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SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Aug 13, 2011

Man United still set the standard

Selecting the elite group from which the 2012 English champion will come is easy: Manchester United, Chelsea, Arsenal and Manchester City.
BUSINESS
Aug 13, 2011

Honda ups India bike presence

Honda Motor Co., the world's biggest motorcycle maker, will expand its network of dealers and service outlets in India by 25 percent and introduce new models to gain sales in the nation.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Aug 12, 2011

"Summer Museum For Kids and Grown-ups: Traversing the Times, Places and Attributes Of People Described in Art"

One of the most intriguing themes or motifs in art throughout the ages has been "human beings." In the collection of the Osaka City Museum of Modern Art, there are many works covering this familiar, and universal subject.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Aug 12, 2011

'The Tree of Life'

When "Days of Heaven" was finally released in 1978 (see last week's review) after two years of perfectionist fiddling in the editing room, director Terrence Malick was given a blank check by his patron at Paramount, industrialist Charles Bluhdorn, to develop his next project. Malick assembled a small...
Reader Mail
Aug 11, 2011

Risky assumptions about China

I have two comments regarding Michael Richardson's Aug. 3 article, "U.S. reputation suffers in Asia":
Reader Mail
Aug 11, 2011

Imported food looking better

Regarding the Aug. 9 Kyodo article "Stop claiming food is safe, ministry told": I have lived in Japan for more than 20 years, and had always trusted the quality and safety of food in Japan. In fact, for years I have read labels and signboards to identify the origin of the food before buying it. Any fresh...
Reader Mail
Aug 11, 2011

Evidence on the health effects

In his Aug. 4 letter, Scott Hards wrote that "we simply don't have any hard evidence as to the health effects of small doses of radiation over the long term. All the 'experts' claiming that cancer risk goes up by a certain percentage if you absorb so much radiation are basing their conclusions on statistical...
Reader Mail
Aug 11, 2011

All the best to elderly Japanese

I am saddened to learn that elderly people (over 65) in Japan are living alone and dying alone, and that their bodies often remain undiscovered for days. I feel that senior citizens are the foundation pillars of a country and deserve respect and proper care, not only from their own families but from...
Reader Mail
Aug 11, 2011

Girlfriend isn't personal property

Regarding the Aug. 8 editorial "Dating restrictions": Research into the relationships of high school students suggests that many girls experience highly controlling or abusive partners, which is sadly unsurprising. What does surprise me is that in the year 2011, someone would still suggest that "The...
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 11, 2011

Making hay at the Ames straw poll

Being in politics, said Minnesota Democrat Sen. Eugene McCarthy, is like coaching football: You have to be smart enough to understand the game and dumb enough to think it is important. The game of presidential politics is especially arcane in the cunning weirdness of the Ames straw poll, a quadrennial...
EDITORIALS
Aug 11, 2011

New dimension in peace appeal

The peace declaration read aloud by Mayor Tomihisa Taue of Nagasaki on Tuesday, the 66th anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing of the city, is a strong call for abolition of nuclear weapons as well ending reliance on nuclear power. Japanese as well as foreign leaders should carefully read his declaration...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Aug 11, 2011

Crystal Kay aims for spring break vibe in Zushi

Crystal Kay has been an exciting singer to watch mature in the music industry. Since her debut at 13 years old, this Yokohama native has wowed fans with her powerful vocals and a compelling personal story of being a mixed-race singer (Korean-American) in Japan.
SOCCER / J. League / J. LEAGUE NOTEBOOK
Aug 11, 2011

Full-blooded competition a fitting tribute to Matsuda

Last weekend's J. League fixtures were always going to be difficult so soon after the shock death of former Yokohama F. Marinos and national team defender Naoki Matsuda, but in the event the passion and determination on show were a fitting tribute.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 10, 2011

