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ENVIRONMENT / ANIMAL TRACKER
Aug 13, 2008

Collared Scops Owl

Japanese name: Ookonohazuku
BUSINESS
Aug 13, 2008

Consumer gloom worst in 26 years

Consumers last month were the most pessimistic they've been in at least 26 years, indicating their spending is unlikely to trigger an economic recovery.
COMMENTARY
Aug 13, 2008

Georgia's giant miscalculation

The war in South Ossetia is essentially over, and the Georgians have lost. There may be some more shooting yet, but it is now clear that Georgia will never regain control of the rebel territories of South Ossetia and Abkhazia, that President Mikhail Saakashvili has handed Russia a major victory, and...
BUSINESS
Aug 13, 2008

Reactor at Hamaoka back online

Chubu Electric Power Co. restarted a reactor at its Hamaoka nuclear plant in Shizuoka Prefecture after taking it offline Sunday to replace a malfunctioning water valve at one of the low-pressure heaters.
EDITORIALS
Aug 13, 2008

A test for Russia and the West

Historians are likely to conclude that the war that broke out last weekend between Russia and Georgia was in many ways inevitable. The two governments have sparred over the appropriate deference Georgia should show toward its former Soviet overlord, with Moscow insisting that the small Caucasus republic...
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MULTIMEDIA
Aug 12, 2008

[VIDEO] Turtles mating

OLYMPICS / 2008 BEIJING OLYMPICS
Aug 12, 2008

Japan duo stun defending champs

Miyuki Maeda and Satoko Suetsuna upset defending Olympic champions Yang Wei and Zhang Jiewen of China on Monday to advance to the women's doubles semifinals in Olympic badminton.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS / 2008 BEIJING OLYMPICS: SWIMMING
Aug 12, 2008

Kitajima prevails in world-record fashion

BEIJING — Kosuke Kitajima became one of swimming's all-time great Olympians on Monday.
BASKETBALL
Aug 12, 2008

HeatDevils promote Ogawa to head coach

The Oita HeatDevils have upgraded Tadaharu Ogawa's job title. He is no longer the assistant coach; he's now the team's new head coach, the bj-league team has announced.
EDITORIALS
Aug 12, 2008

Right to reproductive health

At a time when the attention of the international community is focused on climate change and soaring food prices, it is all too easy to overlook problems fueled by the world's rapidly growing population. It should be remembered that the world will not be able to solve the problems of global warming and...
Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design
Aug 12, 2008

Jimmy Choo, Mickey Mouse, Fred Perry and more

Fashion mouse Disney has inspired a lot of people, from little girls to Superbowl champions. Even designer Vivienne Tam has now taken inspiration from her childhood and decided to pay tribute to the famous mouse with a capsule collection of playful dresses for this fall/winter season.
JAPAN
Aug 12, 2008

Panel begins process to rectify Ainu woes

The government panel on Ainu policies held its first meeting Monday, aiming to look into the lives and discrimination the indigenous group faces and come up with remedial action.
COMMUNITY / How-tos / LIFELINES
Aug 12, 2008

'Gyoza' heaven for carnivores, plus help for hungry vegans

A vegan friend is coming over to visit B, and he's at a loss as to what to feed him.
EDITORIALS
Aug 12, 2008

Rough course to digital waves

About three years from now, the era of analog TV broadcasting will end as digital broadcasting takes over. A survey shows that 92 percent of those polled know there will be a switch from analog to digital broadcasting, but fewer people know when the switch will take place (65 percent) or that they will...
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / WORDS TO LIVE BY
Aug 12, 2008

"Harry Potter" translator Yuko Matsuoka Harris

Yuko Matsuoka Harris, age 64, is the translator of the "Harry Potter" books in Japan and the president of the series' Japanese publisher, Say-zan-sha. Similar to the series' Hermione, Matsuoka has always been exceptional: As one of the best simultaneous interpreters in Japan, during her 30-year career...
BUSINESS
Aug 12, 2008

Stimulus package outline unveiled

The government on Monday unveiled an outline of a stimulus package to help the economy out of its downtrend amid rising oil prices and a global slowdown due to the U.S. subprime crisis.

Longform

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