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Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Sep 11, 2009

Hiroshima city tracks down elusive artist

Upon entering his current exhibition at the Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA), it is clear that although what he does can be described as making art, Tsuyoshi Ozawa is not an artist.
BASEBALL / MLB
Sep 11, 2009

Ichiro produces magic with baseball bat in his hands

Ichiro Suzuki is a hitting machine.
COMMENTARY
Sep 7, 2009

Duel of market ideologies past due in Japan's polls

The world has undergone drastic change in the first decade of the 21st century. There appears to be no end to terrorist activities and international disputes in the wake of the Sept. 11, 2001, suicide attacks on the United States.
BASEBALL / MLB
Sep 5, 2009

Koosman sentenced for tax evasion

MADISON, Wis. (AP) A federal judge on Thursday sentenced former major league pitcher Jerry Koosman to six months in prison for not paying his taxes.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / NPB NOTEBOOK
Sep 4, 2009

Wakui making a run at Sawamura Award

A tired shoulder has sidelined Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters pitcher Yu Darvish since Aug. 22, following his worst outing of the season against the Fukuoka Softbank Hawks.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Sep 4, 2009

'The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3'

Does anyone actually remember 1994 when "Pulp Fiction," and the return of John Travolta to our movie screens seemed welcome, almost like having an old friend back in town? Now, reviving Travolta's career seems like just one more thing we can blame on Quentin Tarantino, along with wrecking Uma Thurman's,...
BUSINESS
Sep 4, 2009

BOJ must be ready to stop supporting credit markets: DPJ's Okubo

The Bank of Japan should plan an exit strategy for its policy of buying government and corporate bonds because the freeze in credit markets has eased, according to an Upper House financial committee director from the new ruling party.
Japan Times
ENVIRONMENT
Aug 30, 2009

Avian killing fields of lotus

Earlier this year it was reported that one of the 10 Crested ibises reintroduced to the wild on Sado Island last autumn had turned up in Fukushima Prefecture, in central Honshu. The islanders worried that Nipponia nippon, which had come to represent their Japan Sea home, had abandoned them.
Japan Times
SOCCER / J. League
Aug 29, 2009

Omiya's Neretljak makes it clear that compensation comes first

SHIKI, Saitama Pref. — As the European transfer window slams shut for another summer, Omiya Ardija's Croatian defender Mato Neretljak can afford himself a wry smile.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Aug 28, 2009

Dipping into modern art at Naoshima's bathhouse

At 2 p.m. on July 26, operations commenced at the first public bathhouse on the island of Naoshima in the Seto Inland Sea between the mainland of Honshu and Shikoku. Titled Naoshima Bathhouse "I Love Yu" (the "Love" represented by a heart symbol and "Yu" in kanji form) and designed by artist Shinro Ohtake...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Aug 28, 2009

'Martyrs'

What exactly is the definition of a horror film these days? The genre seems to have moved from its traditional goal of scaring the viewer to a more decadent phase in which extreme depictions of brutality and degradation seem to be its raison d'etre. Suspense and fright have been replaced by torture and...
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 28, 2009

ASEAN rights panel offers scant defense of victims

PENANG, Malaysia — Last month the Term of Reference (TOR) for the establishment of a regional human rights body received the approval of the ASEAN foreign ministers' meeting in Phuket, Thailand.
BASKETBALL
Aug 26, 2009

Five Arrows may skip season over finances

Just days before bj-league teams begin playing preseason games, the Takamatsu Five Arrows' season and future existence are in limbo.
Japan Times
JAPAN / ELECTION 2009
Aug 26, 2009

Hokkaido figures to be key showdown for LDP vets

SAPPORO — The winds of change are blowing nationwide as the Lower House election nears.
BASEBALL / SPORTS SCOPE
Aug 23, 2009

Several NPB managers in danger of losing jobs

As the NPB season begins to head into the stretch run, an unusually high number of mangers find themselves on the hot seat — or at least very warm ones — as the Climax Series races begin in earnest.
EDITORIALS
Aug 23, 2009

Safety during torrential rain

Recent torrential rains took the lives of 17 people in Yamaguchi Prefecture and 22 others in Hyogo, Okayama and Tokushima prefectures. This highlights the importance of municipal actions in securing the safety of local residents during heavy rain.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY
Aug 22, 2009

Activist preaches global education

Given the current global racial and religious tensions, it may sound utopian to envision a world in which people of diverse nationalities and cultural backgrounds live in peace and harmony by honoring the differences of others.
JAPAN
Aug 20, 2009

Suzuki sides with DPJ, sees dual polls in '10

SAPPORO — Muneo Suzuki, leader of Hokkaido's New Party Daichi, said elections for both chambers of the Diet could be held simultaneously next year if the opposition camp secures a huge win in the Aug. 30 House of Representatives poll.
COMMENTARY
Aug 19, 2009

A greater role in relief work for armed forces

Will Asia-Pacific armed forces find their role in national defense and security shifting significantly in the future as the effects of climate change caused by global warming intensify? If so, how quickly will it happen?
Japan Times
JAPAN / EXPLAINER
Aug 18, 2009

In anonymous packed train lurk gropers

A perverse reality that periodically surfaces on the country's crowded urban trains is the groper.

Longform

After pandemic-era border regulations eased, Indian migrants began returning to Japan. Their population now stands at more than 50,000 across the country.
How remote work is rewriting the migrant experience in Japan