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JAPAN
Jul 16, 2008

Filipinos visit lawmakers in quest for citizenship

Sixteen Filipinos whose fathers or husbands were Japanese men who had moved to the Philippines before and during the war asked lawmakers Tuesday in Tokyo for help obtaining Japanese citizenship.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 16, 2008

Are young people ready, willing to be adults at 18?

Kids just don't wanna grow up.
EDITORIALS
Jul 16, 2008

Scandal undermines education

The Oita prefectural board is mired in an outrageous corruption scandal involving the recruitment of teachers. Five education officials have been arrested, and circumstances suggest that the corruption may be more widespread than detected by investigators and reported by the media. As an education ministry...
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 16, 2008

High crime rate a 'misperception': U.S. commander

The rate of off-base crimes committed by members of the United States military in Japan is much lower than the rate for Japanese in general, but a "misperception" that the opposite is true still persists, the commander of U.S. Forces Japan said Tuesday.
Japan Times
LIFE / Digital / IGADGET
Jul 16, 2008

Glasses make movies a personal experience

Eyes front: Video may have killed the radio star, as the song says, but television has only bruised the movie screen, despite 70 years of trying to offer an experience to rival the cinema experience. Now cell phones and other mobile devices are competing with television.
Japan Times
ENVIRONMENT / WILD WATCH
Jul 16, 2008

Lives and a death

CHUKOTKA, Russia — This month, instead of writing this column as usual at my desk in Hokkaido, I am writing from a desk on board the Clipper Odyssey as we cross the Gulf of Anadyr in Russia's far northeastern Chukotka region. Our voyage began at Otaru, Hokkaido, and we have taken in southern Sakhalin,...
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SOCCER
Jul 16, 2008

Uncertain future awaits as Ronaldo mulls options

LONDON (AP) While resting his injured ankle, Cristiano Ronaldo has had plenty of time to think about his future.
EDITORIALS
Jul 16, 2008

North Korea's nuclear programs

The six nations in negotiations on the denuclearization of North Korea last week agreed on basic principles for verifying the North's declaration of its nuclear programs.
JAPAN
Jul 16, 2008

MMC, trio fined over false report on defects

The Tokyo High Court on Tuesday overturned a lower court ruling and fined Mitsubishi Motors Corp. and three former executives ¥200,000 each for falsifying documents on its defective truck hubs, which caused a fatal accident in 2002.
BUSINESS
Jul 16, 2008

BOJ cuts growth forecast to 1.2%

The Bank of Japan cut its economic growth forecast Tuesday, raised its projection for inflation and kept interest rates on hold.
BUSINESS
Jul 16, 2008

Emissions deal reached with Ukraine

Japan has agreed to buy greenhouse-gas emission allowances from Ukraine to reach a target set under the Kyoto Protocol.
BUSINESS
Jul 16, 2008

NTT told to halt misleading ads

NTT Corp. has been ordered to stop advertisements for its Internet call services because they are misleading.
COMMENTARY / World / SENTAKU MAGAZINE
Jul 15, 2008

Keidanren hedging bets on LDP

The Japan Business Federation (Nippon Keidanren) is showing signs of changing its unflinching support for the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, as it seeks closer ties with the No. 1 opposition Democratic Party of Japan.
MORE SPORTS
Jul 15, 2008

Green Bay fans hold rally to support Favre

Brett Favre's fans came to his defense Sunday, rallying outside Lambeau Field to pressure the Green Bay Packers to reinstate him as the starting quarterback.
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 15, 2008

With loss of life affordable, it's sink or swim

MANILA — The June 21 tragedy of the sinking of the Princess of the Stars ferry in the waters off Romblon in the Philippines — with hundreds of corpses still believed trapped inside — is proof that the country is prone not only to natural calamities but to man-made ones as well. The decision to...

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A mushroom cloud from the atomic bombing on Hiroshima taken from a U.S. military aircraft on Aug. 6, 1945. Copying the photo without permission is prohibited.
80 years on, a Japanese American hibakusha recalls the day the bomb dropped