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TENNIS
Oct 4, 2009

Sharapova takes big step in return

Maria Sharapova made progress in her comeback Saturday even though her first title after a 10-month layoff was cut short by injury to her opponent.
Japan Times
LIFE / Digital / Japan Pulse
Oct 3, 2009

Japanese gamers buy up Google's City Streets

So fitting that the Internet titan Google is turning the world into a game a Monopoly. Wanna buy Omotesando? Sure, but can you pay the property tax?
BUSINESS / Q&A
Oct 3, 2009

Devil's in the details on debt relief

To rescue cash-strapped small firms and households, financial services minister Shizuka Kamei is preparing to submit a bill at the extraordinary Diet session this month that will pressure financial institutions to ease loan conditions for borrowers.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY
Oct 3, 2009

The first Western diplomat in Japan

Pop quiz: The first Western diplomat to set foot in Japan came from what country? Portugal? Holland? England? Actually, the correct answer is Mexico.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / Japan Pulse
Oct 2, 2009

Japanese R&D brings 3D technology closer to home

We all love those retro 3D glasses, but now (or very soon) it is the time to fasten your seat belts for trip into the real deal.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Oct 2, 2009

Little Boots serves pop a remedy

"I don't know what it is about my music that appeals to the Japanese," says Victoria Hesketh, the British pop sensation better known as Little Boots. "A lot of people in England miss the point, and they're like, 'Oh, it's just pop music.' And the whole point is that I was trying to do something simple...
COMMENTARY
Oct 1, 2009

Washington should not forget its Asian allies

The United States has scaled back plans to deploy a missile defense shield in Eastern Europe. While that decision reflects a new assessment of the Iranian threat to Europe, most attention is being paid to its impact on relations with Russia. But the decision has equally important implications for Asia,...
JAPAN
Sep 30, 2009

Tanigaki opts for old guard to round out LDP leadership posts

Sadakazu Tanigaki, fresh off his election as president of the Liberal Democratic Party, chose veteran lawmakers Tuesday for the party's top posts, including former agriculture minister Tadamori Oshima as his No. 2 man.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Sep 30, 2009

Toyota motivated for successful Japanese GP performance

Because it'll be held at the Honda-owned race track, there is no way Toyota will not attempt to put forth its best effort in front of the home fans.
COMMENTARY
Sep 30, 2009

Too soon to view HIV vaccine as a solution

NEW YORK — The results of a new HIV vaccine trial in Thailand, although encouraging since they show a lowered rate of infection among those vaccinated, should be treated with cautious optimism.
BUSINESS
Sep 30, 2009

Global slump hits Tokyo Motor Show

The shock waves from the global economic crisis have reached this year's Tokyo Motor Show.
JAPAN
Sep 30, 2009

Okada, Yu want to keep pressure on N. Korea

Sanctions imposed on North Korea by the U.N. Security Council will remain in place until Pyongyang returns to the six-party talks and halts its nuclear programs, Foreign Minister Katsuya Okada and his South Korean counterpart, Yu Myung Hwan, said Tuesday.
JAPAN
Sep 30, 2009

'10 budget scrapped; Cabinet starts over

Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama's government decided Tuesday to scrap the framework set up by the previous administration for the 2010 budget.
Japan Times
JAPAN / EXPLAINER
Sep 29, 2009

Murakami: Titan of postwar literature

Haruki Murakami is probably the most internationally acclaimed and influential contemporary Japanese author alive today. Over a career spanning 30 years, he has illustrated the apathy and ennui enveloping postwar Japan through sometimes wildly fantastic storytelling with surreal twists and turns, sprinkled...
JAPAN
Sep 29, 2009

LDP picks Tanigaki to lead comeback

The Liberal Democratic Party elected former Finance Minister Sadakazu Tanigaki as its president Monday, giving him the task of guiding back into power a party still stinging from its recent electoral thrashing.
Japan Times
JAPAN / CABINET INTERVIEW
Sep 28, 2009

Fukushima faces major consumer affairs challenge

Mizuho Fukushima, the new state minister in charge of consumer affairs and reversing the low birthrate, said her job is to prioritize policies that directly affect the public's livelihood and to make sure the new Consumer Affairs Agency is effective.
BASEBALL / BASEBALL BULLET-IN
Sep 27, 2009

Atchison helping Tigers make late run at Central League playoffs

During the Hanshin Tigers batting practice prior to a recent game at Tokyo Dome, I asked Tigers first baseman Craig Brazell if Scott was in the outfield getting loose with the other Hanshin pitchers.
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Sep 27, 2009

Denied bear necessities of life

About a week ago, while browsing the Internet, I came across a headline at the BBC Web site that made me pause: "Bear injures 9 at bus terminal." The first thought that crossed my mind was, "Why was a bear waiting for a bus?"

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Bear attacks have dominated Japanese news headlines in recent months, with 13 people so far having been killed by the animals.
Japan’s bears have been on their killing spree for more than 100 years