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Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Feb 14, 2008

Yayoi Kusama: Inside an artist's head

It took director Takako Matsumoto about a year to really win the confidence of Yayoi Kusama, the subject of her documentary "Watashi Daisuki (I Adore Myself)." Only then did the avant-garde artist start addressing the filmmaker by her name — in the first 12 months it was all guarded looks at the camera...
JAPAN
Feb 13, 2008

Hospital, doctor cleared in chopstick suit

The Tokyo District Court on Tuesday turned down a damages suit brought by a couple whose 4-year-old son died in 1999 after a doctor overlooked a 7.6-cm broken chopstick section lodged in his brain following a fall.
BUSINESS
Feb 13, 2008

Flowers back for a second bite of Shinsei Bank

Christopher Flowers is back in Tokyo, eyeing a second opportunity to make money from Shinsei Bank Ltd.
JAPAN
Feb 12, 2008

Ministry considers emission curbs on traffic magnets

Kyodo News The Environment Ministry is considering requiring measures to reduce greenhouse gas emissions for large-scale projects such as building shopping centers in suburban areas that lead to a sharp increase in road traffic, ministry sources said Sunday.
JAPAN
Feb 11, 2008

U.S. base proponent takes Iwakuni mayoral race

IWAKUNI, Yamaguchi Pref. — Voters here Sunday put hopes for economic revitalization ahead of concerns about a U.S. military base by electing Yoshihiko Fukuda, a former Liberal Democratic Party member of the Lower House, as mayor.
EDITORIALS
Feb 11, 2008

Solutions to social services

The People's Conference on Social Security, established at the initiative of Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda, has started discussions. Social security, including pension and medical services, is an issue for which the nation must find solutions to. The government should not use the conference as a cover...
EDITORIALS
Feb 11, 2008

Avoid hysteria over food

As the mystery surrounding incidents of food poisoning caused by gyoza dumplings imported from China intensifies, it is becoming even more important for Japanese to avoid hysteria over Chinese imports and for Japanese media to be coolheaded in reporting about China and its products. It goes without saying...
Japan Times
LIFE
Feb 10, 2008

Eyewitness: Burma from the inside

Burma's Bloody September came home to people in Japan with the slaying of veteran freelance photojournalist Kenji Nagai on Sept. 27, 2007 in Yangon during a mass demonstration. The video clip showing him being gunned down by a Burmese soldier at point-blank range was repeatedly aired, arousing public...
BASEBALL / BASEBALL BULLET-IN
Feb 10, 2008

Tickets for Red Sox-A's openers not expected to last long

The posters are up on the trains and ads in the Japanese sports papers are ballyhooing the sale of tickets to the Boston Red Sox vs. Oakland Athletics openers and the preceding exhibition games at Tokyo Dome March 22-26.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY
Feb 9, 2008

Brit proves comic relief in Japan, abroad

Wearing kimono and with flowers in her hair, Diane Kichijitsu (Diane Orrett) sallies forth onto the stage of AiMesse Hall in Himeji, Hyogo Prefecture, before a near 100 percent Japanese audience, and within seconds has them eating out of her hand.
Japan Times
JAPAN / MIXED MATCHES
Feb 9, 2008

Fitting like pieces of a jigsaw puzzle

R ikiya Yokohori met his destiny while delving into applied mathematics at the University of Central Oklahoma in 2002.
Japan Times
SOCCER
Feb 9, 2008

Egypt routs Cote d'Ivoire to make final

KUMASI, Ghana (AP) Amr Zaki scored a pair of second-half goals Thursday and defending champion Egypt beat the Cote d'Ivoire 4-1 to return to the final of the African Cup of Nations.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Feb 8, 2008

Shorty Cat

Adding some spice to this month's Wild Wacky Party event, held to mark the 18th anniversary of Japanese punk ladies Lolita No. 18, South Korea's Shorty Cat are bound to cause a few cold sweats.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Feb 8, 2008

Watt's going on — a punk at 50

Mike Watt doesn't look like a punk. With his fondness for plaid shirts and bushy mustaches, he looks, actually, more like a regular working-class guy — a steel worker, or a sailor like his father.
BUSINESS
Feb 8, 2008

Landlord's market: Tokyo office vacancies near seven-year low

Tokyo office vacancies fell in January, nearing a seven-year low, after rising in December for the first time in six months, real estate brokerage Miki Shoji Co. said Thursday.

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