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EDITORIALS
Jan 16, 2008

Getting serious about global warming

This year is crucial in the fight against global warming — especially for Japan. During the 2008-2012 five-year period, industrialized countries must reduce their greenhouse-gas emissions by an average 5 percent from 1990 levels under the 1997 Kyoto Protocol. In July, Japan will host the summit of...
BUSINESS
Jan 16, 2008

SMFG turns to alliances with Asian banks

Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc. will target alliances with Asian banks, including Malaysia's RHB Capital Bhd., to boost income as domestic lending falls.
BASKETBALL
Jan 15, 2008

Kashiwagi emerging as one of Japan's top rising superstars

Not long after the hard-fought battle wrapped up, Shinsuke Kashiwagi choked back with tears on the floor in front of the jam-packed 2,700 spectators.
Japan Times
JAPAN / EXPLAINER
Jan 15, 2008

Japan, Brazil mark a century of settlement, family ties

This year marks the 100th anniversary of the beginning of a Japanese migration to Brazil. In 1908, hundreds of farmers moved to the South American country, dreaming of making their fortunes there before returning to their hometowns.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / ONE-ON-ONE WITH ...
Jan 13, 2008

Blackwell key component in success of Sendai this season

The Japan Times will be featuring periodic interviews with individuals in the bj-league — Japan's first professional basketball circuit — which is in its third season. Ryan Blackwell of the Sendai 89ers is the subject of this week's profile.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 13, 2008

Canine style unleashed as dogs hit catwalks in Tokyo

These days, dogs want to be in fashion, too.
BASEBALL / BASEBALL BULLET-IN
Jan 13, 2008

Loads of talent on the foreign side for Buffaloes this season

The 2008 foreign contingent on the Orix Buffaloes is looking good to me, and it seems to be getting better as we inch toward the opening of spring camp on Feb. 1.
LIFE
Jan 13, 2008

Fighting the flab and shaping up can also be a lot of fun

New Year's resolution? "Doing more exercise," you may say.
EDITORIALS
Jan 12, 2008

Clear and present road 'danger'

In August 2006 a car driven on a bridge by a then employee of the Fukuoka Municipal Government rear-ended a sport utility vehicle carrying a couple and their three children. The SUV plunged into Hakata Bay and the three children perished. In the trial of the former municipal worker, public prosecutors...
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / BJ-LEAGUE NOTEBOOK
Jan 11, 2008

Erratic HeatDevils struggling to find formula for return to playoffs

The Oita HeatDevils have played 16 basketball games this season. In that time, they've proven one thing: They are as unpredictable as the presidential election polls in the United States.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 11, 2008

New Kochi governor hopes local produce lifts rural economy

Kochi Gov. Masanao Ozaki, who took office in December as the nation's youngest governor, is well aware he cannot emulate what his Miyazaki counterpart, Hideo Higashikokubaru, has achieved over the past year.
Tsunami waves reach Japan after magnitude 8.7 quake off Russia's Kamchatka
Police officers ask a man to evacuate from an empty beach following a tsunami warning, in Fujisawa, Kanagawa Prefecture, on Wednesday.
Japan to start new residency system for foreign workers
Students hoping to work in Japan attend a Japanese class at a job placement company in Hanoi in October 2022.
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.
Japan to regularly accept assistant language teachers from India
Indian assistant language teachers pose for a photo with Japanese Ambassador Keiichi Ono (center) at the Japanese Embassy in New Delhi on Friday.
At LDP’s post-election meeting, calls intensify for Ishiba’s resignation
Prime Minister and Liberal Democratic Party President Shigeru Ishiba, flanked by LDP Secretary-General Hiroshi Moriyama (left) and LDP Vice President Yoshihide Suga, speaks at a meeting of party lawmakers and executives at the party's headquarters in Tokyo on Monday.
Why Ishiba refuses to quit even amid intense pressure for him to go
Supporters of Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba take part in a rally across the street from the Prime Minister's Office on Friday.
Behind the scenes at the Baseball Hall of Fame's new Yakyu/Baseball exhibit
“Yakyu / Baseball: The Transpacific Exchange of the Game” is set to remain on display in Cooperstown for at least five to 10 years — and possibly indefinitely.
How Japan made techno its own
Rural, a three-day techno festival, was held July 18 to 21 at Nowhere Camp in Fukushima Prefecture.
Boys’ love dramas from Thailand make waves in Japan
Wakana, a Japanese fan of Thai BL, visits a temple in Thon Buri, Bangkok featured in the Thai adaptation of the Japanese series “Cherry Magic.” Her media consumption kindled an interest in Thai culture and language, and ultimately led her to relocate to Thailand. “I fell in love with the whole country,” she says.
Amid fossil fuel shift in U.S., hope emerges for India and Japan tie-up on solar
A technician works on the assembly line at a solar panel manufacturing hub on the outskirts of New Delhi last October.

Podcast

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

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
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