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COMMENTARY / World
Jun 13, 2008

Losing Turkey to a new geopolitical course

OXFORD, England — Turkey has long been a haven of geopolitical stability. But since 2003, Turkey's virtually unquestioned alliance with the United States has undergone a profound re-evaluation due to the Iraq War. The Turkish consensus on its decades-long EU candidacy has begun to wobble, owing to...
Japan Times
BASKETBALL
Jun 6, 2008

Golden Kings picked Oketani as new coach to improve on defense

Ryukyu Golden Kings general manager Tatsuro Kimura made a difficult decision at the conclusion of Year One, firing head coach Hernando Planells and initiating a rebuilding process when the foundation for the future was still being established.
BASEBALL / BASEBALL BULLET-IN
Jun 1, 2008

MLB's greatest finishes, memorable moments chronicled in new book

I received a new book this week titled "Walkoffs, Last Licks and Final Outs," written by Bill Chuck and Jim Kaplan. The sub-title is "Baseball's Grand (and not-so-grand) Finales," and the foreword is by Jon Miller, the popular play-by-play broadcaster who does "Sunday Night Baseball" with Joe Morgan...
JAPAN
May 22, 2008

Tokyo Station face-lift adds old, new looks

JR Tokyo Station is in the midst of its first major reconstruction work since the end of the war as part of efforts to revitalize the heart of the capital.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
May 22, 2008

Honda eyes '09 launch of new five-seat hybrid

Honda Motor Co. said it will launch a new gasoline-electric hybrid car early next year in Japan, North America and Europe, underlining its emphasis on hybrids as the core of its eco-friendly vehicle business.
EDITORIALS
May 10, 2008

A new era for Russia?

Mr. Dmitry Medvedev was sworn in as Russia's new president this week, promising protection of "civil and economic freedoms" and "a true respect for rule of law." For most new leaders, such language would suggest a break with the policies of his predecessor, but Russia's former president, Mr. Vladimir...
Reader Mail
May 4, 2008

Pleased with new look of publication

Regarding the May 1 letter "Why fix what's not broken?": I offer my reason to fix things that aren't broken. Even though the publication might not appear to be broken, it's important to attract new customers as well as keep the old ones. If that means making some changes to the presentation to make it...
COMMENTARY / World
May 1, 2008

New trade deal would boost world economy

PARIS — Governments around the world face weakening economies and soaring food prices. Amid the hand-wringing, an important and immediate step they can take to help would be to agree on a new multilateral trade deal.
OLYMPICS
Apr 26, 2008

New swimsuits have Japan quite worried

For the Japan National Team's swimmers and coaching staff, this is a question that'll pop up often over the next several months: Will their choice of swimsuits diminish their chance of success at the upcoming Beijing Summer Olympics?
BASKETBALL
Apr 25, 2008

Nakamura to coach new bj-league team

Longtime coach Kazuo Nakamura will lead the Hamamatsu Higashi Mikawa Phoenix in their inaugural season in the bj-league, it was announced on Wednesday.
EDITORIALS
Apr 11, 2008

At long last, a new BOJ governor

To the belated, if only partial, relief of Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda and financial market players, the position of the governor of the Bank of Japan, which had been empty since former BOJ chief Toshihiko Fukui's tenure ended on March 19, has finally been filled.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 7, 2008

New cab stand boasts capital service

Had a bad taxi experience? Then try a new cab stand that opened Thursday at JR Shinbashi Station's east exit.
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 6, 2008

New times require a new NATO strategy

BERLIN — We, former defense chiefs of staff for five countries, recently published a booklet containing proposals for a new strategy, as well as a comprehensive agenda for change.
BUSINESS / SOUTH KOREAN JOURNALIST SYMPOSIUM
Mar 6, 2008

New leader's pragmatism to define policies

New South Korean President Lee Myung Bak will pursue a "pragmatic" foreign policy that will seek to rebuild ties with the United States and Japan while taking a "carrot-and-stick" approach to North Korea, journalists from South Korea told a symposium held in Tokyo just before his inauguration.
BASEBALL / BASEBALL BULLET-IN
Mar 2, 2008

Carp's Matsuyama could be surprise of new season

A year ago, almost no one had reason to expect Chiba Lotte Marines left-hander Yoshihisa Naruse would be one of the top players in Japanese baseball for 2007. After all, the 21-year-old pitcher had turned in a mediocre 5-5 record the previous season.
Tsunami threat passes following magnitude 6.9 quake off Iwate
A tsunami advisory was issued for Iwate Prefecture on Sunday evening following a strong earthquake. The advisory was later called off, after waves measuring 20 centimeters were recorded in some areas.
Japan to subsidize demolition of abandoned inns
Abandoned Japanese-style inns in the Kinugawa hot springs resort in Nikko, Tochigi Prefecture, in March 2023
Japan’s bears have been on their killing spree for more than 100 years
Bear attacks have dominated Japanese news headlines in recent months, with 13 people so far having been killed by the animals.
Takaichi stands firm on controversial Taiwan contingency remarks
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi responds to questions during a session of the House of Representatives' Budget Committee in parliament in Tokyo on Monday.
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.
Florist Nicolai Bergmann flourishes outside the box
Florist Nicolai Bergmann shops for fresh flowers at the Ota flower market in Tokyo on Friday.
Jenson Button brings end to an illustrious racing career intertwined with Japan
Jenson Button races for Honda during the Singapore Grand Prix in September 2008.
Cleanliness gets competitive at Tokyo’s Spogomi world cup
On Oct. 29, teams from 33 qualifying countries scoured the streets of Shibuya for all manners of trash as part of the Spogomi litter-picking competition.
Jon Homewood: ‘There’s beauty in what we throw away’
After a peripatetic childhood around the world, teacher and artist Jon Homewood ended up coming to Japan in 2012 for a professional opportunity.
High-speed rail is expensive and difficult, but seen as a key to growth
Achal Khare, former managing director at India’s National High Speed Rail Corporation, gives a presentation during the IHRA Forum 2025 in Tokyo on Oct. 23.

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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.
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