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Reader Mail
Feb 5, 2009

Sustaining fish stocks and quality

The Jan. 25 article "What future for fish as Japan's daily fare?" reports that fish and seafood consumption is rising worldwide and many countries are taking action to sustain wild fish stocks. It seems that the cause of rising fish consumption is Japanese- influenced. Sushi, for example, is now popular...
Reader Mail
Feb 5, 2009

Protect women on maternity leave

Concerning the Jan. 30 editorial, "Mr. Aso outlines goals": I sincerely hope that the Aso administration will stop the practice, announced on NHK, of some companies' letting go women who are on maternity leave. Surely this is illegal or at least unconstitutional? In any case, it is sure to reduce the...
COMMENTARY
Feb 5, 2009

What's wrong with the way English is taught in Japan

The good news is that Japan's education bureaucrats realize that despite six years of middle and high school study many Japanese are still unable to speak English well. The bad news is that the bureaucrats plan to solve this problem by giving us more of what caused the problem.
SOCCER / World cup
Feb 5, 2009

Japan crush Finland ahead of qualifier

Japan gave national team manager Takeshi Okada a welcome tonic ahead of next week's World Cup-qualifying match against Australia with a resounding 5-1 win over Finland on Wednesday night.
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 5, 2009

Why can't Japanese kids get into Harvard?

Makoto Kobayashi, Toshihide Masakawa, Osamu Shimomura and Japan-born U.S. citizen Yoichiro Nambu won the 2008 Nobel Prize for their work in physics and chemistry. At first glance, Japan's place as a global knowledge center is secure, but these individuals are the exception, rather than the rule. Indeed,...
BUSINESS
Feb 5, 2009

Panasonic terminating 15,000 jobs worldwide

Panasonic Corp. said Wednesday it is reducing 15,000 jobs worldwide, about 5 percent of its workforce, by the end of March 2010 as it expects to lose ¥380 billion in the business year ending in March.
EDITORIALS
Feb 5, 2009

Other side of Sri Lanka's civil war

As the Sri Lankan military closes in on the remaining core of Tamil Tiger rebels, there is growing concern about the fate of civilians trapped in the conflict zone. The government, guerrillas and human rights groups trade accusations over who is responsible for the lives of thousands of noncombatants...
EDITORIALS
Feb 5, 2009

Act independently on IRENA

The world took a step forward in its efforts to fight climate change with the Jan. 26 inauguration of the International Renewable Energy Agency in Bonn, Germany. Member states hope that IRENA, the first global organization dedicated to renewable energy, will become the world's "new mouthpiece for renewable...
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 5, 2009

Can Russia's economy be saved?

MOSCOW — Russia's economy is collapsing, but the situation could be worse. The economic crisis has finally forced the government to adopt sensible policies, thereby staving off disaster — at least for now.
BUSINESS
Feb 5, 2009

Fujitsu allows workers to moonlight to make ends meet

In a sign of the times, major electronics firm Fujitsu Ltd. is allowing some of its factory workers to hold second jobs to compensate for shorter working hours and lower wages amid the deepening recession, the company said Wednesday.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL
Feb 5, 2009

Apache slump continues as Albirex overpower hosts

Since losing to the Osaka Evessa in the bj-league championship game last season, the Tokyo Apache have had one goal in mind: to earn a championship this season.
BASKETBALL / BJ-LEAGUE PLAYERS OF THE MONTH
Feb 5, 2009

Holm earns defensive award for big January

Sendai 89ers center Chris Holm has become the bj-league's chairman of the boards.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 5, 2009

International Red Cross returns to Japan

It all began with one man's eyewitness account of the atrocities committed in the aftermath of the Battle of Solferino in present-day Italy in 1859. What Swiss businessman Henry Dunant saw was the horror of war — thousands of dead and severely wounded soldiers lying on the battlefield without proper...
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 5, 2009

Eighth-century gift to Emperor going on block

An eighth-century tortoise-shell vanity box, said to be a gift from the Tang Dynasty palace to Emperor Shomu, will be auctioned in Hong Kong and may fetch more than $5 million, according to Sotheby's.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Feb 5, 2009

Japan-U.S. FTA vital: ACCJ chief

Getting a free-trade agreement between Japan and the United States is a much-needed goal, but it will require close multilevel exchanges, according to a top executive of the American Chamber of Commerce in Japan.

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