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JAPAN
Sep 4, 2009

Writer slams Google Book deal

A freelance journalist said Thursday he has sent a letter to a U.S. district court informing it of his "clear objection" to the controversial Google Book Search settlement.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Sep 4, 2009

Wonder Stuff give fans an encore

Anyone who knows anything about the U.K. pop scene understands how important the music weeklies are to the success of young artists, and while the Internet has undermined that influence they can still make or break a band. Miles Hunt should know. He and his group, The Wonder Stuff, were darlings of the...
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
Sep 4, 2009

Weekend of jazz features prime performers

Jazz fans are gearing up for a weekend of saxophone, guitar and piano at the 2009 Tokyo Jazz Festival.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 4, 2009

Futenma shift puts Hatoyama, U.S. ties to test

The next prime minister faces a possible showdown with Washington over a plan to relocate a U.S. air base in Okinawa and in the process move thousands of U.S. Marines from the prefecture to Guam, as he tries to remake his country's relationship with the U.S. while maintaining their strong alliance.
EDITORIALS
Sep 4, 2009

Indictment of a pop idol

Singer and actress Ms. Noriko Sakai was indicted Aug. 28 on a charge of possessing a stimulant drug (amphetamine). Her arrest and indictment are regrettable not only because her popularity as a pop idol extends beyond Japan to China, Taiwan and Hong Kong but also because she took part in a government...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Sep 4, 2009

'The Ugly Truth'

The rom-com, once a source of solace for the working woman who, after a hard day's work, could at least count on undemanding entertainment to tide her through the evening, has become something different. It's no longer the sweet and smart girlfriend equivalent, unjudgmental if a little cynical. That...
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 2, 2009

Japanese metamorphosis

OSAKA — Sunday's landslide general-election victory by the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) terminated the one-party- dominated system that the catch-all Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) has controlled almost without interruption since 1955.
JAPAN
Sep 1, 2009

Bureaucrats jockey to face new management

The Liberal Democratic Party's crushing election defeat brings to an end its cozy relationship with the bureaucracy, which the victorious Democratic Party of Japan has promised to weaken.
COMMUNITY / Voices / VIEWS FROM THE STREET
Sep 1, 2009

Do you have a message for the next prime minister of Japan?

Japan Times
JAPAN / ANALYSIS
Aug 31, 2009

Historic sea change at polls product of frustrated public

For better or worse, history has been made.
Reader Mail
Aug 30, 2009

Australia's postwar racist policy

In his Aug. 27 letter, "MacArthur's 'truth' for Australians," Charles Ainsworth asked about the awkward truths relating to the treatment of black American soldiers by Australia during World War II. Sadly, the record is an ignominious one.
COMMENTARY / COUNTERPOINT
Aug 30, 2009

Japan at a crossroads of government and of its citizens' values

Charles de Gaulle, the magisterial president of France from 1959-69, was inordinately fond of the phrase, "Moi ou le chaos" — "Me or chaos." It was not much of a choice.
Japan Times
ENVIRONMENT
Aug 30, 2009

Avian killing fields of lotus

Earlier this year it was reported that one of the 10 Crested ibises reintroduced to the wild on Sado Island last autumn had turned up in Fukushima Prefecture, in central Honshu. The islanders worried that Nipponia nippon, which had come to represent their Japan Sea home, had abandoned them.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel / BACKSTREET STORIES
Aug 30, 2009

A textiles tour to dye for

A landlocked train stop named Hikifune (Tugboat) begs a question. Two such stations in Tokyo's downtown Sumida Ward — the other is nearby Keisei Hikifune — suggest there should be some answers.
Reader Mail
Aug 30, 2009

Live dolphins, whales add value

Regarding the Aug. 25 article "Taiji told to stop dolphin carnage or sister ties end (with Broome, Australia)": I recently saw the film "The Cove" and would like to suggest to the people who kill dolphins in the port of Taiji that the dolphins and whales that visit the area are worth more alive than...
CULTURE / TV & Streaming / CHANNEL SURF
Aug 30, 2009

Ryuichi Sakomoto on 'Bakusho,' dishes worth tears and 'The Host's Wife'

This week the subject of "Bakusho Mondai no Nippon no Kyoyo" (Bakusho Mondai's Japan Education; NHK-G, Tues., 10:50 p.m.) is music, but not necessarily Japanese music.

Longform

Mount Fuji is considered one of Japan's most iconic symbols and is a major draw for tourists. It's still a mountain, though, and potential hikers need to properly prepare for any climb.
What it takes to save lives on Mount Fuji