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SPORTS / SPORTS SCOPE
Nov 18, 2005

Valentine's success this season an achievement for the ages

Against all the odds he got the job done and he did it his way.
JAPAN
Nov 18, 2005

Koizumi to snub Toledo at APEC

Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi revealed Thursday he has turned down an offer to meet with Peruvian President Alejandro Toledo on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum summit, which starts Friday in Pusan, South Korea.
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
Nov 18, 2005

Food for all

A traditional Irish band, a belly-dancing troupe and a Tokyo Comedy Store stand-up comic whose routine assesses United States-Japan relations will all attempt to get in the Thanksgiving mood to raise money for the Second Harvest Japan (2HJ) benefit, "Food for All Japan." The fundraiser takes place 6...
JAPAN
Nov 17, 2005

Beleaguered Bush receives warm reception from ally in Asia

KYOTO -- U.S. President George W. Bush doesn't get many warm welcomes when he leaves the White House these days.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Stage
Nov 17, 2005

Passion for kabuki

After working for the Tokyo National Theater for almost 35 years, Koji Orita became director of its Department of Performing Arts in 2003.
BASKETBALL
Nov 16, 2005

Saitama Broncos used to challenges

After the win, Saitama Broncos general manager Toshihiko Narita seemed on the verge of tears, his face red with excitement.
JAPAN
Nov 15, 2005

Icebreaker departs for Antarctica

The 11,600-ton icebreaker Shirase left Tokyo Monday, bound for Antarctica on Japan's 47th observation mission there.
EDITORIALS
Nov 15, 2005

Braking illicit drug use

Police statistics show that the number of people taken into police custody on narcotics-related charges is on the decrease. Still, optimism about drug use in Japan is not warranted, as recent arrests or indictments have involved a former lawmaker and members of the Self-Defense Forces.
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE ZEIT GIST
Nov 15, 2005

Dating divide

Two guys walk into a bar. . . . Er, no, that already sounds like a bad joke. And first impressions can make all the difference in the world.
JAPAN
Nov 14, 2005

Insiders at public lender call for its dissolution

An in-house section of the Japan Bank for International Cooperation has compiled a report proposing the dissolution of the government-backed lending institution, sources said.
BASEBALL / BASEBALL BULLET-IN
Nov 13, 2005

Decision by Giants to release reliever Sikorski a real mystery

You read this past week where the Yomiuri Giants have decided to clean house regarding their foreign players, releasing outfielder Tuffy Rhodes and pitchers Brian Sikorski, Scott Mullen and J.B. Miadich.
CULTURE / Books / THE ASIAN BOOKSHELF
Nov 13, 2005

The freedom myth of freelancing

A NAGGING SENSE OF JOB INSECURITY: The New Reality Facing Japanese Youth, by Yuji Genda, translated by Jean Connell Hoff. Tokyo: International House of Japan/LTCB International Trust, 2005, 203 pp., $35 (cloth). Being young in Japan isn't what it used to be. And many young Japanese are probably rather...
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Nov 13, 2005

Companies fixing sights on elite as 'lower class' refuse to spend

Boosters of corporate-led globalization like to say that markets are more efficient economic equalizers than governments are. Whether or not you believe this, it only makes sense if you also believe that everyone in the world has the same desire to buy things.
JAPAN
Nov 12, 2005

Afghan detainee qualifies for refugee status: court

The Tokyo District Court on Friday revoked a Justice Ministry decision to deny a well-known Afghan man refugee status.
JAPAN
Nov 12, 2005

State seeks quicker U.S. forces realignment

The government approved a policy Friday to speed up measures to complete the U.S. military realignment in Japan, including budgetary matters, Cabinet members said.
JAPAN
Nov 12, 2005

Ex-SMBC chief tapped to lead key postal firm

The government said Friday it has selected former Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp. President Yoshifumi Nishikawa to run the holding company that will oversee the privatization of the postal system.
BASEBALL / MLB
Nov 11, 2005

