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COMMENTARY / World
Oct 18, 2009

How Japan can regain its vitality

Last November, two months after the inauguration of the Cabinet of Prime Minister Taro Aso, I predicted, in an opinion piece for the American magazine Science, that a sweeping change in Japanese government was imminent.
EDITORIALS
Oct 16, 2009

Winny creator rightly acquitted

In December 2006, Mr. Isamu Kaneko, a former University of Tokyo researcher, was fined ¥1.5 million for enabling two computer users to illegally make movies and other files available to download. The Kyoto District Court said he was guilty because he had continued to offer the peer-to-peer file-sharing...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Oct 16, 2009

Crystal Kay is having a ball

"There is still some racial thing going on," claims a mild-mannered Crystal Kay. "Some people can't accept there are a lot of foreigners out there, even in the industry.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / TOKYO FOOD FILE
Oct 16, 2009

Tapas Molecular Bar: Elevated dining at a molecular level

Test-tube "caviar," froths and foams and taste-teasing flavor infusions, miracle fruit and desserts "cooked" at super-chilled temperatures. . . . Welcome to the brave new world of contemporary cuisine commonly known as molecular gastronomy.
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 15, 2009

Japan can learn from Silicon Valley

With unemployment figures reaching their highest level in the post-World War II era, the Japanese economy shows no sign of a Silicon Valley-like resurgence that could give hope to the unemployed or to "zombie" corporations that have no customers for their products and no growth.
JAPAN
Oct 14, 2009

Mentor in upcoming Ultraman movie to boast the smooth lines of Koizumi

Junichiro Koizumi, one of the most popular politicians in recent decades, has kept a low profile since stepping down as prime minister in September 2006 and retiring from politics after the Aug. 30 election.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL
Oct 12, 2009

Aoki takes on more responsibility as primary point guard

For the Tokyo Apache, Cohey Aoki is once again one of the main attractions this season.
BASKETBALL
Oct 12, 2009

Champ Golden Kings split series with Evessa

Despite the absence of Jeff Newton from the lineup on Sunday, the Ryukyu Golden Kings earned a series split in the season-opening battle of the bj-league's Western Conference powers.
SPORTS / SPORTS SCOPE
Oct 11, 2009

Ishihara's bid for legacy was Olympian waste of taxpayer money

I hate to say I told you so . . . but I did.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Oct 11, 2009

Japan's No. 1 playboy hardly a lady- killer

Talk-show host David Letterman obviously did the right thing when during a recent monologue he confessed to having had sex with some of his female staff. He made the admission to pre-empt news that he had been blackmailed for his indiscretions, but whatever the revelation said about Letterman's lack...
BASKETBALL
Oct 11, 2009

Palmer leads Evessa

The Osaka Evessa celebrated David Palmer's return to the team with a season-opening 73-67 victory over the defending champion Ryukyu Golden Kings on Saturday at the Okinawa Convention Center.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 10, 2009

Widow asks Toyota to move now on floor mat accelerator hazard

Two years before the fatal accident that prompted Toyota Motor Corp. to warn 3.8 million U.S. car owners to take out floor mats, Troy Johnson died in a crash also suspected of being caused by a floor mat jamming an accelerator.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL
Oct 9, 2009

Coach Rowsom faces tough task in rebuilding HeatDevils

From humble beginnings growing up in a town of 900 people in North Carolina, Brian Rowsom defied the odds by making it to the NBA.
Japan Times
JAPAN / CABINET INTERVIEW
Oct 9, 2009

Education chief takes liberal path

New education minister Tatsuo Kawabata says he will give more control of schools to local governments and increase practical learning, indicating a turn away from the conservative policies of previous administrations.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Oct 9, 2009

Sinden

Keeping true to form, the latest edition of Ganban Night sees the event bring across an overseas DJ who is both genre defying and currently favored by the hipster crowd. London-based Graeme Sinden is a DJ known for sets that fly through genres ranging from house to techno to hip-hop to dubstep and beyond,...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Oct 9, 2009

'Villon no Tsuma'/'Pandora no Hako'

Kichitaro Negishi's "Villon no Tsuma" ("Villon's Wife") is based on an Osamu Dazai short story with autobiographical overtones: An alcoholic writer steals a large sum of money from a small drinking establishment and, when he does a disappearing act, his wife offers to pay it back by working for the owners...

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Koichi Tagawa’s diary entry from Aug. 9, 1945, describes the day of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki.
The horrors of Nagasaki, in first person