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JAPAN
Sep 12, 2008

Five in LDP race lay out platforms

The five candidates in the Liberal Democratic Party presidential race unveiled their platforms to fellow lawmakers Thursday, stressing their experience and trying to differentiate themselves from each other.
Japan Times
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
Sep 12, 2008

Tokyo Symphony Orchestra to perform Schubert, Berg

T okyo Symphony Orchestra will perform a concert featuring two symphonies by Austrian composer Franz Schubert along with Alban Berg's 1935 "Violin Concerto" on Sept. 26 and 27.
CULTURE / Music
Sep 12, 2008

Weezer "Weezer" (Universal International)

After 2005's awful "Make Believe," Weezer's sixth album was meant to reaffirm their greatness. But you can forget that, as what fans have dubbed "The Red Album" (because of the color of its sleeve) is the unforgiving sound of an echo rattling through the empty shell of a band you once loved.
JAPAN
Sep 12, 2008

Voters favor Obama for U.S., are fed up with Japan: poll

An overwhelming number of Japanese believe Barack Obama will win the United States presidential election in November and 90 percent are dissatisfied with Japanese politics, according to a survey released Thursday by the nonprofit Nippon Foundation.
BASEBALL / MLB
Sep 12, 2008

Ichiro raps out 4 hits, nears 200

SEATTLE — Ichiro Suzuki is hoping to reach at least one of his goals during the Seattle Mariners' lost season.
Japan Times
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
Sep 12, 2008

Spoon Market all about the gals

G irls, girls, girls! No, it's not a hostess bar or a burlesque show, but Spoon Market is all about the ladies. A live-music event that also offers a market, art gallery, dance performances and sweets, Spoon Market is a day of feminine bohemia that was first staged as an all-nighter in September 2007....
Japan Times
JAPAN / LETTERS FROM KOBE
Sep 12, 2008

When the Koreans rioted in Kobe

When Elizabeth Ryan was in Kobe from 1947 to 1948 as part of the Occupation, she witnessed one of the city's most dramatic events in the postwar period.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Sep 12, 2008

Virgin Galactic visits to book space tourists

Going around the world is passe. Nowadays the fashionable traveler aims a little higher — for outer space.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film / SHORT TAKES
Sep 12, 2008

'Shakariki'

Director: Shinsuke Ono
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 12, 2008

Can YouTube cure political apathy?

Thanks to video-sharing Web sites like YouTube, it has become easier to broadcast and share video clips with the world, whether it's a short film shot with a cell phone or an elaborately choreographed movie.
BUSINESS
Sep 12, 2008

Meiji Dairies, Meiji Seika to merge

Meiji Dairies Corp., Japan's biggest dairy company, and confectioner Meiji Seika Kaisha Ltd. said Thursday they will merge, creating the nation's second-biggest food maker as prices of ingredients rise.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Sep 12, 2008

Coach builds brand of affordable luxury goods

Twenty years ago, at the height of the bubble economy, Coach Inc. started out small in Japan, selling its products at the Mitsukoshi department store in Yokohama.
COMMENTARY
Sep 11, 2008

China's Africa policy changing for the better

China refused to allow Zimbabwe's president, Robert Mugabe, to take part in the opening session of the Olympic Games, according to the Sydney Morning Herald. The paper said Mugabe had traveled to Hong Kong but was then persuaded by China to go home.
COMMENTARY
Sep 11, 2008

Cameron eyes policy shift

David Cameron, the leader of Britain's Conservative opposition, is highly likely to be Britain's next prime minister when the general election comes in 12 to 18 months time. He is in effect the prime minister-in-waiting. His views about the international scene are therefore very important not just to...
EDITORIALS
Sep 11, 2008

Reality for the DPJ

Democratic Party of Japan leader Ichiro Ozawa has secured a third two-year term as head of the No. 1 opposition as no one else ran against him in the party election. Mr. Ozawa will have a showdown with the successor to Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda in coming general elections. Mr. Ozawa said at a news...
EDITORIALS
Sep 11, 2008

Moot occasion to celebrate

North Korea this week celebrated the 60th anniversary of its founding. In its editorial, Rodong Sinmun, the North's main newspaper, called on North Koreans to remain united around the leader Kim Jong Il and to strengthen the armed forces, which it described as "the foundation of a strong nation." It...
Reader Mail
Sep 11, 2008

