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BUSINESS / YEN FOR LIVING
Aug 16, 2011

Which appliance is the energy hog? It's not your air conditioner

The media aren't really telling you the best way to save energy at home ...
COMMENTARY
Aug 16, 2011

The Song of Chu and Japanese politics today

"Song of Chu all around" (si-mian-Chu-ge) is an old Chinese saying that means "being besieged or deserted on all sides."
JAPAN
Aug 16, 2011

On day of past defeat, Kan urges recovery

Prime Minister Naoto Kan pledged Monday on the 66th anniversary of the end of World War II that the nation would recover from the March 11 triple disaster, likening the hardship to postwar reconstruction.
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 16, 2011

What is not blamed for the riots in Britain

To a watching world, the sight of Britain on fire last week has surely been shocking. The looting and torching has revealed an inner-city London, Birmingham and Manchester seldom glimpsed in the England usually offered for export via soft-focus period dramas, Hugh Grant movies or stories on Will and...
Reader Mail
Aug 14, 2011

Cracks in foreign press reports

If I had not been to China, I would probably agree with Brahma Chellaney's assessment of rising social unrest in Tibet, Xinjiang and Inner Mongolia (Aug. 6 article, "Cracks in the Chinese wall").
CULTURE / Books
Aug 14, 2011

Japan through the eyes of Richie

VIEWED SIDEWAYS: Writings on Culture and Style on Contemporary Japan, by Donald Richie. Stonebridge Press, 2011, 264 pp., $16.95 (paper)
BASKETBALL / HOOP SCOOP
Aug 14, 2011

Time for bj-league to make serious push for recognition

In nearly two months, the bj-league will begin its seventh season. The fact that the league still exists is, well, an accomplishment; many upstart circuits don't survive this long.
Japan Times
JAPAN / CHUBU CONNECTION
Aug 13, 2011

Mie crop-eating deer: venisons of the forest

Wild "shika" deer have caused so much crop damage in Mie Prefecture that they have become fair game — venison, as it were.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY
Aug 13, 2011

Young dancers reap fruits of choreographer's expertise

Kimiho Hulbert danced before she could talk. Crawling backstage between dressing rooms of her Japanese mother and British father, both professional dancers in Belgium where she was born, Hulbert even disdained her first official ballet class at 2 years old as "too babyish."
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / JAPAN LITE
Aug 13, 2011

Returning the seaweed to the sea

Imagine yourself out on the Seto Inland Sea in a boat. You're by yourself, floating along happily. You open a beer and kick back for a while letting the boat drift in tranquility. You can see the shore, but it's a bit far to swim to. Ahhhhhh. But wait — the boat is sinking!
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 13, 2011

Japan Times not just wartime mouthpiece

Many journalism scholars have long viewed The Japan Times as a mouthpiece for the Imperial government's wartime propaganda.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 13, 2011

Agent Orange buried on Okinawa, vet says

In the late 1960s, the U.S. military buried dozens of barrels of the toxic defoliant Agent Orange in an area around the town of Chatan on Okinawa Island, an American veteran has told The Japan Times.
MORE SPORTS
Aug 13, 2011

Daegu gives Japan's track, field athletes chance to shine before London Games

Kaz Nagatsuka STAFF WRITER Team Japan wants to use Daegu as a steppingstone for London.
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
Aug 12, 2011

Hillsides of Kyoto to flame up with words

The world's largest bonfires will illuminate the hillsides of Kyoto's surrounding mountains Aug. 16 bringing this year's Bon festival to a close.
Japan Times
Reference / Special Presentations / WITNESS TO WAR
Aug 12, 2011

War memoirs digitized for posterity

27th in a series
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / BY THE GLASS
Aug 12, 2011

Grape adventures in northern climes

If you're thinking of taking a break from the sweltering heat of Japan's southern and central regions, Hokkaido is the perfect destination. As well as its wonderfully fresh local cuisine, stunning natural scenery and balmy climate, the northern island is also home to a burgeoning wine culture that looks...
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 12, 2011

Machinery orders continue to rise on rebuilding efforts

Domestic machinery orders rose for a second month in June as companies increased spending to restore businesses and production lines disrupted by the March 11 quake and tsunami.
Reader Mail
Aug 11, 2011

Risky assumptions about China

I have two comments regarding Michael Richardson's Aug. 3 article, "U.S. reputation suffers in Asia":
Reader Mail
Aug 11, 2011

Evidence on the health effects

In his Aug. 4 letter, Scott Hards wrote that "we simply don't have any hard evidence as to the health effects of small doses of radiation over the long term. All the 'experts' claiming that cancer risk goes up by a certain percentage if you absorb so much radiation are basing their conclusions on statistical...
Reader Mail
Aug 11, 2011

Location of radioactive emitters

I must take exception to Scott Hards' Aug. 4 letter, "The irrational fears of radiation." Hards is not an expert in radiation biology, or he would have drawn a distinction between external and internal radioactive emitters. There is not much of a case for any great danger from external emitters, except...
Reader Mail
Aug 11, 2011

Girlfriend isn't personal property

Regarding the Aug. 8 editorial "Dating restrictions": Research into the relationships of high school students suggests that many girls experience highly controlling or abusive partners, which is sadly unsurprising. What does surprise me is that in the year 2011, someone would still suggest that "The...
BUSINESS
Aug 11, 2011

Honda may cut full-year profit forecast

Honda Motor Co., Japan's third-largest carmaker, said it may revise its full-year profit forecast when it announces first-half earnings in October, depending on how long the current market turmoil lasts.
Takaichi and Xi reaffirm pledge in first meet to pursue ‘mutually beneficial’ ties
A screenshot from Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's X account shows Takaichi exchanging greetings with Chinese President Xi Jinping ahead of an Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit meeting in Gyeongju, South Korea, on Friday.　
Anime isn’t competing with Hollywood — it’s beating it
After its July release, “Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba — Infinity Castle,” an animated feature adapted directly from a TV arc, became the highest-grossing Japanese film ever.
Japan to introduce joint child custody system in April 2026
Chief Cabinet Secretary Minoru Kihara (center) and other ministers prior to a Cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister’s Office on Friday
Woman, 69, arrested over 1999 Nagoya housewife's murder
A police sketch released in 2020 of a woman spotted near the scene of the 1999 murder of a housewife in Nagoya's Nishi Ward
Asia-Pacific leaders call for shared trade benefits as APEC summit wraps up
A South Korean protester holds a placard showing a caricature of U.S. President Donald Trump depicted as a thief during a rally ahead of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in Gyeongju, South Korea, on Wednesday.
Anime isn’t competing with Hollywood — it’s beating it
After its July release, “Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba — Infinity Castle,” an animated feature adapted directly from a TV arc, became the highest-grossing Japanese film ever.
Oasis returns to Japan after 16 years — and fans can still sing every word
Liam Gallagher commanded the stage with effortless charisma during Oasis' Tokyo Dome set on Saturday.
At Japan Mobility Show, BYD gears up to conquer Japan's EV market
BYD Auto Japan President Atsuki Tofukuji unveils the Racco at the Japan Mobility Show in Tokyo on Wednesday.
Oasis returns to Tokyo: Rain, rapture and rock
Fans wait to get into the Oasis show at Tokyo Dome on Saturday. While lining up in the rain, some broke into impromptu versions of the British rock group's hits.
Kyushu banzuke sets the stage to cement 2025’s sumo narratives
Onosato ahead of his bout against Aonishiki at The Grand Sumo Tournament at the Royal Albert Hall in London on Oct. 18

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