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Japan Times
LIFE
Feb 22, 2009

Refuge . . . of a sort

The main character of the one-act play that follows is loosely based on the few known facts concerning a Russian nobleman-refugee named Semyon Nikolaevitch Smirnitsky. Born in St. Petersburg in 1879, Smirnitsky fled the Russian Revolution in 1919 and spent the rest of his life in Japan, mostly in Otaru,...
BUSINESS
Feb 22, 2009

Norinchukin to seek capital of ¥1.9 trillion

Norinchukin Bank said Friday it will raise ¥1.9 trillion and replace its chief executive officer, following the largest losses on asset-backed securities of any Asian lender.
MORE SPORTS
Feb 21, 2009

Tiger set to tee it up next week

LOS ANGELES — Eight months after winning the U.S. Open on one good leg, a healthy Tiger Woods is returning to golf.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Feb 21, 2009

Holtz happy to coach Notre Dame alumni in 75th anniversary game

What a summer it will be for American football fans in Japan.
BUSINESS
Feb 21, 2009

Toyota extends production cuts to April

Toyota, the world's largest automaker, said Friday it will further suspend production at home to cope with slumping global demand and mounting vehicle inventories.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Feb 21, 2009

J-Power seeks investors to replace pesky TCI

The head of J-Power, the nation's largest electricity wholesaler, wants to attract long-term investors to replace its biggest stakeholder, hedge fund TCI, which exited after seeking his ouster in a feud over corporate management.
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
Feb 20, 2009

Japanese flute may give Zen

The shakuhachi is a traditional Japanese bamboo flute with a simple construction: It usually has four holes on the front and one on the back. But it can express a wide range of sounds and is used in forms including Zen meditation music, programmatic pieces depicting nature and avant-garde contemporary...
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel / HOTELS & RESTAURANTS
Feb 20, 2009

ANA takes you to the next level

The ANA InterContinental Hotel Tokyo is celebrating the opening of its renovated executive floor with a "Club Upgrade Promotion" through March 31.
Japan Times
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
Feb 20, 2009

Dolls to be displayed for the health of girls

Events leading up to the March 3 Hina Matsuri (Japanese doll festival) are in full swing. In the centuries-old tradition, people decorate their homes with ornamental dolls and peach blossoms — and celebrate with sake and chirashi-zushi (sushi rice topped with egg and seafood) — to wish for young...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Feb 20, 2009

Worst Taste: as stupid as they wanna be

"I like bands that are energetic and stupid. And with no sense of fashion. We hate fashionable bands whose music is no good."
BUSINESS
Feb 20, 2009

Nippon Life to up Principal stake

Nippon Life Insurance Co., Japan's biggest life insurer, plans to raise its stake in Principal Financial Group Inc. as it seeks expansion abroad, a source said Thursday.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / TOKYO FOOD FILE
Feb 20, 2009

Nemuri-an: Austere, obscure, entirely Japanese

At the recent Tokyo Taste World Gastronomy Summit, the super-chefs assembled at Tokyo International Forum paid fulsome homage to Japan and its influence on their own creative vision. Their well-honed, technologically enhanced presentations were leavened throughout with buzzwords such as dashi soup stock,...
Reader Mail
Feb 19, 2009

Kyoto got what it asked for

Regarding the Jan. 13 article "Respect 'maiko' privacy, don't act like paparazzi, Kyoto tells tourists": All of Kyoto has aggressively promoted tourism to the international community. The city.kyoto.jp Web site provides a pamphlet that dedicates two pages to the maiko (apprentice geisha), the same amount...
Reader Mail
Feb 19, 2009

Shuichi Kato will be missed

Regarding the Feb. 12 article "Pacifist, cultural critic Kato remembered": The day the honorable Dr. Shuichi Kato passed away was indeed a sad day for Japan. We have lost a very truthful man, a man of honor who saw wrong and tried to right it, who saw human suffering and tried to heal it, and who saw...
Reader Mail
Feb 19, 2009

Harvard has yet to sell itself

Regarding the Feb. 5 article "Why can't Japanese kids get into Harvard?": The answer is that they are not interested. Harvard is difficult, expensive and far from Japan. Although there are many promising Japanese candidates for Harvard, they usually go to medical schools or to Tokyo University. Therefore,...
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Feb 19, 2009

