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Reference / Special Presentations / WITNESS TO WAR
Jan 5, 2008

Aug. 13 field draftee fast-tracked to Soviet gulag

Fourteenth in a series
BASKETBALL / HOOP SCOOP
Dec 29, 2007

Japanime holding all the cards in buildup to All-Star Game

Glenn Kardy calls himself a "crazy baseball fan." His earliest sports memory is a wild one. He can still remember the heated seventh inning of Game 2 of the 1972 American League Championship Series between the Tigers and A's.
BUSINESS
Dec 29, 2007

MMC signs incentive agreement with Russia

Mitsubishi Motors Corp., Japan's fastest-growing car exporter, has signed an agreement with the Russian government granting it incentives to assemble vehicles in the country, where economic growth is boosting auto demand, the carmaker said in a statement Friday.
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CULTURE / Stage
Dec 27, 2007

The flash of the unflashy

Although much fanfare, excited TV coverage and celebrity casts accompanied the opening of new theatrical venues in Tokyo this year, such as Akasaka Red Theater, Theater Creation in Hibiya and Owl Spot in Ikebukuro, many would be hard pressed to truly wax lyrical about Japan's drama world over the last...
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LIFE / Travel / ON THE ROAD
Dec 23, 2007

Triumph Tiger comes out of the wild

Triumph Motorcycles is a rare success story in the British motor industry. Rescued from the abyss of bankruptcy in 1983 by property developer and self-made millionaire John Bloor, this company with roots reaching back to the 19th century is now producing some of the best bikes around.
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 16, 2007

Operating system that stole Christmas

BERKELEY, Calif. — Before asking for a new Windows PC this holiday season, remember the old adage: "Be careful about what you wish for."
BUSINESS
Dec 14, 2007

JFE eyes ¥250 billion to lift output

JFE Steel Corp., Japan's second-biggest steelmaker, will spend ¥250 billion to increase production and cut carbon emissions.
Japan Times
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
Dec 7, 2007

Absurdly serious play

Keralino Sandroviich is one of Japan's leading contemporary dramatists. But this multitalented workaholic 44-year-old (also known as Kazumi Kobayashi) not only writes for, directs and runs the Tokyo-based Nylon 100° company he founded in 1985, he also makes films and plays in a punk band as well.
BUSINESS
Dec 6, 2007

Suzuki shifts into overdrive in Indian car market

Despite intensifying competition, Suzuki Motor Corp. won't give up its 55 percent share of the market in India without a fight, company Chairman and CEO Osamu Suzuki vowed Wednesday.
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BUSINESS
Nov 29, 2007

Defect-finding autoworker blows whistle on new 'Toyota way'

The California autoworker who is suing Toyota and others in a whistle-blower lawsuit said Tuesday she was merely carrying out the quality-conscious "Toyota way" in spotting defects when managers cracked down on her efforts and demoted her.
LIFE / Digital
Nov 21, 2007

Product placement seeks online consumers' wallets

Product placement within the entertainment industry has become widely accepted as commonplace. You only have to watch "Casino Royale" — the most recent movie in the James Bond series — to see that in-film advertising is big business. From cars and laptop computers to entire airlines, if it can be...
JAPAN
Nov 16, 2007

Moriya implicates former defense chiefs

Former Vice Defense Minister Takemasa Moriya divulged Thursday that lawmakers Fumio Kyuma and Fukushiro Nukaga were among those wined and dined by a former executive of defense equipment trader Yamada Corp. now at the center of a widening corruption scandal.
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LIFE / Digital
Nov 14, 2007

Online music store helps Japanese music go global

You've heard the stories: The music industry is in crisis, CD sales are dropping year on year, iTunes is taking over the world, the future is digital, the revolution is here. While a lot of this may be true, music fans could be forgiven for some cynicism when all about them the music industry seeks to...

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A mushroom cloud from the atomic bombing on Hiroshima taken from a U.S. military aircraft on Aug. 6, 1945. Copying the photo without permission is prohibited.
80 years on, a Japanese American hibakusha recalls the day the bomb dropped