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Reader Mail
Jan 25, 2009

To find an honest matchmaker

A particular sentence of the Jan. 14 article "Matchmakers' 'marriage hunts' beating out fate to secure mate" caught my attention. It reads: "Fixing faults leads to a successful marriage, and for that you need someone to think objectively." From this I am curious as to what these matchmakers define as...
ENVIRONMENT / BACKSTREET STORIES
Jan 25, 2009

A west side love story

With Valentine's Day approaching, Tokyo's lovers dust off chocolate-tempering pots, scope out sweet shops and reserve bouquets of roses. Of course, savvy romantics know a midwinter stroll along a back street, with requisite snuggling for warmth, works nearly as well to stoke affection as edible or olfactory...
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel / BACKSTREET STORIES
Jan 25, 2009

A west side love story

With Valentine's Day approaching, Tokyo's lovers dust off chocolate-tempering pots, scope out sweet shops and reserve bouquets of roses. Of course, savvy romantics know a midwinter stroll along a back street, with requisite snuggling for warmth, works nearly as well to stoke affection as edible or olfactory...
Japan Times
LIFE
Jan 25, 2009

A herring fishery shows that the big picture can be elusive

Nearly all the herring roe now used to make the Japanese new-year delicacy kazunoko comes from North America's west coast. The ocean-living herring go there in huge numbers to spawn in March, and are met by ranks of predators, including cormorants, terns and gulls, bald eagles, ospreys, dogfish sharks,...
CULTURE / Books
Jan 25, 2009

Larrikin notions of civilization

TRAVELS IN ATOMIC SUNSHINE: Australia and the Occupation of Japan, by Robin Gerster. Scribe Publications, 2008, 336 pp., $49.95 (cloth) Robin Gerster is a respected university- based researcher into recent Australian history. This, his latest book, is a very well-written and very detailed account of...
CULTURE / Books
Jan 25, 2009

Larrikin notions of civilization

Robin Gerster is a respected university- based researcher into recent Australian history. This, his latest book, is a very well-written and very detailed account of Australia's brief attempt (1946-1952) to occupy and "civilize" its large northern neighbor, Japan. The result, needless to say, was less...
MORE SPORTS
Jan 24, 2009

Masters invitation excites Ishikawa

When he turned professional just over a year ago, Ryo Ishikawa listed winning the U.S. Masters as one of his goals in life. Now the 17-year-old high school student will get his first chance.
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Jan 24, 2009

Kaka-Bellamy tandem had unique potential

LONDON — The main sadness about Kaka not joining Manchester City is that there will almost certainly never be a conversation between the AC Milan maestro and Craig Bellamy, who signed from West Ham for £16 million.
EDITORIALS
Jan 24, 2009

The 'Decider' goes home

Mr. George W. Bush, the 43rd president of the United States, believes history will vindicate him. That thinking is typical of his presidency: It bespeaks an enduring optimism and faith in the future, a relentless refusal to bend to facts, and the certitude that his decisions, no matter how controversial,...
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / JAPAN LITE
Jan 24, 2009

English chain-saw massacre

I have only had two experiences team teaching (the pairing up of a Japanese teacher with a foreign teacher in the same classroom.)
Japan Times
JAPAN / MIXED MATCHES
Jan 24, 2009

Couple share California dream, can't wait to get back in the States

Ever since Haruki Imaoka watched the popular American TV series "Beverly Hills, 90210," he had dreamed of marrying a good-looking Western girl. When he went to Los Angeles for college, he met local resident Laura Beltz in May 2004, and they hit it off right away.
BUSINESS
Jan 24, 2009

Three nonlife insurers plan 2010 integration

Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Group Holdings, Inc., Aioi Insurance Co. and Nissay Dowa General Insurance Co. announced Friday they have agreed to merge in April 2010, in a move that will create Japan's largest nonlife insurance group.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 24, 2009

Reformist Koike loyal to LDP, waits in wings

While last year's Liberal Democratic Party presidential race ended in a landside victory for Prime Minister Taro Aso, there were signs that the old guard's grip on power is slipping.
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / WHEN EAST MARRIES WEST
Jan 24, 2009

The language game — here's what not to do

Life is full of stupid moves.
BUSINESS
Jan 24, 2009

Honda pulls out of Suzuka 8 Hours race

Honda Motor Co. said Friday it is pulling its team out of a motorcycle race in Japan this year as part of cost-cutting amid the global slowdown.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 24, 2009

2channel founder ponders next step after forum's sale

A short message recently posted on Hiroyuki Nishimura's personal blog sent shock waves across the online community. In a single sentence dated Jan. 2, he announced that he had sold 2channel, his wildly popular Internet forum.
JAPAN
Jan 24, 2009

Clinton takes up abductees with Nakasone

New U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton expressed sympathy Friday for relatives of Japanese abducted by North Korea in her first phone conference with Foreign Minister Hirofumi Nakasone.
JAPAN
Jan 24, 2009

Cabinet OKs diluted tax reform bill

Prime Minister Taro Aso got a little breathing room Friday after the Cabinet approved his modified tax reform bill, which now offers an open-ended clause for a future consumption tax hike, while mending an internal rift over the issue in his Liberal Democratic Party.

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