history-its-hard-to-have-emotional-connection-with-people-and-events-that-happened-several-generations-ago John Loretz, program director of International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War in Cambridge, Massachusetts. (Kyodo) Tue, 05 Aug 2008 07:28:00 +0100 http://www.japantoday.com/category/quote-of-the-day/view/japan-presents-such-a-different-way-of-looking-at-conflict-because-youve-got-a-dichotomy-the-treatment-of-allied-prisoners-of-war-by-the-japanese-and-the-harsh-conditions-in-thailand-burma-and-jap Dan Phillips, deputy director of an innovative education project called ''Their Past Your Future'' led by the Imperial War Museum in London. As part of… Mon, 04 Aug 2008 05:55:00 +0100 http://www.japantoday.com/category/quote-of-the-day/view/the-most-likely-scenario-is-that-the-cabinet-will-end-up-doing-nothing-and-will-be-rebuffed-by-the-markets Naoki Kamiyama, Japan equity strategist at Morgan Stanley in Tokyo. (Kyodo) Sun, 03 Aug 2008 07:25:00 +0100