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COMMUNITY
Jun 7, 2008

NPO brings smiles to the Philippines

Yokohama-based dental practitioner Dr. Kimio Miyake defines the turning point in his professional and personal life as taking place in the Philippines in 1983." I was dining at a terrace restaurant above the sea, and there were naked children on the rocks below diving for coins thrown by visitors. One...
EDITORIALS
Jun 7, 2008

Protection from a Web of harm

The Liberal Democratic Party, Komeito, the Democratic Party of Japan and the Japan Communist Party have worked out a bill aimed at shielding children from harmful Web sites. The Education Resuscitation Council had called for restricting the use of mobile phones by schoolchildren to direct calls and GPS...
JAPAN
Jun 7, 2008

Diet officially declares Ainu indigenous

The Ainu celebrated a historic moment Friday as the Diet unanimously passed a resolution that recognizes them as indigenous people of Japan.
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / JAPAN LITE
Jun 7, 2008

A new kind of ambassador

I recently woke up to my cat staring me down. "Hello, kitty," I said.
JAPAN
Jun 7, 2008

¥20 million raised for scholarships

The Japan Garioa/Fulbright Alumni Association has collected more than ¥20 million from corporate and individual donors for a scholarship fund for a Japan-U.S. student exchange program, according to the organizers.
BUSINESS
Jun 7, 2008

Securitized losses top ¥2 trillion

The combined losses incurred by Japan's 673 financial institutions on their holdings of securitized products, including those linked to U.S. subprime loans, amounted to ¥2.44 trillion at the end of March, the Financial Services Agency said Friday.
EDITORIALS
Jun 7, 2008

South Korea's 'bulldozer' stalls

South Korean President Lee Myung Bak must wonder whatever happened to his honeymoon. His first 100 days in office were marked by the sharpest plunge in popularity ratings of any democratically elected Korean leader. The fault is not Mr. Lee's alone, but the majority of the blame is his. Only he can stop...
BUSINESS
Jun 7, 2008

Nissan building new India factory

Nissan Motor Co. and its parent, Renault SA, have begun building a factory in India to challenge Suzuki Motor Corp.'s dominance in the country. The $1.1 billion factory will begin production in 2010 and have a capacity to make 400,000 cars annually for local and export markets, the automakers said in...
BUSINESS
Jun 7, 2008

Doubtful Auditor delays Ebara report

Ebara Corp., a maker of hydraulic pumps, said Friday one of its auditors claimed an investigation of a managing executive's use of funds was insufficient and refused to approve its financial statements.
BUSINESS
Jun 7, 2008

Nomura execs take heat, pay cut in wake of insider-trading arrests

Nomura Holdings Inc. Chief Executive Officer Kenichi Watanabe said Friday that he will take a pay cut after a committee said management was partly to blame for an insider trading incident at the nation's largest securities firm.
JAPAN
Jun 7, 2008

Foreigners prep for speech contest

Chosen from among 100 applicants from 29 countries, 12 finalists will compete for the top prize in an annual Japanese speech contest for foreigners in Kawagoe, Saitama Prefecture, on June 14.
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / WHEN EAST MARRIES WEST
Jun 7, 2008

Anyone for a game of curling?

Here we stand, on the lip of the frying pan that is Japanese summer, with the humidity soon to be so thick that people will dog paddle to work instead of walk.
BUSINESS
Jun 7, 2008

Citigroup to pull out of consumer finance

Citigroup Inc., the biggest U.S. bank by assets, said Friday it will withdraw from the consumer finance business in Japan to transfer capital to more profitable areas.
SPORTS / SPORTS SCOPE
Jun 6, 2008

Noguchi should carry flag for Japan at Beijing Games

Koji Murofushi is a gifted athlete. The reigning Olympic champion in the men's hammer throw, he's achieved widespread notoriety in Japan just like his father, Shigenobu, the longtime national record-holder in the discipline, before him.
COMMENTARY
Jun 6, 2008

Nationalist alarm rousts India's ruling party

MADRAS, India — The Hindu nationalist party Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has sounded the alarm bell for the Congress party in India. The BJP's impressive win in recent Assembly elections in the southern Indian state of Karnataka has shaken the Congress, which heads the coalition government in New Delhi....
COMMENTARY
Jun 6, 2008

Japan sidelined on Taiwan

Arriving at Taipei international airport en route to a Taiwanese university conference on Russia, you are hit by the headline of a local magazine on display. In translation it reads: "The New Diplomacy Will Rescue Taiwan."

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Ichiro Suzuki, one of the most iconic players in NPB and MLB history, was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame with 99.7% of the vote.
With Hall of Fame induction, Ichiro makes himself heard loud and clear