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COMMENTARY / COUNTERPOINT
Sep 5, 2010

What Japan must do now to survive the coming U.S. conflagration

It is no secret that the tectonic plates of the American empire are slipping dramatically, though the vast majority of Americans are blissfully unaware or in denial of what may soon occur.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel
Sep 5, 2010

Lofty tonic in the heat

So what do you do when it's summer in Japan and the heat and humidity have become just plain silly?
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Sep 4, 2010

Despite new contract, many down on Capello

LONDON — When you earn £6 million a year for managing a football club, you should have a smile on your face and a spring in your step.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Sep 3, 2010

'Night-Tokyo-Day (Map of the Sounds of Tokyo)'

Many Tokyoites believe there are two versions of the city: Version A is where the Japanese inhabit — defined by cramped spaces, excessively long working hours and totally functional toilets. Version B is the Tokyo known to non-Japanese, which by all accounts is ambivalent, exotic and infinitely more...
JAPAN
Sep 2, 2010

Kan, Ozawa kick off DPJ poll race

Campaigning officially kicked off Wednesday for the Sept. 14 Democratic Party of Japan presidential election, with Prime Minister Naoto Kan trying to keep the helm and DPJ kingpin Ichiro Ozawa seeking to wrest it from him.
Japan Times
SOCCER / SOCCER SCENE
Sep 2, 2010

Zaccheroni appointment ends painful search for manager

It is unfair to tar Alberto Zaccheroni with the brush that brought him here, but the Japan Football Association's search for a new national team manager has been a messy affair.
SOCCER / World cup
Aug 30, 2010

Oliveira wants to manage Japan

SAITAMA — Kashima Antlers manager Oswaldo Oliveira wants to take charge of Japan's national team and is prepared to walk out on the J. League champions to do so.
Japan Times
LIFE
Aug 29, 2010

Anyone for tennis?

If you've ever had a tennis lesson, your coach likely told you to block, rather than swing at your volleys. That knowledge makes it all the more thrilling to watch someone like the athletic 16-year-old Sanae Ota rush in from the back of the court, leap up to a high, floating ball — before it bounces...
JAPAN / Q&A
Aug 28, 2010

Shedding light on death penalty

Justice Minister Keiko Chiba, who will probably be replaced next month because she lost her Diet seat in the July 11 Upper House election, allowed journalists for the first time Friday to enter the Tokyo Detention House's execution chamber.
JAPAN / ANALYSIS
Aug 27, 2010

Fight will reshape political landscape

Pundits were split Thursday over who will win the Democratic Party of Japan's presidential election, Prime Minister Naoto Kan or political heavyweight Ichiro Ozawa.
LIFE / Digital / Japan Pulse
Aug 26, 2010

DIY robots: How to build your own lean, mean fighting machine

For robot enthusiasts, DIY kits come in a broad range of difficulties and price ranges.
COMMENTARY
Aug 26, 2010

Will intimidation win China the Yellow Sea?

SINGAPORE — The United States and South Korea announced last week that they would hold the next phase of their joint naval exercises early in September in the Yellow Sea, despite repeated objections from China.
COMMUNITY / Voices / HOTLINE TO NAGATACHO
Aug 24, 2010

Teachers of English face unregulated, unfair system at universities

Dear minister of education Tatsuo Kawabata,
LIFE
Aug 22, 2010

Uneasy neighbors across the sea

August 22 is the 100th anniversary of the signing of the Treaty of Annexation between Japan and Korea that came into effect on Aug. 29, 1910 — commemorated now in North and South Korea as a day of shame.
BASKETBALL
Aug 20, 2010

HeatDevils add three new imports

Forward Wellington Smith, who starred on West Virginia's Big East Tournament champion and Final Four squad in the spring, has signed a contract with the Oita HeatDevils for the coming season under new head coach L.J. Hepp. The announcement was made on Tuesday.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Aug 20, 2010

'The A-Team'

There's no greater sign of the creative bankruptcy in Hollywood these days than the fact that pretty much any old TV series, no matter how stale or silly, is ripe for a remake. In fact, I'd be hard-pressed to think of a TV series from my youth that hasn't been remade.
EDITORIALS
Aug 19, 2010

Corporate social responsibility

On Aug. 4, Bill Gates and Warren Buffett, the second and third richest men in the world, announced that 40 American billionaires had followed their lead in pledging to give half of their fortunes to charity. They plan to turn their efforts next to China and India.
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle
Aug 19, 2010

Problems getting off the ground

In this age of perpetual "War on Terror," we have gotten somewhat accustomed to "disrobing" ourselves at airports. Taking off our watches, necklaces, belts or sometimes even shoes, has become routine when we go through security gates.
BUSINESS / YEN FOR LIVING
Aug 16, 2010

Annals of cheap: High yen supermarket discounts

The strong yen hasn't exactly translated to lower prices on imported goods but supermakets are passing along the profits nonetheless.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Aug 15, 2010

Enatsu's feats resonate years later

Nippon Professional Baseball recently released the results of an interesting survey of the greatest games and moments — regular season and postseason — in its history. Indeed, opinions will vary on which games should be on the list and how to rank those games in order of greatness.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 14, 2010

Hawaiian spreads its wings via Haneda debut

With the opening of a fourth runway at Tokyo's Haneda airport in late October, the head of Hawaiian Airlines, which will soon start a new Tokyo-Honolulu service, is already looking to further expand the carrier's business in Japan.

Longform

Dangami House is a 180-year-old former samurai residence of the Kato clan, who ruled over Ozu, Ehime Prefecture, until the Meiji Restoration.
A house, a legacy and the quiet work of restoration in rural Japan