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COMMENTARY / World
Nov 3, 2010

A moveable financial feast

LONDON — There was a time when league tables were to be found only on the sports pages of newspapers. Now they are a global obsession. There are school and university league tables, rankings of companies on profitability or corporate social responsibility, tables of happiness indicators by country,...
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Nov 2, 2010

Chen pleased with Game 2 performance

NAGOYA — Chen Wei-yin was nervous. A day earlier, he watched the upstart Chiba Lotte Marines pick apart teammate Kazuki Yoshimi and now it was his turn to toe the rubber in what many deemed as a must-win game for the Chunichi Dragons.
Japan Times
LIFE
Oct 31, 2010

JFW edges into Asia spotlight

Oct. 15 through 24 brought to Tokyo an autumnal shift in the weather — and the latest sartorial flurry known as Japan Fashion Week's spring/summer collections on show for the world to see.
Japan Times
LIFE / Digital / TECH_JAPAN
Oct 27, 2010

Paint the town red for Mario's 25th birthday celebrations

Usually, if someone tells you their Wii is all red, you'd suggest they see a doctor. Thankfully, Nintendo's new red Wii is more cause for celebration than medical scare.
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / WHEN EAST MARRIES WEST
Oct 23, 2010

No hopes where next year never comes

I have a luncheon friend who has been deep in the dumps all week. He sits slumped over, picks at his food and won't speak. The only way to bring him to life is to stick him with the tab.
BASKETBALL / BJ-LEAGUE NOTEBOOK
Oct 22, 2010

Pavlicevic pleased with Susanoo Magic's start

The expansion Shimane Susanoo Magic can place a check mark next to the first item on their to-do list.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Oct 22, 2010

'Wakiyaku Monogatari (Cast Me if You Can)'

When I hear rants from foreigners about the badness of Japanese acting, I don't rise to the defense of the hammy emoting or smarmy mugging I've seen on the screen here, of which there's been plenty. But I do run through the long list in my head of the Japanese actors, from stars to supporting players,...
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Oct 9, 2010

Davies would make England history with debut

LONDON — England plays Montenegro in a Euro 2012 qualifier on Tuesday, when Bolton's Kevin Davies, at 33, could become his country's oldest debutant in modern times.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Oct 8, 2010

'The Expendables'

After reviving both the "Rambo" and "Rocky" franchises in the past few years, you might have thought that Sylvester Stallone had gone as far as he could coasting on his 1980s glory days.
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Oct 2, 2010

Wenger needs to turn Wilshere loose against Chelsea

LONDON — Arsenal has the chance to prove it is ready to mount a serious Premier League title challenge when it takes on champion Chelsea on Sunday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 28, 2010

200 slam Nike park plan in Shibuya

About 200 protesters banged drums and waved "No Nike" signs while marching Sunday in central Tokyo to oppose plans for a Nike-sponsored skateboard park where construction has displaced dozens of homeless squatters.
BASEBALL / BASEBALL BULLET-IN
Sep 26, 2010

Day of reckoning looming for Big Matsui, Little Matsui, Iwamura

Matsui, Matsui and Iwamura.
BASEBALL / HIT AND RUN
Sep 25, 2010

Ichiro's achievement testament to his drive

Baseball is the ultimate numbers game. Always has been, always will be.
JAPAN
Sep 24, 2010

APEC told isle feud may hurt tourism

NARA — A Chinese delegate to the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum meeting on tourism warned Thursday that tourist travel between Japan and China could be further damaged over escalating tensions between Tokyo and Beijing over Japan's arrest of a Chinese trawler captain near the disputed Senkaku...
LIFE / Language / BILINGUAL
Sep 22, 2010

A call to end confusion over foreign names

A problem newspaper readers in Japan confront on a daily basis is that no definitive rule exists for writing foreigners' names.
COMMUNITY / Voices / HOTLINE TO NAGATACHO
Sep 21, 2010

Towns, cities need vision to halt decline

Dear Prime Minister Naoto Kan,
BASEBALL / BASEBALL BULLET-IN
Sep 19, 2010

Updates on Hillman, BayStars, Niigata's bid for team

We are taking a look this week at topics covered in this column at various times throughout the 2010 season, and updating them to see what, if any, progress has been made.
BASKETBALL
Sep 12, 2010

Father, son team up to lead rebuilding Broncos

TOKOROZAWA, Saitama Pref. — Fathers and sons have worked together on countless sports teams since games began. And now a new variation of this story begins in Japan.
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Sep 12, 2010

Could public polls sway DPJ vote?

