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BUSINESS
Aug 14, 2007

Economic growth slows to annual pace of 0.5%

The economy grew at a weaker than expected 0.1 percent in the April-June quarter as exports to the United States slowed and consumer spending declined, the Cabinet Office said Monday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 14, 2007

'Izakaya' morale-boosting ritual catches on

Twenty-five minutes before the 5 p.m. opening, staff at Teppen, a Japanese-style bar in Tokyo's Shibuya district, and employees of other businesses gather around the counter for a daily meeting.
EDITORIALS
Aug 14, 2007

IAEA team's visit to nuclear plant

A six-member team from the International Atomic Energy Agency's Nuclear Installation Safety Division has finished a four-day inspection of Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear-power station, which was damaged by a major earthquake July 16. The IAEA team's task was to find out what actually...
Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design / ON: FASHION
Aug 14, 2007

Marc by Marc Jacobs, Yohji Yamamoto, etc.

Harajuku's new Marc
Reader Mail
Aug 12, 2007

Wrestlers deserve independence

With the latest shenanigans in the sumo world, isn't it about time to consider free agency for sumo wrestlers, or the creation of an independent sumo league without the supervision of the almighty Japan Sumo Association and outdated stable masters? I recently read that there had been very little interest...
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 12, 2007

India set to enter Africa as a competitor

LONDON — China's increasing influence in Africa has attracted great attention in recent years. But Asia's other rising power, India, is also becoming more active on this front, as its economic links are moving beyond its traditional partners in the British Commonwealth.
CULTURE / Books / THE ASIAN BOOKSHELF
Aug 12, 2007

Lauded in the West, ignored in the East

Sessue Hayakawa: Silent Cinema and Transnational Stardom, by Daisuke Miyao. Duke University Press, 2007, 380 pp., with 23 illustrations, $23.95 (paper) Kintaro Hayakawa (1886-1973), born in modest circumstances in Chiba, went on to have an extraordinary and unexpected life elsewhere. Now renamed Sesshu...
COMMENTARY / COUNTERPOINT
Aug 12, 2007

Forsake not the elderly, for they bear a great bounty

They are remodeling the station near where I work in Tokyo, and I marvel at the diligence of the security guards directing pedestrians inconvenienced by the building work. Virtually all the guards are seniors, most likely retirees from other forms of employment. I usually arrive at my station by 6 a.m.,...
Events
Aug 12, 2007

KANSAI: Who & What

English tour takes in Koyasan temple town
CULTURE / Books
Aug 12, 2007

A dark dissection of Tokyo at war

Tokyo Year Zero by David Peace. London: Faber, Aug. 2007, 355 pp., £16.99 (cloth); New York: Knopf, Sept. 2007, $24 (cloth). Aug. 15, 1945 — Emperor Hirohito broadcasts Japan's acceptance of the terms of the Potsdam Declaration, and the body of a woman is found in the flooded basement of Dai-Ichi...
CULTURE / TV & Streaming / CHANNEL SURF
Aug 12, 2007

TV host visits South Korea, WWII Tribunal Judge special, WWII A-bomb special tribute

One of the most popular series on NHK is "Tsurube no Kazoku ni Kampai (Tsurube Toasts Families)" (NHK-G, Monday, 7:30 p.m.), in which sandpaper-voiced rakugoka (comic storyteller) Tsurube Shofukutei and a guest visit a town or village and casually strike up conversations with people on the street with...
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Aug 12, 2007

Failing to learn lessons from a nuclear past

What do disgraced yokozuna (sumo grand champion) Asashoryu Akinori and Tokyo Electric Power Co. have in common? Answer: Both are under the delusion that they can get away with lying in plain sight.
BUSINESS
Aug 11, 2007

Toshiba may buy Marubeni Kazakhstan uranium stake

Toshiba Corp., Japan's biggest maker of nuclear reactors by capacity, is in talks to buy a stake in a uranium mine in Kazakhstan from Marubeni Corp. to secure fuel.
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Aug 11, 2007

Can anybody challenge Manchester United, Chelsea for title?

LONDON — In life you generally get what you pay for.
EDITORIALS
Aug 10, 2007

Kansai airport faces competition

The opening of the second runway has lifted hopes for a prominent role that Kansai airport can play in Asian air transportation. With the first, 3,500-meter runway and now the second, 4,000-meter runway, the airport can pitch itself as a 24-hour operation. But it is saddled with high costs and faces...
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / VINELAND
Aug 10, 2007

Two Victorias, twice the pleasure

Two of the hottest women winemakers in Spain today are named Victoria, so when they banded together to start a new winery, it was hardly surprising that they decided to call it Dos (two) Victorias.
Japan Times
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
Aug 10, 2007

Festival theater heats up Shibuya

Matsuri (festivals) in Japan are not only about fireworks, as the monthlong "Summer Summit 2007" drama event attests.
Japan Times
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
Aug 10, 2007

Web site showcases classical artists

The Web site Japan's Classical Music Artists introduces promising local classical artists to the rest of the world in addition to carrying news related to concerts, festivals and competitions.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Aug 10, 2007

Wise-guy George woos Tokyo

It's not clear whether George Clooney was in character for his Tokyo press conference (along with "Ocean's Thirteen" producer Jerry Weintraub), or whether he'd just been knocking back the hooch with lunch, but either way, he rarely answered a question straight.
CULTURE / Music
Aug 10, 2007

Tori Amos "American Doll Posse"

On her latest opus, Tori Amos assumes five different female personae (including one named "Tori") who sing 23 songs comprising four thematic suites.
COMMENTARY
Aug 9, 2007

How to deal with disasters

LONDON — Britain is notorious for its weather. This year April was unusually fine and warm. May, June and July were unseasonably cool. To describe these months as "wet" would be an English understatement. There was record rainfall with some places being deluged by rains normally only seen in the tropics....
EDITORIALS
Aug 9, 2007

U.N. acts, at last, on Darfur

The United Nations Security Council at long last has agreed to send a peacekeeping force to Darfur. The decision to send "blue helmets" is a critical step in the attempt to bring peace to the troubled region. But peacekeepers are only a means to an end. Real peace depends on a political settlement and...
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.
Thousands without power in Tokyo as heavy rain batters Kanto region
Heavy rain hit Tokyo and surrounding areas Thursday afternoon, causing thousands to lose power, prompting flood warnings, grounding flights and causing transportation issues.
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
JAL reprimand over drunken pilots adds to airline’s woes
Japan Airlines President Mitsuko Tottori (right) bows in apology Wednesday in Tokyo over the company's pilots causing flight delays due to drinking alcohol.
‘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.
Aging Japan’s centenarian population nears 100,000
Shigeko Kagawa, Japan's oldest person at 114, in Yamatokoriyama, Nara Prefecture, on July 30
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.
Shizuoka farmers fight to preserve sustainable tea method that’s steeped in tradition
As of August 2024, the number of confirmed chagusaba farmers had fallen to 302, just over half the 582 reported in 2015, according to the Shizuoka Chagusaba Farming Method Promotion Council.

Podcast

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

Longform

Figure skater Akiko Suzuki was once told her ideal weight should be 47 kilograms, a number she now admits she “naively believed.” This led to her have a relationship with food that resulted in her suffering from anorexia.
The silent battle Japanese athletes fight with weight
By Mai Yoshikawa

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