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JAPAN
Aug 7, 2012

Hiroshima honors A-bomb dead; protesters chant

Inside Hiroshima's Peace Park, tens of thousands of survivors, relatives, government officials and diplomats observed the 67th anniversary Monday of the city's atomic bombing, while just outside others marked the occasion by loudly protesting the decision to reactivate two nuclear reactors.
COMMUNITY / Issues / JUST BE CAUSE
Aug 7, 2012

For nikkei immigrants in Japan, it doesn't have to be a bug's life

As Beto awoke one morning from uneasy dreams, he found himself transformed in his futon into a gigantic cockroach.
JAPAN
Aug 7, 2012

Obituary: Shunpei Ueyama

Shunpei Ueyama, a philosopher and former president of Kyoto City University of Arts, died of Parkinson's disease at his home in the city of Kyoto last Friday, his family said Monday. He was 91.
BUSINESS
Aug 7, 2012

Share rout cues record margin trades

Sharp Corp.'s biggest one-day stock slide in 37 years sent its shares sold short in Japanese margin-trading accounts surging to a daily record as investors bet volatility will continue.
COMMUNITY / Voices / VIEWS FROM THE STREET
Aug 7, 2012

Nagoya: What is the best thing about cosplay?

This past weekend marked the 10th anniversary of the World Cosplay Summit in Nagoya, so The Japan Times took to the streets to pick cosplayers' brains about why they choose to devote hours upon hours of their lives to designing, making and — finally — acting out their fantasies in elaborate costumes....
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 6, 2012

Foreign students of Japanese hold Tokyo summit

At a symposium in Tokyo on Sunday, 12 people between the ages of 17 and 25 from a dozen different countries exchanged views about their cultures and the things they experienced during a one-month stay in Japan.
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 6, 2012

Faces of corporate leadership belie the myth that Asian Americans have avoided alienation

The Pew Center's recent report "The Rise of Asian Americans," which shows that Asians, not Latinos, comprise the largest group of immigrant arrivals in the United States, took many people by surprise. The data also show that Asian Americans have the highest education and per capita income.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Aug 6, 2012

Britain savors golden night on track

It was a glorious night for British athletics.
Reader Mail
Aug 5, 2012

Programs to eliminate bullying

There have been some useful suggestions from readers for eliminating bullying from schools, but what has been lacking so far is a discussion of conflict resolution.
CULTURE / TV & Streaming / CHANNEL SURF
Aug 5, 2012

"Intimate TV"; Reconstructing Tut's death; CM of the week: Morinaga Weider

The variety special "Nakayoshi Terebi" ("Intimate TV"; Fuji TV, Tues., 7 p.m.) brings together commentators from Japan, China and South Korea to argue over current affairs and poke fun at one another's cultures and economies. In the typical variety-show manner, it's all done in good humor.
Japan Times
SPORTS / ODDS AND EVENS
Aug 5, 2012

Japan's judoka should use London struggles as learning tool for 2016

Even though Japan invented judo and the nation's athletes have excelled at the Olympics and world championship competitions over the years, there were unrealistic expectations placed on Japanese judoka before the 2012 Summer Games.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Aug 5, 2012

Gamova puts on show as Russia downs Japan in four sets

Making her 235th appearance for the Russian national team, Ekaterina Gamova was the queen of the court — make that Earls Court — on Friday.
COMMENTARY / COUNTERPOINT
Aug 5, 2012

Japanese rice from Down Under forges new hope from historical links

"I think I can create a farming environment that can give hope to Fukushima farmers."
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel
Aug 5, 2012

How not to climb Mount Fuji

If you're considering trekking Mount Fuji this year, look sharp — just four weeks remain of the official open season. But if you're making last-minute plans for an ascent of those conical 3,776 meters, think carefully about what you're taking on. Unless, that is, you've always pictured yourself summiting...
BUSINESS
Aug 4, 2012

Japan turns to Brazilian corn amid U.S. drought

The worst U.S. drought in more than half a century will spur Japan, the biggest corn importer, to seek a record amount from Brazil after futures rallied to an all-time high, boosting costs for feed makers and meat producers.
OLYMPICS
Aug 3, 2012

Winning marks fall as time marches on

In 1908, King Edward VII reigned supreme over England, the ball dropped in New York City's Times Square for the first time to usher in the new year and John Philip Sousa's "The Fairest of the Fair," a march, was a hit tune. The year also marked the first time London hosted the Summer Olympics.
OLYMPICS / LONDON POSTCARD
Aug 3, 2012

Atmosphere was electric as Phelps swam to record

What was the atmosphere like at the Aquatics Centre on Tuesday evening?
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel / HOTELS & RESTAURANTS
Aug 3, 2012

Hawaiian food at JAL, Okura hotels

Through August, Okura Hotels and Resorts and its group company JAL Hotels Co. are collaborating to hold a summer Hawaiian gourmet fair, featuring special menus from member hotels Kahala Hotel and Resort in Honolulu and Makena Beach and Golf Resort in Maui.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Aug 3, 2012

'Nippon no Uso: Hodo Shashinka Fukushima Kikujiro 90-sai (Japan Lies)'

Caring too much can be an occupational hazard for journalists in disaster or war zones. The mantra of big media is objectivity, not advocacy. Also, the media spotlight keeps shifting, while victims are still suffering. You either move with it — or get left behind.
BUSINESS
Aug 3, 2012

Goldman led all foreign banks in domestic job-cutting blitz

Goldman Sachs Group Inc. led major foreign banks in Japan in accelerating job cuts last fiscal year as employees relocated to other Asian financial centers and firms trimmed costs to cope with a worldwide industry slump.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Aug 3, 2012

Hasegawa gets the perfect portrait

Making a documentary on a crusading 90-year-old photojournalist who is famously fearless and uncompromising is not for the timid. Saburo Hasegawa, who has been directing television documentaries on a range of social issues since the 1990s, was initially afraid that his subject, Kikujiro Fukushima, might...
Reader Mail
Aug 2, 2012

U.S. study remains wise option

Unlike the situation with young Chinese and South Koreans, the number of Japanese students entering American universities has been declining over the past decade. Fewer students may be qualified to study in the United States, and others are probably choosing to study in other countries. The latter action...

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Bear attacks have dominated Japanese news headlines in recent months, with 13 people so far having been killed by the animals.
Japan’s bears have been on their killing spree for more than 100 years