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Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Jul 3, 2008

Boston museum's ukiyo-e celebrates Japanese merchants' taste

Until recent years, ukiyo-e were regarded as somewhat declasse by Japanese art connoisseurs — and they are still sniffed at by many whose taste is informed by Zen and the tea-ceremony. But these colorful paintings and prints of what was then a truly exotic world did catch the eyes of foreigners who...
JAPAN
Jul 3, 2008

Yokota continues to pressure Cabinet to resolve abductions

Shigeru Yokota, father of abductee Megumi Yokota, criticized the government Wednesday for softening its stance on North Korea.
Reader Mail
Jul 3, 2008

Effects of rate manipulation

It was refreshing to see Noriko Hama's article, especially in these times of disappointing economic performance. There is still more to be said, though. Hama suggests that growth under a gold system is slower or worse than under a fiat money system. It's worth pointing out, though, that growth spurned...
JAPAN
Jul 3, 2008

No backing down on whaling, official says

Japan has no intention of curbing its scientific whale hunts, a Fisheries Agency official said Wednesday in Tokyo.
Japan Times
JAPAN / G8 COUNTDOWN
Jul 3, 2008

Persistent Japan green tech leader

A technology that originates from an invention by Thomas Edison in the 19th century — a bulb filament made of carbonated bamboo — is now considered one of the keys to curbing global warming.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jul 3, 2008

Ramen makers eye wheat switch amid inflation

From dusk till midnight, office workers in suits and tourists in T-shirts crowd Fukuoka's open-air food stalls to perch on benches and slurp steaming pork-bone broth with thin, yellow noodles.
EDITORIALS
Jul 2, 2008

Prioritize the budget

The government has approved the 2008 "big-boned" policy guidelines submitted by the Council on Economic and Fiscal Policy. They will serve as the basis for budgetary negotiations for fiscal 2009. In step with the basic idea of the 2006 guidelines, which called for ¥11.4 trillion to ¥14.3 trillion spending...
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jul 1, 2008

Regaining trust key: insurance group chief

Nonlife insurers must do everything they can to regain the trust squandered by such industrywide missteps as failing to honor legitimate claims and overcharging on premiums, according to the new chairman of a nonlife insurers' industry group.
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 30, 2008

Best way to beat the oil barons

Over the past 18 months, oil prices have more than doubled, inflicting huge costs on the global economy. Strong global demand, owing to emerging economies like China, has undoubtedly fueled some of the price increase. But the scale of the price spike exceeds normal demand and supply factors, pointing...
COMMENTARY / THE VIEW FROM NEW YORK
Jun 30, 2008

Justices made right call on habeas corpus

Among the commentaries I've read about a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision, the one from George F. Will (The Japan Times, June 24) surprised me. The conservative columnist for The Washington Post upbraided Sen. John McCain for condemning Boumediene v. Bush — which upheld the right of habeas corpus...
EDITORIALS
Jun 29, 2008

Subtle change in the Middle East

It did not take long before the ceasefire that went into effect on June 19 between Israel and Hamas was tested. The launch of rocket attacks last week from the Gaza Strip into Israeli territory prompted Tel Aviv to launch an armed incursion, leaving the truce tattered, but not yet terminated. Peace must...
COMMUNITY / Our Lives
Jun 29, 2008

Foreigners flourish in the realm of Japanese arts

Japan has come a long way since the era of Lafcadio Hearn (1850-1904), arguably the world's most famous and certainly the first Western Japanophile. Before Hearn, a Greek-Irishman who married the daughter of a local samurai in remote and rural Shimane Prefecture, and also took on Japanese citizenship,...
BASKETBALL
Jun 28, 2008

Ex-No. 1 pick Goya traded to Evessa

The Osaka Evessa acquired point guard Takanori Goya from the Toyama Grouses, the three-time defending bj-league champion announced Friday. He was traded for an undisclosed amount of cash.
EDITORIALS
Jun 28, 2008

The case against Mr. Sahashi

Mr. Nozomu Sahashi once built Japan's largest English-language chain. But the former president of Nova Corp. and one other former Nova official were arrested Tuesday on suspicion of misusing some ¥320 million deposited by employees into a welfare fund. Their arrests are expected to help unravel what...
EDITORIALS
Jun 28, 2008

