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BUSINESS
Dec 20, 2008

Morgan cuts prime brokers to two

Morgan Stanley, one of the world's two biggest prime brokers, has eliminated five jobs in the unit that provides services for hedge funds in Tokyo, two sources said.
BUSINESS
Dec 20, 2008

ANA locked into wrong-way fuel bet for 2009

All Nippon Airways Co. tried to protect itself as jet fuel surged to a record $181 in July. Instead, it locked in prices at almost twice the market rate.
SOCCER / CLUB WORLD CUP
Dec 19, 2008

United advances to final as goal rush sees off Gamba

YOKOHAMA — Wayne Rooney came off the bench to ignite a second-half goal rush as Manchester United beat Gamba Osaka 5-3 Thursday to reach the final of the Club World Cup.
JAPAN / History
Dec 19, 2008

It's official: Aso family mine used POW labor

The government said Thursday it has documents showing Allied POWs worked at a coal mine run by Prime Minister Taro Aso's family during World War II.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Dec 19, 2008

Mystery Jets ditch the quirky and turn up the pop

They formed their group when they were only 8 years old, but after years of playpen antics it wasn't until 2006 that Mystery Jets made it into the public eye with their debut album "Making Dens."
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 18, 2008

Modest signs of progress in Poznan

SINGAPORE — The world remains on a path toward a new treaty to limit greenhouse-gas emissions, blamed by some scientists for warming the planet to potentially dangerous levels. But clinching a comprehensive deal designed to control climate change has been made increasingly difficult as both developed...
JAPAN
Dec 18, 2008

Celebrity sets off on two-year 'Earth Marathon'

Comedian Kanpei Hazama, 59, departed Osaka Wednesday at the start of his 36,000-km around-the-world jogging and sailing "Earth Marathon" that he expects to take at least two years to complete and whose progress will be closely reported on TV and a Web site.
Reader Mail
Dec 18, 2008

U.S.-China ties good for Japan

Regarding the Nov. 25 article reprinted from Sentaku magazine, "U.S.-China ties weaken alliances": The rise in U.S.-China relations, which primarily accounts for inseparable bilateral economic trade, in my opinion should be good news for Japan, contrary to what the writer argues. This is essentially...
Reader Mail
Dec 18, 2008

Asylum seekers sidelined

In the past two decades, the number of successful asylum seekers to Japan has barely averaged in double figures, while the handful of countries that were rich and humane enough saved some 75,000 refugees from the brutality of their own countries last year alone. Admittedly the world is in recession,...
Reader Mail
Dec 18, 2008

'Rice' remark hardly racist

Regarding the Dec. 15 AP article from Savannah, Ga., "Ford dealer hits Japan cars as 'rice ready, not road ready' ": The "rice ready" comment is more a sign of frustration and a tacit admission that Japanese brands are competitive with and arguably superior to Fords. Fords are fine cars in their own...
Reader Mail
Dec 18, 2008

An investment in the future

Regarding the Dec. 10 op-ed article "Making quality the key to Web searches": This has long been an educational objective of school librarians. School librarians team with teachers to build research skills into the school curriculum. Librarians also help educate students to conduct relevant Web searches...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Dec 18, 2008

Never mind the mistletoe: the finest hits of the Festival of Lights

If you're sick of songs about reindeer with red noses and jolly, bearded fat guys coming to town, here are some Hanukkah albums worth digging for.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Dec 18, 2008

The subcontinent shows its heart

Over the last decade or so, India has gone through unprecedented change, from largely missing out on the advances of the 20th century to rapidly becoming a leader of those in the 21st. But while the fragmented media coverage of the country hails its successful IT and biotechnology industries, it also...
Japan Times
ENVIRONMENT / WILD WATCH
Dec 17, 2008

In praise of 'Ice Birds'

The rush, chatter and babble of a stream on a summer's day is a great delight; the constantly shifting sounds make entrancing music and provide a wonderful source of entertainment for the wait-and-see naturalist.
BUSINESS
Dec 17, 2008

Subaru quits rally championship

Fuji Heavy Industries Ltd.'s Subaru quit the FIA World Rally Championship, the second team to exit the event in two days, as carmakers struggle with slumping auto demand.
SUMO / SUMO SCRIBBLINGS
Dec 16, 2008

A look back at sumo in 2008, before heading heading into 2009

For many sumo fans looking back at 2008, it will be a year of scandal with yaocho (match-fixing) allegations involving Yokozuna Asashoryu, and also the unfinished case surrounding the death of a young rikishi in mid-2007, still making their way through the infamously slow court system.
Japan Times
JAPAN / EXPLAINER
Dec 16, 2008

A highway system that ever exacts toll

Expressways have been a prominent feature of postwar Japan's infrastructure-building efforts.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / VIEWS FROM THE STREET
Dec 16, 2008

In an ideal world, who would you like to see running Japan?

