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Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
May 22, 2009

'Instant Numa'

Comedy is big box office in Hollywood now, with such comic odes to male immaturity as "Knocked Up" and "The 40-Year-Old Virgin" grossing north of $100 million. In Japan, on the other hand, making the locals laugh in a movie theater is still the hardest job in the industry — and the returns for comedies...
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / HOOP SCOOP
May 22, 2009

Phoenix's Nakamura looks back on team's first season in bj-league

Despite a 36-win regular season, the best record in the Eastern Conference, and a trip to the Final Four, Hamamatsu Higashimikawa Phoenix coach Kazuo Nakamura didn't describe his team's first season in the bj-league as a resounding success.
Reader Mail
May 21, 2009

Contriving a social trend in Japan

For the most part I enjoyed Tomoko Otake's well-researched story about "herbivorous" men. Overall, though, I felt that the topics of the related Timeout stories (May 10) were quite dubious as they were trying to pound a round peg into a square hole. For example, a survey by toilet-seat makers shows that...
Japan Times
BUSINESS
May 20, 2009

Nissan racing to catch rivals in hybrid market

Hybrid vehicle laggard Nissan hopes to catch up with its rivals after launching the company's own green car technology next year, an executive said Tuesday.
LIFE / Language / BILINGUAL
May 20, 2009

Fish kanji help you hook the perfect meal

Japan is blessed with an abundance of fish — drawn from the deep ocean to the coastal shores, lakes, rivers and streams. Making yourself familiar with the many kanji for different species of fish helps you get by when you run into all this slippery fare at a local restaurant, sushi counter or supermarket....
LIFE / Language / BILINGUAL
May 20, 2009

Fish kanji help you hook the perfect meal

Japan is blessed with an abundance of fish — drawn from the deep ocean to the coastal shores, lakes, rivers and streams. Making yourself familiar with the many kanji for different species of fish helps you get by when you run into all this slippery fare at a local restaurant, sushi counter or supermarket....
Japan Times
JAPAN
May 19, 2009

With election looming, Hatoyama must act fast to win over public

Newly elected Democratic Party of Japan President Yukio Hatoyama has a maximum of four months to convince voters to oust the party his grandfather founded from five decades of government rule.
Japan Times
Events / WHERE IT'S AT
May 19, 2009

Bike ride puts new spin on fund-raising

On a cloudy Friday morning late last month, 11 bicycle riders gathered on the playground of Meisei Gakuen school for the deaf in Shinagawa, Tokyo, to kick off a 1,250-km fund-raising bike ride to support the children attending the school.
JAPAN
May 18, 2009

Japan slow to realize it wasn't immune to swine flu

OSAKA — In Kobe and Osaka, as well as in Tokyo, shocked officials dealing with the outbreak of swine flu had more or less the same reaction Sunday as Kansai Okura High School principal Takaharu Miyanomae.
Japan Times
JAPAN
May 17, 2009

Hatoyama elected head of DPJ

Democratic Party of Japan chose Yukio Hatoyama as its new president Saturday by a relatively large margin over Katsuya Okada, who was the more popular candidate among the public in opinion polls.
LIFE / Style & Design / WEEK 3
May 17, 2009

Capital's new rail map is on the right lines

We all depend on them, especially when we are new to a place, but how many subway users realize that their trusty transit maps are the subject of a tug-of-war between the forces of geographical accuracy and graphical distortion in the interests of ease of use?
BUSINESS
May 16, 2009

Mizuho, Sumitomo see red; Resona turns profit

Three major banking groups announced their business results Friday for the year to March, with Mizuho Financial Group Inc. and Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp. falling into the red, while Resona Holdings Inc. managed to stay in the black.
JAPAN
May 16, 2009

Lack of fireworks as DPJ rivals' debate ends in a tie

Yukio Hatoyama and Katsuya Okada, the two candidates in the Democratic Party of Japan's presidential election Saturday, both stuck to the party line in a public debate in which the only way they seemed to differentiate themselves from each other was in their choice of ties.
BUSINESS
May 16, 2009

