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JAPAN
Mar 26, 2008

Last tried over Aneha fraud avoids prison

The Tokyo District Court handed a suspended three-year prison term to a bankrupt condominium developer Tuesday for knowingly selling defective condos designed by disgraced architect Hidetsugu Aneha and defrauding his clients out of about ¥415 million.
BUSINESS
Mar 26, 2008

NTT, AT&T join on U.S.-Asia cable

AT&T Inc., the biggest U.S. phone company, and Nippon Telegraph & Telephone Corp. have joined a group of telecommunications companies to build an undersea cable linking the United States and Asia, AT&T said Tuesday. The group will build a cable network, named the Trans-Pacific Express, to link China...
BASEBALL / MLB
Mar 25, 2008

Okajima comes full circle with Red Sox

With all the hype that has surrounded Daisuke Matsuzaka's return to Japan it may have been easy to forget that Hideki Okajima was returning as well.
BUSINESS
Mar 25, 2008

Big business confidence at all-time low

Business confidence among large Japanese companies fell to a record low in the January-March quarter, reflecting surges in crude oil and other raw materials prices as well as heightened uncertainty surrounding the global economy, a government poll showed Monday.
BUSINESS / Q&A
Mar 25, 2008

Is it throwing good money after bad to keep Shinginko Tokyo afloat?

Shinginko Tokyo, Japan's first bank created by a local government, was set up by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government in April 2004 and started operations a year later to realize Tokyo Gov. Shintaro Ishihara's pet idea of supporting struggling small and medium-size companies in the capital. With many of...
EDITORIALS
Mar 25, 2008

Heart of darkness

The Akita District Court last Wednesday sentenced a 35-year-old woman to life imprisonment for murdering her 9-year-old daughter and a 7-year-old neighborhood boy in Fujisato, a town with a population of just over 4,000, in Akita Prefecture. The crimes appear to point to problems that may have arisen...
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 24, 2008

Asia's questions for the next president

NEW YORK — In one of the longest American presidential campaigns in history, neither party has addressed one of the most critical issues of the day: How can the United States successfully integrate its domestic concerns with an increasingly competitive global marketplace?
BASKETBALL
Mar 22, 2008

Palmer making impact for Dakota

David Palmer, the bj-league's 2006-07 MVP, won back-to-back titles with the Osaka Evessa. Now the former Southern Utah University player has a chance to win a championship in the NBA Development League while playing for the Dakota Wizards. Through Wednesday, Dakota led the four-team Central Division...
Japan Times
BASEBALL / MLB
Mar 22, 2008

Red Sox, Athletics arrive for MLB season opener

After a few tense hours on Thursday, the Boston Red Sox and Oakland A's finally arrived in Japan. More importantly for the Japanese fans, Daisuke Matsuzaka was present and accounted for.
CULTURE / Music
Mar 21, 2008

Yuki "Video 2"

Whatever you think about the quality of solo output by artsy pop diva Yuki, one-time vocalist with groundbreaking 1990s J-pop act Judy & Mary, you can't deny that she's unique. The singles from her fourth solo album, "Wave" (2006), and those that have followed may seem a bit samey, treading the same...
CULTURE / Music
Mar 21, 2008

Nisennenmondai "Destination Tokyo"

All-girl instrumental three-piece Nisennenmondai shook the Tokyo underground scene with the release of the mini album "Sore de Souzo Suru Neji" in 2004. They quickly gained a reputation as one of the hottest new bands in Japan for the way they combined elements of minimalist 1970s progressive rock like...
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 20, 2008

NPO works to reduce hunger, trim waistlines

Still haven't made up your mind what to eat for lunch today?
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Mar 20, 2008

Dragons hungry for Japan Series repeat

For the first time in more than 50 years, the Chunichi Dragons will open the season as Japan Series Champions.
CULTURE / Art
Mar 20, 2008

"Blood"

Dairakudakan Kochuten, Tokyo's Kichijoji
EDITORIALS
Mar 20, 2008

Getting serious about child care

The government is pushing improvement of child-care services and in doing so it aims to stem the decline in birthrate. It anticipates that the number of children aged 5 or younger who would use such services will increase by about 1 million to about 3 million in 10 years.
BUSINESS
Mar 20, 2008

Private equity deals still flow amid credit crisis

Japan's private equity market will see a "steady flow" of transactions even as rising funding costs cripple deals elsewhere, said the cofounder of the nation's largest buyout fund.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Mar 19, 2008

Mao, Daisuke poised to win gold at world championships

Japan is aiming to become the first country since Russia in 2002 to win gold medals in both the men's and women's events at figure skating's world championships.

Longform

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