According to major media opinion polls, if the choice of who will lead the country was up to the populace, Prime Minister Naoto Kan would retain his position against fellow Democratic Party of Japan member Ichiro Ozawa's challenge to the party presidency and the premiership.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / JAPAN LITE
Sep 11, 2010

Benzaiten — Tomboy Goddess of the Sea

Our motorboat skimmed over the smooth water of the Seto Inland Sea. We were on our way to the mainland and I was attempting to apply last-minute beauty aids — nail polish to my fingers and toes. That's 20 appendages and, on a motorboat occasionally met by waves from passing cargo ships, that means...
Reader Mail
Sep 9, 2010

Enforce limits on working hours

Regarding the Sept. 5 editorial "Definitions of fatherhood": Fathers need to say "no" to unpaid overtime and "yes" to changing diapers, bathing, feeding and playing with their children in the evenings. As for the ikumen trend that the welfare ministry is promoting, get real! How many fathers in Japan...
BASEBALL / BASEBALL BULLET-IN
Sep 5, 2010

Scully set to carry on for 62nd season with Dodgers

Baseball news reports last week indicated Los Angeles Dodgers legendary play-by-play announcer Vin Scully has decided to return for another year behind the microphone in 2011. The 82-year-old Hall of Famer will be in his 62nd season calling Dodgers games in a career that goes back to seven years before...
Japan Times
COMMUNITY
Sep 4, 2010

Campaigning to save the languages of Okinawa

Two stops on Naha's monorail from the tourist trinket shops of Kokusai-dori lies Sakaemachi, a tightly packed warren of tiny stalls and drinking dens. For outsiders like 40-year-old Byron Fija, it takes a measure of confidence to venture to this part of Okinawa, but as he passes the open-air tables of...
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / JAPAN LITE
Aug 28, 2010

An insane asylum for tourists

As the world spins faster and faster on its axis, threatening to cut off our supply of gravity and fling us into outer space, Japan is left wondering what to do next.
Nissan clinches $4.5 billion bond deal after orders soar
Nissan Motor has raised $4.5 billion through a junk bond sale in U.S. dollars and euros, part of which carries a record-high coupon rate.
U.S. urges clarity on Japan’s role in potential war over Taiwan, report says
A Ground Self-Defense Force member conducts a military drill with an anti-ship missiles unit, at the GSDF's base on Miyako Island in Okinawa Prefecture in April 2022.
Tokyo hit by torrential rainfall at rush hour
People line up at Shibuya Station in Tokyo as they try to avoid the heavy rain on Thursday.
Osaka police crack down on crime ring over underage prostitution
Osaka Prefectural Police headquarters
Foreign drivers in Japan to face tougher license conversion rules from October
According to the National Police Agency, there were 75,905 people who converted their foreign driver’s license to a Japanese one in 2024, up from 48,885 in 2019.
An emoji used to say it all. Now it might say too much.
Apple’s Craig Federighi shows off a set of emoji at a conference on June 13, 2016. While the small pictures have proved helpful in conveying nuance in our texts, younger people are using them less often.
‘Our ultimate goal is to save every single Japanese video game’
After nearly shuttering earlier this year, the Tokyo-based Game Preservation Society continues its work to save the early history of Japanese gaming.
Rare vintage shots and first-time shows at TOP’s 30th anniversary
The museum's curators selected a wide array of works from the archives for the milestone exhibitions. Among other photos, Nobuyoshi Araki's work from the series "Winter Journey" (1990) was included in the "Continuity and Change" exhibition that concluded in June.
New IG Arena set to dial down temperature at Nagoya Basho, in a good way
With IG Arena getting glowing early reviews as the Nagoya Basho’s replacement venue, it may be a while before fans wax nostalgic about the Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium.
Once a niche, anime is now mainstream content for Netflix and other streaming services
Though Netflix remains the dominant choice globally for anime viewers, Amazon Prime Video has also invested heavily in anime, steadily adding titles to their catalogue.

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

Longform

Mount Fuji is considered one of Japan's most iconic symbols and is a major draw for tourists. It's still a mountain, though, and potential hikers need to properly prepare for any climb.
What it takes to save lives on Mount Fuji
By Alex K.T. Martin

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