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JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Mar 22, 2009

The cowardly whisper of politics

A few weeks ago I watched "All The President's Men" for the first time in more than 20 years. Set in the early 1970s, it was a potent blast from the past, but what struck me wasn't the relative youth of Robert Redford and Dustin Hoffman or the pre-Internet drudge work that their real-life characters,...
Reader Mail
Mar 22, 2009

Questions remain in murky case

Regarding a reader's response to my March 3 article, "Rape victim fights for justice against U.S. military, Japan": It's generally a bad idea to get involved in spats with anonymous letter writers, but the March 12 letter "Questions about an alleged rape" contains such a litany of accusations, I feel...
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / WORLD BASEBALL CLASSIC
Mar 22, 2009

Dice-K to start semi

LOS ANGELES — Before Japan can again crown itself the best baseball team in the world, it will have to defeat the country that created the game on its own turf.
COMMENTARY / COUNTERPOINT
Mar 22, 2009

Raising bilingual children takes time, huge effort — and lotsa money

An American friend recently asked me a difficult question: How do you bring up a bilingual child?
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / WORLD BASEBALL CLASSIC
Mar 22, 2009

Hara full of memories as Japan takes on U.S.

LOS ANGELES — Having arrived at the semifinals for the World Baseball Classic, Japan manager Tatsunori Hara felt right at home. The U.S., meanwhile, was just looking for a home-field advantage.
BASKETBALL
Mar 22, 2009

Golden Kings edge Phoenix in marquee showdown

In a possible preview of this season's bj-league championship game, the Ryukyu Golden Kings defeated the host Hamamatsu Higashimikawa Phoenix 86-80 on Saturday.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / WORLD BASEBALL CLASSIC
Mar 22, 2009

Memory of 2006 game lives on, but Japan focuses on rematch with U.S.

LOS ANGELES — Some games are difficult to forget.
CULTURE / Books / THE ASIAN BOOKSHELF
Mar 22, 2009

'Arabia Deserta's' fascinating substance and glorious, unconventional style renewed

In 1876 the young Charles Doughty set out to cross the interior of the Arabian Peninsula. His goal was the "lost" city of Madain Saleh and several years were spent in what were later called his "wanderings": explorations of a terrain little known to Europeans, the discovery of the remains of the sought-for...
COMMENTARY
Mar 22, 2009

Legacy of a 'disappeared' family in Argentina

Politics can have a devastating effect on a country and its people, as I discovered during a recent trip to Argentina.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / ONE-ON-ONE WITH ...
Mar 22, 2009

Holm on the rebound with Sendai after tough year

The Japan Times will be featuring periodic interviews with players in the bj-league — Japan's first professional basketball circuit — which began its fourth season in October. Chris Holm of the Sendai 89ers is the subject of this week's profile.
BASKETBALL
Mar 22, 2009

Rice, Takeuchi lead Sunrockers to series-tying win

Lamar Rice scored a game-high 20 points and frontcourt mate Joji Takeuchi added 18 as the Hitachi Sunrockers edged the Aisin Sea Horses 65-62 in Game 2 of the Japan Basketball League finals on Saturday at Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium.
Japan Times
LIFE
Mar 22, 2009

Oceans awash in toxic seas of plastic

Umbrella handles. Pens. Popsicle sticks. Lots and lots of toothbrushes. These are just a few of the items that make up the approximately 13 million sq. km Eastern Garbage Patch, an immense plastic soup in the Pacific Ocean that starts about 800 km off the coast of California and extends westward. Sucked...
EDITORIALS
Mar 22, 2009

Economic crisis deepens

The economic news continues to worsen. A new World Bank report forecasts a crisis that will spare no country and threatens to roll back decades of progress in the war against poverty. In one of the more sickening ironies of the moment, developing nations may be hurt the worst, even though they are bystanders...
ENVIRONMENT / OUR PLANET EARTH
Mar 22, 2009

Our mantra of continuous growth has left us on ecological brink

If print media are any indication, change is in the air. Readers are sourcing news in new ways, and newspaper sales are declining as a result.
Reader Mail
Mar 22, 2009

Immigration controls in Britain

Regarding the March 17 article "I am not a Pakistani child bride (but the U.K. can't tell the difference)": While I understand the author's frustration, I welcome the opportunity to clarify U.K. immigration procedures. We actively encourage visitors from Japan to enjoy and experience life in the United...
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel / FREEWHEELIN' ACROSS JAPAN
Mar 22, 2009

A rose among roots on Awajishima

I'm bent over double, throwing up water I've just drunk. I can't keep anything down.
JAPAN
Mar 22, 2009

Man found hanged in detention dies

A Chinese man in his 30s died Saturday after apparently hanging himself in a detention cell at the Tokyo Regional Immigration Office in Minato Ward, an immigration official said.
MORE SPORTS
Mar 21, 2009

Rabbits stay alive in Asia League

The Seibu Prince Rabbits staved off elimination in the Asia League Ice Hockey finals on Friday afternoon in Kushiro, Hokkaido Prefecture, defeating the host Nippon Paper Cranes 7-4 in Game 5.
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / JAPAN LITE
Mar 21, 2009

Fear not and embrace the music of Japanese

Welcome to Japan! And welcome to hiragana, katakana and kanji. I hope you packed some aspirin.
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Mar 21, 2009

Reputation for bad behavior continues for Fabregas

LONDON — After Hull City's stormy 2-1 F.A. Cup quarterfinal defeat at Arsenal, visiting manager Phil Brown accused the Gunners' captain Cesc Fabregas of spitting at assistant manager Brian Horton.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / WORLD BASEBALL CLASSIC
Mar 21, 2009

Asia ready to make final push for world domination

SAN DIEGO — Before the start of the World Baseball Classic, Ichiro Suzuki said he wanted the world to see the power of Asian baseball.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / WORLD BASEBALL CLASSIC
Mar 21, 2009

Japan continues momentum

SAN DIEGO — While Samurai Japan picked up another win at the 2009 World Baseball Classic, it was what they lost that had people talking.

Longform

An illustration features the Japanese signs for "ganbare" (good luck) and the Deaflympics, which will be held between Nov. 15 and 26.
A century of Deaf sport finds its moment in Tokyo