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EDITORIALS
Nov 7, 2008

A healthy insurance system

The health insurance system for people aged 75 or over, introduced in April 2008, has proved unpopular because aged people covered by the system feel that they have been herded into a certain category separated from younger generations. They are also angry about the practice of withholding insurance...
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / BJ-LEAGUE NOTEBOOK
Nov 7, 2008

Lakestars progress under Pierce

The expansion Shiga Lakestars took a major step forward last weekend, recording the first victory and the first winning streak in franchise history.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Nov 7, 2008

Cool Kishi shrugs off stage fright

TOKOROZAWA, Saitama Pref. — Making your first Japan Series start against a team with the tradition of the Yomiuri Giants can be a daunting task for even the most veteran of pitchers.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Nov 7, 2008

'Tropic Thunder'

Hollywood has been feeding on itself a bit lately, with a string of comedies that parody its own predictable tendencies. "Scary Movie" sent up the slasher genre: "Team America" took on the jingoistic, kick-ass action movie; and "Meet the Spartans" speared "300," while also digressing into about a kazillion...
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 7, 2008

Europe's mania for a black U.S. president

NEW YORK — Why do Europeans adore America's president-elect, Barack Obama? Stupid question, you might say. He is young, handsome, smart, inspiring, educated, cosmopolitan, and above all, he promises a radical change from the most unpopular American administration in history. Compare that to his rival...
Japan Times
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
Nov 7, 2008

Sensoji fetes rebuilding of hall

Asakusa has long been a big tourist attraction for visitors from the world over, but its lure is now hitting a peak, with a series of events under way to commemorate the 50th anniversary of reconstruction of the main hall at Sensoji Temple.
MORE SPORTS
Nov 7, 2008

Ishii asks Dalai Lama for guidance

Even Olympic gold medalists sometimes need a little spiritual guidance.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Nov 7, 2008

Sheryl Crow

Few stars in the history of pop music can make as legitimate a claim to paying their dues as Sheryl Crow. Having spent the 1980s in the Los Angeles backup-singer trenches (ad jingles, two years touring with Michael Jackson) and hawking songs to the likes of Wynonna Judd and Celine Dion, she was repeatedly...
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Nov 7, 2008

Giants move to brink of series glory

TOKOROZAWA, Saitama Pref. — The Yomiuri Giants vowed they would be ready for Lions starter Hideaki Wakui the next time they saw him.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel / HOTELS & RESTAURANTS
Nov 7, 2008

White truffles at the Ritz-Carlton

The Ritz-Carlton Tokyo will host a "Great Chefs of the World" dinner fair from Nov. 13 to 20 at the Forty Five French restaurant, featuring that rarest of delicacies, white truffles.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Nov 7, 2008

'Leatherheads'

George Clooney's well-groomed, pedigreed charm hits the screen full-force in "Leatherheads" — the impact of which leaves you slightly reeling. How can one, sole guy be so enchanting?
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel
Nov 7, 2008

Surviving in some style

I wanted a resort that had already been put through the wringer and survived. In this climate, you never know who's going to default on the hot-water bill or skimp on the fruit juices at the breakfast buffet.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Nov 7, 2008

'Sakura no Sono'

In 1990, Shun Nakahara — a religion-studies major at the University of Tokyo who later became a porno director — released his first straight feature, "Sakura no Sono" ("The Cherry Orchard"). Based on an Akimi Yoshida manga, the film described the day a drama club at an exclusive girls' school stages...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Nov 7, 2008

Canadian music execs schmooze up to Tokyo

The relatively small 33 million population of Canada, the world's second-largest country in terms of land mass, makes it nearly impossible for its musicians to maintain careers based on domestic support alone.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Nov 7, 2008

Frosty reception greets Giants at Seibu Dome

TOKOROZAWA, Saitama Pref. — At this time of year, particularly after sunset when the games are played, it feels almost like winter rather than fall at the area around the wood-surrounded Seibu Dome.
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
Nov 7, 2008

Bamboleo brings on the salsa

One of the world's most renowned Cuban salsa bands will bring their passionate and romantic performance to a Tokyo audience on Nov. 14.
EDITORIALS
Nov 7, 2008

Taxi industry in trouble

Japan's taxi industry was deregulated in 2002. But in July 2008, the transport ministry started reviving some regulations, saying that that an oversupply of taxis has led to lower profits for taxi companies and poorer working conditions for taxi drivers. In about 80 percent of the nation's taxi operation...
From France to Mali, a deportee's struggle far from home
Moussa Sacko, a Malian deported from France — where he had lived since he was a young child — stands on a street in Bamako, Mali, in December. Compared with his home in France, Bamako feels like a different planet, Sacko said.
Descendants in Philippines denied Japanese citizenship
China warns of military response if Japan intervenes in Taiwan contingency
Representatives from the Japan Innovation Party hand over a proposal to designate Xue Jian, the Chinese consul-general in Osaka, as persona no grata, to a staff of the Prime Minister's Office in Tokyo on Wednesday.
As attacks surge, who can cull bears in Japan?
Police cars leave the Akita Prefectural Police headquarters to cull bears, in the city of Akita on Thursday.
Japan may triple departure tax to tackle overtourism
A plane takes off from Haneda Airport.
Japan fully enters sports streaming era as fans face new dilemmas
Sports fan Tadashi Yokoyama streams basketball and fencing on three screens.
Stablecoins: Boring goes big, and now in Japan
Noritaka Okabe, CEO of JPYC, acknowledges a number of potential risks related to stablecoins.
Shohei Ohtani collects fourth MVP Award with 2025 NL honor
The Dodgers' Shohei Ohtani was named National League MVP for the second straight season on Thursday.
As Japan’s female leader rises, can she cross sumo’s sacred line?
Japan Sumo Association Chairman Hakkaku (front center) delivers a speech on the first day of the Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament at the Fukuoka Kokusai Center on Sunday. Centuries of belief and tradition still underpin the all-male association's stance of excluding women.
Tatsuya Nakadai: A masterful leading man and postwar icon
Tatsuya Nakadai had the look of a leading man in his youth, but his large and searching eyes suggested the pain and loneliness of an old soul.

Podcast

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

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
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