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COMMENTARY / World
Feb 27, 2008

'Rambo' movie sends the wrong message

WASHINGTON — "Rambo" is a technically well made, exceedingly bad film. One of its no doubt unintended consequences has been to raise both hopes and fears among the Burmese people (depending on where along the political spectrum one sits) while potentially making today's already bad situation even worse....
COMMENTARY / COUNTERPOINT
Feb 24, 2008

New values rise from the ashes of conformity

Second of two parts
JAPAN
Feb 23, 2008

Offbeat exploits attract foreign visitors

Dressed entirely in black with his head wrapped in cloth, Michael Studte throws darts, turns somersaults and twirls lassos in a ninja class for foreign tourists in Japan.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel / HOTELS & RESTAURANTS
Feb 22, 2008

Italian dining in Kasumigaseki, Hina Matsuri at the Keio Plaza

Ristorante di Hokkaido Mia Angela in Tokyo's Kasumigaseki offers sophisticated yet unpretentious Italian dining, using the freshest ingredients direct from Hokkaido. With a 60-seat casual main dining area, private rooms and a chic party space, partitions can create private space for two to 50 people....
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.
Japan Times
LIFE / Digital / JAPAN TIMES BLOGROLL
Feb 20, 2008

The Blog from Another Dimension

The Blog from Another Dimension might conjure up images of science fiction, but click through to Luis Poza's blog and you'll quickly see that it's about the here and now, cataloging his thoughts about current events, technology and social issues in Japan.
COMMENTARY
Feb 18, 2008

The afterlife for bureaucrats

For years the phrase "from the public sector to the private sector" has been used in the context of politics and the economy. In April 1985, Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Public Corp. and Japan Monopoly Corp. were privatized, becoming NTT and Japan Tobacco respectively. In April 1987, Japanese National...
Japan Times
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
Feb 15, 2008

Tokyo Players bring N.Y. comedy to town

The dearth of good comedy in English in Tokyo will be relieved in a few weeks' time, when Tokyo International Players — a 100-percent volunteer-run company that has been entertaining theatergoers since 1896 — will present "The Plaza Suite" at Akasaka V Theater. And The Japan Times has a pair of tickets...
LIFE / Digital / IGADGET
Feb 13, 2008

Casio unveils its speediest camera; and every home gets its very own fireplace

Snappier snaps: A good-quality digital camera can take perhaps four or five photos a second, but Casio has left the competition in its wake with its just-announced Exilim Pro EX-F1, which boasts a staggering pace of 60 6-megapixel photos a second. It can also record video at an equally outlandish rate...
BUSINESS
Feb 8, 2008

Closer G7 coordination on monetary, fiscal policy unlikely

The Group of Seven finance ministers and central bank chiefs plan to discuss ways to deal with continuing global market turbulence, a credit crunch and U.S. recession fears during their one-day meeting Saturday in Tokyo, but few analysts expect them to agree on concerted international monetary or fiscal...
Japan Times
LIFE / Digital / IGADGET
Feb 6, 2008

A digital SLR camera for every trigger finger

Snap-happy: Digital cameras come in all shapes and sizes. With their interchangeable lenses and reasonable prices, entry-level digital SLR (single-lens reflex) cameras are a halfway house between a cheap pocket-size point-and-click camera and a full-on pro shooter. The best-selling of the entry-level...
BUSINESS
Feb 5, 2008

Sapporo to reject Steel's buyout

Sapporo Holdings Ltd. said Monday its panel judged that U.S. hedge fund Steel Partners Japan's proposal to take over the nation's third-largest brewery could seriously harm its shareholders' interests.
EDITORIALS
Feb 3, 2008

Putting the pieces back together

The Social Insurance Agency on Dec. 17 started sending notices about pension premium payment records to people with the expectation that the notices would help them remember details of past pension premium payments and partially solve the problem of 50.95 million hard-to-identify payment records.
Reader Mail
Jan 27, 2008

Adjunct to mental health care

I am writing in response to the anonymous Jan. 17 letter, "Far-fetched claim on 'life force,' " which commented on Angela Jeffs' profile of me in the Jan. 12 Japan Times.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / MAKING A DIFFERENCE
Jan 26, 2008

Stray cats captivated by couple's efforts to help

For anyone who has wandered the streets of Japan, the sight of a woman carrying her designer-clad lapdog will be a familiar one.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Jan 25, 2008

Raphael Oleg's keen art of detection

Few concert violinists do more preparation than French virtuoso Raphael Oleg. For him, each performance requires meticulous research on the composer and the work.
EDITORIALS
Jan 22, 2008

The shrinking Chinese economy

Forget defense buildups. There are far easier ways to deal with the "China threat." Just crunch the numbers. A recent recalculation by the World Bank has shrunk the Chinese economy by some 40 percent. This should quiet the alarmists who maintain that China's dominance is just around the corner. China...
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / WHEN EAST MARRIES WEST
Jan 19, 2008

Anticipating our future with robots

Money talks and it doesn't mince words.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel / HOTELS & RESTAURANTS
Jan 18, 2008

Chinese New Year, Strawberry tea sets and Orca wine

Lunar New Year celebration To celebrate the Chinese New Year on Feb. 7, the Hilton Tokyo's Dynasty restaurant is preparing special lunch and dinner menus from Feb. 5 to 8.
Ishiba vows Japan will stand its ground, demanding U.S. lift auto tariffs
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba speaks during a Lower House committee meeting on Friday.
U.S. and China agree to lower tariffs in 90-day cooling-off period
U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer and U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent attend a news conference after trade talks with China, in Geneva on Monday.
'Treasure hunt': Tourists boost sales at Japan's Don Quijote stores
The entrance to discount retailer Don Quijote's store in Tokyo's Shibuya district, known as Don Don Donki outside the country
High school student arrested over deaths of his grandparents
A high school student was arrested Saturday on suspicion of killing his grandparents at their home in Tahara, Aichi Prefecture.
Global militaries to study India-Pakistan fighter jet battle
The Indian Air Force's Rafale fighter jets. India and Pakistan aircraft engaged in a dogfight on Wednesday.
Sculpted waves, sleek updos: Showa hairstyles are back in fashion
The larger-than-life hairstyles of Japan's Showa Era are unmistakable — and they're making a comeback.
Japan set for bigger role in Philippines after SDF’s debut in key drills
Philippine Army Brig. Gen. Michael Logico, who was involved in managing the latest iteration of the Balikatan U.S.-Philippine drills, told The Japan Times that he expects military ties with Japan to surge even further once Tokyo ratifies a key visiting-forces agreement with Manila.
In China’s ‘Michelin Guide,’ Tokyo leads overseas listings with 30 entries
China's Black Pearl Restaurant Guide held its award ceremony overseas for the first time, picking the dining capital of Singapore to promote its brand to an international audience.
Who could become Japan's next prime minister?
Clockwise from top left: Former economic security minister Sanae Takaichi, former economic security minister Takayuki Kobayashi, Finance Minister Katsunobu Kato and Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi
With a new Shibuya studio, Apple Music bets big on Japan
Apple Music personalities (from left) Ebro Darden, Kentaro Ochiai, Zane Lowe and Mino came together for a special recording in late April to discuss music and celebrate the newly opened Apple Music studio in Tokyo.

Podcast

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

Longform

Japan's growing ranks of centenarians are redefining what it means to live in a super-aging society.
What comes after 100?
By Tomoko Otake

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