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Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE ZEIT GIST
Feb 19, 2008

Sitting out but standing tall

In "Japan at War: An Oral History," Hideo Sato recalls being forced to hoist the Hinomaru flag in tandem with the playing of the "Kimigayo" — "His Majesty's Reign," the Japanese national anthem — as a schoolchild in the 1940s. If the flag reached the top of the pole too early the teachers would beat...
Japan Times
COMMUNITY
Feb 16, 2008

Teaching skills pave road to self-reliance

The room is chockablock — or seems to be. Also, a baby is crying. Yet there is a center of gravity in Cesar Santoyo, a mission coordinator from the United Church of Christ in the Philippines. While small meetings take place all around, he calmly sets up a promo DVD with one hand, and soothes the baby...
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Feb 14, 2008

Buffaloes counter Powell's claims

The Orix Buffaloes through a statement that they distributed to the media have denied the claims made by Jeremy Powell and the Fukuoka Softbank Hawks.
Japan Times
JAPAN / EXPLAINER
Feb 13, 2008

Pollen set to come out of hibernation

For sufferers of "kafunsho" (pollen allergy), it's hay fever season again.
Japan Times
JAPAN / MIXED MATCHES
Feb 9, 2008

Fitting like pieces of a jigsaw puzzle

R ikiya Yokohori met his destiny while delving into applied mathematics at the University of Central Oklahoma in 2002.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Feb 7, 2008

The gobbiest girl in London, innit?

Adele cringes: "I can't believe I did a peace sign on TV — like Ringo Starr!"
COMMENTARY
Feb 1, 2008

Nice words no match for border dispute

HONG KONG — Forty-five years ago, China and India — the world's two most populous countries — were at each other's throats, fighting a bloody war along their common border. Ten years ago, when India conducted underground nuclear tests, its defense minister said the country needed to develop nuclear...
BUSINESS
Jan 29, 2008

Softbank and KDDI unveil new mobiles

Softbank Corp., the fastest growing mobile phone operator by subscribers, unveiled 15 new handsets Monday in an effort to close the gap with bigger rival KDDI Corp., which introduced 10 models.
Japan Times
JAPAN / MIXED MATCHES
Jan 26, 2008

Pair mutually strive to broaden their horizon, perspective

Alexander Bright and Akiko Yamada first met at Cambridge University in 1999, when Bright was a graduate student majoring in materials science and Yamada, then a high school teacher, was taking a year off to study education in England.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / HOME COMFORTS
Jan 25, 2008

Catering to the English taste bud abroad

The best thing about being English is that no matter where you go in the world, the food is always better than the rubbish you put up with at home; and conversely, as one of the finest cuisines in the world, Japanese food sure gives no cause for complaint.
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / JAPAN LITE
Jan 19, 2008

Paying one's respects to the sea god

It's winter on Shiraishi Island, and there's not much to do. So most people spend their time storing up luck for the year.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY
Jan 19, 2008

Canadian garden of unity and reconciliation

"Hello," wrote an old Japan buddy back on her native British Columbian soil. "I've met a woman — Rumiko Kanesaka — who's helping build a Japanese garden on Salt Spring Island where I live. Would you like to talk with her?"
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel / HOTELS & RESTAURANTS
Jan 18, 2008

Chinese New Year, Strawberry tea sets and Orca wine

Lunar New Year celebration To celebrate the Chinese New Year on Feb. 7, the Hilton Tokyo's Dynasty restaurant is preparing special lunch and dinner menus from Feb. 5 to 8.
Japan Times
ENVIRONMENT / WILD WATCH
Jan 16, 2008

Snow season's not what it was . . .

"Winter either bites with its teeth or lashes with its tail." (Traditional proverb)
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 13, 2008

Canine style unleashed as dogs hit catwalks in Tokyo

These days, dogs want to be in fashion, too.
Japan Times
JAPAN / MIXED MATCHES
Jan 12, 2008

Language partners turn life partners

Information-technology engineer Rodion Moiseev was alone when he traveled from Moscow to England at the age of 14 to attend high school, and he believes those early experiences in a new land made him open to foreign cultures. It may well be one of the reasons for his interest in Japanese culture, particularly...
Japan Times
COMMUNITY
Jan 12, 2008

Therapist brings healing through hypnosis

Karen Mattison is counting me down — down into a hypnotic state. It's weird. Feeling as if I could open my eyes if I chose to, but choosing (I think) not to, because for one thing it's so comfortable and reassuring, this slide down into relaxation and being.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel / HOTELS & RESTAURANTS
Jan 11, 2008

Oriental therapy, Glenlivet dinners and Michelin-starred lunches

Treat yourself in Kyoto The Hyatt Regency Kyoto is offering an accommodation and Oriental therapy package to help you relax and unwind.
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 10, 2008

Establish limits on naval support to U.S.

