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BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 7, 2011

Abe powers Giants past 'Stars

Shinnosuke Abe was on fire from the time he stepped in the batter's box, and it was going to take a lot more than the Yokohama BayStars could muster to cool him off.
Reader Mail
Oct 6, 2011

Plutonium perspective needed

Regarding the Oct. 1 Kyodo article "Plutonium traces found in Iitate (Fukushima Prefecture) soil": Traces of plutonium will be found at every location on Earth if the test is sensitive enough.
Reader Mail
Oct 6, 2011

Fitting reminder of an obligation

Regarding the Sept. 30 Kyodo article "Seoul urged to nix slave monument": The South Korean government should go ahead with the memorial to the "comfort women." It is clear that the Japanese government is hoping that the issue will die off along with the remaining handful of elderly Korean women. This...
BUSINESS
Oct 5, 2011

NEC touts 'smart innovation' for competitiveness

Fusing technologies of electronics industries, a Japanese strength, with other businesses is vital for the nation to increase its global competitiveness, NEC Corp. Chairman Kaoru Yano said Tuesday.
BUSINESS
Oct 5, 2011

Yen's strength to euro extreme, Azumi says

The euro's weakness against the yen is "extreme" and is hurting local firms, Finance Minister Jun Azumi said, after the 17-nation currency tumbled to a decade-low.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 2, 2011

Hawks wrap up PL pennant

The Pacific League pennant is staying in Fukuoka.
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / CLOSE-UP
Oct 2, 2011

Satoshi Kamata: Rebel spirit writ large

Monday, Sept. 19, was Respect for the Aged Day in Japan. But on that sweltering national holiday, it wasn't the heat that that drew tens of thousands of people to Meiji Park in central Tokyo, but their concerns for all the nation's citizens, and others, who may face a threat from nuclear power.
BUSINESS
Oct 1, 2011

Government to boost yen intervention funds

Authorities plan to bolster funds needed to intervene in the currency market and will lengthen monitoring of foreign exchange market positions as the yen stays near postwar highs, Finance Minister Jun Azumi said Friday.
JAPAN
Sep 30, 2011

¥10 million 'for Tohoku' left in lavatory

Saitama KYODO
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Sep 30, 2011

Kawabata delivers as Swallows take down Tigers

Shingo Kawabata did it again. So did the Swallows.
JAPAN
Sep 30, 2011

Seoul urged to nix sex slave monument

Seoul KYODO
Japan Times
Rugby
Sep 28, 2011

Late Canadian rally spoils Japan's winning ambitions

Japan's Pool A World Cup finale had a "been there, done that" feeling for Japan.
BASEBALL / HIT AND RUN
Sep 27, 2011

Ochiai given raw deal by Chunichi despite his successful run in dugout

A few years ago, before an All-Star game at Yokohama Stadium, while most players were relaxing, then-Chunichi Dragons slugger Tyrone Woods was feverishly fielding grounders at first base hit by his manager, Hiromitsu Ochiai.
Reader Mail
Sep 25, 2011

Mixed American views of Japan

It is no surprise that the United States, according to John Bolton (Sept. 21 Kyodo article "U.S. has 'abandoned' U.N. reform: Bolton"), has put off its recommendation that Japan occupy a permanent seat on the U.N. Security Council. From the very beginning, it was a nonstarter, as any such proposal would...
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Sep 25, 2011

Lions stay in hunt for playoff spot

The surging Seibu Lions didn't lose, but they didn't get the result they were searching for either.
Reader Mail
Sep 25, 2011

Evacuation revelations shocking

Revelations of tentative plans to evacuate millions of metropolitan Tokyo residents after the March 11 disaster, in the Sept. 19 article "Tokyo faced evacuation scenario: Kan," were absolutely shocking. If it came to that, how could it be done, and where could we go?
BUSINESS
Sep 23, 2011

Honda spending $50 million on Ohio plant to restore full production in U.S.

Honda Motor Co. is spending $50 million to expand a transmission factory in Ohio as it upgrades U.S. assembly operations and works to restore full production slowed by an earthquake.
BUSINESS
Sep 22, 2011

Energy imports snuff out export recovery

Exports in August rose for the first time since the March 11 earthquake, up 2.8 percent from a year earlier, but an increase in energy resource imports resulted in a trade deficit of ¥775.3 billion for the month, the Finance Ministry said Wednesday.

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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.
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