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COMMENTARY / World
Feb 21, 2008

Preventing future nuclear catastrophes

LOS ANGELES — Throughout the Cold War, nuclear deterrence was at the heart of U.S. nuclear policy. But deterrence has some important limitations that make it highly unreliable, particularly in a time of terrorism.
COMMENTARY
Feb 21, 2008

Starting with Kyoto, Rudd aims high

LOS ANGELES — Before too much time goes by, maybe somebody ought to take note of the smart political stuff coming out of Australia lately.
EDITORIALS
Feb 21, 2008

MSDF in troubled waters

An Aegis destroyer of the Maritime Self-Defense Force collided with a fishing boat about 40 km south-southwest of Cape Nojima, the southern tip of Chiba Prefecture, early Tuesday morning and split the boat into two. The two fishermen aboard, a father and son, are missing. Investigators are trying to...
Reader Mail
Feb 21, 2008

Reality of 'beautiful Japan'

It has been reported that the Defense Ministry has decided to grant Iwakuni City a subsidy related to the realignment of U.S. military forces on condition that it accept transfer of 59 U.S. naval aircraft from U.S. Atsugi Air Base in Kanagawa Prefecture. The grant has been frozen because of the opposition...
JAPAN
Feb 21, 2008

Collision laid to negligence by destroyer

Watch standers aboard the Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyer Atago may have spotted the small fishing boat it ran over before dawn Tuesday 12 minutes before the collision instead of two, as earlier reported, Defense Ministry papers showed Wednesday.
BASKETBALL / NBA / NBA REPORT
Feb 20, 2008

Mavericks wanted to dump Nowitzki

NEW ORLEANS — I was starting to think Jason Kidd would get back together with ex-wife Joumana before the Mavericks.
Japan Times
LIFE / Digital / IGADGET
Feb 20, 2008

Toshiba unveils its new Gigabeat MP3 player; and 'Phoenix' hits the DS

Striking a chord: Toshiba has upgraded its Gigabeat T401 MP3 player, giving it wireless network connectivity and rebadging it as the T802. It also has 8 gigabytes of flash memory, up from the 4 gigabytes of the T401, and its battery is good for 16 hours of music playback or five hours of video. The new...
BUSINESS
Feb 20, 2008

Morgan fund buys Citigroup HQ

Morgan Stanley has bought Citigroup Inc.'s Tokyo headquarters to boost its Japanese property portfolio.
Reader Mail
Feb 19, 2008

Limit the numbers at fish market

Regarding the Feb. 7 article "Tsukiji looks to curb pesky glut of tourists": While having some sympathy for the fishmongers of Tsukiji market, the article presents the inescapable and, unfortunately, all-too-common whiff of xenophobia in Japanese institutions (however insignificant).
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / VIEWS FROM THE STREET
Feb 19, 2008

Should Japan's teachers stand up for the national anthem?

Reader Mail
Feb 19, 2008

What a difference a 'pilot' makes

Regarding the Feb. 14 article "Australian lawmakers deliver official apology to Aborigines": How long I have waited for this! I first read about the "stolen generation" in 1999 while I was staying in Australia. At first I could not believe that there was such a sad past in Australian history. But after...
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE ZEIT GIST
Feb 19, 2008

Sitting out but standing tall

In "Japan at War: An Oral History," Hideo Sato recalls being forced to hoist the Hinomaru flag in tandem with the playing of the "Kimigayo" — "His Majesty's Reign," the Japanese national anthem — as a schoolchild in the 1940s. If the flag reached the top of the pole too early the teachers would beat...
Japan Times
Reference / SO WHAT THE HECK IS THAT
Feb 19, 2008

Chuhai

Dear Alice,
BUSINESS / CLIMATE CHANGE SYMPOSIUM
Feb 18, 2008

Climate change, rising energy costs cloud security, geopolitical horizons

Climate change and rising energy prices pose new security and geopolitical challenges that require multinational responses, U.S. experts told the Feb. 1 symposium.
EDITORIALS
Feb 17, 2008

