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Reader Mail
Sep 18, 2011

Overlooked aspects of beauty

The Sept. 14 front-page Reuters/Kyodo photo titled "ANGOLAN BEAUTY" shows Leila Lopes of Angola being crowned Miss Universe 2011 in Sao Paulo. Despite their feminist detractors, beauty contests do have lasting virtues: empowering women and putting worthy role models of education and grace, principle,...
Reader Mail
Sep 18, 2011

Muslim prayer for peace

Ten years since the war against terrorism was launched, the world is still suffering the regrettable loss of innocent lives in many countries. Many who supported the war in Iraq and Afghanistan later became disillusioned with the reasons for the war. Peace is still far away. It is unfortunate that the...
Reader Mail
Sep 18, 2011

LDP can't knock prime minister

Regarding the Sept. 15 front-page article "LDP slams Noda over ministers' miscues": While I agree that remarks by former trade minister Yoshio Hachiro were out of place at best, I don't believe that Liberal Democratic Party President Sadakazu Tanigaki or his opposition party are in a position to slam...
Reader Mail
Sep 18, 2011

Pro-Israeli policy at what price?

The recent coverage of 9/11 commemorations seemed to avoid the basic fact about the war in Iraq, the war on terror, airport security, etc. We are in this mess because of our support for Israel. Yet, it seems that almost all analysis scrupulously avoids dealing with, or even mentioning, this incontrovertible...
JAPAN / History / JAPAN TIMES GONE BY
Sep 18, 2011

Navy on alert in Shanghai, Japanese actor lauded, nuclear arms race, world's best-selling computer

75 YEARS AGOFriday, Sept. 25, 1936
CULTURE / Books
Sep 18, 2011

Ai Weiwei: an enemy of the state

AI WEIWEI'S BLOG: Writings, Interviews, and Digital Rants, 2006-2009, by Ai Weiwei. Edited and translated by Lee Ambrozy. The MIT Press, 2011, 307 pp., $24.95 (paper) The Chinese government hates the artist Ai Weiwei, and it's easy to see why. The artful criticism he posted on his blog from 2006 until...
CULTURE / Books
Sep 18, 2011

Existence is but a brief shimmer of light

INCIDENTAL MUSIC, by Jane Joritz-Nakagawa. BlazeVOX, 2010, 112 pp., $16.00 (paper); and NOTATIONAL, by Jane Joritz-Nakagawa. Otoliths, 2011, 68 pp., $12.45 (paper). If the saying is true that "writing about art is like dancing about architecture" — or, as Martin Amis argues, that, when reviewing poems,...
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel
Sep 18, 2011

Castles and Crafts on the Yomitan Peninsula

Most people come to the Yomitan Peninsula on Okinawa's main island for the sand and the scuba opportunities. I, however, am one of those island residents on whom paradise is wasted — I like neither a sweltering day at the beach nor an afternoon spent exploring the intimidating world beneath the waves....
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film / WEEK 3
Sep 18, 2011

Expat filmmaker knows what Japanese cult movie fans expect

French-Canadian Alex Paille came to Japan in 2006 to teach English, study martial arts and try his hand as a manga artist. His artistic drive took a new direction when one of his English students turned out to be internationally renowned filmmaker Sion Sono ("Cold Fish," "Love Exposure," "Suicide Club")....
Japan Times
JAPAN / CHUBU CONNECTION
Sep 17, 2011

Fuel cell generator for homes takes off

Nagoya-based Toho Gas recently announced that it sold its 1,000th fuel cell unit since the household power generators hit the market in May 2009.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 17, 2011

Koshiishi still siding with Ozawa

Azuma Koshiishi, the new secretary general of the Democratic Party of Japan, said he still believes Ichiro Ozawa's suspension should be lifted.
JAPAN / CABINET INTERVIEW
Sep 17, 2011

Edano won't rush restarts

Newly appointed trade and industry minister Yukio Edano said he won't set a time frame for deciding whether to restart halted nuclear reactors currently undergoing stress tests.
BASKETBALL
Sep 17, 2011

Jets sign hard-working center Moliva

Gaston Moliva is the expansion Chiba Jets' latest signing, the bj-league club revealed Friday.
Japan Times
JAPAN / CABINET INTERVIEW
Sep 16, 2011

Despite pyramid sales donations, new consumer chief vows to run tight ship

Newly appointed consumer affairs chief Kenji Yamaoka says he will keep an eye on shady businesses that target consumers, while claiming that donations he received from businesses and a group involved in a pyramid scheme were legal.
BASKETBALL / BJ-LEAGUE NOTEBOOK
Sep 16, 2011

Exhibition games give teams chance to build

Preseason action begins in earnest this holiday weekend with four games on Saturday and two more on tap for Monday.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Sep 16, 2011

Nashida announces plan to step down after 2011 season

Masataka Nashida is stepping down as manager of the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters at the end of the season.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Sep 16, 2011

Zhang, Carpenter return to screens — with mixed effect

You know that sinking feeling you get when you're in some trendy upscale shop and suddenly the in-house BGM features some absolutely crap Euro-house remix of one of your most cherished pop songs? Well, that's exactly the feeling you'll get watching director Zhang Yimou's latest, "A Woman, a Gun and a...
Japan Times
LIFE / Digital
Sep 16, 2011

