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COMMUNITY / Our Lives / WHEN EAST MARRIES WEST
Jun 7, 2008

Anyone for a game of curling?

Here we stand, on the lip of the frying pan that is Japanese summer, with the humidity soon to be so thick that people will dog paddle to work instead of walk.
SPORTS / SPORTS SCOPE
Jun 6, 2008

Noguchi should carry flag for Japan at Beijing Games

Koji Murofushi is a gifted athlete. The reigning Olympic champion in the men's hammer throw, he's achieved widespread notoriety in Japan just like his father, Shigenobu, the longtime national record-holder in the discipline, before him.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Jun 6, 2008

'27 Dresses'

One hesitates to say, but there's something slightly creepy about a superorganized, superefficient planner of other people's weddings who still lugs around a bulging filofax to sort out her many matrimonial tasks. Unlike a long-ago J-Lo (see "The Wedding Planner"), she doesn't do this for a living, either....
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 3, 2008

Lectures from steak-lovers hard to stomach

London — I feel a little sorry for U.S. President George W. Bush. Whatever his other many failings, he has a pretty good record on aid to poor countries, particularly in health care. True to form, he recently announced a big increase in U.S. food aid good for the hungry poor and good for American farmers....
Reader Mail
Jun 1, 2008

'Family' is no cause to feel sorry

A government study's correlation between a husband's participation in housework and his family's having a second child struck me as related to Japan's population decline.
SOCCER
May 31, 2008

Real Madrid cools on Ronaldo bid

LONDON (AP) Real Madrid president Ramon Calderon seems to be backing away from his attempt to lure Cristiano Ronaldo from Manchester United.
Japan Times
SOCCER
May 21, 2008

Barca president Laporta says it is time for Ronaldinho to hit the road

BARCELONA, Spain (AP) FC Barcelona president Joan Laporta believes it's time for Ronaldinho to find a new club.
Japan Times
ENVIRONMENT / WILD WATCH
May 21, 2008

A nature sanctuary for the ages

Regular readers know that my usual sphere is the biosphere and that I typically pursue wildlife in the wilds. Occasionally, though, one should step beyond home turf and try dipping a toe into a new stream of consciousness.
BASEBALL / BASEBALL BULLET-IN
May 18, 2008

Foreigners have never caught on as backstops in Japan pro ball

Reader Jim Gallagher from New Jersey wrote, "I was watching on TV (Kenji) Johjima catching for the Seattle Mariners and wondered if there has ever been a gaikokujin catcher to play in Japan. I can't think of one. Is this the last barrier to be broken?"
OLYMPICS
May 18, 2008

Shibata out to prove self again in Olympics

Ai Shibata made history in 2004, becoming the first Japanese female swimmer to capture a gold medal in an Olympic freestyle race. In her mind, though, her triumph in the 800-meter freestyle at the Athens Olympics is, well, ancient history.
BASKETBALL
May 17, 2008

Lakestars hire assistant GM

The Shiga Lakestars named Motofumi Iguchi their assistant general manager, the club announced Friday.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / TOKYO FOOD FILE
May 16, 2008

Bills: Bites along the Shonan coast

Regular readers of this column will know it doesn't take much to lure us to the Shonan Coast of Kanagawa Prefecture, especially when there's good eating to be done at the end of the journey. And since the spring, there's been very good reason for making that trip: the stylish new restaurant/cafe known...
Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design
May 13, 2008

Yohji Yamamoto, Tsumori Chisato and Soichiro Ito's latest moves

Summer under the sea A deep-sea dive in a coral reef may not be in the cards for your vacation this year, but you can always bring the ocean to you with clothing from Tsumori Chisato.
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
May 9, 2008

Festival to serve up tastes, sounds of Thailand

Spicy tom yam kung (spicy shrimp soup) blende with Singha beer, beautiful Thai silk and traditional dancing.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
May 8, 2008

Super Aguri announces its departure from Formula One

Super Aguri's brief stint in Formula One ended Tuesday when the Japanese team withdrew from the F1 World Championship due to financial difficulties.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY
May 6, 2008

Open-minded schools adopt innovative approaches

As our society continues to urbanize, it is becoming increasingly difficult for children to be children. Long gone are the days when they were free to get muddy without being told off by adults, or to run about without the threat of speeding cars. In the concrete jungle in which more kids grow up these...
Reader Mail
May 1, 2008

Short and to the point

One thing I like about The Japan Times is that it is short and to the point, with a satisfactory cross section of news and views from home and abroad. With just 22 pages it is easy to carry around and over the course of the day I read most of it. Well, not the ridiculous wastage of sports which, properly...
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle
Apr 29, 2008

Luxury fashion finds a friend

Collaborations have become such a widespread fashion marketing tactic in the last 20 years that some in style circles have dubbed the practice "the C word."
COMMENTARY
Apr 25, 2008

North Korea's role in U.S.-China relations

LOS ANGELES — Call it what you will. In the red-baiting McCarthy era, to be sure, it probably would have been labeled as some sort of sinister Fifth Column operating on behalf of Beijing behind America's lines. They themselves call their U.S.-based organization, rather plainly, not mentioning China,...
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / LIQUID CULTURE
Apr 25, 2008

Judgment by mojito-ability

Two of Tokyo's one-time landmarks reopened last month: one literally rising from the rubble, the other sporting a little cosmetic trim.

Longform

Dangami House is a 180-year-old former samurai residence of the Kato clan, who ruled over Ozu, Ehime Prefecture, until the Meiji Restoration.
A house, a legacy and the quiet work of restoration in rural Japan