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BASEBALL / BASEBALL BULLET-IN
Apr 23, 2006

Giants hope Glover has golden touch

In last week's column, I mentioned five key players who have triggered the phenomenal start this season by the Yomiuri Giants: second baseman Makoto Kosaka, outfielder Kenji Yano, first sacker Lee Seung Yeop, starting pitcher Jeremy "J.P." Powell and closer Kiyoshi Toyoda.
JAPAN
Apr 22, 2006

10-year military realignment plan to cost Japan 2 trillion yen

The government estimates that it will need around 2 trillion yen over the next 10 years -- roughly 200 billion yen a year on average -- to meet costs associated with the realignment of U.S. military forces in Japan, excluding the cost of relocating U.S. Marines from Okinawa to Guam, sources said.
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 21, 2006

Turning point at Chernobyl

MOSCOW -- The nuclear meltdown at Chernobyl 20 years ago this month, even more than my launch of perestroika, was perhaps the real cause of the collapse of the Soviet Union five years later. Indeed, the Chernobyl catastrophe was an historic turning point: there was the era before the disaster, and there...
Japan Times
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
Apr 21, 2006

Yokohama street fest

Magic, juggling, acrobatics and pantomime will be some of the attractions at the 31st Noge Street Performers Festival taking place in Noge, Yokohama, on April 22 and 23, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.
JAPAN
Apr 17, 2006

Yurikamome Line to resume running Monday

Train services on Tokyo's automated Yurikamome Line, suspended since an accident Friday, will resume operations Monday morning but on a limited schedule, the line's operator said.
BASEBALL / BASEBALL BULLET-IN
Apr 16, 2006

Return of Hara, revamped roster have Giants off to fast start

The Yomiuri Giants are off to a great start in the 2006 Central League pennant race, winning 11 of their first 13 games (with one tie) and taking the early lead in the CL standings.
Japan Times
LIFE / WEEK 3
Apr 16, 2006

What's really 'Chinese' about fortune cookies?

Try this for fun next time you're in New York City: Walk into any sushi bar, eat your fill and then ask for a fortune cookie.
JAPAN
Apr 15, 2006

Aneha to be arrested over quake-resistance data fabrication

Police investigators plan to arrest former architect Hidetsugu Aneha by the end of this month on suspicion of fabricating quake-resistance data for condominiums and budget hotels, sources said Friday.
JAPAN
Apr 15, 2006

U.S. realignment talks drag on

Japan and the United States failed to produce a final agreement on the U.S. military realignment in their latest round of talks that ended Friday in Tokyo.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music / THE SECOND ROOM
Apr 14, 2006

Psychedelic radar 04.14

Saturday, April 15
Japan Times
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
Apr 14, 2006

Graffiti robot drips technology

"Auto Portrait" is a weekend of "sonic and visual interludes" taking place at Information Gallery in Tokyo from April 14 to 16. The show features automated wall paintings by Hektor, a portable spray paint output device for laptop computers. There will also be a theremin performance by Yuri Suzuki and...
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
Apr 14, 2006

'Oklahoma!'

Students of the International School of the Sacred Heart, Seisen International School and St. Mary's International School will perform the musical "Oklahoma!" under the direction of Chieko Nakagawa April 21-23.
JAPAN
Apr 11, 2006

Youths get a say in governance with mock mayoral vote

A 14-year-old boy voted in front of a railway station on a rainy Sunday in February in a mock mayoral election in Tokyo's Machida city organized by the Junior Chamber of Commerce.
JAPAN
Apr 8, 2006

Nago, Tokyo reach agreement on moving Futenma

, mayor of Nago, Okinawa Prefecture, meets Defense Agency chief Fukushiro Nukaga ahead of their talks at the agency.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 7, 2006

Train-car crash kills one in Setagaya

A Keio Line commuter train hit a car Wednesday on a grade crossing in Tokyo's Setagaya Ward, killing the car's driver and leaving four others slightly injured, police and firefighters said.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel / WALKING THE WARDS
Apr 7, 2006

Getting animated in Suginami

Suginami Ward may be known as a bed town, but the residents are restless. Butting up against Musashino and Mitaka cities and sharing a "west wing" location with Setagaya Ward to the south and Nerima Ward to the north, what appears to be a quiet residential area has always been a hotbed of activism.
Japan Times
ENVIRONMENT / OLD NIC'S NOTEBOOK
Apr 5, 2006

Patrolling the seas from on high

On February 28 this year, I was invited by the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force base at Hachinohe to give a lecture on naval history to the officers of Fleet Air Wing Two. So for me it was to be a sudden switch from the coral seas and pleasant climate of Okinawa (with which I regaled you in this...
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle
Apr 4, 2006

Gonna make you sweat

The Japanese love bath-time, whether it be in a hot spring (onsen), a public bathhouse (sento), or a soak in the tub at home (o-furo). Bathing in Japan really is something of an art that verges on an obsession. Of course, the Japanese didn't invent it (the ancient Romans take credit for that), but they...
COMMENTARY
Apr 3, 2006

Protectionism has returned to Europe

LONDON -- The big idea was that Europe would do away with economic nationalism, sweep away frontiers and stand as a shining example to the rest of the world of free trade and open markets. That was the dream. The reality is turning out rather differently.
CULTURE / TV & Streaming / CHANNEL SURF
Apr 2, 2006

Tireless emcee comes up with "Mino Monta no Sashinomi" on Nihon TV and more

Apparently, being listed in the Guinness Book of Records isn't enough for tireless emcee Monta Mino. On Monday, at midnight, he launches yet another series with himself as host. That adds up to a whopping 10 programs a week for the 61-year-old presenter, who claims to only need three hours of sleep a...
COMMENTARY / COUNTERPOINT
Apr 2, 2006

A torso squeaks -- but what does it say about the media?

OK, this is confession time. Even though I have lived in Japan for decades, there is something that still absolutely drives me up the wall -- so high up the wall, in fact, that I feel like Spiderman on a Shinjuku skyscraper.
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
Mar 31, 2006

Concert harpist plays by invitation

Award-winning 26-year-old harpist Keziah Thomas has been invited by the family-run harp manufacturers, Aoyama Harps, to give three recitals in Tokyo, Fukui and Osaka, after impressing at the Ninth World Harp Congress in Dublin last year.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel
Mar 31, 2006

Here's one castle to crow about

They may be unloved and unwanted, but even their detractors would have to admit that Japan's crows are tough, resilient critters. It is, then, entirely appropriate that the oldest castle in Japan should be named after these intimidating birds. The Japanese of yore had quite a fondness for naming their...
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
Mar 31, 2006

Marriageproblems

It had a successful off-Broadway run and was turned into a television movie for American cable television network HBO starring Dennis Quaid and Andie MacDowell.
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
Mar 31, 2006

Majestic entertainment

Subtitled "Adult Frustration!?" Yebisu Cultural Festival returns for its fifth installment to Tokyo nightspot Milk on April 1. As usual, it boasts a diverse lineup of live bands, DJs and special performances.

Longform

Figure skater Akiko Suzuki was once told her ideal weight should be 47 kilograms, a number she now admits she “naively believed.” This led to her have a relationship with food that resulted in her suffering from anorexia.
The silent battle Japanese athletes fight with weight