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Barbara Bayer
For Barbara Bayer's latest contributions to The Japan Times, see below:
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May 25, 2009
Buena Vista thrills in heart-pounding finish in 70th running of Oaks
Even the coolest racing fan, the most laid-back racing fan, even fans who are super athletes with resting heartbeats under 40 bpm, would have gotten a tremendous adrenaline rush and a workout watching the 70th running of the Oaks.
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COMMUNITY
May 23, 2009
Reality check from the top of the world
"I suppose I just couldn't sit down and listen to it anymore. I couldn't go to the pub and just keep complaining about it and not actually go do something about it," says Gavin Dixon.
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May 18, 2009
Vodka dominating in latest win
Vodka, with characteristic aplomb, dropped jaws at Tokyo Racecourse with yet another inebriating performance, laying waste to the all-female, 18-strong field of the Victoria Mile on Sunday to win by 7 lengths. With the win, Vodka became the first horse to notch four top-level firsts at Tokyo — the Derby, Yasuda Memorial, Emperor's Cup, and Victoria Mile.
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COMMUNITY
May 16, 2009
Fated winds turn path to cyclone-hit Myanmar
When Cyclone Nargis hit Myanmar just over a year ago on May 2, Naomi Kato was in Japan, wishing she wasn't. As life ended for some 140,000 people and changed drastically for countless others, the Yokohama native found herself on the brink of a far-less tumultuous change, in between jobs and about to join the relief and development organization World Vision, one of the few groups immediately allowed in to Myanmar to help.
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May 11, 2009
Jo Cappuccino claims NHK Mile
Five straight Sundays of top-level races at Tokyo Racecourse got off to an upset of a start with dark horse Jo Cappuccino topping the Mother's Day field of 18 youngsters in the 14th running of the NHK Mile Cup, a race restricted to 3-year-olds.
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COMMUNITY
May 2, 2009
Creating a catalyst for self-reflection
"One of the hardest missions for people is to face themselves in the mirror, to criticize themselves, to ask themselves really basic questions," says ex-Israeli soldier Avichay Sharon. "No one wants to touch sensitive nerves, no one wants to go underneath, scratch underneath within himself." Sharon is speaking in the film "Chinmoku wo Yaburu" ("Breaking the Silence"), a documentary by Japanese journalist Toshikuni Doi.
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JAPAN
Apr 29, 2009
Hope, doom: Japan Prize pair poles apart
The two Americans who received this year's Japan Prize did a first by appearing afterward at the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan to highlight their visions — one of hope in medical breakthroughs and the other in the inevitable doom of mankind.
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Apr 20, 2009
Unrivaled stuns Logi Universe to win Satsukisho
FUNABASHI, Chiba Pref. — The stand rumbled with discontent Sunday as the horses reached the finish line in the Satsukisho — the first leg of the Japanese triple crown.
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Feb 23, 2009
Success Brocken runs amazing race in upset
Big names boosted this year's top-level races to a powerful start and a four-way stretch battle gave the 2009 February Stakes a finish to remember with Success Brocken upsetting the top picks to win in a record time of 1 minute, 34.6 seconds.
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Dec 29, 2008
Daiwa Scarlet claims Arima Kinen victory
FUNABASHI, Chiba Pref. — Daiwa Scarlet went wire to wire Sunday in a tremendous show of strength to top the Arima Kinen at Nakayama Racecourse by a length and three-quarters and become the first filly in 37 years to capture the yearend grand finale.
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Dec 1, 2008
Screen Hero takes center stage with Japan Cup victory
Screen Hero, a horse that had barely been in the picture before the race, managed to grab top billing Sunday with a half length win of the Japan Cup at Tokyo.
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Nov 29, 2008
Strong competition lined up for 28th running of Japan Cup
Japan Cup weekend is upon us, but this year's is not the double G1 combo of the past eight years. It's the turf version only, Sunday at Tokyo Racecourse.
