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BUSINESS
Nov 8, 2008

Individuals go shopping for cheap shares

Japanese individual investors, armed with $7 trillion in bank deposits, piled into shares trading at their cheapest valuations ever last month, even as the global credit crisis prompted overseas fund managers to sell out.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY
Nov 8, 2008

Translating in the spirit of samurai

Iehiro Tokugawa arrives at the publishing house Kobunsha, for which he works on occasion as a translator, accompanied by his Vietnamese wife. He is all in black; she is in blue jeans with a waterfall of shining hair down her back, and very lovely too. Speaking in fluent English, he extends his hand to...
JAPAN
Nov 8, 2008

H&M new darling of Tokyo fashion scene

Hennes & Mauritz, which drew long lines with its first Japan store, is hoping to repeat that success by opening a second shop Saturday with collaborative designs from fashion icon Rei Kawakubo.
BUSINESS
Nov 8, 2008

Nippon Steel sees global turmoil delaying iron ore negotiations

Nippon Steel Corp., the world's second-biggest steelmaker, expects iron ore suppliers including BHP Billiton Ltd. and Rio Tinto Group to delay price talks as financial turmoil damps the outlook for steel demand.
BUSINESS
Nov 8, 2008

JAL profit forecast tumbles 44%

Japan Airlines Corp., Asia's largest carrier by sales, cut its full-year operating profit forecast 44 percent as higher fuel surcharges for overseas travel and a slowdown in the global economy reduce demand.
BUSINESS
Nov 8, 2008

Free loans give Toyota edge in U.S.

Toyota Motor Corp., rocked by a sales slump that led it to project the biggest annual earnings drop in at least 18 years, may win market share with its ability to fund car loans as cash-strapped U.S. competitors seek government aid.
BUSINESS
Nov 8, 2008

Strong yen to benefit Japan, Sakakibara says

Japan will benefit from a strong yen because it will hold down prices for raw materials, said Eisuke Sakakibara, one of Japan's former top currency officials.
EDITORIALS
Nov 7, 2008

A healthy insurance system

The health insurance system for people aged 75 or over, introduced in April 2008, has proved unpopular because aged people covered by the system feel that they have been herded into a certain category separated from younger generations. They are also angry about the practice of withholding insurance...
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / BJ-LEAGUE NOTEBOOK
Nov 7, 2008

Lakestars progress under Pierce

The expansion Shiga Lakestars took a major step forward last weekend, recording the first victory and the first winning streak in franchise history.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Nov 7, 2008

Cool Kishi shrugs off stage fright

TOKOROZAWA, Saitama Pref. — Making your first Japan Series start against a team with the tradition of the Yomiuri Giants can be a daunting task for even the most veteran of pitchers.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Nov 7, 2008

'Tropic Thunder'

Hollywood has been feeding on itself a bit lately, with a string of comedies that parody its own predictable tendencies. "Scary Movie" sent up the slasher genre: "Team America" took on the jingoistic, kick-ass action movie; and "Meet the Spartans" speared "300," while also digressing into about a kazillion...
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 7, 2008

Europe's mania for a black U.S. president

NEW YORK — Why do Europeans adore America's president-elect, Barack Obama? Stupid question, you might say. He is young, handsome, smart, inspiring, educated, cosmopolitan, and above all, he promises a radical change from the most unpopular American administration in history. Compare that to his rival...
Japan Times
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
Nov 7, 2008

Sensoji fetes rebuilding of hall

Asakusa has long been a big tourist attraction for visitors from the world over, but its lure is now hitting a peak, with a series of events under way to commemorate the 50th anniversary of reconstruction of the main hall at Sensoji Temple.
MORE SPORTS
Nov 7, 2008

Ishii asks Dalai Lama for guidance

Even Olympic gold medalists sometimes need a little spiritual guidance.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Nov 7, 2008

Sheryl Crow

Few stars in the history of pop music can make as legitimate a claim to paying their dues as Sheryl Crow. Having spent the 1980s in the Los Angeles backup-singer trenches (ad jingles, two years touring with Michael Jackson) and hawking songs to the likes of Wynonna Judd and Celine Dion, she was repeatedly...
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Nov 7, 2008

Giants move to brink of series glory

TOKOROZAWA, Saitama Pref. — The Yomiuri Giants vowed they would be ready for Lions starter Hideaki Wakui the next time they saw him.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel / HOTELS & RESTAURANTS
Nov 7, 2008

White truffles at the Ritz-Carlton

The Ritz-Carlton Tokyo will host a "Great Chefs of the World" dinner fair from Nov. 13 to 20 at the Forty Five French restaurant, featuring that rarest of delicacies, white truffles.

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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