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JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Oct 19, 2008

Beat Takeshi helps turn news into farce

For the past week or so commercial networks have been launching their new fall shows, and the ones attracting the most attention are on TBS, which seems to be cornering the market on what it calls "nonfiction" programming. There are at least four new shows that have been promoted using this English term,...
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 18, 2008

Japan in a post-U.S. world

Besides the economic damage, the global financial crisis has dangerous strategic implications for Japan.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL
Oct 18, 2008

Western Conference wide open after Evessa lose three key players

Until proven otherwise, the Osaka Evessa are the elite team in the Western Conference and the bj-league as a whole.
EDITORIALS
Oct 18, 2008

Winning in Afghanistan

Seven years after coalition forces invaded Afghanistan and drove the Taliban from power, the war slogs on. The initial euphoria from the "victory" has dissipated. Officials are increasingly concerned about the Taliban's resurgence and the durability of the government of President Hamid Karzai. The North...
Japan Times
BASKETBALL
Oct 18, 2008

Sun hopes to help Phoenix rise in Eastern Conference

The bj-league begins the Sun Ming Ming era on Saturday.
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 18, 2008

The Russians are coming — loaded with cash

MOSCOW — Russia's government is sitting on a giant pile of cash that it plans to invest in foreign assets. The glimpse of its economic muscle was revealed when the prime minister of Iceland announced that Russia may come with about $5 billion to save its troubled economy. Who could have thought that,...
BUSINESS
Oct 18, 2008

Blood thinner prasugrel still on track, drugmakers say

Drugmaker Daiichi Sankyo Co. and U.S. partner Eli Lilly & Co. sought to reassure investors Friday that a highly anticipated blood thinner remains on track for approval, despite escalating concerns of further delays by federal health regulators.
SOCCER / SOCCER SCENE
Oct 18, 2008

Japan's margin for error slim after draw with Uzbeks

Japan manager Takeshi Okada's assertion that there was "no problem yet" after his side had drawn 1-1 at home to Uzbekistan in Wednesday night's World Cup qualifier drew hoots of derision from many watching the match, but as a sound bite it neatly summed up the national team's philosophy.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 18, 2008

Hot-hitting Lions crush Fighters in series opener

Despite a two-week layoff and missing some players due to injuries, the young Lions silenced the skeptics with a night of offensive fireworks.
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Oct 18, 2008

Full steam ahead for England as Capello pushes all the right buttons

LONDON — For £6 million a year success should be almost guaranteed, but football does not always work like that. However, at the moment Fabio Capello's salary is looking a bargain because on Planet Football managers and players can earn vastly inflated salaries as long as the team is winning.
JAPAN
Oct 18, 2008

Filipino bar hostess visa scam snags top official

Senior Vice Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications Masatoshi Kurata was embroiled in a scandal Friday over his alleged role in arranging visas for Filipino women to enter Japan and perform at "charity concerts," but who in fact ended up working as bar hostesses.
Japan Times
JAPAN / MIXED MATCHES
Oct 18, 2008

Couple conquer national, religious divide

Before Tetsuya Kato met Widya of Indonesia, an international marriage would probably have seemed highly unlikely to him. He only speaks Japanese and the farthest place he has ever been to is Hokkaido.
JAPAN
Oct 18, 2008

Cigarette price of ¥1,000 a pack would save 190,000 lives, health studies say

Cigarettes should cost at least ¥1,000 to discourage young people from smoking — a price that would also help sharply reduce deaths caused by the public nuisance, according to two research groups funded by the health ministry.
JAPAN
Oct 18, 2008

Nakagawa has ministry hoist Hinomaru

Despite opposition from media organizations, the Finance Ministry displayed the Hinomaru flag in its press briefing room Friday under orders from Finance Minister Shoichi Nakagawa.
BASKETBALL
Oct 18, 2008

Apache rout Albirex in opener

Six players scored in double figures to lead the visiting Tokyo Apache to a 93-71 victory over the Niigata Albirex BB in the season opener for both bj-league teams on Friday.

Longform

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