Make North Korea accountable

North Korea has filed a declaration of its nuclear programs with China, which chairs the six-party talks, and the United States has started a procedure to remove the North from its list of state sponsors of terrorism.
BUSINESS
Jun 28, 2008

Japan clarifies tax rules to help attract offshore investors

Japanese regulators are seeking to make taxation rules more transparent for overseas investors in the world's second-biggest economy in a bid to attract more funds from abroad.
BUSINESS
Jun 28, 2008

Mitsubishi buys 34% stake in Cima

Mitsubishi Corp., the nation's biggest trading company, bought a 34 percent stake in Houston-based natural gas and oil wholesaler Cima Energy Ltd. to tap demand in the world's biggest energy market.
CULTURE / Music
Jun 27, 2008

Teenage pop stars know how to operate

"It's kind of embarrassing," says Taylor Henderson, violinist with teen sensations Operator Please, as she recalls the Australian release of the Queensland band's breakthrough single, "Just a Song About Ping Pong."
JAPAN
Jun 27, 2008

U.K. climate-change envoy pitches 'low-carbon society'

Failing to respond effectively to global warming would be tantamount to taking away public security and prosperity, a British envoy for climate change issues said Thursday in Tokyo.
BUSINESS
Jun 26, 2008

Goodwill to liquidate temp agency

Goodwill Group said Wednesday it will close its scandal-tainted temp staff unit Goodwill Inc. by the end of July because the health ministry is preparing to revoke its business license.
CULTURE / Art / INSIDE ART
Jun 26, 2008

Few grab the reins that government set free

Rarely has a law with such potentially far-reaching consequences been greeted with such indifference and, apparently, had so little effect.
Why did such a powerful earthquake produce such a weak tsunami?
A person records images of waves following a tsunami advisory generated by local authorities after an earthquake struck off Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula, prompting warnings and evacuations stretching across at the South Pacific, in Vina del Mar, Chile, on Wednesday.
Last soldiers of Imperial Japanese Army have a warning for younger generations
Kunshiro Kiyozumi, 97, who was the youngest crew member of the Imperial Japanese Navy submarine I-58 in World War II, on his way to a restaurant to have lunch in Matsuyama, Japan, on April 29.
80 years on, former teacher conveys history of hidden island in World War II
Masayuki Yamauchi teaches junior high school students about the history of Okunoshima, an island in Takehara, Hiroshima Prefecture, in May.
1,010 food and beverage prices to rise in Japan in August
The price increases in August will be especially noticeable for dairy products, including milk and yogurt, according to the research firm Teikoku Databank.
GTN takes a chance on newcomers to Japan
Hiroyuki Goto, president of GTN. The company started after Goto personally co-signed leases for around 20 non-Japanese people, including some friends and friends of friends.
Junglia brought dinos back to Okinawa. But will it bring tourists?
At Panorama Dining, one of Junglia’s two proper restaurants that also doubles as the rooftop Inifinity Terrace overlook, guests can pay extra to sit in balcony tables made to look like birds’ nests overlooking the park grounds.
Coordination office marks first step in U.S. Forces Japan’s shift to ‘warfighting’ command
U.S., Japanese and Australian staff work in the JJOC Cooperation Team office at the U.S. Army’s Hardy Barracks in central Tokyo in this image posted to the Australian Embassy's X account on July 25.
GTN takes a chance on newcomers to Japan
Hiroyuki Goto, president of GTN. The company started after Goto personally co-signed leases for around 20 non-Japanese people, including some friends and friends of friends.
Artist Chiharu Shiota weaves a hidden marvel on Teshima
“Memory of Lines” is Chiharu Shiota’s second art installation on Teshima as part of the Setouchi Triennale.
How the Japanese TV industry is changing
Fuji TV headquarters in Tokyo's Minato Ward. Fuji TV came under fire over the manner in which it handled a case of “sexual trouble” involving former boy band member Masahiro Nakai and a female announcer.

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

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Ichiro Suzuki, one of the most iconic players in NPB and MLB history, was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame with 99.7% of the vote.
With Hall of Fame induction, Ichiro makes himself heard loud and clear
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