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CULTURE / TV & Streaming / CHANNEL SURF
Sep 23, 2001

Writ large on the small screen

'Platonic Sex," the memoir by popular talent and former AV queen Ai Iijima, has sold more than 1.2 million copies in Japan and, translated into Chinese and Korean, has become the "bible" of young women throughout Asia. It tells the story of a teenage runaway who, free from the obligations of family and...
BASEBALL / MLB
Sep 20, 2001

Buffaloes soldier on as Isobe grabs some glory

OSAKA -- Another game, another hero for the Kintetsu Buffaloes. And so the story goes, as Kintetsu's incredible march toward the Pacific League pennant continues.
BUSINESS / ON THE FRONT LINE
Sep 20, 2001

Markets reel in attacks' wake

The terrorist attacks targeting the United States last week have thrown the world's financial markets into turmoil.
BASEBALL / MLB
Sep 18, 2001

Giants pound Dragons

Pinch-hitter Domingo Martinez hit a tiebreaking base-clearing double in the five-run seventh inning, helping the Yomiuri Giants down the Chunichi Dragons 9-3 at the Nagoya Dome in the only Sunday night game in Japanese pro baseball.
BASEBALL / MLB
Sep 17, 2001

Fans seek distraction at Fighters-M's game

Sunday was supposed to be Yankees Day at the Tokyo Dome. The American national anthem was supposed to be played by a U.S. military band. Public address announcements were supposed to be made in English. One fan was even supposed to win a round-trip airline ticket to New York. Out of respect to those...
BASEBALL / MLB
Sep 13, 2001

Oh boy! Rhodes at 54 and counting

OSAKA -- Kintetsu slugger Tuffy Rhodes moved to the doorstep of history Wednesday night as the Buffaloes beat the Chiba Lotte Marines 8-3 at the Osaka Dome and moved back into first place in the Pacific League.
BASEBALL / MLB
Sep 13, 2001

Buffaloes' players, brass take news of attack hard

OSAKA -- News of the terrorist attacks back in the United States shook the Kintetsu Buffaloes' American contingent to the core on Wednesday.
LIFE / Travel
Sep 11, 2001

Escape urban chaos to old Thailand

NONTHABURI, Thailand -- In the eyes of Sulak Sivaraksa, Thailand's most caustic social critic, Bangkok has become "a third-rate Western city." Monster malls, condos, fast-food franchises, discos and billboards for Western clothes and appliances have gradually eroded the city's Asian look and atmosphere....
BASEBALL / MLB
Sep 7, 2001

Diaz dials long distance in Carp win

Eddy Diaz homered twice Thursday to lead Hiroshima's 10-hit attack as the Carp defeated the Central League front-running Yakult Swallows 7-4 for their fifth straight victory.
BASEBALL / MLB
Sep 6, 2001

Rhodes blasts 50th home run

Kintetsu Buffaloes slugger Tuffy Rhodes drilled a solo homer in the ninth inning of Wednesday's game at the Seibu Dome to become the first ever foreign Pacific League player to notch 50 home runs in a season.
Events
Sep 4, 2001

Fukushima area's face-lift puts it back on Osaka map

OSAKA -- Once a backwater in the shadow of Osaka's highly developed Umeda district, the area around Fukushima station is slowly being transformed from a slightly run-down neighborhood of cheap ramen shops to a gentrified area of French restaurants and Internet cafes.
BASEBALL / MLB
Sep 3, 2001

Rhodes goes yard for No. 49 as Buffs grab PL lead

Tuffy Rhodes slammed his 49th homer of the season and Eiji Mizuguchi singled home the go-ahead run in the top of the seventh inning as the Kintetsu Buffaloes edged the Nippon Ham Fighters 10-9 at the Tokyo Dome on Sunday to climb into first place in the Pacific League standings, half a game ahead of...
COMMUNITY
Sep 2, 2001

What's off the menu?