Expect tons of surprises at Tokyo Game Show

For gamers, this weekend will feel like Christmas. Tokyo Game Show (TGS), Japan's biggest gaming event, began Thursday at Chiba's Makuhari Messe convention center and will continue through Sept. 18 (on Saturday and Sunday it will be open to the public). More than 140 exhibitors are on hand, off-site...
Reader Mail
Sep 15, 2011

Geothermal is less wasteful

Regarding the Sept. 9 Kyodo article "Kepco's massive solar plant up and running": Although I applaud Kansai Electric Power Co.'s efforts to provide us with greener energy from its 10 megawatt power plant in Osaka, I can't help but feel the land used is wasted.
Reader Mail
Sep 15, 2011

A comment on Muslims' views

Regarding the Sept. 9 JIJI article "Muslims here feel misunderstood": I would like to add that it seems to me that "feeling misunderstood" is inherent to a certain faction of Muslims all over the so called Western world. That some Muslims feel "misunderstood" increases with their percentage of the population....
Reader Mail
Sep 15, 2011

Fewer liberties for this generation

Sadly everything that was written in Doug Bandow's Sept. 10 article, "U.S. now less secure, less free," is true. In the 10 years since the 9/11 attacks, civil liberties in the United States have been reduced and many people have adopted the neoconservative or war-hawk attitude that many in the Bush administration...
COMMENTARY
Sep 15, 2011

A refresher course in Job Creation 101

We need a refresher course in Job Creation 101 to judge how much, if at all, U.S. President Barack Obama's proposed $447 billion program of spending increases and tax cuts might revive America's sputtering job machine.
Reader Mail
Sep 15, 2011

Reasons for Osaka's ranking

In his letter "Tokyo doesn't get enough respect", I don't know where Satoshi Sato found the information that Osaka has no museum, no concert hall, no drama theater. I find myself in perfect agreement with the Global Livability Survey ranking Osaka higher than Tokyo.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 15, 2011

Iwate survivors wonder, worry about future

The coastal town of Yamada, Iwate Prefecture, used to have a railway station, cafes, restaurants and medical clinics, but all that remains now are the foundations and twisted iron support bars of buildings.
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 15, 2011

Will the real Dick Cheney please stand up?

He's been called Darth Vader, feared or derided as a trigger-happy, torture-loving puppet master who called the shots over the eight years of the George W. Bush presidency. And now, with the publication of his memoir, "In My Time," Dick Cheney has once again grabbed the media spotlight. But what about...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Stage
Sep 15, 2011

Francois Girard and a woman of many letters

"This wonderful project started when my friend, the Lebanese writer Wajdi Mouawad, gave me a book and said I should make a movie out it," Francois Girard explains. "But after I read it I got back to him and said, 'Sorry, I disagree with you. This is really not right for a movie — but it's perfect for...
Reader Mail
Sep 15, 2011

Don't sweat Russian bombers

Regarding the Sept. 10 Kyodo article "Russian bombers trigger protest": It is incredible that no one reporting this story has chosen to look at the obvious — why would Russia do this?
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 15, 2011

New mayor's warnings fell on deaf ears

When the March 11 quake struck, mayoral candidate Yutaka Ikarigawa was preparing for a speech on the streets of Otsuchi, Iwate Prefecture.
Tokyo is the No. 2 choice for international students
The University of Tokyo. International students are increasingly flocking to Asia, with affordability being a particularly important metric.
Junglia, Japan’s newest theme park, opens in northern Okinawa
In Junglia’s Dinosaur Safari attraction during a media preview on Thursday, a casual drive through a habitat for the prehistoric creatures goes haywire when several Tyrannosaurus rexes break out of containment.
Extreme heat grips Japan, including even Hokkaido
The city of Obihiro in Hokkaido amid scorching heat on Thursday
‘Demon Slayer’ movie slashes its own box office records
“Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Castle” is the first installment in a trilogy that's set to wrap the anime adaptation of Koyoharu Gotoke's manga about sword-wielding heroes fighting man-eating demons.
Ishiba rules out joint document on U.S. tariffs as deal's details trickle out
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba delivers a speech at an event in Karuizawa, Nagano Prefecture, on Friday afternoon.
Behind the scenes: Inside Fuji Rock’s strategy for staying on top
In recent years, Fuji Rock has had fewer blockbuster performers and showcased more top-selling Japanese acts and international musicians' first-time performances in Japan.
Tokyo is the No. 2 choice for international students
The University of Tokyo. International students are increasingly flocking to Asia, with affordability being a particularly important metric.
Hall of Fame always held deeper meaning for Ichiro
Ichiro presents then-Hall of Fame President Jeff Idelson with the bat he used to break the single-season hits record in 2004.
Japan leans into homegrown AI amid rising competition
McKinsey’s 2025 Technology Trends Outlook, published Wednesday, says that the use of “sovereign AI” is a trend gaining significant global traction, including in Japan.
JT picks: What not to miss at Fuji Rock 2025
Fuji Rock Festival turns the green slopes of Niigata Prefecture’s Naeba Ski Resort into a summer escape that offers soundtracks for every mood.

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Ichiro Suzuki, one of the most iconic players in NPB and MLB history, was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame with 99.7% of the vote.
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