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CULTURE / Books
Nov 22, 2014

Gender and Nation in Meiji Japan

Recently the "London Review of Books" described the Khrushchev Thaw — the period, beginning during the mid-1950s, when Russia became a little more open and less draconian — as "expansive and repressive."
Japan Times
BASEBALL
Nov 16, 2014

Rays outfielder Zobrist gets crash course in Japanese baseball culture

They play the game with the same rules on the same diamond. But how they develop their game based on practice looks to be a little different between Japan and the United States.
BASKETBALL
Nov 14, 2014

FIBA plans meetings in late November to finalize ruling on Japan Basketball Association problems

The Japan Basketball Association still awaits a ruling from FIBA after an Oct. 31 deadline set by basketball's world governing body for a merger plan between the 22-team bj-league and 13-team NBL was not reached.
JAPAN / Politics
Nov 7, 2014

Japan Coast Guard overstretched as Chinese coral poachers make off with lucrative haul

About 100 Chinese fishing boats suspected of poaching coral were headed back to the waters off the Ogasawara Islands on Friday morning after sheltering from a passing typhoon, a Japan Coast Guard spokesman said in Tokyo.
JAPAN
Nov 5, 2014

New delay to Japan's atomic-fuel processing plant puts it 19 years behind schedule

Japan Nuclear Fuel Ltd. has announced another delay to the start of its ¥2.4 trillion nuclear fuel reprocessing plant to March 2016, citing the need to meet new safety standards drawn up in the wake of the triple meltdown in Fukushima Prefecture.
JAPAN
Nov 4, 2014

Storm to lash northern Japan with high waves, strong winds

High waves and stormy conditions are expected to batter Hokkaido especially along the Sea of Japan coast until early Tuesday evening, the Meteorological Agency said in the morning.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / HIT AND RUN
Nov 3, 2014

Tigers can only lick wounds after falling short of goal in Japan Series

For 29 years, diehard Hanshin Tigers fans have waited for the club add to its lone Japan Series title, won in 1985, and for a while it looked like 2014 might mark the end of the drought.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 29, 2014

Nakamura's HR puts Hawks on brink of Japan Series title

The Fukuoka Softbank Hawks celebrated like they had won a championship after Akira Nakamura's home run cleared the fence and ended Game 4 of the Japan Series.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL
Oct 29, 2014

Japan Basketball Association chief Maruo says new league will launch in 2016 despite failure to meet FIBA deadline

Despite facing an expected suspension from FIBA, Japan Basketball Association acting president Mitsuru Maruo insisted that the country's governing body would not stop trying to address and fix its problems, including the unification of the nation's two men's top leagues.
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 15, 2014

China's ambassador urges Japan to overcome 'political hurdles' for warmer ties

China's ambassador to Japan on Wednesday urged Tokyo to resolve historical and territorial issues to improve bilateral ties, while declining to comment on the possibility of a much-anticipated summit on the sidelines of an international conference in Beijing in November.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL
Oct 8, 2014

Japan Basketball Association-led merger talks still face major obstacles

Toshimitsu Kawachi, the bj-league commissioner, said that the organizing committee for a unified professional basketball league in Japan has discussed things "constructively."
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 29, 2014

Japan Post eyes banking unit to solve ¥700 billion pension problem before IPO

Japan Post Holdings Co. will settle ¥700 billion of pension liabilities to bolster its balance sheet before an initial public offering, according to a source with knowledge of the situation.

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Dangami House is a 180-year-old former samurai residence of the Kato clan, who ruled over Ozu, Ehime Prefecture, until the Meiji Restoration.
A house, a legacy and the quiet work of restoration in rural Japan