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LIFE / Style & Design / ON: DESIGN
Feb 26, 2009

Lowdown Scandinavians, trashy bears and a natural rack

Lowdown Scandinavian cool If you're in the market for a modular sofa, check out Osaka-based Teruhiro Yanagihara's Grow (above). The designer, who also works under the name Isolation Unit, has created the attractive couch for interior brand OFFECCT, a Swedish company that's known for its collaborations...
Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design / ON: DESIGN
Feb 26, 2009

Lowdown Scandinavians, trashy bears and a natural rack

Lowdown Scandinavian cool If you're in the market for a modular sofa, check out Osaka-based Teruhiro Yanagihara's Grow (above). The designer, who also works under the name Isolation Unit, has created the attractive couch for interior brand OFFECCT, a Swedish company that's known for its collaborations...
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 25, 2009

Lots of blame to go around for 'losing' Turkey

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — "Who lost Turkey?" That question, often raised in the past, has been heating up in the aftermath of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan's emotional outburst during the recent World Economic Forum 2009 in Davos, when he abruptly left a panel he was sharing with Israeli President Shimon...
BASKETBALL
Feb 25, 2009

Ryukyu's McHenry earns accolade

Forward Anthony McHenry gave the Ryukyu Golden Kings a big boost in their series-opening win last Saturday against the Oita HeatDevils. A day later, McHenry provided a similar all-around spark for his victorious team.
EDITORIALS
Feb 25, 2009

Avoid sensationalism in trials

The Tokyo District Court last week sentenced a 34-year-old man to life imprisonment for slaying a 23-year-old woman, mutilating her body and then abandoning it in Tokyo in April 2008. The man admitted to the charge of forcing the woman, who lived two doors down, into his apartment with the aim of sexually...
MORE SPORTS
Feb 25, 2009

Rabbits take 1-0 series lead in Asia League Ice Hockey semifinals

Former NHL center Joel Prpic scored a game-tying goal in the first period on Tuesday in the Seibu Prince Rabbits' 4-2 victory over the Oji Eagles in Game 1 of the Asia League Ice Hockey playoff semifinals at DyDo Drinco Ice Arena.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 25, 2009

Firms warming to work-sharing

Yasuo Igarashi spends a lot of time these days on the jungle gym with his daughter, after his employer joined the growing ranks of companies adopting work-sharing to ride out the global slump.
LIFE / Language / BILINGUAL
Feb 25, 2009

The character of a culture resides in its language

Defining people by their ethnicity while virtually ignoring their cultural background has always been both dumb and dangerous, but there is a growing appreciation among business leaders, diplomats and politicians of the importance of understanding other cultures.
COMMENTARY
Feb 25, 2009

Building an Asian safety net

Asian finance ministers have agreed to build a regional safety net to help countries withstand currency weakness and avoid a financial meltdown. However, they appear to be making haste slowly when the deepening global recession demands decisive action.
EDITORIALS
Feb 25, 2009

Ms. Clinton and U.S. strategy

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton concluded her first tour abroad as the foreign policy chief of the United States after visiting first Japan, then Indonesia and South Korea, and finally China. Her tour shows that President Barack Obama's administration is eager to work out long-term stable...
Japan Times
LIFE / Digital
Feb 25, 2009

Kristen Kreuk: An actress indifferent

Actress Kristen Kreuk is upfront about not being a gamer.

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