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BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Aug 10, 2011

NPB, clubs want more cash from WBC

Kyodo NPB and nine Japanese baseball clubs on Tuesday demanded in a meeting with Major League Baseball a bigger slice of the revenue as a condition for participation in the next World Baseball Classic in 2013.
JAPAN
Aug 9, 2011

Yahoo map shows real-time radiation levels

Kyodo Yahoo Japan Corp. is showing real-time radiation levels at 11 locations on a special online map based on data gathered by academics and volunteers monitoring the Fukushima power plant crisis.
Reader Mail
Aug 7, 2011

Borderline junk food nation

As the Aug. 3 Kyodo article "High price of watermelons may put favorite fruit beyond reach" rightly points out, very few people can afford to buy watermelons in Japan. But what I'd like to know is, what happens to the watermelons when it becomes clear no one is going to buy them? Do stores wait until...
JAPAN
Aug 6, 2011

Panel to probe NISA's alleged opinion manipulation

Kyodo Industry minister Banri Kaieda said Friday a third-party panel has been set up to investigate allegations that the nuclear safety agency asked utilities to dress up public symposiums on atomic energy to make communities appear supportive of atomic power plants.
JAPAN
Aug 6, 2011

Next nuclear watchdog needs teeth: Hosono

Goshi Hosono, state minister in charge of preventing further atomic power plant accidents, revealed Friday a proposal to fold nuclear-related functions now scattered among different ministries into a new authority.
JAPAN
Aug 6, 2011

U.S. base has nuke disaster waste

KYODO Sasebo Nagasaki Pref. The municipal government of Sasebo, Nagasaki Prefecture, will ask the central government to promptly dispose of radioactive waste being stored by the U.S. Navy at the Sasebo Naval Base, city officials said Friday.
JAPAN
Aug 6, 2011

Hiroshima's thoughts turn to Fukushima

On the eve of the annual ceremony to remember the dropping of the atomic bomb, the thoughts of many in Hiroshima were on those living near the crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 5, 2011

Italian reporter caught in media glare

Pio d'Emilia, an Italian journalist and long-term Tokyo resident who has been Prime Minister Naoto Kan's friend for about 20 years, has suddenly been put in the spotlight of the Japanese media for reportedly influencing Kan's position on nuclear power and his remote connection with an extreme leftist...
Reader Mail
Aug 4, 2011

Dumb statistic on foreign exodus

The July 31 Kyodo article "10% of foreign residents have left disaster-hit prefectures" is a rather poor example of journalism, as it fails to provide the full context. Yes, perhaps 10 percent of foreigners left the prefecture, but in the bigger picture, how many Japanese also left the prefecture?
Japan Times
SPORTS / SPORTS SCOPE
Aug 3, 2011

Kitajima has work to do in bid for triple Olympic glory

Sometimes the smartest thing an athlete, team or coach can do is call a timeout.
MORE SPORTS
Aug 3, 2011

Kameda to face Mexican challenger on Aug. 31

Kyodo WBA bantamweight champion Koki Kameda will take on challenger David Delamora of Mexico in a world doubleheader at Tokyo's Budokan on Aug. 31, boxing sources said Tuesday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 3, 2011

Civic falls from Consumer Reports' 'recommended' list

Honda Motor Co.'s newest version of the Civic, a model that has been a foundation of the automaker's U.S. sales for decades, flopped in tests by Consumer Reports, failing to win the magazine's coveted "recommended" status.
JAPAN
Aug 1, 2011

Sixth man apprehended over cash heist in Tachikawa

Kyodo A former gangster believed to be involved in Japan's biggest cash robbery was arrested Sunday in Tochigi Prefecture, bringing total arrests in the case to six, they said.
Reader Mail
Jul 31, 2011

Kan's escape from nuclear reality

Regarding the July 25 Kyodo article "70% back Kan's nuclear tack, ditto seek his exit": At a time when pragmatic statesmanship and hard-nosed realism are needed, it is extremely disappointing to read that Prime Minister Naoto Kan has decided to promote the unattainable ideal — at least in the foreseeable...
Reader Mail
Jul 31, 2011

Suspicious life expectancy figures

According to the July 28 Kyodo article "Men's life expectancy rises, but women's falls," there has been a slight dip in female life expectancy, though not enough to relinquish top spot, while male life expectancy hit a new high for the fifth straight year.
JAPAN
Jul 30, 2011

Films on late double hibakusha to air in London; BBC to get invite

KYODO Nagasaki Two Japanese documentary films on the late Tsutomu Yamaguchi, who survived both the Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic bombings, will be screened in London on Aug. 16 and invitations will be sent to the BBC, which aired a quiz show in 2010 that joked about him, the films' director said Thursday....
BUSINESS
Jul 30, 2011

South profits from nuke scare

South Korean food exports to Japan are climbing at their fastest pace on record after radioactive contamination and supply disruptions prompted consumers to switch to overseas producers.
JAPAN
Jul 29, 2011

Miyagi beef cattle shipments barred

The government ordered a complete ban Thursday on all shipments of beef cattle from Miyagi Prefecture after detecting radioactive cesium above the government limit in some local cattle.

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