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BUSINESS
Nov 6, 2008

Daikyo to cut jobs 15% amid slump

Daikyo Inc., one of the nation's biggest apartment builders, will cut jobs as its largest shareholder, Orix Corp., the country's biggest nonbank financial company, considers investing more in the condominium builder.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Nov 6, 2008

Mock vote lets youths speak out

U.S. President-elect Barack Obama won big Wednesday, and a mock poll held at the U.S. Embassy in Tokyo indicates the senator is popular with young Japanese, too.
BUSINESS
Nov 6, 2008

Great Depression different

In a bid to stabilize financial markets, Bank of Japan Gov. Masaaki Shirakawa denied Wednesday that the current global economic crisis is similar to the Great Depression of the 1930s.
JAPAN
Nov 6, 2008

Fukui town of Obama erupts in victory parties

Yes we did. That's what residents in the Sea of Japan town of Obama were chanting Wednesday during a boisterous celebration following Barack Obama's victory in the U.S. presidential election.
BUSINESS
Nov 6, 2008

Skymark chief now top shareholder

Skymark Airlines Inc. President Shinichi Nishikubo boosted his stake in the company, making him the majority owner of Japan's largest discount carrier.
JAPAN
Nov 6, 2008

Repeat of Clinton-era friction, concerns unlikely

Democrats in the United States and residents in the town of Obama, Fukui Prefecture, may be getting carried away Wednesday by news of Sen. Barack Obama's victory in the U.S. presidential election.
BUSINESS
Nov 6, 2008

Investor sentiment reaches 14-month high: Nomura

Individual Japanese investors are now the most optimistic since September 2007, Nomura Holdings Inc. said Wednesday in its monthly sentiment survey.
BUSINESS
Nov 6, 2008

Aeon's outlook changed to negative

Aeon Co., Japan's largest supermarket chain, had its rating outlook changed to negative from stable by Moody's Investors Service on expectations the nation's economy will slow and consumer demand will wane, the rating agency said Wednesday.
BUSINESS
Nov 6, 2008

Obama victory to boost Japan, experts predict

At least in the short run, the Japanese economy is likely to benefit from Democratic Sen. Barack Obama's victory in the U.S. presidential election, as large-scale economic stimulus packages loom, economists said Wednesday.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / HOOP SCOOP
Nov 6, 2008

Youthful Japanese talent is abundant in bj-league

The scoring prowess of John "Helicopter" Humphrey, the shot-blocking skills of Jeff Newton and the all-around dominance of Lynn Washington are recurring themes over the first three-plus seasons of the bj-league's existence. But remember this: another satisfying scenario is occurring again and again....
COMMENTARY
Nov 5, 2008

Beijing has enough of its own problems

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. — It would be a mistake to overestimate how much China can or will do to pitch in to the world dilemma as the roiling and unnerving global financial world proceeds apace.
EDITORIALS
Nov 5, 2008

Retrial to find wartime truth

The Yokohama District Court on Oct. 31 decided to retry a case related to the worst example of Japan's wartime repression of freedom of speech — the Yokohama Incident. In the retrial, the court should delve into what actually happened, including what the police, prosecution and court did during and...
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 5, 2008

India's wave of intolerance

BLOOMINGTON, Indiana — A new wave of intolerance seems to be sweeping across India. Hapless migrant workers from India's poorest states, Bihar and Uttar Pradesh have been attacked in Bombay, Christians have faced the wrath of Hindus in Orissa and Karnataka and Bodo tribals have attacked Bengalis in...
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 5, 2008

Looking at development goals beyond 2015

PARIS — It is now halfway to the target date of 2015 for the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) — the ambitious blueprint, backed by the entire development community, for development in the world's poorest countries. In the wake of the global financial crisis, which is about to hit the developing...
BASKETBALL / NBA / NBA REPORT
Nov 5, 2008

No truth to rumors Kidd on trading block

NEW YORK — Opening week in the NBA has been fraught with trade gossip concerning Jason Kidd, TV talk about Mike Woodson and Marc Iavaroni (to name two head coaches) beginning the season in grave job jeopardy;by the end of the telecasts both Atlanta and Memphis upset Orlando, picked by at least one...
EDITORIALS
Nov 5, 2008

