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JAPAN / G8 COUNTDOWN
Jun 28, 2008

G8 security steps hit as dangerous precedent

KYOTO — Their region having played host to three Group of Eight ministerial conferences over the past month, many in Kansai are breathing a sigh of relief and hoping the security measures that residents, and even summit participants, found excessive are now in the past.
Japan Times
JAPAN / G8 COUNTDOWN
Jun 28, 2008

Blair shifts focus on climate to Copenhagen conference

The Group of Eight leaders gathering next month in Hokkaido should not attempt to resolve all climate issues up to 2050 or even 2020, but instead focus on setting a clear course for an agreement at next year's U.N. conference in Copenhagen, former British Prime Minister Tony Blair said Friday in Tokyo....
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jun 28, 2008

Tatsunami lifts Dragons

YOKOHAMA — It was a classic case of age before beauty for the Chunichi Dragons against the Yokohama BayStars.
MORE SPORTS
Jun 28, 2008

Tamesue, Murofushi qualify for Olympics

Dai Tamesue and Koji Murofushi qualified for the Beijing Summer Olympics, winning their respective events on Friday in the Japan Athletics National Championships at Todoroki Stadium in Kawasaki.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / NPB NOTEBOOK
Jun 28, 2008

Fine play by Tigers during interleague season helped boost CL lead

The Hanshin Tigers missed out on the interleague title, but they're still on track for the one that matters.
Japan Times
ENVIRONMENT
Jun 28, 2008

The truth behind the 'Origin of the Species'

COMMUNITY / Our Lives / JAPAN LITE
Jun 28, 2008

The rainy season, brought to you by snails

Aspersa: Nothing like a nice slither in the rain. That dry concrete is so hard on the foot.
ENVIRONMENT
Jun 28, 2008

A brief history of evolution: From ancient Greeks to Watson and Crick

Sixth Century B.C.: The idea that species could evolve into other species existed before Darwin and Wallace's theories. The ancient Greek philosopher Anaximander put forward early evolutionary ideas, for example. However it was not until the end of the 18th century, with the development of the sciences...
EDITORIALS
Jun 28, 2008

The case against Mr. Sahashi

Mr. Nozomu Sahashi once built Japan's largest English-language chain. But the former president of Nova Corp. and one other former Nova official were arrested Tuesday on suspicion of misusing some ¥320 million deposited by employees into a welfare fund. Their arrests are expected to help unravel what...
JAPAN
Jun 28, 2008

Third-grade English may get test run in fiscal 2009

The education ministry wants to start teaching English to third-graders on a trial basis at several hundred elementary schools nationwide in fiscal 2009, a ministry official said this week.
BUSINESS
Jun 28, 2008

Toyota, Nissan lead production gains

Toyota Motor Corp. and Nissan Motor Co., Japan's largest and third-largest carmakers, led a rise in domestic output last month, as overseas demand boosted exports.
JAPAN
Jun 28, 2008

Meguro to air five-language radio program

Tokyo's Meguro Ward will launch a five-language radio program Tuesday in an effort to better inform its foreign residents about daily subjects, a ward official said.
Japan Times
JAPAN / MIXED MATCHES
Jun 28, 2008

The whole package: a couple's lifetime of love

In 1988, Yuki Takai, a native of Kyoto, and Jonathan Nordhausen from St. Paul, Minn., met in Atlanta while working for Yusen Air and Sea Service Co.
EDITORIALS
Jun 28, 2008

Make North Korea accountable

North Korea has filed a declaration of its nuclear programs with China, which chairs the six-party talks, and the United States has started a procedure to remove the North from its list of state sponsors of terrorism.
JAPAN / G8 COUNTDOWN
Jun 28, 2008

Ministers slam Mugabe one-man poll 'sham'

KYOTO — The Group of Eight foreign ministers strongly denounced Zimbabwe's regime at the Friday end of their two-day summit in Kyoto, with several calling the country's one-candidate runoff presidential election the same day a sham and threatening further U.N. Security Council action.
BUSINESS
Jun 28, 2008

Aiful threatens Lehman with suit

Aiful Corp. said it may sue Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. for saying Japan's biggest consumer finance company by assets may be insolvent, triggering a 25 percent slide in its share price.
BUSINESS
Jun 28, 2008

NEC buy to net telecom software

NEC Corp., Japan's largest mobile phone maker, will acquire closely held NetCracker Technology Corp. to gain software for telecommunications equipment.
BUSINESS
Jun 28, 2008

Japan clarifies tax rules to help attract offshore investors

Japanese regulators are seeking to make taxation rules more transparent for overseas investors in the world's second-biggest economy in a bid to attract more funds from abroad.
BUSINESS
Jun 28, 2008

Mitsubishi buys 34% stake in Cima

Mitsubishi Corp., the nation's biggest trading company, bought a 34 percent stake in Houston-based natural gas and oil wholesaler Cima Energy Ltd. to tap demand in the world's biggest energy market.
Japan Times
MULTIMEDIA
Jun 27, 2008

[VIDEO] Nihonshu Fair 2008 in Tokyo

SOCCER / World cup
Jun 27, 2008

Aragones denies Fenerbahce deal

VIENNA — Spain coach Luis Aragones denied reports Wednesday that he signed a deal with Turkish club Fenerbahce.
How Pakistan shot down India's cutting-edge fighter using Chinese gear
An Indian Air Force pilot gets out of a Rafale fighter jet during its induction ceremony at an air force station in Ambala, India, September 2020.
China’s unbeatable new production model export
China is not merely moving more goods; it is exporting a new, ruthlessly efficient production model powered by automation, AI and state-guided industrial optimization.
Trump: The $550 billion pledged by Japan is 'our money'
U.S. President Donald Trump at the White House on Tuesday. He told CNBC that investment pledges are like signing bonuses.
Australia announces new warships will come from Japan
The Maritime Self-Defense Force's Mogami-class frigate Niyodo sails at an undisclosed location in this image released Tuesday.
Japan swelters as previous heat record melts
A worker tries to cool down a street in central Tokyo Tuesday as wide swaths of the Kanto region sweltered under intense heat. In Gunma Prefecture, the temperature rose 41.8 degrees Celsius, the highest ever recorded in Japan.
Australia announces new warships will come from Japan
The Maritime Self-Defense Force's Mogami-class frigate Niyodo sails at an undisclosed location in this image released Tuesday.
Fuji Rock's weekend of surprises was one of its best yet
Radwimps lead singer Yojiro Noda threw himself into the rock band’s Green Stage performance ahead of headliner Vampire Weekend.
How Trump is gaslighting on climate change — with Japan’s help
The Bishu Maru LNG tanker, owned by Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, next to the Freeport LNG terminal in Texas
With a new distillery, Suntory makes a spirited move on gin market
A staff inspects a distillation pot still at Suntory's new Osaka Spirits & Liqueurs Craft Distillery, which will focus on gin production and help Suntory capture a bigger slice of the fast-growing gin market.
Junglia brought dinos back to Okinawa. But will it bring tourists?
At Panorama Dining, one of Junglia’s two proper restaurants that also doubles as the rooftop Inifinity Terrace overlook, guests can pay extra to sit in balcony tables made to look like birds’ nests overlooking the park grounds.

Podcast

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

Longform

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
By Elizabeth Beattie

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