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JAPAN
Jul 5, 2011

Sendai girls end healing Aloha home-stay

The brightly colored markers and the construction paper are ready. Stamps and stickers, prepped to be peeled. Scissors sit on piles of magazines spread out on the table.
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 5, 2011

Are the meek set to inherit Russia?

In a recent interview, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev proclaimed that he wants a second term in office following the 2012 election, but that he would not run against Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, who put him in power in the first place.
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COMMUNITY / Issues / THE ZEIT GIST
Jul 5, 2011

'English interface' could be key to Japan's revival

Japan is not No. 1. After 20 years of stagnation-punctuated decline, it should not be news to anyone that Ezra Vogel got it wrong in his 1979 best-seller, "Japan as Number One: Lessons for America." Yet, in their endless navel-gazing and wheel-spinning (which, sadly, continues even in the face of natural...
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COMMUNITY / Voices / VIEWS FROM THE STREET
Jul 5, 2011

Tokyo: Do you think Tokyo should bid for the 2020 Olympics?

Daniel PierceClimbing instructor, 25 (American)Considering the fact that a bid for the Olympics is a pretty costly endeavor, I don't think Japan will be financially ready by 2020. Having seen first-hand the level of investment needed in the north, this should be the priority.
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Jul 3, 2011

Antinuke stance within establishment slowly gathers steam

In May, Wakamono Manifest Sakutei Iinkai, a policy research group dedicated to issues relevant to people under 40, posted results of a survey in which members were asked who they wanted to lead Japan. There was no consensus, but the individual who received the most votes was Liberal Democratic Party...
JAPAN
Jul 2, 2011

First overseas military base since WWII to open in Djibouti

The Maritime Self-Defense Force will hold an inauguration ceremony Tuesday in Djibouti for Japan's first overseas military base since World War II, a move that Ahmed Araita Ali, Djibouti's ambassador to Japan, describes as an opportunity for Tokyo to play a larger international role in peacekeeping and...
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LIFE / Food & Drink / TOKYO FOOD FILE
Jul 1, 2011

Shichi Jyu Ni Kou: Sampling unusual finds on the sake list

Perhaps the most singular aspect of Shichi Jyu Ni Kou (72 Kou) is its drinks list. No other kaiseki restaurant we know of this sophistication lays such emphasis on sake produced with organically grown rice — and to a lesser extent organic wine — to the point of devoting special sections in the menu...
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BASKETBALL / BJ-LEAGUE NOTEBOOK
Jun 29, 2011

Sale of Apache not on fast track; HeatDevils to play on

Technically, it's too early to say the Tokyo Apache are defunct.
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COMMUNITY / Voices / VIEWS FROM THE STREET
Jun 28, 2011

Kanazawa: What's the one thing you couldn't live without?

Yasushi TakaEnglish teacher, 22 (Japanese)It has to be comedy. I watch comedy almost every day on TV or on YouTube. I especially like Japanese manzai, but that's only one kind that I'm a fan of. I'm always exhausted when I go home, but comedy always makes me feel better. I think laughter is the most...
JAPAN
Jun 26, 2011

Tax increase urged to pay for rebuilding

The government's reconstruction panel submitted a report Saturday to Prime Minister Naoto Kan mapping out measures needed to recover from the devastating March 11 quake and tsunami.
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LIFE / Food & Drink
Jun 26, 2011

Irradiated food poses moral dilemmas

Mail-order food-delivery companies and cooperatives have long been among the leading campaigners for — and custodians of — food safety in Japan.
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
Jun 24, 2011

Foreign residents take part in Japanese traditional dance contest

With summer just around the corner, the spirit of dancing will radiate in the heart of Tokyo as The 6th Foreigner's Traditional Japanese Dance Exhibition takes place June 25.
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 23, 2011

The economic governance the EU needs

Two lessons have emerged from Europe's financial crisis. First, there is no substitute for timely and coordinated action when the single currency is under pressure. Second, all eurozone countries are effectively in the same boat. If the boat springs a leak, everyone sinks.
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JAPAN
Jun 23, 2011

Suicides upping casualties from Tohoku catastrophe

On June 11, a dairy farmer in Soma, Fukushima Prefecture, chalked a note on the wall of his cattle shed. "If only there wasn't a nuclear power plant," the message read, in reference to the damaged Fukushima No. 1 plant just 45 km away, which had effectively ended his livelihood.
JAPAN / ANALYSIS
Jun 23, 2011

Japan, U.S. can't manage to shake Futenma headache

High-level security talks between Japan and the United States held Tuesday in Washington canceled the 2014 deadline to move the contentious Futenma air base in Okinawa and highlighted the main issue that is likely to continue complicating the bilateral relationship.
COMMUNITY / Voices / HAVE YOUR SAY
Jun 21, 2011

Sharing Tepco's bill; family's tough choice

People must share Tepco burden Re: "A victim of Tepco's yakuza-style extortion" (Have Your Say, June 14) by Blues Bowman:
JAPAN
Jun 21, 2011

Art aid sent as therapy for disaster-zone kids

Fifth-grader Emiliano Renteria was sitting quietly in class on March 11 when his elementary school in Miyagi Prefecture began to shake violently.
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COMMUNITY / Voices / VIEWS FROM THE STREET
Jun 21, 2011

Yokohama: What useful Japanese words have you learned from the 3/11 disasters?

Mike DuncanEnglish teacher, 36 (American)I learned nuclear energy vocabulary like genpatsu (nuclear power plant) and the word for "contamination" (osen) and hōsha (radiation). Despite all the bad news, people were really calm in the face of disaster — no riots and everything was orderly.
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JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Jun 19, 2011

Conduct most becoming of Sado's Berlin triumph

In the past two weeks, three television programs, each on a different network, covered conductor Yutaka Sado's debut with the Berlin Philharmonic. Though Sado's one-off gig would normally mean little outside the rarefied world of classical music, TBS and NHK each decided it merited an in-depth special....
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LIFE / Travel
Jun 19, 2011

Summer's joys in snow country

If you'd only ever experienced Niseko under a four-meter blanket of snow, you'd barely recognize Hokkaido's most cosmopolitan winter-sports resort in summer — in the best way possible.
EDITORIALS
Jun 18, 2011

Stepping up the war on AIDS

Thirty years have now passed since HIV/AIDS began making headlines, and the deadly pandemic continues to reap a grim toll. What began as a mysterious illness afflicting the U.S. gay community in the summer of 1981 eventually snowballed into a pandemic that has infected more than 60 million people and...

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