Dangerous ideas from on high

Defense Minister Yasukazu Hamada on Oct. 31 dismissed Air Self-Defense Force Chief of Staff Gen. Toshio Tamogami over his essay, which stated it is "false" to accuse Japan of having been an aggressor nation before and during World War II. The essay also implied that the Self-Defense Forces should be...
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Nov 5, 2008

Valentine: I won't support Giants

Chiba Lotte Marines manager Bobby Valentine isn't cheering for the Yomiuri Giants in the ongoing Japan Series.
BASKETBALL
Nov 5, 2008

Humphrey earns weekly accolade

John "Helicopter" Humphrey, the Tokyo Apache's high-scoring guard, is the Circle K Sunkus Player of the Week, the bj-league announced on Tuesday.
COMMENTARY
Nov 5, 2008

Hindu fanatics threaten Indian secularism

MADRAS, India — India's secularism has gone up in smoke along with the festival of Diwali. Weeks preceding this joyous event — which nowadays has more noise and smoke brought about by unrelenting burst of crackers rather than light and luminosity — the rape and murder of Christianity in parts of...
ENVIRONMENT / IN BLOOM
Nov 5, 2008

Shibugaki (Persimmon)

Japan Times
ENVIRONMENT / OLD NIC'S NOTEBOOK
Nov 5, 2008

'The proudest day of my life'

Apart from a few experimental trees, it is not our policy to grow non-native plants in our woodland trust here in the hills of Nagano Prefecture.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Nov 5, 2008

Nakajima, Sakamoto possess similar skills

TOKOROZAWA, Saitama Pref. — While the Yomiuri Giants and Seibu Lions were tied at one apiece entering Tuesday's game, and playing merciless, hard-nosed baseball in the ongoing Japan Series, there are two young men who appear to be enjoying this prestigious stage.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Nov 5, 2008

Escapee gives glimpse of North prison camps

Shin Dong Hyuk had just turned 14 when he was forced to watch the executions of his mother and older brother for trying to escape from North Korea's "total control" prison camp No. 14, a Stalinist gulag for political prisoners. His mother was hanged; his brother was shot nine times.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Nov 5, 2008

Suzuki plays starring role in Giants' win

Takahiro Suzuki is usually the one scoring the runs for the Yomiuri Giants.
JAPAN
Nov 5, 2008

Citizenship for kids still tall order

Many observers of the Nationality Law have welcomed the government's proposed revision approved Tuesday by the Cabinet that will soon allow hundreds of children born out of wedlock to Japanese men and foreign women to obtain Japanese nationality if the father recognizes paternity even after birth.
JAPAN
Nov 5, 2008

Alliance unfazed by Tamogami: U.S. general

The revisionist essay by the former chief of the Air Self-Defense Force that has caused a controversy over Japan's wartime role will not affect the country's security alliance with the United States, the commander of U.S. Forces in Japan said Tuesday in Tokyo.
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.
As Japan marks 80 years since WWII surrender, Ishiba expresses remorse
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba lays a flower during the memorial service at the Nippon Budokan on Friday.
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.
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.
War must never be repeated, says WWII guerrilla commander
Former teacher Satoshi Ito speaks during an interview in Akashi, Hyogo Prefecture, in June. Ito underwent training for guerrilla warfare at a secret school to prepare for a possible battle in mainland Japan during World War II.
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.
Reading the Japanese clock: Are times a-changin'?
People walk past a time board at Hakata Station in Fukuoka. Luckily for those trying to catch a train, reading a clock is universal.
The indelible memory of being a part of Unit 731
Hideo Shimizu, 95, says he cannot forget seeing the prisoners' bloody wills scribbled on the walls of prison cells at Unit 731 in 1945.
Recent deaths of Japanese boxers underline importance of emergency action plans
The Japan Boxing Commission's safety protocols have been thrust into the spotlight following the deaths of Shigetoshi Kotari and Hiromasa Urakawa, who suffered fatal brain injuries while fighting on the same card on Aug. 2.

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