As the debate continues in Japan's Diet this month over a new Antiterrorism Special Measures Law (ASM Law) authorizing Japanese naval force activities in the Indian Ocean, serious attention must be paid to the issues of exactly how such activity is to be limited, and how the Diet can meaningfully monitor...
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE ZEIT GIST
Jan 8, 2008

Following in our fingerprints

It was a quarter of a century ago on an autumn day in 1982 that I decided to engage in a small act of civil disobedience by refusing to give my fingerprint. Little did I realize I was stepping into a decades-long controversy that would be both an education and a circus.
Japan Times
JAPAN / THIS FOREIGN LAND
Jan 3, 2008

Flexible and diverse, international schools thrive

Second in a series
COMMUNITY / How-tos / LIFELINES
Jan 1, 2008

Getting a cut, breaking a leg

Kumiko wants to know what happened to a hair salon she used to go to near Hiroo Station in Tokyo. It was right by the JR subway station, up a flight of steps.
Reader Mail
Jan 1, 2008

Teachers still being kept in the dark

Regarding the Dec. 26 article "Firm reneges on promised jobs for Nova teachers": G.education Co. certainly appears to be continuing in the footsteps of the English-teaching company Nova with regard to the treatment of teachers. I was a Nova teacher and had to leave Japan in November after the schools...
JAPAN / MIXED MATCHES
Dec 29, 2007

Distance fails to dent couple's relationship

David Backof, a native of Miami, was a college student in New Orleans when his friend suggested they apply together for teaching jobs in Japan. Not knowing what he wanted to do after graduation, he agreed.
COMMENTARY
Dec 28, 2007

World leader for president

HONG KONG — The 187 countries meeting to discuss climate change in Bali, Indonesia, this month narrowly averted a total breakdown by agreeing to set 2009 as the deadline for a new treaty to limit greenhouse-gas emissions. For that deadline to be met, China and the United States will both need to agree...
JAPAN
Dec 26, 2007

Firm reneges on promised jobs for Nova teachers

whether they would be able to be re-employed or not," she said. "We had to believe the company as much as possible because we wanted to regain a sense of security as soon as possible." National Union of General Workers Tokyo Nambu, a Tokyo-based labor union whose ranks include many ex-Nova teachers,...
Japan Times
LIFE / Digital
Dec 26, 2007

The biggest Internet-related stories of 2007

As we wind down on 2007, it's a good time to look back and see how much the Internet landscape has changed in the last year.
Why I chose Japanese citizenship over permanent residency
Jon Heese (second left) takes part in a 2024 New Year's nihonshu barrel opening ceremony.
Path clears for Takaichi to become PM as LDP and JIP agree to form coalition
Liberal Democratic Party President Sanae Takaichi (right) reaches out to shake hands with Japan Innovation Party leader Hirofumi Yoshimura after signing a coalition deal Monday evening in Tokyo.
EV battery race heats up among Japanese automakers
Japanese EV production is focusing on batteries as automakers compete for the lightest, most durable models and the longest driving range.
LDP and Nippon Ishin no Kai to form coalition government, report says
The ruling Liberal Democratic Party and Nippon Ishin no Kai have agreed to form a coalition, paving the way for the country's first female prime minister, Kyodo reports.
Suntory and Sapporo to halt gift beer sales after cyberattack against Asahi
Suntory will gradually suspend the sale of 13 beer sets for winter gifts, including a set of Chinese zodiac-themed cans of The Premium Malt's.
What does Jimbocho think of its unexpected ‘cool’ status?
Tokyo's Jimbocho neighborhood is a haven for book lovers, its rows of secondhand bookstores spilling over with printed materials.
What you need to see at this year's Tokyo film festival
Chloe Zhao’s "Hamnet"
New film explores how Japan and the U.S. found common ground through baseball
Masanori Murakami became the first MLB player from Japan when he made his debut with the Giants on Sept 1, 1964.
As they wrestle for power, Japan’s political parties must remember their base
Rengo's head Tomoko Yoshino speaks to reporters in Tokyo on Oct. 8.
Sumo is about to hit London and the West with a force previously unseen
Preparations advance on Monday for the Grand Sumo Tournament at the Royal Albert Hall in London.

Podcast

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

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Rock group The Yellow Monkey played K-Arena Yokohama in June as part of a nationwide tour. Concerts are increasingly popular in the age of social media as users value in-person experiences.
Inside Japan’s arena boom: Sports, sound and city-building
By Patrick St. Michel

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