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JAPAN
Feb 4, 2013

Closer fault study raises Kyushu quake threat

The possibility of Kyushu being hit by a magnitude 6.8 or stronger temblor within 30 years is between 30 to 42 percent under newly revised criteria, a recent report by the government's earthquake research panel shows.
BASKETBALL
Feb 4, 2013

Rizing hold off Cinq Reves

This season Rizing Fukuoka head coach Atsushi Kanazawa's message to his players has been consistent.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media
Feb 4, 2013

Puppy Bowl grows in leaps, bounds

When reporters from The New Yorker, "NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams," "Good Morning America," The Associated Press and The Washington Post, have all converged upon one event, it must be important. An appearance by the president. A press conference about dignified matters, with plenty of throat-clearing...
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Feb 1, 2013

Antigun advocates tackle law shielding arms makers

A legal shield written by Congress to benefit the firearms industry is posing unexpected hurdles for parents in Newtown, Connecticut, and victims of other mass shootings who want to use the courts to hold gun makers accountable and push them to adopt stricter safety standards.
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / JAPAN LITE
Feb 1, 2013

Some thoughts on the rudiments of rutabaga

I can't wait to see NHK-G's special program to air Feb. 23. They are finally going to address a topic I have harbored secret thoughts about since I came to Japan in 1994. NHK is going to broach the topic in a no-holds-barred documentary. The subject is turnip tossing.
MORE SPORTS / MAN ABOUT SPORTS
Jan 30, 2013

Kaepernick, Wilson usher in new era

Howie Long, NFL analyst on Fox TV, said it best: The second weekend of this season's playoffs will go down as a landmark in pro football history.
JAPAN / Society
Jan 29, 2013

Mayor issues ultimatum over suicide

Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto is prepared to resign if the municipal board of education didn't cancel special sports-major slots at a high school where a student committed suicide in December.
SUMO / SUMO SCRIBBLINGS
Jan 28, 2013

Harumafuji bounces back but cracks are still there

Harumafuji made many a sports-page headline Monday morning thanks to his latest 15-0 championship, his third zensho-yusho to date, and in claiming his fifth Emperor's Cup; his first as a yokozuna.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives
Jan 25, 2013

New Yorker opens doors for foreigners in Sapporo

Ken Hartmann, 71, still opens doors for ladies, and still speaks with a brusque, no-nonsense New York accent even after 27 years in Japan.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / JAPAN LITE
Jan 25, 2013

A howler for Tokyo's bid for the 2020 Summer Olympic Games

On Jan. 7, Tokyo put in its bid to host the 2020 summer Olympic Games. So did Madrid and Istanbul. Who wins the coveted bid will not be known until September. But consider some of the barriers to Tokyo winning. First, Tokyo needs to garner more public support, meaning they'll need to get the population...
BASKETBALL / NBA / NBA REPORT
Jan 23, 2013

Garnett an enigma despite unquestioned greatness

So why are so many people applauding a guy who makes fun of cancer patients, calls other men's wives sluts and punches opponents in the groin?
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Jan 21, 2013

German gun owners quiet as national firearms registry starts

Imagine a vast registry that details every legal gun owner in the country, along with information about all of their firearms.
JAPAN / Media / Japan Pulse
Jan 18, 2013

J-blip: Sweets Marathon

Who needs sports drinks when you can have cake?
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 17, 2013

Moscow's not-so-friendly environmental quirks

Moscow, they say, "wasn't built at one go" — in contrast to St. Petersburg, which emerged laid out, as if by magic, in strict conformity to Peter the Great's plan — and it has been growing chaotically for more than 800 years on seven gently sloping hills surrounding the river of the same name.
BASEBALL / MAN ABOUT SPORTS
Jan 16, 2013

Plenty to keep the hot stove cooking

Back when all the MLB teams could be found east of the Mississippi River and north of Virginia, baseball junkies used to get their offseason fixes by sitting around yakking about downtime big league happenings — recent trades, news items, gossip and the like.
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 14, 2013

Sign of the Financial Times: Will it sell independence?

Too many years ago, this young reporter was about to move from one of Britain's biggest newspaper groups to a paper with a daily sale of fewer than 200,000 copies. A hard-bitten veteran, who had spent years reporting for the Daily Mail and the Daily Telegraph pleaded with me over farewell drinks not...
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 14, 2013

U.S. should extradite ex-officer under Pinochet

On Dec. 28, 2012, Judge Miguel Vásquez charged eight retired army officers with the murder of Victor Jara, a popular songwriter, guitarist and theater director who was killed days after the 1973 military coup against Chilean President Salvador Allende.
Japan Times
LIFE / Language / BILINGUAL
Jan 14, 2013

Hit product lists laud the year's marketing successes

Toward the end of every year, Japan's print media and many business organizations look back on "hit products" whose successes helped define consumer spending over the previous 12 months.
EDITORIALS
Jan 14, 2013

Tokyo's chances in 2020

The city of Tokyo on Jan. 7 filed its bid for the 2020 Summer Olympics and Paralympics with the International Olympics Committee in Switzerland. Tokyo failed in its bid to host the 2016 Olympics, losing to Rio de Janeiro.
BASKETBALL
Jan 13, 2013

Strong second half carries Evessa past Lakestars

The Osaka Evessa took care of business at both ends of the court on Saturday evening, defeating the visiting Shiga Lakestars 79-64.

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