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EDITORIALS
Mar 21, 2009

Boost reactors' quake resistance

The Kanazawa District Court in March 2006 ordered Hokuriku Electric Power Co. to shut down the No. 2 reactor at its Shika nuclear power station in Ishikawa Prefecture — the nation's second largest power reactor. The unprecedented ruling said the reactor lacked sufficient earthquake resistance and could...
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / WORLD BASEBALL CLASSIC
Mar 20, 2009

Cuban streak of 40 consecutive finals ends

SAN DIEGO — For the first time in half a century, a major international baseball title will be decided without Cuba.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / WORLD BASEBALL CLASSIC
Mar 18, 2009

Japan counting on Darvish against South Korea

SAN DIEGO — Japan and South Korea have seen a lot of each other in the World Baseball Classic. Enough that Ichiro Suzuki thinks it might be their fate to play each other over and over again.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / WORLD BASEBALL CLASSIC
Mar 17, 2009

Japan pounds Cuba

SAN DIEGO — Three years later and the Cubans still haven't figured out Daisuke Matsuzaka.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / WORLD BASEBALL CLASSIC
Mar 17, 2009

Masterful Matsuzaka keeps Cubans under his spell

SAN DIEGO — When questioned about his pregame demeanor on Sunday, Daisuke Matsuzaka said he thought he had been smiling.
Japan Times
LIFE / WEEK 3
Mar 15, 2009

45s at 60 just keep groovin' on their 7-inch way

It was 60 years ago this month when a country crooner from the South released the first-ever single to spin at 45 rpm.
EDITORIALS
Mar 9, 2009

Foundation must come clean

Learning the Chinese characters called kanji is so much fun for some people that it has become a fad. Interest in kanji can be gauged by the number of people who take kanji aptitude tests. In fiscal 2007, some 2.7 million people, age 3 to 97, took the tests known as kanken (literary kanji certification),...
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / WORLD BASEBALL CLASSIC
Mar 8, 2009

Ichiro ends slump, Japan routs S. Korea

Ichiro Suzuki called Japan's second loss to South Korea in the 2006 World Baseball Classic, "the most humiliating day of my baseball career."
LIFE
Mar 8, 2009

U.S. shows way to medical apologies

So you think apologizing is the norm in Japan? Well, think again — especially with regard to its venerable medical profession.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / WORLD BASEBALL CLASSIC
Mar 5, 2009

Japan ready to defend title

When the second World Baseball Classic begins on Thursday, all eyes will be on Japan.
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 5, 2009

Lessons from history for abduction policy

To the delight of the Aso administration, Hillary Clinton not only first made Japan her first foreign visit as U.S. secretary of state, but she met with families of Japanese abducted by North Korea. Unfortunately, by giving the impression that she agrees with Japan, her gesture may prevent a much-needed...
Japan Times
SOCCER / J. League
Mar 5, 2009

Miyamoto returns to pass on experience

Tsuneyasu Miyamoto's time at Red Bull Salzburg may not have been as successful as he would have liked, but the former national team captain is determined to use the experience to benefit his new Vissel Kobe teammates.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 5, 2009

Elementary school English: Ready or not

Poor English skills and coordination with visiting English speakers are just two of the problems worrying elementary school teachers as the government's two-year transition period to inaugurate weekly classes in the language begins next month.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 4, 2009

Future of 'anime' industry in doubt

After graduating from Tokyo Animator College, Yuko Matsui began working at a midscale animation production agency.
COMMENTARY / THE VIEW FROM NEW YORK
Mar 1, 2009

What 'prohibition' has wrought

NEW YORK — When I read the news that the Latin American Commission on Drugs and Democracy "blasted the U.S.-led drug war as a failure that is pushing Latin American societies to the breaking point" (Wall Street Journal, Feb. 12), I thought: Someone is finally talking sense. I have long regarded the...
BASEBALL / BASEBALL BULLET-IN
Mar 1, 2009

Japanese fans geared up for World Baseball Classic

It is the World Baseball Classic, but WBC here could stand for "Whopping Big Crowds" or "Wildly Boisterous Cheering." The Japanese fans are going bonkers over Team Samurai Japan, with the No. 1 attraction being Seattle Mariners star Ichiro Suzuki.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 28, 2009

No reprieve for expelled Filipino family

The Tokyo Regional Immigration Bureau told an undocumented Filipino couple in Warabi, Saitama Prefecture, on Friday that they will be detained unless they decide by March 9 whether to leave Japan with or without their 13-year-old Japan-born daughter.
JAPAN
Feb 26, 2009

Deadline nears for Filipino family

Opponents of the deportation order against an undocumented Filipino family in Warabi, Saitama Prefecture, are mounting a last-ditch effort to win a reversal.
BUSINESS
Feb 25, 2009

Goldman to trim equity research team as demand for analysis dips

Goldman Sachs Group Inc., which has cut 10 percent of its global workforce in the past year, will trim its equity research team in Japan as early as this week, two sources said Tuesday.

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