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JAPAN
Aug 28, 2008

51 poisonous snakes found in bite victim's Tokyo condo

A Tokyo man was arrested Wednesday after police found as many as 51 poisonous snakes, including cobras with extremely powerful venom, in his condominium near JR Harajuku Station in Shibuya Ward.
SOCCER / J. League
Aug 28, 2008

Abe allows Reds to draw but Nagoya regains top

Yuki Abe salvaged a point for Urawa Reds with a goal deep into injury time to give his side an unlikely 1-1 draw with Tokyo Verdy on Wednesday.
Reader Mail
Aug 28, 2008

Rise of China has just begun

Watching China win the largest number of gold medals at the Beijing Olympics, outdistancing the heretofore dominant United States, gave me a pleasure, as a fellow Asian, that I haven't had in decades. In modern history, China underwent all sorts of humiliations and miseries. Now, under able leadership,...
Reader Mail
Aug 28, 2008

Insular view of raw excitement

Although I was excited about the Olympics after they started and enjoyed watching many televised events and the superb sportsmanship that was displayed, but those feelings were replaced by exasperation at Japanese broadcasters' incredibly insular, boring and petty coverage. Let me say, first, that I...
Reader Mail
Aug 28, 2008

No problem with biometric checks

On March 28, 2006, I maintained here that the proposal to fingerprint and photograph all visitors to Japan at the immigration entry point would lead to an even lengthier entry time. I was wrong! After using the new system for about 18 months -- with at least four entries through Narita -- I have found...
JAPAN
Aug 28, 2008

Aid worker found slain in Afghanistan

A Japanese Embassy official in Afghanistan confirmed Wednesday that a body found earlier in the day was that of kidnapped Japanese aid worker Kazuya Ito, the Foreign Ministry said.
JAPAN
Aug 28, 2008

Saitama U.N. disarmament talks follow North denuclearization snub

SAITAMA — A three-day U.N. conference on nuclear disarmament kicked off Wednesday in Saitama, a day after North Korea announced it had stopped disabling its atomic facilities.
Reader Mail
Aug 28, 2008

Gratitude to the unknown finder

I am a North American who now lives in Costa Rica. This month I traveled to Japan to visit my son, his wife and my new grandchild. My flight was long and I was tired when I arrived at Narita International Airport on Aug. 12.
Reader Mail
Aug 28, 2008

Taiwan's access to U.N. activities

The 63th session of the United Nations General Assembly will open Sept. 16. On Aug. 14, 17 diplomatic allies of Taiwan submitted to the U.N. Secretariat a proposal requesting that the General Assembly pass a resolution accepting the "Need to Examine the Fundamental Rights of the 23 Million People of...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Aug 28, 2008

Indecisive moments

Henri Cartier-Bresson's legacy of the "decisive moment" had a profound impact on photography. As a cofounder of the photographic cooperative Magnum Photos in 1947, his philosophy influenced a whole generation of photojournalists, and, for decades, Magnum photographers were instrumental in constructing...
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 28, 2008

McCain aims to win by pandering to bigotry

NEW YORK — At a time when the Beijing Olympics have increased America's apprehension of China's rising power, Sen. Barack Obama, the Democratic nominee for president, has chosen Sen. Joe Biden as his running mate. Biden is the influential chairman of the Senate Foreign Affairs Committee and an established...
BUSINESS
Aug 28, 2008

Toyota, Honda, Nissan set July global output records

Japan's top three automakers said global production in July rose to records for that month, highlighting solid growth riding on their reputation for fuel-efficient models amid soaring gasoline prices.
JAPAN
Aug 28, 2008

Challenge Ozawa for sake of DPJ, Maehara urges

The Democratic Party of Japan should hold a genuine presidential election next month in order to enliven policy debate, former DPJ President Seiji Maehara, who quit his post over a political blunder two years ago, said Wednesday.
BUSINESS
Aug 28, 2008

India cuts red tape to clear way for Japanese investment

It is not too late for Japanese businesses to enter the fast-growing Indian market in light of deregulation of foreign investment, according to a leading Indian lawyer and investment consultant.
EDITORIALS
Aug 28, 2008

Opportunities for air service

Major airlines plan to withdraw from local air services or reduce the number of local flights. Japan Airlines and All Nippon Airways, facing high fuel cost in recent years, have tried to make up for the rising costs by raising air fares on both domestic and international routes, but this has led to a...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Aug 28, 2008

Ainu musician Oki brings the world to Hokkaido

With a Japanese mother and Ainu father, the appearance of Oki on "The Rough Guide to the Music of Japan" with his Oki Dub Ainu Band presents a rare glimpse of the multiracial underbelly that Japan seems reluctant to own up to. Despite being indigenous to Hokkaido, or Ezo as it is known to them, the Ainu...
Reader Mail
Aug 28, 2008

Russia overreached in Georgia

In his Aug. 23 article, "Payback time for Russia," Ramesh Thakur gives way too much credit to Russia in its invasion of Georgia, and ignores the actual results. Russia's action will accelerate the expansion of NATO into former Soviet Union states as they look for protection from Russian bullying and...
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.

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

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Koichi Tagawa’s diary entry from Aug. 9, 1945, describes the day of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki.
The horrors of Nagasaki, in first person
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