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Japan Times
BASKETBALL / HOOP SCOOP
May 29, 2011

Evessa's Washington is greatest player in bj-league history

Six years is a long, long time in professional sports. In a word, it's an era.
Japan Times
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
May 27, 2011

Tokyo theater offers butoh performance and lecture

The mission of Theater X (Cai), according to its website, is to stand out from all other theaters in Tokyo, "though they are as numerous as stars in the sky."
BUSINESS
May 27, 2011

Sumitomo Mitsui exec tabbed for BOJ board

The administration on Thursday nominated an executive of Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc. to take over a Bank of Japan Policy Board slot traditionally held by a banker.
Japan Times
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
May 27, 2011

Music group hopes to bring tranquility to Japan's shaken shores

Inner peace and happiness: Two things the nation needs plenty of in the months following the March 11 earthquake and tsunami. Come June, an international ensemble currently on tour will do its best to convey a message of merriment and tranquility.
JAPAN / Media / Japan Pulse
May 26, 2011

'Secret society' takes a national stool sample

A 'secret society' asked the Japanese public to tell them more about their poop. Yes they did.
BUSINESS / YEN FOR LIVING
May 26, 2011

Will the 'morning-after pill' make gynecologists obsolete?

The morning-after pill is finally available to Japanese women.
COMMENTARY / World
May 26, 2011

Japan: the silent IMF partner

Which of the following often used words is wrong — "Japan's the world's third biggest economic power"?
BUSINESS
May 26, 2011

Export fall spells first April trade deficit since 1980

Japan's trade balance fell into the red in April with a deficit of ¥463.7 billion, a big shift from the ¥189.4 billion surplus the month before, as the March 11 earthquake and tsunami wreaked havoc on exporters' production plants in the northeast, the Finance Ministry said Wednesday.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
May 26, 2011

Nobuyoshi Araki moves on to the past

Since Nobuyoshi Araki lost his beloved cat Chiro a year ago, he made a point of taking photographs on a daily basis. He took shots of naked women in kimono, of the sky, of Tokyo on the day of the Great Eastern Japan Earthquake (March 11) and even some on his way to hospital appointments. In thousands...
CULTURE / Music / STRANGE BOUTIQUE
May 26, 2011

'Golden age' of kayoukyoku holds lessons for modern J-pop

On April 21, 2011, the actress and singer Yoshiko Tanaka, aka Sue from 1970s idol group the Candies, died after a relapse of the cancer that she had been living with for 20 years. A tragedy, at the relatively young age of 55, and one that comes during a period of deep soul-searching for the Japanese...
BUSINESS
May 26, 2011

Rakuten to start U.K., Germany sites in Europe push

Rakuten Inc., Japan's biggest online retailer, is aiming to start full-service sites in the U.K. and Germany by the end of this year, part of its effort to challenge Amazon Inc. and eBay Inc. in Europe.
BUSINESS
May 25, 2011

Toshiba expects slower reactor sales

Toshiba Corp. said Tuesday its current business plan for nuclear power plant construction is likely to be delayed by a few years due to growing global caution against nuclear power plants.
Japan Times
LIFE / Digital / TECH_JAPAN
May 25, 2011

Walkman's latest version and a new camera from Panasonic

It was not without a little sadness that we witnessed the end of Sony's Walkman cassette model last year. Sure it was a long time coming, but the Walkman brand is only rivaled by the iPod in the history of portable music. Thankfully, the brand still lives on in more modern Sony products. The latest of...
JAPAN / Media / Japan Pulse
May 24, 2011

Super cool biz and signs of a setsuden summer

Signs of energy conservation are in the air but will it be enough to weather the power demands of summer?
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / VIEWS FROM THE STREET
May 24, 2011

Yokohama: What advantages does Yokohama have over Tokyo?

Toyoko SakamotoCompany inventory, 37 (Peruvian)The lifestyle is more expensive in Tokyo when compared to Yokohama. I have a 4-year-old, and Yokohama seems safer, so for the sake of my child Yokohama is better.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL
May 23, 2011

MVP Parmer revels in first success

Don't blame Jeffrey Parmer for appearing ecstatic after Sunday's bj-league championship game.
LIFE / Language / KANJI CLINIC
May 23, 2011

Opposites attract in these kanji compound words

Some Japanese words are written with a single kanji, but countless others are compounds comprised of two (the majority), three, or more kanji. These compound words (jukugo) are not composed randomly; a limited number of patterns govern their construction, and today we will explore one of these: two-kanji...
EDITORIALS
May 22, 2011

A less nuclear future

On May 14, sources at Tokyo Electric Power Co. released information that would change the course of future energy policy in Japan. They said that on the night of March 11, high-level radiation of 300 millisieverts per hour was detected inside a containment building in the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power...
ENVIRONMENT / OUR PLANET EARTH
May 22, 2011

U.S. court victories show how to get rid of nuclear plants

Lawyer Tom Twomey knows far more than most of us about the importance of citizen participation in making energy policy. That's because Twomey has spent four decades keeping a watchful eye on electric power suppliers in New York — and he's learned that what we don't know can hurt us.
Japan Times
LIFE
May 22, 2011

One of a kind: Bob Dylan at 70

Bob Dylan, the single most important artist in the history of popular music, will be 70 years old on Tuesday, May 24.
EDITORIALS
May 22, 2011

More disabled working

One of the few bright spots in Japan's economy is the increased hiring of people with disabilities. Hello Work job placement offices announced last week that they had helped nearly 53,000 disabled people find work in fiscal 2010. That's the highest number finding work since fiscal 1970, when data started...
BUSINESS
May 21, 2011

Tepco suffers record ¥1.24 trillion group loss as president takes the fall

With the nuclear crisis pressing hard on management, Tokyo Electric Power Co. on Friday reported a record group net loss of ¥1.24 trillion for fiscal 2010.
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.
Tokyo ranked world’s richest city by GDP, with Osaka-Kobe also rated highly
Tokyo has a gross domestic product of $2.55 trillion, just ahead of New York’s $2.49 trillion and Greater Los Angeles’ $1.62 trillion, according to CEOWorld’s global wealth index.
Tokyo looks to keep ‘monster parents’ at bay with new protocols
New guidelines are addressing struggles by teachers to deal with the burden of parents who make irrational complaints that go beyond what is considered socially acceptable, often referred to as "monster parents," which is overwhelming their workload.
China delivers warning to U.S. and Japan with third aircraft carrier
The Fujian, China's third aircraft carrier, carries out sea trials at an unknown location in May last year.
Japan lawmakers eye firm response to Chinese envoy's threat to behead PM
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi speaks at a Lower House Budget Committee meeting on Friday.
Tatsuya Nakadai: A masterful leading man and postwar icon
Tatsuya Nakadai had the look of a leading man in his youth, but his large and searching eyes suggested the pain and loneliness of an old soul.
As Japan’s female leader rises, can she cross sumo’s sacred line?
Japan Sumo Association Chairman Hakkaku (front center) delivers a speech on the first day of the Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament at the Fukuoka Kokusai Center on Sunday. Centuries of belief and tradition still underpin the all-male association's stance of excluding women.
Takaichi doesn’t mince words on Taiwan, but dramatic policy shift unlikely
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi responds to questions during a House of Representatives Budget Committee session in parliament on Tuesday.
Florist Nicolai Bergmann flourishes outside the box
Florist Nicolai Bergmann shops for fresh flowers at the Ota flower market in Tokyo on Friday.
China delivers warning to U.S. and Japan with third aircraft carrier
The Fujian, China's third aircraft carrier, carries out sea trials at an unknown location in May last year.

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