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JAPAN / READERS' FUND
Dec 18, 2009

NPO 'builds hope' for kids in rural Cambodia

Second in a series
Japan Times
SOCCER / World cup
Dec 18, 2009

Okada unfazed by Nakamura's struggles in Spain

National team manager Takeshi Okada has reassured Shunsuke Nakamura that he will form the cornerstone of Japan's 2010 World Cup challenge despite failing to make an impact at Espanyol.
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CULTURE / Film
Dec 18, 2009

Back to basic instincts

Mamoru Oshii is best known here and abroad as an anime auteur whose works, from the seminal dystopian SF "Kokaku Kidotai" ("Ghost in the Shell," 1995) to the air-action epic "Sky Crawlers" (2008), have often viewed the future of humanity through a glass darkly.
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CULTURE / Music
Dec 18, 2009

The noughties played it nice

The biggest Japanese music event in 2000 was Hikaru Utada's Bohemian Summer tour, which was launched at Tokyo's Yoyogi Pool that June. Since emerging in December 1998 with the single "Automatic," followed by the debut album "First Love" four months later, the 17-year-old singer-songwriter, daughter of...
EDITORIALS
Dec 17, 2009

Futenma's fate back to the future

The coalition government of the Democratic Party of Japan, the Social Democratic Party and the New People's Party have put off until next year a decision on the relocation of the U.S. Marine Corps' Futenma Air Station in the central part of Okinawa Island. The government will seek possible alternatives...
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JAPAN
Dec 17, 2009

Green Key inns are all eco-stars

COPENHAGEN — Whenever climate change comes up for discussion, many industries say going green and reducing their energy consumption would be bad for business, even affecting the quality of service and products they provide.
Japan Times
SOCCER / SOCCER SCENE
Dec 17, 2009

Time to face up to reality with Nakamura's star on the wane

As national team manager Takeshi Okada runs the rule over the year gone by, he will have to face up to an uncomfortable but unavoidable truth — 2009 has not been kind to Shunsuke Nakamura.
BUSINESS
Dec 17, 2009

Takenaka, Kan tussle over policy direction

Deputy Prime Minister Naoto Kan faced off Wednesday with Heizo Takenaka, who was a key economic adviser to former Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi, and differed sharply with him over whether the government should put priority on supporting corporations or households to spark economic growth.
BUSINESS
Dec 17, 2009

Investment, open skies make oneworld JAL's home: Arpey

American Airlines Inc. President and CEO Gerard Arpey said Wednesday that Japan Airlines Corp. should remain in their alliance instead of teaming up with Delta Air Lines Inc., adding his group may invest in JAL more than the already proposed $1.1 billion.
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Reference / SO WHAT THE HECK IS THAT
Dec 17, 2009

Scary crow

Dear Alice,
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BUSINESS
Dec 17, 2009

Aeon sits on same-store sales data

Aeon Co., Japan's second-largest retailer, won't release same-store sales figures in 2010 because restructuring will mean comparisons with previous years won't be useful for investors, President Motoya Okada said.
JAPAN
Dec 16, 2009

Futenma decision shelved till 2010

The Democratic Party of Japan-led ruling coalition said Tuesday it will put off resolving the relocation of U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma until next year, effectively prolonging an issue that has raised tension between Tokyo and Washington as well as within the ruling coalition.
COMMENTARY
Dec 16, 2009

Saving the U.K. economy

Frequent comparisons are made these days between the plight of the British economy and the state of the Japanese economy. But in reality the two situations are very different.
BUSINESS
Dec 16, 2009

Morgan, Goldman rake in Livedoor billions

Livedoor Co., the Internet service provider whose founder, Takafumi Horie, faces prison for inflating profits, is providing a payday for Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and Deutsche Bank AG.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Dec 15, 2009

Hillman takes pride as Greinke, Darvish make good on pitching potential

As the 2009 season unfolded in major league baseball, Kansas City Royals manager Trey Hillman may have caught himself recalling his time in Japan two seasons ago.
JAPAN
Dec 15, 2009

Proposal followed fight over feline

. I had been involved in triathlon for two or three years. Kentaro: It was my first or second time to join the triathlon training group when we met. She and I both lived in Oizumi Gakuen (in Nerima Ward, Tokyo). She taught me how to swim.
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 15, 2009

Ozawa's pride of place vs. policy

Ichiro Ozawa, secretary general of the ruling Democratic Party of Japan, is theoretically subordinate to Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama, who is also the DPJ president. Ozawa has even stated that all policy matters must be decided by the government, not by the party. Yet, in reality, he has established...
Reader Mail
Dec 13, 2009

Okinawans must challenge Tokyo

Regarding the Dec. 7 article "Okada's inconclusive visit irks Okinawans": It is very clear that Foreign Minister Katsuya Okada and the new Democratic Party of Japan represent more of the same old baloney that Japan has had in power for years, just under a different name. As an American who feels strongly...
Reader Mail
Dec 13, 2009

Narrow vs. broader view of study

If the narrow view of studying English, for many Japanese, is simply to read texts and write English exams, then I would say, why study English at all? If English is not to be applied in some way by the people studying it, it is simply a waste of time. If the purpose of studying English is only to read...

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Tetsuzo Shiraishi, speaking at The Center of the Tokyo Raids and War Damage, uses a thermos to explain how he experienced the U.S. firebombing of March 1945, when he was just 7 years old.
From ashes to high-rises: A survivor’s account of Tokyo’s postwar past