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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 19, 2009

South Koreans gaining ground rapidly on baseball rivals

SAN DIEGO — South Korean fans shouted "This is Korea" as a part of a cheer during their team's game against Japan at the World Baseball Classic.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / WORLD BASEBALL CLASSIC
Mar 18, 2009

Aoki's move to left field shows his commitment

SAN DIEGO — Presumably, on the 28-man rosters of all 16 World Baseball Classic teams, some players are required to handle unaccustomed jobs while suiting up for their national team.
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.
COMMUNITY / Voices / HOTLINE TO NAGATACHO
Mar 17, 2009

I am not a Pakistani child bride (but the U.K. can't tell the difference)

A quondam lover of EnglandOsaka
JAPAN / EXPLAINER
Mar 17, 2009

Found in 'Area 51,' he goes by one name

Pitching greats Daisuke Matsuzaka and Yu Darvish are leading Japan's star-studded squad as national teams battle it out in the United States in the World Baseball Classic.
EDITORIALS
Mar 15, 2009

Help for human rights

Human Rights Watch, the second-largest rights organization in the world, will set up an office in Tokyo in April. The organization, founded in 1978, does just what its name suggests — gives attention to violations of the basic rights of all humans. HRW will come to Tokyo not to investigate abuses inside...
Japan Times
SPORTS / HIT AND RUN
Mar 15, 2009

Group linked to Valentine explored buying BayStars

Like a batter with three strikes, Bobby Valentine is promising to go down swinging.
BASEBALL / BASEBALL BULLET-IN
Mar 15, 2009

Asian round of WBC produced some interesting notes

Japan and South Korea join Cuba and Mexico in Round 2, Pool 1, of the 2009 World Baseball Classic beginning Sunday in San Diego. As expected, the Asian rivals advanced after finishing as the winner (Korea) and runnerup (Japan) in the Asia Round completed at Tokyo Dome on March 9.
JAPAN
Mar 14, 2009

Calderon couple to exit in April; daughter to stay

A Filipino couple who lost their long fight against a deportation order have decided to leave their 13-year-old Japan-born daughter behind when they return to the Philippines in April, their lawyer said Friday.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY
Mar 14, 2009

From the New York streets to the king of Japanese pop

Joey Carbone has been bugging me for the last 20 years. In fact, he was bugging me even before I met him. Like a constant itch, he gets inside your head and stays there.
BUSINESS
Mar 13, 2009

Tourists snap up goods in Seoul as yen rally lingers

Yukiko Saito spent three days in Seoul loading up on cosmetics last month because she has little confidence the yen's rally to a record against the South Korean won will continue.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 10, 2009

Father put in detention ahead of deportation

The Tokyo Regional Immigration Bureau placed Filipino Arlan Calderon in detention Monday and extended for one week the provisional release of his wife, Sarah, and Japan-born daughter, Noriko, after the couple held firm to their desire to stay in Japan with the girl and not be deported.
COMMENTARY
Mar 10, 2009

Toward a globalized Asia

As a result of globalization, intellectual frameworks and paradigms for forming cultural policies are shifting, especially regarding cultural activity in international contexts.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / WORLD BASEBALL CLASSIC
Mar 10, 2009

Silent assassin Nakajima making mark under cover

While Ichiro Suzuki and Shuichi Murata were dominating the headlines, Hiroyuki Nakajima was quietly racking up hits.
Japan Times
Events / WHERE IT'S AT
Mar 10, 2009

Litter sparks Akihabara cleanup

It was unusually warm and windy that particular Friday afternoon last month on which blew haru ichiban, the first strong, warm wind of the spring.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Q&A
Mar 7, 2009

Cultural monument or replaceable relic?

