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JAPAN / G8 ITALY SUMMIT
Jul 9, 2009

G8 summit gets off to rough start

ROME — With the relevance of the Group of Eight being challenged by emerging powers, the G8 leaders got down to business Wednesday addressing climate change and what their next move might be when and if the global recession subsides.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jul 9, 2009

Giants' Sakamoto ends slump with a 'sayonara' homer

Mired in a terrible slump, Hayato Sakamoto found the perfect cure for his ills at the plate.
EDITORIALS
Jul 8, 2009

Bad omen for Mr. Aso?

The result of the Shizuoka gubernatorial election could be a bad omen for Prime Minister Taro Aso and the ruling coalition of the Liberal Democratic Party and Komeito. Mr. Heita Kawakatsu, 60, an economic history scholar, who was supported by the Democratic Party of Japan, the Social Democratic Party,...

Longform

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