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BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Nov 2, 2011

Pennant-winning Dragons face stiff test from Swallows in second stage

In what's quickly becoming a rite of winter, the Chunichi Dragons are in the final stage of the Central League Climax Series, which was introduced in 2007.
Japan Times
LIFE / Digital
Nov 2, 2011

Shōgi showdown for supercomputer

Eiki Ito, 49, started programming a shōgi (Japanese chess) computer in 1998, because back then, he says, his job with an IT firm wasn't keeping him busy enough. Thirteen years later, his pet machine boasts a computing ability of 4 million moves per second. And it may well soon beat one of the strongest...
LIFE / Digital / TECH_JAPAN
Nov 2, 2011

Preorders keep that 'I-can't-wait-to-play' energy alive

Nov. 11, 2006, was one of the most stressful nights of my gaming life. That was the date the PlayStation 3 launched in Japan — and it was hell.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE ZEIT GIST
Nov 1, 2011

Justice stalled in brutal death of deportee

Abubakar Awudu Suraj had been in Japan for over two decades when immigration authorities detained him in May 2009. The Ghanaian was told in Yokohama of his deportation to Ghana at 9:15 a.m. on March 22 last year. Six hours later he was dead, allegedly after being excessively restrained by guards.
EDITORIALS
Nov 1, 2011

Strengthening primary industries

The government headquarters for resuscitation of food, agriculture, forestry and fisheries headed by Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda and including all Cabinet members on Oct. 25 adopted a basic action plan to strengthen Japan's primary industries. It worked out the action plan with a view to the possibility...
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle
Nov 1, 2011

Designs that come out of the blue

Reflecting on Okinawa's natural pigmentations, one thinks instinctively of the red of its hibiscus, the pinks and mauves of bougainvillea, the green of ripening shikuwasa limes and fukugi trees. The strongest association, though, is blue.
JAPAN / EXPLAINER
Nov 1, 2011

Matchmakers in wings as singles rise

How can you meet the spouse of your dreams? To find that special someone to spend the rest of your life with, to have children and grow old together? Who can fit the bill?
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / THE ZEIT GIST
Nov 1, 2011

Schizophrenic Constitution leaves foreigners' rights mired in confusion

Pop quiz: Who live in palatial homes in fashionable Tokyo neighborhoods but are subject to various forms of discrimination, have no family registry, can't vote and have limited constitutional rights?
COMMUNITY
Nov 1, 2011

Spook out JT readers, win a Haunted Tokyo Tour or volume of terrifying tales

Share your scariest experience or tell us about your favorite spooky Japanese tale for a chance to win a Haunted Tokyo Tour or a volume of Kurodahan Press's "Kaiki" series of uncanny short stories.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Nov 1, 2011

Akagawa belies years as Swallows advance

The youngest player on the team had the ball in his hands for the most important game of the year for the Tokyo Yakult Swallows.
BUSINESS
Nov 1, 2011

Suzuki suffers big India profit slump

Suzuki Motor Corp.'s Indian unit, which sells almost half the cars in the country, said it suffered its worst quarterly profit decline since December 2008 as a strike at a factory disrupted production.
BASKETBALL
Oct 31, 2011

Expansion Big Bulls edge Broncos for franchise's first-ever victory

The Iwate Big Bulls earned the first regular-season victory in franchise history on Sunday. And it didn't come easily.
LIFE / Language / BILINGUAL
Oct 31, 2011

This Halloween watch out for yūrei of all kinds

Urameshiyā! (うらめしやぁ！)
Reader Mail
Oct 30, 2011

Risks attached to station closure

In response to the Oct. 28 article "Keeping Futenma in Okinawa 'impossible,' governor warns," the controversy over the air station reminds me of the Vieques Naval Gunnery range and Roosevelt Roads Navy base in Puerto Rico.
Reader Mail
Oct 30, 2011

Real dangers of cycling

Regarding the Oct. 26 article "Reckless cyclists face crackdown," in Chigasaki and Samukawa, I cycle 10 km to work every morning. The dangers I face have nothing to do with fixed-gear bikes, and I have never seen anyone riding one without brakes.
Reader Mail
Oct 30, 2011

Choices in front of Asia

Regarding the article "Ill omens for Asian economies" (Oct. 24), equality in standards of living and opportunities for advancement are goals that should be common, but the GDP formula of indiscriminate growth must be consigned to history.
Reader Mail
Oct 30, 2011

The folly of the '99 percent'

The Occupy Tokyo protest clearly demonstrates how public protests merely give a government the sanction to do as it pleases.
Japan Times
LIFE
Oct 30, 2011

Menswear designers play it by the book

Followers of men's fashion were close to getting exactly what they wanted at this month's inaugural Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Tokyo, with many designers — while mindful of the uncertainly in the air — pitching their collections directly at their existing fan base and seemingly keen to return to...
CULTURE / Books
Oct 30, 2011

