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COMMUNITY / Our Lives / PERSONALITY PROFILE
Dec 6, 2003

Yoko Wakabayashi

Last month, Shinjuku Gardens staged its annual chrysanthemum show. Last spring, it maintained its reputation as one of the best Tokyo places for cherry blossoms. Year round, people enjoy the extensive lawns, giant trees and scenic lakes of these public gardens, which have replaced what used to be the...
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Dec 5, 2003

Barcelona vs. Real Madrid match stirs passions like no other

LONDON -- Sir Bobby Robson called it "a powder keg." It is not so much football rivalry but a chance for political revenge and when the teams last met, among the objects thrown on to the pitch was a pig's head.
BASEBALL / BASEBALL BULLET-IN
Nov 26, 2003

Matsui, the Yankees and the PL's new free-agent trend

Hot stove league time, fans. Or should that be the hot hibachi league here in Japan? Lots going on during the off-season, so let's take a look at a few interesting happenings from last week.
JAPAN
Nov 25, 2003

Temple seeks special-zone status to ease its regulatory binds

Temple University Japan is seeking government designation as a special deregulation zone entity in a bid to make itself more attractive to students, according to its dean.
JAPAN
Nov 22, 2003

66 institutions win approval to open U.S.-style law schools

An education ministry panel has given the green light to 66 out of 72 educational institutions that applied to open U.S.-style law schools next spring.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Nov 19, 2003

Heads roll in NTV ratings scandal

Nippon Television Network Corp. Chairman Seiichiro Ujiie will resign as chief executive officer over a ratings manipulation scandal, NTV said Tuesday.
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / WHEN EAST MARRIES WEST
Nov 15, 2003

Did Godzilla roar? Or simply growl?

Let's see . . . our world is writhing through some of its worst turmoil ever, the Japanese economy continues to stumble about like a man on uneven stilts, crime is up, jobs are down and the ozone layer has begun to resemble Swiss cheese without the cheese.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Nov 7, 2003

Cutting costs helps Mazda double profit

Mazda Motor Corp. said Thursday its consolidated net profit in the first half of fiscal 2003 doubled from a year earlier to 11.15 billion yen.
BASEBALL / MLB
Nov 4, 2003

Marines make Valentine feel 'wanted and needed'

Former New York Mets manager Bobby Valentine returned to Japanese baseball Monday, signing a three-year deal with the Chiba Lotte Marines.
BASEBALL / BASEBALL BULLET-IN
Oct 29, 2003

Japan Series: Should have known better with those Tigers fans

I should have known better than to predict the Fukuoka Daiei Hawks would win the 2003 Japan Series in five games over the Hanshin Tigers.
BASEBALL / MLB
Oct 23, 2003

Hoping rain stays away

Rain played a factor in Game 3 of both the Japan Series and the World Series on Tuesday in Osaka and Miami, respectively. The Fukuoka Daiei Hawks-Hanshin Tigers matchup was postponed until Wednesday, while the New York Yankees and Florida Marlins were delayed 38 minutes by a squall.
MORE SPORTS
Oct 16, 2003

Cherry Blossoms are in full bloom Down Under

TOWNSVILLE, Australia -- Three days on and Australia is still abuzz with the performance of the Cherry Blossoms.
BASEBALL / BASEBALL BULLET-IN
Oct 1, 2003

Tigers' pennant forced Giants skipper to fall on his sword

That was a shocker. Talking here about the resignation of Yomiuri Giants manager Tatsunori Hara on Sept. 26. Sure, it had been rumored for days, but I for one did not expect it would really happen.
COMMENTARY / THE VIEW FROM MOSCOW
Sep 28, 2003

Welcome to 'Mother Sofa'

MOSCOW -- Moscow seems to have the biggest concentration of furniture stores per square kilometer in the world. Downtown is a cramped place, with barely enough space for designer clothing and jewelry boutiques. Yet, in the peripheral neighborhoods, furniture stores thrive.
COMMUNITY
Sep 21, 2003

I don't like cricket, oh no . . . I love it

It is often said that the future of a nation lies with its youth. If that is also true of sport, then Gunma could soon end up being the Barbados of Asia, producing cricketers on a par with the great Caribbean production line.
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle / ON THE BOOK TRAIL
Sep 18, 2003

"Ruby Holler," "The Robodog Superhero"

"Ruby Holler," Sharon Creech, Bloomsbury; 2002, 310 pp. How do you reform a pair of 13-year-old twins who spend every spare moment breaking, spilling, throwing or dropping things -- and cursing loudly when they're caught?
JAPAN
Sep 17, 2003

10% of public school students eligible for welfare

The prolonged economic slump has extended into the nation's classrooms, with around 1.15 million public elementary and junior high school students qualifying for financial aid in fiscal 2002.
JAPAN
Sep 14, 2003

Hospital malpractice rises four-fold in '02

University hospitals across Japan reported 39 malpractice cases to the government in fiscal 2002, more than four times the number in the previous year, according to documents obtained by Kyodo News.
JAPAN
Sep 13, 2003

Inadequate teachers on the rise

Some 289 teachers at public elementary and junior high schools have been judged by local education boards to be lacking in leadership skills, according to an education ministry report released Friday.
BUSINESS
Sep 11, 2003

Clothing manufacturers create new fad: nutritional T-shirts

Japanese fabric and clothing makers are competing fiercely in a brand new field: T-shirts and other clothing containing popular dietary supplements.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 10, 2003

Mount Fuji ascent shows climber Japan's two faces

A man who refuses to see limits in life had one unexpectedly plunked down in front of him last week.
JAPAN
Sep 7, 2003

Japan's space station bill to top 1 trillion yen

Japan will have to shoulder more than 1 trillion yen to help build and operate the International Space Station, a figure much higher than previously cited by the government, internal documents from the science ministry obtained by Kyodo News showed Saturday.
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Sep 7, 2003

North Korea unveils secret weapon: It's an attack of the clones

This year's World University Games, held in the South Korean city of Taegu from Aug. 21 to 30, drew a record 7,000 young athletes from 174 countries. The Games also drew daily Japanese media coverage, with some news shows running lengthy special reports on all the excitement in Taegu.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / PERSONALITY PROFILE
Aug 23, 2003

Polly Derby

LONDON -- For many years and for many people, the resort island of Bali in Indonesia conjured images of sun, sand and sea, coconut palms and mountains in the mist, batik shirts and early morning flower offerings to the gods. Last Oct. 12, terrorist attacks on nightspots in the Kuta tourist district destroyed...
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 23, 2003

Bandai's sword-brandishing robot begets yet another corporate acronym

CEO, COO, CFO and even CSO (chief strategy officer) are part of today's simmering pot of corporate alphabet soup as Japan Inc. increasingly adopts U.S.-style management regimens.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY
Aug 23, 2003

Imagine! Project approach child care in Japan

"I visited Japan for the first time three years ago," says Tina Peterson, director of the Imagine Child Development Center on the 13th floor of Yokohama's Landmark Tower. "I came to Landmark then, because the building's the highest in Japan. If anyone had predicted, 'In 2003 you will be working here,'...
BASEBALL / MLB
Aug 16, 2003

Uehara is rock solid as Giants blank Tigers

Yomiuri ace Koji Uehara scattered six hits over the distance for his first shutout win of the year as the Giants defeated the Hanshin Tigers 3-0 at Tokyo Dome on Friday, snapping their losing streak against the Central League frontrunners at five.

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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.
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