Japan Tobacco sees gain in Russia

LONDON (Bloomberg) Japan Tobacco Inc. said Thursday Russian sales are rising as taxes force up the prices of budget competitors to its Winston and LD brands.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink
May 15, 2009

Japan embraces the big cheese

Ask the experts what makes a good cheese, and at some point the conversation is going to get down to grass. After all, cheese comes from milk, and the best milk comes from animals raised on grass.
JAPAN / CITIZEN JUSTICE
May 14, 2009

Determining sentences seen as lay judges' hardest task

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BUSINESS
May 14, 2009

Shinsei Bank expects return to profit in '09

Shinsei Bank Ltd., the lender backed by billionaire Christopher Flowers, expects to return to profit this year after posting a record loss on overseas investments and loans to Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc.
EDITORIALS
May 13, 2009

Keep nuclear power safe

In July 2007, a magnitude 6.8 earthquake hit Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear complex in Niigata Prefecture, leading to suspension of all its seven reactors. With a combined output of 8.212 million kW, the complex is the world's largest nuclear power generation complex. On May 9,...
BASKETBALL / NBA / NBA REPORT
May 13, 2009

Fond farewell visit for Daly, coaching buddies

NEW YORK — Several weeks after Chuck Daly was diagnosed with stage four pancreatic cancer on Feb. 9, Jack McCloskey, Don Casey, Bob Weinhauer and Bob Staak, whose coaching careers were knotted at the high school and college level in the Philadelphia-New Jersey area , arrived in Jupiter, Fla., to see...
BUSINESS
May 13, 2009

Honda gives Chrysler run in N. America output

Honda Motor Co. may build more vehicles than bankrupt Chrysler LLC in North America this year, further weakening Detroit's grip on its home market.
BUSINESS
May 12, 2009

Suzuki Motor's profit tumbles by two-thirds

Suzuki Motor Corp. said Monday its group net profit for business 2008 tumbled 65.8 percent to ¥27.4 billion due to the downturn in the global auto market and the yen's rise against other currencies.
Wealthy foreign nationals picking up ultimate souvenir — a condo in Tokyo
A high-end property in the fashionable Daikanyama district in Tokyo
Japan dispatches five language education 'partners' to India
Five members of the Japan Foundation's Nihongo Partners program (front) gather at the Japanese Embassy in New Delhi on Monday.
End of U.S. de minimis exemption causes headaches for some businesses in Japan
Proxy-shopping services — companies that ship Japanese products ranging from cosmetics and snacks to limited-edition stationery on behalf of customers abroad — are already feeling the impact of the U.S. suspending de minimis exemptions.
Over 90% of low-income families in Japan struggling to feed children
Save the Children Japan domestic program chief Sonoko Kawakami speaks at a news conference in Tokyo in July. A survey conducted by the group in June has found that over 90% of low-income households with children face food insecurity.
Struggling train firm in Chiba Prefecture turns to self-deprecating humor
"Laughter is important when you're in a difficult situation," said Katsunori Takemoto, president of Choshi Electric Railway, on Aug. 5 in Choshi, Chiba Prefecture.
Japan’s front-line researchers see bright path ahead for dementia treatment
A scientist looks at scans of grains at the Memory Centre at the Department of Readaptation and Geriatrics of the University Hospital (HUG) in Geneva, Switzerland, on June 6, 2023.
Still plenty to fight for, says Japan’s team leader at worlds
Race walker Hayato Katsuki earned bronze for Japan on the opening day of the World Athletics Championships on Saturday.
Wealthy foreign nationals picking up ultimate souvenir — a condo in Tokyo
A high-end property in the fashionable Daikanyama district in Tokyo
Japanese athletes inspired by raucous home fans at World Athletics Championships
Fans cheer on the home favorites during the women's marathon at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo on Sunday.
Japan's major art events converge this fall
Shinji Ohmaki’s “Tokinokage” exhibited at Fuji Textile Week 2021 shows the use of fabric as art.

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