Nuclear power debate heating up

The Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant accident has sparked an unprecedented public debate on the nation's energy policy, and prominent figures are weighing in.
COMMENTARY
Aug 10, 2011

Welfare state wins this budget war

With so much financial turmoil, it's important to grasp what last week's budget deal does and doesn't do. Note, for starters, that it won't create much "fiscal drag" on the economy. The spending cuts are simply too small in a $15 trillion annual economy. The deal might shave one-tenth of 1 percent off...
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 10, 2011

A key lesson from America's first debt crisis

The West is ensnared in a debt crisis. The United States, as everyone knows, came perilously close to defaulting on Aug. 2, and Standard & Poor's downgraded U.S. debt from AAA on Aug. 5.
COMMUNITY / Voices / HOTLINE TO NAGATACHO
Aug 9, 2011

Decent man Kan dealing with LDP's fallout

Dear Prime Minister Naoto Kan,
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / MIXED MATCHES
Aug 9, 2011

Top blogger illustrates Chinese wife's struggles

W ith his winning of the prestigious Alpha Blogger Awards 2010, Tokyo-based cartoonist Junichi Inoue is now recognized as one of the most influential Japanese bloggers.
LIFE / Language / BILINGUAL
Aug 8, 2011

Goro-awase system spins off numbers you won't forget

One boast you'll never hear from me is that I have a good head for numbers. I'm all right up to two figures beyond a decimal point — I know that 3.14 approximates to the 円周率 (enshūritsu, Pi, i.e., the ratio of a circle's circumference to its diameter) and likewise 2.54 cm is approximately one...
EDITORIALS
Aug 8, 2011

Dating restrictions

High school students were long restricted by parents and schools when it came to dating, but a new survey shows that more than one-third of female high school students are now prevented from dating by their boyfriends.
Reader Mail
Aug 7, 2011

Blaming China sets bad example

Regarding Kei Horikawa's July 31 letter, "Where are the rewards for effort?": Although I have sympathy for Horikawa's family as I run my own business here, too, I cannot see why Horikawa has to mention China as a reason why his family cannot make a decent living as woodworkers? Are Chinese people buying...
Reader Mail
Aug 7, 2011

Alternatives to a 'lethal reality'

Prime Minister Naoto Kan did not avoid "nuclear reality," but rather bit the nuclear bullet in his stand against having more nuclear plants built in Japan. Why is it that, 50 years ago, genuine clean energy was unattainable and that, half a century later, it remains an "unattainable ideal"?
Reader Mail
Aug 7, 2011

Borderline junk food nation

As the Aug. 3 Kyodo article "High price of watermelons may put favorite fruit beyond reach" rightly points out, very few people can afford to buy watermelons in Japan. But what I'd like to know is, what happens to the watermelons when it becomes clear no one is going to buy them? Do stores wait until...
Reader Mail
Aug 7, 2011

Emerging economies could help

As for high prices putting watermelons beyond the reach of many Japanese consumers, it would be easy for any international produce supplier based in Japan to reverse this situation by establishing a rich and safe supply line from any one of the many emerging economies in or around the equator.
From France to Mali, a deportee's struggle far from home
Moussa Sacko, a Malian deported from France — where he had lived since he was a young child — stands on a street in Bamako, Mali, in December. Compared with his home in France, Bamako feels like a different planet, Sacko said.
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.
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.
Tokyo's Yamanote Line resumes suspended train operations
All services on East Japan Railway's Yamanote Line in Tokyo were suspended for early Friday morning due to wire trouble.
Onosato set for yokozuna promotion after clinching Emperor’s Cup
Onosato after defeating Kotozakura at Ryokugikan 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.
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.
NTT develops world's first 'flying lightning rod' using drones
NTT's drone — aimed at triggering, then redirecting lightning — is described as a "flying lightning rod."

Podcast

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

Longform

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.
That sinking feeling: Japan’s aging sewers are an infrastructure time bomb
By Alex K.T. Martin

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