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COMMENTARY / COUNTERPOINT
Jul 27, 2008

One of poetry's finest reminds us of our place in the natural world

Skinny frog Don't give up! Issa is here
COMMUNITY
Jul 26, 2008

Psychic travels world to save lives

Professor Jucelino Nobrega da Luz was 9 years old when he had a dream that scared him half to death.
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Jul 12, 2008

Team Japan gathers steam after sticky start to World Grand Prix

Having already qualified for the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics, the Japan women's volleyball team viewed this week's FIVB World Grand Prix as a final tuneup for the competition in Beijing.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel / HOTELS & RESTAURANTS
Jun 6, 2008

"Spa for papa," rooftop beers in Kyoto and the world's largest sake fair

Spa vacation for dad's special day For Father's Day on June 15, the Mandarin Oriental Tokyo has prepared a gift ticket package that will give dads time to relax, get rid of their daily stress and check out how healthy, or unhealthy, their lifestyles are.
COMMENTARY / World
May 26, 2008

Israel eyes post-American multipolar world

Israel is one of the only places in the world where U.S. President Georges W. Bush can be greeted with real enthusiasm and even affection. The most unpopular American president in recent history thus relished his recent triumphal welcome in Jerusalem, where he was the guest of honor of the International...
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink
May 9, 2008

A drop of Malbec from down south

Despite being the fifth largest producer of wine in the world, when it comes to quality wines, Argentina has long been in the shadow of neighboring Chile, where spicy Shirazes and surprising Chardonnays have consistently outshone anything from the other side of the Andes.
COMMENTARY
Apr 25, 2008

World must shame African leaders into taking action

LONDON — The recent African summit at the United Nations could not conceal the number of failed states in Africa.
BUSINESS
Apr 23, 2008

Sony decides to delay Home virtual world showcase for PlayStation 3 until fall

Sony is delaying the start of Home, its virtual world for the PlayStation 3 video game machine, until the latter half of this year — the second time the online interactive service has been postponed.
BUSINESS
Apr 15, 2008

Japan Inc. is on a stock buyback spree

The good news about Japanese stocks is that corporations are buying back more of their shares than ever before. The bad news is everyone outside of Japan is selling the same equity, spurring concern that the market's world-beating rally may fizzle.
Japan Times
LIFE / COSPLAY CULTURE
Mar 9, 2008

Fashion fantasies come to life in cosplay

Silver wig, blue contact lenses, a mock sword and a (kind of) knight's costume.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Feb 8, 2008

'L Change the World'/'Team Batista no Eiko'

Movies, as an astute producer once told me, are news. Much of the medical news recently, from Japan and elsewhere, has been scary, including stories about out-of-control viruses and out-of-their-minds doctors and nurses who kill instead of cure their patients. So why make yet another dull J-Horror pic...
CULTURE / Art / INSIDE ART
Jan 24, 2008

The parallel world of art associations

What are the most famous exhibitions of contemporary art in the world? The Venice Biennale? Art Basel Miami Beach?
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel / ON THE ROAD
Oct 21, 2007

A world of exclusive wheels rolls into Tokyo

Dozens of automotive masterpieces are about to go on show in a bid to make Japan Asia's social hub for classic-car buffs.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Oct 19, 2007

'The whole world wanted us dead'

The locals call her Madussa, or Medusa. Clearly, 46-year-old Ari Up, the punk-reggae goddess of the recently reformed Slits, is still a mesmerizing presence — and not only because she sports a tangled blonde beehive of dreads.
Rugby
Oct 18, 2007

Festive cultural exhibitions spice up World Cup

PARIS — The 2007 Rugby World Cup is about to finish, but the festivities on the Parisian streets have kept alive the event's momentum.
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Aug 28, 2007

Murofushi fails in quest for world title

OSAKA — Koji Murofushi is the reigning Olympic champion in the men's hammer throw. When he picked up a gold medal in Athens on a hot summer day in 2004, suddenly an entire nation gained interest in the obscure sport.
Reader Mail
Aug 12, 2007

Shame on the sumo world

My heart bleeds for poor Asashoryu! What wrong did he do in playing soccer with children back in Mongolia in the cause of charity? His excuse for returning to his native country was his need to rest from the ardor of sumo in Japan. A perfectly just excuse. Come on! For a sumo champion, playing soccer...
CULTURE / Film
Jul 20, 2007

Tokyo hosts world's top refugee film fest

The United Nations High Commission on Refugees (UNHCR) counts about 33 million refugees in the world today. There is an even larger multitude saddled with the chillingly bureaucratic title "internally displaced persons."
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Jun 25, 2007

USA sweeps Japan in World League

KUMAMOTO — The United States completed a weekend whitewash of Japan in World League Pool B on Sunday, winning the second match of a double-header 3-0.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE ZEIT GIST
Apr 3, 2007

Veggies of the world unite

Yakitori, "donburi," "shabu shabu." Pig feet, cow tongue, whale bacon. Even salads in Japan are usually topped with chicken, wee fishies or eggs.
Japan Times
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
Mar 23, 2007

World Toy Museum brings out the otaku in you

The World Toy Museum, situated in the resort town of Karuizawa, Nagano Prefecture, is currently holding an exhibition on model trains, "Amazing Model Train Exhibition 2007," that will appeal to iron-horse enthusiasts young and old. The exhibition runs through June 18 (10 a.m. to 6 p.m.).

Longform

A small shrine perched atop rocks braves the waves hitting the shoreline during a storm in Shimoda, Shizuoka Prefecture. The area is under threat of a possible 31-meter-high tsunami if an earthquake strikes the nearby Nankai Trough.
If the 'Big One' hits, this city could face a 31-meter-high tsunami