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LIFE / Travel
Oct 31, 2008

A time and a place for heroes

Marco Polo, the famous 13th-century Venetian explorer, wrote in his book "Il Milione (The Million)" that Japan was rich in gold, even though his travels only took him as far as China. It was the first time Japan was introduced to the Western world.
BASKETBALL
Oct 30, 2008

Kitamuki, Newton earn accolades

Guard Yuki Kitamuki had a breakthrough performance last weekend for the Saitama Broncos, scoring 17 fourth-quarter points on Saturday and 15 more on Sunday in a series sweep over the Niigata Albirex BB. He is the Circle K Sunkus Player of the Week, the bj-league announced on Tuesday.
COMMENTARY
Oct 30, 2008

Perfidious Albion and the Chagos Islanders

For arrogance, hypocrisy and nastiness, few organizations in the world rival the British Foreign Office. Exhibit A in the case against it, for the past decade, has been its marathon legal struggle to deny the former inhabitants of the Chagos Islands their rights. Last week, it cheated them again.
MORE SPORTS
Oct 30, 2008

Jones to appear on Oprah's show

CHICAGO (AP) Disgraced track star Marion Jones will give her first post-prison interview to Oprah Winfrey.
BASKETBALL
Oct 30, 2008

New details emerge in Isiah case

WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. (AP) Officers who responded to Isiah Thomas' home after a 911 call reporting an overdose on sleeping pills found a man passed out on the floor and gave him oxygen until an ambulance arrived.
EDITORIALS
Oct 30, 2008

Unconvincing MSDF report

Last week the Defense Ministry made public an interim report on the death of a petty officer 3rd class from an acute subarachnoid hemorrhage 16 days after a "training fight" on Sept. 9 at the Maritime Self-Defense Force's First Service School in Etajima, Hiroshima Prefecture. The petty officer, who had...
Reader Mail
Oct 30, 2008

Subaru model thrives in Montana

Regarding Bob Sliwa's Oct. 19 article, "Subaru continues to drive to a different beat": Good article. I have three 1986 Brats (models); one has been driven 300,000 miles and the least driven has 85,000 miles. I live in Montana and never get stuck in winter. My Brats are dependable and start immediately....
Reader Mail
Oct 30, 2008

Another dumb Immigration rule

When I left KIX (airport) for a business trip to Taiwan last week, I was very curtly told by an official that I had presented an old re-entry form and, from Nov. 1, would have to use the revised one. Question 3 states: "How much money in cash do you presently have in your possession?"
Reader Mail
Oct 30, 2008

International sense in Japan

Regarding the Oct. 19 letter "Tourists treated differently": If Japan really wants to attract foreign tourists, it needs to acquire an authentic international sense. In my opinion, that means being able to appreciate foreign visitors as they are without relying on information from the media.
Reader Mail
Oct 30, 2008

Unbelievable for a cultured society

Regarding Philip Brasor's Oct. 26 Media Mix article, "The 'tough' love of sumo and military can turn ugly": I was aghast at the news of this barbaric act (death by collective violence of a 25-year-old Maritime Self-Defense Force petty officer). It happened unbelievably in a so-called modern, cultured...
Reader Mail
Oct 30, 2008

Adults act like they are helpless

It is true that young people are becoming less and less able to communicate with others, but I don't think the Internet is the only reason. I think society is also to blame. These days, we don't usually talk with people we don't know well such as neighbors. The cell phone may contribute to causing that...
COMMENTARY
Oct 30, 2008

Double standard on global crises

Oct. 16 marked the 25th Annual World Food Day, an occasion whose arrival and departure received little media attention or governmental fanfare. Evidently, much of the world media and governments are consumed with an economic crisis of epic proportions.
BASEBALL / MLB
Oct 30, 2008

Seattle fires scouting boss Fontaine

SEATTLE (AP) New Seattle Mariners general manager Jack Zduriencik isn't wasting time reorganizing the Mariners' front office.
Reader Mail
Oct 30, 2008

Refreshing take on Russia

Gregory Clark's Oct. 26 article, "West ganging up on Russia," was refreshing and well-written. I appreciated how, instead of focusing on every imaginable reason to try to blame Russia for everything, this article correctly points out that Georgia started the (August) conflict by invading South Ossetia...
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 30, 2008

Oh's career sparkled with achievements as player, manager

Second in a three-part series
EDITORIALS
Oct 30, 2008

Crisis knocking at Japan's door

The global financial crisis is battering the Japanese stock market and threatening the real economy. The erratic Nikkei 225 index dipped below 7,000 at one point this week, the lowest in about 26 years, and the recent gains of the yen against the dollar and euro cast a dark spell over companies that...
JAPAN
Oct 30, 2008

Itoham's wells clean, Kashiwa says

The city of Kashiwa, Chiba Prefecture, said Wednesday that no alarming levels of toxic cyanogen compounds have been found in water from seven wells at a local Itoham Foods Inc. factory amid embarrassing reports that the plant is within walking distance of a wartime chemical weapons training facility....
BUSINESS
Oct 30, 2008

Sony operating profit tumbles 90%

Sony Corp. said Wednesday that its group operating profit tumbled 90.1 percent to ¥11 billion for the July-September quarter from a year earlier, as the global economic slowdown hit sales of its gadgets and the surging yen ate into its profits.

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