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BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jul 11, 2012

BayStars cruise past Swallows

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BUSINESS
Jul 11, 2012

Marubeni to overhaul Myanmar power plant

Kyodo Marubeni Corp. says it has been awarded a contract by the public utility Myanmar Electric Power Enterprise to overhaul a thermal power plant.
BASEBALL / BASEBALL BULLET-IN
Jul 8, 2012

Give Kato four more years at NPB helm

A Kyodo News item came out of the blue on July 3, indicating Nippon Professional Baseball commissioner Ryozo Kato's term was to have expired June 30, and he is now in limbo, awaiting word about whether he will be extended.
Reader Mail
Jul 8, 2012

Biomass: a question of viability

Regarding the June 19 Kyodo article "Biomass town shining amid Fukushima taint": As nice as it sounds, biomass will not meet Japan's power needs for the foreseeable future. ... Does the city of Maniwa (Okayama Prefecture) seriously think that harvesting trees will meet its energy needs, and for how long?...
BUSINESS
Jul 7, 2012

IMF director praises consumption tax hike

The push by Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda and his administration to raise the consumption tax is a key step that "will make the Japanese economy more agile and efficient," Christine Lagarde, managing director of the International Monetary Fund, said Friday in Tokyo.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jul 6, 2012

Swallows pound Dragons

Lastings Milledge ended his home-run trot with a salsa dance in front of the Tokyo Yakult Swallows dugout.
Reader Mail
Jul 5, 2012

Dubious claim about cesium

Regarding the July 2 Kyodo article "Cesium found in urine of Fukushima children": Tokyo University honorary professor of food safety Hideaki Karaki is quoted as saying that "the level of cesium (from the samples) is lower than that of potassium, and it definitely has no effect on the human body."
BUSINESS
Jul 5, 2012

Toshiba found guilty in U.S. of price-fixing

Toshiba Corp. conspired with competitors to fix the price of display screens and is liable for $87 million in damages, a U.S. jury ruled Tuesday.
EDITORIALS
Jul 4, 2012

Mr. Ozawa needs more than slogan

Former Democratic Party of Japan chief Ichiro Ozawa and 49 other DPJ lawmakers on Monday bolted from the DPJ, which Mr. Ozawa had helped come to power by leading it to a victory in August 2009 Lower House election.
Reader Mail
Jul 1, 2012

Safest bet is to skip having kids

Regarding the June 28 Kyodo article "Tax hike vote pleases big business": Of course, big business leaders are pleased, as the higher consumption tax will generate more money for them — at the expense of the people, who incidentally will not only pay more in taxes, but also pay more for pension premiums....
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jul 1, 2012

Sugiuchi wins ninth as Giants close in on first

The Yomiuri Giants are so close to first place, they can smell it.
BUSINESS
Jun 28, 2012

Fuji Heavy may top midterm U.S. sales target on Forester popularity

Fuji Heavy Industries Ltd. says it may exceed its midterm target for U.S. sales of its Suburu cars on stronger than expected demand and the introduction of a new Forester sport utility vehicle.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jun 28, 2012

Panasonic to simplify management group as it moves to end losses

Panasonic Corp. will revamp its main management group to pare its size as it aims to shift away from its money-losing television business to more profitable batteries and solar cells.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jun 24, 2012

Giants get back to basics in victory over Swallows

Tatsunori Hara's first game back at home since his scandal broke was uneventful.
BUSINESS
Jun 23, 2012

Sony, Panasonic prepared to reveal OLED TV tieup

Sony Corp. and Panasonic Corp., Japan's biggest makers of TVs, may announce an agreement next week to cooperate in making sets that use new organic light-emitting diode displays, company officials said.
Reader Mail
Jun 21, 2012

Disposal of quake-tsunami debris

Regarding the June 12 Kyodo article "Gunma agrees to help dispose of Iwate quake-tsunami debris": I'm glad to hear this news. After hearing earlier that many people in a city of my prefecture had voted against accepting quake-tsunami debris, I was afraid that the number of areas willing to receive it...
JAPAN
Jun 20, 2012

Okinawa governor opposes Osprey deployment

Kyodo Okinawa Gov. Hirokazu Nakaima is urging the central to stop the planned deployment of U.S. MV-22 Osprey aircraft at the Futenma air station following recent crashes abroad.
Japan Times
Reference / SO WHAT THE HECK IS THAT
Jun 19, 2012

Seaweed salt

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Reader Mail
Jun 17, 2012

Myth of living without an army

Regarding the June 13 front-page Kyodo article "GSDF ranger unit marches through central Tokyo": It is strange that so many seem to truly believe that a country can defend its interests and territory without the need for an army. It seems that Japan's peaceful Constitution has brought about this odd...
BASEBALL / BASEBALL BULLET-IN
Jun 17, 2012

Watanabe working to steer Lions in right directions

The Saitama Seibu Lions, often seen in the Pacific League Climax Series in recent years, are currently struggling to move out of the second division in the PL.

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Tetsuzo Shiraishi, speaking at The Center of the Tokyo Raids and War Damage, uses a thermos to explain how he experienced the U.S. firebombing of March 1945, when he was just 7 years old.
From ashes to high-rises: A survivor’s account of Tokyo’s postwar past