Lesson from Aum Crimes: People Can Be Easily Controlled
May 30, 2018
Tokyo- Freelance journalist Shoko Egawa says that a series of crimes by the Aum Shinrikyo doomsday cult in the 1980s and 1990s have left a lesson: People can be easily controlled psychologically. In January this year, the last remaining one
Ex-Japan Exchange Group CEO Regrets “Lost” 30 Years
May 29, 2018
Tokyo- As an executive of brokerage giant Nomura Securities Co. at the time, Atsushi Saito, 78, witnessed firsthand the financial turbulence following the collapse of Japan’s bubble economy in the early 1990s, shortly after the start of the soon-ending Japanese
INTERVIEW: Crime Victims’ Group Founder Voices Sense of Accomplishment
May 28, 2018
Tokyo- Lawyer Isao Okamura has voiced a sense of accomplishment just before the planned dissolution of the National Association of Crime Victims and Surviving Families, or NAVS, on Sunday. “The extent of crime victims’ participation in trials has widened dramatically
370 Filipino professional housekeepers to be deployed to Japan
May 21, 2018
The Philippines is set to deploy more professional housekeepers to Japan this year. The 370 professional housekeepers to be sent to Tokyo, Kanagawa and Osaka signed on Monday contract with Japanese housekeeping support service firm Nichii Gakkan in a ceremony
Canon Vice President Ozawa Sees Era as Time When Japan Lost Power
May 21, 2018
Beijing- Hideki Ozawa, executive vice president of Canon Inc., has described the Heisei period as a time when Japan lost its power. Ozawa, who doubles as president and chief executive officer of Canon (China) Co., has spent most of his
EXCLUSIVE: Over 70 Pct of Dangerous Railroad Crossings Untouched in Japan
May 20, 2018
Tokyo- Over 70 pct of underequipped railroad crossings in Japan where accidents resulting in deaths or injuries occurred in the five years through fiscal 2016 have yet to be abolished or see any improvement as of the end of last
Once-Failed Businessman Sees Comeback Possible for Capable People
May 20, 2018
New York- Masahiro Origuchi, a Japanese businessman known for his huge bubble-era success in the disco business and subsequent bankruptcy, recalls that Heisei was an era that gave capable people a chance to come back from failures. “Heisei was a
Miyagi Gubernatorial Election Biggest Turning Point
May 19, 2018
Tokyo- Shiro Asano, former governor of Miyagi Prefecture, said his biggest turning point in the Heisei era was ending his 23-year career as a health ministry bureaucrat to stand in the gubernatorial election in the northeastern prefecture in 1993. Before
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