BUSINESS
Dec 16, 2008

Takata, Akebono Brake seen as worst hit if Big Three fold

Takata Corp., Japan's largest maker of vehicle safety equipment, and Akebono Brake Industry Co. would lose the most among the country's auto parts suppliers should either General Motors Corp. or Chrysler LLC declare bankruptcy, according to Moody's Japan K.K.
Reader Mail
Dec 14, 2008

Blatant disregard of the norms

Regarding ASDF Maj. Misao Nakaya's Dec. 7 letter, " 'Civilian control' misinterpreted" and a Dec. 9 article in which the judges of an essay contest defended the controversial essay that led to the recent ouster of the Air Self-Defense Force chief of staff, Gen. Toshio Tamogami: I would like to make two...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Books / BEST OF BOOKS: 2008
Dec 14, 2008

Ready for a little Yuletide reading?

BAT-MANGA!: The Secret History of Batman in Japan, by Chip Kidd (Pantheon Books)
BUSINESS
Dec 14, 2008

Global turmoil trumps trio's gripes

FUKUOKA — The global economic slump transcended historical and territorial rows in East Asia as Japan, China and South Korea met Saturday for their first trilateral summit and discussed ways to fight the financial meltdown.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Books / BEST OF BOOKS: 2008
Dec 14, 2008

Ready for a little Yuletide reading?

BASHO: The Complete Haiku, translated by Jane Reichhold (Kodansha International)
The Toyota buyout is a major test for Japan’s reforms
Akio Toyoda, chairman of Toyota Motor, speaks during a media preview at the Japan Mobility Show in Tokyo on Oct. 29. Minority investors are challenging the carmaker's bid to take affiliate Toyota Industries Corp. private.
From France to Mali, a deportee's struggle far from home
Moussa Sacko, a Malian deported from France — where he had lived since he was a young child — stands on a street in Bamako, Mali, in December. Compared with his home in France, Bamako feels like a different planet, Sacko said.
New satellite images suggest 'mass graves' in Sudan's El-Fasher
A general view of a berm construction in Kinin Village near El-Fasher.
High-speed rail is expensive and difficult, but seen as a key to growth
Achal Khare, former managing director at India’s National High Speed Rail Corporation, gives a presentation during the IHRA Forum 2025 in Tokyo on Oct. 23.
SoftBank is said to have explored potential takeover of Marvell
SoftBank explored a potential takeover of U.S. chipmaker Marvell Technology earlier this year, in what would have been the semiconductor industry's largest-ever deal.
These are the hottest lower-division rikishi to watch right now
Fukazaki (right) grapples with Enho at the IG Arena in Nagoya on July 13.
Across borders and screens, Tokyo film festival finds humanity in migration
“Mother Bhumi” takes place in a multiethnic rice-farming community where Chinese, Thai and Malay lineages intertwine.
Takaichi’s balancing act: Supporting Taiwan and stabilizing China ties
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi shakes hands with Lin Hsin-i, Taiwan’s presidential adviser, on the sidelines of an Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit meeting in Gyeongju, South Korea, on Saturday in this image posted to Takaichi's official X account.
From 1973 to 2025: A Japanese American skater’s long ride to recognition
Judi Oyama at Winchester Skatepark in San Jose, California, in January 1979. The Skateboarding Hall of Fame inductee and Guinness World Record holder still skates and hopes to inspire older women.
More Japanese universities pushing toward teaching in English
Waseda University in Tokyo

Podcast

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

Longform

Once smoky, male-dominated spaces, today's net cafes, like Kaikatsu Club, are working to make their operations more attractive to women customers.
The second life of Japan's net cafes
By Alex K.T. Martin

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