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JAPAN

JAPAN / ELECTION 2009
Aug 16, 2009
'Telepolitics,' polls shake up status quo
By Reiji Yoshida
Japanese politics has been in a chaotic state for the past few years, perplexing millions of voters. The country has seen four prime ministers in the past three years, and the latest — Taro Aso — could be forced out if the Democratic Party of Japan, the largest opposition force, grabs power in the...
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 16, 2009
Aso expresses war remorse; 'never again'
By Masami Ito
Commemorating the 64th anniversary of the end of World War II, Prime Minister Taro Aso expressed deep remorse over the pain Japan inflicted on its neighbors and vowed never to engage in war again.
JAPAN / History / JAPAN TIMES GONE BY
Aug 16, 2009
Hitler assumes presidency, repatriation to North Korea and a young Kazuo Ishiguro interviewed
By Edan Corkill
75 YEARS AGO Friday, Aug. 3, 1934
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Aug 16, 2009
Sakai's twin personalities were falling apart before bust
By Philip Brasor
The advice column in the Aug. 1 Asahi Shimbun ran a letter from a 30-year-old woman who despaired over her obsession with male idols, wondering if it was the reason she didn't have a boyfriend. The guest adviser was University of Tokyo Professor Chizuko Ueno, who told her to relax. She'd survived 30...
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JAPAN
Aug 16, 2009
Foreigners size up lay judge system
By Setsuko Kamiya
The launch of the lay judge system for criminal trials is being observed with great interest overseas, where public participation in court cases is well established, a prominent expert on the U.S. jury system said.
JAPAN
Aug 16, 2009
Koizumi, Abe make Yasukuni visit
By Kazuaki Nagata
Despite the hectic runup to the general election, former Prime Ministers Junichiro Koizumi and Shinzo Abe, as well as a Cabinet minister and other Diet members, found time to visit Yasukuni Shrine on Saturday.

ENVIRONMENT

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ENVIRONMENT / WILD WATCH
Aug 16, 2009
Back where they belong
By Mark Brazil
High in the fork of a tall tree on a wooded slope close to narrow rice paddies on Sado Island in the Sea of Japan off Nigata Prefecture was a flimsy, ragged nest made of twigs.

Opinion

EDITORIALS
Aug 16, 2009
Lonely shoplifters
The rapid rise in theft by elderly people has caught the police and Justice Ministry off guard. A Justice Ministry report revealed that over 30,000 people over 65 were convicted of theft in 2007, with crimes by the elderly in 2008 rising to the highest level ever.
EDITORIALS
Aug 16, 2009
The rich go to college
In Japan, the more parents earn, the higher their children's academic test scores, a new survey has revealed. Commissioned by the Education, Science and Technology Ministry, the survey results released last month show a clear link between parental income and test results.
COMMENTARY / COUNTERPOINT
Aug 16, 2009
Japanese attacks provoked a seismic 'me-too' shift Down Under
By Roger Pulvers
"On 27 December [1941], with his government a mere 12 weeks old, [Prime Minister John] Curtin stood Australian foreign policy on its head by declaring that the country now 'looked to America' for protection from the Japanese. Until this ringing pronouncement, Australia, in truth, barely had a foreign...
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 16, 2009
Fatah's new status quo leaders
By Barry Rubin
HERZLIYA, Israel — The Sixth Fatah Congress, held recently in Bethlehem, was an important event for the future of the Arab-Israeli conflict and for the Palestinian movement. But a careful look at the results of the Congress' elections to Fatah's Central Committee yields a picture that is quite different...

Sports

SOCCER / J. League
Aug 16, 2009
Frontale's Chong draws strength from pride in North Korean heritage
By Andrew MCKIRDY
KURIHIRA, Kanagawa Pref. — Kawasaki Frontale's North Korean striker Chong Tese has a busy year ahead of him.
BASEBALL / BASEBALL BULLET-IN
Aug 16, 2009
CL looks like a two-horse race as stretch drive nears
By Wayne Graczyk
With roughly six weeks and 40 games remaining in the 2009 Japan pro baseball season, we are taking a look this week at the Central League clubs, where they stand and their chances of qualifying for the Climax Series, with mention of some key players and their ups and downs.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Aug 16, 2009
Kimura fills Giant gap
By Jason Coskrey
The Yomiuri Giants were missing their top offensive weapon in their game against the rival Hanshin Tigers.
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MORE SPORTS
Aug 16, 2009
Big stage for new-look Japan squad
By Jeremy Walker
With a new coach, a new captain and a new pin-up, Japan's women' volleyball team has the perfect stage on which to test its newfound confidence and ambition in Tokyo this week.

