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CULTURE / Film
Nov 9, 2007

Tokyo's FILMeX: small but tasty

Now in its eighth year, Tokyo FILMeX (Nov. 17-25) continues to prove that good things come in small packages. With the sprawling Tokyo International Film Festival over, think of FILMeX as the more interesting, more memorable nijikai (after party) following TIFF's pomp and circumstance. FILMeX's devoted...
LIFE / Lifestyle / ON THE BOOK TRAIL
Nov 6, 2007

"The Bomb," "Bunker 10"

"The Bomb" Theodore Taylor, Harcourt; 2007; 195pp.
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 5, 2007

Ban expansion of agrofuels

NEW YORK — With biofuels being touted as our best great hope to undo climate change, it would be easy to ask yourself, "What's not to like?"
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Oct 31, 2007

NFL foray recalls days when London boasted title team

LONDON — Occasionally life deals you a good hand.
BASEBALL / BASEBALL BULLET-IN
Oct 28, 2007

Having rebuilt Fighters, Hillman faces new challenge in K.C.

Outgoing Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters manager Trey Hillman obviously has only one thing on his mind right now — beating the Chunichi Dragons again and winning a second consecutive Japan Series title.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Oct 25, 2007

Yasukuni through Chinese eyes

'Yasukuni," a two-hour documentary about the controversial Shinto shrine in Tokyo, had its world premiere at the Pusan International Film Festival earlier this month. It comes two years after "Annyoung Sayonara," a feature about a South Korean woman who sued the shrine to have her father's name removed...
Reader Mail
Oct 18, 2007

Other wrestlers must step up

Regarding the Oct. 10 sports brief "Tokitsuumi replaces fired elder": The tragic death of the young wrestler in the Tokitsukaze stable has brought many private details of sumo life to light. For the 34 years I have intensely covered sumo as a reportage artist, and having been married to a Japanese...
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel / ON THE ROAD
Oct 7, 2007

A Golden Age everywhere but at home

More high-profile new cars are hitting the market than have been seen for nearly 20 years, creating buzz everywhere but Japan.
Rugby
Oct 4, 2007

French example could aid Japan's goal

MONTPELLIER, France — The pool stages of the 2007 Rugby World Cup ended with Japan's farewell from the tournament. The occasion, nevertheless, was a good lesson for the Japanese union in its preparation toward a 2015 bid.
MORE SPORTS
Oct 1, 2007

Gay braves rain in convincing 100 win

YOKOAHAMA — Track and field is an all-weather sport. But with Sunday's conditions the competitors could be forgiven for failing to post any convincing outcomes in an event in which nearly all the contests were hit by a steady, chilly rain.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Stage
Sep 27, 2007

Why do performing arts have a 'dead-end feeling' in Japan?

Tarahumara is a mysterious area deep in Mexico's Sierra Madre mountains. Dancer Hiroshi Koike chose the enigmatic name for the dance-drama company he founded in 1982 because he aimed to create beautiful performances that transcend genre.
TENNIS
Sep 24, 2007

Romaina outlasts Japan on final day to advance in Davis Cup

OSAKA — Romania beat Japan 3-2 in their Davis Cup by BNP Paribas World Group playoff tie Sunday, Victor Hanescu overcoming Go Soeda 6-4, 5-7, 7-6 (8-6), 7-6 (7-3) in the deciding rubber.
Rugby
Sep 20, 2007

Blossoms show there's nothing comical about Japan rugby

CARDIFF, Wales — The French sure love their comic books — almost as much as the Japanese love their manga. It's no surprise, then, that a rugby-themed bande dessinee titled "We Will Win The World Cup With Fat and Manners" is currently a major hit in France.
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 20, 2007

Worldwide bubble trouble

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut — The future of the housing boom, and the possible financial repercussions of a substantial price decline in coming years, are a matter of mounting concern among governments around the world.
COMMENTARY
Sep 20, 2007

Another Japanese prime minister falls

LOS ANGELES — Japan is of gigantic importance to the United States and to the world. This nation — of 127 million people squeezed into one relatively small island — developed into the second-largest economy in the world.
COMMENTARY
Sep 15, 2007

Taiwan's sad quest for U.N. membership

WATERLOO, Ontario — As the United Nations General Assembly begins its annual session later this month, it will refuse once again to confront an issue where the denial of reality intersects with a negation of the world body's core values.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel
Sep 14, 2007

