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COMMENTARY
Dec 3, 2008

Moving back to socialism?

The "ism" enthusiasts are out in force again. These are the analysts and commentators who see everything in strictly ideological terms of socialism versus capitalism, more state control versus less state control. Just now they are all convinced that the pendulum is swinging toward state control, that...
EDITORIALS
Dec 3, 2008

New Supreme Court justice

The Supreme Court's new chief justice took office Nov. 25. Mr. Hironobu Takesaki, who had served as head of the Tokyo High Court since February 2007, was promoted to the highest post of Japan's judiciary over the heads of 14 justices of the Supreme Court. This is the first time in 48 years that chief...
BUSINESS
Dec 3, 2008

Toyota trims managers' bonuses

Toyota Motor Corp. cut winter bonuses for the first time for about 8,700 managers as a global recession cripples car demand, the automaker said Tuesday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Dec 3, 2008

'Bernanke-san' mulls quantitative easing as alternative to rate cuts

U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke signaled he is ready to dig deeper into the central bank's toolbox after cutting interest rates almost as much as he can, opening the door to a shift by policymakers this month.
EDITORIALS
Dec 2, 2008

Getting children to get along

An education ministry survey shows that students at publicly run elementary, middle and high schools were involved in a record number of violent incidents inside and outside of school in fiscal 2007 — 52,756 cases, up about 8,000 from fiscal 2006. One school reported an average of 5.84 violent incidents...
COMMENTARY
Dec 2, 2008

Tall order in a time of 'peace'

NEW DELHI — The U.S.-sparked global financial meltdown is just the latest sign that the world is at a defining moment in history. Given the global ace of political, economic and technological transformation witnessed the last two decades, the next 20 years are likely to bring equally dramatic change....
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 2, 2008

End the violence against women and girls

NEW YORK — The International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women was commemorated Nov. 25, and U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki Moon is spearheading a global campaign, "UNiTE to end violence against women."
JAPAN
Dec 2, 2008

Loudness rock star Higuchi dead at 49

Munetaka Higuchi, the leader of Loudness, which in the 1980s became Japan's first hard-rock band to break into the U.S. market, died of liver cancer at an Osaka hospital Sunday. He was 49.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / VIEWS FROM THE STREET
Dec 2, 2008

How has the global financial crisis affected you?

JAPAN
Dec 2, 2008

Tamogami says views shared in Diet, SDF

Ousted Air Self-Defense Force Chief of Staff Gen. Toshio Tamogami stuck to his revisionist historical views Monday, saying his justification of Japan's wartime acts is shared by many lawmakers and Self-Defense Forces personnel.
COMMUNITY / Issues / JUST BE CAUSE
Dec 2, 2008

Hailing the tail end of Bush

Regarding Barack Obama's election as U.S. president, I welcome the groundswell of hope. It's about time. The past eight years have been, well, awkward for Americans overseas.

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