Spotty coverage of manga summit

Regarding the Sept. 8 article "Manga viewed as vibrant info conduit": I guess I should be happy to see any kind of story regarding manga appearing in The Japan Times, but the coverage of the recent 2008 Manga Summit left a bad taste in my mouth. Why weren't there any images of manga artists at the summit?...
Reader Mail
Sep 11, 2008

Cost cuts drive nursing turnover

The Sept. 7 letter "Real barriers to foreign nurses" suggests that the lack of Japanese-language proficiency of foreign-trained nurses poses a threat to the well-being of patients in Japan's hospitals. While I don't have all the facts, my girlfriend, who is a nurse, tells me that she and her colleagues...
Reader Mail
Sep 11, 2008

Indian waiver good for the world

Regarding the Sept. article "Hiroshima, Nagasaki leaders hit India nuke waiver": As an Indian residing in Japan for the past eight years, I can understand the resistance many Japanese people have toward the nuclear deal between the Nuclear Suppliers Group and India. It must be noted, though, that India...
Reader Mail
Sep 11, 2008

Taliban don't deserve their label

I have yet to fully understand how Afghanistan became the "good war" in the eyes of the West. Al-Qaida is in Pakistan. The Taliban didn't plan, participate in, or have any advanced knowledge of the 9/11 terrorist attacks.
Reader Mail
Sep 11, 2008

Postwar treatment good enough

Regarding the Sept. 6 article "Occupiers favored with postwar plenty": Yes, the U.S. military and others stationed in Japan right after World War II did live better than most. Then again, what did Japan expect after attacking the United States? Was the U.S. supposed to starve its own personnel, and pay...
Japan Times
JAPAN / LETTERS FROM KOBE
Sep 11, 2008

Theater, stores cheered up locals

Fifth in a series
JAPAN
Sep 11, 2008

Kim's absence at gala baffles North watchers

Foreign Ministry officials expressed puzzlement Wednesday over North Korean leader Kim Jong Il's failure to make a public appearance Tuesday to mark the hermit state's 60th anniversary.
Japan's inheritance tax is high, unforgiving and sometimes avoidable
The National Tax Agency at the Ministry of Finance, Kasumigaseki, Tokyo. Japanese tax authorities can bill foreign residents in Japan for assets inherited globally.
The United States imposes 15% 'reciprocal' tariff on most Japanese goods
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks at the White House on Wednesday.
U.S. backtracks on Japan tariff calculation, taking effective rate lower
Ryosei Akazawa, Japan's chief tariff negotiator, said the U.S. made a clerical error in not including a “reciprocal” tariff rate ceiling for Japan in the trade deal.
How Pakistan shot down India's cutting-edge fighter using Chinese gear
An Indian Air Force pilot gets out of a Rafale fighter jet during its induction ceremony at an air force station in Ambala, India, September 2020.
Biggest drop in Japanese nationals seen alongside record high in foreign residents
A street in Tokyo's Shinjuku district on Wednesday
Cheer with caution: Expert advises sports fans have game plan for extreme heat
A Cardinals fan fans himself during the seventh inning of a game against the Pirates in St. Louis, Missouri, in June 2022.
Australia's warship selection signals Japanese defense industry's arrival
The Maritime Self-Defense Force's Mogami-class frigate. Australia's selection of an upgraded version of the Mogami-class warship for its next frigate class could prove to be a watershed moment for Japan’s defense industry.
Japan's inheritance tax is high, unforgiving and sometimes avoidable
The National Tax Agency at the Ministry of Finance, Kasumigaseki, Tokyo. Japanese tax authorities can bill foreign residents in Japan for assets inherited globally.
Will the movement seeking Ishiba’s resignation succeed?
Liberal Democratic Party youth division head Yasutaka Nakasone (center) and other members speak to reporters in Tokyo on July 25.
Photographer Bleg Bayraktar is winning social media with politeness
A video on Bayraktar's Instagram account of the Belgian photographer approaching an elderly worker in Tokyo's Shibuya has gone viral, garnering almost 9 million views.

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