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JAPAN
Oct 27, 2008

Nervous groom held for blaze at wedding hotel

It's only natural for brides and grooms to get nervous before the big day, but Tatsuhiko Kawata of Yamanashi may have gone too far.
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 27, 2008

The great Beijing-Moscow Central Asia game

HONG KONG — Although most world attention during the August Russia-Georgia crisis was on the reactions of the United States and Europe, China's response also made headlines. With China and Russia enjoying a strategic partnership, and sharing a distaste for U.S. "hegemony," Chinese support for Russia's...
JAPAN
Oct 27, 2008

GSDF officer dies during visit to Iwojima

A Ground Self-Defense Force major collapsed while visiting a wartime tunnel on Iwojima and later died, the first death on the island since World War II, officials said.
COMMENTARY
Oct 27, 2008

Better governance for a global age

WATERLOO, Ontario — The financial crisis roiling the world is the result of serious shortcomings in domestic financial governance that have also highlighted gaps in the global governance of international finance and capital.
BUSINESS / GERMAN JOURNALIST SYMPOSIUM
Oct 27, 2008

Growth depends on companies' ability to adapt

Germany and Japan face some common challenges as they try to maintain growth amid the global financial crisis, veteran journalists from German media organizations told a recent symposium in Tokyo.
BUSINESS / GERMAN JOURNALIST SYMPOSIUM
Oct 27, 2008

Germany struggles to strike economy-environment balance

Germany's ambitious targets for reducing carbon dioxide emissions — coupled with its policy of phasing out nuclear power generation — pose a very serious challenge for the competitiveness of German industries, Daniel Goffart, a senior editor for politics and the economy at Handelsblatt, told the...
Reader Mail
Oct 26, 2008

Save us from a feel-good law

Regarding the Oct. 22 article "Bill would toughen knife, gun law": Once again we see a typical knee-jerk reaction. While nothing can detract from the awful tragedy at Akihabara or Sasebo this year, I cannot help but shake my head at yet another feel-good, do-nothing proposal. Sure, it may sound good...
Reader Mail
Oct 26, 2008

Preventing medical accidents

Regarding the Oct. 20 editorial, "Reviewing medical treatment": I find the opposition to bills requiring certain bodies, such as the Japanese Association for Acute Medicine, to submit reports to investigative commissions to be highly suspicious. If doctors are innocent of medical malpractice, why should...
Reader Mail
Oct 26, 2008

Organic food looking better

The Oct. 22 article "Melamine-tainted dough spurs Saizeriya to give pizza refunds" stated that the restaurant chain served thousands of pizzas during the eight-day period (Sept. 25 to Oct. 2) for which pizza dough made in China may have been contaminated with "very small amounts" of the industrial chemical...
Reader Mail
Oct 26, 2008

Lots of materials for weapons

Maybe Japan can outlaw lawn mower blades, as they can be turned into a nasty knife. Then it can outlaw pipes used by plumbers, because they can be made into a weapon. (The government will submit its bill revising the Firearm and Sword Control Law during the current Diet session.) leonard martino
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 26, 2008

Giants advance to Japan Series

The Yomiuri Giants won the Central League pennant last season but failed to reach the Japan Series.
BASEBALL / BASEBALL BULLET-IN
Oct 26, 2008

Taking a look at the one-game advantage in the Climax Series

Until 2004, the term "postseason play" in Japanese baseball simply meant the Japan Series.
SOCCER / J. League
Oct 26, 2008

Marinos pick up valuable points in quest to remain in J1

KASHIWA, Chiba Pref. — Three-time J. League champion Yokohama F. Marinos took a big step toward first-division survival with a 3-1 win over Kashiwa Reysol on Saturday, while Nagoya Grampus' bid for a first-ever championship hit a snag with a 0-0 draw against Jubilo Iwata.
BASKETBALL
Oct 26, 2008

Productive Sun helps Phoenix rout Apache

Sun Ming Ming took a big step forward on Saturday and helped his team earn a runaway victory in the process.
Reader Mail
Oct 26, 2008

Indian vs. Chinese progress

Regarding Brahma Chellaney's Oct. 23 article, "Remember the China lesson": Some questions remain unanswered in the author's comparison of the economic progress made by China and that made by India.
EDITORIALS
Oct 26, 2008

NGOs on the go

Japan's election as a nonpermanent member of the United Nations Security Council in mid-October means that Japan will again be able to make positive marks around the world. Though this is the 10th time for Japan to serve, the current problems in the world mean that Japan's interactions with foreign countries...
Reader Mail
Oct 26, 2008

Typical reaction of the vested

Regarding the Oct. 24 article "Aso gets riled when quizzed over swanky wining, dining": Isn't this how it goes? As long as the folks at the top have enough money to wine and dine in exclusive restaurants, why should they worry about "ordinary" people who have to check for special discounts and look for...
Reader Mail
Oct 26, 2008

Rescuing beauty of the past

Regarding Tomoko Otake's Oct. 19 article, "Showa-ing it like it was": What a beautiful article on a terrific idea. Memorabilia owner Hironobu Komiya is anticipating what anthropologists and historians of the future will want to find in order to write properly about the Showa Era (1926-1989). Komiya is...
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.
Samansa bets on commuter cinema
Filmmakers interview the general manager of a Bald Men's club for an upcoming Flix Oven documentary that will be available via the streaming platform Samansa.
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.
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.
Will Ishiba's critics be able to garner enough support for a leadership race?
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba's political survival likely hinges on whether a leadership race will take place within the Liberal Democratic Party following its decision to have its election committee canvass the opinions of party members and prefectural chapters on the subject.

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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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