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Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Mar 6, 2009

'Doubt'

A parish priest stands in front of his flock, sets his features sternly, and then launches into his weekly sermon. He tells of a woman who goes to confession, and asks her priest if gossip was a sin. Of course, replies the priest, and for penance, he instructs the woman to go onto the roof of her house...
BASKETBALL / BJ-LEAGUE NOTEBOOK
Mar 6, 2009

Neumann's Rizing gear up for run at playoffs

It's time to separate the contenders from the pretenders.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel / HOTELS & RESTAURANTS
Mar 6, 2009

Yokohama port's 150th anniversary

Ever since its port was opened to ships from the U.S., the Netherlands, Russia, Britain and France in 1859, Yokohama has prospered as one of Japan's largest maritime trading centers. To mark the 150th anniversary of the port opening, various events are planned in and around the city throughout the year....
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Mar 6, 2009

Edo to Meiji

The popularity of ukiyo-e (genre painting) woodblock prints is partly due to aesthetic reasons and partly symbolic ones. In terms of sheer beauty, there is much to recommend in the better examples in the genre, from bright blocks of color and sinuous lines to lively compositions and intriguing details,...
SOCCER / J. League
Mar 6, 2009

J. League also-rans looking to change gear

The following is the first of a two-part J. League preview for the upcoming season. Team-by-team previews of the nine bottom-ranked teams competing in the first division are listed.
COMMENTARY
Mar 6, 2009

Genteel pastime reaches end of innocence

WATERLOO, Ontario — In recent years, Australia, England and New Zealand have canceled cricketing tours of Pakistan because of concern for the physical safety of their teams. At best, Australia agreed to play Pakistan in the neutral venue of Abu Dhabi next month.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Mar 6, 2009

Mono "Hymn to the Immortal Wind"

Celebrating their 10th anniversary this year, Mono have improved with age. While the Tokyo instrumental quartet's early work mimicked peers such as Mogwai, more recently they've forged their own sonic path toward top-tier status in the realm of postrock.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Mar 6, 2009

Suntory Hall in 'ruins' for Mozart production

Showing me a sketch of the set of Mozart's opera "Don Giovanni," executive producer Keiko Manabe, who has led Suntory Hall's opera projects since 1989, explains the new production's concept.
Japan Times
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
Mar 6, 2009

Dancing to the rhythm of destruction

Listening to echoes of the dead through sound art and experimental dance, the audience at a poignant artistic event on March 10 will experience for themselves something of the infamous Tokyo Fire Bombing of World War II when — at 00:08 on March 10, 1945 — the first waves of U.S. bombers began dumping...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Mar 6, 2009

British Anthems

The cultural difference between Britain and Japan may be even greater than the 9,000 km separating them on a map, but that's no disputing the ties between the countries when it comes to their shared love of music.
CULTURE / Music
Mar 6, 2009

British Anthems

The cultural difference between Britain and Japan may be even greater than the 9,000 km separating them on a map, but that's no disputing the ties between the countries when it comes to their shared love of music.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Mar 6, 2009

The explorers' cargo

Before the age of discovery, Europe had been separated for hundreds of years from the Indian Ocean by an impenetrable crescent of territories largely hostile to Christians. The Venetians — always more interested in commerce than proselytizing — controlled whatever trade there was with Asia through...
BUSINESS
Mar 6, 2009

ANA may delay discount carrier

All Nippon Airways Co. may delay the start of a discount carrier it planned to begin as early as this month, as overseas travel demand drops at the fastest rate in more than five years.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / TOKYO FOOD FILE
Mar 6, 2009

Hashidaya and Kushiwakamaru: One bird in the pot is worth two on the stick

It's awfully damp and chilly in winter alongside Meguro-gawa, the deep, concrete-lined creek that runs through Naka-Meguro. In summer, the cherry trees that line each bank provide blissful dappled shade, but at this time of year their boughs are bare.
Reader Mail
Mar 5, 2009

Atypical experience in Australia

Amit Chaturvedi's Feb. 26 letter,"Japanese culture more influential" — which describes Australian society as coming "directly from hell" — was grossly offensive and perhaps better suited to another forum. Such hate-filled language could at best only describe an atypical personal experience. My own...
Reader Mail
Mar 5, 2009

Professor a model of generosity

Regarding the The Observer article "Peter Singer: moral arbiter of life and death," published in The Japan Times on Feb. 28: Professor Peter Singer is quoted as saying that "All the arguments to prove man's superiority cannot shatter this hard fact: In suffering, the animals are our equals."
Reader Mail
Mar 5, 2009

Only a total nuke ban is acceptable

The March 1 editorial "Nuclear tragedy in the Pacific" brings dramatic, convincing evidence and arguments that Japan should work together with the United States toward creating a world free of nuclear weapons. However, it is necessary to be more specific on this vital matter, as nuclear weapons pose...
Reader Mail
Mar 5, 2009

Japanese should not be ashamed

The Feb. 20 article "Aso accepts blame for Nakagawa" mentions that Prime Minister Taro Aso apologized for appointing Shoichi Nakagawa as finance minister. Although Aso should be held accountable for Nakagawa's slurred words and groggy appearance during a news conference in Rome, the Japanese government...
BUSINESS
Mar 5, 2009

Cash handout a waste, many voters say

Cash back from the government?
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,...
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / WORLD BASEBALL CLASSIC
Mar 5, 2009

Japan ready to defend title

When the second World Baseball Classic begins on Thursday, all eyes will be on Japan.
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
Mar 5, 2009

DPJ's way out is to pick new boss

The Tuesday arrest of Democratic Party of Japan leader Ichiro Ozawa's chief secretary was an unexpected blow for the largest opposition party but observers say the damage can still be contained ahead of a general election later this year — if Ozawa quits his post.
Reader Mail
Mar 5, 2009

Relative reality of feeling 'safe'

Regarding Amit Chaturvedi's Feb. 26 letter: The perception of safety is one that is personal. If you are comfortable in a place, you have the perception of safety and security. The unfamiliar can seem frightening and stressful. Therefore, to say that a place is "safe" states only that this is one's...

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