LIFE

LIFE / WEEK 3
Aug 16, 2009
Aussie vet wishes POW painters well
By Edan Corkill
Australian Harold Moss is looking for a few Japanese painters — and not just anyone with a brush and a can of paint will do.
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LIFE / WEEK 3
Aug 16, 2009
Tokyo bees make honey high over Ginza
By Tomoko Otake
Forget Chanel, Cartier and H&M, the buzz on Ginza — long Tokyo's most glitzy shopping and entertainment district — is now all about . . . honeybees.
Japan Times
LIFE / WEEK 3
Aug 16, 2009
Fishery fair nets shoals of hopefuls
By Eriko Arita
The recruiters and job-seekers gathered recently in a hall in central Tokyo looked serious but excited as they sat facing each other and talking across tables. But this wasn't an event pitching young men in suits against corporate managers.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel
Aug 16, 2009
Striking it rich on the Izu Peninsula
By Mandy Bartok
Gold may be heavier than water, but all that's rattling around the bottom of my panning bowl are lots of multicolored pebbles.

CULTURE

CULTURE / Books
Aug 16, 2009
Afghan gang turns N.Y. into a battlefield
By Mark Schreiber
John Rambo, Harry Bosch, Elvis Cole's partner Joe Pike and other veterans of the Vietnam War era — who have served hard-boiled fiction so well over the past three decades — are getting too old for the sort of mayhem their authors would have them perform.
CULTURE / Books / THE ASIAN BOOKSHELF
Aug 16, 2009
The pure horror of Hiroshima
By Donald Richie
In 1946, just after the first anniversary of the destruction of Hiroshima, "The New Yorker" magazine's Aug. 31 issue published the complete text of John Hersey's portrait of the atom bomb and its effects on the Japanese city.
CULTURE / TV & Streaming / CHANNEL SURF
Aug 16, 2009
Shoplifting detectives; TOKIO vs. Takako Matsu; Doraemon in love
When evening news shows have time to fill they often run short reports by freelance news teams about pressing social problems. A common theme right now is the rise of shoplifting among senior citizens, a development that has in turn given rise to specialty security guards who patrol department stores...
U.S. urges clarity on Japan’s role in potential war over Taiwan, report says
A Ground Self-Defense Force member conducts a military drill with an anti-ship missiles unit, at the GSDF's base on Miyako Island in Okinawa Prefecture in April 2022.
Tourists in Japan have telemedicine options before calling 119
Foreign tourists at Tsukiji Outer Market in Tokyo. More than 1 million international visitors have a medical issue in Japan every year.
Tropical Storm Nari moves northward, with possible landfall Tuesday
Tropical Storm Nari's forecast path as of Monday morning
Nissan clinches $4.5 billion bond deal after orders soar
Nissan Motor has raised $4.5 billion through a junk bond sale in U.S. dollars and euros, part of which carries a record-high coupon rate.
Students in Japan struggle with Japanese language and math sections on national exam
The correct answer rate for the Japanese language section on a national test dropped to 67.0% from 67.8% the previous year among elementary school sixth-graders.
U.S. urges clarity on Japan’s role in potential war over Taiwan, report says
A Ground Self-Defense Force member conducts a military drill with an anti-ship missiles unit, at the GSDF's base on Miyako Island in Okinawa Prefecture in April 2022.
Tourists in Japan have telemedicine options before calling 119
Foreign tourists at Tsukiji Outer Market in Tokyo. More than 1 million international visitors have a medical issue in Japan every year.
Is Japanese skin really ‘too smooth’ for Hideo Kojima’s games?
Hideo Kojima, the leading auteur in Japanese video games, has skirted controversy in the wake of the release of Death Stranding 2: On the Beach
An emoji used to say it all. Now it might say too much.
Apple’s Craig Federighi shows off a set of emoji at a conference on June 13, 2016. While the small pictures have proved helpful in conveying nuance in our texts, younger people are using them less often.
‘Our ultimate goal is to save every single Japanese video game’
After nearly shuttering earlier this year, the Tokyo-based Game Preservation Society continues its work to save the early history of Japanese gaming.

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

Longform

After pandemic-era border regulations eased, Indian migrants began returning to Japan. Their population now stands at more than 50,000 across the country.
How remote work is rewriting the migrant experience in Japan
By Megha Wadhwa

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