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BASEBALL / HIT AND RUN
Nov 2, 2013

At a loss for words to explain Tanaka's loss

For awhile it was a joke even to ask the question.
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 1, 2013

A Chinese version of 'responsible protection'

The 'responsibility to protect' principle is a challenge for China, which seems to view humanitarianism as good, interventionism as bad, and 'humanitarian intervention' as marrying good to evil.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Nov 1, 2013

Eagles prepare to unleash Tanaka on Giants with title there for taking

Masahiro Tanaka blew out the candles on his birthday cake in one big breath.
EDITORIALS
Oct 31, 2013

Mr. Abe leaning the wrong way

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's apparent longing to visit the shrine for Japan's war dead before yearend threatens to deprive the nation of a chance to smooth relations with China and South Korea.
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LIFE / Food & Drink / SWEET INSPIRATIONS
Oct 31, 2013

Sweet new fad pops up in Omohara

Want to know what's new and hot in the sweets world? Just head to "Omohara," the district where the youth fashion of Harajuku intersects with the high-end consumer culture of Omotesando. You can spot the trends from a block away: Just look for the lines.
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BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 31, 2013

Sony's Hirai mixes camera, phone geeks to catch Apple

For Kazuo Hirai, creating Sony Corp.'s flagship smartphone was too important to be left to the company's mobile phone experts.
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COMMUNITY / Voices / FOREIGN AGENDA
Oct 30, 2013

Volunteers staying the course in Tohoku

Upstart NGOs It's Not Just Mud and OGA for Aid continue to punch above their weight in public conversations about the future of Tohoku.
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CULTURE / Stage
Oct 30, 2013

'The Suit' squares a love triangle

In his seminal 1968 work "The Empty Space," Peter Brook wrote: "Certainly, we still wish to capture in our arts the invisible currents that rule our lives, but our vision is now locked to the dark end of the spectrum. Today the theatre of doubting, of unease, of trouble, of alarm, seems truer than the...
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CULTURE / Stage
Oct 30, 2013

Voices of Syria's war set to haunt Tokyo stage

The war in Syria has been making headlines for more than two years now, but it's made very little impact on the theater world in Japan. Next month, though, that's set to change with the Tokyo staging of "The Fear of Breathing," a hard-hitting British documentary drama about that ongoing multi-pronged...
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JAPAN
Oct 30, 2013

Video clips spell out findings of panel probing nuclear crisis

The independent Diet panel investigating the Fukushima nuclear crisis wrapped up its mission and compiled a 592-page report in July 2012, but probably only a handful of people have read the full account and even fewer understand it.
EDITORIALS
Oct 29, 2013

Nobel Peace Prize sends messages

In choosing this year's Peace Prize recipient, the Nobel Committee hoped to accelerate global efforts to eliminate chemical weapons, which are relatively cheap and easy to produce.
CULTURE / Music / STRANGE BOUTIQUE
Oct 29, 2013

Tokyo Boredom is blazing its own trail — and the first stop is Taiwan

Of all the cliches about Japanese music being bandied around, the one I find most baffling is the idea that bands here are "just copying Western music." It's a rehash of the old jibe, originally born from fear of Japan's rapid postwar industrial growth, about the Japanese being dedicated imitators but...
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MORE SPORTS / NOTES ON A SCORECARD
Oct 29, 2013

Controversy over Washington Redskins leading analysts to hypocrisy

Welcome to the inaugural edition of Notes On A Scorecard.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 29, 2013

Giants' Houlton hungry to capture third consecutive Japan Series title

Recent years have been kind to the teams with D.J. Houlton on the roster.
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 28, 2013

Toyota sales top GM's during third quarter

Toyota Motor Corp. outsold General Motors Co. and all other carmakers for the second time in three quarters, in the latest example of how Japan's largest manufacturers are benefiting from "Abenomics."
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 28, 2013

Japan Series shifts to Tokyo Dome for Game 3

The Japan Series moved inside as both the Yomiuri Giants and Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles held two-hour practice sessions on Monday at Tokyo Dome.
EDITORIALS
Oct 28, 2013

Pushing for nuclear disarmament

For the first time Japan has joined other nations in signing a U.N. statement calling for the abolition of nuclear weapons, despite Japan's reliance on the U.S. nuclear umbrella.
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE FOREIGN ELEMENT
Oct 28, 2013

Getting published is easy; getting noticed is trickier

How can writers make themselves heard in the age of blog and self-publishing saturation? Japan-based authors offer a diverse range of views
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LIFE / Style & Design / ON: ARCHITECTURE
Oct 28, 2013

Tokyo's new National Stadium faces opposition

Now that the celebrations surrounding the announcement that Tokyo will host the 2020 Summer Olympics have died down, attention is turning to the physical transformations that this will bring the city, for better or for worse.
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BUSINESS
Oct 27, 2013

Vice premier touts Poland's stability to Japan investors

Poland's stable economy and Special Economic Zones are great for Japanese investors, Poland's vice prime minister says.
COMMUNITY / Issues / LEARNING CURVE
Oct 27, 2013

When it comes to discipline in class, leave it to the locals

Aaron Joseph remembers the email Interac sent him regarding his school placement in Sakai, Osaka, in August 2012.
ENVIRONMENT
Oct 27, 2013

U.S. greenhouse gas output falls: EPA

Greenhouse gas emissions from U.S. power plants and other industrial facilities declined by 4.5 percent from 2011 to 2012 as utilities continued to switch from coal to natural gas to generate electricity and produced slightly less power overall, the Environmental Protection Agency reported Wednesday....

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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