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JAPAN
Jun 10, 2011

Noda emerges as likely Kan successor

With Naoto Kan's days as prime minister apparently numbered, Finance Minister Yoshihiko Noda emerged Thursday as a key candidate to succeed Kan.
JAPAN
Jun 10, 2011

Widen evacuation zone for children, pregnant women: Greenpeace chief

The government should consider evacuating children and pregnant women from a wider area around the Fukushima No. 1 power plant because radiation levels remain high even outside the 20-km no-go zone, Kumi Naidoo, executive director of Greenpeace International, said Thursday in Tokyo.
Reader Mail
Jun 9, 2011

A time to prepare for the worst

Regarding the June 3 Kyodo article "Plan outlines 10% hike in sales tax": A flat increase in the consumption tax is a real "no brainer" and already more than overdue. Ten percent will not even be enough. The Japanese government must consider increasing it to 15 or even 19 percent, since the whole system...
Reader Mail
Jun 9, 2011

Embarrassing delay of relief aid

Regarding the June 6 Kyodo article "Relief donations languishing": I can't believe a country of so many highly educated people has such a problem distributing emergency aid money donated by people around the world. I understand that determining how much local offices should get from the total donation...
EDITORIALS
Jun 9, 2011

More interrogation shenanigans

Amember of the Fukaya city assembly, Saitama Prefecture, who was elected in a March election, and his wife were arrested May 8 on suspicion of wining and dining supporters in mid-February. But on May 27, the Saitama District Public Prosecutors Office released them without deciding whether they should...
JAPAN
Jun 8, 2011

Nuke plant was unprepared for crisis, government admits

The government on Tuesday compiled a report on the nuclear crisis at the Fukushima No. 1 plant for submission to the International Atomic Energy Agency, underlining the need to reinforce measures against earthquakes, tsunami and other calamities.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jun 7, 2011

Fighters repel Giants to chalk up another shutout win

The Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters have discovered the one undeniable constant in all of sports.
JAPAN / Media / Japan Pulse
Jun 3, 2011

Japan, you look like you could use a long vacation

Travel agencies are banking on fact that possible power shortages in Japan this summer will inspire people to take longer vacations.
BUSINESS
Jun 3, 2011

Kan wins Pyrrhic victory: analysts

Prime Minister Naoto Kan's weakened political clout has further deepened widespread concern over the country's apparent inability to contain its swelling national debt and deliver urgently needed funding to the disaster-hit areas, economists said Thursday.
JAPAN
Jun 2, 2011

No-confidence vote set for Kan Cabinet

The Liberal Democratic Party, New Komeito and Tachiagare Nippon (Sunrise Party of Japan) submitted a binding no-confidence motion against Prime Minister Naoto Kan on Wednesday evening, shaking the administration to the core as discontented members of the Democratic Party of Japan, including Cabinet appointees,...
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jun 1, 2011

Miyagi federation OKs plan for third All-Star game

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BASKETBALL
May 28, 2011

Hamamatsu's Kawai promoted to head coach

Longtime assistant coach Ryuji Kawai has been named the Hamamatsu Higashimikawa Phoenix's new coach, replacing the departed Kazuo Nakamura, it was announced Thursday night.
Japan Times
JAPAN
May 23, 2011

Tamura residents challenge hot zone for short trip home

Residents of Tamura, Fukushima Prefecture, were allowed to visit their homes in the nuclear no-go zone for two hours Sunday.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
May 21, 2011

BayStars slugger Murata delivers winning blast in seventh

Shuichi Murata had played six straight games without hitting a home run. Even worse, his Yokohama BayStars had gone six games without a win.

Longform

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