'Bobby Magic' still at work

The defense and pitching weren't perfect, but the Chiba Lotte Marines' offense was just fine after two weeks off.
JAPAN
Nov 10, 2005

Half-year Iraq duty extension urged

The Ground Self-Defense Force reconstruction assistance mission in Iraq needs to be extended by at least six months past its Dec. 14 expiration, a government source has said.
JAPAN
Nov 10, 2005

Lawmakers discuss secular war memorial

Lawmakers launched a nonpartisan group Wednesday to consider building a secular war memorial to help resolve the controversy over Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's contentious visits to Tokyo's Yasukuni Shrine.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Nov 10, 2005

The thing itself

In October 1968 Nobuo Sekine dug a hole in the ground, shaped the extracted dirt into a large cylinder and called the work "Phase -- Mother Earth." It was probably an experiment, influenced by discussions of the new Land Art and Minimalist works taking place in the United States.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Nov 10, 2005

'68 tax treaty needs revision: Belgian leader

Belgian Prime Minister Guy Verhofstadt on Wednesday proposed that Tokyo and Brussels revise their tax treaty to boost Japanese investment in Belgium.
EDITORIALS
Nov 9, 2005

Step up relief for quake victims

The sufferings of survivors continue one month after the magnitude-7.6 earthquake ravaged northern Pakistan on Oct. 8. United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan has called the quake "a huge, huge disaster -- perhaps the biggest we have ever seen." But it is never too late for other nations and peoples...
BUSINESS
Nov 9, 2005

Foreign reserves down $1.77 billion

Japan's foreign-exchange reserves stood at $841.79 billion at the end of October, down $1.77 billion from the month before for the second straight monthly fall, the Finance Ministry said Tuesday.
Japan to revise romanization rules for first time in 70 years
The Agency for Cultural Affairs is recommending replacing the government’s long-standing Kunrei system with more widely used Hepburn-style spellings.
JR East cancels luxury train run over crew's boozing
East Japan Railway said Thursday that it will cancel one trip of a luxury overnight sleeper service, which was originally scheduled to depart from Ueno Station in Tokyo on Aug. 30, after crew members were found to have been drinking alcohol on duty.
Women-only communities flourish in China
Chen Yani (right), nicknamed "Keke," eats lunch with friends and guests in a female co-living space she founded called "Keke's Imaginative Space" in Hangzhou, in eastern China's Zhejiang province, on July 14.
Demystifying the manufacturing success of China
China’s massive scale, strong education system and competitive local governance have enabled it to reach the technological frontier and dominate high-tech manufacturing despite its low per capita gross domestic product.
Infectious diseases to watch for in Japan this summer amid surge of cases
An illustration of a colony of the Bordetella pertussis bacterium that causes pertussis, or whooping cough. As of Aug. 10, there were 64,467 cases reported this year, according to the latest data from the Japan Institute for Health Security.
As farm minister, Koizumi is held ‘hostage’ by Ishiba
Farm minister Shinjiro Koizumi (center) attends a Lower House session on Aug. 1. Locking Koizumi into the Cabinet is Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba’s way of turning a potential rival into a team player, according to one expert.
Big burgers and bigger ambitions for Japan's Burger King
Kazuhiro Nomura, president of BK Japan Holdings, which operates Burger King in Japan
Tokyo crowned No.1 'workation' spot
Workations were a burgeoning trend in the corporate world for years before the COVID-19 pandemic turbocharged it.
Atsushi Kitagawara’s exhibition finds poetry in architecture
The inverted cone, one of Atsushi Kitagawara’s six signature elements in architecture, is a key feature of the Nakamura Keith Haring Collection museum building.
Candidates preparing to make final pitches for Sawamura Award
Hawks pitcher Livan Moinelo has a 1.13 ERA in 19 starts this season.

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
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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.
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