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Nov 8, 2008
Oguri Cap, veteran riders return to Tokyo for Jockey Masters
Sunday promises to be a day of memories, some of them new, but most of them acquired from the past several decades of Japanese racing, and sure to be brought back to life by the sight of old familiar faces, both human and equine.
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Nov 3, 2008
Vodka wins tight Emperor's Cup
Vodka, that incredible filly that knocked the boys flat in the '07 Derby and became the first filly to do so in over 60 years, carried a powerful kick again Sunday in the group I fall Emperor's Cup, the 138th running of the Tennosho.
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COMMUNITY
Oct 25, 2008
Burlesque dancer does it for laughs
A search of the Web for Murasaki Babydoll will likely snag you a six-minute Time video from this year's New York Burlesque Festival and with it a look at the Tokyo burlesque troupe's festival debut.
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COMMUNITY
Oct 11, 2008
Offering shelter from life's storms
"It's the single most stressful job I've ever had. It's also the best job," says Briar Simpson of Tokyo's Animal Refuge Kansai.
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Jun 2, 2008
Deep Sky wins Derby after powerful push
When good things finally come your way they often just keep on coming. Such proved the case for jockey Hirofumi Shii Sunday at Tokyo Racecourse.
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May 26, 2008
Gutsy showing leads Tall Poppy to win in 69th running of the Oaks
Fans were kept waiting over a quarter of an hour for a decision on the Oaks on Sunday at Fuchu after Tall Poppy squeezed her way up the ranks to the top of the field with some 50 meters to go and held on for the eventually acknowledged win of the Oaks' 69th running.
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May 12, 2008
Deep Sky dazzles in NHK Mile Cup victory
Race favorite Deep Sky pocketed the first of the spring slew of Tokyo G1s Sunday at Fuchu as the Agnes Tachyon colt topped a full gate of 3-year-olds to win by a length-and-three-quarter margin over third choice Black Shell.
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COMMUNITY
Apr 19, 2008
Putting faces on the subculture crowd
Sitting in a watering hole in Shinjuku's Golden Gai, meeting new people, exchanging name cards, one is likely to come across a tiny square name card with color caricatures on its front and back.
Weak yen fattens tourist wallets in Japan
People visit the Ameya Yokocho market in Tokyo's Ueno district during the Golden Week holiday on Tuesday.
Biden calls ally Japan ‘xenophobic’ along with rivals China and Russia
U.S. President Joe Biden speaks in Syracuse, New York, on April 25.
Number of vacant homes in Japan hits record high of 9 million
A vacant house in Tokyo is seen demolished in January 2020.
Saudi Arabia steps up Gaza-related arrests as Israel ties edge closer
The arrests for Gaza-related posts indicate Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s regime will take a hard line against citizens not toeing the line when it comes to normalizing ties with Israel.
'So hot you can't breathe': Extreme heat hits the Philippines
A pedestrian cools himself with a folding hand fan as he waits for a ride along a road in Manila on Wednesday, as extreme heat hit the Philippines.
Kishida sets sights on energy and climate in South America trip
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will use a policy speech in Sao Paulo to set out his vision for ties between Japan and South America, almost 10 years after former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe advocated for stronger ties between the two in the same city.
Yellow sand allergy: A health issue made worse by climate change
A screenshot of the Meteorological Agency's satellite image of clouds and yellow sand (in pink) on Sunday.
Climate change, chalky grains and the risks for Japan’s rice farmers
A farmer plants seedlings in Satsumasendai, Kagoshima Prefecture. Japan’s self sufficiency rate for rice is nearly 100%, compared with 38% for food overall, on a calorie basis.
Japan wants you to spend more with ‘luxury tourism’
Performers play a traditional drum unique to Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, in the prefectural capital of Kanazawa on March 16 to mark the extension of the Hokuriku Shinkansen line to Tsuruga Station in Fukui Prefecture.
Theaster Gates’ ambitious ‘Afro-Mingei’ brings Black Chicago to Tokyo
Theaster Gates' “A Heavenly Chord” lines up church pews before seven speakers and a Hammond B3 organ, a type of electric organ prevalent in Black American churches.

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