Kawasaki touts eco-technology

Having managed to clean up its once badly polluted skies through the application of advanced eco-friendly technology, Kawasaki is now trying to share its experience with other cities around the world.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / HOOP SCOOP
Feb 19, 2009

Time for bj-league to take stock, make necessary changes

Baseball and soccer are well-established professional sports in Japan. And now it's time for the bj-league, Japan's first professional basketball league, to take necessary steps to earn its place as an established, respected league.
BUSINESS
Feb 18, 2009

No way out left for Aso, experts say

The resignation of Finance Minister Shoichiro Nakagawa following his disgraceful display in Rome has further weakened Prime Minister Taro Aso and could prove to be the straw that breaks the Cabinet's back, political observers said Tuesday.
EDITORIALS
Feb 18, 2009

Surprisingly sharp decline

The Cabinet Office's statistics show that the Japanese economy is in a serious recession. In the October- December quarter, gross domestic product in real terms shrank by 3.3 percent from the previous quarter or an annualized 12.7 percent.
COMMENTARY
Feb 18, 2009

Tsvangirai has likely made the wrong choice

On Feb. 11, in Harare, Morgan Tsvangirai drank the poisoned chalice, knowing that it was poisoned. He was sworn in as prime minister of Zimbabwe, in a government that is still controlled by his deadly enemy, President Robert Mugabe. He must know that his chances of success, even of political survival,...
BUSINESS
Feb 18, 2009

Nakagawa resigns after G7 disgrace

Finance Minister Shoichi Nakagawa abruptly resigned Tuesday evening amid rapidly growing calls to quit over his sloppy and allegedly drunken appearance at a Group of Seven press briefing in Rome on Saturday.
BUSINESS
Feb 17, 2009

Creating demand at home must be main goal

To achieve a long-term solution to the economic crisis, the government must offset the sharp decline in foreign demand by strengthening industries that can generate demand at home, according to economist Nobuo Ikeda, a professor at Jobu University in Gunma Prefecture.
Is America ready for Japanese-style 7-Elevens?
Convenience stores are a fixture of Japanese life and 7-Eleven, a chain that began in the U.S. in 1927, opened its first store in Japan in 1974 — and then became wholly Japanese-owned in 2005 through parent company Seven & I Holdings.
Japan's cutting-edge railgun successfully strikes target vessel
The Defense Ministry’s Acquisition, Technology & Logistics Agency (ATLA) conducted a ship-board railgun shooting test from June to early July this year with the support of the Maritime Self-Defense Force.
‘Fairytale’ Shirakawago ranked one of the world’s most beautiful villages
Forbes and Unforgettable Travel Company have ranked Shirakawago in Gifu Prefecture as Asia's most beautiful village.
People rush to make furusato nozei donations ahead of tighter rules
A booth from the town of Betsukai in Hokkaido at an Amazon Japan furusato nо̄zei promotion event, on Sept. 5 in Tokyo's Minato Ward.
Why more hotels in Japan are offering room-only service
Nipponia Hotel Ise Kawasaki Merchant Town in Ise, Mie Prefecture
Strikes on Qatar and Poland shake U.S. sway among friend and foe
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks at the Museum of the Bible in Washington on Sept. 8. Israeli strikes in Qatar and Russian drone incursions into Poland have challenged the U.S. leaders claims of global respect.
Japan's major art events converge this fall
Shinji Ohmaki’s “Tokinokage” exhibited at Fuji Textile Week 2021 shows the use of fabric as art.
An aesthetic escape to Hakone’s art-drenched hills
Between traditional examples of fine art and sleek, modern exhibitions that blend with nature, Hakone offers a unique escape from Tokyo's urban sprawl.
Niinami’s ouster quick but not unusual as corporations protect reputation
Takeshi Niinami resigns as chairman and CEO of Suntory Holdings.
As Manila modernizes its military, new opportunities emerge for Tokyo
A Brahmos missile system is displayed during a rehearsal for a military parade in New Delhi in January. The Philippines will soon receive its second batch of the supersonic cruise missiles from India.

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

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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.
Rethinking that second drink: Japan’s Gen Z gets ‘sober curious’
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