Downward risks for Japan's economy

Japan's real gross domestic product grew 0.9 percent in the October-December period from the previous quarter for annualized growth of 3.7 percent growth — more than double the market forecast of 1.5 percent annualized growth. The nation's economy is expected to achieve the government projection of...
Reader Mail
Feb 17, 2008

Stoking more distrust of foreigners

Regarding the Feb. 13 article "Okinawa rape case sparks resentment": So the Japanese government and people are "outraged" by another alleged rape of an underage Okinawan schoolgirl by a U.S. Marine. Is it just me who thinks these outpourings of outrage are driven by the fact that a foreigner is involved...
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel / ON THE ROAD
Feb 17, 2008

Taking to the streets of tomorrow

Listen carefully and you might detect the slight whir of this car's motor, a little wind noise and a faint thrum from the tires. Could this be the sound of driving in the future? Will our streets one day be whisper-quiet even as they teem with traffic? Mitsubishi's electric mini-car, due on the market...
Japan Times
LIFE / WEEK 3
Feb 17, 2008

Japanese star vows to spread the 'bling-pong' gospel

When I went to the Table Tennis National Championships in Tokyo a month ago, the last thing I expected was a revolution.
Japan Times
LIFE / WEEK 3
Feb 17, 2008

Japan's 'pouch curry' turns a tasty 40

Fancy a feast? Un petit peu du foie gras, perchance? A slice or three of the finest Aberdeen Angus roast beef, if you will — with lashings of horseradish, sans doute. Or, drop a plastic pouch of curry into boiling water, wait for 3 minutes, pour it over rice and — voila! — you have a meal fit for...
JAPAN
Feb 16, 2008

Sarin killer's death penalty is finalized

Rejecting his appeal, the Supreme Court on Friday finalized the death sentence of senior Aum Shinrikyo cultist Yasuo Hayashi, a key figure in the deadly 1995 sarin gas attack on Tokyo's subway system.
JAPAN
Feb 16, 2008

Displaced dwellers sue over Aneha design scam

Fifty-two residents displaced from a condominium complex in Tokyo's Sumida Ward sued the ward and disgraced architects Hidetsugu Aneha and Kazuyoshi Sasaki for a combined ¥1 billion in damages Friday over the loss of their homes in connection with the earthquake-resistance falsification fraud.
Takaichi buys time and builds trust with ‘near-perfect’ Trump summit
U.S. President Donald Trump walks with Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi aboard the USS George Washington aircraft carrier during a visit to the U.S. Navy's Yokosuka base in Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, on Tuesday.
Trump trims fentanyl-linked China tariffs after 'amazing' Xi meeting
U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping greet each other as they arrive for talks at the Gimhae Air Base, next to the Gimhae International Airport in Busan, South Korea, on Thursday.
Inside Tokyo's 'phantom' stations — and the stories they tell
Mamoru Iwai, stationmaster of Keisei Ueno Station, says that, other than earthquake-proofing, the former Hakubutsukan-Dobutsuen (Museum-Zoo) Station has remained untouched.
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
Takaichi pushed back on U.S. request to ban Russian gas imports, sources say
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi reportedly turned down a request from the U.S. to cease imports of liquefied natural gas from Russia.
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
Tokyo Film Festival opens with global stars and a spotlight on Asian storytelling
Director Junji Sakamoto (left) walked the Tokyo International Film Festival red carpet with Sayuri Yoshinaga (center) and Non (right), who both play mountaineer Junko Tabei, the first woman to summit Mount Everest, in the biopic "Climbing for Life."
Spanish artist and Japanese writer duos diversify the manga talent pool in Japan
"Menheim” is a dark fantasy manga with a story that centers on a girl’s quest to find a cure for her ill brother.

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Mamoru Iwai, stationmaster of Keisei Ueno Station, says that, other than earthquake-proofing, the former Hakubutsukan-Dobutsuen (Museum-Zoo) Station has remained untouched.
Inside Tokyo's 'phantom' stations — and the stories they tell
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