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COMMENTARY
Dec 30, 2009

The Japan-India partnership to power a multipolar Asia

Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama's India visit is part of Japan's growing economic and strategic engagement with that country. Given that the balance of power in Asia will be determined by events as much in the Indian Ocean rim as in East Asia, Tokyo is keen to work with New Delhi to promote peace and stability...
LIFE / Digital
Dec 30, 2009

Cold War encryption is unrealistic in today's trenches

Sometimes mediocre encryption is better than strong encryption, and sometimes no encryption is better still.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Dec 30, 2009

Sumitomo Chemical to buy 20% stake in Australian firm Nufarm

Nufarm Ltd. said Sumitomo Chemical Co. has agreed to buy a 20 percent stake in the company after Australia's largest farm chemicals supplier rejected a 2.6 billion Australian dollar (¥212 billion) takeover offer from China's Sinochem Corp.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE ZEIT GIST
Dec 29, 2009

Stray observations on booming pet culture

Pets are big business these days. Cat and dog cafes, animal accessory shops, dog hotels and even aesthetic salons for animals are easy to find. On weekends, in the large park near my house, I see people walking what appear to be entrants in a pedigree dog competition: dachshunds in mini-sweaters promenade...
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / VIEWS FROM THE STREET
Dec 29, 2009

Why is the Kansai region a better place to live than Kanto?

COMMUNITY / Voices / HOTLINE TO NAGATACHO
Dec 29, 2009

Reconciliatory value of a visit to Nanjing

Dear Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama,
COMMUNITY / Voices / VIEWS FROM THE STREET
Dec 29, 2009

Why is the Kansai region a better place to live than Kanto?

Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / Japan Pulse
Dec 28, 2009

Trends in Japan 2009: fast fashion

A few high-end fashion names were forced to pull out of the Japan market in 2009, but the fast fashion outlets picked up the slack.
COMMENTARY
Dec 28, 2009

Economy chasing its tail

The Japanese have a saying — "sandome no shoujiki." Roughly translated it means that "after getting it wrong twice you finally get it right the third time."
MORE SPORTS
Dec 28, 2009

Mao wins nationals

KADOMA, Osaka Pref. — Mao Asada won the women's Japan Figure Skating National Championships on Sunday to secure a place in the Vancouver Olympic team.
Reader Mail
Dec 27, 2009

Land mine status quo disheartening

Who would be the eager attackers if all land mines were to vanish overnight? That's the question I had on reading Jody Williams' Dec. 5 article (from the Los Angeles Times), "Obama continues shameful land mine policy." Civilians continue to be maimed and killed by them, while China, India, Pakistan,...
Reader Mail
Dec 27, 2009

India can't compare with China

Regarding Dominique Moisi's Dec. 22 article, "Recognizing confident India as indispensable": "G3" with India? You have got to be kidding! I mean you only have to look at cities like Beijing and Shanghai, or Xian, Chengdu and Dalian. Mumbai and Delhi are simply incomparable to them.
COMMENTARY / COUNTERPOINT
Dec 27, 2009

Decade's end abuzz and a-flutter with wist for a warm poetic past

At the end of the year — and, particularly, the end of a decade — an old man's fancy turns, involuntarily, to nostalgia.
MORE SPORTS
Dec 27, 2009

Asada holds top spot at nationals

KADOMA, Osaka Pref. — Mao Asada posted the top score in the women's short program at the Japan Figure Skating National Championships on Saturday, strengthening her chances of securing a spot in the Vancouver Olympics.
Reader Mail
Dec 27, 2009

Opinion could use greater diversity

I was shocked by the opinions expressed in the Dec. 22 article "Level playing field for immigrants: responses" — except by the opinion from the person whose name was withheld, who possibly suffered real discrimination.
CULTURE / Books
Dec 27, 2009

First glimpses of a new world

THE LURE OF CHINA: Writers From Marco Polo to J.G. Ballard, by Frances Wood. Yale University Press, New Haven and London, 2009, 283 pp., £19.99 (hardcover) Not many readers follow the adventures of Robinson Crusoe as far as China, or even realize he went there. But the first volume of the famous story...
CULTURE / TV & Streaming / CHANNEL SURF
Dec 27, 2009

The year's top news in brief, final `Hidden Talent' show, and Shinichi Hoshi's short stories

SMAP's leader, Masahiro Nakai, is not just this year's co-emcee of NHK's New Year's Eve song contest again. He's hosting specials throughout this week and next all over the TV dial.
COMMENTARY / COUNTERPOINT
Dec 27, 2009

Decade's end abuzz and a-flutter with wist for a warm poetic past

At the end of the year — and, particularly, the end of a decade — an old man's fancy turns, involuntarily, to nostalgia.
CULTURE / TV & Streaming / CHANNEL SURF
Dec 27, 2009

The year's top news in brief, final `Hidden Talent' show, and Shinichi Hoshi's short stories

SMAP's leader, Masahiro Nakai, is not just this year's co-emcee of NHK's New Year's Eve song contest again. He's hosting specials throughout this week and next all over the TV dial.
JAPAN
Dec 27, 2009

Hatoyama to seek progress on Russia-held isles

Obama," he said. On the dispute over the relocation of U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma in Okinawa Prefecture, Hatoyama said people might be worried that the issue may affect future bilateral relations.

Longform

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