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BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Nov 6, 2011

Matsunaka remains a potent weapon for Hawks

A lot of baseball fans, particularly Fukuoka Softbank Hawks supporters, can probably recall how good Nobuhiko Matsunaka was during his prime in the early 2000s.
EDITORIALS
Nov 5, 2011

Problem with restart of reactor

Kyushu Electric Power Co. on Tuesday restarted the No. 4 reactor at its Genkai nuclear power plant in Saga Prefecture, which had been shut down since it developed trouble Oct. 4. Due to the nature of the trouble, it was not legally required to get prior approval for the restart from the town of Genkai...
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Nov 5, 2011

DeNA buys BayStars, awaits nod to add its name to team's

Mobile social gaming company DeNA Co. announced Friday it has purchased the cash-strapped Yokohama BayStars baseball club.
LIFE / Style & Design / Japan Pulse
Nov 4, 2011

DesignTide Tokyo 2011

DesignTide Tokyo 2011
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / BJ-LEAGUE NOTEBOOK
Nov 4, 2011

Akita's Gardener proving a formidable force once again

With identical 5-1 records, the upstart Akita Northern Happinets and expansion Chiba Jets square off four times over the next two weekends. It will be a strong early season test for both squads.
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
Nov 4, 2011

Get a sample of Japanese arts

The Japanese arts of noh and kabuki are popular with tourists from all over, and Kamigata Traditional Entertainment Night was created to make productions easier to comprehend with its all-English program of traditional theater.
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
Nov 4, 2011

Strengthening ties with Brazil via film

Brazilian films enchant in a way Hollywood or other Asian movies cannot, according to the organizers of this year's Festival Cinema Brazil.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Nov 4, 2011

"Asami Kiyokawa: Bijo Saishu"

Most people only think of drawing, painting and photography as the media for 2-D art works. Asami Kiyokawa, however, has chosen something different to enhance her work: embroidery.
Reader Mail
Nov 3, 2011

Nonsense from a poison pen

As much as I admire Debito Arudou for his efforts to point out flaws in the Japanese society and politics, he let himself get carried away this time.
Reader Mail
Nov 3, 2011

Culture shift to make cycling safer

Regarding the Oct. 26 article "Reckless cyclists face crackdown," I don't see that stricter enforcement of existing bicycle safety laws, or levying fines, or even banning bicycles from sidewalks altogether necessarily effectively address the problem of accidents involving cyclists and pedestrians.
JAPAN
Nov 3, 2011

Radiation reports may rise: officials

After two recent reports of radioactive substances being detected in Tokyo's Setagaya Ward, the science ministry Wednesday acknowledged that it receives a number of similar reports of unapproved radioactive materials each year.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Nov 3, 2011

"Beatriz Inglessis, The Primal Scen"

TANA Gallery Bookshelf Closes Nov. 18
BUSINESS / YEN FOR LIVING
Nov 2, 2011

Car taxes could be cut next year

The government may try to spur car sales by slashing related taxes.
COMMENTARY
Nov 2, 2011

U.S. military spending cuts have gone too far

We shouldn't gut defense. A central question of our budget debates is how much we allow growing social spending to crowd out the military and, in effect, force the United States into a dangerous, slow-motion disarmament.
EDITORIALS
Nov 2, 2011

Restoring Tohoku fisheries

In an attempt to restore fisheries in the Tohoku region devastated by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, the government on Oct. 15 decided to allow new private enterprises to engage in coastal fishery farming if certain conditions are met. It plans to submit a related bill to the current Diet session....
JAPAN
Nov 2, 2011

Cesium in pollen not viewed as health risk

The Forestry Agency believes cedar pollen next spring contaminated by cesium fallout from the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant will be well below the legal safety limit.
JAPAN
Nov 2, 2011

TPP bandwagons play tunes not all find pleasing to the ear

The question of whether Japan should join the Trans-Pacific Partnership free-trade talks has taken center stage in the Diet as the chasm grows between TPP advocates, mainly on the side of businesses, and opponents, representing long-protected farming and fishing constituencies.
COMMENTARY
Nov 2, 2011

Mitt Romney, the pretzel candidate

The Republican presidential dynamic — various candidates rise and recede; Mitt Romney remains at about 25 percent support — is peculiar because conservatives correctly believe it is important to defeat Barack Obama but unimportant that Romney be president. This is not cognitive dissonance.

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