Debate is heating up between Japan Post Holdings and the internal affairs ministry over whether to raze or preserve a landmark building in front of JR Tokyo Station.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 6, 2009

Calderons hopeful as end game approaches

The clock is ticking for an undocumented Filipino couple in Warabi, Saitama Prefecture, who must decide by Monday whether to leave the country with or without their 13-year-old Japan-born daughter.
COMMENTARY
Mar 5, 2009

Saving our sinking economies

At first glance the grim economic and political situation now confronting Japan sounds remarkably similar to the British scene. There is the same slump in national production, the same factory closures and rising unemployment, and the same highly unpopular prime ministers and weak governments that seem,...
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
BUSINESS / GLOBAL ECONOMY SYMPOSIUM
Mar 3, 2009

Financial burdens will continue dollar's long-term decline

The dollar is likely to be on a downtrend over the long term as the United States faces a massive fiscal burden from its efforts to recover from the financial crisis and to pay for its wars overseas, experts told a recent seminar in Tokyo.
COMMUNITY / How-tos / LIFELINES
Mar 3, 2009

Working holidays and Amerasian roots

Mareen, an 18-year-old German citizen, spent three weeks in Japan, loved it, and now wants to come back.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / GLOBAL ECONOMY SYMPOSIUM
Mar 3, 2009

Falling U.S. demand, investment challenges export-driven Asia

Asia will need to brace for sharply reduced consumption in the United States over an extended period following the global financial crisis, and change the export-dependent structure of its economies and create more regional demand to drive their growth, experts told a recent symposium in Tokyo.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / WHO'S WHO
Mar 3, 2009

Frenchman's flavorful twist on green tea has good of farmers at heart

Stubbornness and prudence seem to have paid off for Stephane Danton, a 44-year-old French entrepreneur who runs Ocharaka, a Japanese tea shop in Tokyo's trendy Kichijoji district.
CULTURE / Books
Mar 1, 2009

Memories of Manchuria

Reviewed by Jeff Kingston There is a powerful fascination in Japan about the lives and fates of the Japanese who migrated to Manchuria 1932-45. Some 320,000 rural Japanese were mobilized in this scheme to lessen population pressures in Japan, project Japanese power and promote food production in this...
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / WORLD BASEBALL CLASSIC
Feb 28, 2009

Iwakuma, Sugiuchi pick up slack for stars

After facing Australia in a pair of exhibitions, Samurai Japan is in Tokyo with two big wins and two nagging questions before the start of the WBC.
Tokyo hit by torrential rainfall at rush hour
People line up at Shibuya Station in Tokyo as they try to avoid the heavy rain on Thursday.
Foreign drivers in Japan to face tougher license conversion rules from October
According to the National Police Agency, there were 75,905 people who converted their foreign driver’s license to a Japanese one in 2024, up from 48,885 in 2019.
Nissan clinches $4.5 billion bond deal after orders soar
Nissan Motor has raised $4.5 billion through a junk bond sale in U.S. dollars and euros, part of which carries a record-high coupon rate.
Chinese fighters came within 30 meters of Japanese spy aircraft, Tokyo says
A Chinese JH-7 fighter jet makes an near an Air Self-Defense Force YS-11EB surveillance aircraft over the East China Sea this week in this image released Thursday.
What Japanese politics could look like after Upper House election
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, who heads the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (center) waves to attendees as he departs after delivering a campaign speech in Yokohama on Sunday.
An emoji used to say it all. Now it might say too much.
Apple’s Craig Federighi shows off a set of emoji at a conference on June 13, 2016. While the small pictures have proved helpful in conveying nuance in our texts, younger people are using them less often.
‘Our ultimate goal is to save every single Japanese video game’
After nearly shuttering earlier this year, the Tokyo-based Game Preservation Society continues its work to save the early history of Japanese gaming.
Rare vintage shots and first-time shows at TOP’s 30th anniversary
The museum's curators selected a wide array of works from the archives for the milestone exhibitions. Among other photos, Nobuyoshi Araki's work from the series "Winter Journey" (1990) was included in the "Continuity and Change" exhibition that concluded in June.
New IG Arena set to dial down temperature at Nagoya Basho, in a good way
With IG Arena getting glowing early reviews as the Nagoya Basho’s replacement venue, it may be a while before fans wax nostalgic about the Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium.
Once a niche, anime is now mainstream content for Netflix and other streaming services
Though Netflix remains the dominant choice globally for anime viewers, Amazon Prime Video has also invested heavily in anime, steadily adding titles to their catalogue.

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