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CULTURE / Books
Nov 23, 2008

Deadly disconnect in the 'Real World'

REAL WORLD by Natsuo Kirino, translated by Philip Gabriel. Vintage, 2008, 224 pp., £7.99 (paper) A high school student, unhappy with life, bludgeons his mother to death with a baseball bat. He is calm and appears removed, almost abstracted from the events. He leaves the scene and disappears into the...
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Nov 23, 2008

We're just playing ball

It's an open secret that TV news shows tend to go easy on big advertisers in their reporting. In the many tributes to journalist Tetsuya Chikushi, who died two weeks ago of lung cancer, no one mentioned that he was a heavy smoker. The dangers of cigarettes were never covered on his nightly TBS show,...
Reader Mail
Nov 23, 2008

Longest waiting heir to the throne

Regarding the Nov. 15 Associated Press article "Charles at 60: the would-be king": There was one small error of detail in the report. True, Prince Charles is the oldest heir to the throne, as Queen Victoria's son "Bertie" was only just over 59 when he succeeded his mother in 1901 as Edward VII. But...
BASKETBALL / INSIDE LOOK
Nov 22, 2008

Matsui struggles as season begins

NEW YORK — Editor's note: Entering this weekend, Columbia University men's basketball team is 1-1. The Lions defeated Fordham University 65-62 on Nov. 14 and lost a 71-50 contest to Seton Hall University on Nov. 16.)
EDITORIALS
Nov 22, 2008

Disturbing rise in geriatric crime

Despite frequent headlines reporting heinous crimes, the Justice Ministry's 2008 white paper on crime provides somewhat assuring figures. The number of crimes, excluding traffic-related offenses, declined for five consecutive years. But Japanese society faces a new problem. Crimes committed by elderly...
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Nov 22, 2008

Even with best players out, Capello's England continues to impress

LONDON — The theory that international friendlies are a waste of time was blown out of the water by the score line from Berlin: Germany 1, England 2.
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 22, 2008

A better built ship weathers a 'perfect storm'

WASHINGTON — It was short-lived, the decoupling. For a few months — from August 2007 to mid-2008 — Latin America thought it might emerge from the global financial crisis relatively unscathed. Even as the subprime cancer spread through the industrialized world, in Latin America things didn't look...
BASEBALL / SPORTS SCOPE
Nov 22, 2008

Wakamatsu makes history, but faces tough job ahead

The Seattle Mariners are hoping they made a big splash with the hiring of Major League Baseball's first Asian American manager Don Wakamatsu.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY
Nov 22, 2008

A firm grip on life by the handlebars

"Enjoy life and laugh," says cyclist Mio Yamasaki when asked her motto for living. "No, wait," she interrupts, as she ponders the question further. "Make other people laugh. This is the happiest way to live your life."
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Nov 22, 2008

Iwakuma, Ramirez earn MVP honors

Hisashi Iwakuma gave the Tohoku Rakuten faithful something to smile about and Yomiuri's Alex Ramirez received a well-deserved consolation prize as Nippon Professional Baseball announced its MVP award winners at a Tokyo hotel on Friday afternoon.
JAPAN
Nov 22, 2008

More subsidies for solar power infrastructure

Japan plans to expand solar power generation by offering higher subsidies for capacity installed in schools, hospitals and railway stations.
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / JAPAN LITE
Nov 22, 2008

Barely squeezing by in Japan

I walked into a restaurant to get a quick bite for lunch. After I squeezed myself through the narrow door, I noticed the restaurant's first floor was completely full. "Packed" would be a more appropriate word: All four seats were taken.
BUSINESS
Nov 22, 2008

BOJ leaves key interest rate unchanged at 0.3%

The Bank of Japan left the key interest rate unchanged Friday at 0.3 percent, as widely expected, amid a stagnating domestic economy, a decelerating global economy and financial turmoil.
Winning warship bid gives Japan confidence boost as Tokyo eyes more exports
Australia’s decision to select Japan's upgraded Mogami-class warship, seen in this computer-generated image, has been “well received across Japanese industry," a Defense Ministry official said.
European leaders to join Zelenskyy for key meeting with Trump
U.S. President Donald Trump greets Russian leader Vladimir Putin on the tarmac after they arrived for a meeting on Ukraine at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage, Alaska, on Friday.
Hiker missing in Hokkaido after bear attack found dead
The Rausu mountain range at Hokkaido's Shiretoko National Park. A man in his 20s who went missing after being attacked by a bear while hiking on Mount Rausu has been found dead.
The long search for Japan’s lost soldiers
Members of the nonprofit group Japan Youth Memorial Association search for the remains of dead soldiers in a cave in Okinawa Prefecture in February.
Trump shifts stance on road to Ukraine peace after meeting Putin in Alaska
U.S. President Donald Trump looks on next to Russian leader Vladimir Putin during a news conference following their meeting to negotiate an end to the war in Ukraine, at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, in Anchorage, Alaska, on Friday.
Winning warship bid gives Japan confidence boost as Tokyo eyes more exports
Australia’s decision to select Japan's upgraded Mogami-class warship, seen in this computer-generated image, has been “well received across Japanese industry," a Defense Ministry official said.
In Paris, chefs Chizuko Kimura and Kei Kobayashi make their mark
Chef Kei Kobayashi is France's only Japanese chef with three Michelin stars.
Top MLB prospect Rintaro Sasaki is committed to doing it 'the hard way'
Rintaro Sasaki hits a home run during a game against Duke at Stanford's Sunken Diamond on March 16.
In preserving Japanese hospitality, ‘details are everything’
Beniya Mukayu, a traditional "ryokan" inn located in Ishikawa Prefecture, considers itself at "the heart of onsen towns, local residents, farmers, fishermen, sake brewers and artisans" — all of which need new, sustainable methods of serving visitors to survive into the future.
A seaside hotel built on competitive Japanese cycling
In a region more associated with art, Keirin Hotel 10 takes a decidedly more athletic approach to attracting tourists.

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Members of the nonprofit group Japan Youth Memorial Association search for the remains of dead soldiers in a cave in Okinawa Prefecture in February.
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