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COMMENTARY / World
Aug 4, 2010

Kosovo decision sets a disastrous precedent

BELGRADE — Serbia will never recognize this unilateral declaration of independence: We seek peaceful compromise.
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 4, 2010

That 70s show in Russia

MOSCOW — Can Russia escape the "resource curse" implied by high oil prices, or will it succumb to what we call a "70-80" scenario? That is the question confronting Russians today, and we fear that their fate will be the latter: If oil prices remain at $70 to $80 per barrel, Russia is likely to relive...
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 4, 2010

Is another war in the Mideast inevitable?

BERLIN — Fuad Siniora, Lebanon's former prime minister, is a thoughtful man with deep experience in Middle Eastern politics. So when he speaks of "trains with no drivers that seem to be on a collision course," as he recently did at a private meeting in Berlin, interested parties should probably prepare...
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / WORLD UNIVERSITY BASEBALL CHAMPIONSHIP
Aug 4, 2010

Japan preps for quarters

KAWASAKI — Shooting for a first-ever gold medal, Japan isn't about to let its guard down against anyone and is treating every contest with a one-game-at-a-time mentality.
BASEBALL / HIT AND RUN
Aug 3, 2010

Media attention nothing new for celebrated hurler Saito

The fluttering of dozens of camera shutters following Japan's 4-0 win over South Korea on Friday served as a reminder that Yuki Saito is never far from the spotlight.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY
Aug 3, 2010

Karate teacher has worldwide allure

On first seeing him, it's hard to understand why people cross continents to meet this diminutive 65-year-old wiry gray-haired man, shaking his head in dismay as some of his karate students struggle to get a grip on the art of fighting with sticks.
BUSINESS
Aug 3, 2010

Inflation targets won't halt deflation: former BOJ deputy

Toshiro Muto, former deputy governor of the Bank of Japan, said inflation targeting by the central bank would do little to end deflation, dismissing an effort by politicians to impose such a measure.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / JUST BE CAUSE
Aug 3, 2010

The victim complex and Kim's killer con

It's fascinating whenever someone cons people out of pots of money — doubly so when someone cons a whole government. Take, for example, Japan's biggest news story two weeks ago: Kim Hyon Hui's four-day visit to Japan.
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE ZEIT GIST
Aug 3, 2010

Dying to work: Japan Inc.'s foreign trainees

"The Industrial Trainees and Technical Interns program often fuels demand for exploitative cheap labor under conditions that constitute violations of the right to physical and mental health, physical integrity, freedom of expression and movement of foreign trainees and interns, and that in some cases...
JAPAN
Aug 2, 2010

Yakult Swallows fan claims Twitter's 20 billionth tweet

Twitter's 20 billionth message didn't make much sense, but it spoke volumes about the rapid global growth of the microblogging service.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / WORLD UNIVERSITY BASEBALL CHAMPIONSHIP
Aug 1, 2010

Japan clobbers China in college tournament

Blowouts have been the theme of the early stages of the 5th World University Baseball Championship, and the host nation wasn't about to be left out of the fun.
CULTURE / TV & Streaming / CHANNEL SURF
Aug 1, 2010

Prison documentary and drama; CM of the week: Pfizer

Japan's prison system receives in-depth treatment on the documentary variety series "Arayuru Sekai wo Kengaku Se Yo!" (Inspect the World From Every Angle; Fuji TV, Sat., 11:35 p.m.) The whole point of prison is to isolate inmates from normal everyday life, but as the program shows, prison itself is normal...
JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
Aug 1, 2010

Depression takes hold as promises of Utopia fade away

Why isn't this Utopia? Why, given material and technological advantages beyond the wildest dreams of our most visionary ancestors, are we floundering in a sea of despair?
COMMENTARY / COUNTERPOINT
Aug 1, 2010

Japanese quotes cast country's life and culture in disparate lights

SECOND IN A THREE-PART SERIES — In its current issue, the popular monthly magazine Bungei Shunju has a long feature titled "Tekichushita yogen 50," meaning "50 predictions that hit the mark."
JAPAN
Jul 31, 2010

Historic schools face doom

From August, Chuo Ward in Tokyo will start to razing two "fukko" (revival) elementary schools, and demolish a third one around two years later.
JAPAN / CHUBU CONNECTION
Jul 31, 2010

Aichi looking to host Flower Expo by 2020

Flower-growers in Aichi Prefecture have started campaigning to bring the International Garden and Horticulture Exposition, better known as the Flower Expo, to Aichi by around 2020.
BASKETBALL
Jul 31, 2010

Apache finalize four more player contracts

A day after announcing the signing of teenage forward Jeremy Tyler — a story that appeared on hundreds of Web sites around the world — the Tokyo Apache added a few more pieces to the puzzle on Friday.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / WORLD UNIVERSITY BASEBALL CHAMPIONSHIP
Jul 31, 2010

Hurler Saito shines in victory over Koreans

Yuki Saito was such a certainty to take the mound against South Korea that Japan manager Tamotsu Enomoto forgot to tell him.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Jul 30, 2010

Charismatic Chan makes 'Karate Kid' role his own

HOLLYWOOD — He's featured in more than 100 movies spanning six decades, holds the Guinness World Record for most stunts by a living actor, and has enjoyed a career as one of China's truly global superstars. And despite all this, Jackie Chan continues to dazzle audiences and critics alike — well,...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Jul 30, 2010

'Salt'

Never has an actress looked so good in a tank top under a sleek black pants suit — with the exception of maybe Uma Thurman, Angelina Jolie proves she has the Hollywood femme action market cornered, and she even does a lot of her own stunts.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Jul 30, 2010

Who deserves to sit alongside Chagall?

There are many ways to view the lush, colorful, dreamlike and apparently naive art of Marc Chagall, one of the undoubted greats of 20th-century painting. "Marc Chagall and the Russian Avant-garde, from the Collection of the Centre Pompidou" at The University Art Museum, Tokyo University of Arts, makes...

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Sumadori Bar on Shibuya Ward's main Center Gai street targets young customers who prefer low-alcohol drinks or abstain altogether.
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