Got the Biwa blues

This is the second part of a two-part story on a trip to Lake Biwa and its environs in Shiga Prefecture.
CULTURE / TV & Streaming / CHANNEL SURF
Sep 9, 2007

Department store special, history focused tourism, police interrogation special documentary

This week's installment of the business documentary series "Gaia no Yoake (Dawn of Gaia)" (TV Tokyo, Tuesday, 10 p.m.) looks at the current trend of department-store mergers.
MORE SPORTS
Sep 4, 2007

Kenyan distance legend praises athletes' showing

OSAKA — Kipchoge "Kip" Keino made his Olympic debut at the 1964 Tokyo Summer Games. Forty-three years later, the Kenyan legend was back in Japan, watching hundreds of elite athletes vie for world titles.
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 3, 2007

Countries pay high price for gender gap

NEW YORK — Working women throughout the world have long complained of the unfairness implied by lower pay than what men receive. But the wage disparity between men and women is more than unjust. It is also economically harmful.
MORE SPORTS
Aug 29, 2007

No failed doping tests so far

OSAKA — First the good news: As of 4 p.m. Monday, there had been no positive doping tests at the 11th IAAF World Athletics Championships.
MORE SPORTS
Aug 29, 2007

Worlds notebook; Day 4

OSAKA — News and notes from Day 4 of the 2007 IAAF World Athletics Champion ships.
MORE SPORTS
Aug 29, 2007

Jepkosgei runs away with 800

OSAKA — For nine glorious days, new world champions are being crowned at Nagai Stadium.
MORE SPORTS
Aug 28, 2007

Pressure too much for Ikeda to handle

OSAKA — Athletes know all too well about the P-word.
SPORTS / ODDS AND EVENS
Aug 27, 2007

Gay blows away Powell in 100 final

OSAKA — Muhammad Ali declared decades ago that he's The Greatest.
JAPAN
Jul 23, 2007

Nuclear power expansion takes direct hit

Japan's nuclear power industry is among the world's most ambitious. Spurred by fears of global warming, planners envision a rapid expansion of plants, capacity and cutting-edge technologies.
EDITORIALS
Jul 21, 2007

New warning on oil

Brace for another energy crisis. A new authoritative assessment forecasts sharply higher demand that will raise prices and increase reliance on the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and unstable regions for oil supplies. While some experts dismiss the analysis as alarmist, we need...
Japan ruling bloc loses majority in Upper House after election drubbing
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, who serves concurrently as president of the Liberal Democratic Party, leaves at the party's headquarters following announcement of Upper House election result projections in Tokyo early Monday.
‘Japanese First’ Sanseito emerges as powerful force after Upper House poll
Sanseito leader Sohei Kamiya in Tokyo on Sunday night
Foreign residents closely follow Japan's election and party pledges
A police officer walks past posters of Liberal Democratic Party candidates, as well as one showing Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, outside the party's headquarters in Tokyo on Sunday. As Japan’s foreign population continues to rise, one of the talking points during Sunday’s election was how the country should deal with the increase of international residents.
Japan’s top brands get tied up in the great sunscreen debate
A coral reef in Okinawa in July 2022. Some jurisdictions around the world have moved to ban certain sunscreens in a bid to protect coral reefs, but some say the impact on reefs is far from clear.
Voters in Tokyo reflect shifting political views across Japan
Pedestrians walk in front of an election notice board displaying posters of candidates in Tokyo on Sunday.
Japan’s top brands get tied up in the great sunscreen debate
A coral reef in Okinawa in July 2022. Some jurisdictions around the world have moved to ban certain sunscreens in a bid to protect coral reefs, but some say the impact on reefs is far from clear.
Pentagon looks to unleash ‘military drone dominance’
U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth hosts a drone demonstration at the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia, on July 10.
‘Noto Democracy’ and the slow work of civic change
Yukio Iokibe’s “Noto Democracy" centers on Motoyuki Takii, a former junior high school teacher who publishes a handwritten newspaper every month to encourage the residents of Anamizu, Ishikawa Prefecture, to engage in local politics.
In microbes we trust: Embracing the nature of fermented food
You don't need an oven to make Kenji Morimoto's easy and delicious Miso Sticky Toffee Crepe Cake.
Touring the Silk Road — without leaving Tokyo
One of the entrances to Pao Compound, a nine-story Silk Road-inspired complex in Tokyo's Higashinakano neighborhood

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

Longform

In 2020, 38% of all households were single-person. That figure is projected to rise to 44.3% by 2050.
The rise of AI companionship in a lonely Japan
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