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JAPAN
May 28, 2009

Hatoyama, Aso mix it up in Diet debate

Prompting cheers and jeers Wednesday in their first faceoff in the Diet, Prime Minister Taro Aso and newly elected Democratic Party of Japan President Yukio Hatoyama wrangled over who was best suited to lead the nation.
BUSINESS
May 28, 2009

Success of LDP stimulus to be short-lived: Citi strategist

The government's record stimulus measures should fuel a stock rally and clinch an election victory for the Liberal Democratic Party, even as it sets up the economy for a downturn next year, according to Nikko Citigroup Ltd. strategist Tsutomu Fujita.
JAPAN
May 27, 2009

Lower House condemns nuke test

The Lower House on Tuesday unanimously adopted a resolution condemning North Korea's nuclear test, calling the action an "outrage" and demanding that the government strengthen its sanctions against Pyongyang.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
May 27, 2009

Google finds Facebook in 'challengers' search

Google has long been the king of search, dominating rivals including Yahoo Inc. and Microsoft Corp., but it increasingly sees social networks such as Facebook as challengers to its search engine, according to a Google official.
EDITORIALS
May 26, 2009

Stunned by Mr. Roh's suicide

The suicide of former South Korean President Roh Moo Hyun has shocked the world. Mr. Roh leaped off a mountain cliff near his residence in Gimhae Saturday morning and suffered fatal head injuries. We offer our prayers for Mr. Roh, who as president created a new epoch for South Korea. It is regrettable...
COMMENTARY
May 26, 2009

Nuremberg set a valid precedent for trials of war-crime suspects in Iraq's destruction

NEW YORK — The Nuremberg Principles, a set of guidelines established after World War II to try Nazi Party members, were developed to determine what constitutes a war crime. The principles can also be applied today when considering the conditions that led to the Iraq war and, in the process, to the...
COMMUNITY / Voices / HAVE YOUR SAY
May 26, 2009

Peru's Fujimori gets his: readers reply

Readers' responses to Debito Arudou's May 5 Just Be Cause column headlined "Fujimori gets his; Japan left shamed":
EDITORIALS
May 25, 2009

A first encounter goes well

In retrospect, the first meeting between U.S. President Barack Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was destined to succeed. It was assumed that the two men were deeply divided on two key issues: Israel's relations with the Palestinian Authority, in particular Mr. Netanyahu's opposition...
COMMENTARY / World / SENTAKU MAGAZINE
May 25, 2009

Paying Aso back with praise

Ranking officials at the Foreign Ministry appear more preoccupied with presenting Prime Minister Taro Aso as dexterous at diplomacy than promoting the national interest. One official has confided that it is now their turn to return the favor given to them when Aso was foreign minister.
Reader Mail
May 24, 2009

Gross over-reaction to the flu

A private school recently told me by e-mail that I would work only one day a week, that I should not leave Japan for Golden Week (first week of May) without getting the school's consent, and that a school doctor would run tests on me before I would be allowed to resume teaching at the school!
JAPAN
May 24, 2009

MOX use opposed by Genkai's leery residents

GENKAI, Saga Pref. — Before a two-lane access road was built to connect it with other parts of the prefecture, the village of Genkai, nestled in high hills with deep ravines beside the Sea of Japan, was so remote that even locals called it the "Tibet of Saga Prefecture."
CULTURE / Books
May 24, 2009

The enduring tradition of tanka

WHITE PETALS by Harue Aoki. Shichigatsudo, 2008, 126 pp., ¥1,500 (paper)
CULTURE / Books / THE ASIAN BOOKSHELF
May 24, 2009

From Meiji gentleman to 'Japanese Yankee'

This curiosity (a first-person account of the writer's gradual transformation from Meiji gentleman to self-proclaimed "Japanese Yankee") was first published in 1898 (by the Congregational Church) and never again seen until now.
Japan Times
LIFE
May 24, 2009

The beat goes on in Japan's jazz hub

As one of Japan's longest-standing maritime gateways to the world, Yokohama has absorbed many cultures from the West over the last 150 years — not least its abiding love of jazz.
Reader Mail
May 24, 2009

'Rambo' missed his staging area

Regarding the two May 16 wire service articles "West slams Myanmar on Suu Kyi" and "U.S. 'fool' at center of furor": The recent actions of the military junta of Myanmar are disgusting and despicable, and the statement by the Japanese foreign minister is too perfunctory.
LIFE
May 24, 2009

Traders' plans pay off in Motomachi

What was supposed to be a day spent savoring the delights of Motomachi Shopping Street for our Timeout Yokohama feature soon took on the nature of a quest.
CULTURE / TV & Streaming / CHANNEL SURF
May 24, 2009

Trial suspense, dealing with depression and the problem with pedigrees

A recent NHK documentary about the new lay judge system cited a survey that found many citizens were learning about trials by watching movies and TV dramas. To that end, TBS's ongoing drama series "Hotei Suspense" ("Trial Suspense") should be popular.
CULTURE / TV & Streaming / CHANNEL SURF
May 24, 2009

Trial suspense, dealing with depression and the problem with pedigrees

A recent NHK documentary about the new lay judge system cited a survey that found many citizens were learning about trials by watching movies and TV dramas. To that end, TBS's ongoing drama series "Hotei Suspense" ("Trial Suspense") should be popular.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel
May 24, 2009

Hitching through Japanwith friends at every turn

Second in a two-part series

Longform

Once smoky, male-dominated spaces, today's net cafes, like Kaikatsu Club, are working to make their operations more attractive to women customers.
The second life of Japan's net cafes