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BASKETBALL
Jan 31, 2007

Washington earns bj-league award

Osaka Evessa power forward Lynn Washington is the Circle K Sunkus January MVP, the bj-league announced Tuesday.
MORE SPORTS
Jan 31, 2007

Japanese struggle on Toray tourney's 1st day

It was bad day at the office for the Japanese players as the Toray Pan Pacific Open began at the Tokyo Metropolitan Gym on Tuesday.
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 31, 2007

Uneven growth presents a challenge for Europe

PALO ALTO, Calif. -- A year ago, the euro zone's most important challenge was anemic economic growth. But 2006 turned out to be a good year for growth in Europe, as surprising strength in exports sparked unexpected increases in domestic demand. Germany, the euro zone's biggest economy, had a particularly...
JAPAN
Jan 30, 2007

NHK stung by censorship suit appeal

The Tokyo High Court on Monday expanded on a lower court ruling and ordered NHK and two production companies to pay damages to a women's rights group for altering the content of a documentary on a mock tribunal over Japan's wartime sexual slavery.
EDITORIALS
Jan 30, 2007

Will a murder help Turkey?

The assassination of Turkish journalist Hrant Dink has forced Turks to face their past. Mr. Dink was killed because he had called the mass killings of Armenians in the early 20th century a genocide. While his rhetoric angered many Turks, his death appears to have prompted many more of them to think twice...
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / WORDS TO LIVE BY
Jan 30, 2007

Yoko Yamada

Yoko Yamada, 27, nicknamed Iron Beauty, is the 2005 women's arm wrestling world champion in the 45-kg weight class and has won more than 35 gold medals, in both the Left- and Right-Handed Divisions. Yamada failed to qualify for the 2006 world championship because the minimum weight was raised to 50 kg,...
BASEBALL / BASEBALL BULLET-IN
Jan 28, 2007

The rundown on foreign players in Japan for 2007 season

Spring training camps open for the 12 Japan pro baseball teams on Thursday, Feb. 1, and the Pacific and Central Leagues will welcome a total of 64 foreigners in uniform.
CULTURE / Books
Jan 28, 2007

From the truth comes some strange fiction

Homunculus by Hugh Paxton. Macmillan New Writing, 2005, 256 pp., £12.99 (paper). The grotesquely fanged monster armed with a spear and an assault rifle that comes hurtling out of a rising sun on the cover of "Homunculus" should be fair warning to readers that something a tad disturbing is to be found...
BASKETBALL
Jan 27, 2007

A big step: bj-league stages 1st All-Star Game

GINOWAN, Okinawa -- Pick a sport, any sport, and the following is a guarantee: All-Star games are fun events for fans and players alike.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / LIFELINES
Jan 27, 2007

Tenor believes in power to generate new realities

Since making his operatic debut in 2001 in Mozart's "Die Zauberflote" in Paris, Dominique Moralez has received nothing but adulation throughout Europe and the Americas. His voice has been described as "shimmering -- with power and sweetness, perfect voix mixte and exquisitely refined pianissimo."
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / PERSONALITY PROFILE
Jan 27, 2007

Fujie Kagami

Fujie Kagami has devoted her life to studying and teaching the koto. She has been honored with a Cultural Award from Aichi Prefecture.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Jan 26, 2007

The punks descend

How much impact do surroundings have on a group? According to guitarist Lindsay McDougall of the Australian band Frenzal Rhomb, plenty.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art / NEW ART SEEN
Jan 25, 2007

A great space waiting to be filled

Wow. It's huge.
EDITORIALS
Jan 25, 2007

Latin America makes a left turn

Upon winning a third term in office, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez made a sharp left turn in his policies. Pledging to "devote my days, nights and entire life to the construction of socialism in Venezuela," the fiery nationalist has called on the legislature to give him authority to rule by decree,...
BUSINESS
Jan 24, 2007

TSE to increase trading capacity

The Tokyo Stock Exchange announced Tuesday it will increase its maximum trading volume from the current 14 million transactions a day to 17 million in the fall, following the bourse's conversion into a holding company in October.
If the 'Big One' hits, this city could face a 31-meter-high tsunami
A small shrine perched atop rocks braves the waves hitting the shoreline during a storm in Shimoda, Shizuoka Prefecture. The area is under threat of a possible 31-meter-high tsunami if an earthquake strikes the nearby Nankai Trough.
Shohei Ohtani's example could change Japan's views on paternity leave
Shohei Ohtani and Mamiko Tanaka announced the birth of their first child on April 19.
Nearly half of workers in Japan engage in ‘quiet quitting’
"Quiet quitting" is most common among the younger generation, with 46.7% of respondents to a survey in their 20s identifying with the practice, reflecting a less-motivated workforce more focused on work-life balance.
Delta routes new Airbus plane to Tokyo to sidestep Trump tariffs
Delta Air Lines signage on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange in New York on April 9. The airline is flying a new Airbus SE plane through Japan to skirt U.S. import tariffs.
High levels of PFAS found in blood of Osaka factory workers
The levels of a type of "forever chemical" found in seven current and former employees at Daikin Industries' Yodogawa plant in Osaka Prefecture were about 38 times those for nearby residents, according to a survey conducted by a team including Kyoto University.
Single, or not? Japanese dating app launches relationship verification system
Tapple, one of Japan's most popular dating apps, has launched the nation's first feature to verify a user's single status via their My Number card.
Could this be Japan’s year at the Kentucky Derby?
Christophe Lemaire rides Admire Daytona, who was bred in Japan, during the UAE Derby at Meydan Racecourse in Dubai on April 5.
Counting the reasons why there are so few American cars in Japan
Tesla's store in Tokyo's Shibuya district. While sales of American cars in Japan appear to be shrinking, Tesla's presence in the country is growing.
Shohei Ohtani's example could change Japan's views on paternity leave
Shohei Ohtani and Mamiko Tanaka announced the birth of their first child on April 19.
Nearly half of workers in Japan engage in ‘quiet quitting’
"Quiet quitting" is most common among the younger generation, with 46.7% of respondents to a survey in their 20s identifying with the practice, reflecting a less-motivated workforce more focused on work-life balance.

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A small shrine perched atop rocks braves the waves hitting the shoreline during a storm in Shimoda, Shizuoka Prefecture. The area is under threat of a possible 31-meter-high tsunami if an earthquake strikes the nearby Nankai Trough.
If the 'Big One' hits, this city could face a 31-meter-high tsunami
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