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LIFE / WEEK 3
Jul 19, 2009

Latin passions come to town with Asia's top tangoistas

Tango, that intimate dance of sorrow and passion that has swept the world since it was first developed in Argentina around 130 years ago, has proved increasingly attractive to "social dancers" in Japan in recent years.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / NPB NOTEBOOK
Jul 17, 2009

Collegians get chance to put skills on display

While high school players usually get most attention as professional baseball's potential stars of tomorrow, the college kids took their turn in the limelight in front of fans and pro scouts this week.
BASEBALL / MLB
Jul 15, 2009

Washiya eyes quick climb to majors

Naoya Washiya had to wait a little longer than expected before seeing his name in the MLB Draft.
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 15, 2009

Remembering McNamara

NEW YORK — I first met U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara, who presided over the U.S. buildup in Vietnam, in the summer of 1967. I had just returned from a trip to South Vietnam, where, as a reporter for The New Yorker, I witnessed the destruction, by American air power, of two provinces, Quang...
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jul 14, 2009

'Prince' Saito recovers to lift Japan

Yuki Saito may not have gotten off to the best of starts, but college baseball's Prince Charming still got his storybook finish. Just barely.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / WHO'S WHO
Jul 14, 2009

Wit, humor help longtime columnist come to grips with life in Japan

Freelance journalist and longtime Japan resident Thomas Dillon was at first shy of being on the receiving end of questions.
BUSINESS / THE VIEW FROM EUROPE
Jul 13, 2009

Japanese choices in aviation market reveal overreliance on U.S.

For decades, Japan's military partner of choice has been the United States. The reasons are well known: The influence of the Occupation after World War II and the adoption of an American-style Constitution that put strong restrictions on Japan's ability to maintain any kind of martial force.
JAPAN / G8 ITALY SUMMIT
Jul 12, 2009

Press unimpressed by handouts

ROME — The global economic downturn may be showing signs of improvement, but Italy kept its gifts to journalists modest this year compared with the high-tech gadgets handed out last July in Toyako, Hokkaido.
Japan Times
JAPAN / G8 ITALY SUMMIT
Jul 11, 2009

Time for G8 to grow, let in emerging powers

ROME — The Group of Eight summit in L'Aquila, Italy, underlined how the G8 nations and emerging powers must cooperate to drink from the same well.
JAPAN / G8 ITALY SUMMIT
Jul 8, 2009

Japan leads the way with quake-resistant technology

When a massive earthquake hit the western part of Japan more than a decade ago, a highway collapsed, railroads and telephone lines were partially cut, and many buildings were toppled.
JAPAN / G8 ITALY SUMMIT
Jul 8, 2009

G8 leaders' profiles

Italy Silvio Berlusconi Prime Minister
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 8, 2009

Will Europe's economies regain their footing?

STOCKHOLM — What will Europe's growth trajectory look like after the financial crisis? For some Europeans, still nervous that their economies and banking systems might collapse, this is a little like asking a passenger on the Titanic what they plan to do when they arrive in New York.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 5, 2009

Hong Kong tourism week peaks with bagpipes, wine, giveaways

A weeklong celebration of Hong Kong climaxed Saturday at Roppongi Hills in Minato Ward, Tokyo, as various events were launched to promote travel to the city.
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Jul 5, 2009

Flashing the cash while the majority suffer

There haven't been many silver linings to the dark cloud of the recession that descended more than a year ago. One is the media's general loss of interest in ostentatious displays of stuff that most of us could never afford anyway. Nowadays, it's easier to boost TV ratings with features about places...
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OLYMPICS
Jul 5, 2009

Takeda pleased OCA backs Tokyo 2016 bid

SINGAPORE — Japanese Olympic Committee president Tsunekazu Takeda left Singapore on Saturday convinced that the whole of the Asian sports movement was behind Tokyo's bid to stage the 2016 Olympic Games.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Stage
Jul 3, 2009

Propeller puts an old spin back on the Bard

"Propeller may be another English group of actors doing a play by their compatriot, Shakespeare, but this is something quite different. How different? . . . Well, you will understand what I mean if you see it!"
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JAPAN
Jul 2, 2009

G8 still relevant but must lead, envoy says

Despite doubts cast on its influence over the global economy, the Group of Eight will remain a key framework to guide the world out of the economic downturn, one of Japan's top coordinators for the G8 summit in L'Aquila, Italy, said Wednesday.
JAPAN
Jul 1, 2009

Aso portrays DPJ as national security threat

Prime Minister Taro Aso said Tuesday the Democratic Party of Japan's foreign policy of the poses a serious threat to the nation's security and prosperity.

Longform

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