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Reader Mail
Nov 20, 2008

How to treat a wounded ASDF

According to the Nov. 16 editorial "Deviant thinking on defense," the thinking of the recently dismissed Air Self-Defense Force Chief of Staff Toshio Tamogami "permeates the ASDF." If this is true, it is a dangerous state of affairs. A major cause of such thinking is wounded national pride. Many Japanese...
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Nov 20, 2008

No bonds, at least for now

Despite growing calls for the government to spend more to stimulate the economy, Finance Minister Shoichi Nakagawa reiterated Wednesday his ministry currently has no plans to issue deficit-covering bonds. But he also indicated the tax revenue situation may make them necessary.
BUSINESS
Nov 20, 2008

Nissan warns of zero profits in second half

Nissan Motor Co. said Wednesday that second-half profit will go to zero because of lower sales in the United States and a stronger yen.
BUSINESS
Nov 20, 2008

Toyota to cut production, models in North America

Toyota Motor Corp., confronted with its first U.S. sales slump in 13 years, will further cut North American production and may offer fewer model versions to lower costs, according to a company spokesman. Assembly work at the company's U.S. and Canadian plants will be suspended on Dec. 22, extending a...
BUSINESS
Nov 20, 2008

U.S. urged to reduce its deficits, cut borrowing to bolster dollar

The United States should work to reduce its deficits to ensure the world's reserve currency remains strong, Japan's top currency official said Wednesday. "We want the key currency to be stable. We want the key currency to be strong," Naoyuki Shinohara, vice finance minister for international affairs,...
JAPAN
Nov 20, 2008

Tamogami views no secret

Unsworn testimony before an Upper House committee last week shed light on axed Air Self-Defense Force Chief of Staff Gen. Toshio Tamogami's nationalist views, but questions persist over how such a vocal revisionist was appointed ASDF chief to begin with.
BUSINESS
Nov 20, 2008

Commercial property rent projected to drop

Seeking higher rents from tenants moving into new buildings has become "difficult" amid the economic slowdown resulting from the credit crisis, according to a senior official of Mitsubishi Estate Co.
Reader Mail
Nov 20, 2008

Tattoo bias not about foreigners

As I read Wayne Wilson's Nov. 6 letter, "Teacher can't swim in a pool," I felt that Japanese people were being blamed for discriminating against foreign people. Actually people are not discriminating, and I think Wilson should think about this more carefully. If he has lived in Japan such a long time,...
EDITORIALS
Nov 19, 2008

Students and marijuana

Arrests of university students in connection with growing, possessing or selling of cannabis have continued. Students apparently have much lower inhibitions to the use of cannabis than to other narcotic or stimulant drugs. They might think that smoking marijuana is not very different from smoking tobacco...
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 19, 2008

The green pseudo-revolution

COPENHAGEN — With a worldwide recession advancing, strong action on global warming has been thrown into jeopardy. This matters, because in little more than a year, the world will sit down in Copenhagen to negotiate the followup treaty to the failed Kyoto Protocol. Yet, with people losing jobs and income,...
EDITORIALS
Nov 19, 2008

The latest recession

Japan's economy has contracted for two consecutive quarters — for the first time since the three straight quarters of negative GDP growth through December 2001. Economic and Fiscal Policy Minister Kaoru Yosano admitted that the economy is in a recessionary phase.
BASKETBALL
Nov 19, 2008

Kyoto team to be called Hannaries

The bj-league's 13th team will be known as the Kyoto Hannaries, the league announced on Tuesday.
SOCCER / SOCCER SCENE
Nov 19, 2008

Japan must beware at scene of biggest nightmare

The "Agony of Doha" — where Japan conceded a last-minute goal to Iraq to miss out on qualification for the 1994 World Cup — is indelibly burned on Japanese soccer's consciousness.
BASKETBALL
Nov 19, 2008

Rourke earns bj-league award

Ryan Rourke played a pivotal role for the Shiga Lakestars on Sunday, helping the expansion team hand the Ryukyu Golden Kings their first loss of the season. In doing so, he earned the Circle K Sunkus Player of the Week award, the bj-league announced on Tuesday.
BASKETBALL / NBA / NBA REPORT
Nov 19, 2008

Nets landed gem in rookie center Lopez

NEW YORK — No disrespect to Josh Boone whose belligerence on both boards is greatly appreciated, but the guy is not a true center or an adroit shooter.
ENVIRONMENT / IN BLOOM
Nov 19, 2008

Isogiku ("Silver and gold" chrysanthemum)

Japan Times
ENVIRONMENT / WILD WATCH
Nov 19, 2008

Sweet dreams in the forest

A gray wall of cloud is sweeping away my view, and the color is being leached from the mountains beyond Sapporo as the drabness of an early winter evening descends. A week of falling mercury, winds from the north and rainfall have whisked away most of this autumn's browning leaves. We seem to have been...
Japan Times
JAPAN
Nov 19, 2008

Muscle cars giving 'otaku' new platforms to flex their fetishes

Masaya Taniguchi has a "heartache" plastered across the hood of his flaming red Audi TT Roadster.
BUSINESS
Nov 19, 2008

Profits nosedive at major banking groups

Net profit at the three major banking groups fell in the six months to September amid the ongoing global economic turmoil, according to their earnings results for the first business half.
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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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
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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.
The long search for Japan’s lost soldiers
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