Types of vegetarians and definitions, according to the British-based International Vegetarian Union:
BASEBALL / MLB
Sep 2, 2001

Tuffy nails No. 48

Tuffy Rhodes slammed his Japanese league-leading 48th homer of the year to lead Kintetsu's 19-hit barrage as the Buffaloes maintained second place in the PL standings by trouncing the Nippon Ham Fighters 13-3 at the Tokyo Dome on Saturday.
JAPAN / 50 YEARS SINCE SAN FRANCISCO
Aug 30, 2001

American-style peace redefines Japanese palate

Fortunately, the GIs had something in their pockets and backpacks that led to instant friendship with total strangers: the Hershey chocolate bar.
BASEBALL / MLB
Aug 27, 2001

Rhodes devours Ham for lunch

Tuffy Rhodes belted his 44th homer of the season Sunday to regain a share of the lead in the Pacific League home-run derby and power the Kintetsu Buffaloes 7-2 over the Nippon Ham Fighters.
JAPAN
Aug 22, 2001

Typhoon claims two, heads for Tokyo area

Typhoon Pabuk, which hit the Kii Peninsula in western Japan shortly after 7 p.m. Tuesday, claimed at least two lives as it became the first typhoon in two years to hit the mainland, the Meteorological Agency said.
JAPAN
Aug 21, 2001

Obituaries: Junichiro Itani, Sumiko Takahara

Junichiro Itani, an internationally renowned anthropologist and professor emeritus at Kyoto University, died of pneumonia at a Kyoto hospital Sunday, his family said Monday. He was 75.
BASEBALL / MLB
Aug 15, 2001

Lowly Fighters clobber first-place Buffs

Yukio Tanaka and Michihiro Ogasawara hit two homers as the cellar-dwelling Nippon Ham Fighters routed PL leader Kintetsu Buffaloes 17-3 at the Tokyo Dome on Tuesday. The Fighters racked up 15 hits, six of which were home runs, and extended their win streak to five.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY
Aug 12, 2001

Going the distance and beyond

OSAKA -- When the late Abebe Bikila represented Ethiopia in the men's marathon at the 1960 Rome Olympics, he shrugged off shoes in favor of his own bare feet. He took the gold, but were he running today, he might not make the same choice.
Demystifying the manufacturing success of China
China’s massive scale, strong education system and competitive local governance have enabled it to reach the technological frontier and dominate high-tech manufacturing despite its low per capita gross domestic product.
Japan to revise romanization rules for first time in 70 years
The Agency for Cultural Affairs is recommending replacing the government’s long-standing Kunrei system with more widely used Hepburn-style spellings.
Japanese manufacturers moving headquarters out of central Tokyo
A building in Kawasaki housing Toshiba's new headquarters
Is sumo becoming a victim of its own popularity?
A training session at Shikoroyama stable in June 2016. Sumo training sessions are increasingly simulated or the preserve of group tours.
Japanese man suspected of ordering double murder in Manila
Two suspects arrested over the killing of two Japanese last week are held in restraints in Manila on Tuesday.
Tokyo crowned No.1 'workation' spot
Workations were a burgeoning trend in the corporate world for years before the COVID-19 pandemic turbocharged it.
Atsushi Kitagawara’s exhibition finds poetry in architecture
The inverted cone, one of Atsushi Kitagawara’s six signature elements in architecture, is a key feature of the Nakamura Keith Haring Collection museum building.
Candidates preparing to make final pitches for Sawamura Award
Hawks pitcher Livan Moinelo has a 1.13 ERA in 19 starts this season.
Winning warship bid gives Japan confidence boost as Tokyo eyes more exports
Australia’s decision to select Japan's upgraded Mogami-class warship, seen in this computer-generated image, has been “well received across Japanese industry," a Defense Ministry official said.
In Paris, chefs Chizuko Kimura and Kei Kobayashi make their mark
Chef Kei Kobayashi is France's only Japanese chef with three Michelin stars.

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
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Tetsuzo Shiraishi, speaking at The Center of the Tokyo Raids and War Damage, uses a thermos to explain how he experienced the U.S. firebombing of March 1945, when he was just 7 years old.
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