Hope found in despair of Japanese POW camp

VICTORY IN DEFEAT: The Wake Island Defenders in Captivity, by Gregory J.W. Urwin. Naval Institute Press, 2010, 478 pp., $38.95 (hardcover) An American solder mused, "We were amazed. We had always been told that [the Japanese] were inferior people. We was amazed at how well they were bombing."
Reader Mail
Oct 30, 2011

May Occupy Tokyo flourish

Regarding Occupy Tokyo, there are a host of issues plaguing not only the people of Japan but people all around the world. One, of course, is the correlation between the players in Wall Street or in Japan, the Tokyo Stock Exchange. One such example is the disaster in Fukushima. No one knows the extent...
CULTURE / TV & Streaming / CHANNEL SURF
Oct 30, 2011

Cheap laughs from bumbling comedians and the YouTube zoo; CM of the week: Toto

The simple premise of the sports variety show "Hono no Taikukai" ("Blazing Athletics Club"; TBS, Mon., 7 p.m.) is to have groups of male comedians compete against solo female athletes in the latter's sport of expertise. The idea is that it takes several bumbling comedians to defeat one trained woman,...
Reader Mail
Oct 30, 2011

Two wheels better for all

Perhaps your next article on cyclists could cover the economic value and eco-friendliness of riding.
Reader Mail
Oct 30, 2011

Safeguarding the essence of Japan

With the increasing debate over the financial impact of the Trans Pacific Partnership, one thing seems to have been forgotten — the environment.
Reader Mail
Oct 30, 2011

How Bush got his history wrong

In regard to the Oct. 28 movie review "Fair Game," it might interest some readers to know that the flawed reasoning behind U.S. President George W. Bush's decision to invade Iraq in 2003 was partly influenced by professor John Dower's historical study of Japan's defeat in 1945 and the seven-year U.S....
Japan Times
CULTURE / Books
Oct 30, 2011

Sheer delight of graceful Kurahara

There is a persistent hum of activity among small-press publications in Japan, much of it concerned with poetry and a good deal of it translation.
Reader Mail
Oct 30, 2011

Kita's writings touched the heart

Following your Oct. 27 article, "Novelist, essayist Morio Kita dies at 84," my heartfelt condolences go to his family.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Oct 28, 2011

'Fair Game'

The Japan release of "Fair Game" comes nearly 12 months after the U.S. opening and a week after the death of Libyan despot Muammar Gaddafi. For a story all about U.S. involvement in Iraq and that other infamous depot, Saddam Hussein, the timing could be right on the money. Still, a sense of discomfort...
BUSINESS
Oct 28, 2011

Olympus damage control: Vast adviser fees legit

Olympus Corp., whose shares plummeted about 50 percent after its ousted former president publicly criticized it for dubious money transactions, claimed Thursday there is nothing illicit about the advisory fee it paid in acquiring a British medical equipment firm.
Travelers avoid trips to Japan over viral comic book’s quake prediction
Visitors walk along Nakamise-dori as they visit Sensoji temple in Tokyo's Asakusa district in March.
How China’s soft power is rewriting Asian culture
Mixue, a Chinese bubble tea chain, has become the world’s largest food and beverage chain, with tens of thousands of stores all over Asia. The company is just one example of the increasing reach and popularity of Chinese cultural exports across the globe.
Trump announces Nippon Steel-U.S. Steel ‘partnership’ deal
U.S. President Donald Trump points as he boards Air Force One en route to New Jersey, at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, on Friday.
In search of untouched Japan? Meet Hokkaido’s newest hiking trail.
The Hokkaido East Trail links some of the northern prefecture's most striking national parks and landscapes.
Onosato set for yokozuna promotion after clinching Emperor’s Cup
Onosato after defeating Kotozakura at Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo on Friday. The win gave him a 13-0 record and clinched the Emperor's Cup, assuring him of promotion to yokozuna next week.
Manga translators walk a fine line between meaning and mayhem
Not only is the drawing of each frame an important part of the manga-making process, translation has increasingly demanded more attention as the art form gains popularity overseas.
AI fiction is already here. Are humans ready?
After last year’s controversy over using AI to write about 5% of her novel, Rie Qudan was asked by an advertising magazine to write a short story where she uses AI for 95% of it. The resulting short story, “Kage no ame” (“Rain Shadow”), was published March 25.  
Six short films that capture our world in mere minutes
“Marion” provides a glimpse into the lives of bull dodgers, who perform a nonlethal version of bullfighting.
As Taiwan looks to boost ‘unofficial ties,’ Paraguay’s leader offers facilitator role
Paraguayan President Santiago Pena speaks during an interview with The Japan Times in Tokyo on Thursday.
GCAP next-gen fighter joint venture likely to be running by this summer
A concept model of the Global Combat Air Program's fighter jet is displayed during the DSEI Japan defense exhibition in the city of Chiba on Wednesday.

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A sinkhole in Yashio, which emerged in January, was triggered by a ruptured, aging sewer pipe. Authorities worry that similar sections of infrastructure across the country are also at risk of corrosion.
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